N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.2k — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.2k
"Tax Base Sharing Option."
Status: in_force

8. The option for reorganization of the county library system provided in this section shall be known as the "Tax Base Sharing Option," and shall be available only to any county in which revenues from the dedicated county library tax established pursuant to R.S.40:33-9 or P.L.1977, c.300 (C.40:33-15 et seq.) have been derived from less than 75% of the total assessed property of the county in the calendar year prior to the establishment of the county library study commission. This option shall govern the county library system of any qualified county whose voters have adopted it pursuant to section 5 of this act. a. The governing body of the county shall annually determine a sum sufficient to distribute among certain municipalities and the county according to the following formula: A = CBS + CRS + LRS where: A is the total tax pool to be distributed; CBS is the county base share and is determined as .0000666 X the apportionment valuation of the county; CRS is the county residual share and is determined as (A-CBS) X .60; and LRS is the local residual share and is determined as (A-CBS) X .40. The county base share (CBS) shall be appropriated to the county library which shall receive no funds from the library tax provided for in R.S.40:33-9 or from the library tax established in P.L.1977, c.300 (C.40:33-15 et seq.). The local residual share (LRS) shall be distributed among those municipalities not members of the county library system on January 1, 1982. Each such municipality shall be apportioned an amount of those revenues in a proportion equal to the proportion which that municipality's apportionment valuation is of the apportionment valuation of all such municipalities. Any municipality receiving revenues from the tax base sharing option provided in this section shall appropriate those funds directly to the board of trustees of any library within its borders funded by the municipality in the calendar year prior to the reorganization of the county library system. b. For each year following the reorganization of the county library system, the county library distribution (CBS + CRS) from the formula established in subsection a. of this section shall not be less than the appropriation made to the county library in the calendar year immediately prior to the reorganization of the county library system; provided, however, that in the first calendar year following the reorganization of the county library system, the county library shall receive an appropriation not less than an amount equal to the appropriation made to the county library in the calendar year preceding the reorganization of the system and not more than an amount equal to the prior year's appropriation plus 10% of that appropriation. In each year following the reorganization of the county library system, the governing body of any municipality not a member of the county library system shall appropriate to any library in the municipality which was funded by the municipality prior to the reorganization of the county library system a sum of money not less than the average appropriation made to such libraries in the three years occurring immediately prior to the reorganization of the county library system. The governing body shall also provide any in-kind benefits or the cash equivalent thereof, which were provided to such libraries during that preceding period. c. The county library shall receive State aid as provided in the "State Library Aid Law" (N.J.S.18A:74-1 et seq.) based on expenditures from the total appropriation from the tax base sharing option made to the county library and the total resident population of the county. Any library located within a municipality not a member of the county library system shall receive State aid as provided in the "State Library Aid Law" based on expenditures from the total appropriation made to the library from the municipality and from the portion of the local residual share received by the municipality as provided in subsection a. of this section. Any municipality which is a member of the county library system and which supports a library shall receive State aid as provided in the "State Library Aid Law" based on the total appropriation made by the municipality for library purposes. d. The county library shall make all of its patron services available to all residents of the county. For the purpose of this act "patron services" means services rendered by a library directly to patrons as distinguished from those services rendered to other libraries. Patron services shall include circulation of library materials, reference assistance, and public programs. e. A municipality which maintains a municipal public library within the county shall not dissolve its municipal public library for a period of two calendar years from the effective date of the reorganization of the county library system. f. The county library commission may offer a service contract for library services to any municipality within the county for any library services performed by the county library. Any such contracts shall conform to the contracts established in section 7 of this act. g. The county library study commission shall remain in existence for one calendar year after the effective date of such reorganization. It shall be the responsibility of the commission to evaluate the tax base sharing option and to determine if the appropriation for the county library system is sufficient to provide patron services to all residents of the county and that such services are in compliance with standards promulgated by the State Library for such libraries. The commission shall make a report of its findings to the county governing body within one calendar year of the reorganization of the county library system. L.1981,c.489,s.8; amended 2001, c.137, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-137 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-137
Execution of contract
Status: in_force

All such contracts shall be in writing, and shall be executed by the president and secretary of the commission, on behalf of and in the name of the commission, and under its seal. No party shall be allowed to enter upon any work or furnish any material until the contract shall have been so executed. Every person entering into any such contract with the commission shall give satisfactory security for the faithful performance thereof according to its terms, with surety to be approved by the commission.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-4
Authorization; rate
Status: in_force

Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance imposing the following taxes at the rates indicated on alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises where sold within such municipality: (a) a tax on liquor--at the rate of $5.00 a gallon; (b) a tax on wine--at the rate of $1.00 a gallon; (c) a tax on sparkling wine--at the rate of $1.00 a gallon; (d) a tax on vermouth--at the rate of $1.00 a gallon. Such tax shall be imposed upon those persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises where sold within the municipality and shall be paid with respect to alcoholic beverages delivered to such persons for sale and consumption on the premises where sold. L.1970, c. 326, s. 4, eff. Dec. 23, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:60-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 60 / Section 60-8
Statutes Repealed
Status: in_force

The following acts are hereby repealed: R.S. 40:86-1 to R.S. 40:86-5 R.S. 40:87-1 to R.S. 40:87-9 R.S. 40:87-14 to R.S. 40:87-16 R.S. 40:87-29 to R.S. 40:87-30 P.L.1939, c. 285, s. 1 (C. 40:87-30.1) P.L.1953, c. 424, s.s. 1 to 3 (C. 40:87-30.2 to C. 40:87-30.4) R.S. 40:87-31 R.S. 40:87-46 to R.S. 40:87-58 R.S. 40:88-1 to R.S. 40:88-3 R.S. 40:88-4 to R.S. 40:88-11 R.S. 40:88-13 to R.S. 40:88-17 R.S. 40:89-1 to R.S. 40:89-3 R.S. 40:90-1 to R.S. 40:90-4 P.L.1981, c. 255 (C. 40:90-5 to C. 40:90-8) R.S. 40:91-1 to R.S. 40:91-7 R.S. 40:92-1 to R.S. 40:92-7 P.L.1950, c. 324, s. 1 (C. 40:92-7.1) R.S. 40:92-8 to R.S. 40:92-11 R.S. 40:93-1 to R.S. 40:93-9 R.S. 40:94-1 to R.S. 40:94-6 P.L.1933, c. 376 P.L.1899, c. 209 P.L.1929, c. 2 (Added by P.L. 1987, c.379, effective January 8, 1988.)
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-20.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-20.2
Service charge by utility authority for returned check
Status: in_force

2. a. A utilities authority created pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.) may, by resolution, provide for the imposition of a service charge to be added to any account owing to the authority, if payment tendered on the account was by a check or other written instrument which was returned for insufficient funds. b. The service charge for a check or other written instrument returned for insufficient funds shall be determined and set by resolution from time to time, but shall not exceed $20 per check or other written instrument. c. Any service charge authorized by this section shall be collected in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the check or other written instrument was tendered. In addition, the authority may require future payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check. L.1994,c.124,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-93 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-93
Term of municipal manager; removal; suspension
Status: in_force

The municipal manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by a majority vote of the council. At least 30 days before such removal shall become effective, the council shall by a majority vote of its members adopt a preliminary resolution stating the reasons for his removal. The manager may reply in writing and may request a public hearing, which shall be held not earlier than 20 days nor later than 30 days after the filing of such request. After such public hearing, if one be requested, and after full consideration, the council by majority vote of its members may adopt a final resolution of removal. By the preliminary resolution the council may suspend the manager from duty, but shall in any case cause to be paid him forthwith any unpaid balance of his salary and his salary for the next 3 calendar months following adoption of the preliminary resolution unless he is removed for good cause. For the purposes of this section, "good cause" shall mean conviction of a crime or offense involving moral turpitude, the violation of the provisions of section 17-14, 17-15, 17-16, 17-17 or 17-18 of P.L.1950, c. 210 (C. 40:69A-163 through 40:69A-167), or the violation of any code of ethics in effect within the municipality. L.1950, c. 210, p. 488, s. 9-13, eff. June 8, 1950. Amended by L.1981, c. 465, s. 27, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-208.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-208.1
Continuance of charter adopted prior to Jan. 9, 1982 of municipality with mayor-council plan
Status: in_force

Any municipality having adopted, prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, a charter encompassing a mayor-council plan of government heretofore authorized pursuant to P.L.1950, c. 210 shall continue to be governed, after the effective date of this act, by the charter and plan of government so adopted, until such time as the charter is abandoned or altered pursuant to article 1 of that act (C. 40:69A-1 through 40:69A-25), or amended pursuant to section 7 of this amendatory and supplementary act. During such time as the municipality shall continue to be governed by that charter, any provisions of, or supplements to, P.L.1950, c. 210 enacted or amended after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, which would have pertained to that charter if the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act had not been enacted, shall pertain to that charter and govern that municipality. L.1981, c. 465, s. 20, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-11
Appointment of municipal manager and other officers; qualifications of attorney; terms of office
Status: in_force

The municipal council shall appoint a municipal manager, an assessor, an auditor, a treasurer, a clerk, and an attorney. One person may be appointed to two or more such offices, except that the offices of municipal manager and auditor or assessor shall not be held by the same person. In municipalities containing more than 10,000 inhabitants the municipal attorney must have been admitted in the State of New Jersey to practice as an attorney-at-law for a period of 5 years or more. All such officers appointed by the council shall hold office during the pleasure of the council, except the clerk and the assessor, who serve for terms as provided in chapter 9 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. Amended by L. 1942, c. 254, p. 695, s. 1; L. 1953, c. 378, p. 1969, s. 1; L. 1957, c. 190, p. 689, s. 1, eff. Dec. 2, 1957; L.1980, c. 147, s. 7, eff. Nov. 22, 1980; L.1981, c. 393, s. 7, eff. Jan. 6, 1982; L.1981, c. 394, s. 6, eff. Jan. 6, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-68.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-68.2
Determination of eligibility
Status: in_force

The owner of any hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house who proposes to increase its operation to a full-year basis and who can demonstrate that a hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house in the municipality is not prohibited from operating on a full-year basis as provided under section 1 of this act shall file copies of that information with the Commissioner of Community Affairs in accordance with the requirements set forth in section 1 of this act and provide copies of that information to the clerks of the municipality and county in which the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house is situated. The commissioner shall review that information submitted by the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house owner and, within 30 days of receiving the information submitted, provide a determination of whether or not the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house meets the requirements of section 1 of this act. If the commissioner does not provide a determination within the 30-day period, the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house owner may commence the operation of the hotel, guest house, rooming house or boarding house on a full-year basis. L.1989, c.67, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-95 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-95
Joint meeting
Status: in_force

Whenever any work to be performed or materials to be furnished in or about any improvement or works to be made under the provisions of this article shall involve an expenditure of a sum of money exceeding the amount under which a contracting unit may award contracts or make purchases or agreements without public advertising pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-3), the municipal bodies or boards of the contracting municipalities, by their official action taken in joint meeting as herein provided, shall designate a time when they will meet at their usual place of meeting to receive proposals in writing, for doing the work or furnishing the materials, and such joint meeting shall order the chairman and secretary thereof to give notice by advertisement inserted in one or more newspapers circulating in one or more of the contracting municipalities in each county in which the contracting municipalities are situate, at least 10 days before the time of such meeting, of the work to be done or materials to be furnished, of which at the time of such order they shall cause to be filed in the office of such joint meeting particular specifications. Not more than one proposal shall be received from any one person, directly or indirectly, for the same contract, work, or materials, and all proposals received shall be publicly opened by the chairman in the presence and during a session of such joint meeting, and of all others who choose to attend the meeting. The joint meeting may reject any and all proposals and direct its chairman and secretary to advertise for new proposals and accept such as shall, in the opinion of a majority of the municipalities represented in the joint meeting, be deemed most advantageous for the municipalities. The proposal so accepted shall be reduced to a contract in writing, and a satisfactory bond to be approved by the joint meeting shall be required and given for its faithful performance, but all contracts when awarded shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder offering satisfactory security. This section shall not prevent the joint meeting from having any work done by its own employees, nor shall it apply to repairs, or to the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor, or to the hiring of teams or vehicles, when the safety or protection of public property or the public convenience requires, or the exigency of the public service will not admit of such advertisement. In such case, however, the joint meeting shall, by resolution, passed by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of all contracting municipalities represented in such joint meeting, declare the exigency or emergency to exist, and set forth in the resolution the nature thereof and the approximate amount to be so expended. This section shall not apply to any engineer or agent of the jointly contracting municipalities engaged in supervising or directing the work of the improvement. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the joint meeting from entering into a joint agreement pursuant to section 10 of P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-10) for the purchase of work related to sewage sludge disposaL. All such agreements shall be entered into by resolution of the joint meeting and shall be subject to the requirements of P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). Amended by L. 1962, c. 103, s. 1, eff. July 6, 1962; L. 1985, c. 452, s. 4, eff. Jan. 14, 1986; L. 1986, c. 159, s. 1, eff. Dec. 1, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-8
Petitions of nomination.
Status: in_force

4. On or before the 75th day prior to a regular municipal election, the names of candidates for all elective offices shall be filed with the municipal clerk, in the following manner and form and subject to the following conditions: a. The petition of nomination shall consist of individual certificates equal to a number based upon the population of the municipality or ward as ascertained by the last Federal census, as follows: (1) at least 100 in municipalities or wards having a population in excess of 50,000; (2) at least 75 in municipalities or wards having a population in excess of 25,000 and up to 50,000; (3) at least 50 in municipalities or wards having a population in excess of 10,000 and up to 25,000; (4) at least 25 in municipalities or wards having a population in excess of 5,000 and up to 10,000; (5) at least 10 in municipalities or wards having a population in excess of 2,500 and up to 5,000; and (6) at least five in municipalities or wards having a population up to 2,500. b. The petition of nomination shall read substantially as follows: "I, the undersigned, a registered voter of the municipality of .............., residing at ..................................... certify that I do hereby join in a petition of the nomination of .................................. whose residence is at .................................................. for the office of mayor (or councilman-at-large, or ward councilman of the ............ ward, or commissioner, or village trustee, as the case may be) to be voted for at the election to be held in the municipality on the ............, 20......., and I further certify that I know this candidate to be a registered voter, for the period required by law, of the municipality (and the ward, in the case of ward councilman) and a person of good moral character, and qualified, in my judgment, to perform the duties of the office, and I further certify that I have not signed more petitions or certificates of nomination than there are places to be filled for the above office. Signed ......................................................... ." The petition of nomination shall also include a functioning e-mail address for the candidate. Any such petition of nomination which is provided to candidates by the municipal clerk shall contain the following notice: "Notice: All candidates are required by law to comply with the provisions of the 'New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act.' For further information, please call (insert phone number of the Election Law Enforcement Commission)." c. Each petition signature shall be on a separate sheet of paper and shall bear the name and address of the petitioner. The candidate for office and his campaign manager shall make an oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statements made therein are true and that each signature to the papers appended thereto is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, to their best knowledge and belief. The oath, signed by the candidate, shall constitute his acceptance of nomination and shall be annexed to the petition, together with the oath of his campaign manager, at the time the petition is submitted. d. The municipal clerk shall immediately provide the Election Law Enforcement Commission with official certification of the filing or withdrawal of a petition of nomination. e. A candidate shall be permitted to sign or circulate, or both sign and circulate, the petition required to nominate that candidate for elective public office in any municipality holding regular municipal elections. L.1981, c.379, s.4; amended 1983, c.579, s.21; 1985, c.92, s.34; 2009, c.196, s.5; 2010, c.68, s.6; 2011, c.37, s.32; 2018, c.66, s.4; 2023, c.124, s.17; 2025, c.20, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-39
Letting to highest bidder
Status: in_force

