N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-22 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-22
Powers of municipality, county, redevelopment agency, housing authority, land bank entity.
Status: in_force

22. A municipality, county, redevelopment agency, or housing authority is authorized to exercise all those public and essential governmental functions necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this act, including the following powers which shall be in addition to those otherwise granted by this act or by other law: a. To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary and convenient to the exercise of the powers of the agency or authority; and to make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this act, to carry into effect its powers and purposes. b. Pursuant to an adopted cash management plan, invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which governmental units may legally invest funds subject to their control; to purchase its bonds at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and accrued interest, all bonds so purchased to be cancelled. c. Borrow money and receive grants and loans from any source for the financing of a redevelopment project or housing project. d. Invest in an obligee the right in the event of a default by the agency to foreclose and take possession of the project covered by the mortgage or apply for the appointment of a receiver. e. Invest in a trustee or trustees or holders of bonds the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any covenant securing or relating to the bonds, which may include the right, in the event of the default, to take possession and use, operate and manage any project or part thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of the moneys in accordance with the agreement of the authority with the trustee. f. Provide for the refunding of any of its bonds, by the issuance of such obligations, in such manner and form, and upon such terms and conditions, as it shall deem in the best interests of the public. g. Consent to the modification of any contract, bond indenture, mortgage or other instrument entered into by it. h. Pay or compromise any claim arising on, or because of any agreement, bond indenture, mortgage or instrument. i. Acquire or contract to acquire from any person, firm, or corporation, public or private, by contribution, gift, grant, bequest, devise, purchase, or otherwise, real or personal property or any interest therein, including such property as it may deem necessary or proper, although temporarily not required for such purposes, in a redevelopment area or in any area designated by the governing body as necessary for carrying out the relocation of the residents, industry and commerce displaced from a redevelopment area. j. Subordinate, waive, sell, assign or release any right, title, claim, lien or demand however acquired, including any equity or right of redemption, foreclosure, sell or assign any mortgage held by it, or any interest in real or personal property; and purchase at any sale, upon such terms and at such prices as it determines to be reasonable, and to take title to the property, real, personal, or mixed, so acquired and similarly to sell, exchange, assign, convey or otherwise dispose of any property. k. Complete, administer, operate, obtain and pay for insurance on, and maintain, renovate, repair, modernize, lease or otherwise deal with any property. l. Employ or retain consulting and other attorneys, planners, engineers, architects, managers and financial experts and other employees and agents of a permanent or temporary nature as may be necessary, determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, and delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers and duties as it deems proper. For such legal services as may be required, a redevelopment agency or housing authority may call upon the chief law officers of the municipality or county, as the case may be, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. m. Arrange or contract with a public agency, to the extent that it is within the scope of that agency's functions, to cause the services customarily provided by such other agency to be rendered for the benefit of the occupants of any redevelopment area or housing project, and have such other agency provide and maintain parks, recreation centers, schools, sewerage, transportation, water and other municipal facilities adjacent to or in connection with a redevelopment area or project. n. Conduct examinations and investigations, hear testimony and take proof, under oath at public or private hearings of any material matter, compel witnesses and the production of books and papers and issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of State, unable to attend, or excused from attendance; authorize a committee designated by it consisting of one or more members, or counsel, or any officer or employee to conduct the examination or investigation, in which case it may authorize in its name the committee, counsel, officer or employee to administer oaths, take affidavits and issue subpoenas or commissions. o. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the duties authorized in this act. p. After thorough evaluation and investigation, bring an action on behalf of a tenant to collect or enforce any violation of subsection g. or h. of section 11 of the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-12). q. Designate members or employees, who shall be knowledgeable of federal and State discrimination laws, and who shall be available during all normal business hours, to evaluate a complaint made by a tenant pursuant to the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-12). r. Act as and exercise the powers of a land bank entity pursuant to P.L.2019, c.159 (C.40A:12A-74 et al.) under a land banking agreement approved by an ordinance adopted by the municipal governing body. L.1992, c.79, s.22; amended 1972, c.126; 2000, c.126, s.27; 2019, c.159, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "Municipality" shall mean any city of any class, any borough, village, town, township, or any other municipality other than a county or a school district, and except when used in section 4 or 21 of this act, any agency thereof or any two or more thereof acting jointly or any joint meeting or other agency of any two or more thereof; (2) "County" shall mean any county of any class; (3) "Governing body" shall mean, in the case of a county, the board of chosen freeholders, or in the case of those counties organized pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), the board of chosen freeholders and the county executive, the county supervisor or the county manager, as appropriate, and, in the case of a municipality, the commission, council, board or body, by whatever name it may be known, having charge of the finances of the municipality; (4) "Person" shall mean any person, association, corporation, nation, State or any agency or subdivision thereof, other than a county or municipality of the State or a sewerage authority; (5) "Sewerage or water reclamation authority" shall mean a public body created pursuant to section 4 of this act; (6) Subject to the exceptions provided in section 4 of this act, "district" shall mean the area within the territorial boundaries of the county, or of the municipality or municipalities, which created or joined in the creation of a sewerage authority; (7) "Local unit" shall mean the county, or any municipality, which created or joined in the creation of a sewerage authority; (8) "Sewerage system" shall mean the plants, structures, on-site waste-water systems, and other real and personal property acquired, constructed, maintained or operated or to be acquired, constructed, maintained or operated by a sewerage authority for the purposes of the sewerage authority, including sewers, conduits, pipe lines, mains, pumping and ventilating stations, sewage treatment or disposal systems, plants and works, connections, and outfalls, compensating reservoirs, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances, and other real and personal property, and rights therein, and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection, treatment, purification or disposal in a sanitary manner of any sewage, liquid or solid wastes, night soil or industrial wastes; (9) "Cost" shall mean, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, the cost of acquisition or construction of all or any part of a sewerage system and of all or any property, rights, easements, privileges, agreements and franchises deemed by the sewerage authority to be necessary or useful and convenient therefor or in connection therewith and the cost of retiring the present value of the unfunded accrued liability due and owing by a sewerage authority, as calculated by the system actuary for a date certain upon the request of a sewerage authority, for early retirement incentive benefits granted by the sewerage authority pursuant to P.L.1991, c.230 and P.L.1993, c.181, including interest or discount on bonds, cost of issuance of bonds, engineering and inspection costs and legal expenses, costs of financial, professional and other estimates and advice, organization, administrative, operating and other expenses of the sewerage authority prior to and during such acquisition or construction, and all such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, construction and completion of said sewerage system or part thereof and the placing of the same in operation, and also such provision or reserves for working capital, operating, maintenance or replacement expenses or for payment or security of principal of or interest on bonds during or after such acquisition or construction as the sewerage authority may determine, and also reimbursements to the sewerage authority or any county, municipality or other person of any moneys theretofore expended for the purposes of the sewerage authority or to any county or municipality of any moneys theretofore expended for in connection with sanitation facilities; (10) "Real property" shall mean lands both within and without the State, and improvements thereof or thereon, or any rights or interests therein; (11) "Construct" and "construction" shall connote and include acts of construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension, improvement and betterment of a sewerage system; (12) "Industrial wastes" shall mean liquid or other wastes resulting from any processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from the development of any natural resource; (13) "Sewage" shall mean the water-carried wastes created in and carried, or to be carried, away from, or to be processed by on-site wastewater systems, residences, hotels, apartments, schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, or any other public or private building, together with such surface or ground water and industrial wastes as may be present; (14) "On-site wastewater system" means any of several works, facilities, septic tanks or other devices, used to collect, treat, reclaim, or dispose of wastewater or sewage on or adjacent to the property on which the wastewater or sewage is produced, or to convey such wastewater or sewage from said property to such facilities as the authority may establish for its disposal; (15) "Pollution" means the condition of water resulting from the introduction therein of substances of a kind and in quantities rendering it detrimental or immediately or potentially dangerous to the public health, or unfit for public or commercial use; (16) "Ordinance" means a written act of the governing body of a municipality adopted and otherwise approved and published in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed for ordinances tending to obligate such municipality pecuniarily; (17) "Resolution" means a written act of the governing body of a local unit adopted and otherwise approved in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed for resolutions tending to obligate such local unit pecuniarily; (18) "Bonds" shall mean bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act; and (19) "Compensating reservoir" shall mean the structures, facilities and appurtenances for the impounding, transportation and release of water for the replenishment in periods of drought or at other necessary times of all or a part of waters in or bordering the State diverted into a sewer, sewage treatment or sewage disposal system operated by the sewerage authority. L.1946,c.138,s.3; amended 1951, c.127, s.2; 1953, c.177, s.3; 1980, c.77, s.1; 2001, c.123, s.1; 2002, c.42, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:61-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-6
Organization of Council
Status: in_force

a. The city council shall hold an annual meeting on the first day of January at twelve o'clock noon, or during the first seven days of January in anyˆyear. b. At its annual meeting, the council shall, by the vote of a majority of its number, elect a president of the council, who shall preside at all its meetings, and a president pro tempore who shall preside in the president's absence. They shall hold office for one year and until the next annual meeting.ˆ c. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for transacting business. d. The council may, at its annual meeting, establish for its members such committees of the council as will assist it for the ensuing year. e. The council shall hold such other meetings, at such time and place as it may by resolution direct, but all regular meetings shall be held within the city. f. The president shall, when necessary, call special meetings of the council. In case of his neglect or refusal, a majority of the members of the council may call such meeting at such time and place in the city as it may designate, and in all cases of special meeting a notice shall be given to all members of the council, or left at their places of residence. g. Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of mayor, or whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the city, sickness or other cause from attending the duties of his office, the council president pro tempore shallˆact as mayor and possess all the power of mayor for that period. h. No officer, who has attained tenure by any provision of any section herein repealed by section 40A:61-8 of this act, shall be affected in any way byˆsuch repeal. (Source: R.S. 40:108-1(12), R.S. 40:108-1(14), R.S. 40:108-1(26),ˆand New.) L. 1987, c. 314, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-11.2
County, municipal sewerage facility, credit applicable toward connection, tapping fee.
Status: in_force

8. a. A local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility shall provide a credit applicable toward a connection or tapping fee to be charged for a reconnection of a disconnected property that was previously connected to the sewerage system, provided that: (1) the property has been connected to the sewerage system for at least 20 years; and (2) service charges have been paid for the property in at least one of the last five years. b. The credit required under subsection a. of this section shall be calculated as follows: (1) If the reconnection does not require any new physical connection or does not increase the nature or size of the service or the number of service units, or does not expand the use of the sewerage system, the credit shall be equal in amount to the new connection or tapping fee. (2) If the reconnection requires a new physical connection, increases the nature or size of the service or the number of service units, or expands the use of the sewerage system, the credit shall be equal in amount to any connection or tapping fee previously paid for the property, and the local unit shall charge the difference between the credit and the connection or tapping fee for the new use or class. (3) If no connection or tapping fee was ever paid for the property, but all service charges due and owing on the property have been paid for at least 20 years, the credit shall be equal in amount to the new connection or tapping fee; provided, however, that any charges due and owing pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be paid. c. If no connection or tapping fee was ever paid for a disconnected property that is to be reconnected and which was previously connected to the sewerage system for at least 20 years, the local unit shall charge, in addition to any amount due and owing after application of a credit pursuant to this section, a connection or tapping fee equal to the lesser of: (1) 20 percent of the service charges that would have been paid based upon the usage for the last full year that the property was connected to the sewerage system for the period from the date of the disconnection from the sewerage system to the date of the new connection; or (2) the new connection fee. d. A credit shall not be allowed under this section for a property that has been disconnected from the sewerage system for more than five years. e. As used in this section, "disconnected property" means a property that has been physically disconnected from the sewerage system or a property not physically disconnected but to which service has been discontinued without payments being made. A "disconnected property" shall not include a property that has been temporarily disconnected from the sewerage system or to which service has been discontinued without payments being made for less than 12 consecutive months and is being reconnected as it existed, prior to the temporary disconnection or discontinuance of service. L.2018, c.74, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-114 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-114
Financial records; monthly statements to participating municipalities
Status: in_force

The joint meeting shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities and an itemized or detailed statement in writing to be approved by such joint meeting and signed by the chairman and secretary, and countersigned by the treasurer thereof, shall be made and rendered at least once in each month, to each municipal body or board in its corporate name, represented in the joint meeting. The itemized or detailed statement shall include all moneys expended, all obligations incurred since the date of the last preceding statement in or about such public improvement or works, or in anywise connected therewith, and shall set forth the amount, the date when payable, name of person to whom and for what payable, the total sum paid or to be paid by each of such municipalities pursuant to the percentage fixed in the contract between them, and such other matters as the joint meeting may deem advisable or important to include therein.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-6
Certain officers to act when commission not functioning
Status: in_force

Until the members of the sinking fund commission have been appointed and the organization of the commission has been perfected, the comptroller, or in municipalities which have no comptroller, the treasurer, or in municipalities governed by a commission, the director of the department of revenue and finance, or in counties the county treasurer, or in school districts the custodian of school moneys shall be the sinking fund commissioner of the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, and shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the sinking fund commission provided for under this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-7.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-7.9
Supervision and control
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may assign general supervision and control over the maintenance, operation and regulation of any such public golf course, and of all recreational, playground and public entertainment activities carried on by the county to any department of the county government, or, by resolution, provide for such supervision by the county recreation commission or by a board of commissioners, to be appointed by the board of freeholders to so serve without compensation. L.1958, c. 94, p. 539, s. 4. Amended by L.1975, c. 343, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-41 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-41
Payments to professionals for services rendered to sewerage authority
Status: in_force

