N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-98 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-98
Grants for preparation of storm water management plans
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, subject to available appropriations and grants from other sources, is authorized to make grants to any municipality, county, county planning agency or county water resources agency or other regional agency authorized to prepare storm water management plans. Any grants to a municipality shall provide 90% of the cost of preparing storm water management plans. The commissioner shall prescribe and promulgate, pursuant to law, procedures for applying for the grant and terms and conditions for receiving the grant. L.1981, c. 32, s. 6, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-16
Organization of newly elected officers
Status: in_force

On the first Monday after the filing of the result of said election in the office of the clerk of the county, those who were elected members of the governing body shall assemble in some convenient place, and after each member thereof has duly qualified and taken his oath of office, they shall proceed to organize in the manner provided by law. All other officers chosen at said first election shall qualify within five days thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-78 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-78
Section 4 of chapter 96 of the laws of 1959 saved from repeal
Status: in_force

Section 4 of chapter 96 of the laws of 1959 (C. 40:38-6.17) is saved from repeal. [Said section saved from repeal by this section provided for the repeal of sundry sections of the Revised Statutes, the New Jersey Statutes and various acts pertaining to salaries of surrogates, registers of deeds and mortgages, county clerks and sheriffs.] L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-76 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-76
Vacancies
Status: in_force

The office of board president shall be deemed vacant if: the incumbent moves his residence from the county; or he is by death, physical or mental illness or other casualty unable to continue to serve as board president. Any vacancy in the office of board president shall be filled by the board of freeholders, which shall appoint one of their number to serve as board president for the remainder of the unexpired term. During the temporary absence or temporary disability of the board president the vice president shall serve as acting president. L.1972, c. 154, s. 76, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 30, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-7.16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-7.16
Bids for leases
Status: in_force

Any lease executed hereunder shall be upon competitive bids following public advertisement therefor, in a newspaper circulating in the county, at least once, not less than 20 days prior to the receipt of bids. The advertisement shall designate the time and place of a meeting of the board of chosen freeholders at which the bids shall be received. At such time and place, the governing body, or any committee thereof having authority to do so, shall receive sealed bids and immediately proceed to unseal them and publicly announce the contents thereof. A record of the rentals, other consideration and terms offered shall be made in the minutes of the board for each bid. No bid shall be received previous to the hour designated in the advertisement and none shall be received thereafter. The lease shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. L.1958, c. 94, p. 540, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-62 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-62
Salary
Status: in_force

The salary of the county supervisor shall be fixed by ordinance of the board of freeholders; such salary shall be reasonable and commensurate with the duties of the office and may not be lowered during his tenure in office. L.1972, c. 154, s. 62, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-35 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-35
Investment in bonds
Status: in_force

35. 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, 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, money 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.1992,c.79,s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 40:74-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 74 / Section 74-7
Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted
Status: in_force

Any ordinance or measure, except an ordinance, or portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, that the board of commissioners or the qualified electors of the municipality shall have authority to enact, the board may on its own motion submit to the electors for adoption or rejection at a general election, regular municipal election, or special municipal election in the same manner and with the same effect as is herein provided for ordinances or measures submitted on petition. At any special election called under the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this Title (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), there shall be no bar to the submission of other questions to a vote of the electors in addition to the ordinances or measures provided for in this section and R.S. 40:74-5 and R.S. 40:74-9, if the other questions are such as may legally be submitted at such election. If the provisions of two or more measures approved or adopted at the same election conflict, then the measure receiving the highest affirmative vote shall control. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 5, eff. Sept. 21, 1976; L.1982, c. 145, s. 10, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.6f — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.6f
Revocation, suspension of certificate.
Status: in_force

6. a. Any public works manager certificate may be revoked or suspended by the director for dishonest practices; or failure, neglect, or refusal to comply with the Constitution of the State of New Jersey or the laws relating to local management of public works; or other just cause. Request may be made to the director by any governing body or chief executive officer of any municipality for a review of the behavior or practices of a certified public works manager when the governing body may feel the certificate should be revoked. The director may also initiate a review of the behavior or practices of a certified public works manager if the director finds it advisable to do so through the normal exercise of the director’s statutory duties and responsibilities. No certificate shall be revoked or suspended except upon a proper hearing before the director or the director’s designee after 14 days' notice to the certified public works manager. If the certificate of a person serving as a certified public works manager in any municipality shall be revoked by the director, that person shall not be entitled to any benefits pursuant to this act, nor may that person make application for recertification, for a period of five years from the date of the revocation. b. A complaint against a certified public works manager shall be filed with the municipal clerk and the director and a certified copy thereof shall be served upon the person so charged, with notice of a hearing date before the director or the director’s designee, which shall be not less than 30 days or more than 60 days from the date of service of the complaint. The hearing date may on application be extended by the director for good cause shown. c. The person so charged and the complainant shall have the right to be represented by counsel, the power to subpoena witnesses and documentary evidence, and such discovery as may be necessary to prepare the appeal. d. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to review the determination of the director and shall hear the cause de novo on the record below and affirm, modify, or set aside such determination. e. Either party may supplement the record with additional testimony subject to the rules of evidence. L.1991,c.258,s.6; amended 2025, c.185, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-54 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-54
Payment of service charges owed by public bodies
Status: in_force

Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to any municipal authority all service charges which the municipal authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property, in accordance with section 21 or section 22 of this act, and shall provide for the payment thereof in the same manner as other obligations of such county, municipality or public body. L.1957, c. 183, p. 672, s. 54, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-93 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-93
Representation of majority of employees; election
Status: in_force

If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees in the appropriate unit such question shall be submitted by either the county improvement authority operating the public transportation facility or the labor organization to an election conducted under the auspices of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation, which shall have authority to conduct such an election and to certify the result thereof. If there is a question as to whether the proposed unit is appropriate, that matter shall be referred to arbitration as hereinafter set forth. In determining the unit or units appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, the arbitrator shall be guided by the standards developed under the Federal labor laws in determining unit questions and applied to comparable industries. L.1968, c. 66, s. 8, eff. June 18, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-12
Funding or refunding bonds
Status: in_force

(a) A bond resolution of a sewerage authority may provide for and authorize the issuance of bonds of the sewerage authority in accordance with this section for the purpose stated in section ten or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds. A bond resolution providing for and authorizing the issuance of bonds to fund or refund bonds shall, in lieu of the matters described in clauses (1) and (2) of section ten, describe the bonds which are to be funded or refunded. (b) Upon adoption of the bond resolution, the sewerage authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. Such bonds shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the bond resolution may provide. (c) Bonds of a sewerage authority may be sold by the sewerage authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as the sewerage authority shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue of bonds (computed according to standard tables of bond values) shall not exceed six per centum (6%) per annum. L.1946, c. 138, p. 655, s. 12, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-127 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-127
Duties of municipal clerk
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall serve as clerk of the council, perform such functions as may be required by law of municipal clerks generally, have such other powers and duties as council may prescribe. He shall maintain the records and minutes of the governing body. L.1950, c. 210, p. 497, s. 13-13, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-110 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-110
Commission; composition; organization and compensation; treasurer's bond
Status: in_force

Every commission appointed in pursuance of section 40:62-109 of this Title shall consist of not more than five persons, residents of the municipalities making the application for their appointment and joining therein. The commission shall organize as soon as practicable by electing one of its number as president, shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the commission, and adopt a seal and a name whereby it may sue and be sued. The secretary shall keep correct minutes of the meetings and transactions of the commission, and perform such other duties as may be required of him. The treasurer shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as the commission shall prescribe. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. The members of the commission shall receive for their services compensation to be fixed by agreement with municipalities having at least two-thirds of the population of all of the municipalities making the application for their appointment and joining therein, or, in case of failure to agree, by the Superior Court. The secretary and the treasurer shall each receive such compensation as the commission may determine. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 716, s. 215, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-48
Appointment of members; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

a. After expiration of the period of 45 days following the first publication as provided in section 3 hereof of a notice regarding creation of an authority, 5 persons shall be appointed as the members of the authority. The members first appointed shall, by the resolution of appointment, be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring on the first days of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Februarys next ensuing after the date of their appointment. On or after January 1 in each year after such first appointments, one person shall be appointed as a member of the authority for a term commencing on or after February 1 in such year and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after such year. Each member shall hold office for the term of appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the authority during an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment of a person as member for the unexpired term. A copy of any resolution appointing any such members, certified by the clerk of the governing body, may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A copy of any such certified resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper adoption and filing thereof as aforesaid and, except in an action or proceeding seeking only exclusion of the appointee from office, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the members named therein. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section and section 3 of P.L.1960, c. 183 (C. 40:37A-46), whenever any county governed by the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.) shall proceed to reorganize its county improvement authority pursuant to the reorganization powers granted under section 30 of that act (C. 40:41A-30), the ordinance adopted for that purpose shall prescribe the number of members of the authority, their respective terms of office, and the dates upon which their respective terms of office shall expire. L.1960, c. 183, p. 734, s. 5, eff. Jan. 18, 1961. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 4, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-15
Examination of accounts
Status: in_force

The municipal council shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the municipality to be made by competent accountants, and shall publish the result of such examinations at intervals as prescribed by law.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-9
Applications for tax agreements, requirements
Status: in_force

9. Applicants for tax exemption and abatement for new construction of commercial or industrial structures or multiple dwellings shall provide the municipal governing body with an application setting forth: a. A general description of a project for which exemption and abatement is sought; b. A legal description of all real estate necessary for the project; c. Plans, drawings and other documents as may be required by the governing body to demonstrate the structure and design of the project; d. A description of the number, classes and type of employees to be employed at the project site within two years of completion of the project; e. A statement of the reasons for seeking tax exemption and abatement on the project, and a description of the benefits to be realized by the applicant if a tax agreement is granted; f. Estimates of the cost of completing such project; g. A statement showing (1) the real property taxes currently being assessed at the project site; (2) estimated tax payments that would be made annually by the applicant on the project during the period of the agreement, and (3) estimated tax payments that would be made by the applicant on the project during the first full year following the termination of the tax agreement; h. If the project is a commercial or industrial structure, a description of any lease agreements between the applicant and proposed users of the project, and a history and description of the users' businesses; i. If the project is a multiple dwelling, a description of the number and types of dwelling units to be provided, a description of the common elements or general common elements, and a statement of the proposed initial rentals or sales prices of the dwelling units according to type and of any rental lease or resale restrictions to apply to the dwellings' units respecting low or moderate income housing; j. Such other pertinent information as the governing body may require. L.1991,c.441,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-35.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-35.2
Organization
Status: in_force

(a) Each board of chosen freeholders constituted and elected under the provisions of section 1 of this act, shall organize at the first annual stated meeting of the board next after the election of the members thereof, and at the annual stated meeting in each year thereafter. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, each such board of chosen freeholders shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of article 2, chapter 20 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes. L.1966, c. 62, s. 2, eff. June 6, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-231 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-231
Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation
Status: in_force

To meet the expenses incurred under the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, in addition to the money received from benefit assessments as herein provided and otherwise, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall from time to time, on the requisition of the park commissioners, borrow money in the name and on the credit of the county by issuing bonds of the county to a sum in the aggregate not exceeding two million dollars. All such bonds shall be issued as hereinafter in section 40:37-235 of this title provided.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1
Opening and keeping open waterways; bonds; control
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality may by ordinance open or keep open any inlet, stream, canal, basin or other public waterway within the limits of or forming the boundaries of any such county or municipality. The ordinance shall set forth the amount of money necessary for that purpose, and upon the adoption thereof the county or municipality may issue bonds for the amount of money set forth in the ordinance, which shall be paid by moneys raised and collected as other moneys are raised and collected therein. The governing body of the county or municipality adopting such an ordinance shall have the exclusive charge and control of the expenditure of such money and the work to be done in opening and keeping open any such inlet, stream, canal, basin or other public waterway.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-5.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-5.3
Exhibitions of products and industries; poultry or agricultural exhibitions
Status: in_force

Every municipality shall have power to prepare, maintain and display any exhibition of the products and industries of the municipality, or any poultry or agricultural exhibition, or may contribute funds towards the maintenance or conduct thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.7
Child care center excluded in calculation of density of building
Status: in_force

1. In considering an application for development approval for a nonresidential development that is to include a child care center that is located on the business premises, is owned or operated by employers or landlords for the benefit of their employees, their tenants' employees, or employees in the area surrounding the development, and is required to be licensed by the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.), an approving authority may exclude the floor area to be occupied in any building or structure by the child care center in calculating the density of that building or structure for the purposes of determining whether or not the density is allowable under any applicable municipal zoning ordinance. L.1992,c.81.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-28
Assessment for benefits; bonds and improvement certificates
Status: in_force

Any municipality entering into such a contract may assess all or part of the cost to be borne by the municipality upon the real estate benefited by the improvement, in the same manner as assessments for benefits for local improvements in such municipality, and the same authorization and hearing to all persons interested shall be required as in the case of local improvements. The municipality may issue its bonds and bond anticipation notes to finance the improvement.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-57 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-57
Qualifications
Status: in_force

The deputy manager 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 may live outside the county only with the permission of the manager. L.1972, c. 154, s. 57, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-32
Conduct of election
Status: in_force

All elections held under the provisions of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall be conducted in accordance with the laws relating to elections, and the votes shall be counted, returned, certified, canvassed and declared in the manner provided by such laws for elections for county officers.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-23.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-23.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of this act: a. "Condominium" means the form of real property ownership provided for under the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.); b. "Cooperative" means a housing corporation or association wherein the holder of a share or membership interest in the corporation or association is entitled to possess and occupy, for dwelling purposes, a house, apartment, or other unit of housing owned by the corporation or association, or to purchase a unit of housing constructed or erected by the corporation or association; c. "Fee simple community" means a private community which consists of individually owned lots or units and provides for common or shared elements or interests in real property; d. "Horizontal property regime" means the form of real property ownership provided for under the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.); e. "Qualified private community" means a residential condominium, cooperative, fee simple community, or horizontal property regime, the residents of which do not receive any tax abatement or tax exemption related to its construction, comprised of a community trust or other trust device, condominium association, homeowners' association, or council of coowners, wherein the cost of maintaining roads and streets and providing essential services is paid for by a not-for-profit entity consisting exclusively of unit owners within the community. No apartment building or garden apartment complex owned by an individual or entity that receives monthly rental payments from tenants who occupy the premises shall be considered a qualified private community. No "proprietary campground facility," as defined in section 1 of P.L.1993, c.258 (C.45:22A-49), shall be considered to be a qualified private community. L.1989,c.299,s.1; amended 1993,c.258,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-5
Extension of terms
Status: in_force

