N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-59 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-59
Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
Status: in_force

All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any solid waste management authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the solid waste management authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the solid waste management authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the solid waste management authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the solid waste management authority. The deposits of the solid waste management authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the solid waste management authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1968, c. 249, s. 26, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:63-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 63 / Section 63-5
Powers of the Mayor
Status: in_force

a. The mayor shall be the chairman of the township committee and head of the municipal government. In those townships divided into wards the mayor shall be the member of the township committee elected at large. b. The mayor shall have all those powers placed in the mayor by general law. c. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the committee and shall have the right to debate and vote on all questions before the committee. L.1989,c.157,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-13
Street lighting; land, buildings and equipment
Status: in_force

The governing body may by ordinance cause the streets, highways, parks and public places of the municipality to be lighted, and erect and maintain on and in such streets, highways, parks and public places, all proper poles, conduits, wires, pipes, fixtures and equipment, and may acquire, by purchase, condemnation or gift, all necessary real estate, and erect thereon all necessary buildings and equip the same with necessary equipment and machinery, all at public expense.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.3
Sale of county property to municipality for public purposes
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, when any governing body of a county determines that all or any part of a tract of land, with or without improvements, owned by the county is not then needed for county purposes, it may, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, authorize a private sale and conveyance of the same, or any part thereof, to a municipality in the county without compliance with any other law governing disposal of lands by counties, for a consideration which may be nominal, and containing a limitation that such lands or buildings shall be used only for public purposes of such municipality, and that if said lands or buildings are not used in accordance with said limitation, title thereto shall revert to the county without any entry or reentry made thereon on behalf of such county. L.1975, c. 75, s. 1, eff. May 1, 1975. Amended by L.1983, c. 534, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-136 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-136
Leave of absence without pay; retention of pension and retirement benefits
Status: in_force

Leave of absence without pay may be granted by the authority in charge, to a member or officer of a municipal police department or force, in order that his services may be made available to the State or a county, or to a State or county department or agency. A request for a leave of absence shall be made in writing by the member or officer and the State or county, or the State or county department or agency, desiring his service, but no such leave of absence shall be used to displace an incumbent. Any such leave of absence shall not be for more than one year, but may be extended, in the same manner as originally granted, but in the aggregate, shall not exceed 5 years. Neither membership in the municipal police department or force, nor pension or retirement rights shall be affected by such leaves of absence, but pension contributions shall be payable notwithstanding such leaves of absence. Upon the expiration of any such leave of absence, the member or officer shall return to his original duties and resume his office, position or employment with the said department or force and be entitled to all salary adjustments, increments, seniority and pension rights, as if no leave had been granted. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-6
Library, art gallery and museum in parks; site; control
Status: in_force

A public library, art gallery, or museum, may be constructed or maintained in any public park or square in any municipality. The board or body having control of such park or square shall designate the part thereof upon which any such building may be constructed or maintained. The building shall be managed and controlled by the board or body charged with the care and maintenance thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.47 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.47
Snow and ice removal from private street open to public; penalties; taxation of costs of removal by municipality; lien
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to compel the owner of certain real property on which there has been constructed any private street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway which is open to the public or to which the public is invited, to remove all snow and ice from such street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway within 12 hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon. Any such ordinance may provide for the imposition of penalties for violation of same, and may provide for the removal of such snow or ice by the municipality where the owner of any such street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway shall fail to remove the same as provided in the ordinance. The cost of removal of any such snow or ice from any privately-owned street, highway, lane, alley or other roadway by the municipality shall be certified to the governing body of the municipality by the officer in charge thereof. The governing body shall examine such certificate, and if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real property, and the amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real property and be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon, and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes. The provisions of this act shall be applicable only to the owner of real property on which there has been constructed a multiple dwelling housing development containing three or more units of dwelling space which are occupied or are intended to be occupied by three or more persons who live independently of each other. L.1971, c. 51, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.11
Termination of boards of trustees of free public libraries of participating municipalities; assets and obligations
Status: in_force

Upon the formation of a joint free public library, the terms of office of the members of the board of trustees of any free public library of any participating municipality shall terminate. The assets and obligations of any such board of trustees shall devolve upon such municipality unless otherwise provided in the agreement. L.1959, c. 155, p. 621, s. 9, eff. Sept. 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.73 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.73
Principals, teachers and employees in public schools
Status: in_force

All principals, teachers, and employees in the public schools of the participating municipalities, or of any regional school district or portion thereof abolished by the consolidation, shall, when the consolidation becomes effective, be principals, teachers and employees respectively in the public schools of the school district established pursuant to section 38 of this act. L.1977, c. 435, s. 39, eff. March 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-5.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-5.3
Copy of code annexed to ordinance considered part of ordinance
Status: in_force

For the purpose of proof of any such ordinance or the receipt thereof in evidence in all courts and places, such copy of said code, so marked and so annexed to such ordinance, shall be construed to be part of said ordinance as fully as though it had been set forth at length therein. L.1946, c. 21, p. 60, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:72-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 72 / Section 72-11
Mayor; duties
Status: in_force

The mayor shall be president of the board and shall preside at its meetings, supervise all departments and report to the board for its action all matters requiring the attention of the board or any department.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-40
Additional powers.
Status: in_force

40. a. In addition to other powers conferred by this act or by any other law, and not in limitation thereof, every municipal authority, in connection with construction or operation of any part of a utility system, shall have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances (herein called "facilities" ) of any public utility, as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations. Whenever in connection with construction or operation of any part of a utility system, any municipal authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such facilities, which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any such real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations, should be relocated in such real property, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, streets, highways, playgrounds and reservations, or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the municipal authority, provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands, or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be paid by the municipal authority and may be included in the cost of such utility system. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location. b. In addition to the powers conferred by subsection a. of this section, an authority that is a pilot county utilities authority also shall have the power to fund improvements to county infrastructure in municipalities that are located in the pilot county and are served by the pilot county utilities authority, through the pilot county utilities authority's undesignated fund balance or unreserved retained earnings. Any such infrastructure improvements shall only be made by written agreement between the pilot county utilities authority and the governing body of the pilot county, and only following application to and approval by the Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. L.1957, c.183, s.40; amended 2013, c.190, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.14
Right to acquire real estate and other property; grants by franchise, lease or contract
Status: in_force

With the approval of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, the commission may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, such real estate and rights therein, and such other property as it may deem necessary and proper for its purposes. All such property shall be acquired by the commission in the name of the county. The authority in this section granted shall include, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders the right (a) to lease, as lessee, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the commission whether subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and use the same and dispose of any of the property so acquired no longer necessary for park purposes, (b) to grant by franchise, lease or contract the use of any park facilities or property to any person for recreational purposes upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon. Any such grant which shall be conditioned upon the construction or provision of any building, structures or improvement by such person may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs g. and i. of section 13 of this act (C. 40:37-95.13), be for such period of years as shall be agreed upon. L.1946, c. 276, p. 945, s. 14, eff. May 3, 1946. Amended by L.1968, c. 56, s. 1, eff. June 7, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-7
Existing commissioners continued; duties and powers; funds, contracts and employees
Status: in_force

L.1915, c. 325, s. 12, p. 593, as amended by L.1918, c. 58, s. 4, p. 170 [1924 Suppl. s. 136-3650A(12) ], said amendatory section being section four of an act "An act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the regulating, care and control of shade trees and shrubbery upon the public highways and in municipal parks, and for the care, control and improvement of such parks; authorizing the continuance of existing shade tree commissions, and the appointment of shade tree commissions and prescribing their powers and duties' (Revision of 1915), approved April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen," approved February sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, saved from repeal. [This section preserved shade tree commissions established theretofore, prescribed their duties and provided for the disposition of funds, rights of employees and execution of their contracts.]
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-2.2
Local contracting unit, compliance; report of false certification.
Status: in_force

2. a. A local contracting unit as defined in and subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), shall implement and comply with the provisions of P.L.2022, c.3 (C.52:32-60.1 et al.), except that the contracting unit shall rely on the list developed by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2022, c.3 (C.52:32-60.1). b. If the local contracting unit determines that a person has submitted a false certification concerning its engagement in prohibited activities in Russia or Belarus pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2022, c.3 (C.52:32-60.1), the local contracting unit shall report to the New Jersey Attorney General the name of that person or entity, and the Attorney General shall determine whether to bring a civil action against the person to collect the penalty prescribed in subsection c. of section 1 of P.L.2022, c.3 (C.52:32-60.1). c. The local contracting unit may also report to the municipal attorney or county counsel, as appropriate, the name of that person, together with its information as to the false certification, and the municipal attorney or county counsel, as appropriate, may determine to bring such civil action against the person to collect such penalty. L.2022, c.3, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48B-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48B / Section 48B-1.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms wherever used or referred to in this act shall have the following respective meanings: (1) "Governing body" shall mean the commission, council, board or body, by whatever name it may be known, having charge of the finances of a county or municipality. (2) "Person" shall mean any person, association, corporation, nation, State, or any agency or subdivision thereof, or a county or municipality of the State. (3) "Construct" and "construction" shall connote and include acts of construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension, improvement and betterment of lands, public improvements, works, facilities, services or undertakings. (4) "Operate" and "operation" shall mean and include acquisition, construction, maintenance, management and administration of any lands, public improvements, works, facilities, services or undertakings. (5) "Local unit" shall mean any municipality or county. L.1960, c. 3, p. 19, s. 10. Amended by L.1973, c. 208, s. 11, eff. Aug. 2, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-142 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-142
Procedure for municipality located in pinelands area.
Status: in_force

6. a. Any municipality located in whole or in part in the pinelands area, as defined in the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.), shall submit the proposed development transfer ordinance, development transfer and utility service plan elements of the master plan, real estate market analysis, and capital improvement program to the Pinelands Commission for review for those areas included in that proposed ordinance that are situated within the pinelands area. The Pinelands Commission shall determine whether the proposed ordinance is compatible with the provisions of the "Pinelands Development Credit Bank Act," 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 proposed development transfer ordinance is not compatible or consistent, the commission shall make such recommendations as may be necessary to conform the proposed ordinance with the comprehensive management plan. The municipality shall not adopt the proposed ordinance unless the changes recommended by the Pinelands Commission have been included in the ordinance. b. No development transfer ordinance that involves land in the pinelands area shall take effect unless it has been certified by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to the provisions of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) and the comprehensive management plan. L.2004,c.2,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-23
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1948, c. 348, p. 1376, s. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-8
Cost of trees and improvements; charge and lien on property; exceptions
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided the initial cost of all trees planted by the commission, the cost of planting the same, the cost of the posts and boxes or guards used for the protection thereof, and the cost of the removal of any tree or part thereof dangerous to public safety shall, if the commission shall so determine, in accordance with uniform rules and regulations promulgated for this purpose, be a charge upon the real estate in front of which such tree or trees shall be planted or removed as an improvement thereof. Such cost if it is so determined that it is to be paid by the owner shall, unless paid directly to the commission be certified by it to the collector of taxes of the municipality, shall thereupon become and be a lien upon said real estate, shall be included in the next tax bill rendered to the owner or owners thereof, and be collected in the same manner as other taxes against that property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: a. A planting to replace a tree or trees theretofore planted by the commission; b. A planting in connection with Arbor Day exercises or other educational demonstration. Amended by L.1958, c. 42, p. 138, s. 6, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-15
Completion of improvements already begun
Status: in_force

L.1917, c. 152, Art. XX, s. 52, p. 396, 1924 Suppl. s. 136-2052; section 52 of Article XX of an act entitled "An act concerning municipalities," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, as amended by "An act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning municipalities,' approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and constituting chapter 152 of the pamphlet laws of 1917," approved March thirty-first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 129, p. 254), saved from repeal. [This section provides that work theretofore begun shall be completed under the provisions hereof.]
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-150.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-150.1
Names of employees of water commissions established by two or more municipalities in second class counties between 300,000 and 325,000
Status: in_force

Any water commission, established pursuant to sections 40:62-108 to 40:62-150 of the Revised Statutes, by two or more municipalities in counties of the second class now having a population between three hundred thousand and three hundred and twenty-five thousand shall, upon written petition regulating the same, signed by a majority of the employees of said water commission employed by it on the effective date of this act, certify to the Civil Service Commission the names of all those employees, including the secretary-treasurer, employed by the said commission on the effective date of this act. L.1949, c. 289, p. 886, s. 1, eff. May 28, 1949.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-215 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-215
Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court may make such rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this Title as it shall deem appropriate. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 663, s. 95, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-85 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-85
Regional board of adjustment
Status: in_force

A regional board of adjustment shall consist of at least seven members. Each member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, except that of the first members to be appointed, the term of at least one member shall expire at the end of every year. A regional board of adjustment shall have all the powers of a municipal board of adjustment of each of the constituent municipalities and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be subject to the provisions of this act relating to municipal boards of adjustment. Except for determination of matters pending before them at the time of creation of a regional board of adjustment, the jurisdiction of all municipal boards of adjustment in the constituent municipalities shall be terminated by the regional board. L.1975, c. 291, s. 72, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-65 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-65
Undertakings for deposits of municipal authority
Status: in_force

All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any municipal authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the municipal authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the municipal authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the municipal authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed with the municipal authority or in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the municipal authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the municipal authority may approve. The deposits of the municipal authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the municipal authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1957, c. 183, p. 677, s. 65, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.12
Employees and assistant employees
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint such employees and assistant employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. L.1940, c. 24, s. 11, eff. March 30, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-159 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-159
Source of pension fund; assessment of members of force
Status: in_force

The commission shall monthly pay to the treasurer of the fund all moneys collected in payment of fines imposed upon members of the police force, who are members of said fund, and all moneys deducted or withheld from the pay of members of the police force, who are members of said fund, by reason of absence from duty from any cause. These moneys shall constitute part of the police pension or retirement fund. There shall be added to the fund any moneys from time to time donated to the purpose, and all moneys derived from the sale of unclaimed goods or property coming into the possession of the park police. There shall also be added the moneys collected by subscription or assessment from or upon the members of the park police force or department, which subscription or assessment shall be 5% per annum of the annual salary of every member of the force or department, who is a member of said fund, in order to entitle him to the benefits of the pension or retirement fund as hereinafter provided. The assessments shall be collected from each periodic payment of the salary of each such member of the force. Amended by L.1951, c. 324, p. 1159, s. 2; L.1955, c. 195, p. 770, s. 1, eff. Aug. 4, 1955.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-11
Division into wards by ward commissioners
Status: in_force

A municipality shall be divided by the ward commissioners, in the manner provided in this act, into so many wards as the charter or form of government, or ordinance, may provide. The members of the county board of elections of the county in which the municipality is located, together with the municipal clerk, shall constitute the ward commissioners. L.1981, c. 496, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.9
Municipal administrator
Status: in_force

