N.J. Stat. § 40:141-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 141 / Section 141-1
Waterworks; water for fire and other purposes
Status: in_force

L.1884, c. 31, p. 44 (C.S. pp. 5476 to 5485, s.s. 191 to 204, 209, 210, 212 to 217), entitled "An act to enable incorporated towns to construct water works for the extinguishment of fires, and supplying the inhabitants thereof with pure and wholesome water," passed March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, together with the following amendments thereof and supplements thereto approved on the following dates, saved from repeal. March 17, 1887 (L.1887, c. 27, p. 37; C.S. p. 5480, s. 205, C.S. p. 5481, s. 206 and C.S. p. 5485, s. 218). March 17, 1887 (L.1887, c. 28, p. 40; C.S. p. 5485, s. 219). March 28, 1892 (L.1892, c. 190, p. 315; C.S. p. 5477, s. 192). February 8, 1893 (L.1893, c. 6, p. 16; C.S. pp. 5486, 5487, s.s. 220 to 227). March 14, 1893 (L.1893, c. 148, p. 264; C.S. p. 5480, s. 205). February 25, 1901 (L.1901, c. 11, p. 34; C.S. p. 5481, s. 206). April 1, 1902 (L.1902, c. 82, p. 246; C.S. p. 5482, s.s. 207, 208). May 15, 1907 (L.1907, c. 207, p. 461; C.S. p. 5483, s. 211). March 19, 1917 (L.1917, c. 71, p. 127; 1924 Suppl. s. 215-207). [This act provides a method for the establishment of a water supply system and prescribes the method of financing the same.]a. Any incorporated town in this State which has adopted the provisions of this act and its supplements prior to the effective date of this act, is hereby authorized to establish and continue a Board of Water Commissioners, empowered to construct waterworks for the extinguishment of fires and supplying the inhabitants of the town with pure and wholesome water. The governing body of such town shall appoint three commissioners to be called "water commissioners," who shall have the powers and perform the duties hereinafter mentioned; the first of said water commissioners shall hold his office until the first Monday in May succeeding his appointment, the second for one year, and the third for two years from the first Monday in May succeeding their appointment; on the first Monday in May in each year after their appointment, one water commissioner shall be appointed by such town, who shall hold his office for the term of three years; in case a vacancy should occur in the office of water commissioners, the governing body of such town shall appoint a proper person to fill the same and serve the unexpired term; no member of the governing body of such town shall be eligible to the office of water commissioner. b. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the governing body of any town, which has established a board of water commissioners pursuant to this act, may, by ordinance, abolish the board and assume to itself the functions exercised by the board. Upon the adoption of an ordinance abolishing the board, all of the assets and liabilities of the board shall be transferred to the municipality. L. 1884, c. 31, s. 1; amended 1988,c.7,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-23.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-23.1
Term of appointment of member of county governing body to other public entity
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever an elected member of a county governing body is appointed to a position on any public authority, board, commission, agency or other public entity created by the State or any of its political subdivisions, and when such appointment is made by virtue of the member's position on the county governing body, the term of appointment shall be the same as the member's term of office on the county governing body. Nothing in this act shall preclude the reappointment to a position with an appropriate public entity of a person whose term of office on the county governing body has expired, but who has been reelected to succeed himself on the governing body. L.1991,c.291,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.8
Approval of resolution
Status: in_force

These municipalities in which at said election the question is approved by a majority of the legal votes cast in each, both for and against such question, shall, as of January 1 next following said election, unite in the support, maintenance and control of a joint free public library in accordance with such joint library agreement. P.L. 1959, c. 155, s. 6; amended 1988,c.38,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-34.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-34.3
Time and place of hearing; notice
Status: in_force

The governing body shall cause to be prepared and shall approve the budget prior to the public hearing and shall fix the time when and the place where the hearing shall be held. Notice of such hearings, together with the budget as approved shall be published at least once in at least one newspaper circulating in the municipality. L.1939, c. 304, p. 734, s. 3, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-14
General appropriations; contents of ordinance or resolution
Status: in_force

The governing body may make general appropriations for a particular class of work or for any combination of classes of work set out in this article and the money so appropriated may be expended for such work or classes of work by the board designated by law to carry on such work at such time and place as in their judgment shall seem proper. The resolution or ordinance making any such appropriation shall state that it is to apply to local improvements and that an assessment is thereafter to be levied on property in the vicinity thereof benefited or increased in value by reason thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-117 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-117
Division of county adopting a district representation system under section 40:41A-14c into districts
Status: in_force

Whenever any county adopts a district representation system as set forth in section 14c of this act, said county shall be divided into districts by the district commissioners as hereinafter provided. L.1972, c. 154, s. 117, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-31
Review by planning board.
Status: in_force

22. a. Whenever the planning board shall have adopted any portion of the master plan, the governing body or other public agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter, before taking action necessitating the expenditure of any public funds, incidental to the location, character or extent of such project, shall refer the action involving such specific project to the planning board for review and recommendation in conjunction with such master plan and shall not act thereon, without such recommendation or until 45 days have elapsed after such reference without receiving such recommendation. This requirement shall apply to action by a housing, parking, highway, special district, or other authority, redevelopment agency, school board or other similar public agency, State, county or municipal. In addition, this requirement shall apply to any public entity taking any action to permit the location, erection, use or maintenance of an outdoor advertising sign required to be permitted pursuant to P.L.1991, c.413 (C.27:5-5 et seq.). b. The planning board shall review and issue findings concerning any long-range facilities plan submitted to the board pursuant to the "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act," P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.), for the purpose of review of the extent to which the long-range facilities plan is informed by, and consistent with, at least the land use plan element and the housing element contained within the municipal master plan adopted pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28) and such other elements of the municipal master plan as the planning board deems necessary to determine whether the prospective sites for school facilities contained in the long-range facilities plan promote more effective and efficient coordination of school construction with the development efforts of the municipality. The planning board shall devote at least one full meeting of the board to presentation and review of the long-range facilities plan prior to adoption of a resolution setting forth the board's findings. L.1975,c.291,s.22; amended 2000, c.72, s.55; 2004, c.42, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-34 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-34
PERC rules, regulations, fee schedule, grievances, appeals.
Status: in_force

34. a. Any shared service agreement, joint contract, or municipal consolidation shall be deemed in furtherance of the public good and presumed valid, subject to a rebuttable presumption of good faith on the part of the governing bodies entering into the agreement. b. With regard to any responsibilities assigned to the Public Employment Relations Commission pursuant to sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.): (1) The commission may promulgate rules or regulations to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.). (2) The commission may establish a fee schedule to cover the costs of effectuating its services; provided, however, that the fees so assessed shall not exceed the commission's actual cost of effectuating those provisions. (3) Within 14 days of receiving a decision, a party aggrieved by a decision of a mediator or arbitrator assigned by the commission may file notice of an appeal of an award to the commission. In deciding an appeal, the commission, pursuant to rule and regulation and upon petition, may afford the parties the opportunity to present oral arguments. The commission may affirm, modify, correct or vacate the award or may, at its discretion, remand the award to the same arbitrator or to another arbitrator, selected by lot, for reconsideration. An aggrieved party may appeal a decision of the commission to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. L.2007, c.63, s.34; amended 2019, c.433, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:85-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 85-6
Minor deviations permissible
Status: in_force

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 form provided herein, the form being for the guidance of the parties.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-133.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133.14
State shall not alter commission's, bond holders' rights
Status: in_force

The State of New Jersey hereby pledges to and covenants and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of the commission that the State shall not limit or alter the rights vested in the commission to fix, establish, charge and collect its water rates and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or other obligations, and shall not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders, and shall not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this amendatory and supplementary act, until the 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 the holders are fully met and discharged. L.1991,c.162,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Abatement" means that portion of the assessed value of a property as it existed prior to construction, improvement or conversion of a building or structure thereon, which is exempted from taxation pursuant to this act. b. "Area in need of rehabilitation" means a portion or all of a municipality which has been determined to be an area in need of rehabilitation or redevelopment pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.), a "blighted area" as determined pursuant to the "Blighted Areas Act," P.L.1949, c.187 (C.40:55-21.1 et seq.), or which has been determined to be in need of rehabilitation pursuant to P.L.1975, c.104 (C.54:4-3.72 et seq.), P.L.1977, c.12 (C.54:4-3.95 et seq.), or P.L.1979, c.233 (C.54:4-3.121 et al.). c. "Assessor" means the officer of a taxing district charged with the duty of assessing real property for the purpose of general taxation. d. "Commercial or industrial structure" means a structure or part thereof used for the manufacturing, processing or assembling of material or manufactured products, or for research, office, industrial, commercial, retail, recreational, hotel or motel facilities, or warehousing purposes, or for any combination thereof, which the governing body determines will tend to maintain or provide gainful employment within the municipality, assist in the economic development of the municipality, maintain or increase the tax base of the municipality and maintain or diversify and expand commerce within the municipality. It shall not include any structure or part thereof used or to be used by any business relocated from another qualifying municipality unless: the total square footage of the floor area of the structure or part thereof used or to be used by the business at the new site together with the total square footage of the land used or to be used by the business at the new site exceeds the total square footage of that utilized by the business at its current site of operations by at least 10%; and the property that the business is relocating to has been the subject of a remedial action plan costing in excess of $250,000 performed pursuant to an administrative consent order entered into pursuant to authority vested in the Commissioner of Environmental Protection under P.L.1970, c.33 (C.13:1D-1 et al.), the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.), and the "Spill Compensation and Control Act," P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11 et seq.). e. "Completion" means substantially ready for the intended use for which a building or structure is constructed, improved or converted. f. "Condominium" means a property created or recorded as a condominium pursuant to the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.). g. "Construction" means the provision of a new dwelling, multiple dwelling or commercial or industrial structure, or the enlargement of the volume of an existing multiple dwelling or commercial or industrial structure by more than 30%, but shall not mean the conversion of an existing building or structure to another use. h. "Conversion" or "conversion alteration" means the alteration or renovation of a nonresidential building or structure, or hotel, motel, motor hotel or guesthouse, in such manner as to convert the building or structure from its previous use to use as a dwelling or multiple dwelling. i. "Cooperative" means a housing corporation or association, wherein the holder of a share or membership interest thereof is entitled to possess and occupy for dwelling purposes a house, apartment, or other unit of housing owned by the corporation or association, or to purchase a unit of housing owned by the corporation or association. j. "Cost" means, when used with respect to abatements for dwellings or multiple dwellings, only the cost or fair market value of direct labor and materials used in improving a multiple dwelling, or of converting another building or structure to a multiple dwelling, or of constructing a dwelling, or of converting another building or structure to a dwelling, including any architectural, engineering, and contractor's fees associated therewith, as the owner of the property shall cause to be certified to the governing body by an independent and qualified architect, following the completion of the project. k. "Dwelling" means a building or part of a building used, to be used or held for use as a home or residence, including accessory buildings located on the same premises, together with the land upon which such building or buildings are erected and which may be necessary for the fair enjoyment thereof, but shall not mean any building or part of a building, defined as a "multiple dwelling" pursuant to the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.). A dwelling shall include, as they are separately conveyed to individual owners, individual residences within a cooperative, if purchased separately by the occupants thereof, and individual residences within a horizontal property regime or a condominium, but shall not include "general common elements" or "common elements" of such horizontal property regime or condominium as defined pursuant to the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.), or the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.), or of a cooperative, if the residential units are owned separately. l. "Exemption" means that portion of the assessor's full and true value of any improvement, conversion alteration, or construction not regarded as increasing the taxable value of a property pursuant to this act. m. "Horizontal property regime" means a property submitted to a horizontal property regime pursuant to the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.). n. "Improvement" means a modernization, rehabilitation, renovation, alteration or repair which produces a physical change in an existing building or structure that improves the safety, sanitation, decency or attractiveness of the building or structure as a place for human habitation or work, and which does not change its permitted use. In the case of a multiple dwelling, it includes only improvements which affect common areas or elements, or three or more dwelling units within the multiple dwelling. In the case of a multiple dwelling or commercial or industrial structure, it shall not include ordinary painting, repairs and replacement of maintenance items, or an enlargement of the volume of an existing structure by more than 30%. In no case shall it include the repair of fire or other damage to a property for which payment of a claim was received by any person from an insurance company at any time during the three year period immediately preceding the filing of an application pursuant to this act. o. "Multiple dwelling" means a building or structure meeting the definition of "multiple dwelling" set forth in the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.), and means for the purpose of improvement or construction the "general common elements" and "common elements" of a condominium, a cooperative, or a horizontal property regime. p. "Project" means the construction, improvement or conversion of a structure in an area in need of rehabilitation that would qualify for an exemption, or an exemption and abatement, pursuant to P.L.1991, c.441 (C.40A:21-1 et seq.). q. "Annual period" means a duration of time comprising 365 days, or 366 days when the included month of February has 29 days, that commences on the date that an exemption or abatement for a project becomes effective pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1991, c.441 (C.40A:21-16). L.1991, c.441, s.3; amended 1992, c.79, s.57; 1995, c.113; 2007, c.268, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37C-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37C / Section 37C-11
Certification of facilities; condition precedent to adoption of resolution for authorization for bonds
Status: in_force

Before any authority adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and as a condition precedent to any such authority to issue bonds, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection must first have certified that the facilities to be financed are or, when constructed, will be pollution control facilities as defined in this act. L.1973, c. 376, s. 11, eff. Jan. 9, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-18
Bond ordinance, effective date.
Status: in_force

