N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-128 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-128
Insurance or guarantee of loan; agreement with department or agency of federal government
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized and empowered to obtain, or aid in obtaining, from any department or agency of the United States any insurance or guarantee as to, or of or for the payment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part thereof, on any loan or any instrument evidencing or securing the same, made or entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act; and notwithstanding any other provisions of this act to enter into any agreement, contract or any other instrument whatsoever with respect to any such insurance or guarantee, and except payment in such manner and form as provided therein in the event of default by the borrower. L.1979, c. 275, s. 23, eff. Jan. 3, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.4
Conveyance to county
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when the governing body of a municipality determines that all or part of a tract of land, with or without improvements, owned by the municipality is not then needed for municipal purposes, it may, by ordinance, authorize a private sale and conveyance of the property, or any part thereof, to the county in which it is located, without compliance with any other law governing disposal of lands by municipalities, for a consideration which may be nominal, and containing a limitation that the lands or buildings shall be used only for public purposes or the county, and that if the lands or buildings are not used in accordance with the limitation, title thereto shall revert to the municipality without any entry or reentry made thereon on behalf of the municipality. L.1983,c.534,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-127.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-127.2
Validity, compensation provisions, municipal employment contract, appointed constable prior; powers, duties, null and void.
Status: in_force

52. This act shall not impair the validity of the compensation provisions of a municipal employment contract for a person appointed as a constable which was entered into prior to the effective date of this act. If applicable, a person appointed as a constable shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of a municipal employment contract until the contract expires. However, any provisions of the contract which grant powers and impose duties associated with the position of constable shall be deemed null and void. L.2023, c.250, s.52.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-19
Bond anticipation notes; sale; report
Status: in_force

All bond anticipation notes may be sold at private sale pursuant to resolution of the authority, or by its treasurer expressly designated by resolution to sell such notes. The treasurer making any such sale shall report in writing to the authority at the next meeting thereof as to the principal amount, interest rate, and maturities of the notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser. L.1967, c. 136, s. 19, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-10
Franchises and rights of owners unaffected by relocation
Status: in_force

When any tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures shall have been relocated as provided in this article the person owning the same shall have the same right to maintain and operate the same in the new location for the same length of time and in the same manner as he had in their former location at the time of and immediately before such removal.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-101.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-101.3
Adoption of sections 40:37-12, 40:37-14 and 40:37-15 not to be submitted within five years after rejection
Status: in_force

The question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:37-12, 40:37-14 and 40:37-15 of the Revised Statutes shall not be submitted to the voters of any county within five years after the majority of the legal voters in any county shall have rejected the same. L.1939, c. 133, p. 456, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-9
Provision for collection, disposal of solid waste
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality which operated a solid waste collection district as of December 31, 1989, may provide by municipal contract or municipal service for the collection or disposal of solid waste within a solid waste collection district, subject to the approval of the Local Finance Board of the Department of Community Affairs and subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1991,c.54,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-28.7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-28.7
Regulations, forms, procedures
Status: in_force

7. The director is authorized to adopt, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such regulations, forms and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the terms of this act. L.1993,c.87,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-43 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-43
Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to newly established paid fire department
Status: in_force

In any municipality where there is a volunteer fire company or force, maintained and controlled by the municipality, and the governing body of the municipality, by ordinance, shall provide for the establishment of a paid fire department, the appointments thereto shall be made from the members of the volunteer fire company or force who shall have served as active firemen for at least 2 years next preceding said appointment or from among the exempt firemen of the company or force. If no such member or exempt fireman is available for such appointment, any qualified person may be appointed thereto. Said appointees shall not be under 21 or over 40 years of age at the time of the appointment. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4.2
Term of contract; exceptions.
Status: in_force

2. Unless an exception is provided for under section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15) permitting a longer contract duration, contracts awarded pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.40A:11-4.5) may be for a term not to exceed five years. L.1999,c.440,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-146.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-146.3
Municipal tax assessors; appointment; terms of office; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, municipal tax assessors shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act and their terms of office, powers and duties shall be as provided in this act. L.1981, c. 393, s. 30, eff. Jan. 6, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-70 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-70
Vacancy in office of county clerk other than by expiration of term
Status: in_force

When a vacancy shall occur in the office of the county clerk of any county other than by expiration of term, the Governor shall fill such vacancy with the advice and consent of the Senate by appointment of a member of the same political party as that of the previous incumbent of the office, and the commission of said appointee shall expire when a successor is elected and qualified. The successor in such case shall be elected for a term of 5 years at the general election next succeeding the happening of the vacancy unless such vacancy shall occur within 37 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled at the second succeeding general election. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-77 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-77
Estimate of cost of installation of improvements
Status: in_force

15. The cost of the installation of improvements for the purposes of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73) shall be estimated by the municipal authority engineer or by the applicant's engineer based on documented construction costs for public improvements prevailing in the general area of the municipal authority. Any estimate prepared by the applicant's engineer shall be subject to approval by the sewerage authority engineer. The developer may appeal the municipal authority engineer's estimate or decision to the county construction board of appeals established under section 9 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-127). L.1999,c.11,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55-52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55 / Section 55-52
Authentication before filing
Status: in_force

No department in a municipality, created for the purpose of filing plans and specifications for buildings, shall receive or file any plans or specifications unless they bear the seal of a licensed professional engineer or a licensed architect of the State of New Jersey, or in lieu thereof an affidavit sworn to by the person who drew or prepared them. Amended by L.1948, c. 294, p. 1209, s. 1, eff. Aug. 9, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-31
Bond provisions
Status: in_force

(a) If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of this section, then in the event that there shall be a default in the payment of principal of or interest on any bonds of such series after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days, or in the event that the municipal authority shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act or shall fail or refuse to carry out and perform the terms of any contract with the holders of any such bonds, and such failure or refusal shall continue for a period of 30 days after written notice to the municipal authority of its existence and nature, the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the bonds and such series then outstanding by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the Secretary of State and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of the bonds of such series for the purposes provided in this section. (b) Such trustee may and upon written request of the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the bonds of such series then outstanding shall, in his or its own name: (1) By any action, writ, proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, or other proceeding, enforce all rights of the holders of such bonds, including the right to require the municipal authority to charge and collect service charges adequate to carry out any contract as to, or pledge of, system revenues, and to require the municipal authority to carry out and perform the terms of any contract with the holders of such bonds or its duties under this act; (2) Bring an action upon all or any part of such bonds or interest coupons or claims appurtenant thereto; (3) By action, require the municipal authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds; (4) By action, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds; or (5) Declare all such bonds due and payable, whether or not in advance of maturity, upon 30 days' prior notice in writing to the municipal authority and, if all defaults shall be made good, then with the consent of the holders of 25% of the principal amount of such bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences. (c) Such trustee shall, in addition to the foregoing, have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of the functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general representation of the holders of bonds of such series in the enforcement and protection of their rights. (d) In any action or proceeding by such trustee, the fees, counsel fees and expenses of the trustee and of the receiver, if any, appointed pursuant to this act, shall constitute taxable costs and disbursements, and all costs and disbursements, allowed by the court, shall be a first charge upon any service charges and system revenues of the municipal authority pledged for the payment or security of bonds of such series. L.1957, c. 183, p. 658, s. 31, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-58 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-58
Contracts for insurance
Status: in_force

7. Any contract for insurance to be entered into in accordance with this act shall be established pursuant to sections 10 and 11 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-10 and 40A:11-11). L.1992,c.51,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-83.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-83.3
Terms of first council members
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting a council-manager plan of government may provide in its charter that the council members elected at the first regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide, following the adoption of the plan shall serve for the following terms: if the municipal council is to consist of five members, two shall serve for four years and three for two years; if the municipal council is to consist of seven members, three shall serve for four years and four for two years; or if the municipal council is to consist of nine members, four shall serve for four years and five for two years. The length of the respective term of each member of the first council shall be determined by lot at the organization of the council immediately following the election; except that if, pursuant to the charter, the mayor is elected directly by the voters, the mayor shall, for the purposes of this subsection, be counted among those first council members to serve a four year term. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, if a municipality adopting the provisions of this section shall also provide in its charter that the municipality shall be divided into wards pursuant to the authority granted in section 1-13 or 1-19 (C.40:69A-13 or 40:69A-19), the council members elected at the first regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide, following the adoption of the plan shall serve as follows: the council members elected at large for a term of four years; and the council members elected from wards for a term of two years. L.1981, c.465, s.25; amended 1989, c.221, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-134 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-134
Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of
Status: in_force

The commission may make rules and regulations for the government and use of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways and roadways, and enforce the same by fixing for the violation thereof penalties, not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense. All rules and regulations shall be plainly printed and posted within the parks and public places or on the boulevards and other highways. The commission may sue for and collect the penalty so fixed in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction. All fines and penalties recovered shall be used by the commission for the same purposes and in the same manner as its other funds.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-4.11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4.11
Authorization for local unit, joint purchasing unit, or cooperative pricing system to use electronic purchase of certain commodities.
Status: in_force

5. A local unit or joint purchasing unit or cooperative pricing system is also authorized to use electronic procurement practices for the following purposes: (a) to purchase electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service, or gas related service, either separately or bundled, for its own facilities so long as the purchase otherwise complies with the provisions of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act," P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.); and (b) the sale of surplus personal property that shall otherwise comply with the provisions of section 36 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-36). Contracts awarded for the administration of electronic procurement practices shall be subject to the requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., except that they shall be considered as purposes for which competitive contracting may be used. L.2018, c.156, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.15
Exclusion
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act do not apply to persons appointed pursuant to subsection (3)(d) of section 22 of P.L. 1948, c. 198 (C. 40:11A-22(3)(d)) who perform under the supervision and direction of a municipal parking authority. L. 1987, c. 260, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-14
Local improvement assessments; procedures for and manner of assessment and collection
Status: in_force

Upon completion of the improvements made pursuant to N.J.S.40A:31-13, the governing body or governing bodies shall assess the costs and expenses of the water supply facilities on the lands specially benefited therefrom in proportion to the benefits received; however, no county may levy local improvement assessments within a municipality without the approval of that municipality. When completed, the assessments shall be filed as a report with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies who shall give notice, by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the local unit or units, and by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail, of the fact that the report has been filed and that the governing body or bodies will meet at a time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances against the report. The governing body or bodies shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances and may revise the report as may be deemed appropriate after which the report shall be filed with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies, and the assessments shall constitute liens upon the lands so assessed for special benefits. The clerk or clerks shall deliver a duplicate copy of the report to the appropriate officer or officers of the local unit or units who shall immediately thereafter send out by mail or deliver to owners of lands bills for the assessments. The officer or officers shall mail or deliver bills for an assessment in the manner required in connection with local improvements and shall keep a record and books of assessments in the same manner required for local improvements under R.S.40:56-31, at the expense of the local unit or units. The governing body or bodies may make additional requirements for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments. The governing body of a participating local unit may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any real estate located within the local unit upon which a local improvement assessment has been made may pay the assessment in installments pursuant to the procedures contained in R.S.40:56-35. When an unpaid assessment, interest thereon or other charges for collection thereof remain in arrears on July 4 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the amount becomes in arrears, the appropriate officer of the local unit shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in chapter 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes. Source: New. L.1989,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.5
Sale, lease or exchange of real property of capital improvement by counties; conditions; fees
Status: in_force

1. a. In addition to any other applicable requirements of law, no county may sell, lease for a term of 20 years or more, or exchange any real property or capital improvement for any purpose unless the county first: (1) Prepares a report identifying the reasons for, and all advantages and disadvantages and benefits and detriments of, the proposed sale, lease, or exchange; assessing the environmental and recreational impact of that proposed sale, lease, or exchange, including, but not limited to, the impact on endangered species and nongame species as defined and regulated pursuant to P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), and endangered plant species as defined and regulated pursuant to P.L.1989, c.56 (C.13:1B-15.151 et seq.); and assessing the environmental and economic value of the real property or capital improvement proposed to be sold, leased, or exchanged under both its current and proposed use; (2) Makes the report required to be prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection available upon request, at no cost or at the cost of reproduction, to the public at least 30 days in advance of the date of the first scheduled public hearing required pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection, and at each of the two public hearings; and (3) Conducts two public hearings on the proposed sale, lease, or exchange at least 14 days apart and at least 90 days in advance of the date of the proposed sale, lease, or exchange. Of the two public hearings, one shall be held in the county seat, and the other in the municipality wherein the real property or capital improvement proposed to be sold, leased, or exchanged is located or, if that is not practicable, in a municipality as close thereto as can reasonably be arranged. At each such hearing, the county shall explain the proposed sale, lease, or exchange and indicate the consideration to be received by the county for agreeing to the proposed sale, lease, or exchange. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the contrary, in the case of real property or a capital improvement that is proposed to be sold, leased, or exchanged which is located within the municipality that serves as the county seat, only one public hearing need be held. b. The county may assess and collect a reasonable fee from any person to whom real property or a capital improvement may be sold, leased, or exchanged pursuant to this act, which fee shall cover the administrative and any other costs incurred by the county in complying with the provisions and requirements of this act. The fee shall be payable whether or not the real property or capital improvement is in fact eventually sold, leased, or exchanged to such person. L.1993,c.36,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-28.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-28.3
Renewal of certificates; fee; continuing education; mitigating circumstances.
Status: in_force