Any such letting shall be to the highest responsible bidder therefor.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-68 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-68
Interest rate
Status: in_force

Tax anticipation notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-74 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-74
Abandonment of condemnation proceedings
Status: in_force

The authority shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the land or property as provided in this act. L.1960, c. 183, p. 751, s. 31, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-81 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-81
Expenses; staff and consultants
Status: in_force

The regional board or agency may employ, or contract for and fix the compensation of legal counsel, other than an attorney for a constituent municipality or county, and experts and other staff and services, as it may deem necessary, not exceeding, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amounts agreed upon and appropriated for its use. L.1975, c. 291, s. 68, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-127 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-127
Exemption from execution or other judicial process
Status: in_force

All property of the authority, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds, bond anticipation notes or other notes or obligations to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority on its revenues or other moneys; and provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit the authority's ability to enter into partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures or other associations as a general partner, limited partner or participant therein. L.1979, c. 275, s. 22, eff. Jan. 3, 1980. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 17, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-26
Procedure after passage of ordinance
Status: in_force

When the procedure of this article shall have been adopted, all benefits shall be assessed, appeals taken, and other procedure had in accordance with the provisions of sections 40:56-43 to 40:56-47 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6
Surveys, maps and other costs; reimbursement from bond funds
Status: in_force

a. Whenever a local unit pursuant to N.J.S.40A:31-4 chooses to exercise powers granted hereunder, the local unit shall make or cause to be made such surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates of costs and of revenues as may be necessary. b. The cost of the surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates, or of any other costs relating to the acquisition or construction of a water supply facility may be paid out of the general funds of the local unit or participating local units. The local unit or units may be reimbursed for part or all of the expenditures made in accordance with this subsection from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to this act. Source: C.40:14C-6 (P.L.1979, c.451, s.6). L.1989,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-25.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-25.2
Alternative under 40:69A-25.1, transition provisions
Status: in_force

8. a. Whenever any municipality, pursuant to the authority granted in section 7 of this act, shall amend its charter to include an alternative permitted under its plan of government and included in Group B. of subsection b. of section 7 of this act, the terms of all council members, and directly elected mayor if affected, currently serving in the municipality on the date of the election at which the amendment was adopted, and of all affected officers elected at that election, shall terminate on June 30, or December 31, as appropriate to the election provisions of the amended charter, next following the date of the first election of officers under the amended charter. The nomination and election of those municipal officers as are required shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the amended charter and appropriate law for the election to be held on the second Tuesday in May next following the date of adoption, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November next following the date of adoption. If the amendment adopted to the charter shall provide for the division of the municipality into wards, or by its terms require an increase or decrease in the number of wards into which the municipality is divided, the ward boundaries required by the amended charter shall be fixed and determined pursuant to law within 90 days of the date of adoption. If the municipality shall at the same time amend its charter to include an alternative permitted under its plan of government and included in Group A., Group C., Group D. or Group E. of subsection b. of section 7 of this act, the transitional provisions of this section shall apply and the provisions of all amendments shall take effect for the election to be held pursuant to this section. b. In any municipality which has amended its charter with regard to the holding of elections according to the alternatives set forth in Group A of section 7 of P.L.1981, c.465 (C.40:69A-25.1), where council members are elected for concurrent terms, the first election of council members following the referendum adopting the charter amendment shall take place at the next regular municipal election or general election, as appropriate to the election provisions of the amended charter, which shall occur in the final year of the terms of those council members serving at the time the referendum is adopted. Where council members are elected for staggered terms, except as provided below, each council member serving or elected at the time that the referendum adopting the charter amendment takes place, shall complete the term of office which he is currently serving, or to which he is elected at the time of the referendum. At the regular municipal election or general election, as appropriate to the election provisions of the amended charter, which shall occur in the final year of the term of each member, the office shall be filled according to the election provisions of the amended charter, and the term of the affected council member shall terminate on June 30 or December 31, as appropriate to the election provisions of the amended charter. L.1981,c.465,s.8; amended 1991,c.430,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1.1
"Local unit" for purposes of Article 1, chapter 10 of Title 40A
Status: in_force

8. For the purposes of Article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.). L.1992,c.51,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-13
Advisory boards
Status: in_force

The municipal council may appoint advisory boards with power only to make investigations and recommendations. The members of such boards shall serve without compensation.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-33
Liability on bonds
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the municipal authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a municipal authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or of any county or municipality and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any such local unit, county or municipality, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any municipal authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any county or municipality. L.1957, c. 183, p. 661, s. 33, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-2
Duties of board; master plan; municipal co-operation
Status: in_force

The county planning board shall make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the county. The master plan of a county, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the county planning board's recommendations for the development of the territory covered by the plan, and may include, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets or roads, viaducts, bridges, waterway and waterfront developments, parkways, playgrounds, forests, reservations, parks, airports, and other public ways, grounds, places and spaces; the general location and extent of forests, agricultural areas, and open-development areas for purposes of conservation, food and water supply, sanitary and drainage facilities, or the protection of urban development, and such other features as may be important to the development of the county. The county planning board shall encourage the co-operation of the local municipalities within the county in any matters whatsoever which may concern the integrity of the county master plan and to advise the board of chosen freeholders with respect to the formulation of development programs and budgets for capital expenditures.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.31
Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; time and place of meeting; notices
Status: in_force

The water commissioners shall cause a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds for the purposes specified in section 30 of this act to be submitted to the legal voters of such water district. Such resolution shall be written or printed on notices together with a statement of the time and place where the meeting of such legal voters will be held and the purpose and object thereof. The time and place for the holding of such election shall be the same as the annual election of water commissioners and for the appropriation of moneys for water purposes in said district, or a special election may be called for the purpose. Not less than 10 notices of such meeting shall be posted by the clerk of the water commissioners at least 10 days before the date thereof in such manner and in such public places as he shall deem best for the purpose of giving notice of said meeting, and the board of water commissioners and the clerk shall also cause notices to be printed as an advertisement in a paper published in the district if there be one, and if not, in a paper published within the county where the district is located and circulating in said district. In case a special election is called, at least 10 notices of such election shall be posted at least 21 days before the date of such election, and in addition the clerk shall cause said notice to be published at least twice before said election is held, in a newspaper published in the district, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper published in the township or county where the district is located and circulating in said district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 964, s. 31, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L.1977, c. 170, s. 2, eff. Aug. 10, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-16.1
$100,000 contracts for improvements to real property; retainage, security
Status: in_force

1. Whenever any contract, the total price of which exceeds $100,000.00, entered into by a contracting unit, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any building, structure, facility or other improvement to real property, requires the withholding of payment of a percentage of the amount of the contract, the contractor may agree to the withholding of payments in the manner prescribed in the contract, or may deposit with the contracting unit registered book bonds, entry municipal bonds, State bonds or other appropriate bonds of the State of New Jersey, or negotiable bearer bonds or notes of any political subdivision of the State, the value of which is equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the amount that otherwise would be withheld pursuant to the terms of the contract. The nature and amount of the bonds or notes to be deposited shall be subject to approval by the contracting unit. For purposes of this section, "value" shall mean par value or current market value, whichever is lower. If the contractor agrees to the withholding of payments, the amount withheld shall be deposited, with a banking institution or savings and loan association insured by an agency of the Federal government, in an account bearing interest at the rate currently paid by such institutions or associations on time or savings deposits. The amount withheld, or the bonds or notes deposited, and any interest accruing on such bonds or notes, shall be returned to the contractor upon fulfillment of the terms of the contract relating to such withholding. Any interest accruing on cash payments withheld shall be credited to the contracting unit. L.1979,c.152,s.1; amended 1991,c.434,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-11
Election of municipalities within county to become part of county district
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after the filing in the office of the Secretary of State of a certified copy of a resolution for the creation of a municipal authority adopted by the governing body of any county pursuant to this act, a copy of such resolution, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the county, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each municipality within the county. In the event that the governing body of any such municipality shall, within 60 days after such filing in the office of the Secretary of State, adopt a resolution determining that such municipality shall not be a part of the district of such municipal authority and file a copy thereof, duly certified by its clerk, in the office of the Secretary of State, the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall not thereafter be part of such district, but at any time after the adoption of such resolution unless such municipality shall then constitute the whole or any part of any other district, the governing body of such municipality may, by ordinance duly adopted, determine that such area shall again be a part of such district of such municipal authority and if thereafter a copy of such ordinance duly certified by the appropriate officer of such municipality, together with a certified copy of a resolution of such municipal authority approving such ordinance, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, then from and after such filing the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall again be part of such district. L.1957, c. 183, p. 643, s. 11, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-122.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-122.1
Issuance of notes in anticipation of water rents
Status: in_force

L.1936, c. 38, p. 99, entitled "An act to supplement an act entitled "An act to authorize two or more municipalities in this state by means of a commission to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, and operate privately owned waterworks now or hereafter supplying water therein, and in other municipalities, if any, in which water is supplied by the same waterworks, together with the franchises, rights, and any or all other appurtenant property of the owner or owners, of such works, and to enlarge and extend the same,' passed March twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, constituting chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the Pamphlet Laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, saved from repeal. [This supplement authorizes the issuance of negotiable notes, by any commission appointed pursuant to the original act, in anticipation of its receipts on account of fees, rentals and charges for the sale of water. The amount and maturity of these notes are limited, and by section 2 the act is declared inoperative on January 1, 1942.]
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-255 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-255
Surveys and maps
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders before proceeding to acquire by purchase or condemnation lands contiguous to any such public park or recreation ground shall first determine the quantity of land to be acquired and shall cause a survey and map to be made thereof embracing the park or recreation ground which the lands so to be acquired adjoin, as well as the land to be acquired, which survey and map shall be a public record and kept in the office of the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-71 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-71
Deposit of estimated compensation
Status: in_force

Upon the filing by an authority of a declaration of taking of property as provided in this act, the authority shall deposit with the Clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration. In addition to the said deposits with the Clerk of the Superior Court, the authority at all times shall maintain a fund on deposit with a bank or trust company doing business in the State in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. Said fund shall consist of cash or securities readily convertible into cash constituting legal investments for trust funds under the laws of the State or may consist of all or some part of the proceeds of bonds of the authority held by any trustee for the holders of such bonds and available for payment for the land or other property described in such declarations of taking. Said fund shall be held by or on behalf of the authority to secure and may be applied to the payment of just compensation for the land or other property described in such declarations of taking. The authority shall be entitled to withdraw from said fund from time to time so much as may then be in excess of the aggregate amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all land or other property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. L.1960, c. 183, p. 748, s. 28, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-5
Appointment of members; terms; filling of vacancies
Status: in_force

After expiration of the period of 45 days following the first publication as provided in section 3 hereof of a notice regarding creation of an authority, 5 persons shall be appointed as the members of the 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 Februarys 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 authority for a term commencing on or after February 1 in such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. Each member shall hold office for the term of appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the authority during an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment of a person as member for the unexpired term. A copy of any resolution appointing any such members, certified by the clerk of the governing body, may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A copy of any such certified 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 and, except in an action or proceeding seeking only exclusion of the appointee from office, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the members named therein. L.1967, c. 136, s. 5, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10
Moneys required to be raised by taxation; bonds
Status: in_force

The commission may draw the moneys provided and made available by the board of chosen freeholders for the purposes of this act on requisition duly signed and approved by its president and secretary. In addition to any other funds or moneys provided for the purposes of this act pursuant to the provisions hereinabove or in section nine contained, the board of chosen freeholders of the county may provide funds for land and improvements by the commission or for the payment of notes previously authorized or issued to provide such funds, by the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the county in pursuance of article one of chapter one of this Title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), but in no case shall the amount of such bonds or other obligations, both authorized and outstanding at any one time, exceed in the aggregate the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), plus the amount of any funds on hand applicable to the payment of the principal of such outstanding bonds or other obligations. L.1946, c. 276, p. 943, s. 10. Amended by L.1949, c. 256, p. 821, s. 2; L.1950, c. 336, p. 1116, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-106 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-106
Petition papers; affidavits
Status: in_force

All petition papers circulated for the purposes of an initiative or referendum shall be uniform in size and style. Initiative petition papers shall contain the full text of the proposed ordinance. The signatures to initiative or referendum petitions need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there shall be attached a statement of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. Each signer of any such petition paper shall sign his name in ink or indelible pencil and shall indicate after his name his place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. There shall appear on each petition paper the names and addresses of three voters, designated as the committee of petitioners, who shall be regarded as responsible for the circulation and filing of the petition and for its possible withdrawal as hereinafter provided. Attached to each separate petition paper there shall be an affidavit of the circulator thereof that he, and he only, personally circulated the foregoing paper, that all the signatures appended thereto were made in his presence, and that he believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be. L.1972, c. 154, s. 106, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-50 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-50
"Local unit" includes county vocational school
Status: in_force

For the purposes of the provisions of P.L. 1983, c. 372 (C. 40A:10-36 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include a county vocational school. L. 1988, c. 143, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-9
Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

All moneys collected by the county shade tree commission, either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation of the commission, shall be forthwith paid over to the treasury of the county and shall become part of the funds of the county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-163 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-163
Persons entitled to pension; permanent disability; amount
Status: in_force

Every member of the county park police force or department having paid into the fund the full amount of the annual assessments or contributions required of him and who shall have received permanent disability from injury or sickness incurred while in actual service, so as to incapacitate him from duty, shall upon the certificate of the police surgeon or other physician, or of a board of physicians designated by a board consisting of two members of the commission, two members of the police force and a fifth member to be chosen by the four other members, be so pensioned and retired if said injury was incurred in the performance of duty, and shall be paid an annual pension equal to 2/3 of his average annual salary for the last 3 years of his employment, but if said injury shall have been incurred while in service but not in the performance of duty and said member has served for 25 years or more in the police force or department, he shall be paid an annual pension equal to 1/2 of his average annual salary for the last 3 years of his employment. Amended by L.1955, c. 195, p. 772, s. 5, eff. Aug. 4, 1955; L.1971, c. 389, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-123 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-123
Apportionment of water rents; collection of prior arrearages
Status: in_force