40A:2-18. A bond ordinance shall take effect 20 days after the first publication of the ordinance or of a summary thereof after final adoption. A bond ordinance which authorizes obligations to fund, refund, renew, extend or retire obligations issued or authorized pursuant to this chapter, or notes or bonds issued or authorized pursuant to any act of which this chapter is a revision shall not be subject to referendum. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended 2000, c.126, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15.1
Definitions relative to recreation, conservation, floodplain protection, farmland, and historic preservation.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.): "Acquisition" or "acquire" means the securing of a fee simple or a lesser interest in land, including but not limited to an easement restricting development, by gift, purchase, installment purchase agreement, devise, or condemnation, and includes the demolition of structures on, the removal of debris from, and the restoration of those lands to a natural state or to a state useful for recreation and conservation purposes. "Blue Acres project" means any project to acquire, for recreation and conservation purposes, lands that have been damaged by, or may be prone to incurring damage caused by, storms or storm-related flooding, or that may buffer or protect other lands from such damage, and includes the demolition of structures on, the removal of debris from, and the restoration of those lands to a natural state or to a state useful for recreation and conservation purposes. "Charitable conservancy" means a corporation or trust exempt from federal income taxation under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)), whose purposes include (1) acquisition and preservation of lands in a natural, scenic, or open condition, or (2) historic preservation of historic properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects, or the acquisition of such properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects for historic preservation purposes. "County trust fund" means a "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.2). "Development" means any improvement to land acquired for recreation and conservation purposes designed to expand and enhance its utilization for those purposes. "Farmland" means land actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use that is valued, assessed, and taxed pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.). "Farmland preservation purposes" means the long-term preservation of farmland for agricultural or horticultural use. "Historic preservation" means the performance of any work relating to the stabilization, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, restoration, improvement, protection, or preservation of an historic property, structure, facility, site, area, or object. "Historic property, structure, facility, site, area, or object" means any property, structure, facility, site, area, or object approved for inclusion, or which meets the criteria for inclusion, in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places pursuant to P.L.1970, c.268 (C.13:1B-15.128 et seq.). "Land" or "lands" means real property, including improvements thereof or thereon, rights-of-way, water, lakes, riparian and other rights, easements, privileges and all other rights or interests of any kind or description in, relating to or connected with real property. "Municipal trust fund" means a "Municipal Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.7). "Public indoor recreation" means public recreation in enclosed structures or facilities, and includes but is not limited to swimming pools, basketball courts, and ice skating rinks open for public use. "Recreation and conservation purposes" means the use of lands for parks, open space, natural areas, ecological and biological study, forests, water reserves, wildlife preserves, fishing, hunting, camping, boating, winter sports, or similar uses for either public outdoor recreation or conservation of natural resources, or both, or the use of lands for public indoor recreation. L.1997, c.24, s.1; amended 2011, c.173, s.1; 2017, c.154.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-179 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-179
Meetings of council; journal
Status: in_force

The council shall by ordinance or resolution designate the time of holding regular meetings, which shall be at least monthly. The mayor may, and upon written request of a majority of the members of the council, shall, call a special meeting of the council. In the call he shall designate the purpose of the special meeting and no other business shall be considered. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public. The municipal clerk shall keep a journal of its proceedings and record the minutes of every meeting. L.1950, c. 210, p. 514, s. 17-30, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-94 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-94
Contracts for improvements or works
Status: in_force

The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions of this article, and represented in such joint meeting, may, in the joint names of all the contracting municipalities, enter into any and all contracts necessary or proper for providing, maintaining and operating the same, with such changes or alterations as may be found convenient or necessary in the progress of the work. All contracts, subcontracts, bills, estimates, measurements and all payments of money, relating to or growing out of the public improvement or works hereby authorized, shall, before becoming effective or binding, be approved by a majority vote of such joint meeting, in like manner as in case of motions or resolutions referred to in section 40:63-87 of this title, except as therein provided.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-33
Officers, agents and employees; civil service
Status: in_force

a. Every municipal port authority, upon the first appointment of its members and thereafter on or after February 1 in each year, shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman who shall hold office until February 1 next ensuing and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Every municipal port authority may also appoint and employ a secretary and a treasurer and it shall determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties and compensation. Such municipal port authority may also appoint and employ such other agents and employees as it may require and it shall determine their duties and compensation. b. (1) Whenever the governing body of the municipality which established the municipal port authority has adopted the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, all positions and employments of the municipal 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 municipal 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 municipal port authority shall certify to the Civil Service Commission the names of all those persons employed with the municipal 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 municipal 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.1960, c. 192, p. 812, s. 5, eff. Feb. 15, 1961. Amended by L.1984, c. 116, s. 2, eff. Aug. 3, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:35A-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 35A / Section 35A-1
Establishment of service and operation of system; resolution or ordinance
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, provide for the establishment of a public transportation service and the operation of a public transportation system within the county and to the extent that it is agreeable and deemed advisable, between the county and municipalities within adjoining counties. The governing body may acquire, erect or lease such vehicles, equipment and facilities, including land and buildings, and do any and all things necessary for the establishment and operation of the public transportation service and system. L.1975, c. 83, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1975. Amended by L.1978, c. 86, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-13
Official newspapers
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may by resolution designate an official newspaper or newspapers in which shall be published all advertisements and notices required by law to be published, or may from time to time, by a majority vote, specify one or more newspapers in which shall be published certain notices and advertisements required by law to be published.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.1
Creation of arson investigation unit.
Status: in_force

2. a. The board of freeholders of any county which has created the office of county fire marshal, other than a county in which a county arson investigation unit has been established in the county prosecutor's office, may by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, create an arson investigation unit within the office of county fire marshal and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof. The arson investigation unit, subject to the approval and supervision of the county prosecutor or, if the Attorney General has exercised jurisdiction in the matter, the Attorney General, shall be responsible for conducting investigations of arson, suspicious fires or explosions in those municipalities within the county that have not created an arson investigation unit pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1981, c.409 (C.40A:14-7.1). b. Before any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal shall be assigned to an arson investigation unit, that person shall have successfully completed an appropriate course of training approved by the Police Training Commission and an arson investigation training course approved by the Department of Law and Public Safety. c. Any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal who is assigned to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall attend and successfully complete in-service training programs for certified arson investigators as required by the Division of Criminal Justice. d. Any county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal who is assigned to an arson investigation unit pursuant to this section shall have the same powers and authority of a police officer within the municipality while engaging in the actual performance of arson investigation duties. L.1999,c.351,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37D-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37D / Section 37D-1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Food Distribution Authorities Law." L.1994,c.98,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.49
Fees; collection, administration.
Status: in_force

5. The fees under this act shall be collected and administered by the director, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the director shall have all the powers granted in P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.). The director shall determine and certify to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis the amount of revenues collected by the director pursuant to this section on account of the fees imposed pursuant to this act in an eligible municipality which are payable to the convention center operating authority operating convention center facilities in such eligible municipality. The State Treasurer upon the certification of the director and upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall pay and distribute on a monthly basis to the convention center operating authority the amount so determined and certified. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative action to the contrary, transient space marketplaces shall be required to collect and pay on behalf of persons engaged in the business of providing transient accommodations located in this State the tax for transactions obtained through the transient space marketplace. For not less than four years following the end of the calendar year in which the transaction occurred, the transient space marketplace shall maintain the following data for those transactions consummated through the transient space marketplace: (1) The name of the person who provided the transient accommodation; (2) The name of the customer who procured occupancy of the transient accommodation; (3) The address, including any unit designation, of the transient accommodation; (4) The dates and nightly rates for which the consumer procured occupancy of the transient accommodation; (5) The municipal transient accommodation registration number, if applicable; (6) A statement as to whether such booking services will be provided in connection with (i) short-term rental of the entirety of such unit, (ii) short-term rental of part of such unit, but not the entirety of such unit, and/or (iii) short-term rental of the entirety of such unit, or part thereof, in which a non-short-term occupant will continue to occupy such unit for the duration of such short-term rental; (7) The individualized name or number of each such advertisement or listing connected to such unit and the uniform resource locator (URL) for each such listing or advertisement, where applicable; and (8) Such other information as the Division of Taxation may by rule require. The Division of Taxation may audit transient space marketplaces as necessary to ensure data accuracy and enforce tax compliance. L.1991, c.376, s.5; amended 2018, c.49, s.11; 2019, c.235, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:67-12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-12
Committee members, others executing bonds, State, not to be liable personally.
Status: in_force

12. Neither the members of the board nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.) shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.) shall not be a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by the authority shall not be a debt or liability of the State, of any local unit, of any county, or of any municipality, and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the State of any local unit, of any county, or of any municipality, either legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.) shall be construed to authorize the authority to incur indebtedness on behalf of or to obligate the State, any local unit, county, or municipality. L.2023, c.346, s.12; amended 2025, c.253, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-122 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-122
General qualifications of members of police department and force; temporary appointments; absences from duty
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall be appointed as a member of the police department and force, unless he: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is sound in body and of good health sufficient to satisfy the board of trustees of the police and firemen's retirement system of New Jersey as to his eligibility for membership in the retirement system; (3) is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently; (4) is of good moral character, and has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude. The appointing body, officer or officers of the municipality when authorized so to do, may employ such officers and other personnel for said police department and force as temporary employees in emergencies, or for certain specified parts of the year, as needed. Except as otherwise provided by law, any permanent member or officer of such police department and force who shall be absent from duty without just cause or leave of absence, for a continuous period of 5 days, shall cease to be a member of such police department and force. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1971, c. 443, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.2b — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.2b
Deduction from county appropriation for services assumed by State
Status: in_force

For each local fiscal year, or portion thereof, in which a service or function associated with the provisions of this act is assumed by the State, the county shall deduct from its final appropriations upon which its permissible county tax levy is calculated the amount which the county expended for that service or function during the last full budget year, or portion thereof, for which the service or function so transferred was funded from appropriations in the county budget. L.1990,c.66,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-24
Prospective payment with respect to members killed after January 1, 1956
Status: in_force

In granting any pension pursuant to this act, the governing body of the municipality or the board of chosen freeholders of the county may provide for pension payments prospectively only with respect to the death of any such member so killed subsequent to January 1, 1956. L.1958, c. 151, p. 666, s. 3, eff. Dec. 17, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-38 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-38
Investment of bond, note funds
Status: in_force

38. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, investment companies, savings and loan associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.), and these bonds and notes shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1992,c.165,s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-57 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-57
Expenditures void without appropriations
Status: in_force

No officer, board, body or commission shall, during any fiscal year, expend any money (except to pay notes, bonds or interest thereon), incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money for any purpose for which no appropriation is provided, or in excess of the amount appropriated for such purpose. Any contract made in violation hereof shall be null and void, and no moneys shall be paid thereon. Nothing in this section contained, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for a. Capital projects to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of notes or bonds; b. Contracts or leases the terms of which exceed the fiscal year in which such contracts are made, when provided by law; c. The purchase of the right, title and interest in the right-of-way of any street railway company in the municipality, when said right-of-way extends in, over and along any public street or highway in this State and the improving or paving of said right-of-way after the same has been acquired. Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of funds of departments, for the operation of which budget appropriations are not made, nor to contracts for professional services for the liquidation or foreclosure of tax title liens in such municipalities wherein it is agreed that the cost of the services are to be paid, in all or in part, from the funds derived, or to be derived from the redemption of liened property or the sale of foreclosed property. The use of funds of such departments and for such service contracts shall be subject to approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1977, c. 164, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-158 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-158
Temporary leave of absence; substitute
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may grant temporary leave of absence, with pay, to any officer or employee receiving a fixed annual salary, wage or compensation. Such leaves of absence shall not exceed 3 months at any one time. Where it is necessary to employ a substitute to perform the duties of such officer or employee during his absence, the amount of the compensation paid the substitute shall be deducted from the salary, wage or compensation of such officer or employee. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.5
Use of proceeds of sale or lease
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sale or leasing of any property under this act shall be used for the retiring of any bonds issued for the purchase or improvement of such property or to reduce taxes. L.1938, c. 87, p. 206, s. 4, eff. April 4, 1938.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1.5
Reimbursement schedule.
Status: in_force

4. Pursuant to a reimbursement agreement entered into in lieu of providing curbside solid waste collection services, a municipality shall reimburse the landlord of a multifamily dwelling for a portion of the cost of providing services commencing in local budget year 2002 for municipalities operating on a calendar year basis, and in local budget year 2003, for municipalities operating on a State fiscal year basis, in the following manner: 2002 or 2003, as appropriate,...20% of the total cost of services in 2002 or 2003, as appropriate 2003 or 2004, as appropriate,...40% of the total cost of services in 2003 or 2004, as appropriate 2004 or 2005, as appropriate,...60% of the total cost of services in 2004 or 2005, as appropriate 2005 or 2006, as appropriate,...80% of the total cost of services in 2005 or 2006, as appropriate The total cost of services in each local budget year shall be determined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.4). In local budget year 2006 or 2007, as appropriate, and for each local budget year thereafter, the municipality shall either provide the solid waste collection services pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.3) or enter into a written agreement to annually reimburse the multifamily dwelling pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.4). L.2001,c.25,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-16
Hearing and notice; assessments proportionate to benefits
Status: in_force

After hearings held upon notice, in the manner provided in chapter 56 of this title (s. 40:56-1 et seq.), in case of assessment for benefits and awards for incidental damages where no lands are taken, they shall make an award to the owner for the real estate or right or interest therein to be taken and the damage done to the remaining property, if any. They shall then assess the probable net cost upon the land to be specially benefited in proportion to the benefit to be received.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-21
Lease of premises for contests and exhibitions
Status: in_force

The commission may lease, let, rent or hire to any person the lands and buildings, or any part thereof, acquired by it, together with the privilege of using the same for the giving of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, games, contests and sporting events, for such periods of time, and upon such terms and conditions, as the commission may prescribe.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.43
Advisory commission
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county acting pursuant to section 1 of this act may appoint a county park advisory commission to be composed of the same number of persons as the number of county park commissioners formerly required to be appointed by law. The advisory commission shall advise the governing body in matters concerning the administration, regulation and control of the county parks and recreation places within the county. The advisory commissioners first appointed in any county shall hold office as follows: a. In the case of an advisory commission having five members, two for terms of one year, two for terms of two years and one for a term of three years, respectively, as indicated and fixed in their orders of appointment; b. In the case of an advisory commission having seven members, three for terms of one year, two for terms of two years and two for terms of three years, respectively, as indicated and fixed in their orders of appointment; and c. In the case of an advisory commission having nine members, four for terms of one year, three for terms of two years and two for terms of three years, respectively, as indicated and fixed in their orders of appointment. Thereafter all advisory commissioners shall hold office for the full term of three years and vacancies shall be filled in the manner generally provided by law. The members shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid. L. 1986, c. 90, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-17
Assessors' report; filing
Status: in_force