3. a. Commencing July 1, 1995, all county finance officer certificates shall be renewed upon application, payment of the required fee of $50 and verification that the applicant has met continuing education requirements, all as set forth in this section. Each renewal shall be for a period of two years. The renewal date shall be 30 days prior to the expiration date. b. Each applicant for renewal of a county finance officer certificate, on a form prescribed by the director, shall furnish proof of having earned at least 3.0 continuing education units in subject areas and minimum contact hours as prescribed by the director. For the purposes of this section, 1.0 continuing education unit equals 10 contact hours. Upon verification of this requirement and upon payment of a fee of $50 to the order of the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, the director shall renew the county finance officer certificate. c. When the holder of a county finance officer certificate has allowed the certificate to lapse by failing to renew the certificate, a new application and certificate shall be required. If application is made within six months of the expiration of the certificate, then application may be made in the same manner as a renewal; provided, however, that such application may be made in the same manner as a renewal within 12 months of the expiration of the certificate if the director determines that either of the following circumstances prevents a certificate holder from earning the required continuing education units within six months of the expiration of the certificate: (1) a flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado, or other natural disaster, and a state of emergency has been declared as a result thereof by the Governor; or (2) a medical event or condition. L.1993, c.87, s.3; amended 2015, c.95, s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-20.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-20.3
Use of municipal utilities authority funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.
Status: in_force

1. a. A municipal utilities authority may expend any of its funds for the joint acquisition of land for recreation and conservation purposes with a municipality, notwithstanding the participation of any other public entity in the purchase, provided that the transaction does not violate any federal or State law and has a direct nexus to, and substantially furthers the core mission of, the municipal utilities authority. b. Nothing in this section shall interfere with or limit the oversight authority of any State agency over a municipal utilities authority. c. For the purposes of this section, "recreation and conservation purposes" means the use of lands for beaches, biological or ecological study, boating, camping, fishing, forests, greenways, hunting, natural areas, parks, playgrounds, protecting historic properties, water reserves, watershed protection, wildlife preserves, active sports, or a similar use for either public outdoor recreation or conservation of natural resources, or both. L.2001,c.283,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-9
Hearings; public forums
Status: in_force

The charter commission shall hold public hearings, may hold private hearings and sponsor public forums and generally shall provide for the widest possible public information and discussion respecting the purposes and progress of its work. L.1950, c. 210, p. 463, s. 1-9, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-5
Powers; regulations; trees on highways; parks
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, the shade tree commission may exercise exclusive control over the regulation, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery now situate or which may hereafter be planted in any public highway, park or parkway of the county, including: a. The planting, trimming, spraying, care and protection thereof; b. The regulation and control of the use of the ground surrounding the same so far as may be necessary for their proper growth, care and protection; c. The moving or requiring the removal of any tree or part thereof, dangerous to public safety; d. The care and control of the parks and parkways; e. The encouragement of arboriculture. Amended by L.1958, c. 41, p. 132, s. 2, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-117.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-117.3
Mayor; election by council or by voters; charter provision
Status: in_force

Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government shall provide in its charter either: a. That the mayor shall be elected by the members of the council; in which case on the first day of July or January, as appropriate, following their election, the members-elect of the municipal council shall assemble at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the municipality and organize and elect one of their number as mayor; that the mayor shall be chosen by ballot by majority vote of members of the municipal council; that if the members shall be unable, within five ballots to be taken within 2 days of the organization meeting, to elect a mayor, then the member who in the election for members of the municipal council received the greatest number of votes shall be mayor; and that should that person decline to accept the office, then the person receiving the next highest vote shall be the mayor, and so on, until the office is filled; or b. That the mayor shall be elected directly by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, or general election, as the charter shall provide; that at the first election following the adoption of the charter, and each appropriate subsequent election, one position of council member to be elected at large shall be designated and voted for under the title of mayor, and candidates for the position shall be clearly designated as candidates for mayor in their respective nominating petitions; and that the candidate for mayor receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected and shall serve for a term of 4 years. L.1981, c. 465, s. 34, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-15.3
Securities of local unit purchased by it not to be canceled; sale thereafter
Status: in_force

Securities of a local unit purchased by it shall not be canceled but may be sold as and when directed by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the governing body. L.1977, c. 396, s. 10, eff. Feb. 23, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-188 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-188
Provision of length of service award program not required; program requirements
Status: in_force

6. No emergency service organization shall be required to provide a length of service award for its active volunteer members pursuant to the provisions of this act. Any length of service award provided to an active volunteer member shall be governed by the provisions of this act. No length of service award program shall be provided under the provisions of this act unless the following requirements are met: a. An active volunteer member shall be eligible to participate in a length of service award program immediately upon the commencement of the active volunteer member's performance of active emergency services in any emergency service organization, and shall be eligible to vest in any length of service award program provided under the provisions of this act if the active volunteer member has completed at least five years of emergency service in any emergency service organization in the State b. Under a length of service award program, a year of active emergency service commencing after the establishment of the program shall be credited for each calendar year in which an active volunteer member accumulates a number of points that are granted in accordance with a schedule adopted by the sponsoring agency. The program shall provide that points shall be granted for activities designated by the sponsoring agency, which activities may include the following: (1) Training courses; (2) Drills; (3) Sleep-in or standby. A "standby" means line of duty activity of the volunteer fire company, lasting for four hours, not falling under one of the other categories; (4) Completion of a one-year elected or appointed position in the organization; (5) Election as a delegate to an emergency service convention; (6) Attendance at official meetings of the sponsoring agency; (7) Participation in emergency responses; or (8) Miscellaneous activities including participation in inspections and other non-emergency fire, first aid or rescue activities not otherwise listed. c. If provided for in the enabling ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1997, c.388 (C.40A:14-185), a length of service award program may provide for the crediting of not more than 10 years of active emergency service periods prior to the establishment of such a program. Such credit may be granted to the active volunteer over as many years as deemed appropriate by the sponsoring agency, except that the total amount contributed in any one year shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by law to be contributed by a sponsoring agency. d. To provide credit for service prior to the establishment of the service award program, pursuant to subsection c. of this section, each sponsoring agency shall review the prior membership rosters of the emergency service organizations subject to the program to determine the number of years' credit for each participant who is entitled to credit. In making the analysis, the standards for active service set forth in subsection b. of this section and adopted by the sponsoring agency shall be used. The amount of the contribution provided to participants for past service may differ from the amount of the current contribution provided for under the plan. The definition of years of active emergency service shall be determined by the bylaws of the participating emergency service organization at the time service was earned. Approval for such prior service shall require certification by the duly designated persons, as determined and defined by the sponsoring agency of the participating emergency service organization. If an active volunteer member requests credit for service in more than one volunteer participating emergency service organization, each such emergency service organization shall provide a certification for the appropriate number of years. That credit may be awarded at the discretion of the sponsoring agency of the plan in which the volunteer member seeks to apply the credit. In no event, however, shall a participant be credited for the same year of active emergency service in more than one service award program. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.272). f. An active volunteer member whose name does not appear on the approved certification list or who is denied credit for service prior to the establishment of the service award program may appeal within 30 days of posting of the list or within 30 days of denial of past service credit. The appeal shall be in writing and mailed to the clerk or secretary of the governing body of that local government unit, which shall investigate the appeal. The decision of a participating emergency service organization shall be subject to appropriate judicial review. L.1997,c.388,s.6; amended 2001, c.272, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:27-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6
Powers of local unit
Status: in_force

A local unit is authorized: a. To purchase, construct, improve, extend, enlarge or reconstruct flood control facilities within or adjacent to that local unit either alone or jointly with other local units and to operate, manage, maintain and control all or part of these facilities; b. To issue general obligation bonds of the local unit to pay all or part of the cost of the purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction of these facilities; c. To receive and accept from the federal or State government or any agency thereof, grants for the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, extension, enlargement, reconstruction, improvement or financing of any of these facilities and to receive and accept contributions from any source of either money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used and applied for the purposes for which these grants and contributions may be made; d. To acquire in the name of the local unit by gift, purchase, or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands and rights and interests therein, including lands under water and riparian rights, and to acquire such personal property, as it may deem necessary for the acquisition, purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction, or for the efficient operation of any facility purchased or constructed under the provisions of this chapter and to hold and dispose of all real and personal property under its control; e. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter and to employ engineers, superintendents, managers, attorneys, financial or other consultants or experts and other employees and agents necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to fix their compensation; f. Subject to the provisions and restrictions set forth in the resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, authorizing or securing bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, to enter into contracts with the government of the United States or of the State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or with any other local unit, private corporation, copartnership, association, or individual providing for or relating to flood control, which contracts may provide for the furnishing of flood control services either by or to the local unit, joint construction or operation of a flood control facility. Source: C. 40:23-38 (P.L. 1977, c. 333, s. 5). L. 1987, c. 179, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-5.1
Establishment by resolution in counties under 150,000
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county with a population of less than 150,000 which, on the effective date of this act, has not established a free county library pursuant to the provisions of article 1, chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, may, by resolution, establish such a library for all the municipalities within the county. All libraries established pursuant to this act shall be governed by the provisions of article 1, chapter 33, Title 40 of the Revised Statutes insofar as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. L.1963, c. 46, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1963.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-20
Decision of majority final; members present to act; adjournments
Status: in_force

In ascertaining the necessary facts and in making the report, the decision of four members of the committee shall be final. If any member of the committee refuses or neglects to attend any meeting thereof, those assembled shall act, but it shall be lawful to adjourn any meeting from time to time not beyond 1 month in all as a majority of the committee or those attending the meetings may decide. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-7
Contents of ordinance
Status: in_force

7. An ordinance imposing a tax upon predominantly tourism related retail receipts or tourism assessments adopted pursuant to this act shall contain the following provisions: a. All taxes or assessments imposed by the ordinance shall be paid by the purchaser; b. A vendor shall not assume or absorb any tax or assessment imposed by the ordinance; c. A vendor shall not in any manner advertise or represent that a tax or assessment imposed by the ordinance will be assumed or absorbed by the vendor; d. Each assumption or absorption by a vendor of the tax or assessment shall be deemed a separate offense and each representation of advertisement by a vendor for each day the representation or advertisement continues shall be deemed a separate offense; and e. Penalties as fixed in the ordinance, for violation of the foregoing provisions. L.1992,c.165,s.7; amended 2002, c.72, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-1
After six years may resume charter
Status: in_force

Any municipality which shall have operated for more than six years under the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of cities, towns, townships, boroughs, villages and municipalities governed by boards of commissioners or improvement commissioners" (title as amended), approved April twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, or under the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), or both, may at a special election held not later than August fifteenth in any year, abandon such organization thereunder and may resume the form of government under the law under which it was being governed, when said act or said chapters 70 to 76 was or were adopted, subject to any amendments and supplements to said law which may have been made in the interim. The procedure shall be as hereinafter in this chapter provided.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5
Limits on exemptions on abatements for dwellings
Status: in_force