The municipal administrator shall administer the business affairs of the municipality and shall, as provided by ordinance, have such powers and perform such duties which are not required by this article or general law to be exercised by the mayor, council or other officer, board or body. The administrator shall receive such compensation as may be provided by ordinance. The municipal administrator shall serve during the term of office of the mayor, but may be removed by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the council. The resolution of removal shall become effective three months after its adoption. The council may provide that the resolution shall have immediate effect, but in that case the council shall cause to be paid to the administrator forthwith any unpaid balance of his salary and his salary for the next three calendar months following adoption of the 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. 1981, c. 465, s. 36, eff. Jan. 9, 1982. Amended by L. 1985, c. 458, s. 2, eff. Jan. 15, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:27-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-18
Investments; exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and publicˆbodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banksˆand institutions, building and loan associations, insurance associations and other persons carrying on any insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest anyˆsinking fund moneys or other funds belonging to them within their control in anyˆbonds of a local unit authorized pursuant to this chapter, and the bonds are authorized as security for any and all public deposits. These bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation except for the transfer inheritance taxes. Source: C. 40:23-44 (P.L. 1977, c. 333, s. 11). L. 1987, c. 179, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-34 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-34
Ordinances; contents; payment to municipality; use of funds; effective date of imposition of tax
Status: in_force

a. Every ordinance imposing a tax pursuant to this act shall provide methods for reporting taxes due and providing for the collection thereof. All taxes pursuant to any such ordinance shall be remitted to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality and shall constitute revenues of the municipality available for any lawful municipal purpose. b. Any ordinance imposing a tax pursuant to this act or increasing or decreasing the rate of such tax shall take effect only the first day of any calendar month in any year. L.1970, c. 326, s. 34, eff. Dec. 23, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-16.1
Adoption of prioritized list of eligible farmland.
Status: in_force

7. The county agriculture development board of a county in which the voters of the county have approved, in a general or special election, a proposition authorizing the acquisition of lands for farmland preservation purposes pursuant to P.L.1989, c.30 (C.40:12-16 et seq.) or P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq. ) shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 24 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-31), adopt a prioritized list of farmland eligible for acquisition of development easements thereon by installment purchase agreements pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.157 (C.40:12-16.1 et al.) if the county intends to acquire development easements on farmland in that manner. The governing body of the county shall annually appropriate from the "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.2) such amounts as it may deem necessary to finance the acquisition of development easements on farmland within that county by installment purchase agreement. L.1992, c.157, s.7; amended 1997, c.24, s.11; 2011, c.173, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-25
Expiration of terms of existing members
Status: in_force

The terms of office of all chosen freeholders in any county then in office shall expire at the annual stated meeting next succeeding the election of chosen freeholders in such county under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title notwithstanding that the members of such previous boards may have been elected or appointed for a longer term. The members of such boards whose offices shall be so terminated shall be paid as compensation for their services only that part of the annual salary or emolument then provided by law calculated to the date of such termination.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.57 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.57
Discharge of commission
Status: in_force

The consolidation commission shall be discharged: a. On the date of the filing of its final report and recommendations, if such report recommends against the consolidation of the participating municipalities; b. On the date of the certification of the results of the referendum, if such certification establishes that the consolidation recommended by the commission has not been approved by the voters of each of the participating municipalities; or, c. If the plan of consolidation is approved by the voters of the participating municipalities, on the one hundredth and eighty-first day following the date of consolidation, or on such date as the governing body of the consolidated municipality shall adopt permanent ordinances, rules and regulations for the consolidated municipality, whichever shall occur sooner, during which interval the commission shall serve as an advisory body to the governing body of the consolidated municipality. L.1977, c. 435, s. 23, eff. March 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:34-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 34 / Section 34-1
Erection and maintenance
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may construct and maintain, or contribute funds towards the construction and maintenance of such statues, monuments or other memorials in any public place in the county as it may deem advisable and suitable for the commemoration of any person or event. The board may also accept any statue, monument or memorial presented to it, and thereafter maintain the same.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-17 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-17
Creation of housing authority
Status: in_force

17. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the governing body of any county or municipality may, by ordinance, or by resolution in the case of a county whose charter does not provide for the adoption of ordinances, create a body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority of . . . ," inserting the name of the county or municipality. The authority shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the municipality or county creating it. A housing authority shall be created pursuant to the procedures of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). The authority shall consist of seven members. In a county that operates under the "county executive plan" set forth in the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), six members shall be appointed by the county executive with the advice and consent of the board of chosen freeholders, and one member shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Community Affairs. In all other counties and municipalities, five members shall be appointed by the governing body of the county or municipality, as the case may be, one by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or in the case of a county by the director of the board of chosen freeholders or by the chief executive officer of the county if the county's charter provides for such an officer, and one by the Commissioner of Community Affairs. The members shall serve for terms of five years and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified; except that of the five members first appointed by the governing body one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years. All appointments shall be subject to and made in the manner required by the law under which the county or municipality is governed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made, but for the unexpired term. If a vacancy is not filled by the county executive, governing body or chief executive officer within 90 days of the occurrence of the vacancy, the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall notify the county executive, governing body or chief executive officer of his intent to fill the vacancy if it is not filled in 30 days. If the vacancy is not filled within that 30 day period, the commissioner may appoint a member for the unexpired term. In any county or municipality which has heretofore created a housing authority pursuant to R.S.55:14A-4, the members of the authority who were appointed by the governing body and the chief executive officer of the county or municipality and who are in office upon the effective date of this act shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they are appointed and qualified in accordance with the terms of this act. b. No municipality which has been included with its consent within the area of operation of a county housing authority shall thereafter create a municipal housing authority. Where there is no housing authority in existence in any municipality of a county, the governing body of that county may create a housing authority, and thereafter no municipality within that county shall create an authority without the consent of the county governing body and the county housing authority. c. A county may provide such publicly assisted housing programs as it chooses anywhere within the county; but it may provide such programs in municipalities which are within the area of operation of a county or municipal housing authority only after adoption of a resolution of the housing authority consenting thereto. d. No more than one member of a housing authority may be an officer or employee of the municipality or county by which the authority is created. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any member shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality or the county, as the case may be, and that certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of that member. A member of an authority shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of the duties of membership, including travel expenses. The powers of the authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon the affirmative vote of the majority, but not less than four of the members present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. The authority shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members, and shall employ an executive director, who shall be its secretary. e. No member or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in such a project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials and services to be furnished or used in connection with any housing project. If any member or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in a housing project he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority and the disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Failure to disclose such an interest shall constitute misconduct in office. A member or employee required by this subsection to make such a disclosure shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting the property with respect to which such disclosure is required. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office a member of an authority may be removed by the governing body or officer by which he was appointed; but a member may be removed only after he has been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to a hearing thereon and has had the opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of a removal of any member of an authority a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county or municipality. L.1992,c.79,s.17; amended 1993,c.344,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-46.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-46.3
Employees
Status: in_force

A city of the second class in any county of the second class operating a transportation system may appoint or hire any and all employees necessary for such purpose in the same manner as other municipal employees are appointed or hired. L.1959, c. 60, p. 169, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-5
Vacancy
Status: in_force

Upon the vacancy in the office of a commissioner caused by his death, resignation or refusal to serve, the Superior Court shall appoint another commissioner to fill the vacancy. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:71-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 71 / Section 71-7
If majority against adoption no petition for certain period
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast are against the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.) said chapters shall remain inoperative and no further proceedings shall be taken until after the beginning of the last year of the term of the mayor, or equivalent officer, elected at the election following the rejection of said chapters 70 to 76, after which date, upon the presentation of another petition or request as hereinbefore provided, the same procedure shall be had and the question of the adoption or rejection of the provisions of said chapters 70 to 76 again submitted in the manner herein prescribed and with the same force and effect.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54A-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54A / Section 54A-11
Annual report of authority; rights and powers of municipality; appropriations; use of funds; budget; record of accounts
Status: in_force

Each authority shall make an annual report to the municipality by which it has been created, setting forth in detail its operations and transactions for the preceding 12 months. The creation of an authority by a municipality shall not be deemed to limit in any manner the municipality's right to deal with its lands, or to sell or lease the same, independently of such authority, as heretofore, but the powers conferred upon such municipality and authority by this chapter shall be in addition to any rights or powers now possessed by such municipality with reference to its lands or other properties. The governing body of such municipality creating an authority under this chapter may appropriate annually, during the life of its authority, such sums as may be reasonably necessary to conduct the normal operations of the authority, but no moneys so appropriated shall be used by an authority for the construction of any building or to finance such construction. The authority shall annually present to the chief financial officer of the municipality its budget for operations for the ensuing year, reflecting therein all unexpended balances on hand from previous appropriations received from the municipality, at the same time and in the same manner and form as is required by several departments of the municipality's government, and the budget so submitted shall be acted upon as in the case of the budgets of such several municipal departments, and, being so acted upon, shall be made a part of the municipality's budget. Each authority shall keep complete and accurate records of its accounts, and separate accounts shall be kept for its normal functions. No authority shall exceed its budget, and moneys received from the municipality by which it has been created shall be expended only for the purposes for which they have been appropriated. L.1964, c. 103, s. 11, eff. May 29, 1964.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-30.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-30.2
Certified county purchasing official; application for certification
Status: in_force

Commencing on the effective date of this act, the director shall accept applications for certification as "certified county purchasing official." An applicant shall present to the director a verified application in writing on forms provided by the Division of Local Government Services setting forth that the applicant is a citizen of the United States, has obtained a certificate or diploma issued after at least 4 years of study in approved secondary school or has received an academic education considered and accepted by the Commissioner of Education as fully equivalent, and has graduated from a 4-year course at a college of recognized standing, with a major course of study in business administration, public administration or some related subject. An applicant who does not meet the college education requirement may substitute, on a year-for-year basis, experience in a position as purchasing agent or director of purchasing for any county of this State or as the primary administrator of a centralized purchasing system maintained by any such county. Each applicant substituting experience in one or more of said positions must have been employed in said position or positions on a full-time basis for a period in the aggregate of not less than 4 years. Proof of this service shall be verified by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders of the county or with respect to counties operating under the "Optional County Charter Law" (P.L.1972, c. 154, C. 40:41A-1 et seq.) by certification by the officer charged with exercising the executive power of the county. Every applicant shall also furnish proof that he has received certificates indicating satisfactory completion of, or has been the instructor of, principles of public purchasing courses No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 as offered by Rutgers, The State University, or such other training courses as are certified as their equivalent by Rutgers and approved by the Division of Local Government Services. L.1981, c. 380, s. 2, eff. Dec. 31, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-14
Annual appropriation to fund
Status: in_force

The governing body of a local unit may annually appropriate to the fund such money as it may determine to be necessary for the purpose set forth in the preceding section. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-12
Municipal gas, steam and electricity plants; establishment and equipment; consent of other municipalities; procedure on refusal
Status: in_force

Any municipality may purchase, condemn, take, have and hold all real or personal property, within or without the corporate limits of the municipality, necessary for the manufacture, generation, accumulation, storage, transmission and distribution of gas, electricity, steam or other product, or all of them, for supplying light, heat or power, or any two or all of them, for its own public purposes, and for the purpose of selling and supplying the same to its own inhabitants or to any other municipality, or both. Any municipality may purchase, condemn, take, construct, maintain and operate a plant or plants for producing and distributing, or either, gas, electricity, steam, or other product, or all of them, for supplying light, heat or power, or any two or all of them, and all buildings, stations, machinery, apparatus, wires, poles, pipes, subways or conduits and appurtenances of every kind that may be necessary and useful for such purposes, with full power and authority to erect and maintain poles and string wires for the transmission of electric currents on any and all streets, avenues and highways of the municipality, or any other municipality. Any municipality may string electric wires or lay gas or steam pipes, or other heat, light or power conductors therein, but one municipality shall not erect poles, string wires, lay pipes or other heat, light or power conductors in any other municipality until the governing body of such other municipality shall, by resolution, consent thereto, or until an order is made as hereinafter in this article provided. If the governing body of such other municipality shall refuse or neglect to give such consent, the Superior Court in an action by the municipality so applying for such consent may direct the terms on which such poles may be erected, wires strung, pipes or other heat, light or power conductors may be laid. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Upon the entry of the order or judgment of the court the municipality may in accordance therewith proceed with the work in the other municipality. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 713, s. 210, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-19
Appropriation for operating
Status: in_force

The county may appropriate, and the board shall annually include in the budget, the amount of money deemed necessary for operating, maintaining, improving and regulating such lands and buildings and structures thereon. L.1951, c. 116, p. 526, s. 6, eff. May 29, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-48 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-48
Self-liquidating utility deficits
Status: in_force

The amount of the deficit in the income of a self-liquidating municipal public utility applicable to interest and debt redemption, or the prospective amount of such deficit as determined by the local government board or, in the case of a project undertaken pursuant to the urban redevelopment law, the Division of Planning and Development in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, shall be capitalized at 5% and the capital sum so determined shall not be deductible from the gross debt. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-28
Equalization of property assessments for apportionment of taxes.
Status: in_force

28. a. If a revaluation of property for the consolidated municipality is not implemented for the first local budget year of the consolidated municipality, then the assessments on the properties owned by the taxpayers of the former municipalities shall be equalized for the apportionment of taxes for the consolidated municipality, in the same manner as assessments are equalized for the apportionment of county taxes. b. The owners of any residential property or residential tenants of any municipality consolidated under sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.), or the "Municipal Consolidation Act," P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.35 et al.), who experience a municipal or school district purposes real property tax increase in the first tax year following the municipal consolidation shall be entitled to annual property tax relief until such time as they sell or transfer their home or no longer reside as tenants in the rental unit they occupied just prior to the municipal consolidation. In the case of the owner of residential property, the property tax relief shall be reflected as a credit on the property tax bill equal to the difference between the municipal and school district purposes real property tax payable by the taxpayer for the tax year, subject to any adjustment as determined necessary by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs to reflect operating budgets for a normal pre-consolidated fiscal year, and the municipal and school district purposes real property tax billed to that taxpayer for the tax year during which the consolidation is effectuated, as may be adjusted by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs to reflect normal post-consolidation operating budgets for the municipalities and school districts. In the case of a residential tenant, the tax credit applied to an apartment property shall be distributed to eligible tenants pursuant to the provisions of the "Tenants' Property Tax Rebate Act," P.L.1976, c.63 (C.54:4-6.2 et seq.) and this section. The total of all such relief in the municipality shall be paid by the State to the municipality on a schedule determined by the Local Finance Board. For the purpose of this subsection, a "normal" budget year shall be one that, in the determination of the director, does not reflect expenses made in anticipation of, or in implementation of, a municipal consolidation. L.2007, c.63, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-43
Qualifications
Status: in_force