4. a. The chief financial officer of a sewerage authority shall make all of the payments to professionals for services rendered to the sewerage authority for review of applications for development, review and preparation of documents, inspection of improvements or other purposes under the provisions of sections 3 through 8 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40 through C.40:14A-45). Such fees or charges shall be based upon a schedule established by resolution. The application review and inspection charges shall be limited only to professional charges for review of applications, review and preparation of documents and inspections of developments under construction and review by outside consultants when an application is of a nature beyond the scope of the expertise of the professionals normally utilized by the sewerage authority. The only costs that shall be added to any such charges shall be actual out-of-pocket expenses of any such professionals or consultants including normal and typical expenses incurred in processing applications and inspecting improvements. The sewerage authority shall not bill the applicant, or charge any escrow account or deposit authorized under subsection b. of this section, for any sewerage authority clerical or administrative functions, overhead expenses, meeting room charges, or any other sewerage authority costs and expenses except as provided for in this section, nor shall a sewerage authority professional add any such charges to his bill. If the salary, staff support and overhead for a sewerage authority professional are provided by the sewerage authority, the charge shall not exceed 200% of the sum of the products resulting from multiplying (1) the hourly base salary, which shall be established annually by resolution, of each of the professionals by (2) the number of hours spent by the respective professional upon review of the application for development or inspection of the developer's improvements, as the case may be. For other professionals the charge shall be at the same rate as all other work of the same nature by the professional for the sewerage authority when fees are not reimbursed or otherwise imposed on applicants or developers. b. If the sewerage authority requires of the developer a deposit toward anticipated sewerage authority expenses for these professional services, the deposit shall be placed in an escrow account pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1985, c.314 (C.40:14A-7.3). The amount of the deposit required shall be reasonable in regard to the scale and complexity of the development. The amount of the initial deposit required shall be established by the rules and regulations of the sewerage authority or by resolution of the sewerage authority, or both. For review of applications for development proposing a subdivision, the amount of the deposit shall be calculated based on the number of proposed lots. For review of applications for development proposing a site plan, the amount of the deposit shall be based on the area of the site to be developed, or the square footage of buildings to be constructed, or both. Deposits for inspection fees shall be established in accordance with subsection h. of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40). c. Each payment charged to the deposit for review of applications, review and preparation of documents and inspection of improvements shall be pursuant to a voucher from the professional, which voucher shall identify the personnel performing the service, and for each date the services were performed, the hours spent to one-quarter hour increments, the hourly rate and the expenses incurred. All professionals shall submit vouchers to the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority on a monthly basis in accordance with schedules and procedures established by the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority. If the services are provided by a sewerage authority employee, the sewerage authority employee shall prepare and submit to the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority a statement containing the same information as required on a voucher, on a monthly basis. The professional shall send an informational copy of all vouchers or statements submitted to the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority simultaneously to the applicant. The chief financial officer of the sewerage authority shall prepare and send to the applicant a statement which shall include an accounting of funds listing all deposits, interest earnings, disbursements, and the cumulative balance of the escrow account. This information shall be provided on a quarterly basis, if monthly charges are $1,000 or less, or on a monthly basis if monthly charges exceed $1,000. If an escrow account or deposit contains insufficient funds to enable the sewerage authority to perform required application reviews or improvement inspections, the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority shall provide the applicant with a notice of the insufficient escrow or deposit balance. In order for work to continue on the development or the application, the applicant shall within a reasonable time period post a deposit to the account in an amount to be agreed upon by the sewerage authority and the applicant. In the interim, any required health and safety inspections shall be made and charged back against the replenishment of funds. d. The following close-out procedure shall apply to all deposits and escrow accounts established under the provisions of sections 3 through 8 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40 through C.40:14A-45) and shall commence after the sewerage authority has granted final approval and signed the subdivision plat or site plan, in the case of application review escrows and deposits, or after the improvements have been approved as provided in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40), in the case of improvement inspection escrows and deposits. The applicant shall send written notice by certified mail to the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority, and to the relevant sewerage authority professional, that the application or the improvements, as the case may be, are completed. After receipt of such notice, the professional shall render a final bill to the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority within 30 days, and shall send a copy simultaneously to the applicant. The chief financial officer of the sewerage authority shall render a written final accounting to the applicant on the uses to which the deposit was put within 45 days of receipt of the final bill. Any balances remaining in the deposit or escrow account, including interest in accordance with section 1 of P.L.1985, c.314 (C.40:14A-7.3), shall be refunded to the developer along with the final accounting. e. All professional charges for review of an application for development, review and preparation of documents or inspection of improvements shall be reasonable and necessary, given the status and progress of the application or construction. Review fees shall be charged only in connection with an application for development presently pending before the sewerage authority or upon review of compliance with conditions of approval, or review of requests for modification or amendment made by the applicant. A professional shall not review items which are subject to approval by any State governmental agency and not under sewerage authority jurisdiction except to the extent consultation with a State agency is necessary due to the effect of State approvals in the subdivision or site plan. Inspection fees shall be charged only for actual work shown on a subdivision or site plan or required by an approving resolution. Professionals inspecting improvements under construction shall charge only for inspections that are reasonably necessary to check the progress and quality of the work and such inspections shall be reasonably based on the approved development plans and documents. f. If the sewerage authority retains a different professional or consultant in the place of the professional originally responsible for development, application review, or inspection of improvements, the sewerage authority shall be responsible for all time and expenses of the new professional to become familiar with the application or the project, and the sewerage authority shall not bill the applicant or charge the deposit or the escrow account for any such services. L.1999,c.11,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:82-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 82 / Section 82-4
Duties of municipal manager
Status: in_force

The municipal manager shall: a. Be the chief executive and administrative official of the municipality; b. Compile and submit to the municipal council the tentative annual budget which, in municipalities that operate on a calendar fiscal year, shall be submitted to the municipal council on or before February 28; c. Execute all laws and ordinances of the municipality; d. Appoint and remove all department heads and all other officers, subordinates, and assistants for whose selection or removal no other method is provided in this subtitle, supervise and control his appointees, and report all appointments or removals at the next meeting thereafter of the municipal council; e. Negotiate contracts for the municipality subject to the approval of the municipal council, make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements, and execute municipal improvements as determined by the municipal council; f. See that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants in any statute, public utility franchise, or other contract are faithfully kept and performed and, upon knowledge of any violation, call the same to the attention of the municipal council; g. Attend all meetings of the municipal council with the right to take part in the discussions, but without the right to vote; h. Recommend to the municipal council for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient, make reports to the council as requested by it, and, at least once a year, make an annual report of his work for the benefit of the council and the public; i. Investigate at any time the affairs of any officer or department of the municipality; j. Perform such other duties as may be required of the municipal manager by ordinance or resolution of the municipal council. The municipal manager shall in all matters act under the direction and supervision and subject to the approval of the municipal council. Amended 2025, c.185, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-85 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-85
Register of deeds and mortgages; oath
Status: in_force

Every person elected or appointed register of deeds and mortgages, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the following oath: "I, , register of deeds and mortgages of the county of do solemnly (insert name of county) swear (or affirm) to support the Constitution of this State and the United States and perform the duties of my office as register of deeds and mortgages faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of my ability." L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-8
Audit by director
Status: in_force

If any local unit does not carry out the provisions of this chapter by reason of the failure of the governing body thereof to institute and complete such audit within the time provided herein, the director may, by his employees and agents or by auditors employed for that purpose, conduct an audit of the books of such local unit and such audit shall be taken to be the statutory audit of the local unit and shall be paid for by the local unit on bill rendered therefor. For the services of the said director, or his employees or agents, or the pay of the auditors employed by him, whether permanent employees of the division or not, there shall be paid to him by the local unit for deposit in the State treasury, a per diem allowance not to exceed $75.00 for each person for work done in connection with the audit or examination of the accounts. Said amount, if not paid when billed, shall be recoverable in an action at law. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1973, c. 243, s. 1, eff. Nov. 21, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-118 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-118
Assessment for benefits; limitation on extent
Status: in_force

No benefits shall be assessed in respect of the cost of any improvement or works in so far as such improvement or works extends beyond the line of the whole property assessed, but the cost thereof shall be assessed upon and paid by the respective contracting municipalities in accordance with the apportionment of the percentage of the costs, damages and expenses of the improvement provided to be borne and paid by them respectively in the contract made and entered into between them, as authorized by ordinance as aforesaid.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-110.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-110.1
Waterworks or water commission, membership, salaries
Status: in_force

In any county of the second class with a population of at least 440,000, but not more than 450,000, according to the 1980 federal decennial census, in which at least three municipalities, two of which each have populations of 50,000 or more, but less than 100,000, and one of which has a population of 100,000 or more according to the 1980 federal decennial census, have joined together to create, under R.S.40:62-109, or elect or appoint under R.S.40:62-129, a waterworks or water commission, the provisions of this section shall control the number and method of appointment of the waterworks or water commission members, their terms of office and their salaries, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.40:62-108 et seq. to the contrary. Any agreements entered into pursuant to R.S.40:62-129 shall be amended to conform with the provisions of this section. a. The commission shall consist of seven members. A municipality with a population of 100,000 or more shall have three members on the commission and a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more, but less than 100,000, shall have two members on the commission. Members shall be appointed by the mayor in any municipality organized under P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.) and by the governing body, by a majority vote, in any municipality organized under R.S.40:79-1 et seq. A member of the commission shall be required to reside in the appointing municipality at the time of appointment; however, if the commission member moves outside the appointing municipality during the member's term of office, the member may continue to serve on the commission to the end of the member's term. A mayor, a manager or a member of the governing body of the appointing municipality may serve as a member of the commission unless this service is prohibited by the conflict of interest laws of this State. b. Each commission member shall be appointed for a four-year term. All additional members who may be appointed to a commission under this section shall be appointed before January 1, 1989, and their first term shall expire not later than December 31, 1992. All terms of office of commission members already appointed and serving on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be affected by the provisions of this act. c. The salaries of the president and the members of the commission shall be as follows: The president shall receive a salary at the rate of $8,500.00 annually as compensation for service on the commission; and any other member of the commission shall receive a salary at the rate of $7,500.00 annually as compensation for service on the commission. L.1989, c.145, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.10
Special law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any local unit may, as it deems necessary, appoint special law enforcement officers sufficient to perform the duties and responsibilities permitted by local ordinances authorized by N.J.S.40A:14-118 or ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, authorized by N.J.S.40A:14-106 and within the conditions and limitations as may be established pursuant to this act. b. A person shall not be appointed as a special law enforcement officer unless the person: (1) Is a resident of this State during the term of appointment; (2) Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently and has a high school diploma or its equivalent; (3) Is sound in body and of good health; (4) Is of good moral character; (5) Has not been convicted of any offense involving dishonesty or which would make him unfit to perform the duties of his office; (6) Has successfully undergone the same psychological testing that is required of all full-time police officers in the municipality or county or, with regard to a special law enforcement officer hired for a seasonal period by a resort municipality which requires psychological testing of its full-time police officers, has successfully undergone a program of psychological testing approved by the commission. c. Every applicant for the position of special law enforcement officer appointed pursuant to this act shall have fingerprints taken, which fingerprints shall be filed with the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. d. No person shall be appointed to serve as a special law enforcement officer in more than one local unit at the same time, nor shall any permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer of any local unit be appointed as a special law enforcement officer in any local unit. No public official with responsibility for setting law enforcement policy or exercising authority over the budget of the local unit or supervision of the police department of a local unit shall be appointed as a special law enforcement officer. e. Before any special law enforcement officer is appointed pursuant to this act, the chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit shall ascertain the eligibility and qualifications of the applicant and report these determinations in writing to the appointing authority. f. Any person who at any time prior to his appointment had served as a duly qualified, fully-trained, full-time officer in any municipality or county of this State and who was separated from that prior service in good standing, shall be eligible to serve as a special law enforcement officer consistent with guidelines promulgated by the commission. The training requirements set forth in section 4 of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.11) may be waived by the commission with regard to any person eligible to be appointed as a special law enforcement officer pursuant to the provisions of this section. g. In addition to the qualifications established in subsection b. of this section, a person shall not be appointed as a Class Three special law enforcement officer unless the person: (1) is a retired law enforcement officer who is less than 65 years of age; for the purposes of this paragraph, a law enforcement officer shall not be considered retired if the officer's return to employment violates any federal or State law or regulation which would deem the officer's retirement as not being bona fide; (2) had served as a duly qualified, fully-trained, full-time officer in any law enforcement position eligible for participation in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System or in any federal or bi-state law enforcement agency or as a member of the State Police and was separated from that prior service in good standing; (3) is physically capable of performing the functions of the position, determined in accordance with Police Training Commission guidelines; (4) possesses a New Jersey Police Training Commission Basic Police Officer Certification, New Jersey State Police Academy Certification, or other proof of basic police training approved by the Police Training Commission; (5) has completed the training course for safe schools resource officers developed pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2005, c.276 (C.52:17B-71.8); and (6) is hired in a part-time capacity. For the purposes of this subsection, "good standing" shall exclude a retirement resulting from injury or incapacity. L.1985, c.439, s.3; amended 2013, c.21, s.3; 2016, c.68, s.1; 2019, c.51, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37C-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37C / Section 37C-14
Independence of authority
Status: in_force

Except as herein provided, no proceedings, referendum, notice or approval shall be required for the creation of an authority or the issuance of any bonds or any instrument as security therefor, provided however, that nothing herein shall be construed to deprive the State and its governmental subdivisions of their respective police powers over properties of an authority, or to impair any power thereover of any official or agency of the State and its governmental subdivisions which may be otherwise provided by law. L.1973, c. 376, s. 14, eff. Jan. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-12
Annual financial statement and reports of local unit.
Status: in_force

40A:5-12. The chief financial officer of each local unit shall file annually with the director a verified statement of the financial condition of the local unit as of the close of the fiscal year. Such statement shall be filed, upon forms furnished and prescribed by the director, not later than March 10 in the case of a county and a municipality after the close of the calendar fiscal year or not later than August 10 of the State fiscal year in those municipalities which operate on the State fiscal year pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2). If the official charged with the responsibility of filing fails or refuses to comply with this section and has received an order from the director to do so, the official charged with the responsibility of filing shall be subject to a personal penalty of $100 for each day after the date fixed for final action that failure or refusal to comply continues. The amount of the penalty may be recovered by the director in the name of the State as a personal debt of the official and shall be paid, upon receipt, into the State Treasury. Amended 1969,c.294; 1977,c.396,s.2; 1991,c.75,s.26; 1994,c.72,s.14; 2025, c.185, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-5
Members of port authority; powers; terms; expenses; officers, agents and authorities; civil service
Status: in_force

(a) The powers of a port authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. A majority of the entire authorized membership of a port authority shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the port authority at any meeting of the members thereof by vote of a majority of the members present, unless in any case the bylaws of the port authority shall require a larger number. The port authority may delegate to one or more of its officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. (b) Each member of a port authority shall hold office for the term for which he was appointed and until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. (c) No member, officer or employee of a port authority shall have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in the port facilities or in any property included or planned to be included in the port facilities or in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished to or used by the port authority, but neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any municipality or under any law of the State nor the owning of any property within the State shall be deemed a disqualification for membership in or employment by a port authority. A member of a port authority may be removed only by the governing body by which he was appointed and only for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and, not sooner than 10 days thereafter, had opportunity in person or by counsel to be heard thereon by such governing body. (d) A port authority may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The ordinance or parallel ordinances for the creation of a port authority may provide that the members of the port authority may receive compensation for their services within an annual and other limitations to be stated in such ordinance or parallel ordinances, and in that event, each member may receive from the port authority such compensation for his services as the port authority may determine within the limitations stated in such ordinance or parallel ordinances. No member of any port authority shall receive any compensation for his services except as provided in this subsection. (e) Every port authority, upon the first appointment of its members and thereafter on or after the first day of February in each year, shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman who shall hold office, until the first day of February next ensuing and until their respective successors have been appointed and have qualified. Every port authority may also appoint and employ a secretary and such professional and technical advisers and experts and such other officers, agents and employees as it may require, and it shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. (f)(1) Whenever the governing body of the municipality, or the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, which established the port authority have adopted the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, all positions and employments of the port authority shall be subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes and shall be allocated to appropriate titles by the Civil Service Commission. (2) The Civil Service Commission shall provide the port authority with a list of the positions and employments allocated to the classified service and the appropriate titles. Within 30 days of the receipt of the list, the port authority shall certify to the Civil Service Commission, the names of all those persons employed with the port authority in the allocated positions and employments on the effective date of this act. After passing a qualifying examination, the employees so certified shall be recorded, under the appropriate titles, as having been permanently appointed in the classified service of civil service as of the date of their original appointment. Thereafter, the employees shall be under and subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. Persons appointed and employed by the port authority after the effective date of this act shall be subject to the civil service examination and appointment procedures of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1385, s. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. Amended by L.1984, c. 116, s. 1, eff. Aug. 3, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-13
Termination of tax exemption.
Status: in_force