Thereupon they shall, under their hands, make a report to the governing body of the municipality, certifying the facts ascertained as above required, the appraisements, estimates, determinations, awards and assessments made by them concerning the improvement, and shall thereupon file such report and map with the clerk of the municipality, who shall present it to the governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-148 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-148
Hearings
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the officer, board or authority empowered to hear and determine the charge or charges made against a member or officer of the police department or force, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce any such subpoena. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-33
Depositary bonds required of banking institutions
Status: in_force

All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any sewerage authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the sewerage authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the sewerage authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the sewerage authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the sewerage authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the sewerage authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the sewerage authority. The deposits of the sewerage authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the sewerage authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1946, c. 138, p. 673, s. 33, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-72 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-72
Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated
Status: in_force

The surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates, or true copies thereof, shall be delivered by the persons making them to the clerk of each of the municipalities joining in the expense thereof, together with an estimate of the cost and expense of the proposed improvement or works, and the percentage of the cost and expense proposed to be apportioned to and paid by each municipality, and also an estimate of the annual cost of maintenance, repairs, operation and supervision of the proposed improvement or works annually to be paid by each municipality after the completion thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-113 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-113
Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court may make such rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this Title as it shall deem appropriate. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 659, s. 84, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-45
Preparation of budget
Status: in_force

The municipal budget shall be prepared by the mayor with the assistance of the business administrator. During the month of November, the mayor shall require all department heads to submit requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year, and to appear before the mayor or the business administrator at public hearings, which shall be held during that month, on the various requests. L.1950, c. 210, p. 476, s. 3-15, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-64 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-64
Effect of amendatory act upon bond ordinance and bonds or notes authorized thereunder
Status: in_force

Any bond ordinance passed upon first reading prior to the effective date of this act may be finally adopted as if this act had not taken effect, and bonds or notes authorized by any such bond ordinance or any bond ordinance finally adopted prior to the effective date of this act may be issued, sold or delivered pursuant to the provisions of the local bond law as if this act had not taken effect. L.1964, c. 72, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-107 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-107
Use of improvements or works by other municipalities; contracts; terms
Status: in_force

The jointly contracting municipalities may at any time after the execution of the joint contract, contract with any municipality through whose territory such improvements or works are to pass or be constructed, or with any other municipality, for the privilege of connecting its or their sewers and drains with such joint improvements or works, and for the participation in the use and cost of construction of such joint improvements or works, upon such terms, and for such consideration and length of time as may be mutually agreed upon by all the parties. Such contract shall state all the terms thereof including the share of the cost to be borne by, and the quantity of sewage per diem entitled to be discharged by such other municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-23
Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

2. The commission so created shall be vested with such powers and duties as shall be defined and designated by ordinance adopted by the governing body of such municipality with respect to the management, operation and control of the harbor and water front owned or leased by said municipality, including the construction, maintenance, operation and use of the harbor, water front, beach, land and all properties, structures, piers, bulkheads and jetties located upon lands owned or leased by the municipality and upon lands owned or leased by the municipality contiguous to such harbor, water front and beach. A commission is vested with the power to raise, recover, tow, remove, store, destroy, and dispose of vessels that have been abandoned in the harbor or waterfront, as appropriate, pursuant to the procedures applicable to municipal waterways in the "Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law," P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-7 et seq.). A vessel that has been abandoned at a public or private boat dock, pier, or marina is considered abandoned in the harbor or waterfront. L.1940, c.161, s.2; amended 2008, c.52, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.12
Person over 35 appointed as sheriff's officer; continuance as member of retirement system
Status: in_force

Any person who is over 35 years of age on the effective date of this act, and who is subsequently appointed as a sheriff's officer pursuant to this act, shall remain a member of the retirement system of which he is a member on that date. L.1982, c. 133, s. 7, eff. Sept. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:73-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 73 / Section 73-4
Certain acts forbidden; penalties
Status: in_force

For the violation of the provisions of section 40:73-2 or section 40:73-3 of this title the offender shall be punished as now or may be hereafter provided by law or ordinance.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-20
Abandonment of improvement; reimbursement of costs to participants
Status: in_force

When a municipality shall abandon a proposed improvement, or repeal the improvement ordinance, it shall make payment to owners and other parties who appeared in the proceedings, of their reasonable costs, expenses and counsel fees to be fixed by a judge of the Superior Court. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 700, s. 184, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-5
Additional powers
Status: in_force

5. (a) Any county, by resolution, or any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the acquisition of any real property, capital improvement, or personal property: (1) By purchase, gift, devise, lease, exchange, condemnation, or installment purchase agreement; (2) Subject to lawful conditions, restrictions or limitations as to its use by the county or municipality, provided the governing body accepts such lawful conditions, restrictions or limitations. When any county or municipality shall have acquired any real property, capital improvement or personal property upon any lawful condition, restriction or limitation, it is hereby authorized to take such steps as may be necessary and proper to the compliance by the county or municipality with such lawful conditions, restrictions or limitations; (3) Whether the acquisition of any real property is by lease, purchase, installment purchase agreement or exchange, the governing body may require the construction or repair of any capital improvement as a condition of acquisition. (b) To the extent that the acquisition is by an installment purchase agreement, the obligation of the county or municipality shall be valid and binding for the term thereof which shall not be greater than 40 years and shall not be otherwise subject to annual appropriation, and the authorization of such obligation shall not be subject to any of the provisions of the "Local Bond Law," (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.), except that (1) the repayment schedule of the principal shall be consistent with the requirements of N.J.S.40A:2-26 et seq., unless otherwise approved by the Local Finance Board within the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, (2) a supplemental debt statement reflecting the principal sum of the installment purchase agreement shall be filed consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.40A:2-10; and (3) to the extent that such supplemental debt statement reflects debt in excess of the debt limitations imposed on counties or municipalities, as appropriate, by N.J.S.40A:2-6 and not otherwise within the exceptions contained in N.J.S.40A:2-7, the county or municipality must obtain the approval of the Local Finance Board. (c) Any county or municipality having acquired any real property, capital improvement or personal property or any real estate or interest therein, which acquisition or estate or interest shall have become unsuited or inconvenient for the use for which it was acquired, may, at any time convert a portion or the whole thereof to any other public use unless otherwise provided by law or by the terms of acquisition. (d) Whenever the governing body of any county or municipality to which there has been conveyed any real property, capital improvement, or personal property subject to such lawful conditions, restrictions or limitations shall by ordinance, in the case of a municipality, and by resolution, in the case of a county, determine that said real property, capital improvement or personal property can no longer be used advantageously for the purposes for which the same were acquired by the county or municipality, said county or municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the sale or exchange pursuant to section 13 of this act of the interest of the county or municipality in said real property, capital improvement or personal property. Whenever the county or municipality, by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, determines that property, which has been acquired by purchase, gift, devise, lease, exchange or otherwise for a nominal or no consideration for a specific purpose, or subject to lawful conditions, restrictions or limitations as to its use, can no longer be used for the purposes for which acquired, it may offer or reconvey said property to the original grantor or his heirs for a similar or no consideration, prior to other disposition pursuant to section 13 of this act. L.1971,c.199,s.5; amended 1992,c.157,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.7
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Governing body" shall mean that governmental board or body of a municipality having control or jurisdiction over its financial affairs; (b) "Property exempt from local taxation" or "tax exempt property" shall mean real or personal, or real and personal, property which is exempt from local taxation because the owner of such property enjoys the privilege of exemption from local taxation arising out of a contract with the State which the Legislature cannot abrogate or repeal without the consent of the owner; (c) "Tax exemption" shall mean exemption from local taxation under such a contract with the State; (d) "Owner" shall mean any person, association, copartnership or corporation owning tax exempt property in fee; (e) "Local taxation" shall mean municipal or other local taxation for the direct support of the government of the municipality or for other local purposes. L.1944, c. 206, p. 729, s. 1, eff. April 21, 1944.
N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 34A / Section 34A-6
Municipalities; authorization; validity and binding effect of obligations and pledges; use by county as security for its bonds or notes
Status: in_force

Every municipality which shall make any contract, covenant or agreement with a county or pledge to a county pursuant to this act is hereby authorized and directed to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out and perform the same and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as other obligations of such municipality. Any such contract, covenant, agreement or pledge which may be made with or without consideration and for an unspecified or unlimited period of time and on any terms or conditions therein set forth shall be valid and binding on the parties thereto, and any instrument making or evidencing the same, may be pledged or assigned by the county to secure its bonds or notes and thereafter may not be modified except as provided by the terms of such instrument or by the terms of such pledge or assignment. L.1972, c. 83, s. 6, eff. July 10, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-21
Ascertainment of county or municipal dividing lines
Status: in_force

Whenever the center line of any nonnavigable stream forms a dividing line between a. two or more counties as well as between two or more municipalities, or b. two or more municipalities alone, and said center line is uncertain, the county dividing line may be ascertained and made certain, or in the case of a municipal dividing line not forming the boundary lines between counties, in the manner hereinafter provided. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-1.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1.6
Unavailability of qualified residents for available specific positions or employments; appointment of other qualified applicants; preference schedule; conditions of employment; notice to and classification by civil service commission
Status: in_force

Any local unit which has adopted an ordinance or resolution, as the case may be, pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall provide therein that whenever the governing body, or appointing authority, shall determine that there cannot be recruited a sufficient number of qualified residents for available specific positions or employments, the local unit shall advertise for other qualified applicants. The local unit, or the hiring authority thereof, shall thereupon classify all qualified applicants for such positions or employments so determined in the following manner: a. In the case of municipalities: (1) Other residents of the county in which the municipality is situate. (2) Other residents of counties contiguous to the county in which the municipality is situate. (3) Other residents of the State. (4) All other applicants. b. In the case of counties: (1) Other residents of contiguous counties. (2) Other residents of the State. (3) All other qualified applicants. The hiring authority shall first appoint all those in class 1 and then those in each succeeding class in the order above listed and shall appoint a person or persons in any such class only to a position or positions, or employment or employments, remaining after all qualified applicants in the preceding class or classes have been appointed or have declined an offer of appointment. The preference established by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted pursuant to any other provisions of the law. A local unit which has recruited and hired officers and employees under the provisions of this section may require such officers and employees, as a condition of their continued employment, to become bona fide residents thereof. Such a requirement shall be specified at the time of appointment and a reasonable amount of time granted for such officers and employees to become bona fide residents of the local unit. The Civil Service Commission shall, upon any subsequent notice of the determination of the governing body or the hiring authority of any such local unit wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative that such preference schedule shall be applicable for any specific position or employment, classify all applicants for such position or employment accordingly. L.1978, c. 63, s. 4, eff. June 30, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-49
Contracts for treatment and disposal of sewage or solid waste
Status: in_force

Any municipal authority for the carrying out and effectuation of its purposes, and (a) any of the local units (b) any other municipality whether within or without the district and (c) any other municipal authority, any sewerage authority or any other public body of the State empowered to treat or dispose of sewage or solid waste (all such local units, municipalities, other municipal authorities, sewerage authorities and other bodies being hereinafter referred to individually as a "governmental unit" ) for fostering the relief of waters in, bordering or entering the territorial area of the governmental unit from pollution or threatened pollution or assisting the municipal authority in carrying out and effectuating its purposes, may enter into a contract or contracts providing for or relating to the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage or solid waste originating in the district or received by the municipal authority, or originating in the territorial area of or collected by the governmental unit, by means of the sewerage or solid waste system or any sewerage or solid waste facilities of the governmental unit or both, and the cost and expense of such collection, treatment and disposal. Any municipal authority for the carrying out and effectuation of its purposes, and (a) any of the local units (b) any other municipality whether within or without the district and (c) any other municipal authority, any sewerage authority or any other public body of the State empowered to sell and supply water (all such local units, municipalities, other municipal authorities, sewerage authorities and other bodies being hereinafter referred to individually as a "governmental unit" ) for fostering the provision and distribution of an adequate supply of water within the territorial area of the governmental unit or assisting the municipal authority in carrying out and effectuating its purposes may enter into a contract or contracts providing for or relating to the sale or supplying of water to such municipal authority or to the governmental unit or to persons or properties within the district or the governmental unit, and the cost and expense of such sale or supplying of water. Any such contract may provide for the payment to the municipal authority by the governmental unit annually or otherwise of such sum or sums of money, computed at fixed amounts or by a formula based on any factors or other matters described in section 21 or section 22 of this act or in any other manner, as said contract or contracts may provide, and may provide that the sum or sums so payable to the municipal authority shall be in lieu of all or any part of the service charges which would otherwise be charged and collected by the municipal authority with regard to persons or real property within the territorial area of the governmental unit. Such contract or contracts may also contain provisions as to the financing and payment of expenses to be incurred by the municipal authority and determined by it to be necessary for its purposes prior to the placing in operation of a sewerage, solid waste or water supply and distribution system and may provide for the payment by the governmental unit to the municipal authority for application to such expenses or indebtedness therefor such sum or sums of money, computed as said contract or contracts may provide and as the governing body (hereinafter described) of the governmental unit shall, by virtue of its authorization of and entry into said contract or contracts, determine to be necessary for the purposes of the municipal authority. Every such contract shall be authorized and entered into under and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the authority in the case of municipal or other authority, an ordinance of the governing body in the case of a municipality, a resolution or ordinance of the governing body in the case of a county, and, in the case of any other public body, a resolution of the commission, council, board or body by whatever name it may be known (in this section sometimes referred to as "governing body" ) having charge of the finances of such public body, but the terms or text of said contract need not be set forth in full or stated in any such resolution or ordinance if the form of said contract is on file in the office of the clerk or other recording officer of the governmental unit or its governing body and the place in fact of such filing is described in the resolution or ordinance. Any such 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 or on behalf of the governmental unit and which may be agreed to by the municipal authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of any bonds, and shall be valid whether or not an appropriation with respect thereto is made by the governmental unit prior to authorization or execution thereof. Every such governmental unit is hereby authorized and directed to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out and perform every such contract and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as other obligations of such governmental unit. Subject to any such contracts with the holders of bonds, the municipal authority is hereby authorized to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out and perform every such contract and, in accordance with any such contract, to waive, modify, suspend or reduce the service charges which would otherwise be charged and collected by the municipal authority with regard to persons or real property within the territorial area of the governmental unit, but nothing in this section or any such contract shall prevent the municipal authority from charging and collecting, as if such contract had not been made, service charges with regard to such persons and real property sufficient to meet any default or deficiency in any payments agreed in such contract to be made by such governmental unit. L.1957, c. 183, p. 670, s. 49, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1971, c. 297, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971; L.1973, c. 192, s. 1, eff. June 28, 1973; L.1977, c. 384, s. 13, eff. Feb. 10, 1978; L.1979, c. 86, s. 14, eff. May 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-79 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-79
Advisory board; members; duties; district management corporation
Status: in_force