The administrator shall by education, experience and ability be qualified to perform the duties established for him. He need not be a resident of the county at the time of his appointment, but during his tenure he may live outside the county only with the permission of the county executive. L.1972, c. 154, s. 43, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 15, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-6
Local units sharing services, designation of primary employer; rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. a. In the case of an agreement for the provision of services by an officer or employee of a local unit who is required to comply with a State license or certification requirement as a condition of employment, the agreement shall provide for the payment of a salary to the officer or employee and shall designate one of the local units as the primary employer of the officer or employee for the purpose of that person's tenure rights. If the agreement fails to designate one of the local units as the primary employer, then the local unit having the largest population, shall be deemed the primary employer for the purposes of that person's tenure rights. b. A State department or agency with oversight over specific activities that are the subject of a shared service agreement may promulgate whatever rules and regulations it deems necessary to ensure that the service continues to be provided in accordance with the requirements of that department or agency. L.2007, c.63, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-102 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-102
Vacancy in office, other than by expiration of term
Status: in_force

When a vacancy shall occur in the office of sheriff of any county, other than by expiration of term, the Governor shall fill such vacancy with the advice and consent of the Senate by appointment of a member of the same political party as that of the previous incumbent of the office, and the commission of said appointee shall expire when a successor is elected and qualified. The successor in such case shall be elected for a term of 3 years at the general election next succeeding the happening of the vacancy unless such vacancy shall occur within 37 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled at the second succeeding general election. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:64-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-2
Referendum prohibiting Sunday sales in county
Status: in_force

15. a. Section 14 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.40A:64-1) prohibiting Sunday sales shall not become operative in any county unless the voters of the county have determined by referendum held pursuant to this section or its predecessor that Sunday sales shall not be permitted in the county. b. A public question as to whether Sunday sales shall be permitted in a county shall be submitted to the voters of the county at a general election if a petition signed by not less than 2,500 registered voters of the county requesting that the question be submitted is filed with the county clerk prior to the 45th day preceding the general election. c. There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such election, the following: If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross (X), plus (+) or check ( ) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross (X), plus (+) or check ( ) in the square opposite the word "No." YES. Shall Sunday sales be permitted in this county? NO., In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the instructions and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines. d. If at the election at which the question is submitted, the majority of all the votes cast are cast against the question, the provisions of section 14 of P.L.1999, c.90 (C.40A:64-1) shall be operative in the county on the first Sunday after the election. If a majority of votes is cast in favor of the question, the provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in the county. e. In a county in which there has been a referendum on Sunday sales provided in this section, a public question as to whether Sunday sales shall be permitted shall be submitted again to the voters of the county if three years has elapsed since the last referendum on the subject and a petition signed by at least 10% of the registered voters of the county requesting that the question again be submitted is filed with the county clerk. The election shall be held at the next general election after the 45th day following the date of the filing of the petition in the same manner as provided in subsection c. L.1999,c.90, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-16 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-16
Powers of municipality, county, housing authority.
Status: in_force

16. a. In order to carry out the housing purposes of this act, a municipality, county, or housing authority may exercise the following powers, in addition to those set forth in section 22 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-22): (1) Plan, construct, own, and operate housing projects; maintain, reconstruct, improve, alter, or repair any housing project or any part thereof; and for these purposes, receive and accept from the State or federal government, or any other source, funds or other financial assistance; (2) Lease or rent any dwelling house, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any housing project; and pursuant to the provisions of this act, establish and revise the rents and charges therefor; (3) Acquire property pursuant to subsection i. of section 22 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-22); (4) Acquire, by condemnation, any land or building which is necessary for the housing project, pursuant to the provisions of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.); (5) Issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of section 29 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-29); (6) Cooperate with any other municipality, private, county, State or federal entity to provide funds to the municipality or other governmental entity and to homeowners, tenant associations, nonprofit or private developers to acquire, construct, rehabilitate or operate publicly assisted housing, and to provide rent subsidies for persons of low and moderate income, including the elderly, pursuant to applicable State or federal programs; (7) Encourage the use of demand side subsidy programs such as certificates and vouchers for low-income families and promote the use of project based certificates which provide subsidies for units in newly constructed and substantially rehabilitated structures, and of tenant based certificates which subsidize rent in existing units; (8) Cooperate with any State or federal entity to secure mortgage assistance for any person of low or moderate income; (9) Provide technical assistance and support to nonprofit organizations and private developers interested in constructing low- and moderate-income housing; (10) If it owns and operates public housing units, provide to the tenants public safety services, including protection against substance use disorder, and social services, including counseling and financial management, in cooperation with other agencies; (11) Provide emergency shelters, transitional housing and supporting services to homeless families and individuals. b. All housing projects, programs and actions undertaken pursuant to this act shall accord with the housing element of the master plan of the municipality within which undertaken, and with any fair share housing plan of the municipality, adopted pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.). L.1992, c.79, s.16; amended 2017, c.131, s.176; 2024, c.2, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-27
Mortgage or sale of property of authority; limitations; exemption
Status: in_force

Neither the sewerage authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the sewerage system, except that the sewerage authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the sewerage 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 sewerage 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 sewerage 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 sewerage authority on its system revenues. L.1946, c. 138, p. 670, s. 27, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-192.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-192.1
Question submitted, county clerk, no later than 74th day preceding election.
Status: in_force

23. Any question to be submitted to the voters pursuant to section 192 of P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-192) shall be submitted to the county clerk not later than the 74th day preceding the election. L.2023, c.124, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-116 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-116
Joint ownership
Status: in_force

The waterworks acquired by the commission appointed in pursuance of section 40:62-109 of this title, whether by a single purchaser or two or more purchasers or by one, or more than one, condemnation proceeding, shall be the property of the municipalities making the application or applications for the appointment of such commission, excepting any municipality or municipalities which may have withdrawn as hereinbefore provided, and authorizing the issuance of bonds, and the municipalities joining therein, as if they constituted a single municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-22
Moratorium on other petitions
Status: in_force

When a petition for a referendum pursuant to section 19 shall have been duly filed with the county clerk, no other such petition, and no resolution or other proceedings for the adoption of any other charter or form of government available to the county may be filed unless and until the voters shall decide said referendum question in the negative. L.1972, c. 154, s. 22, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-22
Dissolution of municipality
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality shall be dissolved under any special or general law, and shall then become or be made a part of any other municipality, or shall have its territory divided among several municipalities, the municipality of which it becomes a part, if it becomes a part of any one municipality, shall have and possess all its property, assets and liens, and shall be found by an charged with the payment of all its indebtedness or obligations for the payment of money, or otherwise. Where the municipality becomes a part of, or its territory is divided among several municipalities, apportionment shall be made of said assets, property, liens, debts, obligations and other liabilities, in the manner hereinbefore provided in case of the creation of a new municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48F-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48F / Section 48F-7
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. The State Treasurer shall promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L.2010, c.55 (C.40:48F-6 et al.) not later than the first day of the fourth full month next following enactment thereof. L.2010, c.55, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-13
Facility charges
Status: in_force

Every authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect facility charges. Such facility charges may be charged to and collected from any governmental unit or person and such governmental unit or person shall be liable for and shall pay such facility charges to the authority at the time when and place where such charges are due and payable. L.1967, c. 136, s. 13, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-13
Construction of power to share services.
Status: in_force

13. It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate and promote shared service agreements, and therefore the grant of power under sections 1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35) is intended to be as broad as is consistent with general law. L.2007, c.63, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.58 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.58
Recommendations in final report
Status: in_force

24. In its final report the consolidation commission may recommend: a. That a referendum be held to submit to the registered voters of the participating municipalities the question of whether or not the participating municipalities shall be consolidated into a single new municipality pursuant to the plan of consolidation set forth in the report. In which case, the commission shall also recommend: (1) The adoption of one of the plans or forms of government authorized under the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," the "commission form of government law," or the "municipal manager form of government law;" or, (2) That the governing bodies of the participating municipalities shall petition the Legislature, pursuant to Article IV, Section VII, Paragraph 10, of the Constitution, for the enactment of the special charter set forth in the final report of the commission; or, (3) That the plan or form of government of one of the participating municipalities be retained as the plan or form of government of the consolidated municipality. b. That the participating municipalities not be consolidated into a single new municipality. In which case, the commission may, if it deems appropriate, make alternative findings and recommendations to the governing bodies of the participating municipalities, in lieu of political consolidation, concerning the consolidation or regionalization of separate municipal services and functions pursuant to any of the statutes of this State that authorize and permit joint action, consolidation or regionalization of municipal services and functions; provided, however, that in the case of a finding or recommendation concerning the consolidation or regionalization of law enforcement services and functions, the joint action, consolidation, or regionalization shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of the "Interlocal Services Act," P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et al.) or the "Consolidated Municipal Service Act," P.L.1952, c.72 (C.40:48B-1 et seq.). Such alternative findings and recommendations may take either of the following forms: (1) A recommendation for the consolidation or regionalization of specific functions and services, which may include a designation of which functions or services are to be consolidated or regionalized and a suggested schedule therefor; or, (2) A recommended schedule for the staged regionalization or consolidation of the functions and services of the participating municipalities over some specific period of time leading to the reconsideration of the question of political consolidation at a later date. L.1977,c.435,s.24; amended 1992,c.145,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26B-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26B / Section 26B-3
Definitions relative to stormwater utilities.
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 1 through 18 of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-1 et seq.):
"Authority" means a county or municipal sewerage authority established pursuant to P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.), a county or municipal utilities authority established pursuant to P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), or a county improvement authority established pursuant to P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.).
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Division" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Green infrastructure" means a stormwater management system that treats stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil, treats stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil, or stores stormwater runoff for reuse.
"New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit" means any permit issued by the department pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-6).
"Stormwater" means water resulting from precipitation, including rain and snow, which runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
"Stormwater management system" means any equipment, plant, structures, machinery, apparatus, management practices, design practices, planning activities, or land, or any combination thereof, acquired, used, constructed, implemented, or operated to convey stormwater, control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants or flooding, induce or control the infiltration of groundwater recharge of stormwater, or eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances. L.2019, c.42, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-64 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-64
Tax anticipation notes
Status: in_force

In any fiscal year, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for such year, whether levied or to be levied in such year, or in anticipation of other revenues for such year, any local unit may, by resolution, borrow money and issue its negotiable notes, each of which shall be designated "tax anticipation note of 19 " (stating the fiscal year). L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-6.1
Information technology, cybersecurity professionals, hiring, shared services.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Community Affairs shall not exclude the hiring of information technology or cybersecurity professionals pursuant to a shared services agreement from any program, activity, assistance, or offering, administered by the department to incentivize local units to enter into shared services agreements when information technology or cybersecurity shared services are potential eligible uses of program funds. Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of the department to define categories of eligible hiring costs, establish a maximum number of years for which hiring costs are eligible, or to establish eligibility criteria including, but not limited to, cost effectiveness, efficiencies generated, and serving the public interest. b. For the purposes of this section, "department" means the Department of Community Affairs. L.2023, c.52.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-60 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-60
Tenure of exempt firemen in office, position or employment of State, county, municipality, school board or board of education; removal upon charges after hearing
Status: in_force

Whenever any person possessing an exempt fireman certificate holds an office, position or employment of the State, or a county or municipality or a school board or board of education for an indeterminate term, such person shall hold his office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political reasons but only for good cause after a fair and impartial hearing. For the purposes herein no term of office, position or employment of any such person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of a noncontinuous appointing or employing board or body; provided, however, that in no event is it intended that this provision shall apply to appointments made for a fixed or stated period of time. Any hearing for removal of an exempt fireman shall be upon a written complaint setting forth the charge or charges and filed with the authority in charge. A copy thereof shall be served upon the person so charged with notice of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The person so charged shall have the right to be represented by counsel and to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-45.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-45.2
Contents of general development plan
Status: in_force

A general development plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: a. A general land use plan at a scale specified by ordinance indicating the tract area and general locations of the land uses to be included in the planned development. The total number of dwelling units and amount of nonresidential floor area to be provided and proposed land area to be devoted to residential and nonresidential use shall be set forth. In addition, the proposed types of nonresidential uses to be included in the planned development shall be set forth, and the land area to be occupied by each proposed use shall be estimated. The density and intensity of use of the entire planned development shall be set forth, and a residential density and a nonresidential floor area ratio shall be provided; b. A circulation plan showing the general location and types of transportation facilities, including facilities for pedestrian access, within the planned development and any proposed improvements to the existing transportation system outside the planned development; c. An open space plan showing the proposed land area and general location of parks and any other land area to be set aside for conservation and recreational purposes and a general description of improvements proposed to be made thereon, including a plan for the operation and maintenance of parks and recreational lands; d. A utility plan indicating the need for and showing the proposed location of sewage and water lines, any drainage facilities necessitated by the physical characteristics of the site, proposed methods for handling solid waste disposal, and a plan for the operation and maintenance of proposed utilities; e. A storm water management plan setting forth the proposed method of controlling and managing storm water on the site; f. An environmental inventory including a general description of the vegetation, soils, topography, geology, surface hydrology, climate and cultural resources of the site, existing man-made structures or features and the probable impact of the development on the environmental attributes of the site; g. A community facility plan indicating the scope and type of supporting community facilities which may include, but not be limited to, educational or cultural facilities, historic sites, libraries, hospitals, firehouses, and police stations; h. A housing plan outlining the number of housing units to be provided and the extent to which any housing obligation assigned to the municipality pursuant to P.L. 1985, c. 222 (C. 52:27D-301 et al.) will be fulfilled by the development; i. A local service plan indicating those public services which the applicant proposes to provide and which may include, but not be limited to, water, sewer, cable and solid waste disposal; j. A fiscal report describing the anticipated demand on municipal services to be generated by the planned development and any other financial impacts to be faced by municipalities or school districts as a result of the completion of the planned development. The fiscal report shall also include a detailed projection of property tax revenues which will accrue to the county, municipality and school district according to the timing schedule provided under subsection k. of this section, and following the completion of the planned development in its entirety; k. A proposed timing schedule in the case of a planned development whose construction is contemplated over a period of years, including any terms or conditions which are intended to protect the interests of the public and of the residents who occupy any section of the planned development prior to the completion of the development in its entirety; and l. A municipal development agreement, which shall mean a written agreement between a municipality and a developer relating to the planned development. L. 1987, c. 129, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-16
Filing of ordinances
Status: in_force

Filing of ordinances. Development regulations, except for the official map, shall not take effect until a copy thereof shall be filed with the county planning board. A zoning ordinance or amendment or revision thereto which in whole or in part is inconsistent with or not designed to effectuate the land use plan element of the master plan shall not take effect until a copy of the resolution required by subsection a. of section 49 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-62) shall be filed with the county planning board. The secretary of the county planning board shall within 10 days of the date of receipt of a written request for copies of any development regulation make such available to the party so requesting with said secretary's certification that said copies are true copies and that all filed amendments and resolutions are included. A reasonable charge may be made by the county planning board for said copies. The official map of the municipality shall not take effect until filed with the county recording officer. Copies of all development regulations and any revisions or amendments thereto shall be filed and maintained in the office of the municipal clerk. L. 1975, c. 291, s. 7.5, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L. 1985, c. 516, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-4.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-4.11
"Senior citizen," "citizen with a disability" defined.
Status: in_force