13. The tax exemption provided in P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) shall apply only so long as the urban renewal entity and its project remain subject to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), but in no event more than: 35 years from the date of the execution of the financial agreement; or, if authorized pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-12), 50 years from the date of the execution of the financial agreement, in the case of a phased project, or from the first financial agreement implementing a project under the redevelopment agreement, in the case of two or more projects. A tax exemption authorized in connection with a nonprofit limited dividend cooperative housing project under a financial agreement entered into pursuant to the "Limited-Dividend Nonprofit Housing Corporations or Associations Law," P.L.1949, c.184 (C.55:16-1 et seq.) may be extended to coincide with existing first mortgage financing. The terms of any such extension shall be set forth in an amended financial agreement between the urban renewal entity and the municipality. An urban renewal entity may at any time after the expiration of one year from the completion date of the project, notify the governing body of the municipality that, as of a certain date designated in the notice, it relinquishes its status under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), and if the project includes housing units, that the urban renewal entity has obtained the consent of the Commissioner of Community Affairs to such a relinquishment. As of that date, the tax exemption, the service charges, and the profit and dividend restrictions shall terminate. The date of termination of tax exemption, whether by relinquishment by the entity or by terms of the financial agreement, shall be deemed the close of the fiscal year of the entity. Within 90 days of that date, the urban renewal entity shall pay to the municipality the amount of reserve, if any maintained pursuant to section 15 or 16 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-15 or 40A:20-16), as well as the excess net profits, if any, payable as of that date. L.1991, c.431, s.13; amended 1999, c.220; 2018, c.97, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-5
Powers of commission
Status: in_force

A shade tree commission organized under this chapter shall have power to a. Exercise full and exclusive control over the regulation, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery now located, or which may hereafter be planted in any public highway, park or parkway, except such as are excluded pursuant to section 40:64-1 of this Title in the municipality for which it was created, including the planting, trimming, spraying, care and protection thereof; b. Regulate and control the use of the ground surrounding the same, so far as may be necessary for their proper growth, care and protection; c. Move or require the removal of any tree, or part thereof, dangerous to public safety; d. Care for and control such parks and parkways; encourage arboriculture; make, alter, amend and repeal, in the manner prescribed for the passage, alteration, amendment and repeal of ordinances by the governing body of the municipality, any and all ordinances necessary or proper for carrying out the provisions hereof; e. Administer treatment to, or remove, any tree situate upon private property which is believed to harbour a disease or insects readily communicable to neighboring healthy trees in the care of the municipality and enter upon private property for that purpose, with the consent of the owner thereof, provided the suspected condition is first confirmed by certificate issued by or on behalf of the Department of Agriculture. Amended by L.1958, c. 42, p. 137, s. 4, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-9
Planting and removal of trees; notice and hearing; emergencies
Status: in_force

In every case where the property of an abutting owner will be chargeable with the cost of the planting of any shade tree or trees the commission shall give notice of the meeting at which it is proposed to consider said planting by publishing the notice at least once, not less than twenty days before the meeting, in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, or by personal service of a copy of the notice upon the abutting owner at least ten days before the meeting. The notice shall specify the street, streets, or portions thereof, on which such planting is proposed and require all persons who may object thereto to present their objections in writing at the office of the commission at or before the meeting. Before final action shall be taken all objections so filed shall be considered. The commission shall give reasonable notice of its intention to remove, or cause the removal of, a tree, or part of a tree, dangerous to public safety, unless public safety requires immediate removal, in which case no notice shall be necessary.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-60 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-60
Elected officers; governing body; definition; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county supervisor
Status: in_force

a. Each county operating under this article shall be governed by an elected board of freeholders and an elected county supervisor and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this article, general law, or ordinance. b. In each county operating under this article, the term "governing body" of the county shall be construed to include the board of freeholders and the county supervisor. For the purpose of the construction of all other applicable statutes, any and all administrative or executive functions heretofore assigned by general law to the board of freeholders shall be exercised by the county supervisor, and any and all legislative and investigative functions heretofore assigned by general law to the board of freeholders shall be exercised by the board, all in accordance with the separation of powers provided for in section 86 of the act of which this act is amendatory (C. 40:41A-86). L.1972, c. 154, s. 60, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1978, c. 141, s. 8, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-8
No compensation; expenses of commission members; consultants and assistants
Status: in_force

Members of the charter commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the municipality for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Within the limits of such appropriations and privately contributed funds and services as shall be made available to it, the charter commission may appoint one or more consultants and clerical and other assistants to serve at the pleasure of the commission and may fix a reasonable compensation to be paid such consultants and clerical and other assistants. L.1950, c. 210, p. 463, s. 1-8, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-23.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-23.3
Withdrawal of public works bid.
Status: in_force

3. a. In the case of a bidding process for a public works contract, a bidder may request withdrawal of a bid, due to a mistake on the part of the bidder, within five business days after a bid opening. As used in this section, "mistake" shall have the same meaning as provided in paragraph 42 of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2). b. To request the withdrawal of a public works bid, a bidder shall submit a request for withdrawal in writing by certified or registered mail to the address to which the bid was submitted. The request shall be effective upon mailing. The request shall include evidence, including any pertinent documents, demonstrating that a mistake was made and was of so great a consequence that: (1) the enforcement of the contract, if actually made, would be unconscionable; (2) the mistake relates to a material feature of the bid; (3) the mistake occurred notwithstanding the fact that the bidder exercised reasonable care in preparation of the bid; and (4) the bidder making the mistake is able to get relief by way of withdrawing the bid without serious prejudice to the contracting unit, except for the loss of the bargain to the contracting unit. c. A purchasing agent qualified pursuant to subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-9), or legal counsel for the contracting unit, or the chief administrative officer of the contracting unit, shall review the request for bid withdrawal. No later than the next meeting of the governing body of the contracting unit following receipt of the withdrawal request, the individual responsible for reviewing the request shall make a recommendation to the governing body of the contracting unit concerning the disposition of the request. The governing body of the contracting unit shall act upon the request to withdraw the bid no later than at its next regular meeting. d. The purchasing agent, legal counsel, or chief administrative officer responsible for reviewing the request pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall act in good faith in reviewing the request and in making a recommendation to the governing body concerning the disposition of a request to withdraw a bid. e. A contracting unit whose governing body grants a request to withdraw a bid shall return the bid guarantee to the bidder. Once the decision to approve the withdrawal is made, the contracting unit shall continue the award process with the remaining bids. f. If a bidder withdraws a bid, the bidder shall be disqualified from future bidding on the same project, including whenever all bids are rejected pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.40A:11-13.2). L.2010, c.108, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-20
Real property; acquisition
Status: in_force

Every sewerage authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within or without the district, which may be deemed by the sewerage authority necessary for its purposes, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, playgrounds, reservations and public or private rights in waters within or without the district, and any property within or without the district owned by or in which any county, municipality or political subdivision of the State, or public body or agency of such political subdivision, has any right, title or interest. Such sewerage authority is hereby empowered to acquire and take such real property, including any such public property or such public interest therein, by condemnation, in the manner provided by chapter 1 of Title 20, Eminent Domain, of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 20:1-1 et seq.) and, to that end, may invoke and exercise in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed in said chapter, either in its own name or in the name of any local unit or units, all of the powers of such local unit or units to acquire or take property for public use. Upon the filing of a complaint in any action to fix the compensation to be paid for any such property, or at any time thereafter, such sewerage authority may file with the clerk of the county in which such property is located and also with the Clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking, signed by the sewerage authority, declaring that possession of 1 or more of the tracts or parcels of land or property described in the complaint is thereby being taken by and for the use of the sewerage authority. The said declaration of taking shall be sufficient if it sets forth (1) a description of each tract or parcel of land or property to be so taken sufficient for the identification thereof to which there may or may not be attached a plan or map thereof; (2) a statement of the estate or interest in the said land or property being taken; (3) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the sewerage authority by resolution to be just compensation for the taking of the estate or interest in each tract or parcel of land or property described in said declaration; and (4) that, in compliance with the provisions of this act, the sewerage authority has established and is maintaining a trust fund as hereinafter provided. Upon the filing of the said declaration, the sewerage authority shall deposit with the Clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration. In addition to the said deposits with the Clerk of the Superior Court the sewerage authority at all times shall maintain a fund on deposit with a bank or trust company doing business in this State in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. Said fund shall consist of cash or securities readily convertible into cash constituting legal investments for trust funds under the laws of this State or may consist of all or some part of the proceeds of bonds of the sewerage authority held by any trustee for the holders of such bonds and available for payment for the land or other property described in such declarations of taking. Said fund shall be held by or on behalf of the sewerage authority to secure and may be applied to the payment of just compensation for the land or other property described in such declarations of taking. The sewerage authority shall be entitled to withdraw from said fund from time to time so much as may then be in excess of the aggregate amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. Upon the filing of the said declaration as aforesaid and depositing with the Clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration, the sewerage authority, without other process or proceedings, shall be entitled to the exclusive possession and use of each tract of land or property described in said declaration and may forthwith enter into and take possession of said land or property, it being the intent of this provision that the action to fix compensation to be paid or any other proceedings relating to the taking of said land or interest therein or other property shall not delay the taking of possession thereof and the use thereof by the sewerage authority for the purpose or purposes for which the sewerage authority is authorized by law to acquire or condemn such land or other property or interest therein. The sewerage authority shall cause notice of the filing of said declaration and the making of said deposit to be served upon each party to the action to fix the compensation to be paid, who resides in this State, either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at his residence, if known, and upon each such party who resides out of the State, by mailing a copy thereof to him at his residence, if known. In the event that the residence of any such party or the name of such party is unknown, such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county or counties in which the land is located. Such service, mailing or publication shall be made within ten days after filing such declaration. Upon the application of any party in interest and after notice to other parties in interest, including the sewerage authority, the Superior Court may direct that the money deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court or any part thereof be paid forthwith to the person or persons entitled thereto for or on account of the just compensation to be awarded in said action; provided, that each such person shall have filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court a consent in writing that, in the event the award in the said action shall be less than the amount deposited, the court, after such notice as the court prescribes and hearing, may determine his liability, if any, for the return of such difference or any part thereof and enter judgment therefor. If the amount of the award as finally determined shall exceed the amount so deposited, the person or persons to whom the award is payable shall be entitled to recover from the sewerage authority the difference between the amount of the deposit and the amount of the award, with interest at the rate of 6% per annum thereon from the date of making the deposit. If the amount of the award shall be less than the amount so deposited, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall return the difference between the amount of the award and the deposit to the sewerage authority unless the amount of the deposit or any part thereof shall have theretofore been distributed, in which event the court, on application of the sewerage authority and notice to all persons interested in the award and affording them an opportunity to be heard, shall enter judgment in favor of the sewerage authority for such difference against the party or parties liable for the return thereof. The sewerage authority shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the land or property as herein provided. In addition to other powers conferred by this act or by any other law, and not in limitation thereof, every sewerage authority, in connection with construction or operation of any part of a sewerage system, shall have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances (herein called "facilities" ) of any public utility, as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations. Whenever in connection with construction or operation of any part of a sewerage system, any sewerage authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such facilities, which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any such real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations, should be relocated in such real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations, or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the sewerage authority; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be paid by the sewerage authority and may be included in the cost of such sewerage system. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location. L.1946, c. 138, p. 662, s. 20. Amended by L.1951, c. 127, p. 556, s. 7; L.1953, c. 177, p. 1461, s. 5; L.1956, c. 113, p. 500, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1.5
Regulation of apiary activities.
Status: in_force

1. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsections b. and c. of this section, no municipality may: (1) adopt an ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation concerning the breeding or keeping of honey bees or any activities related thereto, including, but not limited to, the use of honey bees for pollination, the reproduction and sale of honey bees, or the production of honey or other apiary products from such bees; or (2) establish any restriction or requirement that would result in the prohibition of the breeding or keeping of honey bees, the use of honey bees for pollination, or any activities related thereto, in the municipality. b. The State shall regulate apiary activities in the State pursuant to R.S.4:6-1 through R.S.4:6-18, sections 8 and 9 of P.L.1977, c.159 (C.4:6-19 and C.4:6-20), P.L.2007, c.271 (C.4:6-21 et seq.), section 2 of P.L.2015, c.76 (C.4:6-24), and any applicable laws. However, the Department of Agriculture may delegate to a municipality the regulatory authority to monitor and enforce the apiary standards established pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2015, c.76 (C.4:6-24), if the municipality adopts by reference those standards by ordinance. Upon adoption of such an ordinance, the municipality shall assume responsibility to monitor apiary activities in the municipality and enforce compliance with the standards adopted pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2015, c.76 (C.4:6-24). A municipality may, at any time, repeal any such ordinance, and upon the municipality doing so, the Department of Agriculture shall immediately reassume all authority and associated duties and responsibilities previously delegated to the municipality pursuant to this subsection. c. If a municipality that has assumed responsibility pursuant to subsection b. of this section finds that there is a condition or circumstance in the municipality that is not resolved by the standards adopted pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2015, c.76 (C.4:6-24), the municipality shall request guidance thereon from the Department of Agriculture. The department shall provide the guidance no later than 90 days after the request is received by the department. Upon expiration of the 90-day period and if the standards adopted pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2015, c.76 (C.4:6-24) do not sufficiently address the condition or circumstance, the municipality, after consulting with the department, the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the New Jersey Beekeepers Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium, or successor organizations with similar purposes, may adopt by ordinance a standard to address the condition or circumstance, provided that the standard reflects consideration of population density, the density and intensity of development, type of land use, and honey bee biology and behavior. L.2015, c.76, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.39
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately but no sale and conveyance shall be made pursuant to this act after January 1, 1957. L.1956, c. 87, p. 181, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-11
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

11. The director shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this act and the purposes thereof, including the extension of, for cause shown by general regulation or individual authorization, the time of filing a return for a time not exceeding three months on such terms and conditions as the director may require. L.1992,c.165,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-17
Recreation commission; creation
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may create a commission of three persons to be known and designated as the recreation commission of (name of municipality) with power and authority to arrange and provide for the giving of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, concerts, games, contests and sporting events and to charge and collect a reasonable admission fee for each person admitted to any of these divertisements.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-11
Municipal determinations as to tax exemptions and service charges
Status: in_force

11. A financial agreement approved pursuant to this act shall include findings by the municipality, approved by the municipal governing body, setting forth appropriate tax exemption provisions and an appropriate annual service charge schedule which shall be based upon the provisions of section 12 of this act and the municipality's determinations as to: a. The relative benefits of the project to the redevelopment of the redevelopment area when compared to the costs, if any, associated with the tax exemption; b. An assessment of the importance of the tax exemption to be granted in obtaining the development of the project and in influencing the locational decisions of probable occupants of the project or units of the project. L.1991,c.431,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.25
Payment of costs of surplus food distribution by board of freeholders
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring, in the absence of any such contract, any such board of chosen freeholders to pay any part of the cost of the distribution of such Federal surplus food commodities to such persons on the rolls of the county welfare board. L.1957, c. 119, p. 496, s. 3, eff. July 3, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:10-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1
Acceptance of monuments; may provide site; becomes public property.
Status: in_force