When the terms of office of the members of the board in any county affected by sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title expire on any day other than at the annual stated meeting of the board the terms of office of such members are hereby extended to the annual stated meeting following the date when their terms would otherwise expire.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.13a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.13a
County park commissions
Status: in_force

For purposes of P.L. 1985, c. 439 (C. 40A:14-146.8 et seq.), regarding the appointment of special law enforcement officers, county park commissions shall be entitled to act as a local unit as defined in that act. L. 1985, c. 439, s. 12, eff. Jan. 13, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-130.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-130.1
Additional bond issue for county parks and parkways; total amount; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first class or by counties of the second class having a population of not less than 500,000, under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways in such counties, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bond Law being chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission. L.1946, c. 267, p. 926, s. 1. Amended by L.1964, c. 283, s. 2, eff. Jan. 26, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-105 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-105
Rejection of application; appeal
Status: in_force

In case of the refusal of the municipal authorities of another municipality, to grant such permission, the municipalities making the application may, within thirty days after such refusal, apply to the state department of health, which shall have power to reverse the decision of the local authorities of such municipality, and grant, after hearing, the application for the erection of said disposal or other plants, upon being satisfied that such erection will best serve the interest of the public health and the general welfare of the municipalities affected and of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55.7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55.7
Effect of revision of Title 40
Status: in_force

This act shall continue in effect after, and notwithstanding the taking effect of, chapter 169 of the laws of 1960. L.1961, c. 22, p. 108, s. 7, eff. May 9, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-3
Organization; officers; salary of secretary
Status: in_force

The shade tree commission shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its total membership for the remainder of the then current calendar year, and thereafter annually, by the election of 1 of its members as chairman, and the appointment of a secretary who need not be a member of the commission. The salary of the secretary, who may be compensated even if a member of the commission, shall be fixed by the governing body of the county in accordance with the salary schedule, if any, of the county for corresponding positions. Amended by L.1958, c. 41, p. 132, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-49
Election of officers; terms; appointment of agents and employees
Status: in_force

Every authority, upon the first appointment of its members and thereafter on or after February 1 in each year, shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice chairman who shall hold office until February 1 next ensuing and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Every authority may also appoint and employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, a secretary, a treasurer, an executive director and a chief engineer and such other agents and employees as it may require, and it shall determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties and compensation. L.1960, c. 183, p. 734, s. 6, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-15
Reimbursement of account used to pay costs connected with sidewalk improvement
Status: in_force

All moneys recovered or paid to the municipality under the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be credited to the account out of which the cost of such work was paid. L.1970, c. 297, s. 2, eff. Dec. 14, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-81 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-81
Powers of redevelopment entity.
Status: in_force

8. a. To the extent that the statute under which a redevelopment entity was established, section 4 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-4) or P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.) in the case of a county improvement authority, confers on that entity the power to borrow funds and incur debt, the redevelopment entity may exercise those powers in furtherance of its land banking obligations subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in section 4 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-4) or P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.). b. To the extent that the statute under which the redevelopment entity was established, section 4 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-4) or P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.) in the case of a county improvement authority, provides that the municipality may guarantee its debt or other borrowing, the municipality may also guarantee its debt or other borrowing under the same terms and conditions, in furtherance of the entity's obligations as a land bank entity. c. The guaranteeing of debt and borrowing of funds permitted under subsections a. and b. of this section only shall be permitted so long as the land banking agreement itself also explicitly permits these actions. L.2019, c.159, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.34 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.34
Payment of principal, interest on bonds
Status: in_force

a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, whenever such bonds shall have been authorized by the legal voters as aforesaid and the same shall have been issued, the clerk of the board of water commissioners shall annually issue to the assessor of the taxing district in which such water district is situate an order directing him to assess upon the owners of property in that water district, and their estates and the taxable property therein, an amount sufficient to pay the bond or bonds maturing in each year together with the interest accruing upon all the unpaid bonds of such township water district, which order shall be duly executed by the assessor. The money so assessed shall be assessed and levied by the assessor and collected by the collector of said taxing district, who shall, on or before July 1 next thereafter, pay the full amount so ordered to be assessed, levied and collected to the treasurer of the board of water commissioners, who shall pay the principal and interest as they become due and payable. If there be no funds available to pay any outstanding bonds, or the interest due thereon, the water commissioners may borrow money upon the promissory note of the water district, signed by the president and secretary of such water commissioners. b. Property within the water district shall be exempt from the assessment authorized in subsection a. of this section if: (1) The water supplied by the water district is not reasonably available to the owner of the property; and (2) Prior to each annual assessment the board of water commissioners determines that the exemption would not adversely affect the ability of the water district to meet principal reduction and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued thereby. L. 1951, c. 280, p. 965, s. 34, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L. 1985, c. 191, s. 4, eff. June 20, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-40
Municipal port authority as political subdivision; powers
Status: in_force

Every municipal port authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare and shall have perpetual succession and have the following additional powers: (1) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (2) To sue and be sued; (3) In its own name to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its charges and other revenues and other moneys; (4) In its own name but for the local unit, to acquire, rent, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the municipal port authority, and to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, or lease as lessee, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the municipal port authority, whether subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and to use the same, and is dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the municipal port authority; (5) To grant by franchise, lease or otherwise, the use of any project, facilities or property owned and controlled by it to any person for such consideration and for such period or periods of time and upon such other terms and conditions as it may fix and agree upon. Any such grant may be upon condition that the user shall or may construct or provide any buildings or structures or improvements on such project, facilities or property, or portions thereof, all upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon; (6) To provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; (7) To apply for and to accept gifts or grants of real personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purposes of the municipal port authority, from any person, county or municipality, including the United States or any agency thereof, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts and to do any and all things necessary or desirable in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; (8) To determine the exact location, type and character of and all matters in connection with all or any part of the port system which it is authorized to own, construct, establish, effectuate or control and to enter on any lands, waters or premises for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps or plans or for the purpose of making such soundings or borings as it deems necessary or convenient; (9) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of the port system and any other of its properties, and to amend the same; (10) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any person; (11) To acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain and undertake any project and to make service charges for the use thereof; and (12) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the municipal port authority or to carry out any power expressly given in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1960, c. 192, p. 815, s. 12, eff. Feb. 15, 1961. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 15, eff. May 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-42 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-42
Supplemental debt statement
Status: in_force

A supplemental debt statement shall be in form prescribed by the director and shall set forth as to the local unit: a. The net debt as stated in the annual debt statement or revision thereof last filed; the amount by which such net debt has been increased by the authorization of additional debt or decreased by payment of outstanding debt or reduction of the authorization to incur debt; b. The amounts and purposes separately itemized of obligations about to be authorized, together with any deductions which may be made on account of any such item; c. The net debt of the local unit as determined by addition of the net amounts stated in subsections a and b; d. The equalized valuations of the taxable real estate, together with improvements for the last 3 preceding years, and the average thereof as stated in the annual debt statement or revision thereof last filed; and e. Net debt expressed as a percentage of said average of equalized valuations. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1964, c. 72, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-38 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-38
Filing of ordinance
Status: in_force

Within 30 days following the enactment of an ordinance establishing an urban homesteading program, the municipal clerk shall file a copy of the ordinance with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services and the Director of the Division of Housing and Development of the Department of Community Affairs. L. 1988, c. 148, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-133 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-133
Municipal clerk, appointment, duties.
Status: in_force

40A:9-133. a. In every municipality there shall be a municipal clerk appointed for a three-year term by the governing body of the municipality. The requirement that every municipality shall have a municipal clerk may be fulfilled by the sharing of a municipal clerk with another municipality or municipalities under a shared service agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et seq.), and such shared service agreement shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) and, in the case of a shared service agreement between pilot municipalities, section 3 of P.L.2013, c.166 (C.40A:65-4.2). Commencing January 1 following the third anniversary of the effective date of P.L.1997, c.279 (C.40A:9-133.9 et al.), no person shall be appointed or reappointed as a municipal clerk unless that person holds a registered municipal clerk certificate issued pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.3 or C.40A:9-133.4). b. For the purposes of tenure, the term of a municipal clerk shall be deemed to have begun as of the actual date upon which a person serving as municipal clerk is appointed. In the event of a vacancy in the office of municipal clerk, an appointment shall be made for a new term and not for the unexpired term. A reappointment of an incumbent municipal clerk made within 60 days following the expiration of the prior term shall not be considered to be a new appointment and the effective date of the reappointment shall date back to the date of expiration of the initial term of appointment. c. In the event of a vacancy in the office of municipal clerk by reason of the departure of a registered municipal clerk, the governing body may appoint a person who does not hold a registered municipal clerk certificate to serve as acting municipal clerk for a period not to exceed one year and commencing on the date of the vacancy. Any person so appointed may, with the approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, be reappointed as acting municipal clerk for a maximum of two subsequent one-year terms following the termination of the temporary appointment. No local unit shall fill the position of acting municipal clerk for more than three consecutive years. Time served as acting municipal clerk may be credited toward the experience authorized as a substitute for the college education requirement pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.2). Time served as acting municipal clerk may not be credited as time served as municipal clerk for the purpose of acquiring tenure pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.7). d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c.279). e. The municipal clerk shall: (1) act as secretary of the municipal corporation and custodian of the municipal seal and of all minutes, books, deeds, bonds, contracts, and archival records of the municipal corporation. The governing body may, however, provide by ordinance that any other specific officer shall have custody of any specific other class of record; (2) act as secretary to the governing body, prepare meeting agendas at the discretion of the governing body, be present at all meetings of the governing body, keep a journal of the proceedings of every meeting, retain the original copies of all ordinances and resolutions, and record the minutes of every meeting; (3) serve as the chief administrative officer in all elections held in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes; (4) serve as chief registrar of voters in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes; (5) serve as the administrative officer responsible for the acceptance of applications for licenses and permits and the issuance of licenses and permits, except where statute or municipal ordinance has delegated that responsibility to some other municipal officer; (6) serve as coordinator and records manager responsible for implementing local archives and records retention programs as mandated pursuant to Title 47 of the Revised Statutes; (7) perform such other duties as are now or hereafter imposed by statute, regulation, or by municipal ordinance or regulation. f. If a governing body fails or refuses to comply with subsection a., b. , c., or g. of this section, the director may order the governing body to comply by a date certain which shall afford the governing body a reasonable time within which to comply. If a governing body receives an order from the director to comply pursuant to this section, the members of a governing body who willfully fail or refuse to comply shall each be subject to a personal penalty of $100 for each day after the date fixed for final action that failure or refusal to comply continues. The amount of the penalty may be recovered by the director in the name of the State as a personal debt of the member of the governing body, and shall be paid, upon receipt, into the State Treasury. g. Within 90 days of the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of municipal clerk, unless an extension is granted by the director upon written request by the governing body or chief executive officer, the governing body shall either appoint an individual with a registered municipal clerk certificate issued pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.2 and C.40A:9-133.3) to serve as municipal clerk, enter into a shared services agreement with another municipality or municipalities pursuant to subsection a. of this section, or, if there is a vacancy in the office of municipal clerk by reason of the departure of a registered municipal clerk, appoint a person who does not hold a registered municipal clerk certificate to serve as acting municipal clerk pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The director may approve an extension to the 90-day period upon good cause shown and the municipality having demonstrated its inability to fill the vacancy in the office despite having made a good faith effort to do so. amended 1980, c.147, s.5; 1981, c.394, s.2; 1991, c.73, s.1; 1997, c.279, s.1; 2013, c.166, s.7; 2025, c.185, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:47-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-12
Effect of annexation in certain cases on tenure
Status: in_force

L.1922, c. 123, p. 218 [1924 Suppl. s.s. *136-650A(1), *136-650A(2) ], entitled "An act concerning the annexation of part of one town or township to another municipality, and also the creation of new municipalities from such towns, townships or part thereof, and relating to the tenure of office and salary of uniformed paid firemen and policemen in territory so annexed or created in counties of the first class," approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the tenure of office of policemen and firemen in certain cases of annexation and where newly created municipalities have been formed.]
N.J. Stat. § 40:85-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 85-11
Nomination, election of officers for new government.
Status: in_force

40:85-11. At the primary election for the general election held in such municipality after the general election at which such question shall be adopted, the electors of such municipality shall nominate officials for the new form of government to take effect in the following January, and at the general election one year after the general election at which such question shall have been adopted, the electors of such municipality shall elect the officials under the form of government which shall take effect the following January. Amended 2005, c.136, s.66.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.30
Adopted law immediately operative
Status: in_force

If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the adoption of such law shall be cast in favor of the adoption thereof, the same shall immediately become operative in the county voting thereon. L.1954, c. 246, p. 907, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-39
Discretionary contents of ordinance.
Status: in_force

29.1. Discretionary contents of ordinance. An ordinance requiring approval by the planning board of either subdivisions or site plans or both may include the following: a. Provisions for off-tract water, sewer, drainage, and street improvements which are necessitated by a subdivision or land development, subject to the provisions of section 30 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-42); b. Provisions for standards encouraging and promoting flexibility, and economy in layout and design through the use of planned development, cluster development or both; provided that such standards shall be appropriate to the type of development permitted; and provided further that the ordinance shall set forth the limits and extent of any special provisions applicable to planned developments and to cluster developments, considering the availability of existing and proposed infrastructure and the environmental characteristics of any area proposed for development and any area proposed for protection as open space, agricultural land, or historic site, so that the manner in which such special provisions differ from the standards otherwise applicable to subdivisions or site plans can be determined; c. Provisions for planned development: (1) Authorizing the planning board to grant general development plan approval to provide the increased flexibility desirable to promote mutual agreement between the applicant and the planning board on the basic scheme of a planned development and setting forth any variations from the ordinary standards for preliminary and final approval; (2) Requiring that any common open space resulting from the application of standards for density, or intensity of land use, be set aside for the use and benefit of the owners or residents in such development subject to section 31 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-43); (3) Setting forth how the amount and location of any common open space shall be determined and how its improvement and maintenance for common open space use shall be secured subject to section 31 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-43); (4) Authorizing the planning board to allow for a greater concentration of density, or intensity of land use, within a section or sections of development, whether it be earlier, later or simultaneous in the development, than in others, in order to realize the preservation of agricultural lands, open space, and historic sites, or otherwise advance the purposes of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.); (5) Setting forth any requirement that the approval by the planning board of a greater concentration of density or intensity of land use for any section to be developed be offset by a smaller concentration in any completed prior stage or by an appropriate reservation of public open space or common open space on the remaining land, or preservation of land for historic or agricultural purposes, by grant of development restriction, easement, or by covenant in favor of the municipality; provided that such reservation shall, as far as practicable, defer the precise location of common open space until an application for final approval is filed, so that flexibility of development can be maintained; (6) Setting forth any requirements for timing of development among the various types of uses and subgroups thereunder and, in the case of planned unit development and planned unit residential development, whether some nonresidential uses are required to be built before, after or at the same time as the residential uses. d. Provisions ensuring in the case of a development which proposes construction over a period of years, the protection of the interests of the public and of the residents, occupants and owners of the proposed development in the total completion of the development. e. Provisions that require as a condition for local municipal approval the submission of proof that no taxes or assessments for local improvements are due or delinquent on the property for which any subdivision, site plan, or planned development application is made. f. Provisions for the creation of a Site Plan Review Advisory Board for the purpose of reviewing all site plan applications and making recommendations to the planning board in regard thereto. g. Provisions for standards governing outdoor advertising signs required to be permitted pursuant to P.L.1991, c.413 (C.27:5-5 et seq.) including, but not limited to, the location, placement, size and design thereof. h. Provisions for cluster development: (1) Authorizing the planning board flexibility to approve a subdivision or site plan or both through mutual agreement with an applicant to allow for the clustering of development within a section or sections of development at a greater concentration of density or intensity of land use than established for the zoning district, in order to achieve the goal of permanently protecting land as public open space or common open space, or for historic or agricultural purposes. (2) Requiring the placement of a development restriction on any land identified for preservation in accordance with section 9 of P.L.2013, c.106 (C.40:55D-39.1). i. Provisions requiring a successor developer to furnish a performance guarantee as a replacement for a performance guarantee that was previously accepted in accordance with standards adopted by ordinance and regulations adopted pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c.68 (C.40:55D-53a) and section 41 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-53), or this subsection, for the purpose of assuring the installation and maintenance of on-tract improvements, and releasing the predecessor obligor and surety, if any, from liability pursuant to its performance guarantee. L.1975, c.291, s.29.1; amended 1987, c.129, s.2; 2004, c.42, s.8; 2013, c.106, s.8; 2013, c.123, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-7.1
Audit of accounts of port authority annually; filing
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every "port authority," created pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the authority to be made and filed with the authority, and for this purpose the authority shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury within five days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.1952, c. 305, p. 1022, s. 1, eff. June 12, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-18
Public recording of approved claims
Status: in_force