The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality may create and appoint an advisory board, consisting of seven or more persons, at least a majority of whom shall be owners or occupants of properties adjoining a pedestrian mall or included in a special improvement district, as the case may be, or representatives of these owners or occupants, to advise the governing body in connection with the acquisition, construction and improvement of a pedestrian mall, or the acquisition and construction of improvements for a special improvement district, as the case may be, the making of a plan therefor and the operation and maintenance thereof and to meet and furnish recommendations or comments and requests of members of the public and of owners and occupants of property adjoining the pedestrian mall or included in the district, as the case may be. Upon designation of a district management corporation, in the case of a special improvement district, the corporation shall exercise the functions of an advisory board, and any other advisory board shall cease to function. L.1972, c. 134, s. 15, eff. Aug. 17, 1972. Amended by L.1984, c. 151, s. 15, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.14
Municipal funds; disbursement
Status: in_force

No municipal funds shall be disbursed except pursuant to and within the limits of appropriations made in accordance with law. All disbursements shall be by bank check or draft signed by the mayor and countersigned by the treasurer, upon warrant of the council. L.1981, c. 465, s. 36, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-53c — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-53c
Acceptance of performance guarantee from successor developer.
Status: in_force

4. a. The governing body or an approving authority may accept a performance guarantee in favor of the municipality from a successor developer as a replacement for a performance guarantee that was previously furnished, pursuant to section 41 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-53), for the purpose of assuring the installation of improvements. Except as otherwise provided by an ordinance requiring a successor developer to furnish a replacement performance guarantee, the governing body or approving authority shall not accept a replacement performance guarantee without securing: (1) written confirmation from the new obligor that the intent of the new obligor is to furnish a replacement performance guarantee, relieving the predecessor obligor and surety, if any, of any obligation to install improvements, and (2) written verification from the municipal engineer that the replacement performance guarantee is of an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the installation of improvements, but not to exceed 120% of the cost of the installation, which verification shall be determined consistent with section 41 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-53). b. An approving authority shall notify the governing body whenever it accepts a replacement performance guarantee. Notice shall contain a copy of the written confirmation of the new obligor's intent to furnish a replacement performance guarantee and the municipal engineer's written verification of the sufficiency of the amount of that replacement performance guarantee. c. Within 30 days after receiving notice from the approving authority of its acceptance of a replacement performance guarantee, the governing body, by resolution, shall release the predecessor obligor from liability pursuant to its performance guarantee. L.2013, c.123, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-128 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-128
Annual budget
Status: in_force

The mayor shall prepare the annual budget with the assistance of the treasurer and the co-operation of the other members of the council. L.1950, c. 210, p. 497, s. 13-14, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20
Emergency temporary appropriations
Status: in_force

In addition to temporary appropriations necessary for the period prior to the adoption of the budget and regular appropriations, the governing body may, by resolution adopted by a 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, make emergency temporary appropriations for any purposes for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year. The amount of such emergency temporary appropriations shall be included under the correct headings in the budget as adopted. If they are adopted after the introduction and approval of the budget and were not included in the budget as approved, they shall be included by amendment in the budget as adopted, except that no public advertisement or public hearings shall be required as to their adoption as amendments. A copy of each resolution making such emergency temporary appropriations shall be filed forthwith with the director. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-26
Terms of officers; exceptions
Status: in_force

40:20-26. The terms of office of all officers then holding office under appointment by the board of chosen freeholders existing in any county at the time of reorganization thereof under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title in such county, shall not be affected thereby but the officers then holding office shall continue in office during the terms for which they were originally appointed or elected and until their successors shall have been appointed or elected and shall have duly qualified. Thereafter all offices to be filled by the board of chosen freeholders shall be for the term of three years. Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or the widow of such soldier, sailor, marine or member of the American Merchant Marine, in office at the time of the adoption of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 by any county. All such persons shall continue and remain in their respective offices during good behavior, and shall be removed only for cause. Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any officer coming within the provisions of section 51:1-53 of the title Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers. Amended 1991,c.389,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-36 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-36
Jurisdiction, rights of State agencies unaffected.
Status: in_force

36. Nothing herein contained shall in any way affect or limit the jurisdiction or rights of the State Department of Health and Senior Services, Interstate Environmental Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission or Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners; or impair the obligations assumed by any municipality included in any district created under this act in any contract made prior to the creation of such district, with one or more other municipalities or with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners. L.1946,c.138,s.36; amended 2000, c.6, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:8-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-12
Name plate and shields
Status: in_force

Each airport security officer, when on duty, except when employed as a detective, shall wear in plain view a name plate and a metallic shield or device with the word "police" and the name or style of the airport for which he is appointed inscribed thereon. L.1979, c. 332, s. 5, eff. Jan. 21, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-57 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-57
Verified list of nonexempt members to be filed with municipal clerk
Status: in_force

The official in charge of the fire department and force shall annually file with the municipal clerk a verified list of all of the members not having exempt fireman certificates. The list shall contain their names and residences and information relevant subsequently to their qualifications for such certificates. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:24-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-6
Arrest without warrant.
Status: in_force

Every police officer shall, and any other person may, apprehend without warrant or other process any person violating in his presence or view any of the provisions of any such resolution, and shall take the offender before a court of the county where apprehended. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 43, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-172 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-172
Vote required for adoption
Status: in_force

All ballots so cast for or against the question shall be counted and the result thereof returned by the election officers, and the acceptance or rejection thereof shall be determined by the result thereof. If upon the canvass of all the votes cast for or against the question, it shall appear that a majority of them were in favor thereof, the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall become operative in that county.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: "budget" means the budget of a local unit. "cash basis budget" means a budget prepared in accordance with this chapter, and in such form that based on the limitations, percentages and estimates hereinafter provided there will be sufficient cash collected to meet all debt service requirements, necessary operations of the local unit for the fiscal year and, in addition, provide for any mandatory payments required to be met during the fiscal year. "county board" means the county board of taxation. "debt service" means the payment by the local unit of the principal and interest on the obligations issued by it, whether permanent or temporary. "governing body" means the board of chosen freeholders of a county, or the commission, council, board or body having control of the finances of a municipality. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-47 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-47
Examinations of funds by commissioner of insurance; payment of expenses
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance may conduct such examinations of any joint insurance fund as he deems necessary. The expense of any such examination shall be borne by the affected fund. L.1983, c. 372, s. 12, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-13
Alternative procedure
Status: in_force

The procedure for the passage of ordinances for the laying out, opening, straightening, establishing, widening, extending, altering, or changing in any manner the location of any street, road, alley or public highway or portion thereof may, in the discretion of the governing body of any municipality, which exercise of discretion shall be evidenced by the passage of a preliminary resolution, and in lieu of any other procedure, be as hereinafter in this article provided.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-49 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-49
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Within 180 days after the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of Insurance, after consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, or if that commissioner shall so designate, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment, operation, modification and dissolution of joint insurance funds established pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1983, c. 372, s. 14, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.9
Procedure for amendment of joint library agreement.
Status: in_force

7. a. The joint library agreement may be amended by agreement among the parties thereto but such amendments shall not become effective until approved in each of the participating municipalities by ordinance, which ordinances may incorporate such amendments by reference. b. (1) The governing body of each municipality shall, by resolution, submit to the voters of the municipality, at a general election, a proposition to change the rate of the tax required to annually be raised to support the joint free public library agreement and, pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.17), as deemed appropriate for the proper maintenance of a joint free public library; provided, however, that the rate in the proposition shall not be lower than one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property within the participating municipalities based upon the equalized valuation of such property within the combined municipalities as certified by the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of R.S.54:4-49. Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall implement it in the manner set forth in section 15 of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.17). (2) Upon petition to the governing body of a municipality signed by qualified voters of the municipality equal in number to at least 15 percent of the votes cast therein at the last preceding general election, filed with the clerk of the municipality at least 90 days before a general election, the governing body shall submit to the voters of the municipality, at the general election, a proposition otherwise authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. (3) A proposition under this subsection shall not be submitted to the voters of a municipality more than once in any three-year election period. (4) An additional sum raised by taxation for a joint free public library required by a proposition approved pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from the limitation set forth in section 5 of P.L.1985, c.541 (C.40:54-8.1) for the first tax year in which the proposition is implemented and shall not be considered excess funds as set forth in R.S.40:54-15. (5) If a proposition is approved pursuant to this subsection changing the rate of tax required to annually be raised to support the joint free public library agreement, the information required to be printed upon the property tax bill pursuant to R.S.54:4-65 shall be adjusted accordingly and shall be reflected on a single line of the property tax bill. (6) Whenever one municipality in a joint free public library system changes the rate of its dedicated joint free public library tax rate, any of the participating municipalities in that joint free public library system may demand that the joint free public library agreement be amended or renegotiated. (7) A proposition approved pursuant to this subsection establishing a tax rate higher than one-third of a mill shall expire after 10 tax years or after the tax year in which a new proposition establishing a different tax rate is approved, whichever occurs first. The tax rate shall revert to one-third of a mill upon the expiration of a higher tax rate. c. Following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.38 (March 21, 2011), the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall decrease the municipality's adjusted tax levy pursuant to subsection d. of section 11 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.46) by the amount raised by taxation for a joint free public library pursuant to this section so that there is no net impact on the amount of the adjusted tax levy available to the municipality for non-library purposes pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.44). d. Such additional sum, as in the judgment of the municipal governing body or appropriate board of the municipality, is necessary for the proper maintenance of a joint free public library, may be appropriated in the municipal budget from the general purposes municipal tax levy. L.1959, c.155, s.7; amended 2017, c.260, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-13.1
Payment from bequest, legacy or gift; conditions.
Status: in_force

20. Goods or services, the payment for which utilizes only funds received by a contracting unit from a bequest, legacy or gift, shall be subject to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), except that if such bequest, legacy or gift contains written instructions as to the specifications, manufacturer or vendor, or source of supply of the goods or services to be provided or performed, such instructions shall be honored, provided that the bequest, legacy or gift is used in a manner consistent with N.J.S.40A:5-29. L.1999,c.440,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-7
Municipality to make improvement on neglect of owner; contracts
Status: in_force

In any case in which the owner or owners of the real estate affected are required to bear the whole cost of the improvement after the passage of the ordinance therefor, and notice given as in sections 40:65-2 to 40:65-5 of this Title directed, the owner of any real estate affected by such improvement shall fail to make such improvement as required by the ordinance, or in any case in which the whole cost of said improvement is not to be borne by the owner or owners of the real estate affected thereby, the governing body may cause the improvement to be made under supervision of the proper municipal officer, or may award a contract or contracts therefor. Amended by L.1958, c. 133, p. 635, s. 3, eff. July 29, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-5
Determination of need for redevelopment.
Status: in_force

5. A delineated area may be determined to be in need of redevelopment if, after investigation, notice and hearing as provided in section 6 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-6), the governing body of the municipality by resolution concludes that within the delineated area any of the following conditions is found: a. The generality of buildings are substandard, unsafe, unsanitary, dilapidated, or obsolescent, or possess any of such characteristics, or are so lacking in light, air, or space, as to be conducive to unwholesome living or working conditions. b. The discontinuance of the use of a building or buildings previously used for commercial, retail, shopping malls or plazas, office parks, manufacturing, or industrial purposes; the abandonment of such building or buildings; significant vacancies of such building or buildings for at least two consecutive years; or the same being allowed to fall into so great a state of disrepair as to be untenantable. c. Land that is owned by the municipality, the county, a local housing authority, redevelopment agency or redevelopment entity, or unimproved vacant land that has remained so for a period of ten years prior to adoption of the resolution, and that by reason of its location, remoteness, lack of means of access to developed sections or portions of the municipality, or topography, or nature of the soil, is not likely to be developed through the instrumentality of private capital. d. Areas with buildings or improvements which, by reason of dilapidation, obsolescence, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, excessive land coverage, deleterious land use or obsolete layout, or any combination of these or other factors, are detrimental to the safety, health, morals, or welfare of the community. e. A growing lack or total lack of proper utilization of areas caused by the condition of the title, diverse ownership of the real properties therein or other similar conditions which impede land assemblage or discourage the undertaking of improvements, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to and serving the public health, safety and welfare, which condition is presumed to be having a negative social or economic impact or otherwise being detrimental to the safety, health, morals, or welfare of the surrounding area or the community in general. f. Areas, in excess of five contiguous acres, whereon buildings or improvements have been destroyed, consumed by fire, demolished or altered by the action of storm, fire, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or other casualty in such a way that the aggregate assessed value of the area has been materially depreciated. g. In any municipality in which an enterprise zone has been designated pursuant to the "New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act," P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.) the execution of the actions prescribed in that act for the adoption by the municipality and approval by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority of the zone development plan for the area of the enterprise zone shall be considered sufficient for the determination that the area is in need of redevelopment pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-5 and 40A:12A-6) for the purpose of granting tax exemptions within the enterprise zone district pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) or the adoption of a tax abatement and exemption ordinance pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.441 (C.40A:21-1 et seq.). The municipality shall not utilize any other redevelopment powers within the urban enterprise zone unless the municipal governing body and planning board have also taken the actions and fulfilled the requirements prescribed in P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.) for determining that the area is in need of redevelopment or an area in need of rehabilitation and the municipal governing body has adopted a redevelopment plan ordinance including the area of the enterprise zone. h. The designation of the delineated area is consistent with smart growth planning principles adopted pursuant to law or regulation. L.1992, c.79, s.5; amended 2003, c.125, s.3; 2013, c.159, s.1; 2019, c.229, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-133.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-133.3
Certification; fee
Status: in_force

3. Upon the successful completion of the examination by an applicant, a certificate shall be issued to the applicant as a registered municipal clerk. The certificate fee shall be $50 payable to the order of the State Treasurer. L.1985,c.174,s.3; amended 1997, c.279, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-4
Liability for failure to insure
Status: in_force