When any person or organization shall offer to any county or municipality any monument, statue, tablet or public drinking fountain already erected or constructed within the bounds of any public street or highway therein, or shall offer to provide or erect any monument, statue, tablet or public drinking fountain upon the condition that such county or municipality provide a site for the location thereof, the governing body of any such county or municipality may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, accept the same on behalf of such county or municipality.
If the monument, statue, tablet or public drinking fountain has not already been erected or constructed the governing body may provide a site therefor, which site may be within the bounds of any public street or highway.
Upon the acceptance of any such monument, statue, tablet or public drinking fountain already erected or constructed and located as hereinbefore provided, or if not yet erected or constructed then upon its completion, it shall be the property of the county or municipality dedicated to public use.
Source: L.1917, c.175, s.1,p.517.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-32
Additional powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the other powers conferred upon it by this act or by any other law and not in limitation thereof, every authority, in connection with construction or operation of any public facility, shall have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances (in this section called "works" ) of any public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any real property, including public lands or waters. Whenever in connection with construction or operation of any public facility, any authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such works, which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any such real property, should be relocated in such real property or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating such works shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the authority; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such works in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights, or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such works, shall be paid by the authority and may be included in the cost of such public facility. In case of any such relocation or removal of works as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such works, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such works in their former location. L.1967, c. 136, s. 32, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-24
Pledge of State to bondholders
Status: in_force

The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant this act that the State will not authorize or permit the construction or maintenance of any port facilities of the port authority, and will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the port authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate its port facilities, and to fix, establish, charge and collect its service charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, and will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until such bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1399, s. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-12
Compensation of ward commissioners, assistance
Status: in_force

4. Each ward commissioner shall be entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties and to such compensation as the governing body may provide by ordinance or resolution. The ward commissioners shall be entitled in the performance of their duties to the assistance of a surveyor or engineer, and, when they deem necessary, may employ a surveyor or engineer and such other assistants as shall be necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duties. The governing body of the municipality shall provide, upon certification of the ward commissioners, for payment of the expenses of the ward commissioners, their compensation as determined by ordinance or resolution, and the expenses for the services of the surveyor, engineer or other assistants as the ward commissioners shall have incurred. No person employed under this section shall be compensated by receiving a percentage of the contract under which he renders services. L.1981,c.496,s.4; amended 1991,c.501.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-132 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-132
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Approval" means any approval of a soil erosion and sediment control plan granted by a local soil conservation district under the authority conferred by R.S.4:24-22 et seq., waterfront development permit issued pursuant to R.S.12:5-1 et seq., permit issued pursuant to "The Wetlands Act of 1970," P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-10 et seq.), permit issued pursuant to the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.), approval of an application for development granted by the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission pursuant to the "Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Law of 1974," P.L.1974, c.118 (C.13:13A-1 et seq.), permit issued by the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission pursuant to the "Hackensack Meadowlands Reclamation and Development Act," P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-1 et seq.), approval of an application for development granted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), permit issued pursuant to the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), septic approval granted pursuant to Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, permit granted pursuant to R.S.27:7-1 et seq. or any supplement thereto, permit granted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Title 27 of the Revised Statutes or under the general authority conferred by State law, approval granted by a sewerage authority pursuant to the "sewerage authorities law," P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.), approval granted by a municipal authority pursuant to the "municipal and county utilities authorities law," P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), approval issued by a county planning board pursuant to Chapter 27 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, preliminary and final approval granted in connection with an application for development pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), permit granted pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) permit or certification issued pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.), permit granted authorizing the drilling of a well pursuant to P.L.1947, c.377 (C.58:4A-5 et seq.), certification or permit granted, or exemption from a sewerage connection ban granted, pursuant to the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), certification granted pursuant to "The Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.199 (C.58:11-23 et seq.), certification or approval granted pursuant to P.L.1971, c.386 (C.58:11-25.1 et al.), certification issued pursuant to the "Water Quality Planning Act," P.L.1977, c.75 (C.58:11A-1 et seq.), approval granted pursuant to the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.), stream encroachment permit issued pursuant to the "Flood Hazard Area Control Act," P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.), any municipal or county approval or permit granted under the general authority conferred by State law, or any other government authorization of any development application or any permit related thereto whether that authorization is in the form of a permit, approval, license, certification, waiver, letter of interpretation, agreement or any other executive or administrative decision which allows a development to proceed. "Development" means the division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure or facility, or of any grading, soil removal or relocation, excavation or landfill or any use or change in the use of any building or other structure or land or extension of the use of land. "Economic emergency" means the period beginning January 1, 1989 and continuing through to December 31, 1996. "Government" means any municipal, county, regional or State government, or any agency, department, commission or other instrumentality thereof. L.1992,c.82,s.3; amended 1994,c.145,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-52 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-52
Schedule of hours of actual duty
Status: in_force

In any municipality, the governing body, by ordinance, may adopt a schedule of hours of actual duty for the paid officers and members of the fire department and force, to average for each 42 hours per week in any 8-week cycle, except in cases of emergency the official in charge shall have authority to retain on duty any member or officer during the emergency, but in any such case and within 12 months thereafter such member or officer shall be given compensatory time off for all hours worked in excess of the said average, so served by him during the emergency. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1972, c. 153, s. 1, eff. Sept. 12, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.1
"Local authority."
Status: in_force

44. As used in this section, "local authority" means an "authority" as defined under the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees of a local authority who are not subject to the provisions of sections 40 and 42 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28d and C.40A:10-21.1) shall contribute, through the withholding of the contribution from the pay, salary, or other compensation or from the monthly retirement allowance, toward the cost of health care benefits coverage for the employee and any dependent provided by the local authority during active service and in retirement in an amount that shall be determined as closely as possible in accordance with sections 39 and 42 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c and C.40A:10-21.1). Once those employees are subjected to the contribution requirements set forth in this section, the public employers and public employees shall be bound by this act, P.L.2011, c.78, to apply the contribution levels set forth in section 39 of this act until all affected employees are contributing the full amount of the contribution, as determined by the implementation schedule set forth in subsection a. of section 42 of this act. Notwithstanding the expiration date set forth in section 83 of this act, P.L.2011, c.78, or the expiration date of any successor agreements, the parties shall be bound to apply the requirements of this paragraph until they have reached the full implementation of the schedule set forth in subsection a. of section 40 of this act. L.2011, c.78, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-66 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-66
Seals of county clerks
Status: in_force

Every county clerk shall have an official seal for the office of county clerk of the county. Until otherwise provided by law, the seals of the clerks of the respective counties now in use shall be continued to be used on official documents required to be sealed by the county clerk. The county clerk in office shall be the custodian of the said seal. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-40 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-40
Annual debt statement
Status: in_force

The chief financial officer of each local unit shall, before the end of the first month of each fiscal year, make and file in the office of the clerk and of the director an annual debt statement, under oath, as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year, and such statement shall be a public record open to inspection. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-54 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-54
Criminal history record check requested by county, authority for.
Status: in_force

33. a. A county may enact an ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, providing that an authorized county official or officer may request a criminal history record background check of any person for an official governmental purpose, including, but not limited to, employment, licensing and the procurement of services. The ordinance or resolution shall provide that the person shall submit to being fingerprinted in accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules and regulations. The ordinance or resolution shall further provide that the official or officer is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. b. In order to obtain criminal history record information pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance or resolution, the official or officer shall submit fingerprint data to the State Bureau of Identification. The bureau shall receive all criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and shall disseminate that information to the officer or official. c. The county shall transmit the fees for the criminal history record background check to the State Bureau of Identification. d. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Attorney General may promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section. L.2003,c.199,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-33
Assessment as continuous lien; informalities not to invalidate proceedings.
Status: in_force

40:56-33. Except as provided in article 4 of this chapter (s. 40:56-58 et seq.) as to cities of the first class, every assessment for local improvements together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith, shall upon the effective date of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the assessment be a continuous first lien upon the real estate described in the assessment, paramount to all prior or subsequent alienations and descents of such real estate or encumbrances thereon, except subsequent taxes or assessments, notwithstanding any mistake in the name or names of any owner or owners, or any omission to name any owner or owners who are unknown, and notwithstanding any lack of form therein, or in any other proceeding which does not impair the substantial rights of the owner or owners or other person or persons having a lien upon or interest in any such real estate. Confirmation of the amount of the assessment by the governing body or by the court shall be considered as determining the amount of the existing lien and not as establishing the lien. All assessments for local improvements shall be presumed to have been regularly assessed and confirmed and every assessment or proceeding preliminary thereto shall be presumed to have been regularly made or conducted until the contrary be shown. Amended 2002, c.15, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:24-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-3
Resolutions providing penalty; publication
Status: in_force

All resolutions of the board of chosen freeholders, providing a penalty for violation thereof, shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the county before they shall become effective.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-55 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-55
Additional joint insurance for municipality, limited purpose regional school district, other district.
Status: in_force

4. In the case of a limited purpose regional school district, in addition to any contract entered into by a municipality pursuant to section 3 of this act, the governing body of any municipality and the board of education of any school district may, in accordance with section 1 of this act, agree to join together for the purpose of insuring pursuant to the provisions of: a. Article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-1 et seq.); b. Article 3 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-6 et seq.); c. Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.); or d. P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.). L.1992, c.51, s.4; amended 2007, c.18, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-72.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-72.2
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

23. The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Division of Elections in the Department of State, as appropriate, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.2017, c.206 (C.40A:14-72.1 et al.). L.2017, c.206, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-43
Successor to incumbent; eligibility, election, powers and duties
Status: in_force

If the office of the incumbent shall become vacant either by his resignation, failure to file an incumbent's petition, or by the result of the recall election, his successor shall be the nominee receiving the highest number of votes at the recall election. The person so elected shall hold the office vacated by the incumbent for the remainder of the incumbent's term of office and shall succeed to all the rights and duties of the office of commissioner in the municipality. Any person having the qualifications required by section 40:72-1 of this title shall be eligible as a nominee to succeed an incumbent.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-161 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-161
Right to farm benefits.
Status: in_force

25. Agricultural land involved in an approved development transfer ordinance shall be provided the right to farm benefits under the "Right to Farm Act," P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-1 et al.) and other benefits that may be provided pursuant to the "Agriculture Retention and Development Act," P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.). L.2004,c.2,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-74 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-74
Qualifications, election, term
Status: in_force

The board president shall be a duly elected member of the board of freeholders. He shall be elected by the board of freeholders at their organizational meeting for a term of 1 year, such term to begin immediately after his election. L.1972, c. 154, s. 74, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 29, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-1.16 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1.16
Hiring preferences for veterans.
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the veteran's preferences provided for in N.J.S.40A:14-122.6 and N.J.S.40A:14-129, a county or municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is not in operation, may adopt a resolution or ordinance, as applicable, providing hiring preference to veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1, provided that in all measurable criteria, the veteran and nonveteran are equally qualified for the position. L.2015, c.178, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-133.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-133.5
Revocation, suspension.
Status: in_force

Any registered municipal clerk certificate may be revoked or suspended by the director for dishonest practices; or willful or intentional failure, neglect, or refusal to comply with the Constitution of the State of New Jersey or laws relating to the duties of the municipal clerk; or other good cause. The governing body or chief executive officer of any municipality may request a review by the director of the practices of a registered municipal clerk. The director may also initiate a review of the behavior or practices of a registered municipal clerk if the director finds it advisable to do so through the normal exercise of the director’s statutory duties and responsibilities. No certificate shall be revoked or suspended except upon a proper hearing before the director or the director’s designee after due notice. If the registered municipal clerk certificate shall be revoked, the person shall be removed from office by the director, the office of the municipal clerk shall be declared vacant, and the person shall not be eligible to hold that office, nor may the person make application for recertification, for a period of five years from the date of the revocation. L. 1985, c. 174, s. 5, eff. May 31, 1985; amended 2025, c.185, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.21
Rules and regulations; protection of parks; penalties
Status: in_force

The commission may make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of such parks, and the roads, driveways, sidewalks, paths, lakes, pools, fountains, trees, flowers, shrubs, statuary, buildings and other things contained therein, and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof. Any such penalty shall not be more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or less than two dollars ($2.00) but it need not be for a specific amount; and the commission may provide that the penalty shall be in such amount, not less than one given sum nor greater than another given sum, as may be fixed by the court in its discretion. The commission may sue for and collect the penalty so fixed in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. All fines and penalties recovered shall be used by the commission for the same purposes and in the same manner as its other funds. Such rules and regulations shall not take effect until ten days after their adoption by the commission and after their publication once a week for two weeks in at least five newspapers circulating in the county. L.1946, c. 276, p. 947, s. 21. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 656, s. 78, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-175 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-175
Statutes repealed
Status: in_force

The following sections, acts and parts of acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed. Revised Statutes sections: 40:46-1; 40:46-3, 40:46-4; 40:46-5 amended 1938, c. 149; 1948, c. 46; 1955, c. 131; 1967, c. 236; 40:46-6 amended 1953, c. 37; 40:46-6.1 amended 1945, c. 138; 40:46-7 to 40:46-12 both inclusive; 40:46-16; 40:46-17, 40;46-18; 40:46-23 amended 1947, c. 166; 1948, c. 282; 1958, c. 145; 1962, c. 144; 1965, c. 227; 40:46-25; 40:46-26 amended 1942, c. 53; 1944, c. 99; 1947, c. 33; 1947, c. 166; 1948, c. 282; 1949, c. 271; 1952, c. 281; 1955, c. 175; 1962, c. 144; 40:46-27 amended 1941, c. 144; 1954, c. 271; 1955, c. 186; 1958, c. 145; 40:46-28; 40:46-29; 40:46-32; 40:46-33; 40:46-34 amended 1948, c. 163; 1948, c. 395; 40:46-35, 40:46-36; 40:72-20; 40:73-7; 40:87-61; 40:145-19 to 40:145-22 both inclusive; 40:171-19 amended 1970, c. 99; 40:171-20 to 40:171-24 both inclusive; 40:171-48, 40:171-49; 40:171-93, 40:171-94; 40:171-96, 40:171-97; Pamphlet Laws: Laws of 1938, c. 386 (C. 40:46-6.2, C. 40:46-6.3); Laws of 1939, c. 286 (C. 40:46-34.1); Laws of 1941, c. 133 (C. 40:46-37, C. 40:46-38); Laws of 1944, c. 90 (C. 40:171-24.1); Laws of 1947, c. 192 (C. 40:46-6.13); Laws of 1947, c. 331 (C. 40:145-14.1 to C. 40:145-14.4 both inclusive); Laws of 1947, c. 350 (C. 40:46-6.14 to C. 40:46-6.22 both inclusive); Schedule of Amendments of Laws of 1947, c. 350; Section 1 amended by P.L.1951, c. 173; Section 4 amended by P.L.1953, c. 37; Laws of 1947, c. 362 (C. 48:83-8, C. 40:83-9); Laws of 1951, c. 339, c. 1 (C. 40:46-27.1 amended by P.L.1962, c. 151; 1967, c. 299; Laws of 1952, c. 325 (C. 40:145-14.5, C. 40:145-14.6); Laws of 1953, c. 322 (C. 40:46-2.1); Laws of 1960, c. 81 (C. 40:46-6.23 to C. 40:46-6.25 both inclusive); Laws of 1964, c. 2 (C. 40:46-16.1 to C. 40:46-16.5 both inclusive); Laws of 1965, c. 243 (C. 40:46-6.22a); Laws of 1968, c. 35 (C. 40:46-6.2a, C. 40:46-6.2b); Laws of 1968, c. 239 (C. 40:46-32.1); Laws of 1968, c. 367 (C. 40:46-2.2 to C. 40:46-2.4 both inclusive); Schedule of Amendment of Laws of 1968, c. 367; Section 1 amended by P.L.1970, c. 146; Laws of 1969, c. 241 (C. 40:41-50 to C. 40:41-53 both inclusive); Laws of 1969, c. 287 (C. 40:46-32.2). L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1979, c. 86, s. 15, eff. May 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-11.1
Findings, declarations relative to municipal redevelopment agencies; additional commissioners, certain.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The redevelopment agencies of municipalities across this State renew the vitality and fabric of their neighborhoods and business districts, improve their image, visibility and stature, construct new housing, generate employment opportunities for the local work force and draw consumers and tourists to the municipality; and (2) These agencies achieve these goals by planning and implementing projects that provide housing, jobs, parks and office buildings; and (3) Municipalities with a large area and population are faced with a greater burden of responsibility in order to achieve their goals than their smaller, less populated counterparts; and (4) Increasing the number of commissioners on the redevelopment agencies of larger municipalities in this State will expedite the redevelopment of these municipalities and contribute to a Statewide renaissance that stands to benefit all State residents. b. Notwithstanding other provisions of this law to the contrary, a municipality with an area of more than 15 square miles and having a population of more than 40,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, may create a redevelopment agency with nine commissioners or increase the membership of a redevelopment agency already created from seven to nine commissioners. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the commissioners shall be appointed by the governing body in the manner generally required for appointments by the form of government under which the municipality is governed. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, commissioners shall each serve for a term of five years; except that the first of these appointees shall be designated to serve for the following terms: one for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, two for terms of three years, two for a term of four years, and two for terms of five years. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, where a redevelopment agency of seven commissioners already exists, the additional two commissioners shall be appointed to initial terms of two and four years, as determined by lot. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever a municipality governed by the borough form of government pursuant to N.J.S.40A:60-1 et seq. creates a redevelopment agency with nine commissioners, or increases the membership of a redevelopment agency from seven to nine commissioners, two commissioners shall be members of the borough council to be appointed by the council. A member of council so appointed may designate another resident of the borough to serve on the redevelopment agency for any particular meeting in the event the member of council is unavailable. The term of a commissioner who is a member of a borough council shall be one year or terminate upon completion of the council-member's term of office, whichever occurs first. No more than three commissioners shall be officers or employees of the municipality. Each commissioner shall continue to hold office at the expiration of a term until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner, from any cause, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term. L.2005,c.275,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.14
Cost for removal; lien
Status: in_force