All claims approved for payment by the local unit shall be recorded by the local unit, either in its minutes or in a manner prescribed by the director. The record of approval shall be open to the public. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-109 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-109
Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission shall determine to open and lay out a boulevard, parkway or roadway, or make any improvement thereof which shall require the condemnation of real estate or any right or interest therein, it shall give notice by publication, at least ten days, in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the county wherein the real estate to be condemned is situate of its intention to apply to a judge of the Superior Court in that county for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to: a. Make an appraisement of the value of the real estate which in their judgment is necessary to be taken for the opening and laying out of any boulevards or roadways, or for the improvement thereof; b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the damages occasioned thereby; c. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the special benefits which the laying out of the street or the improvement thereof will confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 658, s. 82, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-237 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-237
Amount collected from benefit assessments applied to payment of bonds
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of moneys collected from benefit assessments the park commissioners shall turn over the sum so collected to the officer, board or body charged by law with the care, custody and control of the fund for the payment of the bonds issued for the improvement in connection with which the assessment was levied.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-102 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs; b. "Grade" means a reference plane consisting of the average finished ground level adjacent to a structure, building, or facility at all visible exterior walls; c. "Manufactured home" means a unit of housing which: (1) Consists of one or more transportable sections which are substantially constructed off site and, if more than one section, are joined together on site; (2) Is built on a permanent chassis; (3) Is designed to be used, when connected to utilities, as a dwelling on a permanent or nonpermanent foundation; and (4) Is manufactured in accordance with the standards promulgated for a manufactured home by the secretary pursuant to the "National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," Pub.L. 93-383 (42 U.S.C. s. 5401 et seq.) and the standards promulgated for a manufactured or mobile home by the commissioner pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.); d. "Mobile home park" means a parcel of land, or two or more parcels of land, containing no fewer than 10 sites equipped for the installation of manufactured homes, where these sites are under common ownership and control for the purpose of leasing each site to the owner of a manufactured home for the installation thereof, and where the owner or owners provide services, which are provided by the municipality in which the park is located for property owners outside the park, which services may include but shall not be limited to: (1) The construction and maintenance of streets; (2) Lighting of streets and other common areas; (3) Garbage removal; (4) Snow removal; and (5) Provisions for the drainage of surface water from home sites and common areas. A parcel, or any contiguous parcels, of land which contain, on the effective date of this act, no fewer than three sites equipped for the installation of manufactured homes, and which otherwise conform to the provisions of this subsection, shall qualify as a mobile home park for the purposes of this act; e. "Nonpermanent foundation" means any foundation consisting of nonmortared blocks, wheels, concrete slab, runners, or any combination thereof, or any other system approved by the commissioner for the installation and anchorage of a manufactured home on other than a permanent foundation; f. "Off site construction of a manufactured home" or section thereof means the construction of that home or section at a location other than the location at which the home is to be installed; g. "On site joining of sections of a manufactured home" means the joining of those sections at the location at which the home is to be installed; h. "Permanent foundation" means a system of support installed either partially or entirely below grade, which is: (1) Capable of transferring all design loads imposed by or upon the structure into soil or bedrock without failure; (2) Placed at an adequate depth below grade to prevent frost damage; and (3) Constructed of material approved by the commissioner; i. "Runners" means a system of support consisting of poured concrete strips running the length of the chassis of a manufactured home under the lengthwise walls of that home; j. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and k. "Trailer" means a recreational vehicle, travel trailer, camper or other transportable, temporary dwelling unit, with or without its own motor power, designed and constructed for travel and recreational purposes to be installed on a nonpermanent foundation if installation is required. L.1983, c. 386, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1984, operative Dec. 22, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-17
Bonds; annual appropriation; care and maintenance
Status: in_force

The memorial building shall be erected upon the land or site determined upon in all other respects in the same manner and with the same authority as is otherwise provided by law for the erection and maintenance of public buildings, except as herein provided, and such municipality shall issue its bonds for the proportion to be provided by the municipality of the total cost of the memorial and its furnishing and equipment, and shall provide annually thereafter for the care, upkeep and maintenance thereof, as a memorial dedicated to the public use, in all respects as is provided by law for other buildings.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.5
No compensation to members; expenses
Status: in_force

Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the commission, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses are paid in and for the county. L.1940, c. 24, s. 4, eff. March 30, 1940.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.20
Opening and closing of polls; books for names of voters
Status: in_force

The polls for the election shall be opened at such time as the board of water commissioners may designate, between the hours of two and nine post meridian, and shall remain open at least one hour or as much longer as may be necessary to poll the vote of the district. The board of water commissioners shall furnish suitable books in which shall be entered the names and addresses of each person voting within each of the municipalities, and no person shall vote at such election except as provided in section seventeen of this Title. L.1951, c. 280, p. 961, s. 20.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-25 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-25
Expenditures of agency, authority
Status: in_force

25. All expenditures by a redevelopment agency or housing authority, including its debt payments, shall be consistent with its annual budget, which shall be transmitted to the governing body and chief executive officer of the municipality or county which created the redevelopment agency or housing authority. L.1992,c.79,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-30 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-30
Removal from fire hazards of tangible personal property; custody; arrest of offenders
Status: in_force

Any member or officer of a municipal fire department or force subject to the rules and regulations thereof in connection with a fire may remove any tangible personal property involved therein and hold such property for the owner. The members and officers of the fire department or force, during the continuance of the fire, shall have the powers of a peace officer and may apprehend or arrest without warrant any person interfering with the removal or custody of such property. Any such person so apprehended or arrested shall be brought before the local municipal court or any other court of competent jurisdiction, to be dealt with according to law. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-9a — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-9a
Current purchasing agent, lower bid threshold.
Status: in_force

4. An individual who is the duly authorized purchasing agent of a contracting unit and does not possess a qualified purchasing agent certificate on the date of enactment of P.L.2009, c.166 may continue to be referred to as the purchasing agent, but the bid threshold for that contracting unit shall be set at $17,500 until such time as that individual obtains a qualified purchasing agent certificate. A contracting unit exercising this authority shall file a letter to this effect with the director. L.2009, c.166, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:35-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1
Purposes for which plants may be erected
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may erect, equip and maintain plants for lighting county roads, and supplying light, heat and general power for buildings and institutions owned or controlled by the county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-7
Actions and liabilities unaffected
Status: in_force

No suit brought by or against any such municipality shall abate by reason of the change of such corporate title, nor shall the liability of such municipality, or of any person to such municipality, on any contracts or otherwise, be affected by reason thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-85.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-85.1
Appropriations by fire districts
Status: in_force

Any fire district may appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purchase of first aid, ambulance, rescue or other emergency vehicles, equipment, supplies and materials for use by duly incorporated first aid, emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad associations rendering service generally throughout the fire district. L. 1986, c. 120, s. 2, eff. Oct. 8, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.9a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.9a
Regional library administrators, duties
Status: in_force

37. The director or other chief administrative officer of each regional library established under the provisions of P.L.1962, c.134 (C.40:33-13.3 et seq.) shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be displayed at the principal and any branch location of that library and to be made available to each person who, when appearing in person at such location, may wish, on a voluntary basis, to register to vote; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to each such principal or branch location; and c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to each library which provides services under any program administered by the library which is located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4). L.1994,c.182,s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-15.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15.2
Submission by county of proposition authorizing annual levy.
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) The governing body of any county may submit to the voters of the county in a general or special election a proposition authorizing imposition of an annual levy for an amount or at a rate deemed appropriate for any or all of the following purposes, or any combination thereof, as determined by the governing body: (a) acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes; (b) development of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes; (c) maintenance of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes; (d) acquisition of farmland for farmland preservation purposes; (e) historic preservation of historic properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects, and the acquisition of such properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects for historic preservation purposes; (f) payment of debt service on indebtedness issued or incurred by a county for any of the purposes set forth in subparagraph (a), (b), (d), (e) or (g) of this paragraph; or (g) Blue Acres projects. (2) The amount or rate of the annual levy may be subdivided in the proposition to reflect the relative portions thereof to be allocated to any of the respective purposes specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection or may be depicted as a total amount or rate, to be subdivided in a manner determined previously, or to be determined at a later date, by the governing body of the county after conducting at least one public hearing thereon. b. Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the county, the governing body of the county may annually raise by taxation a sum not to exceed the amount or rate set forth in the proposition approved by the voters for the purposes specified therein. If the amount or rate set forth in the proposition was not subdivided among the various purposes, the governing body of the county may determine the appropriate amount or rate to be allocated to each purpose after conducting at least one public hearing thereon. c. Amounts raised by the levy imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to be created by the county, and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by the voters of the county. Any interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the county trust fund shall be credited to the fund to be used for the same purposes as the principal. Separate accounts may be created within the county trust fund for the deposit of revenue to be expended for each of the purposes specified in the proposition approved by the voters of the county. A county may deposit other funds into the County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund, as it may, from time to time, deem appropriate. d. (1) (a) Selection of lands for acquisition for recreation and conservation purposes shall be in accordance with an open space and recreation plan prepared and adopted by the county. (b) Selection of projects to develop or maintain lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes shall be in accordance with an open space and recreation development and maintenance plan prepared and adopted by the county. (c) Selection of farmland for acquisition for farmland preservation purposes shall be in accordance with a farmland preservation plan prepared and adopted by the county or pursuant to the provisions of the "Agriculture Retention and Development Act," P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et al.) or any other law enacted for the purpose of preserving farmland, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (d) Selection of historic preservation projects shall be in accordance with a historic preservation plan prepared and adopted by the county. (2) Monies in the county trust fund may be used to pay the cost of preparing and adopting the plans required by this subsection. e. The governing body of a county may submit to the voters of the county in a general or special election a proposition amending or supplementing a proposition previously submitted, approved, and implemented as provided pursuant to this section either (1) changing the amount or rate of the annual levy, or (2) adding or removing purposes authorized pursuant to this section for which the levy may be expended. Upon approval of the amendatory or supplementary proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the county, the governing body of the county shall implement it in the same manner as set forth in P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) for implementation of the original proposition. f. Upon petition to the governing body of a county signed by the voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the votes cast therein at the last preceding general election, filed with the governing body at least 90 days before a general or special election, the governing body of the county shall submit to the voters of the county in the general or special election the proposition otherwise authorized pursuant to subsection a. or subsection e. of this section, as the case may be. L.1997, c.24, s.2; amended 2005, c.108, s.1; 2011, c.173, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-127.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-127.2
Other qualifications
Status: in_force

2. No former State trooper, sheriff's officer or deputy, or county or municipal policeman who meets the age requirements for reappointment under the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1979, c.461 (C.40A:14-127.1) shall be exempt from meeting the general qualifications for appointment provided in N.J.S.40A:14-122. L.1979,c.461,s.2; amended 1991,c.492,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-20
Continuation of provisions for run-off elections
Status: in_force

Any municipality in which, immediately prior to the effective date of this act, run-off elections were required to be held pursuant to the plan or form of government, or charter, of the municipality, shall, on and after the effective date of this act, be governed by the provisions of sections 14 and 15 of this act for so long as it continues to be governed by that plan or form of government, or that charter, except as provided in section 17 of this act. L.1981, c. 379, s. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-85 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-85
Acquisition of property, equipment by fire district.
Status: in_force

40A:14-85. The board of commissioners of a fire district may purchase a firehouse, fire engines, apparatus, or other appliances for the extinguishment of fires and acquire lands or buildings or erect buildings for the housing of such equipment, or other buildings, including but not limited to, administrative, communications, or training buildings, or buildings for the maintenance of fire apparatus, at a cost not exceeding $60,000.00 or 2% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district, whichever amount is larger. The money may be raised by a bond issue, or through the creation of any other debt or liability, including, but not limited to, through a lease-purchase agreement. Any such bond issue, debt, or liability shall be authorized by a resolution of the commissioners specifying the amount and the purpose thereof. The resolution shall be inoperative unless and until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the legal voters within said fire district at the annual election held for the election of commissioners and appropriation of money for fire extinguishing purposes, or at a special election for such purpose. The resolution shall be written or printed and the election shall be upon notice stating the time and place. If said election is to be the annual one, the notices shall be posted by the clerk of the board of fire commissioners in 10 public places, at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The board of commissioners and the clerk, in their or his discretion, may advertise the election in a newspaper, published in the fire district, if any, otherwise in a newspaper published in the county of said district and circulating in such district. When a special election is specified notices shall be posted in 10 public places, at least 21 days prior to the date of election, and the clerk of said board shall advertise said notice in such a newspaper at least twice prior to the election date. amended 2017, c.206, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-12
Annexation; petition and contents
Status: in_force