2. For the purposes of P.L.1985, c.199 (C.40:48-4.10 et seq.), unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. "Senior citizen" means any individual 62 years of age or over. b. "Citizen with a disability" means any individual who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital condition, or other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is unable without special facilities or special planning or design to utilize mass transportation facilities and services as effectively as persons who are not so affected. L.1985, c.199, s.2; amended 2017, c.131, s.168.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:61-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-5
Powers of the Council
Status: in_force

a. The council shall be the legislative body of the municipality. b. The council may, subject to general law and the provisions of this act: (1) pass, adopt, amend and repeal any ordinance or, where permitted, any resolution for any purpose required for the government of the municipality or for the accomplishment of any public purpose for which the municipality is authorized to act under general law; (2) control and regulate the finances of the municipality and raise money by borrowing or taxation; (3) investigate any activity of the municipality; (4) override a veto of the mayor by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the council. c. The council shall appoint the subordinate officials of the municipality, except as provided elsewhere by law. In any case where the council is unable to appoint an officer or fill a vacancy to any appointed position by reason of being equally divided in a vote therein, the mayor shall have the power to cast a vote to break a tie. (Source: R.S. 40:108-1(148-9), and New.) L. 1987, c. 314, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-32
Verification of petition
Status: in_force

Each petition so filed shall be verified by the oath of one or more of the signers thereof taken and subscribed before a person qualified to administer an oath to the effect that such petition is personally signed by each of the signers thereof, that said signers are, to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant, legally qualified to vote at the ensuing election and that the petition is prepared and filed in absolute good faith for the sole purpose of indorsing the candidate therein named in order to secure his election as a member of the Beach Erosion Control Commission. L.1967, c. 184, s. 6, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-24
Existing joint meeting, public school jointure unaffected.
Status: in_force

24. Any joint meeting or public school jointure formed under a previous law is continued and shall be governed under the provisions of sections 1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C. 40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35). L.2007, c.63, s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-224 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-224
Adjournment of sale; notice
Status: in_force

The commission may adjourn a sale from time to time by making proclamation thereof, and may proceed therewith on the adjourned day.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-30 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-30
Statutes repealed
Status: in_force

The following sections, chapters and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes Sections: R.S. 40:18-5 to 40:18-22 inclusive; R.S. 40:43-67 to 40:43-73 inclusive. Pamphlet Laws: P.L. 1956, c. 199 (C. 40:7A-1 to C. 40:7A-3 inclusive). L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10p — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10p
Adoption of law
Status: in_force

If a majority of all the votes cast both for and against adoption of the law are cast in favor of its adoption, the law shall immediately become operative in the county voting thereon. L.1989,c.179,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-121 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-121
Sale for term of years
Status: in_force

At the sale, the real estate shall be publicly sold to the person who will take the same for the shortest period of time, not exceeding fifty years from the date of sale, and pay to the commission before the close of the sale the full amount due upon the unpaid assessments, with interest thereon from the time when the same was confirmed, at the rate of six per cent per annum, together with such sum as the commission may fix and determine to be a fair proportion of the expenses of advertising, conducting and making the sale. If the purchaser fails to make such payment, he shall forfeit all claim to the real estate, and the same shall be resold by the commission after advertisement in the manner provided in section 40:37-120 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.45
Effect of act upon section 40:48-2.39
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall affect the authority of a municipality to acquire and retire licenses pursuant to P.L.1966, chapter 317. L.1968, c. 277, s. 6, eff. Sept. 4, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-12
Recall of councilmen; petition
Status: in_force

The procedure to effect the removal of councilmen in addition to other methods provided by law shall be as follows: A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least twenty per cent of the number of persons who voted in such municipality at the last preceding general election, demanding the removal of and the election of a successor to the councilman named in the petition, shall be filed with the municipal clerk. The petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds upon which the removal is sought. The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence giving the street and number, if there be such. One of the signers to each such paper shall take an oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statement therein made is true as he believes and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Within ten days from the date of filing the petition the municipal clerk shall complete the examination and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, and shall attach to the petition his certificate showing the result of his examination. If by that certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The municipal clerk shall, within five days after such amendment, make a similar examination and determination of the amended petition, and if the certificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person filing it without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to the same effect.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-16
Choice of paving materials; advertisement for bids; hearing
Status: in_force

The governing body, in any ordinance for the paving of a street or highway, may designate two or more kinds of material to be used, and may advertise for proposals for the work of making such improvement with each of the materials so designated. The governing body after receiving such proposals may determine which of the materials shall be used. The governing body may solicit bids for any such work before the final passage of the improvement ordinance and announce the same at any hearing accorded under such ordinance to persons interested.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.26
Contracts with municipalities for services or facilities by counties over 500,000 population
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county having a population in excess of 500,000, by resolution, may provide for the entering into a contract by the said county with any municipality located in such county, or with 2 or more such municipalities acting jointly to provide for the furnishing by the county to such municipality or municipalities with any service or facility which the said municipality or municipalities may otherwise lawfully furnish or provide to the inhabitants thereof or to others. The entering into any such contract by the municipality or municipalities shall be authorized by an ordinance or ordinances adopted by the governing body or bodies of said municipality or municipalities. L.1958, c. 121, p. 601, s. 1. Amended by L.1959, c. 59, p. 168, s. 1; L.1961, c. 57, p. 547, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-61 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-61
Time periods
Status: in_force

Whenever an application for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan or conditional use includes a request for relief pursuant to section 47 of this act, the planning board shall grant or deny approval of the application within 120 days after submission by a developer of a complete application to the administrative officer or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. In the event that the developer elects to submit separate consecutive applications, the aforesaid provision shall apply to the application for approval of the variance or direction for issuance of a permit. The period for granting or denying and subsequent approval shall be as otherwise provided in this act. 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. 48, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L.1979, c. 216, s. 20; L.1984, c. 20, s. 11, eff. March 22, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-189 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-189
Suspension of ordinance
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of a referendum petition with the municipal clerk, the ordinance shall be suspended until ten days following a finding by the municipal clerk that the petition is insufficient or, if an amended petition be filed, until five days thereafter; or, if the petition or amended petition be found to be sufficient, until it be withdrawn by the Committee of the Petitioners or until repeal of the ordinance by vote of the council or approval or disapproval of the ordinance by the voters. L.1950, c. 210, p. 518, s. 17-40, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-23 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-23
Costs, taxation and payment bond
Status: in_force

The judge, if he deems it advisable, may require the applicants to furnish a bond to be filed with the county clerk for the payment of the costs and expenditures of the investigation. The costs, including witness fees and mileage, shall, by his order, be taxed to and paid by the local unit whose expenditures have been investigated. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:34A-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 34A / Section 34A-9
Counties; authorization and power for agreements with other governmental agencies
Status: in_force

Every county is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements of any nature whatsoever with the United States of America or the State of New Jersey or agencies of departments thereof or with any other county or with any municipality in connection with an off-street parking facility of the county including, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agreements with respect to any matters herein authorized or provided for, or with respect to aid or contribution for the cost of acquisition or construction or of operation or maintenance of any such facility, or agreements with respect to annual or other subsidy therefor or for pilot, experimental or test purposes, and any such agreement may be made with or without consideration and for an unspecified or unlimited period of time and on any terms and conditions therein set forth, and without necessity for prior appropriation therefor, and any such agreement may be pledged or assigned to secure bonds and notes of the county. L.1972, c. 83, s. 9, eff. July 10, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-11.2
Termination of present members' term of office for failure to be appointed as provided by this act; vacancy
Status: in_force

The term of office of any present member of any such water commission representing a municipality operating under the municipal manager form of government law who was appointed in a manner other than as provided by this act shall immediately cease and determine and a vacancy in the membership of the water commission shall thereupon exist. L.1966, c. 296, s. 2, eff. Dec. 5, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-34.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-34.8
Emergency appropriations
Status: in_force

Any municipality, by resolution, declaring an existence of an emergency adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the governing body may make emergency appropriations in any fiscal year after the adoption of the budget for such year for any purpose which was not foreseen at the time of the adoption of such budget or for which adequate provision was not made in such budget provided said emergency appropriation or appropriations are within the provisions of sections 40:62-32 and 40:62-33 of the Revised Statutes. L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 8, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-67 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-67
Supreme Court rules governing county clerks who are attorneys at law
Status: in_force

A county clerk who is an attorney at law shall be subject to the rules of the Supreme Court in respect to limitations upon his practice of law. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-150 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-150
Formal comments, recommendation of county planning board.
Status: in_force

14. a. Within 60 days after receiving a proposed development transfer ordinance and accompanying documentation transmitted pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-149), the county planning board shall submit to the municipality formal comments detailing its review and shall either recommend or not recommend enactment of the proposed development transfer ordinance. If enactment of the proposed ordinance is recommended, the municipality may proceed with adoption of the ordinance. Failure to submit recommendations within the 60-day period shall constitute recommendation of the ordinance. b. The CADB shall review a proposed development transfer ordinance and accompanying documentation within 30 days of receipt thereof, and shall submit such written recommendations as it deems appropriate, to the county planning board. c. If the county planning board does not recommend enactment, the reasons therefor shall be clearly stated in the formal comments. If the objections of the county planning board cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of both the municipality and the county planning board within an additional 30 days, the municipality shall petition the Office of Smart Growth to render a final determination pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-151). L.2004,c.2,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-81 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-81
Applicable laws
Status: in_force

The form of government provided in this article shall be known as the "council-manager plan " and shall, together with articles 2 and 17, govern any municipality, the voters of which have adopted this plan pursuant to this act. L.1950, c. 210, p. 485, s. 9-1, eff. June 8, 1950. Amended by L.1981, c. 465, s. 21, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-23 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-23
Judicially determined illegal suspension or dismissal; member or officer entitled to recover salary; proviso
Status: in_force

Whenever any member or officer of a paid or part-paid fire department or force shall be suspended or dismissed from his office, employment or position and such suspension or dismissal shall be judicially determined to be illegal, said member or officer shall be entitled to recover his salary from the date of such suspension or dismissal, provided a written application therefor shall be filed with the municipal clerk within 30 days after such judicial determination. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-17
Joint committee to divide property; appointment
Status: in_force

If the newly created municipality includes a portion of any other municipality, the governing body of the newly created municipality shall forthwith appoint from among its members a committee of three, and a like committee shall be appointed by the governing bodies of each of the municipalities a portion of which has been included in the newly created municipality. The committees together shall be termed a joint committee, but no such joint committee shall function in case any of the municipalities shall proceed to have commissioners appointed under the provisions of section 40:43-21 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Costs and expenses; bonds; special fund
Status: in_force

The money necessary to pay for lands purchased or condemned for such playgrounds and recreation places, and for providing and equipping the same, from time to time, may be raised and provided by the board or body having control of the finances by general taxation, as other taxes are raised and levied, or by the issuance of temporary loan bonds, or by the issuance of permanent bonds. All such bonds or other obligations shall be issued and paid in the manner provided by article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). All moneys received by the board shall be paid over to the municipal or county treasurer and be by him kept in a special fund, which shall be under the control of the board and used only for the purpose of defraying the expenses of improving, maintaining or policing the playgrounds and recreation places and for the other expenses of the board.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-26
Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits.
Status: in_force

26. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any incinerator or environmental services authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the incinerator or environmental services authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the incinerator or environmental services authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the incinerator or environmental services authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the incinerator or environmental services authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the incinerator or environmental services authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the incinerator or environmental services authority. The deposits of the incinerator or environmental services authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the incinerator or environmental services authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1948, c.348, s.26; amended 2012, c.31, c.26.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-8
Relocation of public utility property
Status: in_force

Whenever the local unit or units determine that it is necessary that any public utility facilities such as tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances of any public utility, as defined in R.S.48:2-13, which are now, or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any sewerage facility project, should be removed, the public utility owning or operating the facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the local unit or units, the cost and expense of the relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of the property, shall be ascertained and paid as a part of the cost of the project. In case of any relocation or removal of facilities pursuant to this section, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in their former location. Source: New. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-5.1
Residency requirements for employees of local unit operating certain water system.
Status: in_force

4. Any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a local unit operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any person employed or to be hired by the local unit in relation to the operation of its water system may reside within any municipality served by the water system, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the local unit is unable to hire a qualified resident. Any provision of an ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a local unit from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established. L.2019, c.231, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:63-9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 63 / Section 63-9
Statutes Repealed
Status: in_force

The following acts are hereby repealed: R.S.40:95-1 to R.S.40:95-6 R.S.40:96-1 to R.S.40:96-10 R.S.40:97-1 to R.S.40:97-8 P.L.1939, c.182, s. 1 (C.40:97-9) R.S.40:98-1 to R.S.40:98-3 R.S.40:99-1 R.S.40:99-3 R.S.40:100-1 to R.S.40:100-7 R.S.40:101-1 to R.S.40:101-18 R.S.40:102-1 to R.S.40:102-9 R.S.40:142-1 to R.S.40:142-2 R.S.40:143-1 to R.S.40:143-3 R.S.40:144-1 P.L.1981, c.427, s.21 (C.40:144-1.1) R.S.40:144-2 to R.S.40:144-6 R.S.40:144-11 to R.S.40:144-14 P.L.1948, c.437 (C.40:144-16 to 40:144-26) R.S.40:145-1 to R.S.40:145-4 R.S.40:145-6 to R.S.40:145-7 R.S.40:145-9 to R.S.40:145-10 R.S.40:145-12 to R.S.40:145-13 P.L.1950, c.23 s.1-2 (C.40:145-13.1 to 40:145-13.2) R.S.40:145-14 to R.S.40:145-18 R.S.40:145-29 to R.S.40:145-31 P.L.1948, c.309 (C.40:145-32) P.L.1970, c.281 s. 1 (C.40:145-33) R.S.40:146-1 to R.S.40:146-3 R.S.40:146-13 P.L.1938, c.65, s. 1(C.40:146-13.1) R.S.40:146-21 to R.S.40:146-26 P.L.1939, c.167, s. 1-3 (C.40:146-27 to 40:146-29) R.S.40:147-1 to R.S.40:147-2 R.S.40:148-1 to R.S.40:148-3 R.S.40:148-5 to R.S.40:148-10 R.S.40:149-1 P.L.1966, c.288, s. 1-2 (C.40:149-3.2 to 40:149-3.3) R.S.40:150-2 to R.S.40:150-5 R.S.40:152-1 to R.S.40:152-4 R.S.40:153-1 to R.S.40:153-35 P.L.1947, c.49, s. 1-8 (C.40:153-36 to 40:153-43) R.S.40:155-1 to R.S.40:155-11 R.S.40:157-16 R.S.40:158-1 to R.S.40:158-2 R.S.40:158-4 to R.S.40:158-7 R.S.40:159-1 to R.S.40:159-2 R.S.40:161-1 to R.S.40:161-6 P.L.1946, c.76, s. 1-2 (C.40:162A-1 to 40:162A-2) R.S.40:163-1 N.J.S.40A:9-153.1 to N.J.S.40A:9-153.2 N.J.S.40A:14-101 to N.J.S.40A:14-103 N.J.S.40A:18-1 to N.J.S.40A:18-64 L.1892, c.175 L.1930, c.96 L.1935, c.135
L.1989, c.157, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-43.1
Provisions relative to municipal port authorities.
Status: in_force