Any local unit, other than one providing insurance coverage under Article 3 of this chapter, failing to provide the insurance coverage as provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-3 shall be liable for payment of any judgment recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction against any operator of a motor vehicle, equipment or apparatus within the limits of the amount required for insurance coverage under N.J.S. 40A:10-3 for damages resulting in personal injury or death or damage to property caused by the authorized operation or use of such motor vehicles, equipment or apparatus. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-43
Contracts for power
Status: in_force

Any municipality engaging in the business of transportation may make a contract with any corporation or municipality furnishing power, for a supply of such power for use in the business of transportation for a period not exceeding five years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.34 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.34
Ballots
Status: in_force

There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such general election, the following: If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "No." "Shall a supplement to "An act concerning county parks, playgrounds, and recreation Yes. places, and supplementing chapter 37 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes' (P.L.1954, c. ), providing No. for the issuance of park bonds for land and improvements not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $3,000,000.00 be adopted?" In any county in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instruction to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid. L.1954, c. 247, p. 908, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-6
Notice of meeting of commissioners
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall give 30 days' notice in writing of the time and place of their meeting to perform their duties to the respective governing bodies. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.28
Submission of adoption of act to voters
Status: in_force

The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act, in the form set forth in section 4 hereof, shall be submitted to the legal voters of any county which has heretofore or hereafter shall adopt the provisions of chapter 276 of the laws of 1946, at the next general election succeeding the passage hereof or at the general election at which the adoption of said chapter 276 of the laws of 1946 shall be submitted, whichever shall first occur. L.1954, c. 246, p. 906, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.6h — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.6h
Renewal of certificates.
Status: in_force

8. a. Commencing January 1, 1997, all public works manager certificates shall be renewed upon application, payment of the required fee, and verification that the applicant has met continuing education requirements, all as set forth in this section. Each renewal shall be for a period of three years. The renewal date shall be 30 days prior to the expiration date. b. All public works manager certificates subject to renewal pursuant to this section that were issued prior to January 1, 1995 shall have an expiration date of December 31, 1998. All public works manager certificates issued on or after January 1, 1995 shall have an expiration date of either June 30 or December 31, whichever is sooner, of the third year following the year in which the certificates were originally issued, provided that no certificate shall expire sooner than December 31, 1998. c. Each applicant for renewal of a public works manager certificate shall, on a form prescribed by the director, furnish proof of having earned at least two continuing education units in fields of study related to public works activity. For the purposes of this section, one continuing education unit equals 10 contact hours. Upon verification of this requirement, and upon payment of a fee, the director shall renew the public works manager certificate. d. If the holder of a public works manager certificate has allowed the certificate to lapse by failing to renew the certificate, a new application and certificate shall be required. If application is made within six months of the expiration of the lapsed certificate, then application may be made in the same manner as a renewal, but the application shall be accompanied by the fee for a new application; provided, however, that such application may be made in the same manner as a renewal within 12 months of the expiration of the certificate if the director determines that either of the following circumstances prevents a certificate holder from earning the required continuing education units within six months of the expiration of the certificate: (1) a flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado, or other natural disaster, and a state of emergency has been declared as a result thereof by the Governor; or (2) a medical event or condition. L.1991, c.258, s.8; amended 1995, c.46, s.7; 2015, c.95, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-98 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-98
Authorization to engage in public transportation within and beyond county limits
Status: in_force

13. Any county improvement authority may engage in the business of operation of public transportation facilities for the transportation of passengers and property on scheduled routes, within and beyond the territorial limits of the county or any beneficiary county, with the consent of the governing bodies of the municipalities into which such operation is extended, and on nonscheduled routes, by contract. A copy of each contract for charter or operation on a nonscheduled route shall be maintained in the office of the authority as a public record available for inspection during normal business hours. Any county improvement authority which establishes or acquires public transportation facilities may contract with any person or corporation for the operation thereof upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall determine. L.1968,c.66,s.13; amended 1994,c.76,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act and in chapter 27 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, unless the context otherwise requires: "County master plan" and "master plan" means a composite of the master plan for the physical development of the county, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter adopted by the county planning board pursuant to Revised Statutes 40:27-2; "County planning board" means a county planning board established by a county pursuant to R.S. 40:27-1 to exercise the duties set forth in such chapter, and means, in any county having adopted the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law" (P.L.1972, c. 154; C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), any department, division, board or agency established pursuant to the administrative code of such county to exercise such duties, but only to the degree and extent that the requirements specified in such chapter for county planning boards do not conflict with the organization and structure of such department, division, agency or board as set forth in the administrative code of such county; "Official county map" means the map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and established, from time to time, by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders of the county pursuant to R.S. 40:27-5; "Site plan" means a plan of an existing lot or plot or a subdivided lot on which is shown topography, location of all existing and proposed buildings, structures, drainage facilities, roads, rights-of-way, easements, parking areas, together with any other information required by and at a scale specified by a site plan review and approval resolution adopted by the board of chosen freeholders pursuant to this act; "Subdivision" means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or development. The following shall not be considered subdivisions within the meaning of this act, if no new streets are created: (1) divisions of land found by the planning board or subdivision committee thereof appointed by the chairman to be for agricultural purposes where all resulting parcels are 5 acres or larger in size, (2) divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions, (3) divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure, (4) consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument and (5) the conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of which are found and certified by the administrative officer to conform to the requirements of the municipal development regulations and are shown and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map or atlas of the municipality. The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision." "Subdivision applications" means the application for approval of a subdivision pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law" (P.L.1975, c. 291; C. 40:55D-1 et seq.) or an application for approval of a planned unit development pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law" (P.L.1975, c. 291; C. 40:55D-1 et seq.). L.1968, c. 285, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1969. Amended by L.1979, c. 216, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.5
Certification of subdivision plat; acceptance for filing
Status: in_force

The county recording officer shall not accept for filing any subdivision plat unless it bears the certification of either approval or of review and exemption of the authorized county planning board officer or staff member indicating compliance with the provisions of this act and standards adopted pursuant thereto, in addition to all other requirements for filing a subdivision plat including compliance with the provisions of "The Map Filing Law" (P.L.1960, c. 141). In the event the county planning board shall have waived its right to review, approve or disapprove a subdivision by failing to report to the municipal approval authority within the 30-day period or the mutually agreed upon 30-day extension period, as outlined in section 5 above, the subdivision shall be deemed to have county planning board approval, and at the request of the applicant, the secretary of the county planning board shall attest on the plat to the failure of the county planning board to report within the required time period, which shall be sufficient authorization for further action by the municipal planning board and acceptance thereof for filing by the county recording officer. L.1968, c. 285, s. 7, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-46
Creation of authority
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county may by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, create a public body corporate and politic under and pursuant to this act, under the name and style of "the county improvement authority," with all or any significant part of the name of said county inserted. Said body shall consist of the 5 members thereof, who shall be residents of the county and be appointed by ordinance or resolution of said governing body as hereinafter provided, and it shall constitute the authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency or instrumentality of said county. Copies of said ordinance or resolution for the creation of the authority, certified by the clerk of said governing body, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. A copy of any such certified ordinance or resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper adoption and filing thereof as aforesaid. After such filing in the office of the Secretary of State, a copy of said ordinance or resolution shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county, together with a notice stating the fact and date of its adoption and the date of the first publication of such notice. If no action questioning the validity of the creation or establishment of the authority shall be commenced within 45 days after the first publication of such notice, then said authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly created and established and authorized to transact business and exercise powers as a public body created pursuant to this act. L.1960, c. 183, p. 732, s. 3, eff. Jan. 18, 1961. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-62 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-62
Debt service reserve fund
Status: in_force

The governing body, by bond ordinance or resolution, may establish a reserve fund to provide for payment of principal of and interest on any obligations and appropriate thereto any unappropriated funds arising from other than tax sources, or any other moneys made or to be made available by budget or otherwise. A certified copy of such ordinance or resolution shall be filed in the office of the director. The establishment of such fund shall be irrevocable so long as the obligations with respect to which it was created are outstanding or unpaid. Such fund may be invested in the same manner as other moneys of the local unit unless otherwise provided. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-45 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-45
Filing of agreements or contracts
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance may, in his discretion, require the commissioners of any fund to file copies of any agreements or contracts entered into by the commissioners of the fund, or any other pertinent documents as he may deem necessary. L.1983, c. 372, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:46-46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-46
Powers of committee
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, the committee may: (a) use the facilities of State departments as may be necessary or desirable to carry out any of the purposes or requirements of this act; (b) use such municipal, school, and other public buildings, facilities and personnel as may be made available to it; (c) make, modify, amend and repeal such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; (d) issue certificates of proficiency, training, or qualification signed by the chairman of the committee and attested by the Secretary of State; (e) appoint advisory committees to serve without compensation, and designate specially qualified persons to assist the committee for a limited period; (f) designate an executive secretary within the Department of Local Government and appoint such other personnel as may be required for the performance of its functions pursuant to this act within the limits of the available appropriations. L.1950, c. 211, p. 526, s. 8, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:80-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 80 / Section 80-1
Special election; petition
Status: in_force

The legal voters of any municipality may adopt this subtitle at a special election to be held in such municipality, to be called by the municipal clerk upon request or petition in writing of the legal voters of the municipality not less in number than fifteen per centum (15%) of the number of persons who voted at the last preceding general election held for the purpose of electing all of the members of the general assembly as shown by the official canvass. At this election no other proposition shall be voted upon. Amended by L.1950, c. 65, p. 118, s. 2, eff. April 25, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-45.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-45.5
Variation approval
Status: in_force

a. Except as provided hereunder, the developer shall be required to gain the prior approval of the planning board if, after approval of the general development plan, the developer wishes to make any variation in the location of land uses within the planned development or to increase the density of residential development or the floor area ratio of nonresidential development in any section of the planned development. b. Any variation in the location of land uses or increase in density or floor area ratio proposed in reaction to a negative decision of, or condition of development approval imposed by, the Pinelands Commission pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 111 (C. 13:18A-1 et seq.) or the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L. 1973, c. 185 (C. 13:19-1 et seq.) shall be approved by the planning board if the developer can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the planning board, that the variation being proposed is a direct result of such determination by the Pinelands Commission or the Department of Environmental Protection, as the case may be. L. 1987, c. 129, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-3
Lease of improvements; terms; lessee's bond; use of improvement by others
Status: in_force

The governing body may lease for any period not exceeding ten years, under such covenants, terms and conditions as it may prescribe, storage facilities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, slips and basins belonging to the municipality. All such leases shall be made by public sale and shall be sold to the highest responsible bidder at public sale at such time and place as the governing body may fix. If no satisfactory bid be made at such sale such lease or leases may, in the same manner, be again exposed to public sale, or the governing body may lease the same for one year or less, and for such rent or rents as it shall deem proper. The term of any lease sold shall begin within twelve months from the date of sale and a bond with satisfactory surety conditioned for the faithful performance of all covenants, terms and conditions of the lease may be required from the lessee. At least two weeks' public notice of the time, place, terms and conditions of the sale of all such leases shall be given by advertisement in two newspapers circulating in the municipality, if there be two such newspapers, or if not, then in one such newspaper, for two successive weeks next preceding the sale, twice in each week. The governing body may permit the temporary use for landing purposes, of any wharf, pier, dock, bulkhead, or basin, or the use thereof by any department of the municipality, or by the state or the United States, or any department thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62A-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62A / Section 62A-1
Definition
Status: in_force

The words "municipal institutions" wherever used in this act, shall mean any hospital, almshouse, welfare house or other municipal institution operated by the municipality for the sick, aged, poor or indigent. L.1956, c. 67, p. 153, s. 1, eff. June 6, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 40:74-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 74 / Section 74-12
Clerk to examine petition; notice of insufficiency; amendment and refiling
Status: in_force

Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the municipal clerk shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not it is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors as hereinafter provided, and shall attach his certificate thereto showing the result of such examination. If by the clerk's certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient he shall forthwith notify at least two members of the Committee of the Petitioners of his findings. The petition may be amended and refiled within 10 days after the receipt thereof from the clerk. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 12, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.7a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.7a
Child care programs, exemption from local zoning restrictions
Status: in_force

2. Any child care program approved by a local board of education and operated by the board or by an approved sponsor in a public school, before or after regular school hours, pursuant to N.J.S.18A:20-34, shall be deemed a permitted use in all residential and nonresidential districts of a municipality and shall be exempt from local zoning restrictions.
L.1999,c.83, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-15
Late approval of budget
Status: in_force

The director may certify any budget not filed with him within the time prescribed. Such budget must be accompanied by a statement of reasons, satisfactory to the director, for such delay. All actions subsequently taken by the director and the local unit with respect to certification and adoption of the budget are to be taken forthwith and as if the introduction, approval, hearing or filing had occurred on time. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-91 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-91
Severability of provisions
Status: in_force

If the provisions of any article, section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause or this act shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any article, section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act and, to this end, the provisions of each article, section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act are hereby declared to be severable. L.1975, c. 291, s. 78, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-29 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-29
Adopting ordinance
Status: in_force

In order to acquire lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights for use for public park purposes, the governing bodies of the several municipalities may, by a majority vote, pass an ordinance adopting the provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-35 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-45
Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity
Status: in_force

Any solid waste management authority may cause to be published in a newspaper published in the district a notice stating the date of adoption of such bond resolution, the amount and maturities of the bonds authorized to be issued, and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. If no such action or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of such notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action of proceeding, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.1968, c. 249, s. 12, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-7
Port authority as political subdivision; powers
Status: in_force

Every port authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public welfare and shall have perpetual succession and have the following powers: (1) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (2) To sue and to be sued; (3) In the name of the port authority and on its behalf, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its service charges and other revenues and other moneys; (4) In the name of the port authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the port authority; (5) In the name of the port authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the port authority, and subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise and to hold and to use the same, and to dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the port authority; (6) To provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; (7) To accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purposes of the port authority, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; (8) To enter on any lands or premises for the purposes of the port authority; (9) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of the port facilities and any other of its properties, and to amend the same; (10) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any persons; and (11) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the port authority or to carry out any power expressly given in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1948, c. 349, p. 1387, s. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1948. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 14, eff. May 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
Amount to be raised by taxation for local purposes
Status: in_force