As soon as convenient after taking possession the commission shall cause to be read all meters of consumers supplied from such waterworks. At least two days' notice shall be given to the owner in advance of the meter reading and the owner may have a representative present at the reading. The total sum due as shown by the meter readings shall be divided in the ratio in which the period of time that has elapsed between the last preceding meter reading and the date the commission takes possession bears to the period of time that has elapsed between such date and the date of meter reading taken by the commission. The owner shall be entitled to the proportion of the total sum due that shall correspond to the period during which it had possession of the waterworks between its last previous meter reading and such date. All sums shown to be due by the meter reading by the commission shall be collected by it and the owner shall assign to it for the purpose of making such collections its proportionate interest therein as hereinbefore defined. The commission shall use all legal methods for the collection of all sums shown to be due by its meter reading and shall pay over to the owner promptly such parts of the sums of money so collected as may be due to the owner.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-132 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-132
Commission cannot incur debts for municipality; appropriations for expenses
Status: in_force

The commission shall have no power to incur any liability on behalf of the municipalities and none of its debts, expenses or liabilities shall bind the municipalities except with their consent expressed by resolution of their respective governing bodies. The municipalities may from time to time make appropriations for the commission upon such terms and conditions as may be determined.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-34 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-34
Bonds of officials and employees
Status: in_force

Every officer or employee, by virtue of his office or position, or of any law, entrusted or charged with the receipt, custody or expenditure of money or funds of the local unit, and any other officer or employee required so to do by the governing body thereof, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office or position, execute and deliver his bond, or shall be otherwise bonded to the local unit in its corporate name, conditioned for the true and faithful performance of his duties. All bonds shall be in such form, for such sum and with such surety as the governing body of the local unit shall, by resolution, direct. The governing body may, in any instance, require corporate surety. All such bonds, in the case of a county, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, except that the bond of the clerk, if there be any, shall be filed with the county treasurer. In the case of municipalities, all bonds shall be filed with the municipal clerk, except the bond of the clerk, which shall be filed with the treasurer. The bonds shall be preserved for and be the property of the local unit. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-134 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-134
Extension of project exemption
Status: in_force

5. a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in this act shall have the effect of extending any project exemption granted pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of the "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act," P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-4). (2) This act shall automatically extend any project exemption granted pursuant to subsection d. of section 4 of P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-4) from the requirements of section 16 of P.L.1987, c.156 to maintain a transition area adjacent to freshwater wetlands, if the freshwater wetlands which would be affected by the project are not freshwater wetlands of exceptional resource value. b. Any person who may be eligible for an automatic extension pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section may submit an application to the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy for a determination of whether the freshwater wetlands affected by the project are freshwater wetlands of exceptional resource value as defined by the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy pursuant to P.L.1987, c.156 and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. This application shall be limited to a description of the location of the project by lot and block number and a delineation of the wetlands affected by the project. If the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy does not make a determination requested pursuant to this subsection within 90 days of receipt of the application therefor, the freshwater wetlands shall be deemed to not be of exceptional resource value. The Office of Administrative Law shall provide for expedited appeal by the applicant of any determination that the freshwater wetlands affected by a project potentially eligible for an automatic extension pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section are classified as freshwater wetlands of exceptional resource value. c. In the event the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy obtains additional information clearly and convincingly demonstrating that a freshwater wetlands previously determined by the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy or otherwise deemed to not be of exceptional resource value are actually freshwater wetlands of exceptional resource value, the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy may, within one year after the date of its original determination or the date on which the freshwater wetlands were deemed not to be of exceptional resource value, reclassify the freshwater wetlands as a freshwater wetlands of exceptional resource value, and require compliance with the requirements of section 16 of P.L.1987, c.156 to maintain a transition area adjacent to freshwater wetlands. This subsection shall not apply to any project the actual construction of which has commenced at the time the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy provides notice to the applicant that the previous wetlands resource classification may be modified. L.1992,c.82,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-136.20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-136.20
Extension for certain applications to municipal agency.
Status: in_force

14. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) to the contrary, a. The 45-day period for an application for development to a municipal agency to be certified as complete pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1984, c.20 (C.40:55D-10.3) shall be extended to either 120 days after March 9, 2020, or 60 days after the date the application for development is submitted to the municipal agency, whichever date is later, for any application: (1) awaiting certification as a complete application by a municipal agency as of March 9, 2020; or (2) submitted by an applicant during the COVID-19 extension period. b. The time periods for a municipal agency to either grant or deny any other application for development required under P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) shall be extended by 120 days for any application: (1) awaiting certification as a complete application by a municipal agency as of March 9, 2020; or (2) pending before a municipal agency as of March 9, 2020. c. The time periods for a municipal agency to either grant or deny any other application for development required under P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1) shall be extended to either 120 days after March 9, 2020, or 60 days after the application for development is certified as complete by the municipal agency, whichever date is later, for any application submitted by an applicant during the COVID-19 extension period. L.2020, c.53, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-11
Powers conferred deemed additional
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal, amend or affect the provisions of Title 48, Public Utilities. This chapter shall be deemed to confer additional and independent powers, and the powers herein conferred shall not be deemed restricted or limited by any other law, except the law herein specifically named.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-136 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-136
Return of control of street to municipality; consent required
Status: in_force

Whenever a municipality has, prior to March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, transferred to the county park commission the care, custody and control of any street, avenue or road, the whole of which is not within the boundaries of that municipality, and which street, avenue or road is not within any park or reservation under the control of the park commission, and whenever the park commission shall determine that it is for the public interest that the care, custody and control of the street, avenue or road should be returned to the municipality, the county park commission may return to the municipality the care, custody and control of the street, avenue or road, if the municipality by ordinance or resolution, consents to its return.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:27-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-7
Surveys, investigations, studies, plans, etc.; payment of costs
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of a local unit by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, exercises the powers granted by this chapter, it shall make or cause to be made the necessary surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates of costs and of revenues relating to the provision of flood control facilities. The obtaining of these surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates is declared to be a public purpose and the costs thereof may be paid out of the general funds of the local unit or from the proceeds of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. Source: C. 40:23-39 (P.L. 1977, c. 333, s. 6). L. 1987, c. 179, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-1
County library; establishment
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of every county shall, in the manner hereinafter in this article provided, establish a free public library to be known as "the free county library" . This library shall be established for such subdivisions of the county as do not maintain and control free public libraries, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54 of this title (s. 40:54-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-122.4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-122.4
Promotions; preference to resident
Status: in_force

In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is operative, promotions to positions on the police department and force shall be based upon merit as determined by suitable promotion tests for such positions, provided however that a resident shall be appointed rather than a nonresident thereof in any instance in which the resident and nonresident achieved the same final average score in such test. The preference granted by this section shall in no way diminish, reduce or affect the preferences granted to veterans pursuant to chapter 27 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or any other provision of law. L.1972, c. 3, s. 14, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-3
Records of municipal incorporations after March 28, 1930
Status: in_force

The clerk of every county shall, at the expense of the municipality filing the same, record at length in appropriate books in his office to be designated "municipal incorporation records" , the result of any election held after March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, on the question of the adoption of any act of municipal incorporation, the consolidation of any municipalities or change of corporate name as well as all papers relating to the incorporation, consolidation, or change of name, of any municipality, when filed in the office of the county clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-99 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-99
Meetings of board; journal
Status: in_force

The board of freeholders shall by ordinance or resolution designate the time of holding regular meetings, which shall be at least monthly. All meetings of the board of freeholders shall be held at the county seat, except that meetings may upon resolution of the board be held at such other times and places as the board may deem fit. The county executive, or supervisor or board chairman or president may, and upon written request of a majority of the members of the board, shall, call a special meeting of the board. In the call he shall designate the purpose of the special meeting and not any other business shall be considered. The clerk to the board shall keep a journal of the board's proceedings and record, sign and present to the board for approval, the minutes of every meeting. All official action or votes of the board shall be taken at meetings open to the public. L.1972, c. 154, s. 99, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 255, s. 1, eff. Nov. 26, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-33 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-33
Forfeiture of deposit in certain cases
Status: in_force

A deposit made by any person who makes or causes to be made a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement or answers in response to a questionnaire or in the course of a hearing hereunder may be caused to be forfeited, as liquidated damages by and to the contracting unit. L.1971, c. 198, s. 33, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-171 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-171
Compensation for services notwithstanding statute declared unconstitutional
Status: in_force

Whenever a person shall have performed services for any municipality in an office or position created by or pursuant to a statute declared to be unconstitutional after the creation of the office or position, such person shall be compensated for his services prior to the statute being declared to be unconstitutional. Where the statute so declared to be unconstitutional did not fix the compensation payable to the officer or employee, his compensation for his said services shall be determined by the governing body at the rate fixed for comparable services. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-152 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-152
Members and officers shall have powers of peace officers.
Status: in_force

1. The members and officers of a police department and force, within the territorial limits of the municipality, shall have all the powers of peace officers and upon view may apprehend and arrest any disorderly person or any person committing a breach of the peace. Said members and officers shall have the power to serve and execute process issuing out of the courts having local criminal jurisdiction in the municipality and shall have powers in all matters other than in civil causes arising in such courts. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971; amended 2023, c.250, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-205 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-205
Final determination of appeal.
Status: in_force

6. a. If the final determination of the commission affirms the officer's or firefighter's appeal, the officer or firefighter shall be reinstated immediately, be entitled to receive his base salary, be restored all rights and benefits, including those accruable during the period of appeal, and shall, within a timely period prescribed by rule and regulation, be paid any salary moneys withheld by the officer's employing agency or the firefighter's department during the period the officer or firefighter was suspended without pay. b. If the final determination issued by the commission denies the officer's or firefighter's appeal, the officer or firefighter shall reimburse his employing agency or department for all pay received during the period of the appeal pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-201). If an officer or firefighter fails to reimburse his employing agency or department for the amounts he received pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-201), the agency or department may have a lien, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.2009, c.16 (C.40A:14-212), for those amounts on any and all property and income to which the officer or firefighter shall have or may acquire an interest in, including moneys contributed by the officer or firefighter to the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey, established pursuant to P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) or any other State retirement system established by law, and all terminal pay, such as compensation for earned sick and vacation leave, to which the officer or firefighter is entitled. L.2009, c.16, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-48
Filing copy of ordinance; evidence
Status: in_force

After such ordinance becomes effective, the municipal clerk shall file a copy of such ordinance, certified by him, under the seal of the municipality, to be a true copy of such ordinance, in the office wherein conveyances of lands are recorded in the county in which the municipality is situated, and such certified copy shall be recorded in a book with proper index to be provided for the purpose and entitled "Vacations." The record of any such ordinance, or a copy thereof, certified to be a true copy of such ordinance by the officer in whose office such record is kept, under the seal of the county, shall be taken and received in all courts and places as evidence of such ordinance and the adoption thereof. L.1949, c. 288, p. 885, s. 2, eff. May 8, 1949.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.12a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.12a
Authority of municipality to regulate buildings and structures and their use and occupancy
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to regulate buildings and structures and their use and occupation to prevent and abate conditions therein harmful to the health and safety of the occupants of said buildings and structures and the general public in the municipality. L.1962, c. 66, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-27 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-27
Actions to be consistent with bond resolution, service contract
Status: in_force

The Local Finance Board, the director, and local units and local authorities shall not act under this act in a manner inconsistent with a bond resolution or service contract in effect at the time of the action. L. 1983,c.313, s.27; amended by L. 1987,c.319,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-7.6
Counties not having park commission; acquisition of golf course and other recreational facilities
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county in which a park commission shall not have been established may lease, or may acquire, in fee or less estate, by gift, devise, grant, purchase or condemnation any land or real estate and rights therein, improved or unimproved, within the county for use as a public golf course, and for such other recreational playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith; provided, however, that the power herein conferred upon a board of chosen freeholders to acquire by condemnation any land or real estate or rights therein shall not be exercised to acquire, for any of the purposes of this act, any land or real estate or rights therein owned, used, or to be used by a public utility, as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in furnishing any commodity or service which by law it is authorized to furnish. L.1958, c. 94, p. 538, s. 1. Amended by L.1963, c. 47, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1963.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-83 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-83
Joint contract; modification; supplemental contract for future management
Status: in_force

The municipalities entering into a joint contract for the construction, maintenance and operation of any improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, may alter or modify any of the provisions thereof, and provide for the future maintenance and operation of the improvement or works by a supplemental contract, authorized by ordinance or resolution of each of the governing bodies or by the boards charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains in the several contracting municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-7
Powers and authority of commissioners
Status: in_force

In the discharge of their duties the commissioners shall have the power and authority to: a. Examine witnesses under oath to be administered by any one of the commissioners; b. Employ certified court reporters or other means for the purpose of recording the testimony of witnesses; c. Employ surveyors to run, survey, ascertain and mark the boundary line; and d. Cause maps on a scale of not less than 2 inches to the mile and surveys to be made of the boundary line as fixed by them. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.3
Submission of subdivision application to board for review and approval; report to municipal authority
Status: in_force

Each subdivision application shall be submitted to the county planning board for review and, where required, approval prior to approval by the local municipal approving authority. County approval of any subdivision application affecting county road or drainage facilities shall be limited by and based upon the rules, regulations and standards established by and duly set forth in a resolution adopted by the board of chosen freeholders. The municipal approval authority shall either defer taking final action on a subdivision application until receipt of the county planning board report thereon or approve the subdivision application subject to its timely receipt of a favorable report thereon by the county planning board. The county planning board shall report to the municipal authority within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application. If the county planning board fails to report to the municipal approving authority within the 30-day period, said subdivision application shall be deemed to have been approved by the county planning board unless, by mutual agreement between the county planning board and municipal approving authority, with approval of the applicant, the 30-day period shall be extended for an additional 30-day period, and any such extension shall so extend the time within which a municipal approving authority shall be required by law to act thereon. L.1968, c. 285, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1969. Amended by L.1971, c. 371, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-28
Sale of bond anticipation notes or capital notes
Status: in_force

All bond anticipation notes or capital notes may be sold at private sale pursuant to resolution of the governing body, or by a financial officer of the local unit expressly designated by resolution to sell such notes. The financial officer making any such sale shall report in writing to the governing body at the next meeting thereof as to the principal amount, interest rate, and maturities of the notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:16-15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-15
Appointment pending election when person elected to office dies before commencement of term
Status: in_force

40A:16-15. If at any time after an election for the office of mayor or for a member of the governing body and before the time fixed for the commencement of the term of the office, the person elected to that office dies, the municipal committee of the political party of which the person elected was the nominee shall appoint another person to fill the position until the next regular municipal election. If the person elected was not the nominee of a political party, on or within 30 days after the time fixed for the commencement of the term of office, the governing body shall appoint a successor to fill the office until the next regular municipal election without regard to party. L.1979, c.83, s.1;amended 1980,c.93,s.2; 1993,c.341.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-12
Referendum unnecessary in certain cases
Status: in_force

Sections 40:49-9 to 40:49-11 of this title shall not apply where the legal voters of any municipality shall have authorized the making of any improvement or the establishment of any public utility by a referendum vote thereon.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.17
Regional library as "public agency or organization" within Public Employees' Retirement Act
Status: in_force