5. a. If the ordinance adopted pursuant to this act shall provide for the exemption from taxation of improvements to dwellings, it shall require that, in determining the value of real property, the municipality shall regard the first $5,000 or $15,000 or $25,000, as the ordinance shall specify, in assessor's full and true value of improvements for each dwelling unit primarily and directly affected by the improvement in any dwelling more than 20 years old, as not increasing the value of the property for a period of five years, notwithstanding that the value of the property to which the improvements are made is increased thereby. During the exemption period, the assessment on the property shall not be less than the assessment thereon existing immediately prior to the improvements, unless an abatement is granted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or there is damage to the dwelling through action of the elements sufficient to warrant a reduction. b. An ordinance providing for exemptions for improvements to dwellings may also provide for the abatement of some portion of the assessed value of property receiving the exemption as it existed immediately prior to the improvement. An abatement for a dwelling may be granted with respect to that property for a total of up to five years, but the annual amount of the abatement granted to any single property shall not exceed 30% of the annual amount of the exemption granted under the ordinance. The abatement period and the annual percentage of the abatement to be granted shall be set forth in the ordinance, which may include a schedule providing for a different percentage of abatement, up to 30%, for each year of the abatement period. c. An ordinance providing for exemptions or abatements, or both, for improvements to dwellings may also provide for the exemption of some portion of the assessed valuation of construction of new dwellings or of conversions of other buildings and structures, including unutilized public buildings, to dwelling use, or both. If so, the ordinance shall require that, in determining the value of real property, the municipality shall regard a percentage, not to exceed 30%, of the assessor's full and true value of the dwelling constructed, or conversion alterations made, as not increasing the value of the property for a total up to five years, notwithstanding that the value of the property upon which the construction or conversion occurs is increased thereby. The exemption period and the annual percentage of the exemption to be granted shall be set forth in the ordinance, which may include a schedule providing for a different percentage of exemption, up to 30%, for each year of the exemption period. d. An ordinance providing for the exemption of some portion of the assessed valuation of construction of new dwellings, or of conversions of other buildings and structures to dwelling use, or both, may also provide for the abatement of some portion of the assessed value of the property receiving the exemption as it existed immediately prior to the construction or conversion alteration. An abatement for a dwelling may be granted for a total of up to five years, but the annual amount of the abatement shall not exceed 30% of the total cost of the construction or conversion alteration, and the total amount of abatements granted to any single property shall not exceed the total cost of the construction or conversion alteration. The abatement period and the annual percentage of the abatement to be granted shall be set forth in the ordinance, which may include a schedule providing for a different percentage of abatement, up to 30%, for each year of the abatement period. L.1991,c.441,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-59 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-59
Mortgage, pledge or disposal of port system; exceptions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly hereinabove provided with respect to the right of the municipal port authority to grant by franchise, lease or otherwise the use of any project owned or controlled by it, the municipal port authority shall not mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the port system, except that the municipal port authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the municipal port authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. L.1960, c. 192, p. 829, s. 31, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-23.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-23.3
Preparation, offering of basic course in land use law and planning; requirement.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall cause to be prepared and offered a basic course in land use law and planning within six months from the effective date of P.L.2005, c.133 (C.40:55D-23.3 et al.) for current and prospective members and alternate members of local planning boards pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-23) and section 13 of P.L.1979, c.216 (C.40:55D-23.1), zoning boards of adjustment pursuant to section 56 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-69), and supplemental zoning boards of adjustment pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.225 (C.40:55D-69.2), and combined boards as authorized under law. The basic course to be prepared and offered pursuant to this section shall consist of no more than five hours of scheduled instruction and shall be structured so that a member may satisfy this requirement within one calendar day. The commissioner shall work in conjunction with the New Jersey Planning Officials in establishing standards for curriculum and administration of the course of study. b. On or after the first date on which a course in land use law and planning is offered, except as otherwise provided in section 3 of P.L.2005, c.133 (C.40:55D-23.4), a person shall not be seated as a first-term member or alternate member of a local planning board pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-23) or section 13 of P.L.1979, c.216 (C.40:55D-23.1), a zoning board of adjustment pursuant to section 56 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-69) or a combined board as authorized under law, unless the person agrees to take the basic course required to be offered under subsection a. of this section, which the person shall successfully complete within 18 months of assuming board membership in order to retain board membership. A person shall not be seated as a regular member of a supplemental zoning board of adjustment established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2019, c.225 (C.40:55D-69.2) unless the person agrees to take the basic course offered under subsection a. of this section and successfully completes the course within six months of assuming board membership. c. Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of P.L.2005, c.133 (C.40:55D-23.4), any person who is serving as a member or alternate member of a planning board or zoning board of adjustment or combined board as authorized under law on the first date on which a course in land use law and planning is offered shall be required to complete that course within 18 months of the date upon which the course is first offered in order to retain membership on that board. d. A hearing or proceeding held, or decision or recommendation made, by a planning board or zoning board of adjustment shall not be invalidated if a member has participated in the hearing or proceeding or in the decision making or recommendation and that member is subsequently found not to have completed the basic course in land use law and planning required pursuant to P.L.2005, c.133 (C.40:55D-23.3 et al.). L.2005, c.133, s.2; amended 2019, c.225, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-2
Findings, declarations relative to shared services and consolidation.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Historically, many specialized statutes have been enacted to permit shared services between local units for particular purposes. b. Other laws, permitting a variety of shared services, including interlocal services agreements, joint meetings, and consolidated and regional services, exist but have not been very effective in promoting the broad use of shared services as a technique to reduce local expenses funded by property taxpayers. c. It is appropriate for the Legislature to enact a new shared services statute that can be used to effectuate agreements between local units for any service or circumstance intended to reduce property taxes through the reduction of local expenses. d. It is contrary to public policy that the tenure rights of certain local personnel should effectively prohibit shared services agreements for the services provided by those local personnel, thereby depriving property taxpayers of property tax relief. e. In order to evaluate the efficiencies related to the sharing of services of certain local personnel having tenure rights in office, it is appropriate to create a pilot program in seven counties of the State which embody urban, suburban, and rural characteristics to study the sharing of the services of these personnel between municipalities by allowing for the dismissal of such a tenured local official, as necessary, in order to promote and effectuate the sharing of a service. L.2007, c.63, s.2; amended 2013, c.166, s.2; 2018, c.140, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-3
Creation of authority; membership; filing and publication of resolution
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county may by resolution create a public body corporate and politic under and pursuant to this act, under the name and style of "The County Recreation Authority," with all or any significant part of the name of said county inserted. Said body shall consist of the 5 members thereof, who shall be residents of the county and be appointed by resolution of said governing body as hereinafter provided, and it shall constitute the authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency or instrumentality of said county. Copies of said resolution for the creation of the authority, certified by the clerk of said governing body, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury. 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. After such filing in the office of the Secretary of State, a copy of said resolution shall be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county, together with a notice stating the fact and date of its adoption and the date of the first publication of such notice. If no action questioning the validity of the creation or establishment of the authority shall be commenced within 45 days after the first publication of such notice, then said authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly created and established and authorized to transact business and exercise powers as a public body created pursuant to this act. L.1967, c. 136, s. 3, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-31
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "Municipality" shall mean any city, borough, village, town, township, or any other municipality or agency thereof other than a county or a school district; (2) "Governing body" shall mean the commission, council, board or body, by whatever name it may be known, having charge of the finances of the municipality; (3) "Municipal port authority" shall mean a public body created or organized pursuant to this act; (4) "Person" shall mean any person, association, corporation, nation, State or agency or subdivision thereof, or other entity, real or artificial, public or private, other than a county or a municipality or a municipal port authority; (5) "Port district" shall mean the area within the territorial boundaries of a municipality which creates a municipal port authority; (6) "Port system" shall mean all real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by a municipal port authority for the purposes of the municipal port authority, including piers, wharves, docks, bulkheads, slips, basins, anchorage areas, jetties, breakwaters, harbor craft of any kind, buildings, structures, warehouses, terminals, loading areas, plants, vehicular roadways, railroad connections and tracks, yards, sheds and every kind of terminal, storage or supply facility now in use or hereafter designed for use to facilitate shipping, the handling, storage, loading or unloading of freight or cargo at marine terminals, and all other franchises, property and rights therein and appurtenances thereto necessary or useful and convenient in connection therewith; (7) "Cost" shall mean, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, the cost of planning, acquisition or construction of all or any part of a port system, and of all or any lands, property, rights, rights-of-way, easements and franchises deemed by a municipal port authority to be necessary or useful and convenient therefor, including interest or discount on bonds, cost of issuance of bonds, architectural, engineering and inspection costs and legal expenses, cost of financial, professional and other estimates and advice, organization, administrative, operating and other expenses of the municipal port authority, prior to and during such acquisition or construction, and all such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, construction and completion of said port system or part thereof and the placing of the same in operation, and also such provision or reserves for working capital, operating, maintenance or replacement expenses or for payment or security of principal of or interest on bonds during or after such acquisition or construction as the municipal port authority may determine, and also reimbursements to the municipal port authority or any county, municipality or other person of any moneys theretofore expended for the purposes of the municipal port authority; (8) "Real property" shall mean lands both within and without the State, above or below water, and improvements thereof or thereon, or any riparian or other rights or interests therein; (9) "Construct" and "construction" shall include acts of construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension, improvement and betterment; (10) "Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act; (11) "Facility charges" shall have the meaning given to such term in this act; and (12) "Local unit" shall mean any municipality which has created a municipal port authority. L.1960, c. 192, p. 808, s. 3, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1
Street cleaning; solid waste disposal; ordinances, rules, and regulations
Status: in_force

40:66-1. a. The governing body may provide for the cleaning of the streets of the municipality, and for the collection or disposal of solid waste, and may establish and operate a system therefor; purchase and operate the necessary equipment for the cleaning of streets, and for the collection or disposal of solid waste; make, amend, repeal and enforce all such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and proper for the introduction, operation and management of such system, and for the maintenance and operation of a solid waste facility, subject to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and the "Solid Waste Utility Control Act," P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.), for the disposal of solid waste, and for the government of employees connected therewith. b. A municipal governing body that establishes a system for the collection or disposal of solid waste pursuant to subsection a. of this section, in its discretion, may limit service furnished by it to curbside collection along public streets or roads that have been dedicated to and accepted by the municipality. The municipal governing body may also refuse to enter upon private property to remove solid waste from dumpsters or other solid waste containers. The municipal governing body, in its sole discretion, may choose to reimburse those property owners who do not receive the municipal service, but such reimbursement shall not exceed the cost that would be incurred by the municipality in providing the collection or disposal service directly. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to modify the provisions of P.L.1989, c.299 (C.40:67-23.2 et seq.) with respect to qualified private communities. c. A municipal governing body that establishes a system for the collection of solid waste pursuant to subsection a. of this section may limit the municipal service furnished by it to specified operating hours in order to preserve the peace and quiet in neighborhoods during the hours when most residents are asleep. d. A municipal governing body that adopts a recycling ordinance pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.16) may limit the collection of designated recyclable materials to specified operating hours in order to preserve the peace and quiet in neighborhoods during the hours when most residents are asleep. Amended 1989, c.244, s.1; 1991, c.213; 1993, c.6, s.3; 2001, c.92, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-33 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-33
Sale of bonds at 1 time or in installments
Status: in_force

Any issue of bonds may be sold at 1 time or in installments at different times. The maturities of an installment of bonds offered for sale when combined with all maturities of the issue previously sold, shall be such as to comply with requirements as to maturities of a single issue of bonds. Any unsold part of an issue or installment may be sold notwithstanding that the maturities thereof, when considered alone, do not comply with such requirements. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-52
Removal of district members; grounds; hearing
Status: in_force

A member of the beach erosion district may be removed by the governing body of the township for incapacity, inefficiency or neglect of duty, or misconduct in office or other disqualifying cause, and after shall be given a copy of the charges against him and not sooner than 10 days after, be afforded opportunity for a hearing in person or by counsel by such governing body with respect to such charges. L.1967, c. 184, s. 26, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.5b — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.5b
Family day care homes permitted use in residential districts; definitions
Status: in_force

2. a. Family day care homes shall be a permitted use in all residential districts of a municipality. The requirements for family day care homes shall be the same as for single family dwelling units located within such residential districts. Any deed restriction that would prohibit the use of a single family dwelling unit as a family day care home shall not be enforceable unless that restriction is necessary for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the other residents in the neighborhood. The burden of proof shall be on the party seeking to enforce the deed restriction to demonstrate, on a case-by-case basis, that the restriction is necessary for the preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the residents in the neighborhood who were meant to benefit from the restriction. b. In condominiums, cooperatives and horizontal property regimes that represent themselves as being primarily for retirees or elderly persons, or which impose a minimum age limit tending to attract persons who are nearing retirement age, deed restrictions or bylaws may prohibit family day care homes from being a permitted use. c. In condominiums, cooperatives and horizontal property regimes other than those permitted to prohibit family day care homes from being a permitted use under subsection b. of this section, deed restrictions or bylaws may prohibit family day care homes from being a permitted use; however, if such condominiums, cooperatives, or horizontal property regimes prohibit such use, the burden of proof shall be on the condominium association, cooperative association, or council of co-owners to demonstrate, on a case-by-case basis, that the prohibition is reasonably related to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents. The burden of proof also shall be on the condominium association, cooperative association, or council of co-owners to demonstrate, on a case-by-case basis, that any other restrictions imposed upon a family day care home, including but not limited to noise restrictions and restrictions on the use of interior common areas, are reasonably related to the health, safety and welfare of the residents. d. For the purposes of this act: "Family day care home" means the private residence of a family day care provider which is registered as a family day care home pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.); "Applicant" means a person who applies for a certificate of registration pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.); "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services; "Condominium" means a condominium formed under the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.); "Cooperative" means a cooperative as defined under "The Cooperative Recording Act of New Jersey," P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-1 et seq.); and "Horizontal property regime" means a horizontal property regime formed under the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.). L.1991,c.278,s.2; amended 1992,c.13,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-32
Elected officers; governing body defined; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county executive
Status: in_force

a. Each county operating under this article shall be governed by an elected board of freeholders and an elected county executive and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this act, general law, or ordinance. b. In each county operating under this article, the term "governing body" of the county shall be construed to include both the board of freeholders and the county executive. For the purpose of the construction of all other applicable statutes, any and all administrative or executive functions heretofore assigned by general law to the board of freeholders shall be exercised by the county executive, and any and all legislative and investigative functions heretofore assigned by general law to the board of freeholders shall be exercised by the board, all in accordance with the separation of powers provided for in section 86 of the act of which this act is amendatory (C. 40:41A-86). L.1972, c. 154, s. 32, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1978, c. 141, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-35 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-35
Conversion, reconversion and reissuance of bonds
Status: in_force