2. In all cases where brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris are destroyed or removed from any dwelling or lands under any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1943, c.71 (C.40:48-2.13) or section 1 of P.L.1994, c.167 (C.40:48-2.13a), by or under the direction of an officer or code enforcement officer of the municipality, such officer or code enforcement officer shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, which shall examine the certificate, and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said dwelling or lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such dwelling or lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such dwelling or lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes. L.1943,c.71,s.2; amended 1968,c.94,s.2; 1994,c.167,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-30
Power of local self-government conferred; construction of grants of power
Status: in_force

The general grant of municipal power contained in this article is intended to confer the greatest power of local self-government consistent with the Constitution of this State. Any specific enumeration of municipal powers contained in this act or in any other general law shall not be construed in any way to limit the general description of power contained in this article, and any such specifically enumerated municipal powers shall be construed as in addition and supplementary to the powers conferred in general terms by this article. All grants of municipal power to municipalities governed by an optional plan under this act, whether in the form of specific enumeration or general terms, shall be liberally construed, as required by the Constitution of this State, in favor of the municipality. L.1950, c. 210, p. 472, s. 2-5, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-73 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-73
Conditions of final site plan approval
Status: in_force

11. a. Before recording of final subdivision plats or as a condition of final site plan approval, the municipal authority may require and shall accept in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to sections 11 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73 through C.40:14B-78) for the purpose of assuring the installation and maintenance of on-tract utility improvements: (1) The furnishing of a performance guarantee in favor of the municipal authority in an amount not to exceed 120% of the cost of installation, which cost shall be determined or approved by the municipal authority engineer according to the method of calculation set forth in section 15 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-77), for improvements which the municipal authority may deem necessary or appropriate including sanitary sewers and related utility facilities and improvements. The municipal authority engineer shall prepare an itemized cost estimate of the improvements covered by the performance guarantee, or approve an itemized cost estimate of the improvements as prepared by the developer's engineer, which itemized cost estimate shall be appended to each performance guarantee posted by the obligor. (2) The furnishing of a maintenance guarantee to be posted with the municipal authority for a period not to exceed two years after final acceptance of the improvement, in an amount not to exceed 15% of the cost of the improvement, which cost shall be determined by the municipal authority engineer according to the method of calculation set forth in section 15 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-77). b. The time allowed for installation of the improvements for which the performance guarantee has been provided may be extended by the municipal authority by resolution. As a condition or as part of any such extension, the amount of any performance guarantee shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, to an amount not to exceed 120% of the cost of the installation, which cost shall be determined by the municipal authority engineer according to the method of calculation set forth in section 15 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-77) as of the time of the passage of the resolution. c. If the required improvements are not completed or corrected in accordance with the performance guarantee, the obligor and surety, if any, shall be liable thereon to the municipal authority for the reasonable cost of the improvements not completed or corrected and the municipal authority may either prior to or after the receipt of the proceeds thereof complete such improvements. Such completion or correction of improvements shall be subject to the public bidding requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). d. (1) Upon substantial completion of all required utility improvements, and the connection of same to the public system, the obligor may request of the municipal authority in writing, by certified mail addressed in care of the chief administrative officer of the municipal authority, that the municipal authority prepare, in accordance with the itemized cost estimate prepared or approved by the municipal authority engineer and appended to the performance guarantee pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a list of all uncompleted or unsatisfactory completed improvements. If such a request is made, the obligor shall send a copy of the request to the municipal authority engineer. The request shall indicate which improvements have been completed and which improvements remain uncompleted in the judgment of the obligor. Thereupon the municipal authority shall inspect all improvements covered by the obligor's request and shall file a detailed list and report, in writing, with the municipal authority, and shall simultaneously send a copy thereof to the obligor not later than 45 days after receipt of the obligor's request. (2) The list prepared by the municipal authority shall state, in detail, with respect to each improvement determined to be incomplete or unsatisfactory, the nature and extent of the incompleteness of each incomplete improvement or the nature and extent of, and remedy for, the unsatisfactory state of each completed improvement determined to be unsatisfactory. The report prepared by the municipal authority shall identify each improvement determined to be complete and satisfactory together with a recommendation as to the amount of reduction to be made in the performance guarantee relating to the completed and satisfactory improvements, in accordance with the itemized cost estimate prepared or approved by the municipal authority engineer and appended to the performance guarantee pursuant to subsection a. of this section. e. (1) The municipal authority, by resolution, shall either approve the improvements determined to be complete and satisfactory by the municipal authority, or reject any or all of these improvements upon the establishment in the resolution of cause for rejection, and shall approve and authorize the amount of reduction to be made in the performance guarantee relating to the improvements accepted, in accordance with the itemized cost estimate prepared or approved by the municipal authority engineer and appended to the performance guarantee pursuant to subsection a. of this section. This resolution shall be adopted not later than 45 days after receipt of the list and report prepared by the municipal authority. Upon adoption of the resolution by the municipal authority, the obligor shall be released from all liability pursuant to its performance guarantee, with respect to those approved improvements except for that portion adequately sufficient to secure completion or correction of the improvements not yet approved; provided that an amount of the performance guarantee equal to the cost of the remaining open improvements may be retained to ensure completion and acceptability of all improvements. (2) If the municipal authority fails to send or provide the list and report as requested by the obligor pursuant to subsection d. of this section within 45 days from receipt of the request, the obligor may apply to the court in a summary manner for an order compelling the municipal authority to provide the list and report within a stated time and the cost of applying to the court, including reasonable attorney's fees, may be awarded to the prevailing party. If the municipal authority fails to approve or reject the improvements determined by the municipal authority to be complete and satisfactory or reduce the performance guarantee for the complete and satisfactory improvements within 45 days from the receipt of the municipal authority's list and report, the obligor may apply to the court in a summary manner for an order compelling, within a stated time, approval of the complete and satisfactory improvements and approval of a reduction in the performance guarantee for the approvable complete and satisfactory improvements in accordance with the itemized cost estimate prepared or approved by the municipal authority engineer and appended to the performance guarantee pursuant to subsection a. of this section; and the cost of applying to the court, including reasonable attorney's fees, may be awarded to the prevailing party. (3) In the event that the obligor has made a cash deposit with the municipal authority as part of the performance guarantee, then any partial reduction granted in the performance guarantee pursuant to this subsection shall be applied to the cash deposit in the same proportion as the original cash deposit bears to the full amount of the performance guarantee. f. If any portion of the required improvements is rejected, the municipal authority may require the obligor to complete or correct such improvements and, upon completion or correction, the same procedure of notification, as set forth in this section shall be followed. g. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to limit the right of the obligor to contest by legal proceedings any determination of the municipal authority or the municipal authority engineer. h. The obligor shall reimburse the municipal authority for all reasonable inspection fees paid to the municipal authority for the foregoing inspection of improvements; provided that the municipal authority may require of the developer a deposit for the inspection fees in an amount not to exceed, except for extraordinary circumstances, the greater of $500 or 5% of the cost of improvements, which cost shall be determined pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-77). The developer shall deposit with the municipal authority the full amount of reasonably anticipated inspection fees unless the section of the development that is under construction is of a large size and the sewer or water utilities, or both, are going to be constructed in phases. When the developer and the municipal authority reach agreement on the phasing of utility construction, the full amount of reasonably anticipated inspection fees for those phases scheduled to start construction shall be deposited with the municipal authority. The municipal authority shall not perform any inspection if sufficient funds to pay for those inspections are not on deposit. i. In the event that final approval is by stages or sections of development, the provisions of this section shall be applied by stage or section. j. To the extent that any of the improvements have been dedicated to the municipal authority on the subdivision plat or site plan, the municipal authority shall be deemed, upon the release of any performance guarantee required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, to accept dedication for public use of water and sewer facilities and any other improvements made thereon according to site plans and subdivision plats approved by the municipal authority, provided that such improvements have been inspected and have received final approval by the municipal authority. L.1999,c.11,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.7
Nomination of candidates for members of board
Status: in_force

Candidates to be voted for at the regular water district election for members of the board of water commissioners shall be nominated directly by petition. L.1951, c. 280, p. 955, s. 7, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-111 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-111
Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition
Status: in_force

If within 60 days of the submission of a certified petition by the county clerk the board shall fail to pass an ordinance requested by a referendum petition, the county clerk shall submit the ordinance to the voters, unless within 10 days after final adverse action by the board or after the expiration of the time allowed for such action, as the case may be, a paper signed by at least four of the five members of the committee of the petitioners shall be filed with the county clerk requesting that the petition be withdrawn. Upon the filing of such a request, the original petition shall cease to have any force or effect. L.1972, c. 154, s. 111, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-142 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-142
Municipal prison keepers
Status: in_force

In any municipality having a municipal prison the governing body, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of a prison keeper and upon such appointment he shall become a member of the police department or force of said municipality. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-7
Enforcement of rules and regulations; jurisdiction of courts
Status: in_force

Any court within the county having jurisdiction over proceedings for the violation of municipal ordinances in any municipality within the county, shall have jurisdiction in proceedings for the violation of the rules and regulations prescribed by the commission, which shall be enforceable in the same manner as ordinances of the municipality in which the proceeding is instituted. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 650, s. 63, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-164 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-164
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Alcoholic beverage manufacturer license" or "license" means a plenary winery license, farm winery license, limited brewery license, restricted brewery license, cidery and meadery license, and craft distillery license issued pursuant to R.S.33:1-10. "Alcoholic beverage retail consumption license" or "license" means a plenary retail consumption license, plenary retail consumption license used in connection with a hotel or motel, seasonal retail consumption license, or club license issued pursuant to R.S.33:1-12, or a concessionaire permit issued pursuant to Title 33 of the Revised Statutes that authorizes the sale of all alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises. "Food" means food that is cooked, prepared, sold, served, and consumed on the business premises. "Outdoor space" means a patio or deck, whether covered or uncovered, a yard, a walkway, or a parking lot, or a portion of any such space, that is located on the business premises, contiguous to the business premises, or in a non-contiguous location in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2024, c.95 (C.40:55D-165) which space is owned, leased, or otherwise in the lawful control of the owner or operator of the business premises. "Premises expansion permit" means a permit issued to a manufacturer license holder or retail consumption license holder that entitles the license holder to use outdoor spaces as an extension of their business premises that they own or lease and that are located either on their business premises, contiguous to the business premises, or in a non-contiguous location in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2024, c.95 (C.40:55D-165) for the purpose of conducting sales of food and beverages as allowed by law. "Public sidewalk" means a sidewalk on the locally or county owned public right-of-way which is adjacent to the business premises or a portion thereof. L.2024, c.95, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-13
Appropriations for local improvements; amount; bonds and notes; fund
Status: in_force

The governing body may from time to time fix and designate the amounts of money to be expended by the municipality for local improvements. Any amount so appropriated may be raised by the issue of bond anticipation notes or permanent bonds. Any municipality may also create a capital fund for the carrying on of local improvements and such capital fund may be raised in any annual tax budget or by the sale of bonds. In making the appropriation the governing body may designate the particular local improvement to which said money so appropriated is to be applied, and in such designation may include one or more of the works set out in this article if the same are so connected as to be part of one general scheme.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.12
Assessment and levy of taxes
Status: in_force

Each board of chosen freeholders shall certify to its county board of taxation the sum to be provided by that county as certified or determined pursuant to section 8 of this act. The county board of taxation shall apportion such sum, in accordance with the provisions of section 54:4-49 of the Revised Statutes, among the municipalities within that county served by the regional library pursuant to the regional library agreement. The amounts thus apportioned shall be assessed, levied and collected in each such municipality in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes are assessed, levied, and collected. Each such county shall pay over the sum so collected, in quarterly installments on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, to the treasurer of the regional library. L.1962, c. 134, s. 10, eff. July 27, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-152.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-152.1
Removal of municipal treasurer; complaint; hearing; review
Status: in_force

Any removal of a municipal treasurer having tenure in office shall be upon a written complaint setting forth the charge or charges against him. The complaint shall be filed with the municipal clerk and a certified copy thereof shall be served upon the person so charged, with notice of a designated hearing date before the members of the governing body, which shall be not less than 10 days nor later than 30 days from the date of service of the complaint. The said hearing date shall be fixed by resolution of the governing body. The person so charged and the governing body shall have the right to be represented by counsel and the power to subpena witnesses and documentary evidence. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to review the determination of the governing body which court shall hear the cause de novo on the record below and affirm, modify or set aside such determination. Either party may supplement the record with additional testimony subject to the rules of evidence. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 75, s. 3, eff. March 23, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.27
Cost of cutting brush and hedges; charging against lands; lien
Status: in_force

In all cases where brush, hedges and other plant life are cut from any lands within the limitations of section one hereof under any such ordinance, by or under the direction of an officer of the municipality, such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, which shall examine the certificate and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands, or in the event that such cost is excessive to cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes. L.1949, c. 152, p. 535, s. 2, eff. May 19, 1949.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.35
Approval and resolution; submission to state treasurer
Status: in_force

A copy of the approval of the Local Finance Board referred to in section 8 of this amendatory and supplementary act and a copy of the resolution referred to in section 9 of this amendatory and supplementary act, bearing the endorsement of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall be submitted to the State Treasurer. L.1979, c. 273, s. 10, eff. Jan. 3, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-135 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-135
Control of streets or parks transferred to county park commission
Status: in_force