3. In accordance with rules and regulations which the Local Finance Board is hereby authorized to adopt, municipal port authorities created pursuant to P.L.1960, c.192 (C.40:68A-29 et seq.) are subject to the following provisions: (a) Every authority shall be required to submit an annual budget to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs for approval. (b) The issuance of any obligations of an authority, agreements regarding municipal guaranties of authority bonds, financing agreements entered into by an authority, and all leases, sales or dispositions of real property made by an authority shall be subject to the approval of the Local Finance Board. L.1981, c.547, s.3; amended 2015, c.95, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.12
Continuation of board's authority to review and approve land subdivision
Status: in_force

Any county planning board exercising the authority of review and approval of land subdivision pursuant to the provisions of chapter 27 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 412 of the laws of 1948 supplementary thereto is authorized to continue to exercise such authority thereunder for the period of 1 year after the effective date of this act or until the board of chosen freeholders of the county adopts a resolution governing land subdivision pursuant to this act, whichever occurs first. L.1968, c. 285, s. 14, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-78.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-78.3
Amendments; hearing; notice
Status: in_force

The fire commissioners may amend the budget during or after the public hearing. All amendments shall be read in full. No amendment shall be effective until the taxpayers of the district and all persons having an interest therein shall have been granted a public hearing thereon, if such amendment shall: a. Add a new item of operating appropriations in an amount in excess of 1% of the total amount of operating appropriations as stated in the approved budget; b. Increase or decrease any item of operating appropriations by more than 10%; or, c. Increase the amount to be raised by taxes by more than 5%. Notice of hearing on any amendment shall be advertised at least 3 days before the date set therefor. Such amendment shall be read in full at such hearing and before adoption. L.1979, c. 453, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-36 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-36
Protection to be afforded by bond.
Status: in_force

40A:5-36. Every bond given by a municipal court judge or administrator of a municipal court as hereinafter provided shall be for the protection of the State, the county and the municipality or, in the case of an intermunicipal court, the municipalities, and also for the protection of defendants, litigants, bondsmen and all other persons in interest. A bond pursuant to this section may be provided by a surety company authorized to do business in New Jersey or by a joint insurance fund through blanket bond coverage pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1967, c.283 (C.40A:5-34.1). amended 1977, c.396, s.4; 2006, c.50, s.2; 2013, c.2, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-51 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-51
Powers
Status: in_force

The county manager: a. Shall supervise, direct and control all county administrative departments; b. Shall appoint the deputy manager, if that position is created by the board, the heads of all county departments and any divisions created within such departments, and all other administrative officers and county personnel the manner of whose appointment is not prescribed elsewhere in this article; c. May, at his discretion, remove or suspend any official in the unclassified service of the county over whose office the county manager has power of appointment in accordance with the provisions of section 87b.; d. May, at his discretion, but subject to any pertinent provisions of the administrative code or civil service requirements, delegate to any department head powers of appointment and removal of their departmental employees. If the county manager does not so delegate his power he may appoint and remove, subject to civil service requirements, all employees whose positions have been created in accordance with the administrative code, and the manner of whose appointment is not specified elsewhere in the article; e. May require reports and examine the accounts, records and operations of any agency of county government; f. May, at his discretion, order any agency under his jurisdiction as specified in the administrative code to undertake any task for any other agency on a temporary basis if he deems it necessary for the proper and efficient administration to do so. L.1972, c. 154, s. 51, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 18, eff. May 5, 1975; L.1975, c. 257, s. 2, eff. Dec. 9, 1975; L.1978, c. 141, s. 5, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-150 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-150
Municipal elections; time.
Status: in_force

17-1. Regular municipal elections shall be held in each municipality on the second Tuesday in May, or on the day of the general election in November if chosen by the municipality pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.196 (C.40:45-7.1), in the years in which municipal officers are to be elected, where the election of such officers is not provided to be at the general election. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted pursuant to the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law," P.L.1981, c.379 (C.40:45-5 et seq.). L.1950, c.210, s.17-1; amended 1981, c.379, s.30; 2009, c.196, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.2
Government by elected mayor and council, and appointed municipal administrator and other officers and employees
Status: in_force

Each municipality hereunder shall be governed by an elected mayor and council, and an appointed municipal administrator, and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this article, general law or ordinance. L.1981, c. 465, s. 36, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-28.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-28.5
Interim officers appointed by director
Status: in_force

5. A county finance officer certificate may be issued without fee by the director to any employee of the Division of Local Government Services for the sole purpose of enabling that employee to serve as a chief financial officer on an interim basis in any county when so instructed by the director. When an employee of the director is instructed to serve as a chief financial officer for a county on an interim basis, the director may establish a fee for the service based upon the time spent and other expenses for the work. The county, upon request for payment for chief financial officer services, shall forward a check to the director, payable to the State Treasurer. The amount, if not paid when billed, shall be recoverable in an action at law. L.1993,c.87,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.4
Deputy sheriffs; identification and badges
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall issue identification and badges to such deputy sheriffs as he shall designate and approve. L.1975, c. 272, s. 3, eff. Jan. 8, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-11
Result of election; resolution; publication
Status: in_force

The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring the result of the election, which resolution shall be published once in the manner provided above for the notice of election. No action, suit or proceeding to contest the validity of the election shall be instituted after the expiration of twenty days from the date of publication of the resolution declaring the result thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:72-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1
Commissioners; number
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of three members in municipalities having less than twelve thousand inhabitants; and of five members in municipalities having twelve thousand inhabitants or more, subject to the provisions of sections 40:72-1.1 to 40:72-1.3 of this Title. Amended by L.1948, c. 21, p. 82, s. 2; L.1953, c. 365, p. 1948, s. 1, eff. Aug. 11, 1953; L.1980, c. 94, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-20
Expenses included in cost
Status: in_force

The cost of an improvement or property may include interest on obligations until the end of the fiscal year in which the obligations are issued or until 6 months after the completion of construction or acquisition, and architect's fees, accounting, engineering and inspection costs, legal expenses, costs of authorizing, selling and issuing obligations, preliminary planning, test and survey expenses, and a reasonable proportion of the compensation and expenses of employees of a local unit in connection with the construction or acquisition of such improvement or property. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.49
Regulation of operators engaged in removal of motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1973, c.137 (C.39:4-56.6) or any other law, a municipality may regulate, by ordinance, the removal of motor vehicles from private or public property by operators engaged in such practice, including, but not limited to, the fees charged for storage following removal in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1987, c.127 (C.40:48-2.50), fees charged for such removal, notice requirements therefor, and the mercantile licensing of such operators. The ordinance shall set forth non-discriminatory and non-exclusionary regulations governing operators engaged in the business of removing and storing motor vehicles. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to: a. A schedule of fees or other charges which an operator may charge vehicle owners for towing services, storage services or both; b. Minimum standards of operator performance, including but not limited to standards concerning the adequacy of equipment and facilities, availability and response time, and the security of vehicles towed or stored; c. The designation of a municipal officer or agency to enforce the provisions of the ordinance in accordance with due process of law; d. The requirement that such regulations and fee schedules of individual towers shall be made available to the public during normal business hours of the municipality. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a municipality to establish charges for services that are not included in the schedule of towing and storage services for which a towing company may charge a service fee established by the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2007, c.193 (C.56:13-14). Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt an operator from complying with the requirements of P.L.2007, c.193 (C.56:13-7 et al.). L.1979, c.101, s.1; amended 1987, c.127, s.2; 1991 c.142, s.3; 1997, c.387, s.1; 2007, c.193, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-24
Termination of authority
Status: in_force

When any authority shall have finally paid and discharged all bonds or other obligations, which together with interest due thereon, shall have been secured by a pledge of any of the revenues or receipts of a project, it may, subject to any agreements concerning the operation or disposition of such projects, convey such project to the municipality or county creating the authority. When any authority shall have finally paid and discharged all bonds issued and outstanding and the interest due thereon, and settled all other obligations or claims which may be outstanding against it, it may convey all its property to the municipality or county, as the case may be, and terminate its existence. A certificate requesting the termination of the existence of the authority shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality or county creating such authority. If the certificate is thereafter approved by the municipality creating the authority, which approval shall be by ordinance, or by the county creating the authority, which approval shall be by resolution, the said certificate, together with a certified copy thereof, shall be filed with the clerk or register of deeds of the county in which said authority is located. Whereupon the property of said authority shall pass to the municipality or county creating such authority and the authority shall cease to exist. The clerk of the county in each case, shall cause a duplicate certified copy of such documents to be filed forthwith with the Secretary of State. L.1948, c. 198, p. 994, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-6
Reorganization of sewerage authority
Status: in_force

a. The governing body of any municipality which shall have created a sewerage authority may, by ordinance duly adopted, provide and determine that said sewerage authority shall be reorganized as a municipal authority and thereupon and thereby cause said sewerage authority to be organized as a public body corporate and politic existing under and by virtue of this act. b. In any county which has created a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority or authorities, each such authority shall be reorganized as a county utilities authority and shall be continued as a public body corporate and politic existing under and by virtue of the municipal authorities law, P.L. 1957, c. 183 (C. 40:14B-1 et seq.). The governing body of any county wherein a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority or authorities was reorganized pursuant to this section shall record such reorganization by resolution and file such resolution with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 7 of this act (C. 40:14B-7). c. No authority reorganized pursuant to this section shall acquire, construct, maintain, operate or improve a water system, a solid waste system or a hydroelectric system until such time as the governing body authorizes such action, by ordinance in the case of a municipality, or by resolution in the case of a county. d. Said body shall consist of the members of said sewerage authority or of said county sewer authority holding office at the time of such organization, together with successors in such membership appointed as if said sewerage authority or county sewer authority had originally been created pursuant to section 4 of this act, and, upon the passage of this amendatory and supplementary act or upon the taking effect of such ordinance and the filing of a certified copy thereof as in section 7 of this act provided, said body shall constitute a municipal authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency and instrumentality of said municipality or county. Said body as such municipal authority shall have all of the rights and powers granted and be subject to all the duties and obligations imposed by this act and, subject to the rights (if any) of the holders of any bonds or other obligations of said sewerage authority or county sewer authority theretofore issued, said body shall be the successor in all respects to said sewerage authority or county sewer authority and forthwith succeed to all of the rights, property, assets and franchises of said sewerage authority or county sewer authority and the said bonds or other obligations of said sewerage authority or county sewer authority shall be assumed by and become the obligations of said municipal authority, and the property of said sewerage authority or county sewer authority shall be vested in said municipal authority. Said body may at any time, by resolution duly adopted, change its corporate name and adopt the name and style of " the ........ municipal utilities authority" with the name of said municipality or county inserted. L. 1957, c. 183, p. 641, s. 6, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L. 1977, c. 384, s. 6, eff. Feb. 10, 1978. L. 1980, c. 34, s. 4, eff. June 6, 1980; L. 1981, c. 501, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982; L. 1985, c. 537, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117b — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117b
Appointment, transfer of certain law enforcement officers permitted.
Status: in_force

1. a. For the purposes of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.), a county sheriff of a county that has established a county police department or force shall be entitled to act as a local unit, as defined in that act, and appoint Class Two special law enforcement officers for the purposes set forth in subsection b. of this section. b. Class Two special law enforcement officers appointed pursuant to subsection a. of this section may be authorized to perform court security duties for the Superior Court when deemed appropriate by the Assignment Judge of the county. Class Two officers appointed pursuant to this section shall be subject to the same requirements, rules, and regulations established by the Assignment Judge of the county for sheriff's officers performing court security within the Superior Court's facilities in that county. The particular court security duty assignments of Class Two officers appointed pursuant to this section shall be determined by the sheriff with the approval of the Assignment Judge of the county. The utilization of Class Two officers appointed pursuant to this section, and the court security assignments they are authorized to perform, shall be incorporated into the local court security plan as approved by the Assignment Judge of the county. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to alter or abrogate in any manner either the sheriff's responsibilities or the authority of the Assignment Judge under subsection d. of N.J.S.2B:6-1. L.2013, c.21, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-88 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-88
Filing of amendment, correction in local budget
Status: in_force

3. The governing body of a municipality that receives funds from the sale of tax sale certificates pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.113 (C.54:5-113.1) may file any amendment or correction in its local budget that may be required to properly reflect that receipt. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, such funds may be used during the current local budget year, subject to the limits on final appropriations pursuant to P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1 et seq.), for any lawful purposes deemed appropriate by the municipal governing body. L.1993,c.113,s.3; amended 1993,c.325,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-28
Sale of vacated street land; advertisement unnecessary
Status: in_force

Whenever any road, street, highway, lane or alley has been or shall hereafter be lawfully altered or relocated in such manner as to leave a portion of the original road, street, highway, lane or alley not needed for public use, and the municipality has or shall have vacated or released the public rights therein, the municipality, if it be the owner of the fee of said land, may make a private sale of and convey the lands so vacated to the adjoining property owner or owners at such price as it may deem fair and just. The provisions of section 40:60-26 of this title shall not apply to such sale.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-33
Qualifications, election, term
Status: in_force

The county executive shall be a qualified voter of the county residing in the county. He shall be elected from the county at large for a term of 4 years commencing on January 1 next following his election. L.1972, c. 154, s. 33, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:19A-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-1
Counties of third class; establishment of offices outside county seat and county jail
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county of the third class may, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, provide for the establishment and maintenance of any of the county offices at any location within the county except that the following shall not be located without the county seat of the county, that is to say: The county clerk's office; The register's of deeds and mortgages office; The sheriff's office; The surrogate's office; The county prosecutor's office; and The places for holding the Superior Court within the county. The governing body of a county may, upon the adoption of a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, and after a public hearing, provide for the establishment of a county jail at any location within the county. L.1955, c. 109, p. 578, s. 1, eff. June 30, 1955. Amended by L.1982, c. 12, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-44 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-44
Suspension, termination, assumption of control or other action by Commissioner; grounds
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Insurance shall have the authority to suspend or terminate the authority of any joint insurance, or to assume control of the insurance fund, or to direct or take any action he may deem necessary, for good cause, to enable a fund to meet its obligations, cover its expected losses or to liquidate, rehabilitate or otherwise modify its affairs. Such action shall be taken by the Commissioner of Insurance in the event of: a. A failure to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance or with any of the provisions of this act; b. A failure to comply with a lawful order of the Commissioner of Insurance; c. A deterioration of the financial condition of the fund to the extent that it causes an adverse effect upon the ability of the joint insurance fund to pay expected losses. L.1983, c. 372, s. 9, eff. Oct. 28, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.5
Joint library agreement, filing.
Status: in_force