Unmatured bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by a local unit under this chapter or any other law, and containing provisions for registration, conversion or reconversion, or issued as bonds in registered form or coupon form without any of such provisions, shall be registered, converted, reconverted or replaced as herein provided at the written request and expense of the holder of bonds in bearer form or of the registered owner or his authorized attorney or legal representative. Coupon bonds shall be registered as to both principal and interest by removing and canceling all unmatured coupons and by executing conversion certificates written or stamped on the bonds. Coupon bonds converted into bonds registered as to both principal and interest shall be reconverted into bonds in coupon form by the registration of such bonds to bearer, or the preparation and substitution of new bonds bearing the same rate of interest and of the same tenor as the original bonds, and by attaching to such bonds new coupons for the unmatured interest of the same form and tenor as those originally authorized. Any such bonds may be again converted or reconverted from time to time. Fully registered bonds shall be converted into bonds in coupon form of the same or different denominations by preparation and substitution of new bonds with all privileges of registration, conversion and reconversion, and bearing the same rate of interest and being otherwise of the same tenor as the original bonds. Any conversion or reconversion of fully registered bonds shall be pursuant to resolution of the governing body, which shall set forth the written request of the registered owner or his authorized attorney or legal representative, and the date, maturities, interest rate, denomination and numbers of the old and the new bonds. Any new bonds issued hereunder shall be signed by such officers in office at the time of such conversion or reconversion, or the authorization thereof, and any new coupons shall be authenticated by the facsimile signature of such present or former financial officer as the governing body may designate. The governing body, by resolution, may authorize a new coupon bond to replace any outstanding bond prior to its maturity. The new bond shall be of substantially the same form and tenor as the outstanding bond, except that (1) the new bond may be a bond payable to bearer with 2 or more coupons attached for the payment to the several bearers thereof of a portion of each installment of the interest to become due thereon at or prior to the maturity thereof, (2) the rate or rates of interest on the new bond and the aggregate amount of any installment of interest to become due thereon at or prior to maturity thereof may be less than such rate and aggregate amount, respectively, with regard to the outstanding bond, and (3) the new bond shall be signed by such officers in office at the time such new bond is issued or is authorized to be issued, and the new coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of such present or former financial officer as the governing body may designate, and (4) the new bond may be made registerable as to principal only, or as to both principal and all interest payable thereon, or as to both principal and interest represented by any particular coupon or coupons. There shall be endorsed on the new bond substantially the following statement: "This bond has been revised as to form and reissued as of the day of , 19 " , in which statement shall be inserted the date of issuance of the new bond or any earlier date not previous to the last preceding date of payment of interest on the outstanding bond. A new bond shall not be issued unless the outstanding bond shall be presented and surrendered with a written request for its reissuance. Upon effecting the issuance of any new bond, the officer effecting the same shall execute and file a certificate identifying the bond in the office of the clerk. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:9B-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9B / Section 9B-3
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature hereby recognizes that it is the declared public policy of this State that the social and personal anguish of substance use disorder is a grave public concern, and that priority should be given to the establishment of a comprehensive program to be achieved through the coordinated efforts and resources both of public and private agencies to prevent and control substance use disorder and to provide diagnosis, treatment care and rehabilitation for persons with a substance use disorder. The Legislature further recognizes that the costs incurred in treating and rehabilitating the person with a substance use disorder and in counseling the potential person with a substance use disorder have become increasingly expensive, and that current financial exigencies are creating additional burdens for private, nonprofit agencies performing this important public service, while also rendering the cost of establishing new treatment centers prohibitive for local units of government. Therefore, the Legislature hereby finds that because private, nonprofit agencies are providing services which are in furtherance of a policy in an area of grave public concern, it is in the public interest to authorize counties and municipalities to appropriate funds for the purpose of helping to defray expenses incurred by such private agencies in the provision of substance use disorder treatment facilities and programs to community residents. L.1974, c. 120, s. 1, eff. Oct. 10, 1974; amended 2023, c.177, s.123.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-170 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-170
Ballot; form and content
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall print the question upon the sample and official ballots for the general election in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall the county of ....... establish a county [ ] YES park commission pursuant to sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the title Municipalities and [ ] NO Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-35
Library funds
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may appropriate and raise such sum of money as in its judgment may be deemed necessary to aid libraries and reading rooms in serving any such municipality, whether such libraries or reading rooms be located in such municipality or in an adjoining municipality; provided, the person or corporation owning or controlling any library and reading room receiving and accepting such aid shall keep the same open free to the use of the public at such reasonable hours as meets the approval of the governing body of such municipality. Amended by L.1938, c. 68, p. 179, s. 1; L.1941, c. 199, p. 589, s. 1; L.1943, c. 24, p. 58, s. 1; L.1947, c. 219, p. 880, s. 1; L.1956, c. 78, p. 165, s. 1, eff. June 7, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-49 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-49
Emergency appropriations exceeding, with other appropriations, 3% of the operating appropriations
Status: in_force

An emergency appropriation which together with all prior emergency appropriations made during the same year exceeds 3% of the total current and utility operating appropriations in the budget for that year shall be made as follows: a. The governing body shall, by resolution adopted by not less than 2/3 vote of its full membership, petition the director for permission to exceed the limitation of 3%. b. The resolution shall be in the form and content prescribed by the local government board, and shall set out the nature of the emergency in full. c. The director shall consider the resolution and, if requested by local taxpayers or by the governing body, hold a hearing thereon. d. The director shall, within 5 days after receipt of the resolution, or if a hearing is held, after the hearing, determine whether an emergency exists which requires such appropriation. e. If the director determines that such appropriation is necessary, he shall fix the maximum amount and the governing body shall not exceed that amount. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-64 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-64
Short title
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law." L.2001,c.310,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-18
Liability of employer to only one municipality
Status: in_force

a. No employer shall be obligated to report and pay an employer payroll tax, or any interest, penalty, or costs with respect thereto, to more than one municipality with respect to remuneration paid to an employee for services performed. Where any dispute as to the liability for an employer payroll tax to more than one municipality for services performed by an employee is not resolved by agreement between the employer and the municipalities, all of said municipalities shall be joined in a proceeding in the tax court to collect the tax alleged to be due. b. If an out-of-State municipality or other out-of-State state or out-of-State local entity imposes an employer payroll tax on any employee with respect to remuneration paid to an employee for service performed out-of-State, an employer payroll tax imposed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-15) shall not apply to that employee. In such case, the employer shall submit documentation in a manner prescribed by the municipality regarding the employee’s residency status, the location and description of services performed out-of-State, and the applicable out-of-State employer payroll tax to the taxing municipality before any employer payroll tax obligation, imposed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-15), shall be waived. L.1970, c. 326, s. 18, eff. Dec. 23, 1970. Amended by L.1983, c. 36, s. 4, eff. Jan. 26, 1983; amended 2025, c.314, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-12
Private wharves or other improvements; license for construction; application; procedure
Status: in_force

Any person desiring to construct, alter, improve or extend any wharf, pier, dock, bulkhead, or other building in the nature thereof, harbor structures, and shipping and docking facilities shall make written application to the proper officer or body stating the nature and extent of such intended construction, alteration, improvement or extension, and shall file with such application, full and complete plans and specifications thereof, and shall also produce his deeds, leases or other evidence of title, or right of possession. The governing body of the municipality shall give notice of the time and place of public hearing of such application, to all persons interested, by advertisement in two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality, for two successive weeks at least once in each week, and by posting such notice upon the lands or premises mentioned in the application. After such hearing the governing body shall by resolution grant or deny such application, and approve or disapprove the plans and specifications filed therewith and if it grant the same and approve the plans and specifications, shall in its resolution, direct a license or permit to issue therefor. All such licenses or permits shall be recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose, and no such license or permit shall be unreasonably withheld by the governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-212 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-212
Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths
Status: in_force

At the time and place specified in the notice provided for in section 40:37-211 of this Title the judge shall appoint three disinterested freeholders resident in the county to: a. Make a just and true appraisement of the value of the real estate to be condemned and taken by the county park commission for the purposes specified in the notice; b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of damages occasioned thereby; c. Make a just and true estimate and appraisement of the special or peculiar benefits which the opening of any such boulevard, parkway or roadway, or the improvement thereof, may confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby, in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefit which each owner may be deemed to acquire. The commissioners so appointed shall forthwith take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully and impartially perform their duties, and their oaths shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 663, s. 94, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-89 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-89
Issuance of notes.
Status: in_force

3. Any municipality that has ended the previous budget year with a deficit in operations caused, whether in whole or in part, by obligations created from tax appeals, may issue notes with the approval of the Local Finance Board on such conditions as the Local Finance Board deems appropriate. The amount of notes authorized pursuant to this provision shall not exceed the cash payments or tax credits due to tax appeals and shall be authorized by a bond ordinance approved by the Local Finance Board. L.2011, c.224, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-51.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-51.2
Power to waive restrictions.
Status: in_force

1. Any municipality is authorized and empowered, by resolution of the governing body thereof, to waive, release, modify or subordinate any terms, covenants, conditions, limitations or reverters imposed in sales and conveyances of lands as to the erection, alteration or demolition of buildings or any other use to be made of land heretofore imposed by said municipality to accomplish the purposes for which such lands were sold and conveyed either at public or private sale, including those set forth pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-21),but only after public hearing held before such governing body, of the holding of which notice describing the lands in question, and the terms, covenants, conditions, limitations or reverters to be waived, released, modified or subordinated, and, if to be modified or subordinated, describing the manner in which the same shall be modified or subordinated, shall first have been given by advertisement published once each week for two weeks in a newspaper published in said municipality or, if no newspaper be published therein, then in a newspaper circulating in such municipality, provided, however, that the power herein granted shall not be exercised to impair any vested or contractual rights of third parties. L.1943,c.33,s.1; (title amended 1946, c.140, s.1; 1970, .43, s.1.) amended 1946, c.140, s.2; 1950, c.136; 1951, c.142; 1956, c.111;1958, c.119; 1960, c.101; 1963, c.72; 1965, c.15; 1969, c.155; 1970, c.43, s.2; 1977, c.31; 1983, c.442; 1993, c.131; 2005, c.52, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66 / Section 66-11
Funding for cost of solid waste collection, disposal
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality which operated a solid waste collection district as of December 31, 1989, may order and cause to be raised within a solid waste collection district sufficient money to provide for the payment of the cost of solid waste collection or disposal in the district. The sum ordered to be raised shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes, except that any tax levied and collected to provide for the payment of the cost of solid waste collection or disposal shall appear as a separate item on the municipal tax bill. The collector shall pay the same to the municipal treasurer, to be applied only to the purposes for which it is raised. L.1991,c.54,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-8.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-8.5
Appropriations for blood collection purposes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for such boards to appropriate and raise funds annually for the purposes aforesaid, in the same manner as appropriations are made for other county purposes. If, during the fiscal year in which this act shall be adopted, any board of chosen freeholders shall have made no provision in its annual budget for the necessary funds for the aforesaid purposes during such fiscal year, said board may appropriate and use any county funds not otherwise appropriated or dedicated, or may appropriate and raise such funds as may be necessary for such purpose during such fiscal year, and may borrow the same, or any part thereof, on the credit of the county, and may issue obligations therefor in the same manner as other similar obligations are issued under the provisions of the title to which this act is a supplement. L.1946, c. 22, p. 61, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:73-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 73 / Section 73-6
Salaries of officers and employees; exceptions
Status: in_force

The salary or compensation of all officers and employees of the municipality shall be fixed by the board of commissioners, and shall be payable monthly, or at shorter periods as it shall determine. The salary or compensation of any member of the police or fire departments shall not be fixed at a less amount than that received by said member at the time of the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-230 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-230
Unsold lands struck off to board
Status: in_force