Any county board having control of any street, avenue or road within the county, and any municipality within the county or any board in such municipality having control of the streets or parks therein, may, with the consent of the park commission, transfer the care, custody and control of any park, public place or street under its care or control to the county park commission for the purposes of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-90 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-90
Enlargement of fire district.
Status: in_force

40A:14-90. Except as provided in a consolidation plan prepared in accordance with P.L.2015, c.279 (C.40A:14-90.1 et al.) the governing body of a municipality having a fire district therein, by ordinance, may enlarge such fire district by extending the boundaries thereof to include additional territory in such municipality but not included in another fire district, or to include additional territory in another municipality not included in another fire district upon adoption of a parallel ordinance. Upon the adoption of any such ordinance and publication thereof as required by law the additional territory shall become part of said fire district. One or more municipalities may adopt an ordinance or parallel ordinances petitioning the Local Finance Board to dissolve a fire district created by extending the boundaries of an existing fire district to include additional territory in another municipality pursuant to this section. Such applications shall be approved by the Local Finance Board pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-20). Nothing contained herein shall affect the terms or tenure of members of the board of fire commissioners or officers or personnel thereof, nor the bonds and obligations, if any, of such fire district. amended 1979, c.381, s.2; 2015, c.279, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-12
Revenues deposited in funds
Status: in_force

12. a. All revenues from a tax on predominantly tourism related retail receipts collected by the director under an ordinance adopted and authorized pursuant to this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.), shall be retained by the State Treasurer for deposit in the fund established pursuant to section 13 of this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-13), to be used and distributed according to P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.). b. All revenues from tourism assessments collected by the director under an ordinance adopted and authorized pursuant to this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.), shall be retained by the State Treasurer for deposit in the fund established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2002, c.72 (C.40:54D-14.1) to be used and distributed according to the terms of that section. c. The State Treasurer may deduct from amounts so retained prior to deposit in the funds an amount equal to that necessary to compensate the Department of the Treasury for costs actually incurred by that department in administering the provisions of this act. The State Treasurer shall annually provide the authority to which the funds pertain with a written account of the amounts so deducted and of the costs so incurred in the previous fiscal year. Amounts deducted by the State Treasurer shall be retained by the Department of the Treasury and used exclusively for costs so incurred. L.1992,c.165,s.12; amended 2002, c.72, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-125 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-125
Supply of water to old customers; rates
Status: in_force

After the commission shall have acquired possession of the waterworks of any such owner it shall carry out any obligation to supply water to any person which the owner would have been required by law to carry out if its waterworks had not been so acquired. Nothing in this section shall operate to affect the power of the commission to fix rates.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-37 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-37
Copy of ordinance served; ballot; form and content
Status: in_force

The clerk of the governing body shall, immediately after the ordinance becomes effective, serve upon the officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots for the next general election in the municipality, a certified copy of the ordinance, and he shall print the question upon the ballots in substantially the following form: "Shall the of (name of the municipality) engage in the business of transportation as described in an ordinance of the (name of governing body) of the of (name of the municipality) entitled (title of ordinance), passed (date of passage of ordinance)?" "Yes." "No."
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-47 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-47
Petitions need not be on single paper; minor defects immaterial
Status: in_force

No petition required by this article need be upon a single paper, but any such petition may be upon any number of separate papers, for the purpose of more conveniently obtaining signatures. The form of each separate paper shall be in the form provided herein, and there shall be attached thereto an affidavit of one of the signers of each paper, declaring that the signatures thereon are in the handwriting of the signers, and are to the best of his knowledge and belief the signatures of the persons purporting to sign the same. No petition shall be rejected by the municipal clerk for any typographical deviation of the form provided herein or for any minor departure therefrom, but such petition shall be accepted if it substantially conforms to the forms provided herein, the forms being for the guidance of the parties.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.30a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.30a
Use of revenues
Status: in_force

a. Beginning July 1, 1981, and until such time as the conditions set forth in subsection b. of this section are met, the revenues deposited by the State Treasurer in the fund created in section 5 of P.L.1979, c. 273 (C. 40:48-8.30), shall be applied for the purposes of financing and maintaining facilities authorized pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1960, c. 183 (C. 40:37A-54) located in any eligible municipality, to be limited to: (1) Payment of all or any part of principal and interest on bonds issued for low and moderate income housing pursuant to sections 1 through 26 of P.L.1979, c. 275 (C. 40:37A-106 through 40:37A-131); (2) Establishment of funds to provide security for bonds, notes or other obligations, or loans made from the proceeds of those obligations, pursuant to sections 1 through 26 of P.L.1979, c. 275 (C. 40:37A-106 through 40:37A-131); (3) Establishment of revolving loan and grant funds for the purpose of increasing housing opportunities for low and moderate income families consistent with the purposes of sections 1 through 26 of P.L.1979, c. 275 (C. 40:37A-106 through 40:37A-131). b. Commencing on that date which is the later of (i) January 1, 1984, or (ii) 6 months prior to the first date on which any payment of principal or interest on any bonds or notes issued for, or any payment of rent under any lease entered into by a county improvement authority in connection with, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of a convention hall facility to accomplish the purposes of a county improvement authority as set forth in subsection (b) of section 11 of P.L. 1960, c. 183 (C. 40:37A-54(b)) are required to be made from the revenues collected pursuant to P.L.1947, c. 71 (C. 40:48-8.15 et seq.), the revenues thereafter retained by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1947, c. 71 (C. 40:48-8.21) shall be applied exclusively (1) in accordance with the provisions of the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds by that county improvement authority for that facility, to the payment of principal of and interest on bonds so issued, the maintenance of necessary reserves and the allocation of moneys for future debt service payments; or (2) in accordance with a lease between the lessor of a convention hall facility and the county improvement authority or other entity operating the convention hall facility, to the payments required under that lease; and for no other purpose, except as set forth in subsection c. or d. of this section. At the time this subsection takes effect, all moneys then accumulated in the luxury tax fund shall be removed by the State Treasurer and deposited in a separate account to be known as the development fund, which proceeds, with the interest thereon, shall be used for any of the purposes set forth in subsection a. of this section. c. At the end of any full calendar year occurring after the date on which the provisions of subsection b. of this section take effect, and after all payments coming due during that calendar year of principal and interest on county improvement authority bonds or notes issued for a convention hall facility have been made, and all obligations have been met (1) to the holders of those bonds, including the maintenance of necessary reserves and the allocation of moneys for future debt service payments, or (2) to the lessor for lease payments under a lease entered into by the county improvement authority in connection with a convention hall facility, any balance remaining in the luxury tax fund in that calendar year shall be applied to any deficiency between the operating expense budget and the anticipated operating revenues available for the following fiscal year to the entity operating the convention hall facility. d. At the end of any full calendar year occurring after the date on which the provisions of subsection b. of this section take effect, and after all payments have been made from the luxury tax fund pursuant to subsections b. and c. any moneys remaining in the luxury tax fund in that calendar year shall be deposited in the development fund and used for the purposes set forth in subsection a. of this section. e. Pending application to the purposes for which moneys deposited in the development fund or the luxury tax fund may be used, the moneys in these funds shall be invested by the State Treasurer pursuant to applicable regulations prescribed for the investment of State moneys. Any income received from these investments shall be added to the fund from which earned, and used only for the purposes of that fund. L.1981, c. 461, s. 5, eff. Jan. 8, 1982. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 20, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-107.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-107.7
Customers of municipal water district, electronic billing, payment permitted.
Status: in_force

4. Upon the request of a customer, a municipality that has established a water district and which operates a water system may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such municipality to its customers and any additional information sent by the municipality to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of water service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and b. provide the customer of such municipality the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-37 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-37
Investigative, removal powers
Status: in_force

The council, in addition to such other powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by this charter or otherwise by general law, may: (a) Require any municipal officer, in its discretion, to prepare and submit sworn statements regarding his official duties in the performance thereof, and otherwise to investigate the conduct of any department, office or agency of the municipal government; (b) Remove, by at least two-thirds vote of the whole number of the council, any municipal officer, other than the mayor or a member of council, for cause, upon notice and an opportunity to be heard. L. 1950, c. 210, p. 473, s. 3-7, eff. June 8, 1950. Amended by L. 1985, c. 374, s. 3, eff. Nov. 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37D-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37D / Section 37D-9
Issuance of bonds, notes
Status: in_force

9. a. The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its bonds or notes in principal amounts which in the opinion of the authority shall be necessary to provide sufficient funds for any of its corporate purposes, including the payment, funding or refunding of the principal of, or interest or redemption premiums on, any bonds or notes issued by it, whether the bonds or notes or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due, the establishment or increase of the reserves to secure or to pay the bonds or notes or interest and all other costs or expenses of the authority incident to and necessary to carry out its corporate purposes and powers. b. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this act or by the authority, every issue of bonds or notes shall be general obligations payable out of any revenues or funds of the authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues or funds. The authority may issue types of bonds or notes as it may determine, including, but not limited to, bonds or notes as to which the principal and interest are payable (1) exclusively from the revenues and receipts of the part of the center financed with the proceeds of the bonds or notes; (2) exclusively from the revenues and receipts of certain designated parts of the center, whether or not the same are financed in whole or in part from the proceeds of the bonds or notes; or (3) from its revenues and receipts generally. The bonds or notes may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant, subsidy or contribution from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or the State or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, or any person, or a pledge of any income or revenues, funds or moneys of the authority from any source whatsoever. c. Whether or not the bonds and notes are of a form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes, the bonds and notes are negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of Title 12A, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration. d. Bonds or notes of the authority shall be authorized by a resolution of the authority and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date, mature at the time, bear interest at a rate of interest per annum, be in denominations, be in a form, either coupon or registered, carry any conversion or registration privileges, have rank or priority, be executed in any manner, be payable from any sources in any medium of monetary payment at a place within or without the State, and be subject to the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution may provide. e. Bonds or notes of the authority may be sold at public or private sale at a price and in a manner that the authority determines. Every bond shall mature and be paid not later than 40 years from the date of issue. f. Bonds or notes may be issued under the provisions of this act without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the State, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or other things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this act. g. Bonds and notes of the authority issued under the provisions of this act shall not be a debt or liability of the State or its political subdivisions other than the authority and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of a political subdivision or be or constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of a political subdivision but the bonds and notes, unless funded or refunded by bonds or notes of the authority, shall be payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this act. Each bond and note shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the authority is obligated to pay its principal or interest only from revenues or funds of the authority and that neither the State nor its political subdivisions are obligated to pay the principal or interest and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or its political subdivisions is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds or notes. h. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely from revenues or funds provided or to be provided under the provisions of this act and nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the authority to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the State or its political subdivisions. L.1994,c.98,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.49
Office of consumer affairs in county or municipality established prior to and in conformity with this act; validation of acts and proceedings
Status: in_force

All acts and things done or authorized by any county or municipality within the powers granted by this act prior to its enactment are hereby ratified and confirmed. Where any office of consumer affairs has heretofore been established in substantial conformity with the provisions of this act under and by virtue of a county resolution or municipal ordinance which may be invalid by reason of lack of power in the county or municipality to pass such resolution or ordinance, such resolution or ordinance and all acts and proceedings thereunder are hereby validated and confirmed, including any proceeding initiated within 90 days of the effective date of this act to compel compliance with or prevent the violation of such resolution or ordinance; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall validate or authorize any act or thing which is expressly prohibited by the provisions of this act, or of any other statute of this State. L.1975, c. 376, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-52
Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit
Status: in_force

Any county, by resolution of its board of chosen freeholders, or any municipality, by ordinance of its governing body, or any other person is hereby empowered, without any referendum and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any solid waste management authority, or to permit any solid waste management authority in use, maintain or operate as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, any real or personal property owned by it, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the solid waste management authority and which may be accepted by the solid waste management authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and in any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality or other person and which may be agreed to by the solid waste management authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of bonds, the solid waste management authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality or other person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system. L.1968, c. 249, s. 19, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-10.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-10.2
Payment for accumulated sick leave by political subdivision, noncivil service.
Status: in_force

43. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, that has not adopted the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall not pay supplemental compensation to any officer or employee for accumulated unused sick leave in an amount in excess of $15,000, except that an officer or employee who: (1) on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or upon the expiration of a collective negotiations agreement or contract of employment applicable to that officer or employee in effect on that date has accrued supplemental compensation based upon accumulated unused sick leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive for any unused leave not more than the amount so accumulated or not more than $15,000, whichever is greater; or (2) becomes an officer or employee after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and has previously accrued supplemental compensation based upon accumulated unused sick leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive for any unused leave not more than the amount so previously accumulated or not more than $15,000, whichever is greater. Supplemental compensation shall be payable only at the time of retirement from a State-administered or locally-administered retirement system based on the leave credited on the date of retirement. As used in this section, "officer or employee" means an elected official; or a person appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, or appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office; or a person appointed by an elected public official or elected governing body of a political subdivision of the State, with the specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted ordinance or resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be established by the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs, but not including a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the political subdivision, or the agency, authority or instrumentality of a subdivision, or a person who holds a professional license or certificate to perform and is performing as a certified health officer, tax assessor, tax collector, municipal planner, chief financial officer, registered municipal clerk, construction code official, licensed uniform subcode inspector, qualified purchasing agent, or certified public works manager. L.2007, c.92, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-21
Severability.
Status: in_force

14. The provisions of P.L.2003, c.125 (C.40A:12A-4.1 et al.) shall be deemed to be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, word or provision of P.L.2003, c.125 (C.40A:12A-4.1 et al.) is declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative in whole or in part, or the applicability thereof to any person is held invalid, by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this act shall not thereby be deemed to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative and, to the extent it is not declared unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, shall be effectuated and enforced. L.2003,c.125,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-1
"Ordinance" and "resolution" defined
Status: in_force

The term "ordinance" when used in this subtitle means and includes any act or regulation of the governing body of any municipality required to be reduced to writing and read at more than one meeting thereof and published. The term "resolution" when used in this subtitle means and includes any act or regulation of the governing body of any municipality required to be reduced to writing, but which may be finally passed at the meeting at which it is introduced.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-14
Boundaries; requirements
Status: in_force

The ward commissioners shall fix and determine the ward boundaries so that each ward is formed of compact and contiguous territory. The population of the most populous ward so created shall not differ from the population of the least populous ward so created by more than 10% of the mean population of the wards derived by dividing the total population of the municipality by the number of wards created. The most recent Federal decennial census shall be used as the population determinant. L.1981, c. 496, s. 6, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-6
Regulations for protection of trees and shrubbery; penalties
Status: in_force

The shade tree commission, with the consent of the board of chosen freeholders may make rules and regulations for the protection and care of the trees, shrubbery or ornamental material planted or growing naturally within the highways and parks under its jurisdiction, as provided in this article; and with the consent of the board may prescribe a suitable fine for the violation of each rule or regulation, in an amount not exceeding $200.00 for each violation. Amended by L.1958, c. 41, p. 133, s. 3, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-9
Trustees; number, appointment and term; alternates
Status: in_force