Any regional library established pursuant to this act shall be deemed a "public agency or organization" as that term is used in the Public Employees' Retirement Act (P.L.1954, c. 84) and as defined in section 71 of said Act. L.1962, c. 134, s. 15, eff. July 27, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-55.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-55.5
Inapplicability of C.40:37A-55.2 through C.40:37A-55.4.
Status: in_force

16. The provisions of section 13 through 15 of this act shall not apply to construction and rehabilitation of facilities conducted entirely under contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act or to the refinancing of the outstanding debt on projects in which all construction or rehabilitation of facilities was conducted under contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act. L.2004,c.127,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-205 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-205
Adoption of schedule of installation of optional plan.
Status: in_force

17-56. The schedule of installation of an optional plan adopted pursuant to this act shall, as provided herein, take the following course: (a) An election to submit the question of adoption of an optional plan may be held at any time in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of this act; (b) In the event of a favorable vote of the voters at the above election, the first election of officers under the adopted plan shall take place on (1) the second Tuesday in May occurring not less than 75 days next following the adoption of one of the optional plans in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of regular municipal elections at which all members of the council are to be elected at large; (2) the second Tuesday in May occurring not less than 120 days following the adoption of one of the optional plans in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of regular municipal elections and for the division of the municipality into wards; (3) at the next general election occurring not less than 75 days next following the adoption of one of the optional plans in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of general elections at which all members of the council are to be elected at large; or (4) at the next general election occurring not less than 120 days next following the adoption of one of the optional plans in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of general elections and for the division of the municipality into wards. Whenever a municipality has adopted a charter referred to in subsection (3) above, within 10 days, or subsection (4) within 40 days, prior to the last day fixed for the filing of nominating petitions for the primary election for the general election, the candidates to be first elected shall be nominated in the manner provided by chapter 27 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes with respect to the filling of certain vacancies in nominations for county or municipal offices to be filled at the general election. (c) An optional plan shall take effect, in accordance with the further provisions of this article at (1) 12 o'clock noon on July 1 next following the first election of officers in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of regular municipal elections, or (2) 12 o'clock noon on January 1 next following the first election of officers in municipalities adopting a charter providing for the holding of general elections.
L.1950,c.210,s.17-56; amended 1953, c.254, s.15; 1973, c.234, s.6; 1981, c.465, s.37; 2005, c.136, s.65.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-38.15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-38.15
Claims experience information provided by joint insurance fund.
Status: in_force

2 A joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.) and subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.1979, c.230 (C.40A:10-6) for the purposes of providing health benefits or health insurance coverage shall provide at no cost to the requestor, and not more than once in a 24-month period, complete claims experience data to a public employer that participates in the joint insurance fund and makes a written request for its claims experience information, including loss reports and large claims data. The joint insurance fund shall provide the information in an electronic and manual format to the participating public employer who has made a written request for its information, within 60 days of the receipt of the written request made by the public employer. Notwithstanding the above, the joint insurance fund shall issue claims experience data only in a manner that complies with the privacy requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L.104-191, and related regulations. L.2013, c.189, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-13
Submission of applications
Status: in_force

13. All applications for development or redevelopment of a designated redevelopment area or portion of a redevelopment area shall be submitted to the municipal planning board for its review and approval in accordance with the requirements for review and approval of subdivisions and site plans as set forth by ordinance adopted pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). L.1992,c.79,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-12.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-12.2
Farm loan program
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a low-interest loan program for the purpose of assisting persons in purchasing farmland to be kept in continuous use as farmland, in accordance with criteria developed by a County Agriculture Development Board established under section 7 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-14). L.1987,c.34,s.2; amended 1989,c.158,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-17
Notice of recall election
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall cause to be made due publication of notice of arrangements for holding all recall elections and they shall be conducted as are other municipal elections.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-154 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-154
Park police; establishment; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint and establish a constabulary to preserve order in the parks and parkways under its control, and to secure the enforcement of the rules and regulations passed and enacted by it, and may organize the constabulary into a police system to be known as "the park police of the county of " . The police system shall consist of a chief and such subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary and proper for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the commission within the parks and parkways, and the proper protection of public property therein. The commission may establish proper rules and regulations for the appointment, control and management of the members of the constabulary, and for the securing of proper discipline and efficiency among the members thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.38 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.38
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) There are nearly 700,000 people over the age of 65 in this State, and that these citizens, now numbering almost 10% of the State's population, are of special concern because their numbers are growing faster than the rest of the population and because, increasingly there is no room for them in the labor market. (b) During the last century life expectancy has been lengthened by 20 years. Since 1900 the total population of New Jersey has doubled but our senior population has quadrupled. With the lengthening of life expectancy has come the impact of technology which permits earlier retirement and makes employment opportunities unavailable for much of the older population. (c) The result of these changes is that many older people are socially isolated and economically deprived. Lack of preparation for changed family relationships and social situations create crises for which assistance is not readily available. Many such crises can be averted if the problems of aging are anticipated and made the subject of prior planning. (d) A central place is needed, therefore, where older citizens facing such situations can turn for assistance through information on community resources. Those who need such information vary from the middle-aged unemployed to the recent retiree and the helpless aged, from the affluent to the very poor, from the rural citizen to the urban and suburban resident, from the learned to the uneducated. (e) Efforts to avert crises among this expanding segment of the population must have two major goals; the development of an understanding of the nature of aging so that people may grow old with dignity and independence; and, the ready identification and availability of community resources for older people, to whom they are often inaccessible or nonexistent. These resources need to be identified, expanded and made more immediately available to those who need them. (f) While the Government of the State of New Jersey has recognized some of its special responsibilities in this area by creating the State Division on Aging, it has become apparent that this agency will function more effectively by providing a means by which it can achieve a closer relationship with the people it seeks to help, and through which it can increase access to desirable programs. (g) It is apparent, therefore, that channels for the distribution of information on the resources available to older people, should be established throughout the State so as to be conveniently available to all segments of our older population, and that they should be maintained by county governments. L.1970, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.8
Nominating petition; certificate of person indorsed
Status: in_force

Such petition shall be addressed to the clerk of the board of water commissioners and shall set forth that the signers thereof are qualified voters of the water district in which they reside and for which they desire to nominate the candidate, that they indorse the candidate named in such petition for member of the board of water commissioners, and that they request that the name of the person so indorsed be printed upon the official ballot to be used at the ensuing election. The petition shall further state the residence and post-office address of each person so indorsed, and shall certify that the person so indorsed is legally qualified to be elected a member of the board of water commissioners. With the petition the person indorsed therein shall file a certificate stating that he is qualified to be elected a member of the board of water commissioners, that he consents to stand as a candidate for election, and that, if elected, he agrees to accept and qualify as a member of such body. L.1951, c. 280, p. 955, s. 8, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:73-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 73 / Section 73-9
Borough under 5000; tax collector or treasurer; waiver of residency requirements
Status: in_force

In any borough governed under the commission form of government law and having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants, any person holding the office of borough tax collector, borough treasurer or both borough tax collector and borough treasurer need not be a resident of the borough notwithstanding the residency requirements prescribed by N.J.S. 40A:9-1 or by any other law. Any waiver of residency requirements for any of the aforesaid offices shall be contingent upon the adoption of a municipal ordinance to that effect. L.1973, c. 43, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-10.1
Estimated expenditures; purposes; annual appropriation
Status: in_force

During the month of December in each year the commission shall certify to the board of chosen freeholders of the county the estimated sum necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year which shall include the sums estimated to be expended for such of the following items as it is anticipated expenditure will be made for; namely, (1) Payment of wages and salaries of employees; (2) Expenses of commission members in discharging official duties including expenses incident to attendance at professional meetings; (3) Purchase of trees and shrubbery; (4) Purchase of necessary equipment and materials and the cost of services for the prudent promotion of the work. The board of chosen freeholders of the county shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for said purposes. L.1958, c. 41, p. 134, s. 6, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:46-39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 46 / Section 46-39
Optional Municipal Key Positions Law; short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "Optional Municipal Key Positions Law." L.1950, c. 211, p. 524, s. 1, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-171 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-171
Notice to officer; recall election; notice of filing of petition
Status: in_force

If the petition shall be sufficient the municipal clerk shall within two days notify the mayor, councilman or councilmen whose recall is sought thereby. If such notice cannot be served personally upon the mayor, councilman or councilmen affected, service may be made by registered mail addressed to the officer's last known address. If within five days after the service of the notice by the municipal clerk the mayor, councilman or councilmen sought to be recalled by such petition do not resign, or having tendered their resignation it shall not have been accepted by the municipal council, the municipal clerk shall order and fix a date for holding a recall election not less than sixty nor more than ninety days from the filing of the petition. Notice of the filing of the petition and of the date of the election shall be posted for public view in the office of the municipal clerk and he shall also insert the notice forthwith in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be no such newspaper, then in a newspaper having general circulation in such municipality. L.1950, c. 210, p. 511, s. 17-22, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-8.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-8.5
Regulations.
Status: in_force

36. a. The commissioner shall promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such regulations as are necessary for the prompt and effective implementation of the provisions and purposes of section 8 of P.L.2008, c.46 (C.52:27D-329.2), including, but not limited to, provisions for the payment of any necessary administrative costs related to the assessment of properties and collection of any development fees by a municipality. b. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such regulations as are necessary for the effectuation of P.L.2008, c.46 (C.52:27D-329.1 et al.), including but not limited to, regulations necessary for the establishment, implementation, review, monitoring, and enforcement of a municipal affordable housing trust fund and spending plan. L.2008, c.46, s.36; amended 2024, c.2, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-105 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-105
Power of referendum; time for filing petition
Status: in_force

The voters shall have the power of referendum and, pursuant thereto, may approve or reject at the polls any ordinance submitted by the board to the voters or any ordinance passed by the board, against which a referendum petition has been filed as herein provided. No ordinance passed by the county board, except when otherwise required by general law or permitted by the provisions of section 116 or any other section of this act, shall take effect earlier than 20 days from the time of its final passage and its approval by the county executive or supervisor or board chairman or president where such approval is required. If within 20 days after such final passage and approval of such ordinance a petition protesting against the passage of such ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk and if the petition shall be signed by a percentage of the registered voters in numbers equal to 15% of the registered voters of the county as of forty calendar days before the last most recent primary or general election, the ordinance shall be suspended from taking effect until proceedings are had as herein provided. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any ordinance which by its terms or by law cannot become effective in the county unless submitted to the voters, or which by its terms authorizes a referendum in the county concerning the subject matter thereof. L.1972, c. 154, s. 105, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1979, c. 278, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-17 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-17
Preservation of seniority, tenure, pension rights of law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

17. a. Whenever the governing bodies of two or more local units enter into a joint contract for the joint operation of law enforcement services within their respective jurisdictions, the contract shall recognize and preserve the seniority, tenure, and pension rights of every full-time law enforcement officer who is employed by each of the contracting local units and who is in good standing at the time the ordinance or resolution, as the case may be, authorizing the contract is adopted, and none of those law enforcement officers shall be terminated, except for cause; provided, however, this provision shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit a merged law enforcement entity from reducing force as provided by law for reasons of economy and efficiency. b. (1) To provide for the efficient administration and operation of the joint law enforcement services within the participating local units, the joint contract may provide for the appointment of a chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer. In that case, the joint contract shall identify the appropriate authority to whom the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer reports and also shall provide that any person who is serving as the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer in one of the participating local units at the time the joint contract is adopted may elect either: (a) to accept a demotion of no more than one rank without any loss of seniority rights, impairment of tenure, or pension rights; or (b) to retire from service. (2) Any person who elects retirement shall not be demoted but shall retain the rank of chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer and shall be given terminal leave for a period of one month for each five-year period of past service as a law enforcement officer with the participating local unit. During the terminal leave, the person shall continue to receive full compensation and shall be entitled to all benefits, including any increases in compensation or benefits, that he may have been entitled to if he had remained on active duty. c. Whenever the participating local units have adopted or are deemed to have adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes with regard to the provision of law enforcement services, and the contract provides for the appointment of a chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer, the position of chief law enforcement officer shall be in the career service. L.2007, c.63, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-55 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-55
Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions
Status: in_force

Neither the solid waste management authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, except that the solid waste management authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be not longer necessary for the purposes of the solid waste management authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. All property of a solid waste management authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a solid waste management authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by a solid waste management authority on its system revenues. L.1968, c. 249, s. 22, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-164 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-164
Franks, free passes, tickets or services; acceptance forbidden
Status: in_force

No officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person operating within the territorial limits of a municipality, any interurban railway, street railway, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, any other service upon terms more favorable than is granted to the public generally, except that such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform. Nor shall any free service to the municipal officials heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section. L.1950, c. 210, p. 509, s. 17-15, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-143 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-143
Preparation, amendment of development transfer ordinance.
Status: in_force

7. A municipality which provides for the transfer of development as set forth in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-139) shall prepare or amend a development transfer ordinance that designates sending and receiving zones and is substantially consistent with or designed to effectuate the development transfer plan element of the master plan adopted pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28) and the capital improvement program adopted pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-29). A governing body that chooses to adopt an ordinance or amendment or revision thereto which in whole or in part is inconsistent with the development transfer plan element of the master plan or the capital improvement program may do so only by affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the governing body, with the reasons of the governing body for so acting set forth in a resolution and recorded in its minutes when adopting such an ordinance. In creating and establishing sending and receiving zones, the governing body of the municipality shall designate tracts of land of such size and number and with such boundaries, densities and permitted uses as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-137 et al.). The adoption or amendment of a development transfer ordinance shall be considered a change to the classifications or boundaries of a zoning district and therefore subject to the notification requirements of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.249 (C.40:55D-62.1). L.2004,c.2,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-107 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-107
Sheriff to deliver to his successor moneys and papers
Status: in_force

When any person shall cease to hold the office of sheriff he shall deliver to his successor all processes, orders, mandates and papers of every kind remaining in his hands unexecuted or unreturned or otherwise outstanding and all moneys held by him as sheriff. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-178.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-178.1
Liability for certain costs for training certain law enforcement personnel; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. If a person appointed as a Class Two special resigns or refuses reappointment after serving less than 30 days with the municipality that incurred the costs of examining, training and initially hiring him and, within 120 days of that resignation, accepts an appointment as a Class Two special with another municipal law enforcement agency, that appointing municipality shall be liable to the officer's former municipal employer for the total certified costs incurred by the former employer in the examination, hiring, and training of the officer. b. If a person appointed as a Class Two special resigns or refuses reappointment after serving less than two years with the municipality that incurred the costs of examining, training and initially hiring him and, within 120 days of that resignation or refusal of reappointment, accepts an appointment as a Class Two special with another municipal law enforcement agency, that appointing municipality shall be liable to the officer's former municipal employer for one-half of the total certified costs incurred by the former employer in the examination, hiring, and training of the officer. c. Upon the appointment of a Class Two special subject to the provisions of this act, the appointing municipal law enforcement agency shall notify the officer's former employer immediately upon appointment and shall reimburse the former employer within 120 days of the receipt of the certified costs. d. As used in this act: "Class Two special" means a special law enforcement officer, appointed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.), who is authorized to exercise full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time law enforcement officer. "Examination costs" means and includes, but is not limited to, the costs of all qualifying examinations and the public advertisements for these examinations; and "Training costs" means the police training course fees and the base salary, if any, received while attending the police training course, as required by P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.) and P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.). L.2005,c.75,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.38 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.38
Issuance of notes in anticipation of issuance of permanent bonds
Status: in_force