Real estate which is not bid off and sold when offered for sale or resale, according to the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall be struck off to the commission by its corporate name, for the longest term for which a sale is authorized to be made, and it may hold the property and sell, assign and dispose thereof and use the proceeds in the same manner as directed in the case of moneys paid for benefits assessed. The commission shall, in relation to the real estate so struck off to it, have all the rights and privileges of a purchaser at such sale.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-147 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-147
Appointees; qualifications
Status: in_force

Any person appointed by the board of chosen freeholders or the Governor to fill a vacancy either for the unexpired term or temporarily, shall have all the qualifications required by statute to qualify for election to said office, and if the previous incumbent had been elected to office as the nominee of a political party as defined in Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the person so appointed shall be of the same political party as the preceding incumbent. L.1978, c. 141, s. 17, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-181.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-181.2
Police ticket quota for motor vehicle violations prohibited; permitted use of statistics.
Status: in_force

2. a. A State, county, or municipal police department or force engaged in the enforcement of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this title shall not establish any quota for arrests or citations. The department or force may, however, collect, analyze, and apply information concerning the number of arrests and citations in order to ensure that a particular officer or group of officers does not violate any applicable legal obligation and for the purpose of forwarding that information to the Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in the Uniform Crime Report. b. The department or force shall not use the number of arrests or citations issued by a law enforcement officer when evaluating the performance of a law enforcement officer, or as a criterion for promotion, demotion, dismissal, discipline, or the earning of any benefit provided by the department or force. c. A department or force shall not post data regarding the number of arrests or citations in any area that is common to all law enforcement officers of the department or force, including a police station or barracks, for the purpose of creating competition between officers with respect to arrests and citations. L.2000,c.164,s.2; amended 2021, c.249.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-35
Judge of election; teller; compensation
Status: in_force

The governing body of the municipality wherein the district is located shall at least 10 days prior to such election appoint one person, resident in the municipality, as judge of election and one person to serve as a teller during the election. Such judge of election and teller shall be paid $20 each as compensation for their services in connection with the election. L.1967, c. 184, s. 9, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-45.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-45.3
Submission of general development plan.
Status: in_force

5. a. (1) Any developer of a parcel of land greater than 100 acres in size for which the developer is seeking approval of a planned development pursuant to P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) may submit a general development plan to the planning board prior to the granting of preliminary approval of that development by the planning board pursuant to section 34 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-46) or section 36 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-48). (2) Any developer of a parcel of land 100 acres or less in size for which parcel the developer is seeking approval of a planned development pursuant to P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), consisting of not less than 150,000 square feet of nonresidential floor area or not less than 100 residential dwelling units, or consisting of a combination of square feet of nonresidential floor area and residential dwelling units, which when proportionately aggregated at a rate of 1,500 square feet of nonresidential floor area to one residential dwelling unit, are equivalent to at least 150,000 square feet of nonresidential floor area or 100 residential dwelling units, may submit a general development plan to the planning board prior to the granting of preliminary approval of that development by the planning board pursuant to section 34 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-46) or section 36 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-48). b. The planning board shall grant or deny general development plan approval within 95 days after submission of a complete application to the administrative officer, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the planning board to act within the period prescribed shall constitute general development plan approval of the planned development. L.1987, c.129, s.5; amended 2011, c.86, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-22
Agreements to provide for maintenance, operation or improvement
Status: in_force

3. Any local government unit may enter into an agreement with a business entity or nonprofit organization located within or near the local government unit to provide for the maintenance, operation, or improvement of a park or any portion thereof located within the local government unit, at no cost to the local government unit except as provided pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.101 (C.40:12-23). No such park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement may be entered into unless the business entity or nonprofit organization successfully demonstrates to the local government unit that the business entity or nonprofit organization is capable of maintaining, operating, or improving the park according to the agreed upon terms and conditions. A park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement shall be for such period as may be agreed upon by the local government unit and the business entity or nonprofit organization, and may be terminated by the business entity or nonprofit organization upon at least six months' notice to the local government unit, or by the local government unit at any time without prior notice to the business entity or nonprofit organization, for any reason, including, but not limited to, failure of the participating business entity or nonprofit organization to comply with any term or condition of the park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement. L.1992,c.101,s.3; amended 1996, c.132, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-42 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-42
Power of assessment
Status: in_force

When proceedings have been commenced under this subtitle by a municipality for laying out, opening, or establishing a new street, road, avenue, alley, or other public highway, or portion thereof, or widening, straightening, extending, altering, or changing in any manner the location of a street, road, avenue, alley, or other public highway, or portion thereof, and the municipality has become vested with the title to the real estate or interest therein required for such purposes, under this chapter, such proceeding shall be deemed to be a local improvement and assessments for benefits may be made immediately therefor, and the officer or board charged with the assessment for benefits, or a majority of such board, shall make an assessment of the benefits conferred upon any real estate by reason of such improvement after hearings are held, upon notice in the same way and manner as provided for in this article in the case of assessments for benefits and awards for incidental damages where no lands are to be taken and the procedure after said assessment shall be the same as provided for in this article.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-64 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-64
Duties
Status: in_force

The executive power of the county shall be exercised by the county supervisor. The county supervisor shall: a. Report annually to the board of freeholders and to the people on the state of the county and the work of the previous year. He shall also recommend to the board whatever action or programs he deems necessary for the improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents. He may from time to time at his discretion recommend any course of action or programs he deems necessary or desirable for the county to undertake. b. Preside over board meetings, with the right to vote in cases of ties; during his absence the board shall designate one of their members to serve as chairman pro tempore of the board; c. Serve as spokesman for the board on matters concerning policies and programs; d. Serve as representative of the board at ceremonial and civic occasions; e. Through the county administrative officer; enforce the county charter, the county's laws and all general laws applicable thereto; f. Serve as ex-officio nonvoting member of all appointive bodies in county government; g. Represent the board in all dealings with the county administrative officer, except as otherwise specified herein; h. Sign all contracts, bonds or other instruments requiring the consent of the county. L.1972, c. 154, s. 64, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 22, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-148.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-148.1
Tax and deputy assessors; qualifications and duties
Status: in_force

A municipal tax assessor shall hold a tax assessor certificate provided for in P.L.1967, c. 44 (C. 54:1-35.25 et seq.) and shall have the duty of assessing property for the purpose of general taxation. A deputy tax assessor shall hold a tax assessor certificate and shall act under the direct supervision of and assist the tax assessor. L.1981, c. 393, s. 3, eff. Jan. 6, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-48 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-48
Emergency appropriations not exceeding, with other appropriations, 3% of the operating appropriations
Status: in_force

An emergency appropriation which, together with all prior emergency appropriations made during the same year, does not exceed 3% of the total of current and utility operating appropriations made in the budget adopted for that year shall be made as follows: a. The governing body shall, by resolution adopted by not less than 2/3 vote of its full membership, declare that an emergency exists requiring a supplementary appropriation. b. The resolution shall be in the form and content prescribed by the local government board and shall set out the nature of the emergency in full. c. A copy of the resolution shall be filed forthwith with the director. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-8.19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-8.19
Collection of sales tax; penalties
Status: in_force

Such ordinance shall provide for the collection of such tax by an officer of such municipality who shall be designated in such ordinance; shall provide methods for enforcement; and may provide penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of such ordinance. L.1947, c. 71, p. 433, s. 5, eff. April 19, 1947.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-13
Appointment of temporary members and officers; termination of temporary employment
Status: in_force

In any municipality wherein Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes is in operation, whenever a vacancy occurs in the fire department or force by reason of the granting of a leave of absence as provided by law, the appointing authority shall certify to the Civil Service Commission the reason for such vacancy, the name of the person and his office or position. The appointing authority may fill temporarily such office or position by the appointment of any person who: (1) is over 21 and not over 45 years of age; (2) is a citizen of the United States and a resident of New Jersey; (3) is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently; (4) is of good moral character; and (5) has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude. Such temporary employment shall terminate upon the date when the appointee's predecessor returns to his duties, or when it is determined that said predecessor will not return, or sooner when deemed advisable by said appointing authority. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1972, c. 3, s. 9, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-38.9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-38.9
Payment of bonds; powers of joint insurance fund
Status: in_force

9. A joint insurance fund, in order to secure the payment of its bonds shall have the power by provision in the bond resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of a bond, as to: a. the custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of a bond; b. payment of the principal of or interest on a bond and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of a bond obligation as to a lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of a bond; c. the use and disposition of any moneys of the joint insurance fund; d. pleading, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any moneys of the joint insurance fund to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond or the payment of expenses of operation of the fund, and the powers and duties of a trustee with regard thereto; e. the setting aside out of the moneys of the joint insurance fund of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; f. determination or definition of the moneys of the joint insurance fund or of the expenses of its operation; g. the assessments or other charges imposed by the joint insurance fund and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of same, the amount to be raised thereby, and the disposition and application of the amount charged or collected; h. the assumption or payment of any indebtedness, lien or other claim against the joint insurance fund or any obligation having or which may have a lien on any moneys of the fund; i. limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the joint insurance fund; j. vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State the rights, powers and duties in trust determined by the joint insurance fund, which powers and duties may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of bonds pursuant to section 10 of this act, and limiting or abrogating the right of the holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to section 10 of this act or limiting the rights, duties and powers of the trustee; k. payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the bond resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds; l. the procedure, if any, by which the terms of a covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, which holders of bonds are required to consent to such an amendment or abrogation before it can be enforced, and the manner in which the consent may be given or evidenced; or m. any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the bond resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. All provisions of the bond resolution and all covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the joint insurance fund and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and shall be enforceable by any holder by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1993,c.269,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-1.5
City of second class located in certain counties; imposition of surcharge.
Status: in_force

2. A municipality that is a city of the second class, that is located in a county of the second class, that has a population greater than 65,000 and a population density exceeding 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, and that is not authorized to adopt an ordinance pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1987, c.21 (C.40:48C-1.2), may adopt an ordinance imposing the surcharge provided under section 3 of P.L.2013, c.284 (C.40:48C-1.6) on any facility, or any portion of a facility, situated within its borders.
L.2013, c.284, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-129 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-129
Officials; facsimile of signatures; seal; statement of terms of office to be filed with Secretary of State
Status: in_force

In every municipality, the mayor or other chief executive and the clerk, upon taking office, shall each file with the Secretary of State a facsimile of his signature and in addition the clerk shall furnish an impression of the municipal seal and a statement of their terms of office, showing the commencement and expiration dates. The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed the necessary blank forms and forward them to the aforesaid officials. The completed forms when filed shall be public records. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:75-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Section 75-31
Time for holding recall election; arrangements; expenses
Status: in_force

The clerk shall fix a day for holding the recall election which, if convenient, shall be a Tuesday falling between the thirtieth and fortieth days after the date of the certificate of notice provided for in section 40:75-29 of this title. The municipal clerk and the board of commissioners shall make or cause to be made all arrangements for holding the recall election and shall provide all necessary funds therefor, and the commissioners may raise funds necessary for this purpose in any convenient manner.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-15
Conveyances of burial grounds to municipalities for parks
Status: in_force

Any religious corporation which prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and five, had acquired lands in this state on condition that the same be used for burial or cemetery purposes and for no other purpose and prior to the date herein above mentioned the care of such burial grounds had become a burden to such corporation, and the same had become a hindrance to the development of thickly populated areas, may convey such lands in fee simple to the municipality in which the same may be situate for the uses and purposes of a public park or parks.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-43
Revenue bonds
Status: in_force

Revenue bonds may be authorized to be issued under this act to provide funds to pay the cost of all or any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, or for the refunding of any bonds theretofore issued for such purposes. The purposes for which such revenue bonds may be issued shall include the payment to the local unit or local units of the reasonable value of any properties or facilities deemed necessary or desirable for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and such solid waste management authorities are hereby authorized to purchase and acquire such properties or facilities from such local unit or local units. Such revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the solid waste management authority which may be adopted at the same meeting at which it is introduced by a unanimous vote of all the members thereof then in office, shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. Such revenue bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding 6% per annum, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent resolution may provide. Such revenue bonds may be sold, all at one time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private sale, or if refunding bonds may also be delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations to be refunded thereby, in such manner as the solid waste management authority shall determine by resolution, and at such price or prices, computed according to standard tables of bond values, as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, income at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of obligations surrendered therefor to the solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 10, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.45
Lands of county or county park commission; use as training grounds for firemen or police
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county or county park commission may, by resolution, make available any lands owned or leased by said county or county park commission, or otherwise under its control, to be used as training grounds for paid, part-paid or volunteer fire companies and for police departments and forces located in any municipality or fire district in such county or adjoining counties. L.1973, c. 215, s. 1, eff. Aug. 23, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-15
Removal of more than one councilman
Status: in_force

If the removal of more than one councilman is sought the same provisions for submitting to the electors the question and direction hereinbefore described shall be repeated in the case of each councilman concerned and their position on the ballot for their recall shall be in the order of the filing of the petition with the municipal clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-84 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-84
Duties
Status: in_force