Immediately upon the establishment by any municipality of a free public library under this article, a board of trustees shall be formed to consist of from seven to nine members, one of whom shall be the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, one of the local superintendents of schools, or in the event that there be no such official, the principal with power of supervision over the local school system, or in case such municipality shall have none of the school officials hereinbefore mentioned, then the president of the board of education, and from five to seven citizens to be appointed by the mayor or chief executive, at least four of who shall be residents of the municipality. The appointments shall be for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, as they may be selected by the mayor or other chief executive officer, and, except in cities, shall be made with the consent of the governing body. Whenever a board is expanded to include a sixth or seventh citizen, the additional members shall serve terms of five years. The mayor or other chief executive officer and the superintendent of schools or the principal, as the case may be, serving as a member of the board, may, respectively, appoint an alternate to act in his place and stead with authority to attend all meetings of the board and, in his absence, to vote on all questions before the board. Amended by L.1952, c. 240, p. 806, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1952; L.1970, c. 143, s. 1, eff. July 17, 1970; L.1984, c. 130, s. 1, eff. Aug. 23, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-4
Rejection of ordinance; new ordinance
Status: in_force

If any ordinance providing for any local improvement as defined by this article is rejected such rejection shall not be reconsidered and the ordinance thereafter passed, but a new ordinance in the same or other terms may at any time be introduced and passed.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-32
Receivers
Status: in_force

If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 31 of this act and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section or having the powers of such a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series shall have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the utility system, and such receiver may enter upon and take possession of the utility system and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the utility system and proceed with such acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the municipal authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal authority in the same manner as the municipal authority itself might do and under the direction of the court. L.1957, c. 183, p. 660, s. 32, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-134 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-134
Tenure for municipal clerks.
Status: in_force

40A:9-134. On or before December 31, 1985, any person holding the office of municipal clerk in any municipality and having held such office continuously for five years from the date of his original appointment shall have tenure in such office and shall not be removed therefrom except for good cause shown after a fair and impartial hearing. For the purposes of this section, the definition of good cause for removal of a municipal clerk may include the failure of the clerk to meet the continuing education requirements set forth in section 8 of P.L.1997, c.279 (C.40A:9-133.10). In the case of a shared service agreement between pilot municipalities, a tenured municipal clerk may be dismissed to effectuate the sharing of a service entered into pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.) and such dismissal shall be deemed to be in the interest of the economy or efficiency of the participants in the shared service agreement. The removal of a municipal clerk under this subsection shall not require the pilot municipality to fulfill the requirements of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.7). Instead, the pilot municipality shall provide the clerk with a written copy of the shared service agreement entered into by the pilot municipality, and a letter stating that the position of municipal clerk in the municipality is being eliminated for reasons of economy or efficiency as the result of the shared service agreement. Any such shared service agreement shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) and section 3 of P.L.2013, c.166 (C.40A:65-4.2). amended 1981, c.394, s.3; 1985, c.174, s.1; 1986, c.181; 1997, c.279, s.6; 2013, c.166, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-74.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-74.5
Majority required for passage
Status: in_force

No such resolution shall be passed or approved unless a majority of all the members of the board of chosen freeholders vote in favor of such passage or approval. L.1947, c. 302, p. 1019, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.31
Property acquired to be self-supporting and taxable
Status: in_force

To the end that affected taxing authorities may not suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by such a municipality, all property hereafter acquired by such a municipality for the purposes of this act, together with improvements thereon or hereafter made thereon shall be self-supporting and subject to taxation for State and local purposes, in the same manner and to the same extent as the real estate of individuals. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1006, s. 5, eff. May 6, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-136.18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-136.18
Notice in New Jersey Register.
Status: in_force

12. a. State agencies shall, within 30 days after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.53 (C.40:55D-136.7 et seq.), place a notice in the New Jersey Register tolling approvals in conformance with P.L.2020, c.53 (C.40:55D-136.7 et seq.). b. Any government approval subject to the automatic suspension of the running period of such approval for the COVID-19 extension period shall be registered with the department within 30 days of the notice in the New Jersey register. c. The running period of any approval not registered pursuant to this section shall not be suspended for the COVID-19 extension period. d. The department shall publish on its website a list of government approvals for which the running of the period of such approvals are suspended for the COVID-19 extension period within 14 days of receipt of the government approval registration pursuant to this section. L.2020, c.53, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-28
Clerk to examine petition; amendment and refiling
Status: in_force

The clerk shall examine the recall petition to ascertain whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this article. He shall complete this examination within ten days from the receipt thereof. In examining the signatures of the electors he may, if in doubt as to the genuineness of any of them, compare them with the signatures contained in the registry books used at the last preceding general election. If the clerk shall determine that the petition does not conform to the requirements of this article he shall return it to the agent who filed it, for the purpose of correction, which correction may be made and the petition again filed within ten days of its return by the clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-13
Workers' compensation insurance fund
Status: in_force

The governing body of a local unit may create and appropriate money for a fund to be designated and known as "The Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund." The money so appropriated shall be deposited in the name of the local unit in a National or State bank or trust company and remain there as a trust fund for the purpose of paying obligations of the local unit under the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes (Labor and Workmen's Compensation, R.S. 34:15-1, et seq.). L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.16
Tax act definitions.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Retail sale" or "sale at retail" means and includes: (1) Any sale in the ordinary course of business for consumption of whiskey, beer or other alcoholic beverages by the drink in restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels and other similar establishments; (2) Any cover charge, minimum charge, entertainment, or other similar charge made to any patron of any restaurant, cafe, bar, hotel or other similar establishment; (3) The hiring, with or without service, of any room in any hotel, transient accommodation, inn, rooming or boarding house; (4) The hiring of any rolling chair, beach chair or cabana; and (5) The granting or sale of any ticket, license or permit for admission to any theatre, moving picture exhibition or show, pier, exhibition, or place of amusement, except charges for admission to boxing, wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports events, matches, or exhibitions, which charges are taxed pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1985, c.83 (C.5:2A-20). "Vendor" means any person selling or hiring property or services to another person upon the receipts from which a tax is imposed. "Obtained through a transient space marketplace" means that payment for the accommodation is made through a means provided by the marketplace or travel agency, either directly or indirectly, regardless of which person or entity receives the payment, and where the contracting for the accommodation is made through the marketplace or travel agency. "Professionally managed unit" means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging of occupants in the State, that is offered for rent as a rental unit that does not share any living or sleeping space with any other rental unit, and that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person offering for rent two or more other units during the calendar year. "Purchaser" means any person purchasing or hiring property or services from another person, the receipts from which are taxable. "Residence" means a house, condominium, or other residential dwelling unit in a building or structure or part of a building or structure that is designed, constructed, leased, rented, let or hired out, or otherwise made available for use as a residence. "Transient accommodation" means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging of occupants, including but not limited to residences or buildings used as residences, that is obtained through a transient space marketplace or is a professionally managed unit. "Transient accommodation" does not include: a hotel or hotel room; a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space used as a place of assembly; a dormitory or other similar residential facility of an elementary or secondary school or a college or university; a hospital, nursing home, or other similar residential facility of a provider of services for the care, support and treatment of individuals that is licensed by the State; a campsite, cabin, lean-to, or other similar residential facility of a campground or an adult or youth camp; a furnished or unfurnished private residential property, including but not limited to condominiums, bungalows, single-family homes and similar living units, where no maid service, room service, linen changing service or other common hotel services are made available by the lessor and where the keys to the furnished or unfurnished private residential property, whether a physical key, access to a keyless locking mechanism, or other means of physical ingress to the furnished or unfurnished private residential property, are provided to the lessee at the location of an offsite real estate broker licensed by the New Jersey Real Estate Commission pursuant to R.S.45:15-1 et seq.; or leases of real property with a term of at least 90 consecutive days. "Transient space marketplace" means a marketplace or travel agency through which a person may offer transient accommodations to customers and through which customers may arrange for occupancies of transient accommodations. "Transient space marketplace" does not include a marketplace or travel agency that exclusively offers transient accommodations in the State owned by the owner of the marketplace or travel agency. L.1947, c.71, s.2; amended 1979, c.273, s.1; 1984, c.248, s.3; 1985, c.83, s.34; 2018, c.49, s.6; 2018, c.132, s.6; 2019, c.235, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-11
Tax revenue notes or bonds for delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may issue tax revenue notes or tax revenue bonds for the county library tax which has become delinquent for the amount of such delinquent tax. Loans of this class shall be evidenced by the issue of "tax revenue notes" or "tax revenue bonds" , and when issued shall be governed by the conditions set forth in sections 40:2-48 to 40:2-51 of this title, governing "tax revenue notes" or "tax revenue bonds" .
N.J. Stat. § 40:74-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 74 / Section 74-11
Petition; signatures; verification
Status: in_force

The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper but each signer shall add after his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number. One of the signers of each paper shall make an oath before an officer competent to administer the same that the statement therein made is true as he believes, and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-4
Procedures for adoption of budget
Status: in_force

All budgets shall be introduced, approved, amended and adopted by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership of the governing body. The procedure shall be as follows: a. Introduction and approval. b. Public advertising. c. Public hearing. d. Amendments and public hearings, if required. e. Adoption. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-212 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-212
Reimbursement to employing agency.
Status: in_force

13. a. If an officer or firefighter who is required to reimburse his employing agency for pay received during a period of appeal pursuant to section 6 or section 11 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-205 or C.40A:14-210) fails to do so, the employing agency or department shall have a lien on any or all property or income which that officer or firefighter shall have, or in which the officer or firefighter may acquire, an interest, including moneys contributed by the officer or firefighter to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) or any other State retirement system established by law, and all terminal pay, such as compensation for earned sick and vacation leave, to which the officer or firefighter is entitled. When properly filed as hereinafter provided, the lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. b. The lien shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Attorney General and shall contain the name of the affected law enforcement agency, the name and address of the officer or firefighter, the date of the officer's or firefighter's termination, the date the officer or firefighter was ordered to reimburse his employing agency or department, the amount due and payable as reimbursement on the date of the filing of the lien, together with notice of the rate of accumulation, if any, thereafter. The lien shall be signed by the State Treasurer or chief financial officer of the county or municipality, as appropriate, or his duly constituted agent. c. As an additional remedy, the State Treasurer, or the chief financial officer of the county or municipality, as the case may be, may issue a certificate to the clerk of the Superior Court stating that the person identified in the certificate is indebted under the provisions of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-200 et al.) for the amount set forth in the certificate. The certificate shall reference P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-200 et al.), the statute under which the indebtedness arises. Thereupon the clerk shall immediately enter upon the record of docketed judgments the name of that officer or firefighter as debtor; the State, county, or municipality, as appropriate, as creditor; the address of the officer if shown in the certificate; the amount of the debt so certified; a reference to P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-200 et al.), the statute under which the debt is assessed; and the date of making such entries. The docketing of the certificate shall have the same force and effect as a civil judgment docketed in the Superior Court and the State, county, or municipality, as the case may be, shall have all the remedies and may take all of the proceedings for the collection thereof which may be had or taken upon the recovery of a judgment in action, but without prejudice to any right to appeal. Upon entry by the clerk of the certificate in the record of docketed judgments in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, interest in the amount specified by court rule for post-judgment interest shall accrue from the date of the docketing of the certificate; provided, however, payment of the interest may be waived by the State Treasurer, or the chief financial officer of the affected county or municipality. In the event that the debt remains unpaid following the issuance of the certificate of debt and either the State Treasurer, or the chief financial officer of the affected county or municipality take any further collections action including referral of the matter to the Attorney General, or his designee, or the appropriate county or municipal official, or his designee, as the case may be, the fee imposed in lieu of the actual cost of collection, may be 20% of the debt or $200, whichever is greater. d. The clerk of the Superior Court shall provide suitable books in which shall be entered copies of the liens filed pursuant to this section. The entries shall be properly indexed in the name of the officer or firefighter subject to the lien. All liens and other papers incidental thereto required for the purposes of this section shall be received and recorded by the clerk of the Superior Court, without payment of fees. e. To discharge any lien or liens filed pursuant to this section, the State Treasurer or the chief financial officer of the affected county or municipality, or his duly constituted agent, shall file with the clerk of the Superior Court, a duly acknowledged certificate setting forth the fact that the State, county or municipality desires to discharge the lien of record. The State Treasurer or the chief financial officer of the affected county or municipality is authorized to compromise for settlement any lien filed under the provisions of this section. A memorandum of compromise and settlement signed by the State Treasurer or the chief financial officer of the affected county or municipality shall be sufficient authorization for a complete discharge of the lien. f. Any person desiring to secure immediate discharge of any lien may deposit with the court cash in an amount sufficient to cover the amount of the lien, or post a bond in an amount and with sureties approved by the court. Upon proper notice to the State or the affected county or municipality of such deposit or bond, a satisfaction of the lien shall be filed forthwith with the clerk of the Superior Court. g. Any person affected in any manner, whether directly or indirectly by any lien filed under the provisions of this section, and desiring to examine the validity of the lien or the facts and circumstances surrounding the entry of the lien, may do so in an action brought in the county where the lien was filed. The action shall be brought against the State, county or municipal law enforcement agency or department claiming the lien, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner and enter such judgment as it may deem appropriate. L.2009, c.16, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-146 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-146
Supplying water to other municipalities; consent required
Status: in_force

40:62-146. The commission may contract with any municipality or municipalities to furnish a supply of water for such other municipalities and their inhabitants, for public and private uses, for the term of a year or years. There shall first be obtained the approval of the State board or department having jurisdiction of such matters, which approval and consent such commission or other board or departments may withhold or grant upon such terms as it may deem proper, but in case approval and consent are withheld, the reason for such withholding shall be furnished by the department or board to the commission applying therefor. The contract may provide for the payment to the commission by the municipality annually or otherwise of the sum or sums of money, computed at fixed amounts or by a formula based on any factors or other matters described in R.S.40:62-127 or in any other manner, as the contract or contracts may provide, and may provide that the sum or sums so payable to the commission shall be in lieu of all or any part of the water rents which would otherwise be charged and collected by the commission with regard to the dwellers within the municipality. The contract may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited time and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by the municipality and which may be agreed to by the commission in conformity with its contract with the holders of any bonds, and shall be valid whether or not an appropriation with respect thereto is made by the municipality prior to authorization or execution thereof. The municipality is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as are other obligations of the municipality. Subject to these contracts with the holders of bonds, the commission is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and, to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as are other obligations of the municipality. Subject to these contracts with the holders of bonds, the commission is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and, in accordance with the contract, to waive, modify, suspend or reduce the water rents which would otherwise be charged and collected by the commission with regard to the dwellers within the municipality, but nothing in this section or the contract shall prevent the commission from charging and collecting, as if the contract had not been made, water rents with regard to the dwellings sufficient to meet any default or deficiency in any payments agreed in the contract to be made by the municipality. Amended 1991,c.162,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:6-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4
Classification of cities for legislative purposes
Status: in_force

For legislative purposes, cities shall be classified as follows based upon population as ascertained by the most recent Federal decennial census: a. First class--cities having a population of more than 150,000; b. Second class--cities having a population of not less than 12,000 but not more than 150,000; c. Third class--all cities which are not first- or second-class cities except cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean being seaside or summer resorts; d. Fourth class--cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean which are seaside or summer resorts. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48B-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48B / Section 48B-2.1
Joint meeting, regional service agency; powers and authority.
Status: in_force