Any county improvement authority which has authorized bonds which are entitled to the benefits of this act may issue temporary notes or loan bonds, hereinafter called "notes," to the extent permitted or provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the "county improvement authorities law" (P.L.1960, c. 183) or any other applicable laws, subject to such additional terms or conditions with respect to such notes as may be fixed or required by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to insure that funds are borrowed only for those purposes and in the manner specified in the "county improvement authorities law," P.L.1960, c. 183 (C. 40:37A-44 et seq.). L.1979, c. 273, s. 13, eff. Jan. 3, 1980. Amended by L.1981, c. 461, s. 9, eff. Jan. 8, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26B-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26B / Section 26B-6
Establishment of stormwater utility by county authorities.
Status: in_force

6. a. The governing body of any county that has established a county sewerage authority pursuant to P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.), a county utilities authority pursuant to P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), or a county improvement authority pursuant to P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.) may, by resolution, request that the authority establish a stormwater utility for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating stormwater management systems in the county, consistent with State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
b. Upon the request of a county, an authority may establish a stormwater utility pursuant to a service agreement between the authority and the requesting county, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-1 et al.) and the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). The agreement shall set forth the powers, duties, and functions of the stormwater utility and any other matters that may be necessary for the agreement. A stormwater utility established pursuant to this section shall be considered a separate operation of the authority to be budgeted and accounted for separately.
c. An authority that establishes a stormwater utility pursuant to this section shall submit a copy of the service agreement to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. A county that contractually delegates to an authority any of its responsibilities under any New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit or any other rule, regulation, order, or permit issued by the department shall remain responsible for compliance with any such rules, regulations, orders, or permits if the authority fails to implement the requirements thereof. L.2019, c.42, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-95 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-95
Establishment of Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary.
Status: in_force

40A:14-95. In any municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county in this State maintaining a fire department, or where there shall exist one or more incorporated fire companies affording fire protection to the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county with membership serving under the jurisdiction of and with the consent of the municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county, it shall be lawful for the governing body of the municipality, board of commissioners of the fire district, regional authority, or county board of chosen freeholders to provide, by ordinance or resolution, for the establishment of an auxiliary to any fire department or company to be known as the Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary. amended 2020, c.126, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-45 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-45
Standards for course of study for executive directors.
Status: in_force

45. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall prescribe and enforce standards for the curriculum and administration of a course of study as he deems appropriate, the object of which shall be to assist members and executive directors of local housing authorities and municipal redevelopment agencies to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to oversee and administer the operations of such authorities or agencies in accordance with current law and in the best interests of the citizens served by such authorities. The commissioner shall adopt the standards by administrative rule, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The course shall consist of instruction in the principles of housing and redevelopment, which may include, but not be limited to, construction management and code compliance, financial management and public administration, and such other topics as the commissioner may deem appropriate. The commissioner shall, to the greatest extent possible, cooperate with organizations of housing authority representatives and redevelopment agency representatives, and shall consult with Rutgers, The State University, and other educational institutions in establishing the standards for the curriculum and administration of the course of study, as provided above. The course shall also include information concerning strategies for drug elimination and crime prevention and control and the use of drug elimination funds. L.1992,c.79,s.45; amended 2003, c.254, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-68 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-68
Act as complete authority for issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

This act shall be complete authority for the issuance of bonds by an authority, and the provisions of any other law shall not apply to the issuance of such bonds. L.1960, c. 183, p. 747, s. 25, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.7
Powers and duties of board of managers
Status: in_force

The board of managers of the camp shall have charge of all matters relating to the government, discipline, contracts, and fiscal concerns of the camp, and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the camp. L.1940, c. 24, s. 6, eff. March 30, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-1.4
Clean energy special assessment, financing by municipality.
Status: in_force

1. a. Upon application to and approval by the Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, the governing body of a municipality may undertake the financing of the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements by property owners as a local improvement and may provide by ordinance for a "clean energy special assessment" to be imposed on a property within the municipality, if the owner of the property requests the assessment in order to install such systems or improvements. Each improvement on an individual property shall constitute a separate local improvement and shall be assessed separately to the property owner benefitted thereby. The clean energy special assessment shall be payable in quarterly installments. The terms of the clean energy special assessment shall be in accordance with the terms of the financing provided by the municipality pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2011, c.187 (C.40:56-13.1). b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, the Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall not accept, and a municipality shall not submit, an application to undertake the financing of the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements by property owners as a local improvement pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2011, c.187 (C.40:56-1.4 et al.) after the date the Economic Development Authority has published on its Internet website all the items pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.2021, c.201 (C.34:1B-378). The Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall continue to process any application submitted prior to that date, and a municipality shall continue its undertaking approved prior to that date and any undertaking for which an application was pending on that date that is approved on or after that date. c. All actions taken by the Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs or any municipality pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be unaffected by the enactment of P.L.2021, c.201 (C.34:1B-374 et al.). L.2011, c.187, s.1; amended 2021, c.201, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-127.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-127.3
Rate of pension contributions
Status: in_force

3. The Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey shall accept as a member of the retirement system any policeman otherwise eligible for membership appointed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.461 (C.40A:14-127.1), provided that he shall contribute to the retirement system at a rate based on his current age at the time of reenrollment; except that in the case where reappointment occurs within two years following the person's separation and such person has not withdrawn his contributions from the retirement system pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-11), the person's rate of contribution upon reappointment shall be the same as it was at the time of separation. L.1979,c.461,s.3; amended 1980,c.41,s.2; 1991,c.492,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Acquisition of interests in lieu of enforcement of claims
Status: in_force

When a county or municipality has or shall have acquired a lien or other interests by judgment, mortgage, tax, assessment, sale for taxes or assessments, or otherwise, against any real property, the county or municipality may purchase or otherwise acquire said real property or any interest therein, or any lien thereon, without the necessity of taking or completing the necessary proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce its lien or to obtain satisfaction for its interest in said real property. The consideration to be paid by such acquisition shall not exceed in any one case the approximate amount of the cost of the proceedings ordinarily incidental to the enforcement of the lien, or to obtain satisfaction for its interest in said real property, to be determined by resolution of the governing body of said county or municipality, except that in the case of the purchase or release of any tax lien of the State of New Jersey on real property, or of any right, title, interest or estate of the State in real property, arising out of any tax lien created or existing under Title 54 of the Revised Statutes, the consideration to be paid for the purchase or release of said lien or the assignment or the conveyance of the right, title, interest or estate of the State shall be such amount as may be agreed upon between the governing body of the county or municipality and the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, not exceeding the total amount of the tax assessed, with interest and costs, and the director is hereby authorized when in his judgment such action will better serve the interests of the State and the county or municipality (a) to propose a settlement and receive payment in satisfaction thereof, in an amount less than the tax assessed with interest and costs, and (b) to apportion said taxes, interest and costs in those cases where more than one parcel of property is involved. L.1971, c. 199, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-49.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-49.1
Lease of cultural centers; exemption of leasehold interest from taxation
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city of the first class may lease any cultural center to a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, Corporations and Associations not for Profit, to conduct such center. Any such lease (a) shall be for a term not exceeding 50 years; (b) shall provide for a term rental, payable in such installments as may be agreed upon, at least equal to the acquisition cost of the leased premises if acquired by the governing body within the 5-year period next preceding the making of such lease, or at least equal to the appraised value of the leased premises if acquired more than 5 years prior to the making of the lease; (c) shall limit the primary use of the leased premises to purposes of a cultural center, with provision for the subletting or licensing of space not adapted to or required for such primary use; (d) shall provide that the leased premises shall be available generally to the public, upon reasonable terms and conditions, and that the lessee shall not discriminate in the use of the property on the grounds of race, color, creed, religion or ancestry; and (e) shall make such other provisions respecting the leased premises and the conditions of letting as the governing body may prescribe, including the grant of a purchase option or options. Notwithstanding the provision of any law governing the taxation of leasehold interests in exempt real property, the leasehold estate of any lessee or sublessee or other lawful tenant or occupant of the premises constituting all or part of a cultural center so leased shall be exempt from taxation by any municipality or county or by the State and its political divisions. L.1962, c. 86, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-140.8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-140.8
Tenure of office.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any person who has served as the chief financial officer of a municipality for four consecutive years and who is reappointed as that municipality's chief financial officer shall be granted tenure of office upon filing with the clerk of the municipality and with the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs a notification evidencing his compliance with this section. b. Thereafter, the person shall continue to hold office during good behavior and efficiency, and shall not be removed therefrom except for just cause and then only after a public hearing upon a written complaint setting forth the charge or charges against him pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.9) or upon expiration or revocation of certification by the director pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1988, c.110 (C.40A:9-140.12). c. In the case of a shared service agreement between pilot municipalities, a tenured chief financial officer may be dismissed to effectuate the sharing of a service entered into pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.) and such dismissal shall be deemed to be in the interest of the economy or efficiency of the participants in the shared service agreement. The removal of a chief financial officer under this section shall not require the pilot municipality to fulfill the requirements of subsection b. of this section. Instead, the pilot municipality shall provide the chief financial officer with a written copy of the shared service agreement entered into by the pilot municipality, and a letter stating that the position of chief financial officer in the municipality is being eliminated for reasons of economy or efficiency as the result of the shared service agreement. Any such shared service agreement shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) and section 3 of P.L.2013, c.166 (C.40A:65-4.2). L.1977, c.39, s.2; amended 1988, c.110, s.13; 1991, c.175, s.6; 2013, c.166, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-2
County or municipal appropriations to port or harbor commission
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or municipality may raise, appropriate, set aside and devote money or property to the use of any port, harbor, bridge, or river commission created by the legislature and the governing body of such county or municipality may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which and in accordance with which the money or property so raised, appropriated, set aside or devoted shall be held and used by any such port, harbor, bridge or river commission.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-6
Vacancies in charter commission
Status: in_force

In case of any vacancy in the charter commission, the remaining members of such commission shall fill it by appointing thereto some other properly qualified citizen. L.1950, c. 210, p. 463, s. 1-6, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-14
Filing copy of bond resolution; publication of notice; objections
Status: in_force

Any sewerage authority may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of clerk of the governing body of the local unit or units and may thereupon cause to be published in a newspaper published or circulating in the district a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the sewerage 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 twenty days after the first publication of such notice. If no such action or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of such notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the sewerage 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 or proceedings, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the sewerage 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.1946, c. 138, p. 656, s. 14. Amended by L.1951, c. 127, p. 555, s. 6, eff. May 29, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.3
Council; composition; mayor and councilmen; election; terms of office
Status: in_force

The council shall consist of the mayor and six council members. The mayor and council shall be elected at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Except as otherwise provided in this article for council members first elected, the mayor shall serve for a term of four years and the council members for a term of three years, beginning on January 1 next following their election. L.1981, c.465, s.16A-3; amended 1989,c.221,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-35
Property exempt from levy, sale.
Status: in_force

35. Except as otherwise provided in section 17 of P.L.1997, c.273 (C.40:54D-25.1), all property of the authority, except any property which is subjected to a lien to secure any bonds or notes, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall any such judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien. L.1992,c.165,s.35; amended 1997, c.273, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40:28-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-2
Lease of airport to state
Status: in_force

Any county acquiring or maintaining real estate for airport purposes may lease the same or part thereof for such term of years as may be agreed upon, to the state of New Jersey or any agency thereof, with or without consideration, in order to enable the state or its agency to operate and maintain an airport thereon.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-19 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-19
Management, operation of housing projects
Status: in_force

19. a. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State that each municipality, county, or housing authority providing public housing pursuant to this act shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations; and that no municipality, county, or housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit or as a source of revenue to the municipality or county. To this end, a municipality, county, or housing authority shall fix the rentals for dwellings in its projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to project revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts of the municipality, county, or housing authority, will be sufficient to: (1) pay, as the same become due, the principal of and interest upon the bonds of the authority or the bonds of the municipality or county issued pursuant to section 29 or section 37 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-29 or 40A:12A-37); (2) meet the cost of, and provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including the cost of any insurance, and the administrative expenses of the municipality, county or housing authority; and (3) create during not less than six years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds, and thereafter maintain, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on those bonds in any one year thereafter. b. In the operation or management of housing projects a municipality, county or housing authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (1) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low and moderate income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons. (2) It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of a room or rooms of such size, location and dimensions as necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding, in accordance with the standards for use and occupancy of space as set forth in the State Housing Code adopted pursuant to P.L.1971, c.224 (C.2A:42-85 et seq.). (3) It shall adopt income standards for selecting tenants which are consistent with applicable State or federal law. c. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, a municipality, county or housing authority may agree to conditions as to tenant eligibility or preference required by the federal government or State government pursuant to applicable federal or State law in any contract with the municipality, county, or housing authority for financial assistance. L.1992,c.79,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-26
Referral powers
Status: in_force

Referral powers. a. Prior to the adoption of a development regulation, revision, or amendment thereto, the planning board shall make and transmit to the governing body, within 35 days after referral, a report including identification of any provisions in the proposed development regulation, revision or amendment which are inconsistent with the master plan and recommendations concerning these inconsistencies and any other matters as the board deems appropriate. The governing body, when considering the adoption of a development regulation, revision or amendment thereto, shall review the report of the planning board and may disapprove or change any recommendation by a vote of a majority of its full authorized membership and shall record in its minutes the reasons for not following such recommendation. Failure of the planning board to transmit its report within the 35-day period provided herein shall relieve the governing body from the requirements of this subsection in regard to the proposed development regulation, revision or amendment thereto referred to the planning board. Nothing in this section shall be construed as diminishing the application of the provisions of section 23 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-32) to any official map or an amendment or revision thereto or of subsection a. of section 49 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-62) to any zoning ordinance or any amendment or revision thereto. b. The governing body may by ordinance provide for the reference of any matter or class of matters to the planning board before final action thereon by a municipal body or municipal officer having final authority thereon, except of any matter under the jurisdiction of the board of adjustment. Whenever the planning board shall have made a recommendation regarding a matter authorized by this act to another municipal body, such recommendation may be rejected only by a majority of the full authorized membership of such other body. L. 1975, c. 291, s. 17, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L. 1984, c. 20, s. 7, eff. March 22, 1984; L. 1985, c. 516, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-5.1
Local budget date extension.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, in the Department of Community Affairs, hereinafter the "director," may, with the approval of the Local Finance Board, in the Department of Community Affairs, extend the dates for the introduction and approval, and for the adoption, of county and municipal budgets, for any local fiscal year, beyond the dates required under the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq.). b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, whenever a Public Health Emergency pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.) or a State of Emergency pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.), or both, has been declared by the Governor and is in effect, the director may extend the statutory dates for the introduction and approval, and adoption, of county and municipal budgets without the approval of the Local Finance Board. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the governing body of a local unit may adopt the budget for that unit at any time within 10 days after the director has certified his approval thereof and returned the same, if the certification is later than the date of the advertised hearing. L.1989, c.31, s.1; amended 1991, c.75, s.10; 2020, c.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.22
Counting of votes
Status: in_force