The administrative officer shall be responsible to the board through the president except as specified below. He shall be responsible for the efficient administration of the county's government. He shall: a. Prepare and submit directly to the board for its consideration and adoption an annual operating budget and a capital budget, establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices and agencies in connection therewith, and supervise and administer all phases of the budgetary process; b. Supervise the collection of revenues, and he shall audit and control disbursements and expenditures and shall prepare a complete account of all expenditures; c. Supervise the care and custody of all county property, institutions and agencies; d. Organize the work of county departments, subject to the administrative code adopted by the board. He shall further review their administration and make recommendations pertaining thereto to the board; e. Review, analyze and forecast trends of county services and finances and programs of all boards, commissions, agencies and other county bodies, and report and recommend thereon to the board; f. Develop, install and maintain centralized budgeting, personnel and purchasing procedures as may be authorized by the administrative code; g. Negotiate contracts for the county subject to board approval and make recommendations concerning the nature and location of county improvements and execute improvements determined by the board; h. Assure that all terms and conditions, imposed in favor of the county or its inhabitants in any statute, franchise or other contract, are faithfully kept and performed. L.1972, c. 154, s. 84, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 36, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-73 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-73
Operation and maintenance; assessment or taxation of costs to benefited properties; name as improvement district
Status: in_force

If the governing body determines that the improvements will involve annual costs in addition to the initial cost of constructing and making the improvements, and that such annual costs relate to maintenance services peculiar to the mall facility or special improvement district, as the case may be, and distinguished from maintenance services normally provided by the municipality outside of the mall facility or special improvement district, as the case may be, and will provide benefits primarily, in the case of a pedestrian mall, to adjacent, surrounding or neighboring property, or in the case of a special improvement district, to property included in the district, rather than to the municipality as a whole, the ordinance may provide that the improvements and facilities thereof shall be operated and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this act and the costs thereof assessed or taxed to benefited properties or businesses pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of P.L.1972, c. 134 (C. 40:56-80) or section 19 of this amendatory and supplementary act. At any time after a pedestrian mall or special improvement district ordinance has been adopted or lands have been acquired or improved for a pedestrian mall or special improvement district, as the case may be, the governing body may upon such determination provide, by separate ordinance or by amendment to the ordinance, that the improvements and facilities thereof shall be so operated and maintained and the costs so taxed and assessed to benefited properties or businesses. In any such case, such ordinance shall describe the properties to be assessed or taxed, or in which any businesses may be contained which may be assessed or taxed, for such annual costs, which area may be given the name "(name of Pedestrian Mall) Improvement District" or "(name of Special Improvement District) Improvement District" . L.1972, c. 134, s. 9, eff. Aug. 17, 1972. Amended by L.1984, c. 151, s. 9, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:13-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1
Contracts for public health service
Status: in_force

Any county and one or more municipalities therein, and one or more school districts therein, or any of them may enter into a joint contract to provide in such municipalities and school districts, public health service furnishing public health visiting nurses, medical inspection, public clinics and dispensaries and investigation in public health work.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-69 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-69
Payment secured by mortgage
Status: in_force

6. In lieu of, or in addition to, the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-68), the municipality may provide in the agreement that the payment in lieu of taxes, if any, is to be secured by a mortgage. In that event the mortgage may also be assigned and pledged to the repayment of the bonds authorized herein. The assignment of any mortgage that secures a payment in lieu of taxes, if any, may also be an absolute assignment of all or part of the municipality's right, title, and interest in the mortgage and, to the extent assigned, any moneys realized from the foreclosure of the mortgaged property shall not be included in the general funds of the municipality. After the bonds are paid and no longer deemed to be outstanding, the assignment of the mortgage shall terminate. L.2001,c.310,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-151 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-151
Annual standby or ready-to-serve charge upon unoccupied lots.
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any municipality or any water commission representing two or more municipalities may fix an annual standby or ready-to-serve service charge upon any unoccupied lot abutting upon a street wherein a water main has been laid and to which the lot may connect. No service charge shall be made for any lot fronting on a water main which has heretofore been assessed as a local improvement or for which the owners of the lot paid under a contract with the municipality. No service charge shall include the imposition of standby fees or charges for any fire protection system to a residential customer served by a water service line of two inches or less in diameter. The service charge shall be rendered and collected in the same manner as other bills for water service are rendered and collected. Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of a municipality or a water commission representing two or more municipalities from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. The municipal governing body or water commission may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278. L.1949,c.194,s.1; amended 2003, c.278, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-62 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-62
Tenure of exempt fireman in office, position or employment of intermunicipal commissions
Status: in_force

Whenever any person possessing an exempt fireman certificate holds an office, position or employment under a commission elected or appointed by the governing bodies of 2 or more municipalities, whose term of such office, position or employment is not fixed by law, the said person shall hold his office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political reasons but only for good cause after a fair and impartial hearing. No such commission shall abolish, change the title or reduce the emoluments of any office, position or employment held by an exempt fireman for the purpose of terminating his said service. For the herein purposes no term of office, position or employment of any such person shall be deemed to be fixed by law or coterminous with that of a noncontinuous appointing or employing board or body. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.9
Additional powers of public officer
Status: in_force

7. An ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize the public officer to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted: (a) to investigate the building conditions in the municipality in order to determine which buildings therein are unfit for human habitation or occupancy or use; (b) to administer oaths, affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence; (c) to enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations; provided, that such entries shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession; (d) to appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents and employees as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinances; and (e) to delegate any of his functions and powers under the ordinance to such officers and agents as he may designate. Any action taken using revenues derived from the local property tax shall be taken only after advertisement for, and receipt of, bids therefor, pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), unless the action is necessary to prevent imminent danger to life, limb or property. L.1942,c.112,s.7; amended 1956,c.197,s.7; 1992,c.89,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.76 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.76
Joint service program grant; application; limitations
Status: in_force

Within 3 months from the date of consolidation, the governing body of the consolidated municipality shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, file an application with the department for a joint service program grant to be paid out of the appropriations made pursuant to the "Interlocal Services Aid Act." The application shall include a 2-year schedule of anticipated expenses and such other information as may be required by the commissioner. State financial assistance shall be, insofar as adequate funds are available therefor, rendered for not more than 2 successive years for any extraordinary administrative and operating expenses incurred in the first 2 years of the consolidation by the applicant municipality for joint services compensable under that act, that would not have otherwise been incurred if the consolidation had not taken place; except that, such expenses shall not include costs which are considered capital costs as set forth in N.J.S. 40A:2-22. The amount of the grant of assistance made pursuant to this section shall not exceed, for any 12-month period, $150,000.00 or, one-fourth of the appropriation made pursuant to the "Interlocal Services Aid Act" in the fiscal year in which said grant is to be made, whichever is the lesser amount. In addition, the commissioner may, at the end of the fiscal year, allocate to said municipality any unexpended and uncommitted moneys from the sums appropriated under the "Interlocal Services Aid Act" in order to provide such additional financial assistance for which the consolidated municipality would have been eligible if the aforesaid limitations were not in effect. Any such consolidated municipality shall have first claim on any moneys appropriated under the "Interlocal Services Aid Act" which have not been committed at the time of application. The commissioner shall reserve the necessary moneys for meeting the certified expenses of any such consolidated municipality. Reservation of moneys shall also be made at any time after the consolidation plan has been approved by the electorate and prior to the filing of an appropriate application, provided that a written request for such reservation is made by the concerned governing body or bodies. Within 30 days of the receipt of an application from the consolidated municipality, the commissioner shall certify to the State Treasurer the amount of financial assistance to be provided hereunder to the consolidated municipality, and said amount shall thereupon be paid to the consolidated municipality. Payments of aid moneys shall be paid on a quarterly basis for the 2-year period by the State Treasurer in the manner set forth in section 8 (C. 40:8B-8) of the "Interlocal Services Aid Act," and all such moneys expended by the consolidated municipality shall be certified by the commissioner in accordance with paragraph (3) of section 7 (C. 40:8B-7d(3)) of said act. L.1977, c. 435, s. 42, eff. March 1, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-3
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (a) "alcoholic beverages" means liquors, wines, sparkling wines, and vermouth; (b) "liquors" means all distilled or rectified spirits, alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum, gin and all similar distilled alcoholic beverages including all dilutions and mixtures of one or more of the foregoing, such as liqueurs, cordials, and similar compounds, having an alcoholic content of 1/2 of 1% or more by volume. (c) "wines" means all wines whether known as "dry wines," "sweet wines," "still wines," or "fortified wines" and any artificial or imitation wine or compound sold as wine, and any fruit juice containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume, and any other beverage containing alcohol produced by the fermentation of the natural sugar content of fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar, which beverage contains 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume, but shall not mean or include vermouth, or cider containing less than 3 2/10 % of alcohol by volume. (d) "sparkling wines" means champagne and other effervescent wine charged with carbon dioxide, whether artificially or as the result of secondary fermentation of the wine within the container. (e) "vermouth" means any compound made by the mixture of extracts from macerated aromatic flavoring materials with wines and manufactured in such manner that the product possesses the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to vermouth. (f) "taxpayer" means a person chargeable with the payment of the tax imposed pursuant to an ordinance enacted pursuant to the authority of this article. L.1970, c. 326, s. 3, eff. Dec. 23, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-81.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-81.3
Supervisory authority
Status: in_force

Supervisory authority over personnel of a fire district may be exercised by the commissioners of the fire district or delegated, by resolution, to any commissioner or any employee or employees thereof. L.1979, c. 453, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-40.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-40.1
Findings, declarations relative to infrastructure maintenance.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: Infrastructure maintenance and repair are vital to the economy and quality of life in the State of New Jersey. Infrastructure maintenance and repair continue to be insufficiently funded throughout the State. Property taxes in this State continue to be a serious burden to local property taxpayers and so cannot be relied upon to fund necessary infrastructure maintenance and repairs. It is in the public interest to develop additional funding sources to provide for necessary maintenance and repair of infrastructure within the State. County utilities authorities with surplus funds offer one such additional funding source and a pilot program should be developed to explore the efficacy of using those surplus funds for these infrastructure purposes. L.2013, c.190, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1
County fire marshal; appointment; salary.
Status: in_force

40A:14-1. County fire marshal; appointment; salary. The board of chosen freeholders of any county, by resolution, may create the office of county fire marshal and such assistant fire marshals as deemed necessary and appoint a person or persons to hold such office on a permanent, full-time basis or on a part-time basis for a term of three years commencing January 15, except that the first appointee's term of office shall terminate on January 15 following his appointment. The board of chosen freeholders shall fix the amount of the annual salary of the county fire marshal and the assistant fire marshals, if any. Any permanent, full-time county fire marshal and any such assistant fire marshal given approval by the board of chosen freeholders to engage in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) shall be enrolled as members in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey,P.L. 1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.),as long as the person or persons holding such office meet all other requirements for membership. Any current fire marshals and assistant county fire marshals engaged in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) at the time that this amendment takes effect shall be exempt from any age requirement for enrollment in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey. Any permanent, full-time county fire marshal and assistant fire marshal given approval by the board of chosen freeholders on or after October 1, 2001 to engage in activities provided in N.J.S.40A:14-2b.(8) shall be enrolled as a member in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System effective upon the date when such approval by the board of chosen freeholders was given. The cost of enrollment of a full-time county fire marshal or assistant fire marshal in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be the responsibility of the State. L.1971, c.197, s.1; amended 1991, c.60; 2005, c.366, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-8
Funds for supervision and control of improvements and ferries
Status: in_force

The governing body shall appropriate and raise annually the funds necessary to pay the costs and expenses incident to the supervision and control of wharves, docks and ferries.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-97 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-97
Certificate for commission
Status: in_force

40A:9-97. The taking of the oath of office and the execution of the required bond by a newly elected sheriff shall be certified by a Superior Court judge to the Governor in connection with the issuance of the sheriff's commission. L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1991,c.91,s.401.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-27
Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract
Status: in_force

Any municipality may contract with any other municipality for the improvement of the banks and shores of waters as places of public resort and recreation. Such contracts shall specify the portion of the work to be done by each municipality, or the proportion of the total cost to be paid by each municipality, and all other provisions necessary to carry out the work of joint improvement.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.8
Request for advisory opinion from Local Finance Board
Status: in_force

A local government officer or employee not regulated by a county or municipal code of ethics may request and obtain from the Local Finance Board an advisory opinion as to whether any proposed activity or conduct would in its opinion constitute a violation of the provisions of this act. Advisory opinions of the board shall not be made public, except when the board by the vote of two-thirds of all of its members directs that the opinion be made public. Public advisory opinions shall not disclose the name of the local government officer or employee unless the board in directing that the opinion be made public so determines. L.1991,c.29,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-7.2
Certified copies of bond resolutions and bond proceedings; filing
Status: in_force