The amount to be raised by taxation, as stated in the county budget, shall be the amount to be raised by taxation for county purposes. The amount to be raised by taxation, as stated in the municipal budget, shall be the amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes and for school purposes where school district costs are required to be included in the municipal budget. These taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected within the respective taxing districts in the manner prescribed by law. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-120 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-120
Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication
Status: in_force

If any assessment shall remain in arrears for more than six months after confirmation, suit may be brought for its collection with interest and costs, and the commission may proceed to advertise the real estate upon which the assessment may be a lien to be sold at public auction at the courthouse of the county, on a day not less than two months distant, between two and five o'clock in the afternoon. Such advertisement shall be published at least once each week for a period of at least three weeks next preceding the sale, in two of the newspapers published and circulating in the county, and shall be the only notice required. It shall contain the names of the owners of real estate in default, if the same be known, and if not known, shall state the names of owners to be unknown, and shall give the amounts due from them respectively, with a short description of the real estate to be sold.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-5.1
Office or department to study economic resources and encourage economic development of county; establishment
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county may, by resolution, establish an appropriate office, department, committee, board or other agency having the following purposes: a. Research and study of the county economics of every nature. b. Develop, assemble and distribute information to assist present and prospective business and industry. c. Develop, assemble and distribute pertinent information to county and municipal planning boards to encourage and assist comprehensive economic development. d. Hold public meetings, release information, and encourage public interest in county economic development. e. Promote, in any authorized manner, county economic development. f. Co-operate with any other interested public or private entities for authorized purposes. L.1962, c. 124, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-10
Formula for payments under tax agreements.
Status: in_force

10. Upon adoption of an ordinance authorizing a tax agreement or agreements for a particular project or projects, the governing body may enter into written agreements with the applicants for the exemption and abatement of local real property taxes. An agreement shall provide for the applicant to pay to the municipality in lieu of full property tax payments an amount annually to be computed by one, but in no case a combination, of the following formulas: a. Cost basis: the agreement may provide for the applicant to pay to the municipality in lieu of full property tax payments an amount equal to 2% of the cost of the project. For the purposes of the agreement, "the cost of the project" means only the cost or fair market value of direct labor and all materials used in the construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of all buildings, structures, and facilities at the project site, including the costs, if any, of land acquisition and land preparation, provision of access roads, utilities, drainage facilities, and parking facilities, together with architectural, engineering, legal, surveying, testing, and contractors' fees associated with the project; which the applicant shall cause to be certified and verified to the governing body by an independent and qualified architect, following the completion of the project. b. Gross revenue basis: the agreement may provide for the applicant to pay to the municipality in lieu of full property tax payments an amount annually equal to 15% of the annual gross revenues from the project. For the purposes of the agreement, "annual gross revenues" means the total annual gross rental and other income payable to the owner of the project from the project. If in any leasing, any real estate taxes or assessments on property included in the project, any premiums for fire or other insurance on or concerning property included in the project, or any operating or maintenance expenses ordinarily paid by the landlord, are to be paid by the tenant, then those payments shall be computed and deemed to be part of the rent and shall be included in the annual gross revenue. The tax agreement shall establish the method of computing the revenues and may establish a method of arbitration by which either the landlord or tenant may dispute the amount of payments so included in the annual gross revenue. c. Tax phase-in basis: the agreement may provide for the applicant to pay to the municipality in lieu of full property tax payments an amount equal to a percentage of taxes otherwise due, according to the following schedule: (1) In the first full year after completion, no payment in lieu of taxes otherwise due; (2) In the second full year after completion, an amount not less than 20% of taxes otherwise due; (3) In the third full year after completion, an amount not less than 40% of taxes otherwise due; (4) In the fourth full year after completion, an amount not less than 60% of taxes otherwise due; (5) In the fifth full year after completion, an amount not less than 80% of taxes otherwise due. L.1991, c.441, s.10; amended 1992, c.200; 2007, c.268, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.6
Officers
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect from among its members a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer. L.1940, c. 24, s. 5, eff. March 30, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37C-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37C / Section 37C-4
Industrial pollution control financing authority; purposes; creation by counties; approval; dissolution; filing of resolutions; members; organization
Status: in_force

a. Any county may create an authority under the provisions of this act which shall be a public body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the State for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, repairing, altering, improving, extending, owning, leasing, financing, selling, maintaining, operating and disposing of pollution control facilities within such county; provided that, with respect to any pollution control facility which is not engaged in resource recovery, the Department of Environmental Protection certifies that the proposed undertaking of the authority is the proper method of solving the problem under consideration; and provided further that, with respect to any pollution control facility which is engaged in resource recovery, the facility conforms to the Statewide solid waste management plan and the applicable district solid waste management plan and has an approved registration statement and engineering design pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1970, c. 39 (C. 13:1E-5). b. The authority shall be created by resolution and shall be known as the " Pollution Control Financing Authority of ," inserting all or any significant part of the name of the county creating the authority. The authority shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the county creating it. c. An authority shall consist of five members appointed by resolution of the governing body of the county which created such authority. Members shall serve for terms of 5 years, provided that the members first appointed shall be designated by the resolution of appointment to serve for terms expiring on the first days of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Februarys next ensuing after such appointment. Each member shall hold office for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. d. The governing body of any county which has created an authority may dissolve the authority by resolution on condition that the authority has no debts or obligations outstanding or that provision has been made for the retirement of such debts or obligations. Upon any such dissolution, all property, funds and assets of the authority shall be vested in the county which created the authority. e. A certified copy of each resolution creating or dissolving an authority and each resolution appointing members thereto shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A copy of any such certified resolution, certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper creation or dissolution of the authority or the due and proper appointment of the member or members named therein. f. The powers of an authority shall be vested in the members thereof from time to time and three members shall constitute a quorum. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by an agency at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of at least three members of the authority. No vacancy in the membership of an authority shall impair the right of a quorum of the members thereof to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the authority. g. At the first meeting of any authority and thereafter on or after February 1 in each year, the members shall elect from among their number a chairman and vice chairman who shall hold office until February 1 next ensuing and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Every authority also may appoint, without regard to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, a secretary, treasurer and such other officers, agents and employees as it may require. h. The members of an authority shall serve without compensation, but the authority shall reimburse its members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. i. No member, officer or employee of an authority, nor member of their family, shall have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect in any pollution control facilities undertaken or planned by the authority or in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished to or used by the authority, but neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any county or municipality or under any law of the State shall be deemed a disqualification for membership in or employment by an authority, except as may be specifically provided by law, and members of the governing body of a county may be appointed by such governing body and may serve as members of the authority. A member may be removed only by the governing body by which he was appointed for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office or conviction of a crime, and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and, not sooner than 10 days thereafter, had the opportunity in person or by counsel to be heard thereon by such governing body. L.1973, c. 376, s. 4, eff. Jan. 9, 1974. Amended by L.1983, c. 298, s. 5, eff. Aug. 8, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.78 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.78
Findings, declarations relative to consolidation of sparsely populated municipalities
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that the consolidation of sparsely populated municipalities into contiguous municipalities having larger populations should be encouraged as a means to reduce the costs of local government. The Legislature also finds that there should be a simplified consolidation process when a municipality seeking consolidation is sparsely populated and when the resulting consolidated municipality will have the same form of government as the municipality absorbing the sparsely populated municipality. L.1995,c.376,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:19-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-9
Resubmission
Status: in_force

A vote upon such question shall not be taken oftener than once in five years in the same county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55B-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55B / Section 55B-3
Creation; official title
Status: in_force

The governing body of each municipality is hereby authorized to create, by ordinance, a local industrial commission to be known as "the industrial commission of (here name of the municipality)" .
N.J. Stat. § 40:79-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 79 / Section 79-4
Additional powers
Status: in_force

Every municipality governed by this subtitle shall exercise, in addition to the powers enumerated herein, all powers delegated to such municipality by any other general or special law, not inconsistent with the powers enumerated herein.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-140.11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-140.11
Issuance of municipal finance officer certificate, interim basis
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the qualifications established in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.2), a municipal finance officer certificate may be issued without fee by the director to any employee of the Division of Local Government Services, for the sole purpose of enabling that employee to serve as a chief financial officer on an interim basis in any local unit when so instructed by the director. When an employee of the director is instructed to serve as a chief financial officer for a municipality on an interim basis, the director may establish a fee based upon the time spent and other expenses for such work. The municipality shall, upon request for payment for chief financial officer services, forward a check to the director, payable to the State Treasurer. The amount, if not paid when billed, shall be recoverable in an action at law. L.1988,c.110,s.6; amended 1991,c.175,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-2
Short title
Status: in_force

2. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Tax Authorization Act." L.1970,c.326,s.2; amended 1981,c.507,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-9
Joint departmental acquisitions and joint use of buildings
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality may provide for the construction and maintenance of one or more buildings and structures for the use of any department or for the joint use of two or more departments and may acquire suitable land therefor. Where in any municipality there is a board having certain governmental functions as well as a governing body any two or more such bodies may join in the purchase or condemnation of land and the construction and maintenance of buildings for common use by such departments, parts thereof, or officers of the bodies so joining. Any such governing body may permit any such other body thereof the use of any land or building, or part thereof, controlled by it upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon. L.1971, c. 199, s. 9, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-68 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-68
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

68. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and a municipal authority shall not be subject to regulation as to its service charges by any other officer, board, agency, commission or other office of the State, or constitute a municipality or agency or component of a municipality subject to, any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c.198, the "Local Public Contracts Law" (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall in any way affect or limit the jurisdiction, powers or rights of the State Department of Health and Senior Services, Interstate Environmental Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, Water Policy and Supply Council of the Department of Environmental Protection, North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, or Passaic Valley Water Commission, or impair the obligations assumed by any municipality included in any district in any contract made prior to the creation of such district with any sewerage authority or any county sewer authority or with one or more other municipalities or with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners or with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. L.1957,c.183,s.68; amended 1957, c.233; 1975, c.96, s.5; 2000, c.6, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-10.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-10.6
Leave of absence for employee of political subdivision for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow.
Status: in_force

3. An employee holding any office, position, or employment in 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 be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges or benefits, for the purpose of donating one or more of their human organs, or a part thereof, or bone marrow to another human for human organ transplantation. The paid leave shall be up to 30 days for the donation of an organ or a part of an organ and up to five days for the donation of bone marrow, and shall be in addition to any other type of leave to which an employee may be entitled. L.2019, c.444, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21
Minimum period of usefulness
Status: in_force

No local unit shall authorize obligations for any improvement or purpose having a period of usefulness of less than 5 years. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-25
Public recognition of participating entity
Status: in_force

6. A local government unit may provide for appropriate public recognition of a participating entity, including, but not limited to: a. issuance of a certificate of recognition; and b. authorization for the participating entity to pay for and erect a sign or signs at the park maintained , operated, or improved by that participating entity indicating (1) the name and address of the participating entity, and (2) that it has assumed all or a portion of the maintenance, operation, or improvement responsibilities for the park as a public service in accordance with this act. The local government unit shall determine the size, color, style, and location of any such sign or signs that may be erected. A local government unit may pay for a sign or signs erected in accordance with this section if the participating entity is a nonprofit organization. L.1992,c.101,s.6; amended 1996, c.132, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-9.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-9.4
Contributions to nonprofit corporation operating senior citizens center
Status: in_force

Any municipality or county may make an annual, voluntary contribution to any nonprofit corporation, which operates a senior citizens' center anywhere in the State, in support of the educational, cultural, recreational and personal assistance programs conducted by it for senior citizens of such municipality or county. L.1964, c. 126, s. 1; L.1965, c. 190, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1965. Amended by L.1982, c. 138, s. 1, eff. Sept. 16, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-10
Revenue bonds
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds may be authorized to be issued under this act to provide funds for the construction, acquisition, repair, improvement or extension of such port facilities, or for the refunding of any bonds theretofore issued for such purposes. The purposes for which such revenue bonds may be issued shall include the payment to the local unit or local units of the reasonable value of any properties or facilities deemed necessary or desirable for the purposes of the port authority, and such port authorities are hereby authorized to purchase and acquire such properties or facilities from such local unit or local units. Such revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the port authority which may be adopted at the same meeting at which it is introduced by a majority of all the members thereof then in office, shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. Such revenue bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent resolution may provide. Such revenue bonds may be sold, all at one time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private sale, or if refunding bonds may also be delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations to be refunded thereby, in such manner as the port authority shall determine by resolution, and at such price or prices, computed according to standard tables of bond values, as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, income at a rate not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of obligations surrendered therefor to the port authority. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1389, s. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-31 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-31
Provisions of bond resolution
Status: in_force

31. Any bond resolution of a redevelopment entity providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and such entity, in order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, shall have power by provision in such bond resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to: a. The custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; b. The construction and completion, or replacement, of any project; c. The use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of any project, or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the entity to dispose, or to limit or regulate the use, of any project; d. Payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of bonds or obligations; e. The use and disposition of any moneys of the redevelopment entity, including project revenues; f. Pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the redevelopment entity to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations or the payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of any project, and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto; g. The setting aside out of the project revenues or other moneys of the redevelopment entity of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; h. Determination or definition of the project revenues or of the expenses of operation and maintenance of a project; i. The rents, rates, fees, or other charges in connection with, or for the use of services of, or otherwise relating to any project, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same, the amount or amounts of project revenues to be produced thereby, and the disposition and application of the amounts charged or collected; j. The assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, liens or other claims relating to any part of any project or any obligations having or which may have a lien on any part of the project revenues: k. Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the redevelopment entity; l. Limitations on the powers of the redevelopment entity to construct, acquire or operate any structures, facilities or properties which may compete or tend to compete with any of its projects; m. Vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the redevelopment entity may determine which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of bonds pursuant to this act, and limiting or abrogating the right of such holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to this act or limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee; n. Payment of the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the bond resolution or of any covenant or agreement of the redevelopment entity with the holders of bonds; o. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or agreement with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or p. Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the bond resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds and to be part of any covenant or agreement with the holders of bonds. All provisions of the bond resolution and all covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the redevelopment entity and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, including a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1992,c.79,s.31; amended 2001, c.310, s.44.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-28
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized. L.1948, c.348, p.1379, s.28; amended by L.1968, c. 382, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-5
Powers of sewerage authority.
Status: in_force