Land in one municipality may be annexed to another municipality to which said land is contiguous. To effect such annexation, a petition in writing shall be presented to the governing body of the municipality to which such annexation is sought to be made, specifically setting forth the boundaries of such land, signed by at least 60% of the legal voters residing thereon. If the land is vacant, the petition may be signed by the person or persons owning at least 60% of said land as shown by the assessor's duplicate for the preceding year. The petition shall be duly verified by one of the signers, and shall have attached thereto the oath of an assessor of the municipality in which said land is located, or of some other person having access to the assessor's books, setting forth the assessed value of the real estate contained within the boundaries for the preceding year, and the amount of real estate assessed to any of the persons whose names are signed to such petition. The petition shall also have attached thereto a certified copy of a resolution adopted by two-thirds of the full membership of the governing body of the municipality in which said land is located, consenting to said annexation. Prior to action on a resolution to consent to or to deny the petition for annexation, the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located shall, within 14 days of the receipt of the petition, refer the petition to its planning board, which shall, within 45 days of its receipt, report to the governing body on the impact of the annexation upon the municipality. Action on a resolution to consent to or deny the annexation shall be taken within 30 days of receipt of the planning board's report. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979. Amended by L.1982, c. 182, s. 1, eff. Nov. 22, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:52-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 52 / Section 52-2
License fees fixed; penalties
Status: in_force

The governing body may fix the fees for all such licenses, which may be imposed for revenue, and may prohibit all unlicensed persons and places and vehicles, businesses and occupations from acting, being used, conducted or carried on; impose penalties for violation of ordinances providing for licenses, and revoke any license for sufficient cause and after notice and hearing.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:63-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 63 / Section 63-2
Elected Officers
Status: in_force

a. (1) The elected officers of every township shall be the members of the township committee, as hereinafter prescribed; (2) All elected officers shall be residents of the township and their terms of office shall begin on January 1 next succeeding their election. No township officer shall hold over in his office after the expiration of the term for which he was elected; and (3) A plurality of votes shall be sufficient to elect any township officer. b. (1) The township committee shall consist of three or five members elected at large and who shall hold office for a term of three years; (2) In each township: (a) If the committee is to consist of three members, then the terms shall be arranged, by lot if necessary, so that there will be an election of one member of the committee every year; or (b) If the committee is to consist of five members, then the terms shall be arranged, by lot if necessary, so that no more than two members of the committee will be elected in any one year, and (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, a township that has been divided into wards prior to the effective date of this act shall continue to be so divided into wards for as long as the referendum establishing the wards remains in effect. The members of the township committee and the member at large shall be elected as hereinafter provided for. c. The annual township election for members of the township committee shall be held at the same time and places as for the general election. L.1989,c.157,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-7
County library commission
Status: in_force

a. Should the governing body not enter into the contract provided for in R.S. 40:33-6, it shall within 60 days after this article becomes operative, appoint a commission to be known as "the county library commission." The commission shall consist of five members except as provided below. On the first commission one member shall be appointed for one year; one for two years; one for three years; one for four years and one for five years, and thereafter all appointments shall be for terms of five years, except in the case of appointments to fill vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term, which vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as appointments are made, but for the unexpired terms only. The county library commission shall serve without compensation. b. The governing body of any county that has a county library commission with fewer than three members who are residents of municipalities supporting the county library system shall increase the size of its commission to seven members. Additional members shall be residents of municipalities that support the county library system, serve for terms of five years and have the same powers and duties as other members of the commission. Within five years of the effective date of this act each county library shall have a majority of members who are residents of municipalities which support the county library system. Amended by L. 1950, c. 189, p. 423, s. 2, eff. June 7, 1950; L. 1981, c. 564, s. 1, eff. Jan. 18, 1982; L. 1985, c. 541, s. 3, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-120 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-120
Removal of encumbrances; ascertainment of value of debt
Status: in_force

Whenever, pursuant to sections 40:62-108 to 40:62-150 of this Title, the commission shall condemn any waterworks free and clear of the lien of any mortgage or mortgages thereon, then upon the taking of possession by the commission of the waterworks and the payment of the award therefor into the court no further interest shall accrue upon such mortgage or mortgages. Upon the application of either the owner of the waterworks condemned or of the holder of any such mortgage or mortgages or of any debt secured thereby, the Superior Court shall determine the value of the debt secured by each such mortgage as of the date of such payment into court. In making its determination the court shall give due regard to the date of maturity of any such debt, the rate of interest provided to be paid thereon and such other factors as shall properly determine the value of such debt as of the date of such payment into the court. The sum of sums so determined shall upon such determination be paid out of the moneys so paid into the Superior Court to the persons found by the court to be entitled thereto. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 719, s. 220, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-77 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-77
Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance of, or permit to use, real or personal property of county or municipality
Status: in_force

Any county by resolution of its governing body, municipality by ordinance of its governing body, governmental unit or person is hereby empowered, without any referendum or public or competitive bidding, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to an authority, or to permit an authority to use, maintain or operate as part of any public facility, any real or personal property which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the authority and accepted by the authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made or given with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality, governmental unit or person and which may be agreed to by the authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of any bonds. Subject to any such contracts with the holders of bonds, the authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements with respect to property so purchased, leased, borrowed, received or accepted by it, including agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality, governmental unit or person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of any public facility. L.1960, c. 183, p. 752, s. 34, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-10
Joint agreements for provision and performance of goods and services; cooperative marketing; authorization.
Status: in_force

10. Joint agreements for provision and performance of goods and services; cooperative marketing; authorization. (a) (1) The governing bodies of two or more contracting units may provide by joint agreement for the provision and performance of goods and services for use by their respective jurisdictions. (2) The governing bodies of two or more contracting units providing sewerage services pursuant to the "sewerage authorities law," P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.), the "municipal and county utilities authorities law," P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), R.S.58:14-1 et seq. or R.S.40:63-68 et seq. may provide by joint agreement for the purchase of goods and services related to sewage sludge disposal. (3) The governing body of two or more contracting units providing electrical distribution services pursuant to and in accordance with R.S.40:62-12 through R.S.40:62-25, may provide by joint agreement for the provision or performance of goods or services related to the distribution of electricity. (4) The governing bodies of two or more contracting units may provide for the cooperative marketing of recyclable materials recovered through a recycling program. (5) The governing bodies of two or more contracting units may provide by joint agreement for the purchase of the services of a private aggregator for the purpose of facilitating the joint action of two or more municipalities in granting municipal consent for the provision of cable television service pursuant to R.S.40:48-1 et seq. and the "Cable Television Act," P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented. (6) The governing bodies of two or more contracting units may provide by joint agreement for the purchase of fire equipment. (b) The governing body of any contracting unit may provide by joint agreement with the board of education of any school district or any State or county college for the provision and performance of goods and services for use by their respective jurisdictions. (c) Such agreement shall be entered into by resolution adopted by each of the participating bodies and boards, which shall set forth the categories of goods or services to be provided or performed, the manner of advertising for bids and of awarding of contracts, the method of payment by each participating body and board, and other matters deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the agreement. (d) Each participating body's and board's share of expenditures for purchases under any such agreement shall be appropriated and paid in the manner set forth in the agreement and in the same manner as for other expenses of the participating body and board. L.1971, c.198, s.10; amended 1977, c.182; 1985, c.452, s.1; 1991, c.143, s.3; 1995, c.103, s.5; 1995, c.356, s.7; 1999, c.440, s.16; 2003, c.38, s.2; 2013, c.89; 2013, c.207, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.36 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.36
Disposition of lands by county park commission; resolution
Status: in_force

Whenever by resolution a county park commission, established and operating in a county of the first class pursuant to subdivision C of article 4 of chapter 37 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, determines that certain lands owned by the commission, of an area not in excess of 50 acres, are no longer required for park purposes, the commission may, by said resolution, authorize the sale and conveyance of such lands to a corporation engaged in the sale and distribution of potable water upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the commission determines to be reasonable and in the public interest and as shall be set forth in said resolution. L.1956, c. 87, p. 180, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-221 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-221
Assessments a lien until paid
Status: in_force

All assessments for benefits made under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall remain liens upon the real estate benefited, from the confirmation thereof until fully paid.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-44 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-44
Authority to issue bonds; bond resolution
Status: in_force

For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of any part of its port system or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds, a municipal port authority shall have power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act, by a resolution (in this act sometimes referred to as "bond resolution" ) which shall: (1) describe in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the port system or part thereof (in this act sometimes called "project" ) to be constructed or acquired, or describe the bonds which are to be funded or refunded (if any); (2) state the cost or estimated cost of the project (if any); and (3) provide for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with section 17 of this act. L.1960, c. 192, p. 817, s. 16, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-4
Commissioners; oaths
Status: in_force

The Superior Court shall appoint three commissioners, who shall not be residents of the concerned counties, to survey, ascertain and mark the boundary line or lines. Before entering upon the performance of their duties, the commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully and impartially perform their duties. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:28-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1
Lands and buildings for airport purposes; acquisition
Status: in_force

Any county may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or any other lawful manner real estate for airport purposes and erect and maintain thereon buildings for such purposes.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-211 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-211
Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission shall determine to open and lay out a boulevard, parkway or roadway, or make any improvement thereof which shall require the condemnation of real estate or any right or interest therein, it shall give notice by publication, at least ten days, in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the county wherein the real estate to be condemned is situate of its intention to apply to a judge of the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to: a. Make an appraisement of the value of the real estate which in their judgment is necessary to be taken for the opening and laying out of any boulevard or roadway, or for the improvement thereof; b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the damages occasioned thereby; c. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the special benefits which the laying out of the street or the improvement thereof will confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 662, s. 93, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-141 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-141
Liability for water rent; payment in advance
Status: in_force

The owner of any house, tenement, building or lot shall be liable for the payment of the price or rent as fixed by the commission for the use of water by such owner or by the occupier, and for the installation, purchase price, repair and testing of any water meter or water meters, water service, water services, connections, appliances or parts, and renewals thereof furnished or made by the commission, in, upon or connecting with such house, tenement, building or lot and the interest and penalties charged. The price or rent so fixed, and the other costs, expenses, interest and penalties shall be a lien upon such house, tenement, building or lot until the same shall be paid and satisfied, and shall be enforceable by an action at law in any competent court. The commission shall notify the officers or board having charge of the collection of taxes in each municipality in which the commission shall supply water to any of the inhabitants of such municipality, that the commission is supplying water to such inhabitants, and requesting said officials or board to notify all persons applying for a certificate showing municipal or other liens against property in such municipality, that the applicant must apply to the commission to ascertain the amount of water rents or other charges due to the commission, which are by law made a lien upon the premises covered by the certificate. The commission may require payment in advance for the use or rent of water furnished by it and for any work to be done or materials to be furnished.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.4
Terms of members of board of water commissioners
Status: in_force

At the first meeting of the board of water commissioners elected in any newly created district the members of the board shall divide themselves by lot into three classes; the term of the two members composing the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; the term of the two members composing the second class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, and the term of the one member composing the third class shall be vacated at the expiration of the third year, so that after the first election two members of the board of water commissioners shall be elected annually, except every third year when but one member shall be elected, all of whom shall hold office for three years and until their successors are elected. L.1951, c. 280, p. 954, s. 4, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-12.1
Taking land for improving roads or streets; procedure
Status: in_force

When a street or highway in any municipality has become closed or impassable, thus necessitating, in the opinion of the governing body of such municipality, the forthwith laying out, opening, widening or otherwise improving of the same or another street or highway, and lands or property, or any estate or interest therein, necessary for such purpose cannot be acquired by the municipality by agreement with the owner or owners thereof, whether by reason of disagreement as to the price, or the legal incapacity or absence of the owner or owners, or his or their inability to convey a valid title, or for any other reason or cause, such municipality shall have the right and power to enter upon and take such lands or property, or estate or interest therein in advance of making compensation therefor. In any such case, such municipality, promptly after such entry, shall institute proceedings according to law to fix the compensation to be paid the owner or owners of such property; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall apply to any land or other property acquired for or devoted to any public use by any board, commission or agency of the state of New Jersey, municipality or county of this state, or by any public utility as the same is defined by section 48:2-13 of the title Public Utilities.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:62-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-8
Statutes Repealed.
Status: in_force

The following acts are hereby repealed: P. L. 1981, c. 427, s. 8 (C. 40:123-6.1) R. S. 40:123-9 R. S. 40:124-1 to R. S. 40:124-3 R. S. 40:125-1 to R. S. 40:125-5 P. L. 1981, c. 427, s. 9 (C. 40:125-4.1) R. S. 40:125-11 to R. S. 40:125-12 R. S. 40:125-14 to R. S. 40:125-24 R. S. 40:125-30 to R. S. 40:125-35 R. S. 40:125-37 to R. S. 40:125-40 R. S. 40:126-1 to R. S. 40:126-5 R. S. 40:127-1 to R. S. 40:127-3 R. S. 40:128-1 to R. S. 40:128-5 R. S. 40:129-1 to R. S. 40:129-3 R. S. 40:130-1 to R. S. 40:130-5 R. S. 40:131-1 P. L. 1981, c. 427, s. 16 (C. 40:131-1.1) R. S. 40:131-2 to R. S. 40:131-4 R. S. 40:131-7 to R. S. 40:131-8 R. S. 40:132-1 P. L. 1981, c. 427, s. 17 (C. 40:132-1a) R. S. 40:132-3 R. S. 40:132-10 R. S. 40:132-12 to R. S. 40:132-16 R. S. 40:133-1 to R. S. 40:133-4 R. S. 40:134-1 to R. S. 40:134-2 R. S. 40:135-1 to R. S. 40:135-2 R. S. 40:136-1 to R. S. 40:136-2 R. S. 40:137-1 to R. S. 40:137-2 R. S. 40:138-1 to R. S. 40:138-7 R. S. 40:138A-1 to R. S. 40:138A-6 R. S. 40:139-1 to R. S. 40:139-6 R. S. 40:140-1 to R. S. 40:140-3 L. 1902, c. 124 L. 1914, c. 126 L. 1917, c. 67 L. 1917, c. 165 L. 1988, c. 7, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.6
Notice of public hearing
Status: in_force

2. In addition to any other applicable requirements of law, the county shall provide notice of any public hearing required pursuant to section 1 of this act at least 30 days in advance of the date of the hearing as follows: a. By mailing a copy of the notice to: (1) all parties to the proposed sale, lease, or exchange, if known; (2) the governing body and municipal clerk of every municipality within the county; and (3) any person who requests in writing of the county to receive in advance such notices; b. By serving or mailing a copy of the notice on owners of all real property, as shown on the current tax duplicates, located within the State and within 200 feet in all directions of the real property or capital improvement that is the subject of the public hearing in the manner prescribed pursuant to subsection b. of section 7.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-12); and c. By publishing the notice in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county and in the municipality in which the real property or capital improvement proposed to be sold, lease, or exchanged is located. L.1993,c.36,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.18
Roadways; parkways; grade; alteration
Status: in_force