3. After the introduction of an ordinance approving such joint library agreement, which may be incorporated by reference therein, such agreement shall be and remain on file for public inspection in the municipal clerk's office from the time of introduction of such ordinance and such ordinance shall so state. A copy of such ordinance and of the joint library agreement shall be filed with the State Librarian and the Director of the Division of Local Government. Subsequent amendments and supplements to such ordinance and agreement shall be filed in like manner. L.1959,c.155,s.3; amended 2001, c.137, s.56.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-120 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-120
Legislative power; quorum; mayor's duties; president of council
Status: in_force

The legislative power of the municipality shall be exercised by the council, except as may be otherwise provided by general law. The mayor shall participate and vote as other council members. A majority of the whole number of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from time to time. The mayor shall preside over all meetings of the council. The council shall select from among its members a president of the council who shall serve in place of the mayor in the event of his absence, disability or refusal to act. L.1950, c. 210, p. 496, s. 13-6, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-46.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-46.2
Contracts for operation of public transportation service
Status: in_force

Any such city of the second class in any county of the second class may provide transportation service and operate a transportation system itself or it may enter into 1 or more contracts with any private or public group for the operation, in whole or in part, of the same, for and on behalf of the municipality, according to such requirements and restrictions as shall be established by the municipality. L.1959, c. 60, p. 169, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-27
Recall procedure
Status: in_force

Any commissioner may be removed by means of a recall after he has been in office one year. The procedure to effect the recall of an incumbent of the office of commissioner shall be as follows: A recall petition signed by at least twenty-five per centum (25%) of the registered voters of the municipality, shall be filed by the agent or agents designated in the petition with the municipal clerk, demanding the recall of the commissioner sought to be removed. The petition shall be as follows: "RECALL PETITION. To the clerk of the ........ (insert name of municipality). You are hereby requested to call a recall election for the recall of ..................... (insert name of incumbent to be recalled), a commissioner of .............................. (insert name of municipality), for the following reasons ........................................... (insert reasons), and for so doing this recall petition shall be your sufficient warrant. ................. (insert name) is hereby designated as our agent to file this petition. Signed: Name Street Address ................................. ................................. ................................. ................................. State of New Jersey ) ) ss. County of ........................ ) ........................... , being duly sworn according to law, says: That he is one of the signers of the above petition, and that he knows that the signatures thereon are in the handwriting of the signers, and to the best of his knowledge and belief are the signatures of the persons purporting to sign the same. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ....... day of ................. , 19 ..... ." Amended by L.1950, c. 65, p. 117, s. 1, eff. April 25, 1950; L.1984, c. 129, s. 1, eff. Aug. 20, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.2i — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.2i
"Branch Development Option."
Status: in_force

6. The option for reorganization of the county library system provided in this section shall be known as the "Branch Development Option" and shall govern the county library system of any county whose voters have adopted it pursuant to section 5 of this act. a. The county library commission shall establish a branch of the county library in each municipality: (1) which is a member of the county library system upon the effective date of the reorganization of the system; and (2) in which the municipal governing body adopts a resolution approving the establishment of a branch library. The county library commission may establish a joint branch library for two or more adjacent municipalities upon its determination that the library needs of such municipalities could best be served by a joint branch library, and upon the adoption by the governing bodies of all municipalities to be served thereby of joint resolutions, approving the establishment thereof. A branch library or a joint branch library established pursuant to this act shall conform to all standards promulgated by the State Library for branch libraries. b. The county library commission shall assure that all branch or joint branch libraries agreed upon pursuant to subsection a. of this section are operating within three calendar years of the effective date of the reorganization of the county library system. c. Any municipality which has agreed to the establishment of a branch library or joint branch library of the county library shall remain a member of the county library system for at least five years following the effective date of the reorganization of the county library system. d. Any municipality which is a member of the county library system and whose governing body does not approve the establishment of a branch library or a joint branch library shall remain a member of the county library system until such time as it elects to withdraw from the system in the manner provided in chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes. The governing body of such a municipality may, by resolution, request that the county library establish a branch library or a joint branch library at any time following the effective date of the reorganization of the county library system, in the manner provided in subsection a. L.1981,c.489,s.6; amended 2001, c.137, s.47.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22
Rules and regulations; quorum
Status: in_force

The commission may make all the necessary rules for its regulation and to generally supervise and control all activities sponsored or arranged and provided for by it under sections 40:61-17 to 40:61-21 of this title. Two commissioners shall constitute a quorum and may do all necessary and proper acts with the same force and effect as if the entire commission so acted.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.9
Minimum qualifications for appointment as parking enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

3. No person may be appointed as a parking enforcement officer unless, at a minimum, the person: a. Is a resident of this State during the term of appointment; b. Is able to read, write, and speak the English language proficiently; c. Has the mental capacity and physical ability to perform the tasks of parking enforcement officer; d. Is of good moral character; and e. Has not been convicted of any offense involving dishonesty or which would make the person unfit to perform the duties of the office. L.1987, c.260, s.3; amended 2013, c.103, s.109.
N.J. Stat. § 40:71-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 71 / Section 71-4
Conduct of election; results certified to clerk
Status: in_force

The election shall be held at the usual places of holding the annual election in the municipality. The polls shall remain open during the usual hours, and the election shall be conducted by the election officers, and in the manner provided by the law regulating elections, and such officers shall deliver to the municipal clerk a true and correct statement in writing under their hands of the result of the election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.43
Cost of removal of bodies and of new site; lien; payment of difference to lot owners
Status: in_force

The said commission shall further ascertain the cost of the removal of the bodies from each of said lots and the cost of securing the new site and the cost of such disinterment and reinterment, and this cost shall be a first lien against the value of the lots or plots in the abandoned burying ground or cemetery as appraised, and the said municipality or board of education as the case may be shall pay to the owners of each lot or plot the difference, if any, between the value of the lots in the abandoned burying ground or cemetery as appraised and the cost of removing the said bodies and reinterring them in a new cemetery. L.1948, c. 80, p. 471, s. 11, eff. May 21, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.24
Appropriations voted on, form of question
Status: in_force

24. All appropriations to be voted upon at such water district election or any other proposition or question that may be required shall be placed upon the ballot immediately following the names of the candidates for election to the board of water commissioners in the following form: Yes. (Question to be voted on.) No. If the voter makes a cross (X), plus (+) or check ( ) mark in ink or pencil in the square of the left of and opposite the word "Yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of said proposition. If the voter shall make a cross (X), plus (+) or check ( ) mark in ink or pencil in the square to the left of and opposite the word "No," it shall be counted as a vote against such proposition. If no such mark shall be made in the square to the left of and opposite either the word "Yes" or "No," it shall not be counted as a vote either for or against such proposition. L.1951,c.280,s.24; amended 1994,c.77,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-4.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-4.5
Payments to motor bus carrier
Status: in_force

Each contract entered into in accordance with the provisions of this act shall obligate the municipality to pay to the motor bus carrier an amount not to exceed one-half of the total amount of the usual and ordinary fares for all such passenger service rendered provided the carrier has complied with the contract in all other respects to the satisfaction of the municipality. L.1973, c. 67, s. 5, March 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-1.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-1.3
Parking tax, surcharge, certain municipalities.
Status: in_force

2. Any municipality located in a county of the first class with a population density exceeding 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance imposing the tax, or tax and surcharge, provided for in Article 3 (Parking Tax) of the "Local Tax Authorization Act," P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-6 et seq.) on any facility situated entirely within its borders, or on any portion of a facility situated within its borders, but which, in part, is also situated in a contiguous municipality which has enacted an ordinance imposing the tax provided for in Article 3 (Parking Tax) of the "Local Tax Authorization Act," P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-6 et seq.). L.1991, c.288, s.2; amended 2007, c.296, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-109 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-109
Responsibilities of commission
Status: in_force

The historic preservation commission shall have the responsibility to: a. Prepare a survey of historic sites of the municipality pursuant to criteria identified in the survey report; b. Make recommendations to the planning board on the historic preservation plan element of the master plan and on the implications for preservation of historic sites of any other master plan elements; c. Advise the planning board on the inclusion of historic sites in the recommended capital improvement program; d. Advise the planning board and board of adjustment on applications for development pursuant to section 24 of this amendatory and supplementary act; e. Provide written reports pursuant to section 25 of this amendatory and supplementary act on the application of the zoning ordinance provisions concerning historic preservation; and f. Carry out such other advisory, educational and informational functions as will promote historic preservation in the municipality. L. 1985, c. 516, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-36 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-36
Exemption from taxes, special assessments
Status: in_force

36. The tourism project and other property of the authority are declared to be public property of an instrumentality of the State and 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 or notes issued pursuant to this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) are declared to be issued by an instrumentality of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds and notes, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all charges, funds, revenues, income and other monies pledged or available to pay, or secure the payment of the bonds or notes, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes. L.1992,c.165,s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-73 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-73
Elected officers
Status: in_force

Each county operating under this article shall be governed by an elected board of freeholders and a freeholder board president and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this article, general law, or ordinance. L.1972, c. 154, s. 73, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-14.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-14.3
Plan for conducting certain transactions involving real property in certain municipalities.
Status: in_force

2. a. Whenever a municipality in which casino gaming is authorized intends to sell, assign, lease, or transfer ownership, or any other interest, in any real property, including real property to be sold, assigned, leased, or transferred pursuant to a redevelopment plan, or in any capital improvement or personal property, and: (1) the asset has an assessed value of at least $50 million, and either (2) (a) the proceeds to be realized by the municipality as a result of the sale, assignment, lease, or transfer, regardless of the length of the term of the payment, will exceed its final appropriations for the previous year's budget, as determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.2), or (b) the sale, assignment, lease, or transfer is to another public entity, regardless of the amount of the proceeds to be realized by the municipality, then, the governing body of the municipality shall submit an application for approval by the Local Finance Board containing a plan for conducting the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of the asset in accordance with procedures or forms promulgated by the Local Finance Board for this purpose. (c) Notwithstanding subsection g. of section 8 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-8), regarding the procedure for the sale or lease of assets by a municipality or redevelopment entity pursuant to a redevelopment plan, an asset subject to this subsection only shall be sold, assigned, leased, or transferred through a fair and open competitive process. b. Upon submission of the proposed plan required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Local Finance Board shall schedule a hearing within 45 calendar days upon receipt of the proposed plan, for the purpose of approving the plan pursuant to subsection c. of this section. If the Local Finance Board does not schedule a hearing within 45 calendar days, then the plan is deemed approved. c. At a hearing scheduled pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the Local Finance Board may approve the proposed plan for the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of the asset. No actions to implement the proposed plan shall be taken until it has been approved by the Local Finance Board. d. Subsequent to the issuance of an approval required by subsection c. of this section and prior to adopting any resolution or ordinance, or amending a resolution or ordinance introduced for the purpose of the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of the asset, the municipality shall first obtain from the Local Finance Board a certification that: (1) the municipality complied with the requirements of P.L.2008, c.65 (C.40A:5-14.2 et al.); and (2) the proposed disposition of the asset, as introduced by the governing body, reflects the highest and best use of the asset, considering all relevant factors and circumstances. e. To provide the certification required by subsection d. of this section, the Local Finance Board must find that the municipality implemented, without material deviation, the approved plan required by this section and has otherwise satisfied all other requirements of P.L.2008, c.65 (C.40A:5-14.2 et al.). The findings of the Local Finance Board shall be supported by a "fairness opinion" and appraisal, commissioned by the board from a reputable, experienced, and independent third-party entity licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey. The cost and expenses incurred by the Local Finance Board to commission the independent review may be reimbursed from the proceeds realized by the municipality as a result of the sale, assignment, lease or transfer of the asset. f. The sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of a municipal asset requiring an application for approval by the Local Finance Board pursuant to this section shall be voidable if the municipal governing body fails to submit the application. L.2008, c.65, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-175 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-175
Laws governing recall elections; selection of candidate for successor of recalled incumbent
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article or of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes (Elections), whichever shall apply in the municipality in accordance with the provisions of this act, concerning the nomination of municipal officers, preparation of the ballot, election of municipal officers, counting and canvassing of the results of the election of such officers, shall apply to the election for the recall of officers and the election of their successors. Where the plan of government in effect in the municipality provides for partisan elections, the county committee of each political party shall be authorized to select a candidate for successor of a recalled incumbent in the same manner as provided by Title 19 of the Revised Statutes for nominations to fill a vacancy after the last day for filing petitions for nominations in the primary elections. L.1950, c. 210, p. 513, s. 17-26, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-13
Sidewalks on land under control of county; cost; assessments and collection
Status: in_force

The governing body may improve any street, parkway, or highway under control of any county board or commission, not wholly within the limits of a county park, with suitable curbing, gutters and sidewalks, after obtaining the approval of the county board or commission to the plans of the proposed improvement, and assess the cost thereof upon the real estate abutting upon the line of the improvement, to the extent of the benefits received, and any difference between the amount assessed and the total cost shall be paid by the municipality. The proceedings relating to the making of such improvement and the ascertainment and assessment of the cost, and the collection of the assessments made shall be the same as provided in this chapter for sidewalk improvements made upon streets not under the control of a county board or commission. All such assessments shall be a lien upon the real estate assessed until paid with interest thereon, as provided by law for assessments for local improvements.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-243 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-243
Ballot, form and content
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the sample and official ballots for 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 a 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 a county park commission be appointed in [ ] YES ................. county pursuant to sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of the title Municipalities [ ] NO and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-153.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-153.1
Dual candidacy; prohibition
Status: in_force

No person shall accept nomination for more than one municipal office to be voted for at a regular municipal election to be held pursuant to Article 17 of P.L.1950, c. 210 (C. 40:69A-150 et seq.). L.1981, c. 87, s. 1, eff. March 26, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-67 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-67
Pedestrian mall or special improvement district as local improvement
Status: in_force

In addition to the works enumerated in R.S. 40:56-1, any municipality may undertake development and maintenance of a pedestrian mall, or provide for the creation and management of a special improvement district, as a local improvement in accordance with this act and the provisions of chapter 56 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 40:56-1 et seq.). L.1972, c. 134, s. 3, eff. Aug. 17, 1972. Amended by L.1984, c. 151, s. 4, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.12b — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.12b
Additional authority
Status: in_force