5. (a) The powers of a sewerage authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. A majority of the entire authorized membership of the sewerage authority shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the sewerage authority at any meeting of the members thereof by vote of a majority of the members present, unless in any case the by-laws of the sewerage authority shall require a larger number. The sewerage authority may delegate to one or more of its officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The minutes of every meeting of an authority created by a county organized pursuant to the provisions of the "county executive plan" of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.) shall be delivered by the end of the fifth business day following the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein, by and under the certification of the secretary of the authority to the county executive. Except as otherwise provided herein, no action taken at a meeting by the members of an authority shall be effective until approved by the county executive or until 10 days after the copy of the minutes shall have been delivered. If, within the 10-day period, the county executive returns to the authority and to the board of freeholders the copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the authority or any member thereof at a meeting, together with a written explanation of the reasons for his veto of the action, that action shall be of no effect unless the board of freeholders overrides the veto of the action by a majority vote of its full membership within 10 days of the receipt of the veto action. The county executive may approve all or any part of an action taken at a meeting prior to the expiration of the 10-day period. If the county executive takes no action with respect to the minutes within the 10-day period, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved. The veto powers accorded under this subsection shall not affect in any way the covenants contained in the bond indentures of the authority, or any collective bargaining agreement or binding arbitration decisions affecting employees of the authority. No resolution or other action of the authority providing for the issuance or refunding of bonds or other financial obligations shall be adopted or otherwise made effective by the authority without the prior approval in writing of the county executive. This power shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of the authority at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to, this subsection shall in any way limit, restrict or alter the obligations or powers of the authority or any representative or officer of the authority to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement or contract at any time made or entered into by or on behalf of the authority with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof. If two-thirds or more of the members of an authority make a determination that an action taken at a meeting is in response to an emergency situation, a copy of the minutes of that meeting shall be delivered to the county executive as soon as practicable following the meeting and the county executive shall have up to 24 hours after the copy of the minutes has been delivered to approve or veto the minutes of that meeting. If the county executive takes no action with respect to the minutes within the 24-hour period, the minutes shall be deemed approved. If, within the 24-hour period, the county executive returns to the authority and to the board of freeholders the copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the authority or any member thereof at the meeting, together with a written explanation of the reasons for his veto of the action, that action shall be of no effect unless the board of freeholders overrides the veto of the action by a majority vote of its full membership within 48 hours of the receipt of the veto action. (b) Each member of a sewerage 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 sewerage authority shall have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in the sewerage system or in any property included or planned to be included in the sewerage system or in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished to or used by the sewerage authority, but neither the holding of any office or employment in the government of any county or 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 sewerage authority, and members of the governing body of a local unit may be appointed by such governing body and may serve as members of a sewerage authority. A member of a sewerage 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 ten days thereafter, had opportunity in person or by counsel to be heard thereon by such governing body. (d) A sewerage authority may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances for the creation of a sewerage authority may provide that the members of the sewerage authority may receive compensation for their services within an annual and other limitations to be stated in such resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances, and in that event, each member may receive from the sewerage authority such compensation for his services as the sewerage authority may determine within the limitations stated in such resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances. The said annual or other limitations stated in any such resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances may be amended by subsequent resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances, as the case may be, but no reduction of any such limitation shall be effective as to any member of the sewerage authority then in office except upon the written consent of the sewerage authority. No member of any sewerage authority shall receive any compensation for his services except as provided in this subsection. (e) Every sewerage 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 sewerage authority may also, without regard to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, 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 shall determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties and compensation. (f) The minutes of every meeting of an authority created by a county which has not adopted the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), shall be delivered by the end of the fifth business day following the meeting, by and under the certification of the secretary of the authority to each member of the county board of freeholders. No action taken at a meeting by the members of an authority shall be effective if, within 10 days after the copy of the minutes shall have been delivered to each member of the board of freeholders, such action is vetoed by the director of the board of freeholders, with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the board of freeholders. If, within the 10-day period, the board of freeholders returns to the authority the copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the authority or any of the authority's members thereof at a meeting, that action shall be of no effect. If the director takes no action with respect to the minutes within the 10-day period, the minutes shall be deemed to be approved. The veto power accorded under this subsection shall not affect in any way the covenants contained in the bond indentures of the authority, or any collective bargaining agreement or binding arbitration decisions affecting employees of the authority. L.1946, c.138, s.5; amended 1951, c.127, s.4; 1952, c.277, s.2; 1995, c.91, s.2; 2010, c.52, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-75 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-75
Findings, declarations relative to municipal land banking and online mapping.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Difficult economic conditions coupled with the continued high rate of foreclosures have significantly increased the number of vacant, abandoned, and other problem properties in the State's municipalities, particularly its older cities; b. The continued presence and proliferation of these vacant, abandoned, and other problem properties in the communities of this State has a negative effect on the public health and welfare, reduces property values and municipal revenues, and impedes the economic development and revitalization of the State's municipalities, particularly its older cities; c. At present, many vacant, abandoned and other problem properties, rather than being productively reused, remain vacant despite frequent changes in ownership, and continue to have a blighting effect on their surroundings; d. The State's municipalities can benefit from more effective tools to control the inventory of vacant, abandoned, and other problem properties, in order to both minimize the harm that they do in their present condition and to facilitate their restoration to productive use; e. In order to most effectively engage the local community in identifying problem properties, the State's municipalities can also benefit from the publication of interactive online mapping databases of vacant and abandoned properties; f. To ensure that land banking activities are conducted in an honest and open manner, the public can also benefit from the inclusion of properties subject to land banking agreements within the interactive online mapping databases regardless of whether or not such properties are vacant and abandoned; g. It is in the best interest of this State to allow municipalities to designate single entities to act on their behalf to acquire, maintain, and convey, lease and otherwise dispose of vacant, abandoned and problem properties, in order to carry out strategies to ensure that the reuse of these properties provides the greatest long-term benefit to the physical, social and economic condition of the municipality; and h. It is, therefore, appropriate to identify land banking, and associated land banking activities, including those involving site improvements and the preparation of property for productive reuse, as a public purpose, and to permit a municipality to provide tax-exempt status to properties for so long as they are held as land bank properties. L.2019, c.159, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-60 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-60
Purpose of issuance; bonds authorized; pledge of contributions or revenue, or real or personal property
Status: in_force

For the purpose of (1) financing the cost of any public facility or facilities (in this act sometimes referred to as the "project" ), or (2) funding or refunding any bonds, the authority shall authorize and provide for the issuance of bonds by a resolution (in this act sometimes referred to as the "bond resolution" ). Pursuant to the bond resolution, bonds may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates, which may be fixed or may change, at such time or times and according to such formula or method of determination, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources, in such medium of payment, at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the bond resolution may provide. The authority may also authorize bonds to be issued and sold from time to time and delegate to such officer or agent of the authority as the authority shall designate the power to determine the time and manner (public or private) of sale, the maturities and rate or rates of interest (which may be fixed or may change, at such time or times and in accordance with a specified formula or method of determination), and such other terms and conditions as may be deemed appropriate by the officer or agent of the authority so designated; provided, however, that the amounts and maturities of and interest rate or rates on such bonds shall be within the limits prescribed by the authority in its delegation to the officer or agent of the power to authorize the sale and issuance of bonds. The authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from any governmental unit or person or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority from any source whatsoever, or by a mortgage or pledge of all or any part of the real or personal property of the authority, including property which is acquired, improved, constructed, financed or refinanced by the proceeds of such bonds. L.1960, c. 183, p. 740, s. 17, eff. Jan. 18, 1961. Amended by L.1977, c. 80, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1977; L.1977, c. 291, s. 2, eff. Dec. 12, 1977; L.1982, c. 113, s. 10, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-63 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-63
County clerk; bond
Status: in_force

40A:9-63. Every person who shall be elected clerk of a county, before entering into his office shall give his bond to the State of New Jersey and the county as their interest may appear, with sufficient corporate surety, to be approved by the assignment judge of the Superior Court in the sum of $15,000.00 or in such greater sum not exceeding $50,000.00 as the judge may order. The bond shall be conditioned that he will well and truly execute the office of clerk of the county of (insert name of county) and faithfully, impartially and justly perform and execute all of the duties pertaining to such office, with respect to the State of New Jersey, the said county and all persons concerned. The bond approved by the judge together with the oath of office, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey and duplicates with the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.394.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-138 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-138
Findings, declarations relative to transfer of development rights by municipalities.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that as the most densely populated state in the nation, the State of New Jersey is faced with the challenge of accommodating vital growth while maintaining the environmental integrity, preserving the natural resources, and strengthening the agricultural industry and cultural heritage of the Garden State; that the responsibility for meeting this challenge falls most heavily upon local government to appropriately shape the land use patterns so that growth and preservation become compatible goals; that until now municipalities in most areas of the State have lacked effective and equitable means by which potential development may be transferred from areas where preservation is most appropriate to areas where growth can be better accommodated and maximized; and that the tools necessary to meet the challenge of balanced growth in an equitable manner in New Jersey must be made available to local government as the architects of New Jersey's future. The Legislature further finds and declares that the "Burlington County Transfer of Development Rights Demonstration Act," P.L.1989, c.86 (C.40:55D-113 et al.), was enacted in 1989 as a pilot transfer of development rights (TDR) program to demonstrate the feasibility of TDR as a land use planning tool; and that the Burlington County pilot program has been a success and should now be expanded to the remainder of the State of New Jersey in a manner that is fair and equitable to all landowners. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to authorize all municipalities in the State to establish and implement TDR programs. L.2004,c.2,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-16
Operation and use of veterans' housing projects
Status: in_force

After such acquisition the board may operate, maintain, regulate and use such lands and buildings and structures thereon, and improve and equip the same, for the purpose of providing housing or means of shelter for veterans of World War II, their families, and other people of this State, and the administration, operation, maintenance, improvement, and regulation thereof shall be in accordance with the rules adopted by the board. L.1951, c. 116, p. 525, s. 3, eff. May 29, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-4
Utilities authorities
Status: in_force

a. Any governing body may, in the case of a county by resolution or ordinance duly adopted, or in the case of a municipality by ordinance duly adopted, create a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of "the ................. municipal utilities authority," or of "the .............. county utilities authority," with the name of said county or municipality inserted. Said body shall consist of the five members thereof, who, in the case of a county utilities authority, shall be appointed by the county governing body, or by the county executive pursuant to section 37 of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-37), as appropriate. In the case of a municipal utilities authority, the governing body of a municipality which is not organized under the town form of government pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:62-5, or the mayor of a municipality organized under the town form of government pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:62-5 shall make the appointment. The appointments shall constitute the county or municipal authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency and instrumentality of said county or municipality. After the taking effect of the resolution or ordinance for the creation of said body and the filing of a certified copy thereof as in section 7 of this act provided, five persons shall be appointed as the members of the county or municipal authority. The members first appointed shall, by the resolution of appointment, be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring on the first days of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Februaries next ensuing after the date of their appointment. On or after January 1 in each year after such first appointments, one person shall be appointed as a member of the county or municipal authority to serve for a term commencing on February 1 in such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the county or municipal authority occurring during an unexpired term of office, a person shall be appointed as a member of the county or municipal authority to serve for such unexpired term. b. (1) Any county governing body may provide by resolution or ordinance as appropriate that the county utilities authority created by it shall consist of seven members. The two additional members first appointed pursuant to the resolution or ordinance shall be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring on the first day of the second and third Februaries next ensuing after the date of their appointment. On or after January 1 in the year in which expires the term of the additional member first appointed and in every fifth year thereafter, one person shall be appointed as a member of the county utilities authority by the county governing body as a successor to such additional member, or reappointment of the additional member, to serve for a term commencing on February 1 of such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. (2) Any county governing body may provide by resolution or ordinance as appropriate that the county utilities authority created by it shall consist of nine members. The four additional members first appointed pursuant to said resolution or ordinance shall be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring on the first day of the second, third, fourth and fifth Februaries next ensuing after the date of their appointment. On or after January 1 in the year in which expires the term of said additional member first appointed and in every fifth year thereafter, one person shall be appointed as a member of the county utilities authority by said county governing body as a successor to such additional member, to serve for a term commencing on February 1 of such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. c. Whenever the municipal authority of any county shall certify to the governing body of any county that it has entered into a contract pursuant to section 49 of this act (C.40:14B-49) with one or more municipalities situate within any other county one additional member of the municipal authority for each such other county shall be appointed by the governing body of such other county as in this section provided. The additional member so appointed for any such other county, and his successors shall be a resident of one of said municipalities situate within such other county. The additional member first appointed or to be first appointed for such other county shall serve for a term expiring on the first day of the fifth February next ensuing after the date of such appointment, and on or after January 1 in the year in which expires the term of the said additional member first appointed, and in every fifth year thereafter, one person shall be appointed by said governing body as a member of the municipal authority as successor to said additional member, to serve for a term commencing on February 1 in such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. If after such appointment of an additional member for such other county the municipal authority shall certify to said governing body of such other county that it is no longer a party to a contract entered into pursuant to section 49 of this act (C.40:14B-49) with any municipality situate within such other county, the term of office of such additional member shall thereupon cease and expire and no additional member for such other county shall thereafter be appointed. d. In any county wherein a county sewer authority is reorganized as a municipal authority pursuant to section 6 of this act (C.40:14B-6), its governing body shall, by resolution or ordinance as appropriate, reappoint the existing members of the authority to terms corresponding to terms of members first appointed to a municipal authority pursuant to subsection a. of this section; provided, however, that, if said county sewer authority has seven members, then the existing members shall be reappointed to the reorganized municipal authority pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section. e. The governing body of a county or municipality may provide in the ordinance or resolution creating the utilities authority for not more than two alternate members. In the case of a county utilities authority the county governing body, or the county executive pursuant to section 37 of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-37), shall make the appointment. In the case of a municipal utilities authority, the governing body of a municipality which is not organized under the town form of government pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:62-5, or the mayor of a municipality organized under the town form of government pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:62-5, shall make the appointment. Alternate members shall be designated by the governing body, or mayor, as appropriate, as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2" and shall serve during the absence or disqualification of any regular member or members. The governing body of the county or municipality shall provide by ordinance or resolution for the order in which the alternates shall serve. The term of each alternate member shall be five years commencing on February 1 of the year of appointment; provided, however, that in the event two alternate members are appointed their initial terms shall be four and five years respectively. The terms of the first alternate members appointed pursuant to this amendatory act shall commence on the day of their appointment and shall expire on the fourth or fifth January 31 next ensuing after the date of their appointments, as the case may be. Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. L.1957,c.183,s.4; amended 1977,c.384,s.5; 1979,c.473; 1981,c.412,s.1; 1987,c.213; 1991,c.10,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-104 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-104
Municipalities; use of facilities
Status: in_force