Immediately after the close of the polls the judge and tellers shall proceed forthwith to count the votes for each candidate and shall complete the count without delay or adjournment. The counting shall be open and public but not to such an extent that the number of persons present shall hinder, delay or inconvenience the election officers in counting the ballots and ascertaining the result. The judge and tellers shall fill out and certify to the correctness of the count and shall forward all ballots and tallies to the clerk of the board of water commissioners. L.1951, c. 280, p. 961, s. 22, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-120 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-120
Review of ordinance
Status: in_force

a. Prior to adoption of the development transfer ordinance, the municipality shall submit a copy of the proposed ordinance, copies of all reports and plans prepared pursuant to section 5 of this act, and proposed municipal master plan changes necessary for the enactment of the development transfer ordinance to the county planning board. If the ordinance and master plan changes involve agricultural land, then the Burlington County Agriculture Development Board shall also be provided information identical to that provided to the county planning board. b. The county planning board, upon receiving the development transfer ordinance and accompanying documentation, shall conduct a review of the ordinance with regard to the following criteria: (1) consistency with the adopted master plan of the county; (2) support of regional objectives for agricultural land preservation, natural resource management and protection, historic or architectural conservation, or the preservation of other public values as enumerated in subsection b. of section 6 of this act; (3) consistency with reasonable population and economic forecasts for the county; (4) adequacy of present or proposed infrastructure for concentrated growth; and (5) sufficiency of the receiving zone to accommodate the development potential that may be transferred from sending zones and a reasonable assurance of marketability of any instruments of transfer that may be created. c. Any municipality located in whole or in part in the pinelands area, as defined in P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), shall also submit the proposed development transfer ordinance, reports and plans, and master plan changes to the Pinelands Commission for review. The Pinelands Commission shall determine whether the ordinance is compatible with the pinelands development credit program implemented pursuant to P.L.1985, c.310 (C.13:18A-30 et seq.) and is otherwise consistent with the comprehensive management plan adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.). If the commission determines that the development transfer ordinance is not compatible or consistent, the commission shall make such recommendations as may be necessary to conform the ordinance with the comprehensive management plan. The municipality shall not adopt the ordinance unless the changes recommended by the Pinelands Commission have been included in the ordinance. L.1989,c.86,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:67-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-4
Inter-county agreement, regional rehabilitation, reentry center.
Status: in_force

4. An inter-county agreement made pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-3) shall provide: a. the name and purpose of the authority and the functions and services to be provided by the authority; b. the establishment and organization of a governing committee for the authority, which shall be known as the board of authority commissioners, in which the powers of the authority shall be vested. The board of authority commissioners shall be comprised of one representative from each county who shall: (1) be annually appointed by the board of commissioners of the county; (2) hold the position for a period of one year, commencing on January 1 of each year; and (3) be authorized to choose a designee to execute the duties of their position; c. if there are an even number of counties, the county with the greatest number of inmates and pretrial detainees to be housed at the center at its opening, and for any subsequent year the greatest number housed at the center as of November 1 in the year prior, shall appoint an additional board member for a term of one year, commencing January 1 of each year; d. the manner of selection of a head warden of the regional rehabilitation and reentry center and any related satellite facilities and the wardens that shall represent each county; e. the manner of selection and duties of the director, deputy director, treasurer, chief financial officer, and secretary, who all shall serve a term of one year commencing January 1 of each year, and the selection of any other officers or authority staff, as determined by the board; f. the voting requirements for action by the board, including the requirements for how many members constitute a quorum; g. the duties of the board, which shall include the obligation to comply with the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.) except as otherwise provided in P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.), and the laws of this State and, in addition, with every provision in the inter-county agreement creating the authority on its part to be kept or performed; h. in the event of a board vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the board at the next meeting following the date of vacancy on an interim basis, until the time that the appointing board of county commissioners makes a formal appointment to the board for the remainder of the term; i. the manner in which counties may withdraw from participation in the inter-county agreement and the proportional responsibility, if any, of a withdrawing county for authority debt issued prior to withdrawal; j. provisions for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property or assets of the authority on dissolution subject to section 20 or 21 of P.L. 1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-20 or C.40A:5A-20 21); and k. that the board shall conduct meetings in conformity with the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) and shall meet at least once during each quarter of the calendar year, with special meetings convened by the director or upon the request of at least two board members, with at least 48 hours’ notice by telephone or email to all members of the board. L.2023, c.346, s.4; amended 2025, c.253, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-45
Findings for planned developments
Status: in_force

Every ordinance pursuant to this article that provides for planned developments shall require that prior to approval of such planned developments the planning board shall find the following facts and conclusions: a. That departures by the proposed development from zoning regulations otherwise applicable to the subject property conform to the zoning ordinance standards pursuant to subsection 52c. of this act; b. That the proposals for maintenance and conservation of the common open space are reliable, and the amount, location and purpose of the common open space are adequate; c. That provision through the physical design of the proposed development for public services, control over vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and the amenities of light and air, recreation and visual enjoyment are adequate; d. That the proposed planned development will not have an unreasonably adverse impact upon the area in which it is proposed to be established; e. In the case of a proposed development which contemplates construction over a period of years, that the terms and conditions intended to protect the interests of the public and of the residents, occupants and owners of the proposed development in the total completion of the development are adequate. L.1975, c. 291, s. 33, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-111 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-111
Issuance of permits pertaining to historic sites referred to historic preservation commission
Status: in_force

25. If the zoning ordinance designates and regulates historic sites or districts pursuant to subsection i. of section 52 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-65), the governing body shall by ordinance provide for referral of applications for issuance of permits pertaining to historic sites or property in historic districts to the historic preservation commission for a written report on the application of the zoning ordinance provisions concerning historic preservation to any of those aspects of the change proposed, which aspects were not determined by approval of an application for development by a municipal agency pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). The historic preservation commission shall submit its report either to the administrative officer or the planning board, as specified by ordinance. If the ordinance specifies the submission of the historic preservation commission's report to the planning board, the planning board shall report to the administrative officer. In the case of a referral by the administrative officer of a minor application for the issuance of a permit pertaining to historic sites or property in historic districts, as defined in the zoning ordinance, the chairman of the historic preservation commission may act in the place of the full commission for purposes of this section; and, if the ordinance specifies the submission to the planning board of a commission report on a minor application, the ordinance may authorize the chairman or a subcommittee of the planning board to act in place of the full board. The historic preservation commission or the planning board, as the case may be, shall report to the administrative officer within 45 days of his referral of the application to the historic preservation commission. If within the 45-day period the historic preservation commission or the planning board, as the case may be, recommends to the administrative officer against the issuance of a permit or recommends conditions to the permit to be issued, the administrative officer shall deny issuance of the permit or include the conditions in the permit, as the case may be. Failure to report within the 45-day period shall be deemed to constitute a report in favor of issuance of the permit and without the recommendation of conditions to the permit. L.1985,c.516,s.25; amended 1991,c.199,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-20
Joint acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment; officers and employees
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into execution any such joint contract any municipality, as a party thereto, may acquire lands as tenants in common by purchase, gift or condemnation and erect and equip buildings thereon and may acquire and hold any property in common, appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the joint enterprises and generally enter into any contracts which the municipality or municipalities and the board of chosen freeholders is authorized to enter into separately.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-36 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-36
Sale or other disposition of personal property.
Status: in_force

36. Any contracting unit by resolution of its governing body may authorize by sealed bid or public auction the sale of its personal property not needed for public use. (1) If the estimated fair value of the property to be sold exceeds 15 percent of the bid threshold in any one sale and it is neither livestock nor perishable goods, it shall be sold at public sale to the highest bidder. (2) The contracting unit need not advertise for bids when it makes any such sale to the United States, the State of New Jersey, another contracting unit, any body politic to which it contributes tax raised funds, any foreign nation which has diplomatic relations with the United States, or any governmental unit in the United States. (3) Notice of the date, time and place of the public sale together with a description of the items to be sold and the conditions of sale shall be published in an official newspaper. Such sale shall be held not less than seven nor more than 14 days after the latest publication of the notice thereof. (4) If no bids are received the property may then be sold at private sale without further publication or notice thereof, but in no event at less than the estimated fair value; or the contracting unit may if it so elects reoffer the property at public sale. As used herein, "estimated fair value" means the market value of the property between a willing seller and a willing buyer less the cost to the contracting unit to continue storage or maintenance of any personal property not needed for public use to be sold pursuant to this section. (5) A contracting unit may reject all bids if it determines such rejection to be in the public interest. In any case in which the contracting unit has rejected all bids, it may readvertise such personal property for a subsequent public sale. If it elects to reject all bids at a second public sale, pursuant to this section, it may then sell such personal property without further publication or notice thereof at private sale, provided that in no event shall the negotiated price at private sale be less than the highest price of any bid rejected at the preceding two public sales and provided further that in no event shall the terms or conditions of sale be changed or amended. (6) If the estimated fair value of the property to be sold does not exceed the applicable bid threshold in any one sale or is either livestock or perishable goods, it may be sold at private sale without advertising for bids. (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, by resolution of the governing body, a contracting agent may include the sale of personal property no longer needed for public use as part of specifications to offset the price of a new purchase. L.1971,c.198,s.36; amended 1999, c.440, s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-96 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-96
Counties governed hereby; referendum; exception
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall apply to counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, but shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the voters thereof in the manner hereinafter in sections 40:37-169 to 40:37-172 of this title provided. This section shall not require the submission of the question of the adoption of said sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 in counties which have heretofore adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish public parks in certain counties in this state, and to regulate the same," approved March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. Such counties shall be governed by the provisions of said sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-15
Contract with county for street lighting; terms; powers conferred additional
Status: in_force

The governing body of every municipality may enter into contract in writing with the county park commission of the county in which it is situated to contribute to the cost of lighting any street, public highway, or parkway, wholly or partly within the municipality and under the care and control of the park commission. The contract may provide for furnishing and maintaining the necessary poles, wires, conduits, fixtures and equipment and the lighting, upon such terms and for such period of years as may be agreed upon. The contract shall set forth the kind and character of lighting required, with full specifications and plans, the proportion of the cost of installation and maintenance to be contributed by each party thereto, the period for which the contract is to continue and such other terms and provisions as shall be mutually agreed upon. This article shall not be construed to limit or impair any powers now conferred upon any municipality or county park commission, but as additional thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-78 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-78
Terms of joint agreement
Status: in_force

The ordinance shall, subject to this article, set forth the specific duties to be exercised jointly; the composition, membership and manner of appointment of any regional board including the representation of each municipality or county; the qualifications and manner or appointment of any joint building official, joint zoning officer or other joint administrative officer; the term of office, the manner of financing, the expenses of such joint exercise of powers, the share of financing to be borne by each county and municipality joining therein, the duration of such agreement and the manner in which such agreement may be terminated or extended. L.1975, c. 291, s. 65, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-24
Governing body approval required
Status: in_force

3. a. Any act by the commission so created involving an expenditure, lease or transfer of property exceeding $2,500.00 in value shall require the approval, by resolution, of the municipal governing body. b. Subject to the approval, by resolution, of the municipal governing body and notwithstanding the requirements of section 14 of P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-14), the commission so created may lease without public bidding, at such prices and upon such terms as it deems reasonable, any real or riparian property and the improvements thereon under its management, operation and control for a term not to exceed 20 years. L.1940,c.161,s.3; amended 1982,c.168; 1991,c.374.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-20
Restriction on alteration of powers
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall constitute a part of any and all contracts entered into by an authority created hereunder for the benefit and security of the creditors of such authority, and the State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation or Federal agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds issued by the authority for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of any project or facilities or part thereof that the State of New Jersey will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority and in the holders of such bonds until all bonds at any time issued together with the interest thereon and any premiums upon the redemption thereof are fully met and discharged. The State of New Jersey does further pledge in the event that any Federal agency shall contribute or agree to contribute any funds for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of any project or any portion thereof, the State of New Jersey will not alter or limit the rights and powers of the authority in any manner which would be inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of the project or the improvement thereof or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the authority and any such Federal agency and the authority shall continue to have and may exercise all powers herein granted so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of this act and the purposes of the United States in the construction or improvement or enlargement of the project or such portion thereof. L.1948, c. 198, p. 991, s. 20. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 631, s. 11, eff. July 12, 1954.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-67 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-67
Conditional uses; site plan review
Status: in_force

a. A zoning ordinance may provide for conditional uses to be granted by the planning board according to definite specifications and standards which shall be clearly set forth with sufficient certainty and definiteness to enable the developer to know their limit and extent. The planning board shall grant or deny an application for a conditional use within 95 days of submission of a complete application by a developer to the administrative officer, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. b. The review by the planning board of a conditional use shall include any required site plan review pursuant to article 6 of this act. The time period for action by the planning board on conditional uses pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall apply to such site plan review. Failure of the planning board to act within the period prescribed shall constitute approval of the application and a certificate of the administrative officer as to the failure of the planning board to act shall be issued on request of the applicant, and it shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or other evidence of approval, herein required, and shall be so accepted by the county recording officer for purposes of filing subdivision plats. Whenever review or approval of the application by the county planning board is required by section 5 of P.L.1968, c. 285 (C. 40:27-6.3), in the case of a subdivision, or section 8 of P.L.1968, c. 285 (C. 40:27-6.6), in the case of a site plan, the municipal planning board shall condition any approval that it grants upon timely receipt of a favorable report on the application by the county planning board or approval by the county planning board by its failure to report thereon within the required time period. L.1975, c. 291, s. 54, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-36 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-36
Joint insurance fund; definitions.
Status: in_force