The authority conferred by this act shall be in addition to authority heretofore or hereafter conferred on the governing bodies of municipalities in respect to the construction and maintenance of buildings and structures, local health ordinances and the removal or destruction of buildings and structures and parts thereof endangering the public health and safety. L.1962, c. 66, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-22.1
Solid waste service charges
Status: in_force

15. Every municipal authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges (in this act sometimes referred to as "solid waste service charges") for the use or services of the solid waste system. Such solid waste service charges may be charged to and collected from any municipality or any person contracting for such use or services or from the owner or occupant, or both of them, of any real property from or on which originates or has originated any solid waste to be treated by the solid waste system of the authority, and the owner of any such real property shall be liable for and shall pay such solid waste service charges to the municipal authority at the time when and place where such solid waste service charges are due and payable. Such rents, rates, fees and charges, being in the nature of use or service charges, shall as nearly as the authority shall deem practicable and equitable be uniform throughout the county for the same type, class and amount of use or service of the solid waste system, except as permitted by section 1 of P.L.1992, c.215 (C.40:14B-22.2), and may be based or computed on any factors determining the type, class and amount of use or service of the solid waste system, and may give weight to the characteristics of the solid waste and any other special matter affecting the cost of treatment and disposal of the same. L.1977,c.384,s.15; amended 1992,c.215,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-114 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-114
Delay in qualifying because of military service
Status: in_force

Any person who has been, or shall be, appointed as a member or officer of the county police department and force while serving in the armed services of the United States, and who has been, or shall be, delayed in qualifying and becoming a member of such police department and force as a result of such service and who shall qualify and become a member or officer of such police department and force within 6 months after an honorable discharge or release under conditions other than dishonorable from such service, shall be considered for the purpose of determining his years of service, rank, grade, increase in pay or any other rights or benefits, as having qualified and to have become a member of such department and force as of the date of his appointment. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-180.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-180.2
Appointment of certain county correctional police officers.
Status: in_force

2. a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a county correctional facility, be that the governing body of the county pursuant to R.S.30:8-19 or the sheriff pursuant to R.S.30:8-17, may appoint as a county correctional police officer any person who: (1) was serving as a county correctional police officer in good standing in any county correctional facility in this State; and (2) satisfactorily completed a working test period in a county correctional police officer title or in a county which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes or satisfactorily completed a comparable, documented probationary period in a county correctional title in a county which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service; and (3) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as a county correctional police officer within 60 months prior to the appointment. b. The appointing authority of a county correctional facility may employ such a person notwithstanding that: (1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that county; (2) the appointing authority has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of correctional police officers eligible for appointments; and (3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. If the county appointing authority is subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, it may not employ the person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the county correctional police officer title to be filled. c. If the county appointing authority determines to appoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making the appointments to residents of the county. d. The seniority, seniority-related privileges, and rank a county correctional police officer possessed with the employer who terminated the officer's employment for reasons of economy shall not be transferable to a new position when the officer is appointed to a county correctional police officer position pursuant to the provisions of this section. L.2010, c.103, s.2; amended 2019, c.219, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:8-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-7
Annual expenditures; taxation for
Status: in_force

The board or body of any municipality or county having power to appropriate money therein may annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation in such municipality or county a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of sections 40:8-2 to 40:8-6 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-4.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, unless the context indicates a different meaning: a. "Motor bus carrier" means and includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers operating motor buses on established routes in this State or between points in this State. b. "Off-peak times" means the hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight during the weekdays, Monday through Friday, and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. c. "Gross income" means all income from whatever source derived, including, but not limited to, realized capital gains and, in their entirety, pension, annuity, retirement and social security benefits. d. "Senior citizen" means any male of the age of 65 years or more and any female of the age of 62 years or more having an annual gross income not in excess of $5,000.00 per year. L.1973, c. 67, s. 2, March 22, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.43
Qualifications of candidates of consolidation commission.
Status: in_force

9. a. The candidates from each participating municipality for a consolidation commission formed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.41) shall be registered voters of that municipality. They may be nominated by petitions signed by the registered and qualified voters of the municipality in a number at least equal to one percent of the total votes cast in the municipality at the last preceding general election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, or by 25 registered and qualified voters of the municipality, whichever is less, and filed with the municipal clerk not less than 40 days prior to the date of the election. b. Each nominating petition shall set forth the names, places of residence, and post-office addresses of the person or persons therein nominated, and a statement that the nomination is for the office of commission member and that the petitioners are registered voters of the municipality. Every voter signing a nominating petition shall, in addition to the voter's signature, give the voter's place of residence, post-office address and street number, if any. c. Before being filed with the municipal clerk, each nominating petition shall have fixed or appended thereto, or, if the same person or persons are named in more than one petition, fixed or appended to one of such petitions, a written acceptance of such nomination signed by the person or persons nominated therein. Such acceptance shall certify that the nominee is a registered voter of the municipality, that the nominee consents to stand as a candidate at the election and that, if elected, the nominee agrees to take office and serve. d. Each nominating petition shall be verified by an oath or affirmation of one or more of the signers thereof, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the petition was signed by each of the signers thereof in each signer's proper handwriting, that the signers are, to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant, registered voters of the municipality, and that the petition is prepared and filed in good faith for the sole purpose of endorsing the person or persons named therein for election as stated in the petition. e. If any nominating petition, or any oath, affirmation or written statement attached thereto, is defective, the person designated in the petition for such purpose may cause such petition or oath, affirmation or written statement to be amended in the manner prescribed for the amendment of defective petitions for nominating candidates for general elections in R.S.19:13-13. L.1977,c.435,s.9; amended 1999, c.58, s.3
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County and Municipal Water Supply Act." L.1989,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-19
Petition for election upon adoption of optional plan of government
Status: in_force

Upon petition of the registered voters of any municipality, an election shall be held in the municipality upon the question of adopting any of the optional plans of government provided in this act. The petition calling for such election shall be subject to the provisions of section 1-1(b) hereof and shall be signed by the following per centum of registered voters of the municipality: (a) 25% in municipalities of 7,000 or less inhabitants; (b) 20% in municipalities of more than 7,000 and less than 70,000 inhabitants; (c) 10% in municipalities of 70,000 or more inhabitants. The petition shall designate the plan to be voted upon, which may include any of the alternatives provided in this act and the question to be placed upon the ballot shall be in the same form as is required by section 1-14 of this article. L.1950, c. 210, p. 467, s. 1-19. Amended by L.1953, c. 254, p. 1746, s. 10; L.1954, c. 69, p. 424, s. 2, eff. June 24, 1954; L.1981, c. 465, s. 6, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-11a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-11a
Offices of tax collector and treasurer held by same persons; residence
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any municipality governed by this subtitle may by ordinance provide that any person who is appointed to or holds, at the same time, both the office of tax collector and the office of treasurer in any such municipality need not reside within the said municipality in order to hold such offices. Such offices shall not be deemed vacated by a change of residence of any such person. L.1973, c. 84, s. 1, eff. April 24, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:35-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-3
Contracts for services instead of building plants
Status: in_force

If the board of chosen freeholders shall deem it more advantageous to the county, it may contract with any person for the lighting of any roads owned or controlled by the county, or any of the public places of the county, or for supplying light, heat or power for buildings or institutions owned or controlled by the county, for any term not exceeding five years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-7.1
Relocation or removal of public utility facilities
Status: in_force

Whenever an authority, or any municipality or county which has acquired by purchase or condemnation real property for any project or for the widening of existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways or for new roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways to any project or partly for such purposes and partly for other municipal or county purposes, shall determine that it is necessary that any tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances (herein called "public utility facilities" ) of any public utility as defined in section 27:7-1 of the Revised Statutes in, on, along, over or under any project or any real property acquired as aforesaid, should be relocated in, or removed from, such project or real property acquired as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating such public utility facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of such authority, municipality or county; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such public utility facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be ascertained and paid by the authority, municipality or county making such order. In case of any such relocation or removal of public utility facilities as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such public utility facilities in their former location or locations. L.1954, c. 138, p. 636, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.32
Application of act
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply to all counties which have heretofore or shall hereafter adopt the provisions of chapter 276 of the laws of 1946, but shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the legal voters of the county as herein provided. L.1954, c. 247, p. 908, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-19
Dissolution of authority.
Status: in_force

19. The governing bodies of the municipalities which created an authority pursuant to P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) may by ordinance, dissolve the authority pursuant to the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.), except that any authority in existence on July 1, 1997, shall not be dissolved prior to the date certified by the State Treasurer that all bonds or notes issued by the sports authority pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1991, c.375 (C.5:10-14.3) and section 18 of P.L.1997, c.273 (C.5:10-6.3) to finance the Wildwood convention center facility, together with interest thereon, have been full met and discharged or provided for. Any dissolution, or attempted dissolution, of any such authority in violation of this section, whether before or after the effective date of P.L.1997, c.273 (C.40:54D-25.1 et al.) shall be null and void. L.1992,c.165,s.19; amended 1997, c.273, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-156.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-156.2
Members of police, fire department, volunteer fire company; powers, authority, immunity
Status: in_force

2. Members of a police force or fire department and force or volunteer fire company in any municipality entering into any agreement hereunder, while on duty rendering assistance to any other municipality or interstate authority created pursuant to an interstate compact entering into said agreement, shall have the same powers, authority and immunities as have the members of the police force or fire department and force or volunteer fire company, as the case may be, of the municipality in which such assistance is being rendered or of the authority for which such assistance is being rendered. L.1976,c.45,s.2; amended 1997, c.79, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-25
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article: "Commissioner" means any person, including the mayor, occupying the office of commissioner in a municipality having the commission form of government hereunder. "Recall petition" means the petition to be filed with the municipal clerk, as provided in this article, for the recall of a commissioner. "Incumbent" means the commissioner sought to be removed by the recall petition. "Nominee" means the person nominated by the petition of nomination. "Petition of nomination" means the petition of nomination provided for in this article to place the name of a successor to the incumbent upon the ballot. "Incumbent's petition" means the petition provided for in this article to place the question of the recall of the incumbent upon the ballot.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-191 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-191
Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition
Status: in_force

If within 20 days of the submission of a certified petition by the municipal clerk the council shall fail to pass an ordinance requested by an initiative petition in substantially the form requested or to repeal an ordinance as requested by a referendum petition, the municipal clerk shall submit the ordinance to the voters unless, within 10 days after final adverse action by the council or after the expiration of the time allowed for such action, as the case may be, a paper signed by at least four of the five members of the Committee of the Petitioners shall be filed with the municipal clerk requesting that the petition be withdrawn. Upon the filing of such a request, the original petition shall cease to have any force or effect. L.1950, c. 210, p. 518, s. 17-42, eff. June 8, 1950. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 3, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.13
Actions for violations; enforcement of rules
Status: in_force

The magistrate having jurisdiction over actions for the violation of other municipal ordinances shall have jurisdiction in actions for the violation of any such rule or regulation. The rules and regulations shall be enforced by the same proceedings and processes, and the practice for the enforcement thereof shall be the same as that provided by law for the enforcement of other ordinances of the municipality. L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 8, eff. May 2, 1945.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-99 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-99
Construction in other municipalities; sewers to tidewater
Status: in_force

The municipalities jointly contracting as provided in this article, may jointly provide a system of trunk or outlet sewers or other sewers for conveying or conducting sewage from such municipalities from a point or points agreed upon to a common destination or disposal plant or plants, or to tidewater or to some other trunk or outlet sewer or sewer or drain leading to tidewater, and may jointly provide a sewage disposal plant or plants for the collection, treatment and disposal of such sewage and may jointly provide for the necessary appurtenances to all the same. Such improvements or works and all appurtenances thereto or any or all of them may be constructed in whole or in part, within the limits of any such municipalities or wholly or jointly in any other municipality, subject to the provisions of sections 40:63-100 to 40:63-106 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-6
Acquisition and preservation of historical buildings and data
Status: in_force

Any county may acquire, by gift or purchase, any real estate or any interests therein, together with any and all buildings thereon within the limits of the county for historical purposes, or for the purpose of preserving therein or thereon historical data and objects of historical interest.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-208.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-208.3
Continuance of charter adopted prior to Jan. 9, 1982 of municipality with small municipality plan
Status: in_force

Any municipality having adopted, prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, a charter encompassing a small municipality plan of government heretofore authorized pursuant to P.L.1950, c. 210 shall continue to be governed, after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary 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 P.L.1950, c. 210 (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. 35, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:151-51 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 151 / Section 151-51
Quorum; procedure; clerk appointed
Status: in_force

In effecting such division a decision of the majority of those present of the committee of the newly created fire district, concurred in by a majority of those present and of the committee of the fire district the assets and debts of which are being divided, shall be final and conclusive. If any of the members of said committees shall fail to attend such meeting, those assembled may act, and a majority of the whole number of such joint committee may adjourn the meeting from time to time not exceeding one week. The joint committee shall appoint a clerk from their own number who shall keep a record of their proceedings and certify to each fire district affected the apportionment of assets and debts so made.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.6a — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.6a
Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to sheriff's officers.
Status: in_force

2. A person shall not be removed from employment or a position as a sheriff's officer, or suspended, fined or reduced in rank for a violation of the internal rules and regulations established for the conduct of employees of the sheriff's department unless a complaint charging a violation of those rules and regulations is filed no later than the 45th day after the date on which the person filing the complaint obtained sufficient information to file the matter upon which the complaint is based. A failure to comply with this section shall require a dismissal of the complaint. The 45-day time limit shall not apply if an investigation of a sheriff's officer for a violation of the internal rules and regulations of the sheriff's department is included directly or indirectly within a concurrent investigation of that officer for a violation of the criminal laws of this State; the 45-day limit shall begin on the day after the disposition of the criminal investigation. The 45-day requirement in this section for the filing of a complaint against a sheriff's officer shall not apply to a filing of a complaint by a private individual. L.2006, c.54, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-12.1
Definitions relative to snow removal from fire hydrants.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in P.L.2015, c.71 (C.40:65-12.1 et seq.): "Director" means the Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. "Hydrant locator pole" means a pole installed on, or adjacent to, as appropriate, a fire hydrant to enable the hydrant to be located when covered in snow. "Snow coverage" means the initial complete coverage of the fire hydrant as a result of natural precipitation or street clearing activities. b. On or before the first day of the twelfth month next following the operative date of P.L.2015, c.71 (C.40:65-12.1 et seq.), the governing body of every municipality may: (1) install, or cause to be installed, a hydrant locator pole on every working fire hydrant within municipal boundaries. The hydrant locator pole shall be maintained in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director; (2) adopt an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, requiring the owner of any real property abutting any fire hydrant to clear such fire hydrant of snow, within 24 hours of snow coverage, in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director; or (3) adopt an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, directing the municipality itself, or any department thereof, to clear all fire hydrants of snow, within 24 hours of snow coverage, in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director. c. If a party responsible for fire hydrant clearance under subsection b. of this section fails to perform the required clearance within the specified time, the municipality, or any department thereof, may perform the clearance and bill the responsible party no more than $75 for the service. L.2015, c.71, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-35
Authority here conferred deemed additional
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-34 of this title shall not repeal any other legislation or affect any proceedings thereunder for the purchase or condemnation of lands for park purposes, the improvement thereof or the raising of funds therefor; but shall be deemed to be additional legislation for such purposes and independent of all powers and authority conferred by any other law and not subject to any limitation contained in any other law.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-3.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-3.5
Actions by director.
Status: in_force

3. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall take such action as the director deems necessary and consistent with the intent of P.L.2008, c.92 (C.40A:4-3.5 et al.) to implement its provisions.
L.2008, c.92, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-152 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-152
Terms of municipal officers
Status: in_force

Every municipal officer elected under any of the plans provided in this act shall serve for the term of office specified in the plan and until his successor is elected and qualified. L.1950, c. 210, p. 503, s. 17-3, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-24
Each optional plan declared complete form of government
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act each of the optional plans of government provided in this act, and each of said optional plans as modified by any available provisions concerning the time of elections, size and terms of council and number of wards, is hereby declared to be a complete and separate form of government provided by the Legislature for submission to the voters of the municipality. L.1950, c. 210, p. 468, s. 1-24. Amended by L.1953, c. 254, p. 1747, s. 12, eff. July 20, 1953; L.1973, c. 234, s. 4, eff. Oct. 24, 1973; L.1981, c. 465, s. 12, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-117 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-117
Defense for members or officers in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to performance of duties
Status: in_force

Whenever a member or officer of a county police, or county park police, department or force is a defendant in any action or legal proceeding arising out of or incidental to the performance of his duties, the governing body of the county, or county park commission, as the case may be, shall provide said member or officer with necessary means for the defense of such action or proceeding, other than for his defense in a disciplinary proceeding instituted against him by the county or park commission, or in a criminal proceeding instituted as a result of a complaint on behalf of the county or park commission. If any such disciplinary or criminal proceeding instituted by or on complaint of the county or park commission shall be dismissed or finally determined in favor of the member or officer, he shall be reimbursed for the expense of his defense. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1972, c. 165, s. 2; L.1977, c. 455, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-19.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-19.3
Investment of funds; regulation of bonds or securities
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the free public library may invest its funds in any interest-bearing obligations of the United States of America, or in interest-bearing bonds of the State of New Jersey, or any county or municipality of said state, or in any other securities authorized for investments by trustees under and in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of chapter 15 of Title 3A of the New Jersey Statutes, but the authorization to invest funds in any such obligations or bonds or securities shall be by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the board of trustees at any regular or special meeting of the board. All such obligations or bonds or securities shall be registered in the official name of the board of trustees. As used in this section invest means the buying and selling of authorized obligations, bonds and securities. L.1942, c. 139, p. 430, s. 3. Amended by L.1968, c. 217, s. 1, eff. July 24, 1968; L.1973, c. 344, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-167 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-167
Referendum on ordinance fixing salaries, wages or compensation
Status: in_force

When the governing body of any municipality shall be required by petition to submit to the voters proposed increases in salaries, wages or compensation or if the governing body shall deem it advisable to have a referendum in respect to the salaries of its members, or any other elective official, or any managerial executive or confidential employee, the governing body shall adopt an ordinance definitely fixing such salaries and the operative date. Where any such ordinance provides for salary increases, they may be made to take effect on a specified date or apportioned to be effective on different specified dates during a period not to exceed 3 years. Any such ordinance may be adopted notwithstanding a prior referendum in respect to salaries, wages or compensation. The clerk of the municipality shall forthwith forward a certified copy of the ordinance to the officer whose duty it is to prepare the ballots for the election, notifying such officer that there is to be a vote on the question. Such officer, in the manner and form provided by law, shall place the question upon the ballot, to be used at the election in such municipality, in substantially the following form: "Shall the salaries of the (members of the governing body, other elective officials, managerial executives, confidential employees, as designated) of (name of municipality) be fixed as follows, (amount or amounts) per annum?" If it is proposed to reduce or increase salaries, the following form shall be used: "Shall the salaries of the (members of the governing body, other elective officials, managerial executives, confidential employees, as designated) of (name of municipality) be reduced (or increased) as follows: (members of the governing body, other elective officials, managerial executives, confidential employees, as designated) $ from $ (amount of present salary) to $ (amount of proposed or adopted salary) per annum?" If a majority of the legal voters of the municipality voting upon such question at the election shall vote "Yes," the salaries so adopted shall be payable to the members of the governing body or other elective officials or managerial executives or confidential employees, as the case may be, on and after the date specified in the ordinance and until again changed in the manner provided by law. The referendum vote shall be binding during the period of 2 years following such vote. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 2, eff. Sept. 21, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-4.1
Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted
Status: in_force

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a utilities authority created pursuant to sections 4, 5 or 6 of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-4 et seq.) by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, may change its name to "the . . . . . . water reclamation authority," with all or any significant part of a municipality, county or some other identifying geographical phrase inserted, as appropriate, through adoption of a resolution at any meeting of the authority. L.2001, c.123, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.12m — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.12m
Residential rental property; certificate of inspection or occupancy prior to new occupancy; authorization for ordinance
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality may adopt ordinances regulating the maintenance and condition of any unit of dwelling space, upon the termination of occupancy, in any residential rental property for the purpose of the safety, healthfulness, and upkeep of the structure and the adherence to such other standards of maintenance and condition as are required in the interest of public safety, health and welfare. Such ordinances shall require the owner of any residential rental property, prior to rental or lease involving a new occupancy of any unit of dwelling space in such property, to obtain a certificate of inspection or occupancy for the unit of dwelling space. Such certificate of inspection or occupancy shall be issued by the municipality upon the inspection of the unit of dwelling space by a municipal inspector and his findings that such unit meets the standards provided by law. The municipality may charge a fee to fund the costs of the inspections and the issuance of the certificates. For purposes of this act "owner" means the person who owns, purports to own, or exercises control of any residential rental property. L.1979, c. 476, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-27 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-27
Other group insurance plans
Status: in_force

In addition to the insurance required pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes and the coverage provided in N.J.S. 40A:10-26, the governing body of a municipality, in which an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad or squads exist rendering service generally throughout the municipality, may: a. Effect and maintain group accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, medical, surgical, major medical expenses, or health and accident insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business in New Jersey, or with a nonprofit hospital service or medical service corporation with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide, which is determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad; b. Effect and maintain a contract or contracts to provide drug prescription or other health care benefits which are determined to be necessary or desirable for the protection, safety and welfare of the members of an incorporated volunteer first aid, emergency, rescue or ambulance squad; c. In the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, appropriate and pay all or any portion of the cost of such insurance or contract or both. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-24
Sewage and industrial wastes
Status: in_force

In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, any sewerage authority, subject to its contracts with the holders of any bonds, is hereby empowered to provide, construct, maintain and operate facilities for the treatment and disposal of sewerage and industrial wastes originating within or without the district and to enter into a contract or contracts with any other sewerage authority or any municipality in an adjoining State which is authorized to enter into such a contract or any person on such terms and conditions as such contract or contracts may contain, providing for or relating to the treatment and disposal of any such sewerage and industrial wastes. Any such contract may contain any of the terms and provisions set forth in section 23 of this act and permitted by said section to be contained in contracts made thereunder. The sewerage authority and such other sewerage authority, municipality and person are hereby authorized and directed to do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out and perform every such contract and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as other obligations of such sewerage authority, other sewerage authority, municipality or person. L.1946, c. 138, p. 667, s. 24. Amended by L.1951, c. 127, p. 560, s. 9; L.1958, c. 135, p. 637, s. 1; L.1964, c. 31, s. 1, eff. May 4, 1964.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-4.2
Definitions relative to shared services agreements; pilot program established.
Status: in_force

3. a. As used in this section: "Local employee" means a tenured municipal clerk, assessor, collector, chief financial officer, municipal treasurer, or principal public works manager who is a municipal superintendent of public works; "Pilot county" means Atlantic, Camden, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Sussex, and Warren, counties; and "Pilot municipality" means a municipality located in a pilot county that enters into a shared services agreement with another pilot municipality pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.) for the services of a local employee. b. There is established a pilot program to evaluate the efficiency and functionality of the sharing of services of certain local personnel having tenure rights in office. In pilot municipalities, tenure rights shall not prohibit the sharing of services for a municipal clerk, a chief financial officer, an assessor, a tax collector, a municipal treasurer, or a municipal superintendent of public works. Under the pilot program, municipalities located in pilot counties may enter into shared services agreements, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.), for the services of tenured local employees, and provide for the dismissal of any tenured local employees who are not selected to be service providers under the shared services agreement. In a shared service agreement between pilot municipalities for the services of a municipal clerk, a chief financial officer, an assessor, a tax collector, a municipal treasurer, or a municipal superintendent of public works, the agent-party, as that term is defined in subsection d. of section 7 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-7), shall select for employment under the agreement one of the employees of the pilot municipalities that are party to the agreement who was employed in that same capacity by one of the pilot municipalities prior to the approval of the agreement. The shared service agreement shall address the proportion of work hours that the selected employee shall dedicate towards each pilot municipality, and any additional compensation that the selected employee may receive for assuming additional duties under the agreement. If the selected employee receives additional compensation for assuming additional duties under the agreement, the additional compensation shall not be reduced during the term of the agreement without good cause. c. A tenured municipal clerk, chief financial officer, assessor, tax collector, municipal superintendent of public works, or municipal treasurer 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. A tenured municipal clerk, chief financial officer, assessor, tax collector, municipal superintendent of public works, or municipal treasurer who has been dismissed to effectuate a shared service agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.) shall be reappointed to his or her former position, and shall regain his or her tenured status, if the shared service agreement is cancelled, or expires, within the two-year period immediately following the dismissal of that person. If the shared service agreement is cancelled, or expires, within the two-year period immediately following the dismissal, the reappointed employee shall be entitled to the same level of salary or wages as the employee had received at the time of the dismissal, augmented by any increases in salary granted to all other tenured employees by ordinance while the shared service agreement was in effect. L.2013, c.166, s.3; amended 2018, c.140, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:60-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 60 / Section 60-7
Miscellaneous
Status: in_force

a. The borough council may, by ordinance, delegate all or a portion of the executive responsibilities of the municipality to an administrator, who shall be appointed pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:9-136. b. The borough council may, by ordinance, adopt an administrative code. The administrative code shall restate the major provision of the borough's charter and the general law supplementing the charter. The administrative code shall set forth the manner in which the council shall perform its duties. If the council organizes itself into standing committees or if the council members serve as heads of departments with administrative control over said departments, the administrative code shall specify the powers and duties of such committees or department heads and the manner in which they are appointed. The administrative code shall set forth the titles of the principal municipal officers, how the officers are appointed, how they are organized into departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies; whom they supervise, by whom they are supervised; what powers they have; and what procedure should be followed to carry on the activities of the borough government. The administrative code shall not grant any power or authority, nor authorize any procedure, unless such power, authority or procedure is authorized implicitly by the wording of the statute or derived by reasonable implication therefrom. c. The assets and liabilities of any board, commission or district created pursuant to the statutes repealed in section 40A:60-8 of this act shall be transferred to the municipality. d. The borough council may create such advisory councils to the municipality as it may choose, including councils for the functions absorbed by it of any heretofore existing boards, commissions or districts. (Added by P.L. 1987, c.379, effective January 8, 1988.)
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.80 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.80
Ordinance proposing municipality's consolidation; consent
Status: in_force

3. a. The governing body of a sparsely populated municipality may adopt, by two-thirds vote of its full membership, an ordinance proposing the municipality's consolidation into a contiguous municipality. b. The clerk of a municipality that adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall forward a copy of the ordinance to the governing body of the absorbing municipality and to the director within seven days of the effective date of the ordinance. c. If the governing body of the absorbing municipality consents to the consolidation it shall, within 120 days after receipt of the ordinance adopted by the governing body of the sparsely populated municipality pursuant to subsection a. of this section, adopt an ordinance consenting to consolidation with the sparsely populated municipality by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of the governing body and shall forward a copy of the ordinance to the director and the clerk of the sparsely populated municipality. L.1995,c.376,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-64.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-64.3
Transfer of property and rights to township; liabilities; offices; adjustments
Status: in_force

In any such case of annexation and consolidation: (a) all of the property, tangible and intangible, and all of the rights of any kind of the borough shall be transferred to and become the property and rights of the township; (b) all books, papers, records and evidence of title in the possession or custody of any officer or employee of the borough shall be turned over to the officers or employees of the township holding offices or positions in the township similar to those of the borough having such possession or custody; (c) all liabilities, except as are released, as provided in this act, of the borough shall be assumed by and shall become the liabilities of the township; (d) all offices and positions in the borough shall cease upon the final release of the borough from the jurisdiction and control of said Local Government Board in accordance with the provisions of this act; (e) the governing body of the said township, by resolution, shall provide for any and all necessary adjustments and apportionments to equitably impose the burden of taxation upon the taxpayers of the township until such time as all of the liabilities of the borough shall have been liquidated. L.1945, c. 268, p. 801, s. 3, eff. April 30, 1945.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-22.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-22.1
Definitions relative to criminal history background checks for local housing authority employees.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Applicant" means a person 18 years of age or older who is being considered for employment for at least seven hours a week by an authority. "Authority" means a local housing authority created pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.). "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of State Police. L.1997,c.265,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-1.2
Grant of powers
Status: in_force

The grant of powers under this amendatory and supplementary act is intended to be as broad as is consistent with the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and with general law relating to local government. The grant of powers shall be construed as liberally as possible in regard to the county's right to reorganize its structure and to alter or abolish its agencies, subject to the general mandate of performing services, whether they be performed by the agency previously established or by a new agency or another department of county government. All county offices, boards, commissions, and authorities authorized or established by statute, other than those boards and offices which are subject to the provisions of subsection b. of section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, and other than educational institutions authorized or established pursuant to Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall be considered to be county agencies for the purposes of this section. L. 1987, c. 236, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:82-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 82 / Section 82-6
Council to appoint person to act during manager's absence
Status: in_force

During the absence or disability of the municipal manager a properly qualified person shall be appointed by the municipal council to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-133.12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-133.12
Costs of complying with requirements; "costs" defined
Status: in_force

10. Nothing in P.L.1997, c.279 (C.40A:9-133.9 et al.) shall be construed as requiring a municipal governing body to pay any of the costs an individual may incur in complying with the requirements for obtaining or renewing a registered municipal clerk certificate; however, a municipal governing body, by resolution, may determine to reimburse an individual for all or any portion of the costs an individual may incur. For the purposes of this section, the term "costs" shall include but not be limited to the costs associated with course registration, application fees, transportation and leaves of absence. L.1997,c. 279, s.10.