All facilities of a solid waste disposal system operated by a county improvement authority shall be open to use by any municipality or municipalities situate in the host county. Such facilities shall also be open to use by any municipality or municipalities situate in any county contiguous to the host county, provided that the population of said municipality, or the aggregate population of any several such municipalities, would not by itself or when added to the nonhost county population already using the improvement authority's facilities, be in excess of 10% of the total population of the host county. When the prospective nonhost county user population would exceed the foregoing 10% limit, the applications for use of the petitioning nonhost county municipalities shall require the prior approval of the governing bodies of the host county, and of any combination of municipalities situate therein, in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in section 5 of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1973, c. 330, s. 7, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-19
Apportionment of cost; assessments for benefits; procedure
Status: in_force

If such contract is authorized and executed the work shall proceed as provided therein. Upon the completion of such work if undertaken as a local improvement, the governing body of each municipality party to the agreement, shall certify to the officer or board charged with the duty of making assessments in such municipality, the cost thereof to be borne by the municipality, and such board shall make an assessment on real estate in the municipality benefited by such improvement not in excess of the benefits conferred. Such officer or board shall give the same notice and accord the same hearing and proceed in the same manner and such assessment shall be a lien and shall be enforced in the same manner as in making assessments where the improvement is made by a single municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-223 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-223
Sale for term of years
Status: in_force

At the sale, the real estate shall be publicly sold to the person who will take the same for the shortest period of time, not exceeding fifty years from the date of sale, and pay to the commission before the close of the sale the full amount due upon the unpaid assessments, with interest thereon from the time when the same was confirmed at the rate of six per cent per annum, together with such sum as the commission may fix and determine to be a fair proportion of the expenses of advertising, conducting and making the sale. If any purchaser fails to make such payment, he shall forfeit all claim to the real estate, and the same shall be resold by the commission after advertisement in the manner provided in section 40:37-222 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.26
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

The sections and parts of sections included in this act are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections; if any such section or part of section shall be held invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this act, nor the context in which such part of section so held invalid may appear, excepting to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. L.1946, c. 245, p. 867, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-20
Municipalities; continuation of receipt of services from free county library; exceptions
Status: in_force

Municipalities receiving benefits from the free county library prior to the adoption of a resolution by the board of chosen freeholders to reorganize the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act shall continue to receive first and second level services from the free county library, except as provided below. On or before September 30 of the year following the reorganization of the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act, the governing body of any municipality which maintains a free public library and receives first level services from the free county library may, by resolution, notify the county library commission of such county that it will withdraw from participation in the first level services of the free county library to be effective January 1 of the following year. On or before September 30 of the second year following the reorganization of the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act, and every third year thereafter, the governing body of any municipality which maintains a free public library, receives first level services from the free county library and is in the first third of an alphabetical list of the municipalities in the county may, by resolution, notify the county library commission of such county that it will withdraw from participation in first level services of the free county library to be effective January 1 of the following year. On or before September 30 of the third year following the reorganization of the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act, and every third year thereafter, the governing body of any municipality which maintains a free public library, receives first level services from the free county library and is in the second third of an alphabetical list of the municipalities in the county may, by resolution, notify the county library commission of such county that it will withdraw from participation in first level services of the free county library to be effective January 1 of the following year. On or before September 30 of the fourth year following the reorganization of the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act, and every third year thereafter, the governing body of any municipality which maintains a free public library, receives first level services from the free county library and is in the remaining third of an alphabetical list of the municipalities in the county may, by resolution, notify the county library commission of such county that it will withdraw from participation in first level services of the free county library to be effective January 1 of the following year. The governing body of any municipality may, by resolution, on or before September 30 in any year, except as otherwise specifically provided hereinafter, notify the county library commission that it will receive and support first level services to be effective January 1 of the following year. In the event any municipality is a party to a joint library agreement pursuant to Article 2 of chapter 54 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes in the year prior to the reorganization of the free county library, such notification may be given in the first 4 years following said reorganization only if the governing body of the other municipality party to such agreement consents thereto, or upon the condition that such agreement shall remain in force for the said 4 years. In the event that any municipality is a party to a contract for full library services with another municipality in the year prior to the reorganization of the free county library, such notification may be given in the first 4 years following said reorganization only if the governing body of the other municipality party to such agreement consents thereto, or if the municipality providing library services pursuant to the agreement is unwilling to renew the agreement for the next year for an amount less than 5% above the amount provided for in the current agreement. L.1977, c. 300, s. 6, eff. Dec. 16, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-107.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-107.6
Operation of system; rates, rents, etc.
Status: in_force

40:62-107.6. a. After any municipality shall have purchased a water distribution system pursuant to sections 40:62-107.4 and 40:62-107.5 of this title, the governing body of the municipality shall be authorized to operate the water distribution system as nearly as may be as a part of its own system, and any schedule of rates, rents, charges and penalties which the governing body shall thereafter fix shall be applicable to water users within both municipalities, and in the collection of all rates, rents, charges and penalties the municipality shall have all the rights and remedies that may apply to private water companies supplying water to municipalities of this State. b. The governing body of a municipality that has purchased a water distribution system shall establish a rate structure that provides for uniform rates, rentals, or other service charges for water supply service and fire protection systems. The governing body shall not impose standby fees or charges for any fire protection system to a residential customer served by a water service line of two inches or less in diameter. Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of a municipality that has purchased a water distribution system from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. The governing body of a municipality that has purchased a water distribution system may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278. Amended 2003, c.278, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-9
Conduct of election
Status: in_force

The election shall be by ballot and shall be conducted by the election officers of the municipality at the regular polling places, and shall in all respects conform to the requirements of the general laws relating to elections.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-118.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-118.3
Use of body worn camera by law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary and subject to the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for this purpose, every uniformed State, county, and municipal patrol law enforcement officer shall wear a body worn camera that electronically records audio and video while acting in the performance of the officer's official duties, except: (1) while engaging in an undercover assignment; (2) when assigned to non-uniformed duties; (3) while serving in an administrative position within the department; (4) while meeting with a confidential informant; (5) while engaging in union representation of a member of the collective bargaining group; (6) when directed by the Chief or a superior officer for a lawful purpose; (7) a detective or investigator of a county prosecutor's office or Division of Criminal Justice when authorized by the County Prosecutor or Attorney General; or (8) as may be otherwise provided in accordance with guidelines or directives promulgated by the Attorney General. b. In addition to funding provided through the annual appropriations act, the body worn cameras required by subsection a. of this section may be funded by forfeiture funds collected pursuant to N.J.S.2C:64-6, in an amount to be determined by the Attorney General , or any other source of funding made available for this purpose, including but not limited to federal grants. c. For the purposes of this section, "body worn camera" means a mobile video recording system worn by a law enforcement officer. L.2020, c.128, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-37 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-37
Volunteer firefighters' life insurance.
Status: in_force

40A:14-37. a. In any fire district maintaining a volunteer fire department, or wherein there shall exist one or more incorporated volunteer fire companies affording fire protection to the fire district, the membership whereof are serving under the jurisdiction of and with the consent of the fire district and have formed, or may hereafter form themselves into a group or groups, for the purpose of obtaining the advantages of the group plan of life insurance, in any of the plans now in vogue, or any plan which may hereafter be inaugurated, it shall be lawful for the board of commissioners of such fire district, by resolution, to appropriate moneys for the purpose of defraying the cost of such insurance and to pay the premiums therefor. No board of commissioners of any fire district shall pay any premiums on account of any policy of group life insurance as provided herein where the amount payable upon the death of each assured under the terms of the policy exceeds the sum of $25,000. b. The board of commissioners of a fire district may, by resolution, contract for and appropriate money to defray the cost of any individual life insurance policy which provides cash value, non-forfeiture benefits and loan provisions for volunteer firefighters in its jurisdiction. Any such policy may provide for additional benefits by means of a rider. The amount payable upon the death of each insured on any individual life insurance policy contracted for pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not exceed the sum of $16,500. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, after consultation with the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to regulate the provision of insurance under this subsection. L.1971, c.197, s.1; amended 1979, c.230, s.2; 1991, c.398; 2007, c.220, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-2
Referendum
Status: in_force

No such library shall be established in any municipality unless assented to by a majority of the legal voters of the municipality, at an election, general or special, at which the question of the adoption of this article shall be submitted to vote by direction of the governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 40:24-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-1.1
Members of board in military service; vote required for adoption
Status: in_force

Whenever any member of the governing body of any county is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and shall fail to attend any meeting of the governing body, the said governing body, at any such meeting, may adopt any resolution which by law requires a vote measured by all the members of said governing body, by a vote measured by the members of said governing body, excluding from the number of members any such member who is in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State and who fails to attend such meeting. L.1942, c. 301, p. 1128, s. 1, eff. Oct. 3, 1942.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-42 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-42
Appropriation of moneys for purpose of solid waste management authority
Status: in_force

Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the solid waste management authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 9, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-23 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-23
Agencies, authorities subject to existing laws
Status: in_force

23. Each redevelopment agency and housing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.), and, except as specifically provided in this act, to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1992,c.79,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-13
Number of council members and wards; recommendations
Status: in_force

(a) If the charter commission shall recommend the adoption of the mayor-council plan of government or the council-manager plan of government, it may also specify that the municipal council shall consist of seven or nine members instead of five members as provided therein; or if the charter commission shall recommend the adoption of the small municipality plan of government, it may also specify that the council shall consist of five or seven members instead of three members as provided therein. (b) If the charter commission shall recommend the adoption of the mayor-council plan of government or the council-manager plan of government it may further specify that the municipality shall be divided into two, three, four, five or six wards within the limitations hereinafter provided: (1) Where the council is to consist of five members, the municipality may be divided into two or three wards; (2) Where the charter commission specifies that the council shall consist of seven members, the municipality shall be divided into four wards; and (3) Where the charter commission specifies that the council shall consist of nine members, the municipality shall be divided into five or six wards. L.1950, c. 210, p. 465, s. 1-13. Amended by L.1953, c. 254, p. 1743, s. 5, eff. July 20, 1953; L.1973, c. 234, s. 1, eff. Oct. 24, 1973; L.1981, c. 465, s. 2, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-50 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-50
Emergencies financed from surplus
Status: in_force

A local unit may finance any emergency appropriation from surplus funds available, or may borrow money and issue its "emergency notes" as provided for in this chapter to finance any such appropriation. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33A-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33A / Section 33A-2
Organization; chairman
Status: in_force

The commission shall organize as soon as may be following appointment of its members, and annually thereafter, by election of a chairman from among its members. L.1968, c. 31, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-63
Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

Every utility system and all other property of a municipal authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and, other than lands subject to assessment and taxation pursuant to Revised Statutes 54:4-3.3, shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.1957, c. 183, p. 676, s. 63, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1968, c. 328, s. 1, eff. Nov. 8, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: "Proof of collection service" means a written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection services within a municipality. "Regular solid waste collection service" means the scheduled pick-up and removal of solid waste from residential, commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries of any municipality at least once a week. "Responsible solid waste generator" means any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family residential dwelling or multiple dwelling, or the owner of any commercial or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries of any municipality, who generates solid waste at those premises. "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms. "Solid waste collection" means the activity related to pick-up and transportation of solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other destination. "Solid waste container" means a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste. "Solid waste disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste. "Solid waste facilities" mean and include the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of this or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner. L.1989,c.244,s.6; amended 1991,c.170,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.14
Ballots, specifications
Status: in_force

14. Each ballot shall have at the top thereof a coupon at least one inch deep extending across the ballot above a perforated line. The coupons shall be numbered consecutively from one to the number of ballots prepared for use in such election. Upon the coupon and above the perforated line shall be the words "To be torn off by the judge of election" and "Fold to this line." Below the perforated line shall be printed the words "Water district election ballot," below which and extending across the ballot in one or more lines shall be the corporate name of the water district, the date of the election, and if the district be divided into two or more polling places the number, name or other mark or designation to distinguish the said polling place, and the printed facsimile signature of the clerk of the board of water commissioners. The heading shall be set apart from the body of the ballot by a heavy diagram rule. Below this rule shall be printed the following directions instructing the voter how to indicate his choice for the person for whom he may desire to vote and stating the maximum number of candidates he may vote for: "To vote for any person whose name appears on this ballot mark a cross (x), plus (+) or check ( ) mark with ink or pencil in the place or square at the left of the name of such person." Below these instructions shall be printed a heavy diagram rule below which shall be printed such directions to the voter as may be necessary as "Vote for one," or "Vote for two," or a greater number as the case may be, immediately after which shall be printed the names of the candidates duly nominated by petition. The names of the candidates shall be printed as they appear signed to the certificate of acceptance, but no candidate who shall have failed to file a certificate of acceptance shall have his name printed upon the ballot. The same size and style of type shall be used in printing the name of each candidate; but between the names of the candidates shall be printed a heavy diagram rule and the space between each of the rules shall be exactly equal. Immediately after the space allotted to the names of candidates there shall be as many ruled blank spaces as there are members to be voted for. Immediately to the left and on the same line with the name of each candidate and blank space there shall be printed a square the same size of type in which the name of the candidate is printed, which type shall, in no case, be larger than twenty-four point. L.1951,c.280,s.14; amended 1994,c.77,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.5
Vacancies
Status: in_force

Whenever a vacancy occurs the board may elect a member to fill the vacancy until the next succeeding election at which time the voters of such district shall elect some person resident therein to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term only. L.1951, c. 280, p. 955, s. 5, eff. June 25, 1951.