1. a. The governing body of any local unit, including any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), may by resolution agree to join together with any other local unit or units to establish a joint insurance fund for the purpose of insuring against liability, property damage, and workers' compensation as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, insuring against loss or theft of moneys or securities, providing blanket bond coverage of certain county or municipal officers and employees for faithful performance and discharge of their duties as provided under section 1 of P.L.1967, c.283 (C.40A:5-34.1), insuring against bodily injury and property damage claims arising from environmental impairment liability and legal representation therefor to the extent that such coverages, as approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, are provided by the purchase of insurance and no risk is retained by the fund, providing contributory or non-contributory group health insurance or group term life insurance, or both, to employees or their dependents or both, through self insurance, the purchase of commercial insurance or reinsurance, or any combination thereof, and insuring against any loss from liability associated with sick leave payment for service connected disability as provided by N.J.S.18A:30-2.1, and may appropriate such moneys as are required therefor. The maximum risk to be retained for group term life insurance by a joint insurance fund on a self-insured basis shall not exceed a face amount of $5,000 per covered employee or dependent or more if approved by the Commissioners of Banking and Insurance and Community Affairs. As used in this subsection: (1) "life insurance" means life insurance as defined pursuant to N.J.S.17B:17-3; (2) "health insurance" means health insurance as defined pursuant to N.J.S.17B:17-4 or service benefits as provided by health service corporations, hospital service corporations or medical service corporations authorized to do business in this State; and (3) "dependent" means dependent as defined pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-16. b. The governing body of any local unit, including any contracting unit as defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-2), may by resolution agree to join together with any other local unit or units to establish a joint insurance fund for the sole purpose of insuring against bodily injury and property damage claims arising from environmental impairment liability and legal representation therefor to the extent and for coverages approved by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. L.1983,c.372,s.1; amended 1989, c.253, s.1; 1990, c.120; 1993, c.269, s.13; 1995, c.356, s.5;1996, c.4, s.2; 1999, c.434, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-34 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-34
Urban homesteading program
Status: in_force

a. A municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban homesteading program. Any municipality which enacts such an ordinance shall designate in that ordinance an existing department of the municipality to serve as the urban homesteading agency. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1971, c. 199 (C. 40A:12-1 et seq.) or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any municipality which enacts an ordinance pursuant to subsection a. of this section may sell in rem property to a qualified applicant for a selling price of no less than the minimum purchase price set by ordinance and no more than the maximum purchase price set by ordinance; provided, however, that no property may be sold pursuant to this act unless the applicant makes a commitment to the municipality that he will fulfill the work entailed in the appraisal which is selected by the homesteading agency from among those submitted by the applicant under subsection d. of this section. c. In order to be considered eligible to purchase an in rem property pursuant to this act, an applicant shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the homesteading agency, that the applicant has the financial means to purchase the property. d. An ordinance establishing an urban homesteading program shall include reasonable standards for demonstration of financial means, a minimum time period during which the homesteader must occupy the premises, a specific time period within which rehabilitation of the premises must commence, an overall minimum and maximum purchase price for homestead properties to be transferred and penalties for not beginning rehabilitation within the specified time and for not fulfilling the residency commitment. The ordinance shall also require an applicant who proposes to purchase an in rem property to include as part of the application to purchase that property three independent appraisals of that work required in order to bring the property into conformance with all applicable State and local codes and shall include penalties for not fulfilling the work required in that appraisal selected by the homesteading agency. The appraisals shall set forth a detailed list of all materials required and the number of hours of labor required in order to perform all of the necessary tasks. L. 1988, c. 148, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-148.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-148.1
Water commission customers, option for electronic billing, payment.
Status: in_force

5. Upon the request of a customer, a water commission may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such water commission to its customers and any additional information sent by the water commission to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of water service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and b. provide the customer of such water commission the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-10
Vacancies; how filled
Status: in_force

Upon the expiration of the term of office of any trustee the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall appoint a citizen for a term of five years in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Vacancies occurring in the board of trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term only, in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-6
Vacancies
Status: in_force

Any vacancy occurring in any of the offices held by the seven elected members to the charter commission shall be filled by the unsuccessful candidate who shall have received the greatest number of votes in the charter study commission election if he shall be available to fill such vacancy. In the event that the vacancy cannot be filled in this manner, the remaining members of the charter study commission shall appoint some other properly qualified citizen. Any vacancy in the office of any of the appointed members to the charter study commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. L.1972, c. 154, s. 6, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 4, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48K-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48K / Section 48K-3
Report of irregularity.
Status: in_force

4. The governing body of a municipality in which a rewards program has been authorized pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.99 (C.40:48K-2) shall report any irregularity, financial or otherwise, that it believes has occurred in the operator's administration of the program, to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, and to any other department or agency of State, county, or local government, as the governing body deems appropriate. L.2021, c.99, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55.3
Manner of financing appropriation from surplus funds
Status: in_force

When any such appropriation is financed from surplus funds available, at least 1/3 of the amount thereof shall be included in each annual budget until the appropriation has been fully provided for. L.1961, c. 22, p. 107, s. 3, eff. May 9, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-17
Eligibility of voters
Status: in_force

All voters qualified to vote at the general election shall be entitled to vote on the public question and the election officers shall count the number of votes cast for or against it.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-46
Budget; adoption
Status: in_force

The district commissioners shall adopt a budget for the district which budget shall be prepared and adopted in accordance with the Local Budget Law, chapter 4 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. Upon adoption of the budget the clerk of the district shall transmit a certified copy of its budget to the municipal assessor of the municipality in which the district is situate, who shall assess the money required to be raised in the budget upon the taxable properties in the district in the same manner as municipal taxes are assessed and the said money shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes. L.1967, c. 184, s. 20, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-49
Annual audit
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every Beach Erosion Control Commission created pursuant to this act to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the commission to be made and filed with the commission, and for this purpose the commission shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the commission within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the commission and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the district is situate within 5 days after the original report is filed with the commission. L.1967, c. 184, s. 23, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-17
Adjustment of boundaries; continuance in office of elected officers
Status: in_force

Whenever the boundaries of existing wards are adjusted pursuant to subsection b. or c. of section 5 of this act, all officers elected therefor shall continue in office until their respective terms of office shall expire and until their successors are elected and qualified from adjusted wards. L.1981, c. 496, s. 9, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-11.2
Credit toward connection, tapping fee for certain water supply facilities.
Status: in_force

11. a. A local unit operating a county or municipal water supply facility shall provide a credit applicable toward a connection or tapping fee to be charged for a reconnection of a disconnected property that was previously connected to the water supply system, provided that: (1) the property has been connected to the water supply system for at least 20 years; and (2) service charges have been paid for the property in at least one of the last five years. b. The credit required under subsection a. of this section shall be calculated as follows: (1) If the reconnection does not require any new physical connection or does not increase the nature or size of the service or the number of service units, or does not expand the use of the water supply system, the credit shall be equal in amount to the new connection or tapping fee. (2) If the reconnection requires a new physical connection, increases the nature or size of the service or the number of service units, or expands the use of the water supply system, the credit shall be equal in amount to any connection or tapping fee previously paid for the property, and the local unit shall charge the difference between the credit and the connection or tapping fee for the new use or class. (3) If no connection or tapping fee was ever paid for the property, but all service charges due and owing on the property have been paid for at least 20 years, the credit shall be equal in amount to the new connection or tapping fee; provided, however, that any charges due and owing pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be paid. c. If no connection or tapping fee was ever paid for a disconnected property that is to be reconnected and which was previously connected to the water supply system for at least 20 years, the local unit shall charge, in addition to any amount due and owing after application of a credit pursuant to this section, a connection or tapping fee equal to the lesser of: (1) 20 percent of the service charges that would have been paid based upon the usage for the last full year that the property was connected to the water supply system for the period from the date of the disconnection from the water supply system to the date of the new connection; or (2) the new connection fee. d. A credit shall not be allowed under this section for a property that has been disconnected from the water supply system for more than five years. e. As used in this section, "disconnected property" means a property that has been physically disconnected from the water supply system or a property not physically disconnected but to which service has been discontinued without payments being made. A "disconnected property" shall not include a property that has been temporarily disconnected from the water supply system or to which service has been discontinued without payments being made for less than 12 consecutive months and is being reconnected as it existed, prior to the temporary disconnection or discontinuance of service. L.2018, c.74, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-38 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-38
Findings, declarations relative to utility improvements for sewers
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. It is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety that sewerage authorities review and approve plans for utility improvements which developers will convey to sewerage authorities or which will serve more than one user or service unit; b. Changes in the operation and lending procedures of financial institutions have significantly restricted the amount of financing available for development activities prior to the initiation of construction; c. It is in the public interest to improve regulatory efficiency through standardized sewerage authority procedures; d. The public interest is best served through the use of standardized procedures to govern the approval and installation of utility improvements which are consistent with and follow the accepted procedures established in the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.11,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:63-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 63 / Section 63-1
Incorporation
Status: in_force

a. The inhabitants of each of the several townships are hereby continued as a body politic and corporate in law as heretofore constituted and established and shall be known by the name of "the township of ........................, in the county of ........................." (as the case may be), and the boundaries of the several townships shall be and remain as heretofore established by law. b. No suit, proceeding or instrument shall abate or anywise be affected by any changes in the corporate name of the township. c. Each township, governed by the laws pertaining to the township form of government, shall have full power to sue and be sued and have corporate seal. L.1989,c.157,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-31
Ballot; form and content
Status: in_force

The question shall be printed upon the official ballots to be used at the general election in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall the county of ......... reorganize [ ] YES its board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of sections 40:20-20 [ ] NO to 40:20-35 of the title Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-19
Organization; chairman; rules; records
Status: in_force

a. The commission shall organize annually and shall elect one of its members to be its chairman. The chairman may be reelected. It may also elect such other officers as it may deem necessary for the carrying on of its purposes. b. The commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. L.1971, c. 316, s. 4, eff. Sept. 14, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-3.1
Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval
Status: in_force

If the governing body of any municipality shall deem it advisable in the interests of public health and safety to transfer a municipal water utility system serving less than 5% of the population of that municipality, to any person or another municipality or any authority, commission or other public body, the transfer shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as the ordinance shall provide, and the provisions of R.S. 40:62-4 and R.S. 40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. The terms of such sale and the ordinance authorizing same shall be subject to review by the Board of Public Utilities and shall provide that the purchaser shall have the privilege to operate the system within the area of the municipality covered. L.1981, c. 16, s. 2, eff. Feb. 3, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-22 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-22
Papers connected with, used or filed with authority considered public records
Status: in_force

Records of minutes, accounts, bills, vouchers, contracts or other papers connected with or used or filed with any authority or with any officer or employee acting for or in its behalf are declared to be public records, and shall be open to public inspection in accordance with P.L.1963, c. 73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.) and regulations of the authority. L.1983, c. 313, s. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.10
Filing copy of planning and zoning ordinances with boards; notice of proposed revision of ordinance
Status: in_force

In order that county planning boards shall have a complete file of the planning and zoning ordinances of all municipalities in the county, each municipal clerk shall file with the county planning board a copy of the planning and zoning ordinances of the municipality in effect on the effective date of this act and shall notify the county planning board of the introduction of any revision or amendment of such an ordinance which affects lands adjoining county roads or other county lands, or lands lying within 200 feet of a municipal boundary, or proposed facilities or public lands shown on the county master plan or official county map. Such notice shall be given to the county planning board at least 10 days prior to the public hearing thereon by personal delivery or by certified mail of a copy of the official notice of the public hearing together with a copy of the proposed ordinance. L.1968, c. 285, s. 12, eff. July 1, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-84 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-84
Register of deeds and mortgages; bond
Status: in_force

40A:9-84. Every person who shall be elected register of deeds and mortgages 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, or in such greater sum not exceeding $50,000, as the judge may order. The bond shall be conditioned that he will well and truly execute the office of register of deeds and mortgages 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.398.
N.J. Stat. § 40:59-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-4
Market commissioner; appointment, term and compensation
Status: in_force

There may be created in each such municipality the office of market commissioner. The market commissioner shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality and shall hold his office for a term of one year. His salary shall be fixed by the governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-48 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-48
"User-friendly," plain language budget summary forms.
Status: in_force

39. a. The Local Finance Board shall promulgate "user-friendly," plain language budget summary forms for the use of counties, municipalities, local authorities, and fire districts. The board shall also promulgate a procedure for the submission by each of these local government units of the required budget summary form to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs following the adoption of the annual budget. b. The plain language budget summary shall provide the public with information in summary form about the budget of the local unit and shall include, in addition to an abbreviated version of the formal budget adopted by the local unit, such statistical information as the board determines to be useful for the public's understanding of the local unit's fiscal matters and condition, and shall also include, but shall not be limited to the following information, for both the local unit's current budget year and the previous budget year, as the Local Finance Board determines appropriate to the local unit: all line items of appropriation aggregated by service type; the property tax rate; the property tax collection rate; the assessed value and taxable value of all real property located in the local unit; the amount of bonded indebtedness of the local unit; revenues by major category; description of unusual revenues or appropriations, with a description of the circumstances of the revenues or appropriations; a list of shared service agreements in which the local unit is participating; and the number and amount of outstanding long-term tax exemptions and abatements, and the amount of revenue derived therefrom. c. The plain language budget summary shall be submitted to the division in such form as determined by the Local Finance Board, and, upon its receipt of the summary, the division shall make the summary available to the public through an Internet website maintained by the division. The information on the website shall be presented as data that can be downloaded by the public for comparative purposes using commonly-used software. L.2007, c.63, s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-15
Report on ward boundaries; filing, format.
Status: in_force

7. a. Within 30 days following their initial meeting pursuant to section 5 of this act, the ward commissioners shall file their report, certified by at least three of their signatures, setting forth and properly describing the ward boundaries fixed and determined. There shall be annexed to the report a map of the municipality with the ward boundaries clearly marked thereon. The report so certified shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, and copies shall be filed with the Secretary of State and in the office of the municipal clerk. b. In addition to the description of the ward boundaries and map required to be filed with the Secretary of State under subsection a. of this section, the ward commissioners shall file with the Secretary of State the ward boundaries in ESRI Shapefile format in accordance with section 1 of P.L.2019, c.487 (C.19:4-18). L.1981, c.496, s.7; amended 2019, c.487, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.50 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.50
Fee limits
Status: in_force

All fees to be paid to an operator by a municipality for the storage of removed motor vehicles shall not exceed the following: (1) A limit of $3.00 per day for the first 30 days of storage per vehicle; and (2) A limit of $2.00 per day for the 31st day of storage and any day thereafter; and (3) A limit of $400.00 per vehicle stored regardless of the duration of the storage, except that a waiver may be granted for good cause upon the request of a municipality by the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. L. 1987, c. 127, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-57 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-57
Appropriation of money by local unit
Status: in_force

The local unit shall have power from time to time, pursuant to ordinance of its governing body, and for such period and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as may be provided in such ordinance and accepted by the municipal port authority to appropriate money for all or any part of the cost of acquisition or construction of any project of the municipal port authority. L.1960, c. 192, p. 828, s. 29, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-34 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-34
Power of financial officer to sell bonds
Status: in_force

The governing body, by resolution, may designate a financial officer of the local unit to sell and award bonds in accordance with the advertised terms of public sale. The financial officer making any such sale shall report in writing to the governing body at the next meeting thereof as to the principal amount, interest rate, and maturities of the bonds sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-14
Ballot; form and content
Status: in_force

The ballots at the recall election shall conform to the requirements of this subtitle respecting the election for councilmen at the municipal election, except that for the words "municipal election" there shall be substituted the words "recall election" . The recall features of the ballot shall appear at the top thereof and shall be separated from the portion of the ballot for the election of councilmen by a heavy black line. The proposal for recall shall be placed on the ballot in the following manner: "Shall (here insert name of councilman) be removed from the office of councilman by recall?" This matter shall occupy two lines in bold-faced type. Immediately below the above wording shall appear the phrase "for recall" , and immediately underneath such phrase the words "against recall" . Immediately at the left of each of these two phrases shall be printed a square, in which the voter may make a cross ( x ) or plus (+) mark. Immediately below the foregoing shall appear the following: "Indicate your vote by placing a cross ( x ) or plus (+) mark in one of the squares above."
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-52
Use of public places
Status: in_force