7. a. A joint meeting or regional service agency, both as defined in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-3), shall be a public body corporate and politic constituting a political subdivision of the State exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare, and qualifies as a "local unit," as defined in section 3 of the "Local Fiscal Affairs Law," N.J.S.40A:5-3. The joint meeting or regional service agency shall have the following powers and authority, which may be exercised by the management committee to the extent provided in the joint contract: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To acquire and hold real and personal property by deed, gift, grant, lease, purchase, condemnation or otherwise; (3) To enter into any and all contracts or agreements and to execute any and all instruments; (4) To do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the joint meeting or regional service agency or to carry out any powers expressly provided in section 7 of P.L.1960, c.3 (C.40:48B-2.1); (5) To sell real and personal property owned by the joint meeting or regional service agency at public sale; (6) To operate all services, lands, public improvements, works, facilities or undertakings for the purposes and objects of the joint meeting or regional service agency; (7) To enter into a contract or contracts providing for or relating to the use of its services, lands, public improvements, works, facilities or undertakings, or any part thereof, by local units who are not members of the joint meeting or regional service agency, and other persons, upon payment of charges therefor as fixed by the management committee; (8) To receive such State or federal aids or grants as may be available for the purposes of the joint meeting or regional service agency and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the application for, procurement, acceptance or disposition of such State or federal aids or grants; and (9) To acquire, maintain, use and operate lands, public improvements, works or facilities in any municipality in the State, except where the governing body of such municipality, by resolution adopted within 60 days after receipt of written notice of intention to so acquire, maintain, use or operate, shall find that the same would adversely affect the governmental operations and functions and the exercise of the police powers of such municipality. b. If the governing body of a municipality in which a joint meeting or regional service agency has applied for the location and erection of sewage treatment or solid waste disposal facilities refuses permission therefor or fails to take final action upon the application within 60 days of its filing, the joint meeting or regional service agency may, at any time within 30 days following the date of such refusal or the date of expiration of said period of 60 days, apply to the Department of Environmental Protection, which is authorized, after hearing the joint meeting or regional service agency and the municipality interested, to grant the application for the erection of the sewage treatment or disposal or solid waste treatment or disposal facilities, notwithstanding the aforesaid refusal or failure to act of the governing body, upon being satisfied that the topographical and other physical conditions existing in the local units comprising the joint meeting or regional service agency are such as to make the erection of such facilities within its boundaries impracticable as an improvement for the benefit of the whole applying joint meeting or regional service agency. L.1960, c.3, s.7; amended 1973, c.208, s.13; 2019, c.433, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-17
Number of votes for election; commencement of term of office.
Status: in_force

13. At the regular municipal election in any municipality which has adopted this act, the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes cast shall be elected to the respective offices. Except as otherwise provided by law, the term of office of any officer elected pursuant to this act shall begin on July 1 next following election. If a regular municipal election is held on the day of the general election in November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.196 (C.40:45-7.1), the term of office of any officer elected shall begin on January 15 next following election. L.1981, c.379, s.13; amended 1983, c.183, s.3; 2009, c.196, s.7; 2023, c.124, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-1
Members; number; increase or decrease by initiative and referendum.
Status: in_force

40:81-1. The municipal council shall consist of three, five, seven or nine members as authorized on the effective date of this 1981 amendatory act. After the effective date of this 1981 amendatory act, the legal voters of any municipality may, by petition and referendum, increase or decrease the number of the municipal council to three, five, seven or nine members. Upon the submission of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the municipality equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the municipality at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, the proposition to increase or decrease the membership of the municipal council shall be submitted to the voters at the next general election. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any 10-year period. The signatures, verification, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of the petition shall be the same as for petitions to recall councilmen and shall be filed and certified to by the municipal clerk at least 60 days before the general election at which the proposition shall be submitted to a vote. The question of the increase in the number of commissioners shall be submitted to the voters at the election in substantially the following form: "Shall the membership of the municipal council of (name of municipality) be (insert "increased" or "decreased" as appropriate) from to members?" (insert current number) (insert proposed number) A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change. When the legal voters shall have voted to increase or decrease the membership of the municipal council as provided in this section, the increase or decrease shall take effect for the next regular municipal election of councilmen. amended 1940, c.223; 1952, c.139; 1955, c.200; 1980, c.94, s.6; 1981, c.427, s.2; 2009, c.339, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-46
Leasing municipally owned and operated casino and bathing establishment; referendum
Status: in_force

Whenever in any municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean, owning and operating a public casino, playground and bathing establishment, the owners of property therein, representing two-thirds in amount of its ratables, shall file in the office of the clerk of the governing body, a petition requesting the governing body to submit to the voters of the municipality at an election to be held for that purpose, the proposition of leasing the public casino, playgrounds and bathing establishment, the governing body shall submit the proposition to the vote of the electors of the municipality at the general election held therein at least thirty days after the filing of the petition unless the governing body shall call a special election therefor.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-24
R.S. 40:18-4 saved from repeal
Status: in_force

R.S. 40:18-4 is saved from repeal. (This section saves the following acts creating counties, and establishing or otherwise affecting the boundaries thereof from repeal. 1. Rev.1877, pp. 198, 199, s.s. 1 to 9 (C.S. pp. 1676 to 1678, s.s. 1 to 9), entitled "An act for dividing and ascertaining the boundaries of all the counties in this province," passed January twenty-first, one thousand seven hundred and nine. 2. Rev.1877, p. 200, s. 16 (C.S. p. 1680, s. 18), entitled "An act for erecting the upper parts of the western division of New Jersey into a county," passed March eleventh, one thousand seven hundred and thirteen. 3. Rev.1877, pp. 200, 201, s.s. 19 to 21 (C.S. p. 1680, s.s. 19 to 21), entitled "An act for settling the bounds between the counties of Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth," passed March fifteenth, one thousand seven hundred and thirteen. 4. Rev.1877, p. 200, s. 17 (C.S. p. 1681, s. 22), entitled "An act for erecting the upper parts of the county of Hunterdon, in the western division of New Jersey, into a county," passed March fifteenth, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight. 5. Rev.1877, p. 201, s. 22 (C.S. p. 1681, s. 23), entitled "An act to annex part of the county of Essex to the county of Somerset, and to ascertain the bounds thereof," passed November fourth, one thousand seven hundred and forty-one. 6. Rev.1877, p. 202, s.s. 28, 29 (C.S. pp. 1681, 1682, s.s. 24, 25), entitled "An act for erecting the southern parts of the county of Salem in New Jersey, into a separate county, and ascertaining the boundaries of the several precincts therein," passed January nineteenth, one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven. 7. Rev.1877, p. 200, s. 18 (C.S. p. 1682, s. 26), entitled "An act to ascertain the line and bounds between the counties of Somerset and Morris," passed March twenty-eighth, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine. 8. Rev.1877, p. 203, s. 32 (C.S. p. 1683, s. 27), entitled "An act for erecting the upper part of Morris county, in New Jersey, into a separate county, to be called the county of Sussex," passed June eighth, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three. 9. Rev.1877, p. 203, s. 30 (C.S. p. 1683, s. 28), entitled "An act for the better and more effectual ascertaining the boundaries between the counties of Salem and Cumberland," passed December seventh, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three. 10. Rev.1877, p. 213, s. 82 (C.S. p. 1864, s. 29), entitled "An act to annex the several islands, situate in the river Delaware, belonging to this State, to the respective counties and townships to which they lie nearest," passed November twenty-sixth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. 11. Rev.1877, p. 201, s.s. 23, 24 (C.S. p. 1684, s.s. 30, 31), entitled "An act for altering and resettling part of the boundary line between the counties of Somerset and Middlesex," passed November twenty-fourth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. 12. Rev.1877, p. 199, s.s. 10 to 15 (C.S. pp. 1678, 1679, s.s. 10 to 15), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for dividing and ascertaining the boundaries of all the counties in this province,' passed the twenty-first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and nine," passed November twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. 13. Rev.1877, p. 204, s.s. 33, 34 (C.S. p. 1687, s.s. 49, 50), entitled "An act to erect the southwesterly part of Sussex county into a separate county, to be called the county of Warren," passed November twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. 14. L.1837, p. 96 (Rev.1877, p. 204, s.s. 35 to 37; C.S. pp. 1687, 1688, s.s. 51 to 53), entitled "An act to erect parts of the counties of Essex and Bergen into a new county, to be called the county of Passaic, and the eastern part of the county of Gloucester into a separate county, to be called the county of Atlantic," passed February seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 15. L.1838, p. 209 (Rev.1877, pp. 204, 205, s.s. 38, 39; C.S. p. 1688, s.s. 54, 55), entitled "An act to erect parts of the counties of Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex into a new county, to be called the county of Mercer," passed February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 16. L.1838, p. 209 (Rev.1877, p. 205, s. 40; C.S. p. 1688, s. 56), entitled "A supplement to the act entitled "An act to erect parts of the counties of Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex into a new county, to be called the county of Mercer,' passed the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight," passed February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 17. L.1839, p. 39 (Rev.1877, p. 205, s. 41; C.S. p. 1689, s. 57), entitled "A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to erect parts of the counties of Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex into a new county, to be called the county of Mercer,' " passed February fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 18. L.1840, p. 65 (Rev.1877, pp. 205, 206, s.s. 42, 43; C.S. p. 1689, s.s. 58, 59), entitled "An act to create the county of Hudson," passed February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and forty. 19. L.1844, p. 237 (Rev.1877, p. 206, s. 44; C.S. p. 1689, s. 60), entitled "An act to erect a part of the county of Gloucester into a new county, to be called the county of Camden," passed March thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. 20. Rev.1877, p. 203, s. 31 (C.S. p. 1690, s. 61), entitled "An act to define the boundary lines of Salem, Cumberland and Cape May," approved April tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. 21. L.1850, p. 5 (Rev.1877, p. 1290, s. 1; C.S. p. 1690, s. 62), entitled "An act to annex to the county of Middlesex part of the township of Franklin, in the county of Somerset," approved February first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 22. L.1850, p. 73 (Rev.1877, pp. 206, 207, s.s. 45 to 49; C.S. pp. 1690 to 1692, s.s. 63 to 67), entitled "An act to erect a part of the county of Monmouth into a new county, to be called the county of Ocean," approved February fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 23. L.1851, p. 390 (Rev.1877, p. 207, s. 50; C.S. p. 1692, s. 68), entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to erect a part of the county of Monmouth into a new county, to be called the county of Ocean,' approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty," approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. 24. L.1851, p. 369 (Rev.1877, p. 208, s. 53; C.S. p. 1692, s. 69), entitled "An act relative to the boundaries of the county of Middlesex," approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. 25. L.1852, c. 23, p. 43 (Rev.1877, p. 1291, s. 2; C.S. p. 1692, s. 70), entitled "An act to set off from the township of Harrison, in the county of Hudson, a new township, to be called the township of Union, and to annex the same to the county of Bergen," approved February nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. 26. L.1854, c. 190, p. 451, entitled "An act to provide for ascertaining the boundaries between the county of Ocean and the counties of Burlington and Monmouth," approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 27. L.1855, c. 166, p. 490 (Rev.1877, p. 201, s. 25; C.S. p. 1693, s. 71), entitled "An act to define that part of the division line between the counties of Middlesex and Somerset lying between Kingston bridge and Little Rocky Hill," approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 28. L.1857, c. 82, p. 244 (Rev.1877, p. 209, s. 54; C.S. p. 1693, s. 72), entitled "An act to create the county of Union," approved March nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. 29. L.1857, c. 183, p. 477 (Rev.1877, p. 208, s.s. 51, 52; C.S. pp. 1694, 1695, s.s. 75, 76), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide for ascertaining the boundaries between the county of Ocean and the counties of Burlington and Monmouth,' approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four," approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. 30. L.1858, c. 14, p. 29 (Rev.1877, p. 202, s.s. 26, 27; C.S. p. 1695, s.s. 77, 78), entitled "An act to alter the boundary line between Somerset and Middlesex counties," approved February sixth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 31. L.1860, c. 43, p. 97 (Rev.1877, pp. 209, 210, s.s. 55, 56; C.S. p. 1694, s.s. 73, 74), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to create the county of Union,' " approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 32. L.1866, c. 425, p. 964 (Rev.1877, p. 210, s. 60; C.S. p. 1695, s. 79), entitled "An act relative to the boundaries of Monmouth county," approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. 33. L.1871, c. 84, p. 314 (Rev.1877, p. 210, s. 61; C.S. p. 1696, s. 80), entitled "An act to annex the townships of Washington and Monroe, in the county of Camden, to the county of Gloucester," approved February twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 34. L.1871, c. 250, p. 604 (Rev.1877, p. 210, s. 57; C.S. p. 1693, s. 72), entitled "A supplement to the act to create the county of Union, approved March nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven," approved March twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 35. L.1871, c. 489, p. 1255 (Rev.1877, p. 210, s.s. 58, 59; C.S. p. 1696, s.s. 81, 82), entitled "An act to establish the line between the counties of Middlesex and Union," approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 36. L.1874, c. 238, p. 278 (Rev.1877, p. 211, s.s. 62 to 66; C.S. pp. 1696, 1697, s.s. 83 to 87), entitled "An act to define and perpetuate the line between the counties of Hudson and Bergen," approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. 37. L.1876, c. 8, p. 482 (C.S. p. 1697, s. 88), entitled "An act to change the boundary line between the counties of Essex and Union," approved February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. 38. L.1876, c. 33, p. 484 (C.S. p. 1698, s.s. 89, 90), entitled "An act to straighten the county line brook dividing Union and Somerset counties in the city of Plainfield," approved March sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. 39. L.1878, c. 104, p. 562 (C.S. p. 1698, s.s. 91 to 94), entitled "An act entitled an act to set off a portion of Maurice River township, in the county of Cumberland, into the Upper township, county of Cape May, and change the boundaries between said counties," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. 40. L.1878, c. 128, p. 568 (C.S. p. 1699, s. 95), entitled "An act to define and establish the boundary line at the village of Kingston, between the county of Middlesex and Somerset," approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. 41. L.1878, c. 187, p. 575, entitled "An act to provide for ascertaining and marking the boundary between the counties of Passaic and Bergen," approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. 42. L.1880, c. 33, p. 393, entitled "A supplement to "An act to provide for establishing and marking the boundary line between the counties of Passaic and Bergen,' approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight," approved February nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty. 43. L.1882, c. 103, p. 365 (C.S. p. 1700, s.s. 96, 973), entitled "An act to define, locate and establish that part of the division line between the counties of Union and Essex, which separates the township of Union, in the county of Union, from the townships of Clinton and South Orange, in the county of Essex," approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. 44. L.1892, c. 4, p. 483 (C.S. p. 1697, s. 88), entitled "An act to amend an act entitled "An act to change the boundary line between the counties of Essex and Union,' approved February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six," approved February third, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. 45. L.1892, c. 285, p. 441 (C.S. p. 1679, s.s. 16, 17), entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled "An act for dividing and ascertaining the boundary lines of all the counties in this province,' passed January twenty-first, one thousand seven hundred and nine," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. 46. L.1902, c. 131, p. 403 (C.S. pp. 1700, 1701, s.s. 98 to 101), entitled "An act to annex a portion of the town of Hammonton, in the county of Atlantic, and a portion of the township of Waterford, in the county of Camden, to the county of Burlington, and to annex the territory so acquired by the county of Burlington to the townships of Shamong and Washington, in said county of Burlington," approved April third, one thousand nine hundred and two. 47. L.1928, c. 270, p. 682, entitled "An act altering and resettling a part of the boundary line between the counties of Monmouth and Ocean, and annexing certain lands to the county of Ocean," approved April third, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. 48. L.1931, c. 10, p. 38, entitled "An act to annex to the township of Gloucester, in the county of Camden, a part of the township of Washington, in the county of Gloucester," approved March third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.) L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.