The commission may within such park or parks or other places not only lay out and open roadways, parkways, and boulevards as herein provided, but may also establish the grade thereof and change or alter the same, and straighten, widen, alter or relocate any existing or new roadway, parkway or boulevard which may be acquired by it. L.1946, c. 276, p. 946, s. 18, eff. May 3, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55.5
Approval and filing of ordinance or resolution
Status: in_force

No such ordinance or resolution shall be valid unless it is approved by the Local Government Board and a copy thereof shall be filed forthwith after it is adopted with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury for that purpose. L.1961, c. 22, p. 108, s. 5, eff. May 9, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:8-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1
Acquisition and use of lands for airports; lease to others
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality, or either of them, may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or in any other lawful manner real estate or any right or interest therein for airport purposes and so use lands theretofore acquired for other public purposes and being used for airport purposes and erect thereon and maintain buildings for the airport purposes. Upon such acquisition or use, the governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality, or either of them, may lease the real estate, so acquired, with or without consideration to the state of New Jersey, or any agency thereof, or may lease it to any person for such consideration and for such term of years as may be agreed upon.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:61-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-3
General Powers
Status: in_force

Every city, governed by the city form of government, shall, subject to the provisions of this act or other general law, have full power to exercise all powers of local government in such manner as council may determine. L. 1987, c. 314, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.45b — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.45b
Parts of budget request; exemptions.
Status: in_force

3. a. A budget request submitted to the county governing body by a county entity budget authority on behalf of a county entity shall be comprised of two parts: the amount to be raised by property taxation, and the amount to be funded wholly through federal or State funds, fees raised by the county entity, or other sources. b. In the preparation of the portion of its budget request to be raised by property taxation, a county entity budget authority shall limit any increase in that portion of its budget request to 2.0% of the previous year's budget request, subject to the exclusions set forth in subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45), except that election expenses shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, "election expenses" shall mean and include all necessary expenses incurred by the superintendent of elections, county clerk, and board of elections for each county related to election costs and the administration, preparation, and implementation of all elections, including all vendor related contract services; voting machine maintenance, repairs, parts and equipment, certification, and technical coding; transportation of voting machines and election supplies; overtime for all staff related to election duty; food services during election; poll workers, machine technicians, and other temporary workers; supplies; office equipment; printing; postage; advertisement costs, upon being certified to by the superintendent of elections, county clerk, and board of elections for each county; but shall not mean or include staff salaries for the office of the superintendent of elections, staff salaries for the county clerk, or staff salaries for the county board of elections. c. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b et al.) shall diminish the obligations of a county under a collective bargaining agreement with its employees in force on the effective date of P.L.2015, c.249 (C.40A:4-45.45b et al.). L.2015, c.249, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-126 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-126
Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste
Status: in_force

The declaration of sale shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the sale and proceedings were regular and according to law, and the purchaser or his legal representatives shall, by virtue thereof, lawfully hold and enjoy such real estate, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, for his own proper use against the owner thereof, and all persons claiming under him, until the end of the term mentioned in the declaration. The purchaser so holding shall be liable for any injury or waste done or committed in the same manner and to the same extent as a tenant for years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-9.1
Repair or reconstruction of sidewalks at public expense
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality of this State may provide for the repair or reconstruction of sidewalks on the streets or roads of such municipality at public expense under the conditions hereinafter stated: (a) When any sidewalk, previously constructed or reconstructed as a local improvement under chapter sixty-five of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or under article XXV of chapter one hundred fifty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen or under chapter ninety-nine of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, is dilapidated or in need of repair or reconstruction, where such condition is not attributable to the acts or negligence of the abutting property owner of his predecessor in title nor that of any one for whose acts or negligence they are chargeable; and (b) When the abutting property owner or his predecessor in title shall have paid within twenty years then last past, or shall pay, in full with interest all the assessment for the laying or relaying of the sidewalk in front of his property (at least to the extent that the installments of such assessment are then due). L.1941, c. 207, p. 605, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-21
Private sales to certain organizations upon nominal consideration.
Status: in_force

21. When the governing body of any county or municipality shall determine that all or any part of a tract of land, with or without improvements, owned by the county or municipality, is not then needed for county or municipal purposes, as the case may be, said governing body, by resolution or ordinance, may authorize a private sale and conveyance of the same, or any part thereof without compliance with any other law governing disposal of lands by counties and municipalities, for a consideration, which may be nominal, and containing a limitation that such lands or buildings shall be used only for the purposes of such organization or association, and to render such services or to provide such facilities as may be agreed upon, and except as provided in subsection (n) of this section not for commercial business, trade or manufacture, and that, unless waived, released, modified, or subordinated pursuant to P.L.1943, c.33 (C.40:60-51.2), if said lands or buildings are not used in accordance with said limitation, title thereto shall revert to the county or municipality without any entry or reentry made thereon on behalf of such county or municipality, to (a) A duly incorporated volunteer fire company or board of fire commissioners or first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association of a municipality within the county, in the case of a county, or of the municipality, in the case of a municipality, for the construction thereon of a firehouse or fire school or a first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad building or for the use of any existing building for any or all of said purposes and any such land or building sold to any duly incorporated volunteer fire company may be leased by such fire company to any volunteer firemen's association for the use thereof for fire school purposes for the benefit of the members of such association, or (b) Any nationally chartered organization or association of veterans of any war, in which the United States has or shall have been engaged, by a conveyance for consideration, a part of which may be an agreement by the organization or association to render service or to provide facilities for the general public of the county or municipality, of a kind which the county or municipality may furnish to its citizens and to the general public, or (c) A duly incorporated nonprofit hospital association for the construction or maintenance thereon of a general hospital, or (d) Any veteran with paraplegia, that is to say, any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, nurse or other person, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been in the active military or naval forces of the United States in any war in which the United States was engaged, including any member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and who, at the time the veteran was commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into such military or naval service, was a resident of and who continues to reside in this State, and who has paraplegia and permanent paralysis of both legs or the lower parts of the body resulting from injuries sustained through enemy action or accident while in such active military or naval service, for the construction of a home to domicile the veteran, or to any organization or association of veterans, for the construction of a home or homes to domicile veterans with paraplegia, with powers to convey said lands and premises to the veteran or veterans with paraplegia on whose behalf said organization or association shall acquire title to said land, or (e) Any duly incorporated nonprofit association or any regional commission or authority composed of one or more municipalities or one or more counties for the construction or maintenance thereon of an animal shelter, or (f) Any duly incorporated nonprofit historical society for the acquisition of publicly owned historic sites for their restoration, preservation, improvement, and utilization for the benefit of the general public, or (g) Any duly incorporated nonprofit cemetery organization or association serving the residents of the municipality or county, or (h) Any duly incorporated nonprofit organization for the principal purpose of the education or treatment of persons with developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, or (i) Any county or municipal sewerage authority serving the residents of the county or municipality, for the use thereof for sewerage authority purposes, or (j) Any duly incorporated nonprofit organization for the purpose of building or rehabilitating residential property for resale. Any profits from the resale of the property shall be applied by the nonprofit organization to the costs of acquiring and rehabilitating other residential property in need of rehabilitation owned by the county or municipality, or (k) Any duly incorporated nonprofit organization or association, other than a political, partisan, sectarian, denominational, or religious organization or association, which includes among its principal purposes the provision of educational, gardening, recreational, medical, or social services to the general public, including residents of the county or municipality, or (l) Any duly incorporated urban renewal corporation organized pursuant to P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) for the purpose of constructing housing for low or moderate income persons or families or persons with disabilities, or (m) Any duly incorporated nonprofit hospice organization whose principal purpose is to provide hospice services to persons with terminal illnesses, or (n) Any duly incorporated nonprofit organization or association for the cultivation and sale of fresh fruits and vegetables on a tract of land of less than five acres within a municipality, provided that the nonprofit organization or association is not controlled, directly or indirectly, by any agricultural, commercial, or other business. The nonprofit organization or association shall be authorized to sell fresh fruits and vegetables either on the land that was conveyed, off that land, or both, provided, that the sales are related and incidental to the non-profit purposes of the organization or association and the net proceeds received by the nonprofit organization or association are used to further the non-profit purposes of the organization or association. Whenever a sale of property is proposed pursuant to subsection (k), for gardening, or subsection (n) of this section, the county or municipality shall comply with all notice requirements for an application for development under section 7.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-12). The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to restrict land banking agreements undertaken pursuant to P.L.2019, c.159 (C.40A:12A-74 et al.). L.1971, c.199, s.21; amended 1973, c.343; 1974, c.175; 1977, c.87; 1979, c.305; 1981, c.440, s.1; 1985, c.412; 1987, c.84; 1987, c.212, s.1; 1991, c.389, s.25; 1995, c.88; 2005, c.52, s.2; 2011, c.35, s.3; 2011, c.171, s.3; 2017, c.131, s.175; 2019, c.159, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-4
Tourism improvement and development districts
Status: in_force

4. a. Two or more contiguous municipalities located in a county of the sixth class may, by ordinances of a substantially similar nature, create a tourism improvement and development district for the purpose of increasing public revenue and to levy taxes upon predominantly tourism related retail receipts at a rate not to exceed 2 percent, and to levy a tourism assessment at a rate of 1.85 percent, and to devote the proceeds therefrom for the purposes herein described. Municipal ordinances so adopted shall not affect which retail receipts are subject to the "Sales and Use Tax Act." For the same purposes, the ordinances establishing the district shall also provide for the imposition of tourism development fees authorized pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-15). The taxes on predominantly tourism related retail receipts and tourism development fees so imposed shall be uniform throughout the district. b. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, ordinances so adopted shall not be subject to referenda, and shall not be altered or repealed, except by mutual action of all such municipalities and then only upon the written approval of the State Treasurer and, so long as the sports authority shall own and be responsible for the construction and operation of the Wildwood convention center facility, upon the written approval of the sports authority. Each municipality which enters into the creation of the district shall covenant that the ordinance, or a condition imposed by statute that each municipality is required to meet, shall not be altered or repealed in such manner as to affect any bonds or other obligations pertaining to projects within the district which are outstanding. Any alteration or repeal, or attempted alteration or repeal, in violation of this subsection, 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. c The district shall comprise all territory within the boundaries of the municipalities which create or enter into the district. d. A contiguous municipality located in a county of the sixth class may, by such an ordinance, and with the mutual consent of the governing bodies of the municipalities which created the district, enter into the district so created after the date of the district's creation. e. A copy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be transmitted upon adoption or amendment to the State Treasurer. An ordinance so adopted or any amendment thereto shall provide that the retail receipts tax provisions of the ordinance or any amendment to the retail receipts tax provisions shall take effect on the first day of the first full month occurring 90 days after the date of transmittal to the State Treasurer. L.1992,c.165,s.4; amended 1997, c.273, s.2; 2002, c.72, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-40.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-40.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Board" means the Site Improvement Advisory Board established by this act; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs; "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs; and "Site improvement" means any construction work on, or improvement in connection with, residential development, and shall be limited to, streets, roads, parking facilities, sidewalks, drainage structures, and utilities. L.1993,c.32,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-60.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-60.7
City of first class under Mayor-Council Plan C; police chief; appointment; term of office; removal
Status: in_force

a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the governing body of any city of the first class, which, prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, had adopted the form of government designated as "Mayor-Council Plan C" provided for in article 5 of the act to which this act is a supplement, may provide, by ordinance, that the mayor shall appoint a police chief, who shall have served as a superior police officer and possess at least 5 years' administrative and supervisory police experience, who shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, and who shall serve in the unclassified service of the civil service of the city and shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by ordinance. b. The mayor of any first class city adopting the provisions of this supplementary act may in his discretion remove any person appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removing such person the mayor shall first file written notice of his intention to do so with the council, and such removal shall become effective on the twentieth day after the filing of such notice unless the council shall prior thereto have adopted a resolution disapproving such removal by at least a 2/3 vote of the membership of the council. L.1979, c. 163, s. 1, eff. Aug. 6, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 465, s. 43, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-22
Results canvassed and certified; contents of certificate
Status: in_force

The election officers shall report to the municipal clerk, immediately after completing the count of the ballots, a true and correct statement in writing under their hands of the results of the election and the clerk shall certify the results of the election to the board of commissioners at its first meeting thereafter, and the same shall be entered at large in the minutes of the board. The clerk shall also certify the results to the secretary of state. In such certificates the clerk shall specify whether or not a majority of the votes are in favor of the proposition, and if they are, he shall further specify whether or not the number of votes cast in favor of the proposition is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.43
Indebtedness to finance retirement of licenses
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting an ordinance pursuant to this act may, by bond ordinance, incur indebtedness, borrow money and authorize and issue its negotiable obligations to finance the acquisition and retirement of licenses. Revenue derived from any additional annual license fee authorized by section 3 of this act shall be applied to the payment and retirement of any indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section. L.1968, c. 277, s. 4, eff. Sept. 4, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:47A-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47A / Section 47A-5.1
Reimbursement; amount
Status: in_force

The State House Commission, having verified the accuracy of statements made in the application for reimbursement and established the eligibility of the municipality to receive payment pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall: (a) Award reimbursement in an amount equal to 75% of the actual expenditures made by a municipality, pursuant to emergency appropriations adopted in dealing with an emergency within its borders, or (b) Award reimbursement equal to 100% of the expenditures incurred by a sending municipality and provided for by an emergency appropriation, in instances where said municipality is asked to provide and render assistance to a neighboring municipality in an emergency by supplying fire and police aid, or both, and does provide such assistance. (c) In the event that the total of eligible requests for reimbursement exceeds the total amount of the fund, the State House Commission shall prorate and distribute the fund on the basis of the total of all eligible requests received. L.1970, c. 23, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-93 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-93
Condemnation; right of entry upon appointment of commissioners
Status: in_force

Where a condemnation action is commenced as provided in section 40:63-92 of this Title, the contracting municipalities, their officers, servants and agents, may immediately upon the appointment of the commissioners, enter upon, take and use such lands and real estate, and rights and interest therein and appurtenances. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 721, s. 225, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-10
Funding for cost of solid waste collection
Status: in_force

3. The governing body of any municipality which operated a solid waste collection district as of December 31, 1989, shall determine the amount of money necessary for the support of the solid waste collection
district. The amount so determined shall become part of the municipal budget and subject to approval by the director. L.1991,c.54,s.3; amended 2000, c.126, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.48
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

Whenever the county governing body acts pursuant to section 1 of this act, it shall prescribe rules and regulations for the administration, regulation and control of the county parks and recreation places within the county. L. 1986, c. 90, s. 7, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-14
No liability for death or injury
Status: in_force