In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, every municipal authority is hereby authorized to construct, maintain and operate its utility system along, over, under and in any streets, alleys, highways and other public places within or without the district, doing no unnecessary injury thereto and making no unnecessary interruption in or interference with the public use of such places and restoring the same to their former usefulness and condition within a reasonable time. L.1957, c. 183, p. 672, s. 52, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-60.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-60.2
Powers and duties of deputies, secretaries and aides
Status: in_force

The mayor shall prescribe, in writing, the powers and duties of the deputy or deputies, personal secretary, executive secretary, and aides to the mayor. L.1963, c. 69, s. 2, eff. May 28, 1963. Amended by L.1970, c. 168, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-11
Acceptance of property in trust; appointment of trustees
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality which is or shall be the beneficiary of such a trust may accept it for the purposes set forth in section 40:60-10 of this title and may appoint any number of trustees designated by the terms and under the conditions of the trust instrument.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-66 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-66
Annual audit
Status: in_force

Each municipal port authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose it shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the municipal port authority within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the municipal port authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in the office of the chief financial officer of the local unit within 5 days after the original report is filed with the municipal port authority. L.1960, c. 192, p. 832, s. 38, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Rights of citizens
Status: in_force

All residents in the territory annexed shall immediately become residents of the county to which the territory is annexed. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.41 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.41
Maximum amount payable for transfer to municipality; limitation on reduction; reissuance
Status: in_force

No such contract shall authorize payment to the licensee for transfer of the license to the municipality of a sum in excess of $30,000.00 and no such contract shall result in the reduction in the number of retail consumption licenses to fewer than one for each 3,000 of the municipality's population, and no license so acquired by the municipality shall be reissued to any applicant. L.1968, c. 277, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1968. Amended by L.1979, c. 61, s. 1, eff. April 4, 1979; L.1982, c. 62, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-103 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-103
Expenses of operation and maintenance; first year's expenses; notes issued
Status: in_force

To meet the expense of operation and maintenance of such water systems, tax anticipation and tax revenue notes or bonds may be issued by the governing body of the municipality in the manner provided by law, but such notes or bonds shall be issued and charged only against taxes for the district supplied with water. To meet the expense of operation and maintenance of any water system for the calendar year in which the system is installed, tax anticipation notes or bonds may be issued by the governing body of the municipality, against taxes to be levied and assessed for the following year against property in the district, which notes or bonds shall mature not later than December thirty-first of such following year, and may be extended or refunded as provided by law in the case of other tax anticipation notes or bonds. All such tax anticipation or tax revenue notes shall state, in addition to any statement required by law, that they are issued against taxes for the certain water district.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-97 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-97
Insurance coverage for members.
Status: in_force

40A:14-97. A municipality, fire district, regional authority, or county shall provide members of a Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary established as an auxiliary to a volunteer fire department or to an incorporated volunteer fire company with a minimum amount of workers' compensation insurance. amended 1979, c.230, s.4; 2020, c.126, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.3
Commissioners; term
Status: in_force

The commissioners first elected shall hold office for the term of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years respectively, as indicated and fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. All commissioners thereafter elected shall serve for the term of 5 years and all vacancies shall be filled by the board of chosen freeholders for the unexpired term only. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid from funds of the commission by the county treasurer upon warrants signed by the president or vice-president and secretary. In counties now having a county park commission under the provisions of the act of which this act is amendatory and consisting of 5 members, the additional 4 members to be appointed under this amendatory act shall hold office for the terms of 1, 2, 3 and 4 years, respectively, as indicated and fixed by the board of chosen freeholders, and thereafter all such commissioners shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, and all vacancies shall be filled by the board of chosen freeholders for the unexpired term only. In counties not now having such a county park commission the commissioners first appointed shall hold office, as follows: 2 each for terms of 1, 2, 3 and 4 years and 1 for 5 years, respectively, as indicated and fixed by the board of chosen freeholders, and thereafter all commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 5 years and all vacancies shall be filled by the board of chosen freeholders for the unexpired terms only. L.1946, c. 276, p. 941, s. 3. Amended by L.1955, c. 269, p. 991, s. 2, eff. Jan. 16, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.15
County code of ethics established
Status: in_force

Within 90 days after the establishment of a county ethics board, that ethics board shall promulgate, by resolution, a county code of ethics for all local government officers and employees serving the county. Local government officers and employees serving a county independent authority shall be deemed to be serving the county for purposes of this act. The county code of ethics so promulgated shall be either identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act or more restrictive, but shall not be less restrictive. Within 15 days following the promulgation thereof, the county code of ethics, and a notice of the date of the public hearing to be held thereon, shall be published in at least one newspaper circulating within the county and shall be distributed to the county clerk and to the heads of the local government agencies serving the county for circulation among the local government officers and employees serving the county. The county ethics board shall hold a public hearing on the county code of ethics not less than 30 days following its promulgation at which any local government officer or employee serving the county and any other person wishing to be heard shall be permitted to testify. As a result of the hearing, the ethics board may amend or supplement the county code of ethics as it deems necessary. If the county code of ethics is not identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act, the county ethics board shall thereafter submit the county code of ethics to the Local Finance Board for approval. The board shall approve or disapprove a county code of ethics within 60 days following receipt. If the board fails to act within that period, the county code of ethics shall be deemed approved. A county code of ethics requiring board approval shall take effect for all local government officers and employees serving the county 60 days after approval by the board. A county code of ethics identical to the provisions set forth in section 5 of this act shall take effect 10 days after the public hearing thereon. The county ethics board shall forward a copy of the county code of ethics to the county clerk and shall make copies of the county code of ethics available to local government officers and employees serving the county. L.1991,c.29,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-23
Officers of old municipality residing in new municipality; how affected
Status: in_force

If a newly created municipality shall include a part of another municipality, any officer thereof residing within the limits of the newly created municipality shall hold his office and perform the duties thereof until the next general election is held for the election of officers within the old municipality, at which time some other person residing in the remaining part of said municipality shall be elected in his place whether the term of office for which he was originally elected has expired or not. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 685, s. 153, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-2
Contracts as to bonds, notes not impaired
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any sinking fund commission to do any act in violation of the contractual obligations of the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, in respect to any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of such municipality, county or school district for the payment of which a sinking fund shall have been or may hereafter be created.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-134 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-134
Bonds for construction and maintenance
Status: in_force

If it shall be necessary for any municipality which has entered into a joint contract for the construction and maintenance of any improvement or works under the provisions of this article to issue its bonds to raise the money necessary to defray its proportion of the cost, or any part of such cost thereof, or of any sewer or sewers, system of sewerage, trunk, lateral or connecting sewer connecting with and discharging into such joint outlet or trunk sewer, or disposal plant or works, the body or board of such municipality having charge of its finances may, from time to time, by resolution, determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by the issue of such bonds, and thereupon, from time to time, bonds to the amounts so determined upon shall be executed on behalf of the municipality in the manner in which other bonds thereof are executed, which bonds so authorized and issued shall not exceed in amount ten per cent of the taxable property in the municipality as shown on its official books at the date of issue, and shall not be taken to be included within or governed by any limitation fixed by law to the amount of bonds authorized to be issued by any municipality executing such joint contract.
N.J. Stat. § 40:8C-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8C / Section 8C-1
Biotechnology defined
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Biotechnology" means the continually expanding body of fundamental knowledge about the functioning of biological systems from the macro level to the molecular and sub-atomic levels, as well as novel products, services, technologies and sub-technologies developed as a result of insights gained from research advances which add to that body of fundamental knowledge. L.1995,c.40,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:160-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 160 / Section 160-3
Elections in villages set off from townships
Status: in_force

L.1882, c. 121, p. 158 (C.S. p. 5753, s.s. 78 to 84), entitled "An act concerning elections in villages," approved March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, as amended by L.1890, c. 162, p. 262 (C.S. pp. 5754 to 5756, s.s. 85 to 99), approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and supplemented by L.1899, c. 187, p. 491 (C.S. p. 5754, s. 85a), approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, saved from repeal. [This act with its amendment and supplement provided for election officers and procedure in villages set off from townships.]
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-39 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-39
Anticipation of dedicated revenues.
Status: in_force

40A:4-39. a. In the budget of any local unit, dedicated revenues anticipated during the fiscal year from any dog tax, dog license, revenues collected pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1.2, solid fuel license, sinking fund for term bonds, bequest, escheat, federal grant, motor vehicle fine dedicated to road repairs, relocation costs deposited into a revolving relocation assistance fund established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1987, c.98 (C.20:4-4.1a), fee revenues collected in connection with recreation programs operated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1999, c.292 (C.40:48-2.56), receipts from franchise assessments levied pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1995, c.173 (C.40A:12A-53) to be retained by the municipality, refund payments from a joint insurance fund deposited into a joint insurance revolving fund established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1996, c.113 (C.40A:10-36.2), fee revenues collected in connection with the "Attorney Identification Card Program" pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.11 (C.40A:4-22.2), fee revenues imposed on delinquent amounts owed to the county or municipality and collected pursuant to section 37 of P.L.2000, c.126 (C.40:23-6.53) (as amended by section 2 of P.L.2009, c.233) or section 1 of P.L.1983, c.208 (C.40:48-5a) (as amended by section 3 of P.L.2009, c.233), and, subject to the prior written consent of the director, other items of like character when the revenue is not subject to reasonably accurate estimate in advance, may be included in said budget by annexing to said budget a statement in substantially the following form: "The dedicated revenues anticipated during the year ....... from ........ (here insert one or more of the sources above, as the case may be) are hereby anticipated as revenue and are hereby appropriated for the purposes to which said revenue is dedicated by statute or other legal requirement." b. Dedicated revenues included in accordance with this section shall be available for expenditure by the local unit as and when received in cash during the fiscal year. The inclusion of such dedicated revenues shall be subject to the approval of the director, who may require such explanatory statements or data in connection therewith as the director deems advisable for the information and protection of the public. Amended 1987, c.98, s.1; 1995, c.173, s.7; 1995, c.271, s.2; 1996, c.73, s.16; 1996, c.113, s.11; 1999, c.292, s.1; 2009, c.11, s.2; 2009, c.233, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-28
Referendum; submission to voters
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided the provisions of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall be inoperative in any county until adopted by the legal voters thereof at a general election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-63
Notice and protest
Status: in_force

50. Notice and Protest. Notice of the hearing on an amendment to the zoning ordinance proposing a change to the classification or boundaries of a zoning district, exclusive of classification or boundary changes recommended in a periodic general reexamination of the master plan by the planning board pursuant to section 76 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-89), shall be given prior to adoption in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.249 (C.40:55D-62.1). A protest against any proposed amendment or revision of a zoning ordinance may be filed with the municipal clerk, signed by the owners of 20% or more of the area either (1) of the lots or land included in such proposed change, or (2) of the lots or land extending 200 feet in all directions therefrom inclusive of street space, whether within or without the municipality. Such amendment or revision shall not become effective following the filing of such protest except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the governing body of the municipality. L.1975,c.291,s.50; amended 1991,c.256,s.19; 1995,c.249,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-126 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-126
Tax exemptions; property and revenues of authority; interest and income of bonds
Status: in_force

All property of the authority is hereby declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds, bond anticipation notes or other notes or obligations issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and public of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and such bonds, bond anticipation notes and other notes or obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all fees, charges, funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, bond anticipation notes or other notes or obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes. L.1979, c. 275, s. 21, eff. Jan. 3, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-15
Commissioners may enforce payment to sinking fund of sums due
Status: in_force

The sinking fund commission shall have power and authority to demand and enforce by appropriate legal proceedings the appropriation, collection and payment to the sinking fund of the proper amounts due thereto, as provided by this chapter or any other law.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-119 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-119
Meeting of district commissioners; division into districts
Status: in_force

Within 5 days following the election at which the voters of the county shall have adopted one of said optional plans, the district commissioners shall meet and, having first taken and subscribed before some officer authorized to administer oaths, an oath faithfully and impartially to perform the duties imposed upon them, shall forthwith proceed to divide the county into such number of districts as is specified in the adopted plan. L.1972, c. 154, s. 119, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.12a1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.12a1
Inspection of buildings.
Status: in_force

2. No exemption from inspection pursuant to the provisions of statutory law shall prevent any municipality from adopting an ordinance to provide for the inspection of buildings to assure the health, safety, and public welfare of the municipality and its residents. L.1983, c.2, s.2; amended 2013, c.253, s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-5.1
Authority of city of first class to contract for water supply, wastewater treatment services
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares it to be in the public interest and to be the public policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the collection, storage and distribution of an adequate supply of water for the inhabitants and businesses of the counties and municipalities of this State and to foster and promote the public health by providing for the collection and treatment of sewerage through adequate sewerage facilities. To further promote these interests, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the governing body of a city of the first class may enter into a contract with a duly incorporated nonprofit association for the provision of water supply services as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or for the provision of wastewater treatment services as defined in subsection (19) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or both, as the case may be. The governing body of a city of the first class that has entered into a contract with a duly incorporated nonprofit association pursuant to this section shall obtain the written opinion of bond counsel as to the effect of the contract on the tax exempt status of existing and future financing instruments executed by the parties given the terms of the contract and the federal laws or regulations concerning this matter. Any concession fee or monetary benefit paid by a duly incorporated nonprofit association to the governing body of a city of the first class shall be used for the purposes of reducing or off-setting property taxes, reducing water supply services or wastewater treatment services charges, rates or fees, one-time nonrecurring expenses or capital asset expenditures related to water supply facilities or wastewater treatment systems. Upon executing such contract, the duly incorporated nonprofit association shall be deemed to be providing essential governmental functions on behalf of the city of the first class and, to the extent permitted in the contract, shall exercise all powers and responsibilities of the city of the first class related to the provision of water supply services and wastewater treatment services now or hereinafter provided under law. The authorization provided in this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 3 through 6 of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.58:28-4 through 58:28-7). L.2002,c.47,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.6
Notification of governing bodies after adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters
Status: in_force

After the adoption of such ordinance, each governing body shall notify each of the other governing bodies proposing to unite in the joint library of such adoption. After the adoption of such ordinances by all such governing bodies, the question of uniting in such undertaking shall be submitted to the legal voters of each such municipality at the next general election unless said election is less than 40 days after the adoption of such ordinances, in which event it shall be submitted at the next succeeding general election. L.1959, c. 155, p. 619, s. 4, eff. Sept. 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.19
Rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements in park; acquisition by city
Status: in_force

In the event that the said public park should be subject to any rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements, the governing body is hereby authorized to acquire the same or the title in fee by purchase, gift or eminent domain, in the name of the city and the procedure for condemnation thereof shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1, Title 20, of the Revised Statutes. L.1954, c. 269, p. 995, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1955.