Every such "port authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in addition shall file a certified copy of all bond proceedings with the said director. L.1952, c. 305, p. 1022, s. 2, eff. June 12, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-53 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-53
Removal of members of authority
Status: in_force

A member of an authority may be removed by the governing body of the county for incapacity, inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office or other disqualifying cause and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and, not sooner than 10 days thereafter, been afforded opportunity for a hearing, in person or by counsel, by such governing body with respect to such charges. L.1960, c. 183, p. 735, s. 10, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-37 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-37
Contract provisions
Status: in_force

The transfer of the urban homesteading property to the applicant selected pursuant to section 6 of this act shall be made pursuant to a contract of sale and rehabilitation between the municipality and the transferee which shall provide, among other things, that (1) the property transferred shall be rehabilitated for residential use and be brought into and maintained in conformity with all applicable State and local codes; (2) the rehabilitation shall commence and be completed within the time period specified in the ordinance; and (3) representatives of the urban homesteading agency, the municipality, and, where State or federal assistance is involved, representatives of State or federal governments shall have access to the property during normal business hours for the purpose of inspecting to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section. L. 1988, c. 148, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-20
Constitution, appointment of management committee.
Status: in_force

20. a. The joint contract shall provide for the constitution and appointment of a management committee to consist of at least three members, of which one shall be appointed by the governing body of each of the local units executing the joint contract. The members shall be residents of the appointing local unit, except that a member who is the chief financial officer, business administrator, municipal administrator, or municipal manager of the local unit making the appointment need not be a resident of the appointing local unit. The appointees may or may not be members of the appointing governing body. Each member of the management committee shall hold office for the term of one year and until the member's successor has been appointed and qualified. In the event that there is an even number of local units that are parties to the joint contract, the management committee shall consist of one member appointed by each of the governing bodies and one member selected by the two other appointed members. b. The management committee shall elect annually from among its members a chair to preside over its meetings. The management committee may appoint such other officers and employees, including counsel, who need not be members of the management committee or members of the governing bodies or employees or residents of the local units, as it may deem necessary. The employees appointed by the management committee shall hold office for such term not exceeding four years as may be provided by the joint contract. The management committee shall adopt rules and regulations to provide for the conduct of its meetings and the duties and powers of the chairman and such other officers and employees as may be appointed. All actions of the management committee shall be by vote of the majority of the entire membership of the committee, except for those matters for which the contract requires a greater number, and shall be binding on all local units who have executed the joint contract. The management committee shall exercise all of the powers of the joint meeting or regional service agency subject to the provisions of the joint contract. The joint contract may provide for the delegation of the administration of any or all of the services, lands, public improvements, works, facilities or undertakings of the joint meeting or regional service agency to the governing body of any one of the several contracting local units, in which event such governing body shall have and exercise all of the powers and authority of the management committee with respect to such delegated functions. L.2007, c.63, s.20; amended 2019, c.433, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:62-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-3
Organization; Officers
Status: in_force

a. The mayor and council members of every town shall constitute the council thereof. They shall hold an annual meeting on the first day of January at twelve o'clock noon, or during the first seven days of January in any year. b. The mayor, heretofore known as the councilman-at-large, shall be chairman of the council and preside at all meetings of the council. In his absence, the council may elect one of its own as chairman for the time being. c. The council shall appoint the times of meetings and determine and establish the rules of its own proceedings. d. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from day to day. e. The mayor or any two councilmen may call for a special meeting by written notice to each of the members, served personally or left at the member's usual place of residence at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for the meeting. No other business than that specified in the call for the meeting shall be discussed or transacted. f. The council may, at its annual meeting, establish for its members such committees of the council as will assist it for the ensuing year. g. No officer, who has obtained tenure by any provision of any section herein repealed by section 40A:62-8 of this act, shall be affected in any way by such repeal. (Source: R. S. 40:125-1, R. S. 40:125-4, R. S. 40:126-1, R. S. 40:146-2, and New.) L. 1988, c. 7, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-14
Reference to officer making assessments; map prepared
Status: in_force

Every such ordinance, after being introduced and having passed a first reading, shall be referred to the officer or board in the municipality charged with the duty of making assessments for benefits for local improvements, who, or a majority of whom, shall thereupon cause a map of such improvement to be made by the municipal engineer or surveyor, showing the real estate and improvements to be taken therefor, and the property which, in the judgment of the assessing officer or board, will be specially benefited thereby, designating each lot and parcel on the map by a letter or number.
N.J. Stat. § 40:32-7.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-7.7
Maintenance, improvement and operation; buildings, structures and equipment
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may preserve, care for, lay out, construct, maintain, improve, and operate any land or real estate it may acquire for use as a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground, or entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith. It may construct, reconstruct, alter, provide, renew, and maintain such buildings or other structures and equipment as it may determine, and provide for the care, custody, and control thereof. L.1958, c. 94, p. 538, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-129 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-129
Employees in the classified service
Status: in_force

Employees in the classified service. On the effective date of the administrative code, all officers and employees in the classified service of the county shall be transferred to the department, division or agency to which the functions, powers or duties in which they were engaged are allocated under the administrative code. Such transfer shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be without examination or diminution of existing compensation, pension or retirement rights, privileges or obligations of any such officer or employee. It is the intent of the Legislature that the adoption of any plan found in this charter shall not, except as otherwise provided in this section, adversely affect the civil service tenure, pension, seniority or promotional rights of any county officer or employee in the classified service. With respect to the positions of heads of departments, or any divisions thereof, which are placed in the unclassified service pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 11:22-2, other than a position subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 602(a), and notwithstanding the provisions of this section, or chapter 27 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or R.S. 11:28-3 or R.S. 38:16-1, any officer or employee in the classified service who shall have exercised the same or substantially the same responsibilities prior to the effective date of the administrative code, and who shall not be appointed thereafter by the appointing authority as head of a department, or a division thereof, shall be entitled to such lay-off, demotional and special reemployment rights as are provided under applicable provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any such officer or employee who shall be appointed by the appointing authority as head of a department, or a division thereof, shall be deemed to be entitled to such classified title as may be provided by the lay-off, demotional or special reemployment rights as are provided under applicable provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and shall be placed on leave of absence pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1946, c. 148 (C. 11:24A-6.1 and 6.2) from such classified title while serving as the head of a department or a division thereof. L.1972, c. 154, s. 129, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 255, s. 5, eff. Nov. 26, 1975; L.1978, c. 141, s. 13, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-39
Audit of accounts of solid waste management authority annually; filing
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of every "solid waste management authority," created pursuant to this act, 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 4 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 10 days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 7.1, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-118 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-118
Police force; creation and establishment; regulation; members; chief of police; powers and duties
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may create and establish, as an executive and enforcement function of municipal government, a police force, whether as a department or as a division, bureau or other agency thereof, and provide for the maintenance, regulation and control thereof. Any such ordinance shall, in a manner consistent with the form of government adopted by the municipality and with general law, provide for a line of authority relating to the police function and for the adoption and promulgation by the appropriate authority of rules and regulations for the government of the force and for the discipline of its members. The ordinance may provide for the appointment of a chief of police and such members, officers and personnel as shall be deemed necessary, the determination of their terms of office, the fixing of their compensation and the prescription of their powers, functions and duties, all as the governing body shall deem necessary for the effective government of the force. Any such ordinance, or rules and regulations, shall provide that the chief of police, if such position is established, shall be the head of the police force and that he shall be directly responsible to the appropriate authority for the efficiency and routine day to day operations thereof, and that he shall, pursuant to policies established by the appropriate authority: a. Administer and enforce rules and regulations and special emergency directives for the disposition and discipline of the force and its officers and personnel; b. Have, exercise, and discharge the functions, powers and duties of the force; c. Prescribe the duties and assignments of all subordinates and other personnel; d. Delegate such of his authority as he may deem necessary for the efficient operation of the force to be exercised under his direction and supervision; and e. Report at least monthly to the appropriate authority in such form as shall be prescribed by such authority on the operation of the force during the preceding month, and make such other reports as may be requested by such authority. As used in this section, "appropriate authority" means the mayor, manager, or such other appropriate executive or administrative officer, such as a full-time director of public safety, or the governing body or any designated committee or member thereof, or any municipal board or commission established by ordinance for such purposes, as shall be provided by ordinance in a manner consistent with the degree of separation of executive and administrative powers from the legislative powers provided for in the charter or form of government either adopted by the municipality or under which the governing body operates. Except as provided herein, the municipal governing body and individual members thereof shall act in all matters relating to the police function in the municipality as a body, or through the appropriate authority if other than the governing body. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment by the governing body of committees or commissions to conduct investigations of the operation of the police force, and the delegation to such committees or commissions of such powers of inquiry as the governing body deems necessary or to conduct such hearing or investigation authorized by law. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the appropriate authority, or any executive or administrative officer charged with the general administrative responsibilities within the municipality, from examining at any time the operations of the police force or the performance of any officer or member thereof. In addition, nothing herein contained shall infringe on or limit the power or duty of the appropriate authority to act to provide for the health, safety or welfare of the municipality in an emergency situation through special emergency directives. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1981, c. 266, s. 1, eff. Aug. 24, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.44 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.44
Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning local units.
Status: in_force

9. For the purposes of sections 9 through 13 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.44 through C.40A:4-45.47 and C.40A:4-45.3e): "Adjusted tax levy" means an amount not greater than the amount to be raised by taxation of the previous fiscal year, less any waivers from a prior fiscal year required to be deducted by the Local Finance Board pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.46), that result multiplied by 1.02, to which the sum of exclusions defined in subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45) shall be added. "Amount to be raised by taxation" means the property tax levy set in the annual budget of a local unit. "Local unit" means a municipality, county, fire district, or solid waste collection district, but shall not include a municipality that had a municipal purposes tax rate of $0.10 or less per $100 for the previous tax year. "New ratables" means the product of the taxable value of any new construction or improvements times the tax rate of a local unit for its previous tax year. "County entity budget authority" means the county tax administrator, county superintendent of election, county board of election, county register of deeds and mortgages, county clerk, county surrogate, county prosecutor, and county sheriff, in their role as the appointing authority of their respective offices. "County entity" means a county board of taxation, office of the county superintendent of election, office of the county board of election, office of the county register of deeds and mortgages, office of the county clerk, office of the county surrogate, office of the county prosecutor, and county sheriff's department. L.2007, c.62, s.9; amended 2010, c.44, s.8; 2015, c.249, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-15
Ballot; form and content; counting
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall the county of ........ reorganize its [ ] YES board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of the title [ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?" If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-3
Organization; salaries of officers and employees
Status: in_force

The commission shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its total membership for the remainder of the then 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. 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 municipality; the salary of all other employees shall be fixed by the commission. All salaries shall be fixed as nearly as practicable in accordance with the salary schedule, if any, of the municipality for corresponding positions. Amended by L.1958, c. 42, p. 137, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.11
Proposal of sum required for operation and expenses; objections; determination
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall annually, not later than November 1, propose to the boards of chosen freeholders of each of the participating counties the total sum required for the operation and other expenses of the library for the ensuing calendar year, including such sums proposed for the acquisition of lands or buildings or the improvement thereof, and that part of this total sum to be provided by each such county in accordance with the method of apportionment provided in the regional library agreement. If any board of chosen freeholders shall object to the amount or apportionment so proposed, the director thereof shall confer with the directors of the boards of chosen freeholders of the other participating counties and with the board of trustees. If, thereafter, any such director of a board of chosen freeholders shall object to such amount or apportionment, the matter shall be referred by said respective directors to their boards of chosen freeholders for determination. Such determination shall be made on the basis of fairness and equity, to promote the objectives of this act and the terms of the regional library agreement and to insure the public interest. L.1962, c. 134, s. 9, eff. July 27, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-11
Vacancy due to change to nonresident status or upon resignation; filling; municipal offices open to nonresidents
Status: in_force

Whenever a county or municipal officer, who is required to be a resident shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the county or municipality, as the case may be, or whenever the resignation of any such officer shall have been accepted by the proper authority, his office shall immediately be deemed to be vacant. The county or municipality, by the proper authority, shall thereupon proceed to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law. A nonresident of any municipality may hold office as counsel, attorney, engineer, health officer, auditor or comptroller of such municipality and no such office shall be deemed vacated by a change of residence of any such person. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1975, c. 213, s. 7, eff. Sept. 29, 1975; L.1979, c. 83, s. 15, eff. April 26, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-3
Liability for indebtedness
Status: in_force