40:64-14. No liability for death or injury. Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to make any shade tree commission or any member thereof ,or any volunteer participating in a community forestry program as provided for by section 4 of P.L.1996, c.135 (C.13:1L-17.4), responsible for the death or injury of any person, or for an injury to any property or highway tree or shrub. Liability for any such death or injury shall be governed by the provisions of section 16 of P.L.1996, c.135 (C.59:4-10) and any other relevant provisions of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq. Amended 1958, c.42, s.11; 1996, c.135, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40:10A-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10A / Section 10A-7
Powers and responsibilities of local historian; annual report
Status: in_force

A local historian shall have the following powers and responsibilities, except as otherwise provided in the ordinance or resolution creating the position: a. To carry out an historical program, including but not restricted to collecting, preserving and making available materials relating to the history of the local unit. The historian shall store such materials in such manner as to insure their preservation, and shall notify the State Archivist, New Jersey Historical Commission, county local historian and local governing body of any materials which should be acquired for preservation. Upon leaving the position, the local historian shall turn over all materials and records and reports into the possession of the successor, if then appointed, or to the governing body until a successor shall be appointed; b. The local historian shall make an annual report to the chief executive officer and governing body of the local unit stating all the work performed and accomplished during that year. The local historian shall transmit a copy of such report to the New Jersey Historical Commission. The New Jersey Historical Commission may advise each county historian and municipal historian of general guidelines along which their historical program may be implemented; c. The local historian may research, write and cause to have published a county or municipal history, and may recommend appropriate historical materials for publication; d. The local historian may assist a landmark commission, as well as advise the governing body, concerning the acquisition, administration, use and disposition of any landmark, or historic site, including such places in his jurisdiction included on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Such advice may be furnished to the Historic Sites Section, Department of Environmental Protection; e. The local historian shall assist in projects of commemoration, including the erection of monuments, historic markers and guide signs. L.1979, c. 59, s. 7, eff. March 27, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.17
Raising of sum needed, quarterly payments.
Status: in_force

15. The proportionate share of the sum so certified or agreed upon or determined in its annual budget, shall be raised by taxation, pursuant to the provisions of R.S.54:4-49, and shall be paid over to the disbursing officer of the joint library on a quarterly basis. The amount thus agreed upon shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal purposes taxes are assessed, levied and collected. Operations under the budget and related matters shall be subject to and in accordance with rules of the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs. L.1959, c.155, s.15; amended 2011, c.38, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-52 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-52
Conclusiveness of emergency appropriations upon affidavit of finance officer
Status: in_force

An affidavit of a financial officer of the local unit shall be a conclusive determination of the total amount of any such emergency appropriations made in any fiscal year and of the amount of all budget appropriations for such year. If any resolution providing for the issuance of notes to meet any such emergency appropriation shall recite or determine that such appropriation was required to meet a pressing need for public expenditure to protect or promote the public health, safety, morals or welfare or to provide for temporary housing or public assistance, such recital or determination shall be deemed to be true for the purpose of determining the validity of such notes, and the local unit issuing such notes and all others interested shall forever thereafter be estopped from denying the same. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-7
Sewerage authority a public body corporate; powers.
Status: in_force

7. Every sewerage authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare and shall have perpetual succession and have the following powers: (1) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (2) To sue and to be sued; (3) In the name of the sewerage authority and on its behalf, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its service charges and other revenues and other moneys; (4) In the name of the sewerage authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the sewerage authority; (5) In the name of the sewerage authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the sewerage authority, and subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and to use the same, and to dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the sewerage authority; (6) To provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; (7) To accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purposes of the sewerage authority, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; (8) To enter on any lands, waters or premises for the purpose of making surveys, borings, soundings and examinations for the purposes of the sewerage authority, and whenever the operation of a septic tank or other component of an on-site wastewater system shall result in the creation of pollution or contamination source on private property such that under the provisions of R.S.26:3-49, a local board of health would have the authority to notify the owner and require said owner to abate the same, representatives of an authority shall have the power to enter, at all reasonable times, any premises on which such pollution or contamination source shall exist, for the purpose of inspecting, rehabilitating, securing samples of any discharges, improving, repairing, replacing, or upgrading such septic tank or other component of an on-site wastewater system; (9) To establish an inspection program to be performed at least once every 3 years on all on-site wastewater systems installed within its district which inspection program shall contain the following minimum notice provisions: (i) not less than 30 days prior to the date of the inspection of an on-site wastewater system as described herein, the authority shall notify the owner and resident of the property that the inspection will occur; and (ii) not less than 60 days prior to the date of the performance of any work other than an inspection, the sewerage authority shall provide notice to the owner and resident of the property on which the work will be performed. The notice to be provided to such owner and resident under this subsection shall include a description of the deficiency which necessitates the work and the proposed remedial action, and the proposed date for beginning and duration of the contemplated remedial action; (10) To prepare and file in the office of the sewerage authority records of all inspections, rehabilitation, maintenance, and work, performed with respect to on-site wastewater disposal systems; (11) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of the sewerage system and any other of its properties, and to amend the same; (12) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any persons; (13) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the sewerage authority or to carry out any power expressly given in this act subject to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); (14) To enter into any and all lease agreements with sewerage authorities, and municipalities, and counties operating sewerage systems, for the rental of equipment owned by authority and municipality and/or county, together with the personnel to operate said equipment; and (15) Upon the request of a customer: (i) to offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by the sewerage authority to its customers and any additional information sent by the sewerage authority to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of sewerage service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and (ii) to provide the customer the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.1946, c.138, s.7; amended 1968, c.317, s.1; 1975, c.96, s.3; 1980, c.77, s.2; 2010, c.91, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-7.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-7.11
Fees, rents and charges
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for admission to, use or enjoyment of any property developed or used in whole or in part for a public golf course or for such other recreational, playground or public entertainment purposes and activities. And it may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for any recreational privilege, entertainment, or other activity conducted on said premises or any part thereof. L.1958, c. 94, p. 539, s. 6. Amended by L.1975, c. 343, s. 3, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-152 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-152
Tenure of municipal treasurer.
Status: in_force

40A:9-152. a. Whenever a person has or shall have held the office of municipal treasurer for 10 consecutive years, the governing body of the municipality may grant tenure in office to such person. In the event the governing body fails to grant tenure in office to a municipal treasurer who has held that office for 10 consecutive years, a petition may be filed for a referendum vote on the question of whether the municipal treasurer shall continue to hold office during good behavior and efficiency, and shall not be removed therefrom except for just cause and then only after public hearing upon a written complaint setting forth the charge or charges against him. The petition shall be signed by at least 10% of the registered voters of the municipality and filed with the municipal clerk. Upon the filing of the petition the question shall be submitted to the voters at the next general election which shall occur not less than 60 days thereafter. The municipal clerk shall cause the question to be placed upon the official ballot to be used at the general election in the manner provided by law in substantially the following form: "Shall the municipal treasurer continue to hold office during good behavior and efficiency and not be removed therefrom except for just cause and then only after public hearing upon a written complaint setting forth the charge or charges against him?" Immediately to the left of the question there shall be printed the words "Yes" and "No", each with a square, in either of which the voter may make a cross ( x ), or a plus sign (+) or check mark (v) according to his choice. There shall also be printed the following: "Place a cross (x), or a plus sign (+) or check mark (v) in one of the above squares indicating your choice." Where voting machines are used, voting thereon shall be equivalent to the foregoing. The election shall be held in accordance with the general law relating to public questions to be voted on in a single municipality at elections as provided for by Title 19 (Elections) of the Revised Statutes. b. In the case of a pilot municipality, a tenured 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. The removal of a municipal treasurer under this subsection shall not require the pilot municipality to fulfill the requirements of N.J.S.40A:9-152.1. Instead, the pilot municipality shall provide the municipal treasurer with a written copy of the shared service agreement entered into by the pilot municipality, and a letter stating that the position of municipal treasurer in the pilot municipality is being eliminated for reasons of economy or efficiency as the result of the shared service agreement. Any such shared service agreement shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) and section 3 of P.L.2013, c.166 (C.40A:65-4.2). amended 2013, c.166, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-28
No ordinance, resolution adopted by initiative, referendum
Status: in_force

28. No ordinance, amendment or revision of an ordinance, or resolution under this act shall be submitted to or adopted by initiative or referendum, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. L.1992,c.79,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.1
Sales of real property, capital improvements or personal property; authorization by resolution
Status: in_force

The sale by any municipality of any real property, capital improvements or personal property, or interests therein, not needed for public use by public sale to the highest bidder pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 13 of P.L.1971, c. 199 (C. 40A:12-13) may be authorized by resolution of the municipality. L.1973, c. 355, s. 1, eff. Dec. 28, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-24
Application and operation of certain laws not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the application of chapter eight of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes, nor shall anything herein be construed to impair the operation of chapter three of this Title. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 737, s. 249, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37D-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37D / Section 37D-8
Exercise of power of eminent domain
Status: in_force

8. a. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.), insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions contained in this act. The authority may join in separate subdivisions in one petition or complaint the descriptions of any number of tracts or parcels of land or property to be condemned, if each tract or parcel lies wholly in or has a substantial part of its value lying wholly within the same county, and the names of any number of owners and other parties who may have an interest therein and all the land or property included in the petition or complaint may be condemned in a single proceeding; but separate awards shall be made for each tract or parcel of land or property. b. Upon the filing of the petition or complaint or at any time thereafter the authority may file with the clerk of the county in which the property is located and also with the clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking, signed by the authority, declaring that possession of one or more of the tracts or parcels of land or property described in the petition or complaint is being taken by and for the use of the authority. The declaration of taking shall be sufficient if it sets forth: (1) a description of each tract or parcel of land or property to be taken sufficient for the identification of it, to which there shall be attached a plan or map thereof; (2) a statement of the estate or interest in the land or property being taken; (3) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the authority by resolution to be just compensation for the taking of the estate or interest in each tract or parcel of land or property described in the declaration; and (4) that, in compliance with the provisions of this act, the authority has established and is maintaining a trust fund as hereinafter provided. c. Upon the filing of the declaration, the authority shall deposit with the clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in the declaration. In addition to the deposits with the clerk of the Superior Court the authority shall maintain a special trust fund on deposit with a bank or trust company doing business in the State in an amount at least equal to twice the aggregate amount deposited with the clerk of the Superior Court, as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. The trust fund shall consist of cash or securities readily convertible into cash constituting legal investment for trust funds under the laws of the State. The trust fund shall be held solely to secure and may be applied to the payment of just compensation for the land or other property described in the declarations of taking. The authority shall be entitled to withdraw from the trust fund from time to time so much as may then be in excess of twice the aggregate of the amount deposited with the clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. d. Upon the filing of the declaration of taking pursuant to subsection b. of this section and depositing with the clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in the declaration, the authority, without other process or proceedings, shall be entitled to the exclusive possession and use of each tract of land or property described in the declaration and may forthwith enter into and take possession of the land or property, it being the intent of this provision that the proceedings for compensation or any other proceedings relating to the taking of the land or interest therein or other property shall not delay the taking of possession thereof and the use thereof by the authority for the purposes for which the authority is authorized by law to acquire or condemn the land or other property or interest in it. e. The authority shall cause notice of the filing of the declaration and the making of the deposit to be served upon each party in interest named in the petition residing in the State, either personally or by leaving a copy at his residence, if known, and upon each party in interest residing out of the State, by mailing a copy to him at his residence, if known. If the residence of the party or the name of the party is unknown, notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the counties in which the land is located. Service, mailing or publication shall be made within 10 days after filing the declaration. Upon the application of any party in interest and after notice to other parties in interest, including the authority, any judge of the Superior Court assigned to sit for that county may order that the money deposited with the clerk of the Superior Court or any part thereof be paid forthwith to the persons entitled thereto for or on account of the just compensation to be awarded in the proceeding, provided each person files with the clerk of the Superior Court a consent in writing that, if the award in the condemnation proceeding shall be less than the amount deposited, the court, after notice as provided in this subsection and hearing, may determine his liability, if any, for the return of the difference or any part of it and enter judgment therefor. If the amount of the award as finally determined shall exceed the amount so deposited, the person to whom the award is payable shall be entitled to recover from the authority the difference between the amount of the deposit and the amount of the award, with interest at the then legal rate from the date of making the deposit. If the amount of the award shall be less than the amount so deposited, the clerk of the Superior Court shall return the difference between the amount of the award and the deposit to the authority, unless the amount of the deposit or any part of it shall have theretofore been distributed, in which event the court, on petition of the authority and notice to all persons interested in the award and affording them an opportunity to be heard, shall enter judgment in favor of the authority for the difference against the parties liable for the return. The authority shall cause notice of the date fixed for the hearing to be served upon each party residing in the State, either personally or by leaving a copy at his residence, if known, and upon each party residing out of the State, by mailing a copy to him at his residence, if known. If the residence of any party or the name of the party is unknown, notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the counties in which the land is located. Service, mailing or publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing. Whenever under the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.) the amount of the award may be paid into court, payment may be made into the Superior Court and may be distributed according to law. The authority shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the land or property as herein provided. L.1994,c.98,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.2
Sale of reclaimed lands abutting park lands
Status: in_force

Whenever a municipality has reclaimed lands under water, fronting or abutting park lands and such reclaimed lands have been bulkheaded and filled and are now used for park purposes, the municipality may sell any part or parts, parcel or parcels of park lands not so reclaimed whether contiguous or not contiguous to such reclaimed park lands; provided, that the total area of park land so sold shall not exceed in area the area of such reclaimed lands. L.1938, c. 87, p. 205, s. 1. Amended by L.1938, c. 203, p. 484, s. 2, eff. May 18, 1938.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-36.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-36.1
"Local unit" for purposes of C.40A:10-36 et seq.
Status: in_force

11. For the purposes of P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.). L.1992, c.51, s.11; amended 2007, c.18, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-25.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-25.4
Construction of act; application of laws on public contracts
Status: in_force

This act shall be construed liberally to effect the legislative determination and intent, hereby declared, that municipalities of the State, in furtherance of their public purposes, shall be empowered to join with State-regulated public utilities to effectively and economically provide for the electrical power needs of the State and its inhabitants. All moneys appropriated or obligations issued in pursuance of this act are hereby declared to be for a public purpose. In carrying out the powers granted herein relating to contracts with State-regulated public utilities the municipality shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 50 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, or chapter 198 of the laws of 1971, but only with respect to the doing of work or the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor relating to the joint acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of the facilities made the subject of such contract, nor shall any municipality owning or operating electricity generation facilities be required to submit the matter of the improvement or extension of such facilities or the construction or acquisition of additional such facilities within or without the municipality pursuant to this act to referendum, provided that the question of whether such municipality should acquire or construct an electric plant or works has at any prior time be submitted to and approved by the legal voters of such municipality in accordance with requirements of R.S. 40:62-15. L.1973, c. 280, s. 4, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-18
Contracts entered into prior to appropriations therefor
Status: in_force

A local unit shall have the power to authorize, by resolution, officials to enter into and execute a contract pursuant to this act for such periods of time and under such terms and conditions as are deemed proper and necessary, notwithstanding that no appropriation was made or provided to cover the estimated cost of the contract. The governing body of each contracting local unit shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things provided under the terms and conditions of the contract. Source: C.40:14C-10 (P.L.1979, c.451, s.10) L.1989,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.12
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the supervision, regulation and control of all activities carried on, conducted, sponsored, arranged, or provided for in connection with a public golf course, and for the protection of property, and may prescribe and enforce fines and penalties for the violation of any such rule or regulation. L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 7, eff. May 2, 1945.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-12.1
"Local unit" for purposes of Article 4, chapter 10 of Title 40A
Status: in_force

10. For the purposes of Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.), "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.). L.1992,c.51,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-4
Entertainments to raise funds for improvement and maintenance; no charge for children
Status: in_force

The body in control of any playground or place of public resort and recreation of any municipality, in order to provide funds for improving, maintaining and policing thereof, may hold outdoor exhibitions, concerts, games and contests therein, and charge and collect reasonable admission fees for entrance thereto, while in use for any such purpose. No such playground or place of resort and recreation shall be so used on more than two days, nor more than eight hours in all, in any one week, and no admission fee shall be charged or collected from children under twelve years of age.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.41 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.41
Appropriation included in spending limitation
Status: in_force

All appropriations, other than for debt service and emergency temporary appropriations, made to cover overexpenditures or expenditures from a previous budget year, shall be included within the local unit's spending limitation in the year the appropriation is made. L.1990,c.89,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-58 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-58
Duties
Status: in_force

The deputy manager shall be responsible only to the manager. He shall, under the direction and supervision of the manager, undertake to assist in the orderly and efficient administration of the county, performing whatever supervisory or administrative duties the manager deems necessary and proper. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the deputy manager's being appointed to head one or more departments on a temporary or permanent basis. L.1972, c. 154, s. 58, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 20, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-62 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-62
Severability
Status: in_force

14. If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act in any one or more instances or under any one or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance. L.1996,c.73,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-2
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares it to be in the public interest of the citizens of this State to maintain, support, foster, and promote the financial integrity and stability of local authorities in the State and of counties and municipalities served by these local authorities, by providing for State review of project financing of local authorities and for State supervision over the financial operations of local authorities. The Legislature declares that it is the purpose and object of this act to implement this policy by providing that the creation of a local authority be subject to Local Finance Board approval, that project financing of a local authority be submitted to the Local Finance Board for hearing and review, that annual budgets of a local authority be submitted to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs for approval, that financial reports be prepared and submitted by a local authority to the division in the form and at the time or times as shall be prescribed by rule or regulation of the Local Finance Board or of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services. In addition, the Local Finance Board may take remedial action to address an emergency situation with respect to the financial condition and operation of a local authority or to respond to an undue financial burden imposed by a local authority on residents of the State, including the power to order the dissolution of a local authority if it is in the public interest. L.1983, c. 313, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:67-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-21
Annual audit.
Status: in_force

21. An authority shall conduct an annual audit of its accounts pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-15), and for this purpose shall employ a certified public accountant or a registered municipal accountant, licensed pursuant to the laws of the State. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of its fiscal year, and the authority shall file a certified duplicate with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs within five days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.2023, c.346, s.21; amended 2025, c.253, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-30
Declaration of public interest and policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that there exists a lack of adequate port facilities available for public use in municipalities in, along or through the territory of which a navigable river flows and it is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the establishment and development of port facilities in municipalities in, along or through the territory of which a navigable river flows and thereby bettering the public health, welfare and convenience and increasing the availability of proper port facilities which cannot be adequately secured except by exercise of the powers of government. It is the purpose and object of this act to further and implement such policy by (1) Authorizing municipalities in, along or through the territory of which a navigable river flows by means and through the agency of a municipal port authority, to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve or lease public port facilities; (2) Authorizing the making of charges for the use or the services of such facilities, and providing for the establishment, collection and enforcement of such charges; (3) Creating as bodies corporate and politic municipal port authorities to have full responsibility and powers with respect to such facilities and the establishment, collection, enforcement, use and disposition of such charges for the use or services of such facilities; (4) Providing for the financing of such facilities, for the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the payment and security of such bonds; and (5) Granting to municipalities in, along or through the territory of which a navigable river flows and to such municipal port authorities discretionary powers to provide for public port facilities or a system thereof and obtaining funds to defray the cost thereof from the users of such facilities or from counties or municipalities or from other persons contracting for or with respect to the same. L.1960, c. 192, p. 807, s. 2, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-23
Representation in joint organization; contribution to support; representative's expenses
Status: in_force

Any municipality which shall join such an organization may, by its governing board, designate the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or any member of the governing body thereof, to represent it in the organization, and may contribute and contract to contribute such portion of the expenses of the organization and such expenses of attendance upon its meetings by the member delegated to represent it, as the governing body of the municipality may determine.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.12c — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.12c
Registration of owners of buildings and structures occupied by two or more families
Status: in_force

Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this act may provide for the registration of the owners and management of every building and structure in the municipality which is occupied by 2 or more families as tenants of the owner or lessor. Such registration shall be with the clerk of the municipality upon forms prescribed by and furnished by the municipality. Every such registration form shall include the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the lessor if other than the owner, and the name and address of an agent in charge of the premises residing in the municipality. L.1962, c. 66, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-66 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-66
Liability on bonds
Status: in_force

Neither the members of an authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or any subdivision thereof and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or any such subdivision, except the authority and any county which in accordance with this act shall have guaranteed payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. L.1960, c. 183, p. 746, s. 23, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-27
Separate fund for radio stations or convention halls in certain municipalities
Status: in_force

In any municipality bordering upon the Atlantic ocean maintaining a municipal radio broadcasting station or a municipal convention hall, or both, which station or hall, or both, is operated wholly or partially for financial gain, or otherwise, the municipality may provide by ordinance for the creation and regulation of the separate financial operation and maintenance of such station or hall, or both.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66
Miscellaneous provisions relative to zoning.
Status: in_force

53. a. For purposes of this act, model homes or sales offices within a subdivision and only during the period necessary for the sale of new homes within such subdivision shall not be considered a business use. b. No zoning ordinance governing the use of land by or for schools shall, by any of its provisions or by any regulation adopted in accordance therewith, discriminate between public and private nonprofit day schools of elementary or high school grade accredited by the State Department of Education. c. No zoning ordinance shall, by any of its provisions or by any regulation adopted in accordance therewith, discriminate between children who are members of families by reason of their relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, and resource family children placed with such families in a dwelling by the Division of Youth and Family Services in the Department of Children and Families or a duly incorporated child care agency and children placed pursuant to law in single family dwellings known as group homes. As used in this section, the term "group home" means and includes any single family dwelling used in the placement of children pursuant to law recognized as a group home by the Department of Children and Families in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Children and Families provided, however, that no group home shall contain more than 12 children. L.1975, c.291, s.53; amended 2004, c.130, s.113; 2006, c.47, s.185.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-21
Mortgage, pledge or disposal of port facilities; exemptions
Status: in_force

Neither the port authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the port facilities, except that the port authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the port 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 port 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 port 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 port authority on its revenues. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1398, s. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-45
Appropriation of moneys; loans or donations to district
Status: in_force

Any municipality wherein a district is situate shall have the power in the discretion of its governing body to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the district and to loan or donate such moneys to the district in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such governing body and the commissioners of the district. L.1967, c. 184, s. 19, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:151-53 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 151 / Section 151-53
Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached
Status: in_force

40:151-53. If the joint committee herein provided for should be unable to agree upon a division of the assets or debts of said fire districts, or if either of said fire districts desires to have such allotment and division made by commissioners appointed by the Superior Court, then the commissioners of either of said fire districts may apply to the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall make the above appraisement and apportionment in the manner hereinbefore provided. Their determination in writing, signed by any two of them, shall be binding and conclusive upon each of said districts. Such commissioners shall receive for their services such compensation as the court may think proper, to be paid for by said fire districts equally. Amended 1953,c.37,s.288; saved from repeal N.J.S.40A:14-102; amended 1991,c.91,s.391.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-131 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-131
Bond; issuance; law applicable; how paid
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The interest and principal of all such bonds issued under the authority of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall be the debt or obligation of the county wherein they are issued, and the payment thereof shall be provided for by taxation in the same manner as other debts and obligations of the county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10d — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10d
Operative upon approval of voters by majority vote
Status: in_force

If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the adoption of such law shall be cast in favor of the adoption thereof, the same shall immediately become operative in the county voting thereon. L.1966, c. 144, s. 4, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-38.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-38.6
Sale of bonds
Status: in_force

6. Bonds of a joint insurance fund may be sold by the fund at public or private sale at a price determined by the commissioners of the fund. L.1993,c.269,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-36 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-36
Referendum; petition; submission by governing body
Status: in_force

No municipality shall engage in the business of transportation until a majority of the voters thereof, voting at an election as hereinafter in this article provided, shall vote so to do. The election shall be called by the governing body, if there is presented to it a petition signed by at least twenty per cent of the voters of the municipality voting at the last general election therein, requesting that there be presented to the voters of the municipality the question whether the municipality shall engage in the business of transportation as set forth in the petition. The petition shall describe the system of transportation proposed to be operated by the municipality, giving the route thereof and the motive power. Upon receipt of the petition, the governing body shall, or upon its own initiative and without such petition may, pass an ordinance providing for submitting the question of whether the municipality shall engage in the business of transportation as described in the petition, or if the action is upon the initiative of the governing body, in such manner as may be set forth in the ordinance, to the voters of the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26B-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26B / Section 26B-11
Posting of report on website; contents.
Status: in_force

11. a. A county, municipality, or authority that establishes a stormwater utility pursuant to P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-1 et al.) shall, within one year after establishment of the utility, and each year thereafter, prepare and submit to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection a report in the form and manner determined by the department and the division pursuant to subsection b. of this section. Each county, municipality, or authority shall post the annual report on its Internet website.
b. Within 18 months after the effective date of this section, the division, in consultation with the department, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations outlining the substantive requirements for, and the form and manner of, the annual report required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The annual report shall include, but need not be limited to, information on:
(1) the stormwater utility's service area;
(2) the schedule of fees, other charges, and credits that the county, municipality, or authority has established;
(3) the number of properties subject to the stormwater utility's fees and other charges, and the number of properties of each land use type, including but not limited to residential, commercial, and industrial, that have been granted credits or exemptions from the fee, and the cumulative value of credits that have been granted to properties of each land use type;
(4) the total revenues from stormwater utility fees and other charges collected by the county, municipality, or authority;
(5) the percentage and amount of revenues from fees and other charges spent on each of the purposes authorized in subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-8); and
(6) all stormwater management projects implemented in the previous fiscal year. L.2019, c.42, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.5
Chief warrant officer
Status: in_force

A sheriff may appoint a chief warrant officer to serve for a term of one year without having to take a civil service examination. The chief warrant officer shall have full police officer status as is granted to other sheriff's officers, provided that the officer has been certified by the Police Training Commission as having completed a police training course at an approved school, pursuant to P.L.1961, c. 56 (C. 52:17B-66 et seq.). L.1976, c. 85, s. 1, eff. Sept. 7, 1976. Amended by L.1981, c. 462, s. 48; L.1983, c. 286, s. 2, eff. July 29, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-67.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-67.1
Municipality with Mayor-Council Plan D; housing counsellor; duties
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality having a population in excess of 60,000 persons, in which, prior to the effective date of P.L.1981, c. 465 (C. 40:69A-12 et al.) the voters adopted the form of government designated as "Mayor-Council Plan D," formerly provided for in Article 6 of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c. 210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.) may by ordinance create the position of housing counsellor to counsel new and prospective home owners concerning purchase and maintenance costs of housing within the municipality, and may prescribe such additional duties as are appropriate to the position. L.1982, c. 47, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-46
Joint municipal transportation system; contracts
Status: in_force

Any municipality engaging in the business of transportation may contract with any other municipality or municipalities engaged in the same business, to operate a joint service of the systems of transportation operated by them. All such contracts shall be effective when ratified by the governing bodies of the contracting municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-63
Collection of assessments
Status: in_force

Immediately after the delivery to the tax collecting officer of the city of a certified copy of the report and order or judgment, the assessment shall be payable immediately. The said officer shall immediately after delivery of the same to him, send out by mail or deliver bills for such assessment to the owners of property affected thereby. The collector shall enter the date and amount of each payment on his duplicate in the proper column opposite the item of the assessment on account of which payment is made, and shall also enter the same in a proper cash book credited to the taxpayer, and shall also enter therein a designation of the property on which the tax was paid, the total amount of the assessment and the interest and penalty charged. The cash book shall be provided by the collector at the expense of the taxing district, and shall be the property of the taxing district, and be open at all reasonable times for public inspection. The body controlling the finances may make additional regulations for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 708, s. 200, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-7
Duties of commission
Status: in_force

It shall be the function and duty of the charter study commission to study the form of government of the county, to compare it with other forms available under the laws of this State, to determine whether or not in its judgment the government of the county could be strengthened, made more clearly responsive or accountable to the people or whether its operation could be more economical or efficient, under a changed form of government. L.1972, c. 154, s. 7, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-28
Beach erosion control commission; establishment
Status: in_force

Whenever in any such municipality a Beach Erosion Control District is established under the provisions of this act, a Beach Control Erosion Control Commission shall thereby be created for such district and shall be known as " Beach Erosion Control Commission" (inserting the name the governing body has designated to identify the district). L.1967, c. 184, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-115 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-115
Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded
Status: in_force

Whenever damages are awarded under the provisions of section 40:37-111 of this title to an owner of real estate, and benefits are assessed against the same owner, the county park commissioners may, when both the award of damages and the assessment of benefits have been finally confirmed, deduct the amount of the benefits assessed from the damages awarded, and set off the benefits against the damages by proper charges and credits, in order that only the excess of damages, if any, shall be paid, and only the excess of benefits, if any, collected.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-34 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-34
Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance of, or permit to use, real or personal property of county or municipality
Status: in_force

Any county by resolution of its governing body, municipality by ordinance of its governing body, governmental unit or person is hereby empowered, without any referendum or public or competitive bidding, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to an authority, or to permit an authority to use, maintain or operate as part of any public facility, any real or personal property which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the authority and accepted by the authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made or given with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality, governmental unit or person and which may be agreed to by the authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of any bonds. Subject to any such contracts with the holders of bonds, the authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements with respect to property so purchased, leased, borrowed, received or accepted by it, including agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality, governmental unit or person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect of such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of any public facility. L.1967, c. 136, s. 34, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-55 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-55
Definitions; impoundment of shopping carts by county.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "Shopping cart" means a push cart of the type or types which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drug stores or other retail mercantile establishments for the use of the public in transporting commodities in stores and markets and their parking areas; and "Parking area" means a parking lot or other property provided by a retailer for the use of a customer for parking an automobile or other vehicle. The parking area of a retail mercantile establishment located in a multi-store complex or shopping center shall include the entire parking area used by the complex or center. b. No county shall impound a shopping cart that has a sign or notice identifying the owner of the cart, or the retailer who has written consent from the owner to use the cart, and listing a valid telephone number or address through which the owner or retailer can be contacted, unless the following conditions are met: (1) The shopping cart is located outside the premises or parking area of a retail mercantile establishment; (2) The county notifies the owner or retailer of the location of the cart and allows three business days from the date of such notification for the owner, retailer, or an authorized agent to retrieve the shopping cart, unless the immediate removal is necessary to prevent a danger to public safety; (3) The county notifies the owner or retailer upon impoundment of a shopping cart, and includes information as to how the cart may be retrieved; (4) The location that an impounded shopping cart is held is reasonably convenient to the owner, retailer, or authorized agent, and is open for business at least six hours of each business day; (5) Any fine imposed upon the owner or retailer for an impounded shopping cart does not exceed $50 for each occurrence for failure to retrieve shopping carts. An occurrence includes all shopping carts impounded in accordance with this section during a 24-hour period; and (6) The county must allow the owner or retailer a minimum of five business days following receipt of notice that a shopping cart has been impounded to retrieve the cart before it may sell or otherwise dispose of the cart. c. A county may impound a shopping cart that has a sign or notice identifying the owner of the cart, or the retailer who has written consent from the owner to use the cart, and lists a valid telephone number or address through which the owner or retailer can be contacted, without meeting the conditions required by paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection b. of this section if the county: (1) Notifies the owner or retailer within 24 hours of impounding the shopping cart, and includes information on how the cart may be retrieved; (2) Releases the cart to the owner, retailer or authorized agent without any charge or fine whatsoever, if the owner, retailer, or authorized agent attempts to retrieve the cart within five business days of notice. d. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude or otherwise limit a county from impounding a shopping cart that does not have a sign or notice identifying the owner of the cart, or the retailer who has written consent from the owner to use the cart, and lists a valid telephone number or address through which the owner or retailer can be contacted. L.2008, c.13, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-47 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-47
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

5. The director, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 2 through 4 of P.L.1995, c.325 (C.40A:5-44 through C.40A:5-46). L.1995,c.325,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-108 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-108
Contracts authorized
Status: in_force

Such jointly contracting municipalities and any such other municipality may enter into any such contract for participation in the use of such joint improvements or works and such contract shall be authorized on behalf of all municipalities parties thereto, by ordinance or resolution of the governing bodies or boards charged by law with the duty of constructing sewers and drains in such municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-6
Powers of board of recreation commissioners.
Status: in_force

40:12-6. The board of recreation commissioners shall have full control over all lands, playgrounds and recreation places acquired or leased under the provisions of sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-9 of this Title and may adopt a board seal, suitable rules, regulations and bylaws for the use thereof, and the conduct of all persons while on or using the same; and any person who shall violate any of such rules, regulations or bylaws shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person. The custodians, supervisors and assistants appointed by the board shall, while on duty and for the purpose of preserving order and the observance of the rules, regulations and bylaws of the board, have all the power and authority of police officers of the respective municipalities in and for which they are severally appointed. The board may appoint a recreation director for a term not to exceed 3 years, a secretary or clerk, and such number of custodians, supervisors and assistants for the several playgrounds and recreation places under its control as they shall think necessary, and fix and determine their salaries. Amended 1968, c.191; 2001, c.102, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-5
Organization of charter commission; quorum; majority required for effective recommendations
Status: in_force

As soon as possible and in any event no later than fifteen days after its election, the charter commission shall organize and hold its first meeting and elect one of its members as chairman, fix its hours and place of meeting, and adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem necessary and advisable. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but no recommendation of said commission shall have any legal effect pursuant to sections 1-15 and 1-16 of this act unless adopted by a majority of the whole number of the members of the commission. L.1950, c. 210, p. 462, s. 1-5, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.40
Payments from fund to paying agents; limitations on use
Status: in_force

a. All amounts to be paid from the fund established herein under the provisions of this act with respect to any county improvement authority for debt service covering principal or interest on bonds or notes entitled to the benefits of this act, or for funding any reserve fund required by such resolution, shall, on or before the date for such payment of interest and principal, be paid on behalf of the county improvement authority to the paying agent or paying agents for such bonds or notes in the amount with respect to such date as reflects the amount of principal or interest, respectively, payable as to such date with respect to such authority. Amounts so paid to such paying agent or paying agents shall be applied to the payment of debt service covering principal and interest on such bonds or notes, or to fund such reserve, and for no other purpose. b. All amounts to be paid from the luxury tax fund or development fund with respect to any county improvement authority for the establishment of a revolving fund shall be paid on behalf of the county improvement authority to the agent or agents designated by the authority as the depository and paying agent or agents for those moneys, from which the authority may withdraw such amounts, for such purposes, and in such manner as shall be consistent with the terms and conditions set forth in the Local Finance Board's approval of that revolving fund. L.1979, c. 273, s. 15, eff. Jan. 3, 1980. Amended by L.1981, c. 461, s. 10, eff. Jan. 8, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-23 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-23
Display of flags on county and municipal buildings
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of the respective counties and municipalities shall procure United States flags, flagstaffs and the appliances therefor for their particular county courthouse and the municipal buildings and shall display the flags upon or near said county courthouses and buildings during business hours and at such other times as the governing bodies may deem proper. L.1971, c. 199, s. 23, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:74-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 74 / Section 74-2
Enacting clause; suits for penalties
Status: in_force

The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board of commissioners shall be "the board of commissioners of the (here insert name of municipality) do ordain" ; and all proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation of the ordinances of the municipality shall be commenced and prosecuted in the corporate name of the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-8
Bonds; power to issue.
Status: in_force

8. Every authority shall have power to issue its bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes, including: the paying or retiring of any bonds previously issued by it; paying the cost of retiring the present value of the unfunded accrued liability due and owing by an authority, as calculated by the system actuary for a date certain upon the request of an authority, for early retirement incentive benefits granted by the authority pursuant to P.L.1991, c.230 and P.L.1993, c.181; and the payment of any expense incurred or expected to be incurred and payable by it. Said authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the parking project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated parking projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the Federal Government, State or county, or municipality, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any parking project, projects or other property of the authority. This act shall be complete authority for the issuance of bonds by an authority, and the provisions of any other law shall not apply to the issuance of such bonds. Whenever and for so long as any authority has issued and has outstanding bonds pursuant to this act, it shall be the mandatory duty of the authority to fix, charge and collect rents, rates and other charges in accordance with clause (f) of paragraph (4) of section 6 of this act. L.1948,c.198,s.8; amended 1954, c.138, s.6; 1958, c.22, s.4; 2002, c.42, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-31.4a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-31.4a
Condemnation; declaration of taking; deposit in court; vesting title; transfer of possession; service of notice of filing; determination of compensation
Status: in_force

On or after the institution of an action by a county for condemnation of property and to fix the compensation to be paid for such property, pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, the county may file with the Clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking, signed by the duly authorized county official, declaring that all or any part of such property described in the petition is being taken by and for the use of the county. The declaration of taking shall set forth (1) a description of such tract or parcel of property to be taken, to which there may be attached a plan or map thereof; (2) a statement of the estate or interest in the said property being taken; and (3) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the county to be just compensation for the property taken, which sum shall not be less than the last assessed valuation for tax purposes of the estate or interest in the property to be taken. Upon the filing of the aforesaid declaration of taking and the deposit in court to the use of the persons entitled thereto, of the sum of money estimated by the county to be just compensation for the property taken as stated above, title to the property described as being taken by said declaration shall vest in the county (free from the right, title, interest or lien of all persons), and said property shall be deemed to be condemned and taken for the use of the county and the right to just compensation for the same shall vest in the persons entitled thereto. Upon the filing of the declaration of taking and the making of the deposit as aforesaid, the court shall designate a day not exceeding 90 days after such filing, except for good cause shown, on which persons in possession shall be required to surrender possession to the county. Upon the expiration of the period designated by the court as herein provided, the county, without other process or proceedings shall be entitled to the exclusive possession and use of each tract or parcel of property described in the declaration and may forthwith enter into and take possession of said property, it being the intent of this provision that the action to fix the compensation to be paid or any other proceeding relating to the taking of such property or entering therein shall not delay the taking of possession and the use thereof by the county for purposes authorized by the act to which this act is a supplement. The county shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding pursuant to this act subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the property as herein provided. The county shall cause notice of the filing of said declaration of taking and the making of said deposit to be served upon each party to the action to fix the compensation to be paid, who resides in this State, either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at his dwelling house or usual place of abode, and upon each such party who resides out of the State by mailing notice thereof to him at his usual place of abode if known. In the event that the usual place of abode of any such party or the name of such party is unknown, such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county in which the property is located. Such service, mailing or publishing, shall be made within 30 days after the filing of the declaration. Any party in interest after notice to other parties in interest, including the county, may make application to a judge of the Superior Court who may order that the money deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court, or any part thereof, be paid forthwith to the person or persons entitled thereto for or on account of the just compensation to be awarded in said proceeding; provided, that each such person shall have filed with Clerk of the Superior Court a consent in writing and such security as may be required by the court that, in the event the award in the condemnation proceeding shall be less than the amount deposited, the court, after notice and hearing as herein provided, may determine the liability, if any, for the return of such difference or any part thereof and enter judgment therefor. The ultimate amount of compensation shall be determined pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of 1971, P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.). If the amount so fixed shall exceed the amount so deposited in court by the county or otherwise paid to the persons entitled thereto, the court shall enter judgment against the county in the amount of such deficiency, together with interest at the legal rate on such deficiency from the date of the vesting of title to the date of the entry of the final judgment (subject, however, to abatement for use, income, rents or profits derived from such property by the owner thereof subsequent to the vesting of title in the county), and the court shall order the county to deposit the amount of such deficiency in court. The money deposited into court by a county shall be secured in such manner as may be directed by the court and shall be disbursed according to the order or judgment of the court to the persons found to be entitled thereto by the final award or judgment of the court. In case the amount deposited in court by the county as the estimated compensation for the property shall exceed the amount of the award or judgment, such excess shall be returned to the county unless the amount of the deposit or any part thereof shall have been distributed as aforesaid, in which event, the court, on petition of the county and notice to all persons interested in the award and affording them an opportunity to be heard, shall enter judgment in favor of the county for such difference against the party or parties liable for the return thereof. The county shall cause notice of the date, fixed for such hearing, to be served upon each party thereto residing in this State in accordance with the requirements of the laws of this State relating to service of process. In the event that the residence of any party or the name of any party is unknown, such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county. Such service, mailing or publication, shall be made at least 10 days before the date fixed for such hearing. L.1977, c. 319, s. 1, eff. Jan. 10, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-78.7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-78.7
Separate items in operating appropriations section
Status: in_force

The operating appropriations section of the fire district budget shall set forth separate items for administration, operation and maintenance of each office or agency of the fire district. Each paid position established pursuant to this act shall be set forth along with the compensation to be paid therefor. The total amount to be appropriated for the purposes set forth in section 4 of this act shall be stated separately. L.1979, c. 453, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.40
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

Each county office on aging shall have the power and duty and it shall be the function of said office to: (a) Maintain a central source of information on programs and services for older people; (b) Circulate current knowledge related to aging to the public at large and to individuals and groups to which such knowledge would be of benefit; (c) Stimulate expansion of existing services to more adequately meet the needs of older people and, where desirable, encourage new programs to meet these needs. L.1970, c. 248, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-27
Redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

There shall be raised and levied annually by taxation in the municipality issuing such bonds a sum sufficient to pay the interest thereon and to redeem the part or proportion thereof maturing in the fiscal year for which such taxes are levied.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.13
Assumed service or function by county or municipality; addition to final appropriation
Status: in_force

a. In any budget year subsequent to 1982, whenever a county or municipality shall have lawfully assumed, during the immediately preceding budget year, or at any time during the current budget year prior to the final adoption of the budget, the provision of any service or function funded during the immediately preceding budget year wholly by a local public utility, a local public authority or a special purposes district, and where the provision of that service or function by the county or municipality is the result of the lawful dissolution of the public utility, public authority, or special services district previously providing the service or function, the county or municipality shall add to the final appropriations for the current budget year upon which its permissible expenditures are calculated, or upon which its permissible county tax levy is calculated, the amount certified by the Local Finance Board for appropriation by the county or municipality to fund that service or function in the current budget year. b. In any budget year subsequent to 1982, whenever a county shall have lawfully assumed, during the immediately preceding budget year, or at any time during the current budget year prior to the final adoption of the budget, the provision of any service or function funded during the immediately preceding budget year wholly or partially by one or more municipalities within the county from appropriations in the municipal budget, the county shall add to the final appropriations for the current year upon which its permissible county tax levy is calculated the amount certified by the Local Finance Board for appropriation by the county to fund that service or function in the current budget year. c. The Local Finance Board shall approve the assumption of any service or function for the purpose of its eligibility under the provisions of this section. The board shall approve the assumption if it finds: that the assumption was lawfully made; that the assumption does not deleteriously affect the health, safety or welfare of the residents of a county or municipality; and that the assumption represents an efficient and feasible means of providing the service or function. The board shall, in approving the assumption, certify to the county or municipality assuming the service or function the amount of appropriation to fund the service or function which shall be eligible for the provisions of this section. L.1983, c. 49, s. 3, eff. Jan. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.29 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.29
Designation of enforcement officials; right of entry for inspection purposes; educational program relating to space heaters
Status: in_force

Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this act shall designate the municipal officials responsible for enforcing the provisions of the ordinance and may provide that designated officers, employees or specially designated agents of the municipality may enter upon lands and buildings in the municipality for the purpose of inspection of flues, chimneys, space heaters and the storage of liquid fuel and installations and facilities in connection therewith and may provide for an educational program to instruct users of space heaters in proper methods of installing, cleaning, maintaining and adjusting the same to minimize fire hazard. L.1955, c. 157, p. 652, s. 2, eff. July 20, 1955.