The county to which part of the territory of another county is annexed shall be liable to pay such proportionate part of the indebtedness of the county from which the annexed territory is taken, as the value of the property assessed for the purpose of taxation in the annexed territory bears to the entire amount of property assessed for that purpose in the county, according to the assessments for the purpose of taxation made by the appropriate taxing officers of the several taxing districts of the county in the year preceding the annexation. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-96 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-96
Labor disputes; arbitration
Status: in_force

In the case of any labor dispute between a county improvement authority operating a public transportation facility and its employees where collective bargaining does not result in agreement, irrespective of whether such dispute relates to the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, the terms to be included in such agreements, the interpretation or application of such agreements, the adjustment of any grievance or any difference or any question that may arise between the authority and the labor organization representing its employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions or benefits including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, or pension or retirement provisions, the authority shall offer to submit such dispute to final and binding arbitration by a single arbitrator or by a tripartite board of arbitrators. Upon acceptance by the labor organization of such arbitration proposal, if the dispute is referred to a single arbitrator, such arbitrator shall be one who may be agreed upon by the authority and the labor organization involved, and, in the event that said parties cannot agree upon the identity of the arbitrator then such arbitrator shall be selected through the use of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation in accordance with its usual procedure and rules relating to the selection of arbitrators in labor disputes. Should the matter be referred to a tripartite board, the authority shall designate one such arbitrator, the labor organization shall designate one such arbitrator and the third, impartial arbitrator, who shall be the chairman of the board, shall be selected by the 2 arbitrators thus designated; in the event of their inability to select such third arbitrator they shall seek the appointment of the third arbitrator by use of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation which shall proceed to select such arbitrator in the manner provided by the rules and practices of said State Board of Mediation with respect to arbitrators of labor disputes. The cost of arbitration shall be borne equally by both parties except that in the event that a tripartite board is sued, the services of the arbitrator designated by each party shall be paid for by such party. The arbitration proceeding shall take place in the manner provided by the rules of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation applicable to arbitration of labor disputes and the decision of the arbitrator or board of arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties. L.1968, c. 66, s. 11, eff. June 18, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-168 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-168
Petition for referendum on salaries, wages or compensation
Status: in_force

If there shall be submitted to the governing body of any municipality a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters of the municipality, requesting the submission to the legal voters of the municipality the question of fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the members of the governing body or other elective officials, or any managerial executive or confidential employee of said municipality in the amounts stated in the petition, the governing body shall cause the question to be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at the next general election occurring more than 40 days after the submission of the petition to the governing body. The result of the vote shall be binding upon the municipality for the following 2 years. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to preclude a referendum vote upon an ordinance increasing salaries, wages or compensation provided by law. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 3, eff. Sept. 21, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:16-16 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-16
Special election when vacancy occurs pursuant to R.S. 19:3-25
Status: in_force

Whenever the office of mayor or of member of the governing body shall be declared or deemed vacant pursuant to R.S. 19:3-25, the municipal clerk shall forthwith fix the date for a special election to fill that office for its term or unexpired term, as the case may be, to be held not less than 45 days nor more than 50 days from the date upon which the office was so declared or deemed to be vacant. L.1979, c. 83, s. 1, eff. April 26, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 93, s. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54C-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54C / Section 54C-1
Tourist development commission; creation by ordinance; members; term of office; vacancies; service without compensation
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality enacting an ordinance or ordinances authorized by section 1 of this act, shall by ordinance, establish a " Tourist Development Commission," with all or any significant part of the name of the municipality inserted. The commission shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the municipality creating it. The commission shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by resolution of the governing body, one of whom shall be a representative of the municipality and shall advise the governing body of the work of the commission, the remaining four of whom shall be municipal licensees upon whom an additional assessment has been imposed pursuant to section 1 of this act or, if a license is issued in the name of a corporation or partnership, their representative. The commissioner representing the municipality shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body. Except as provided in section 6 of this act, the terms of office of the remaining commissioners shall be for 2 years, except that of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of 1 year and two for terms of 2 years. A vacancy on the commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The members shall serve without compensation in performance of their duties as members of the commission. L.1982, c. 68, s. 3, eff. July 13, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13
When commission may sell bonds of county, school district or municipality
Status: in_force

When any sinking fund commission shall purchase any bonds of the municipality, county or school district for which it is constituted, as the result of its bid for such bonds or in exercise of the preferential right of purchase, as granted by law, the bonds so purchased shall not be sold within ten months after the time of purchase. No sinking fund commission shall sell any of the bonds of the municipality, county or school district for which it is constituted, which it may own, except for the purpose of raising funds with which to pay maturing bonds of the municipality, county or school district which are a proper charge against the sinking fund. If the sinking funds for the several issues of term bonds of any municipality, county or school district are equal to or in excess of the requirements as set forth in this chapter for the uncanceled bonds of such issues, then the sinking fund commission of the municipality, county or school district may cancel the bonds of any issue for which the sinking fund is in excess of such requirements to an amount not greater than such excess, and the sinking fund for that issue shall be reduced by the par value of the bonds as canceled. When the sinking fund for any issue of term bonds shall be equal to the principal of the uncanceled bonds of that issue, the sinking fund commission may cancel any or all of such bonds and the sinking fund for that issue shall be reduced by the par value of the bonds so canceled.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.62 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.62
Inquiry to locate owner; certification
Status: in_force

An application for an order vesting title to the abandoned burying ground or cemetery in the municipality shall include a certification by the clerk of the municipality that a diligent inquiry has been conducted to locate the person owning or controlling the burying ground or cemetery. A diligent inquiry shall include, but shall not be limited to: a. Mailing, by certified mail to the last known address of the last owner of record of the burying ground or cemetery in question and the last known address of any lot owner or any interested party if such information is available, a notice of intent to acquire the burying ground or cemetery by the municipality and that in the absence of a written response to this notice by the person who owns or controls it or lot owner or other interested party, within 60 days of the date of delivery, the municipality will apply to the Superior Court for an order vesting title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality under this act. b. Publication, in at least two newspapers published in this State and of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located, at least four times in a period of 60 days, of notice of intent to acquire the burying ground or cemetery by the municipality and that in the absence of a written response to this notice by the person who owns or controls it within 60 days of the last date of publication or a lot owner within the same period of time, the municipality will apply to the Superior Court for an order vesting title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality under this act. L.1983, c. 194, s. 2, eff. May 24, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-139 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-139
Furnishing water for special purposes.
Status: in_force

40:62-139. a. The water commission may enter into a contract with any person to supply the person with water for fire protection; manufacturing and irrigation and other special purposes, at rates or charges and upon conditions to be designated by the commission. No rates or charges shall include the imposition of standby fees or charges for any fire protection system to a residential customer served by a water service line of two inches or less in diameter. Thereupon the person shall pay to the commission the rate and all other charges stipulated therein, instead of the usual rates charged to other customers of the commission. b. No rates or charges shall include the imposition of any fees in excess of the cost of water actually used for any sprinkler system required to be installed in any residential health care facility pursuant to the "Health Care Facilities Planning Act," P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) and regulations promulgated thereunder or in any rooming or boarding house pursuant to the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979,"P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et al.) and regulations promulgated thereunder. c. Nothing herein contained shall preclude the water commission from charging for the actual cost of water main connection. d. Nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the lien hereinafter imposed for unpaid water rents or rates, nor change the rights of the commission to collect unpaid water rates or rents in accordance with the provisions hereof. e. Nothing in this section shall preclude a water commission from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. The water commission may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278. Amended 1981, c.514, s.4; 2003, c.278, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-51.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-51.8
Burial grounds for indigents; removal and reinterment of bodies; sale of land
Status: in_force

Whenever a municipality owns lands which have been used for the burial of indigents but have not been used for such purposes for 20 or more years, the governing body of the municipality may, by resolution, determine that it is for the best interests of the municipality to cause the removal and reinterment of the bodies interred therein to a more suitable place. In the event of any such determination, the governing body of the municipality may, by resolution, provide for the disinterment and reinterment of the said bodies and after the removal of the said bodies if the governing body of the municipality shall, by resolution, determine that the lands from which the bodies have been so removed are not needed for public use may sell the same as in the case of other lands not needed for public use. Prior to the adoption of the resolution a public hearing thereon shall be held before the governing body which shall be noticed by advertisement published once each week for 2 weeks in a newspaper published or circulating in the municipality. The notice shall contain a description of the lands involved and of the action proposed by the resolution. L.1963, c. 127, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1963.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-31
Taxation exemption
Status: in_force

Every sewerage system and all other property of a sewerage authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.1946, c. 138, p. 672, s. 31, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-18
Notice of intention to make contract
Status: in_force

If any such work is to be undertaken as a local improvement, notice of the intention of any governing body to consider any ordinance authorizing the execution of a contract therefor and the doing of the work contemplated therein, and a hearing thereon, shall be given in each municipality in the same manner as is provided by this article in cases where the improvement is undertaken by a single municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-96 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-96
Budget; preparation by manager
Status: in_force

The municipal budget shall be prepared by the municipal manager. During the month of November in each year, the municipal manager shall require all department heads to submit requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year, and to appear before him at public hearings, which shall be held during that month, on the various requests. L.1950, c. 210, p. 490, s. 9-16, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.64 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.64
Maintaining and preserving burying ground or cemetery; interments; disinterments
Status: in_force

This act shall apply only to the acquisition of an abandoned burying ground or cemetery for the purpose of restoring, maintaining and preserving it as a burying ground or cemetery. No further interments will be permitted, except by order of the Superior Court upon satisfactory proof of ownership of a lot prior to the date of vesting of title in the municipality, and any subsequent disinterment of bodies from the burying ground or cemetery shall conform to the provisions of P.L.1948, c. 80, s. 8 (C. 40:60-25.40), except that portion of that section requiring execution of a deed. L.1983, c. 194, s. 4, eff. May 24, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-19
Liability on bonds; exemptions
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the sewerage authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a sewerage authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or of any county or municipality and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any such local unit, county or municipality, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any sewerage authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any county or municipality. L.1946, c. 138, p. 662, s. 19, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-53.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-53.3
Maintenance, performance guarantees
Status: in_force

14. A municipality shall not require that a maintenance guarantee required pursuant to section 41 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-53) be in cash or that more than 10% of a performance guarantee pursuant to that section be in cash. A developer may, however, provide at his option some or all of a maintenance guarantee in cash, or more than 10% of a performance guarantee in cash. L.1991,c.256,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-22 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-22
Failure to make report; application to Superior Court; commission appointed; report and compensation
Status: in_force

If the report is not made and filed within the time fixed in N.J.S. 40A:7-21, the municipality to which the territory is annexed shall forthwith apply to the Superior Court assignment judge of the county in which the municipality is located, for an order appointing three commissioners to take the place of and perform the work of the committees, who shall perform the work and make their report within 30 days from the date of their appointment, unless otherwise ordered by the judge. The report of the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be made in duplicate and filed with the clerk of each of the municipalities, and shall have the same force and effect, and be as binding as if a report had been made and filed by the committees. The commissioners shall be paid for their services by the municipality applying for their appointment and by the municipality of which the territory formerly was a part. The judge shall, upon application of the commissioners, and after they have filed their report, fix the amount to be paid to each commissioner, and the part thereof to be paid by each municipality, and for which respective amounts said municipalities shall be liable. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-15
Date of charter referendum
Status: in_force

If the charter study commission shall have recommended the adoption of one of the optional forms of government authorized by articles 3 to 6 inclusive, of this act, the county clerk shall cause a referendum question conforming with the requirements of section 16 to be placed upon the ballot at such time and in such form as the commission shall in its report specify. The commission may specify that the question be submitted at the general election occurring not less than 60 days next following the filing of the commission's report with the county clerk, or, if there be no general election within 120 days next following the filing of its report, then at a special election occurring not less than 60 days or more than 120 days next following such filing of the report. At such election, the referendum question shall appear on the ballot in the same manner as other public questions are printed on the ballot. If the charter study commission shall have prepared an interpretive statement to accompany such question, such interpretive statement shall immediately precede the referendum question on the ballot. L.1972, c. 154, s. 15, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-113 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-113
Negotiations; contract served on each municipality
Status: in_force

Immediately after organization the commission shall proceed to negotiate for the purchase of the entire waterworks supplying water in the municipalities making the application for its appointment, and in the other municipalities, if any, supplied with water by said waterworks and may enter into a contract to purchase said waterworks for compensation to be agreed upon or fixed by condemnation proceedings as hereinafter provided. A copy of every contract to purchase said waterworks shall forthwith be served by the commission on each of the municipalities that made and joined in the application for the appointment of the commission and the contract shall become binding only as to such two or more of the municipalities that made the application for the appointment of the commission, and joined therein, as shall by resolution of their governing bodies file with the commission their assent thereto. Such assents shall be so filed within three months after the copies of the contract have been served on the municipalities by the commission, as hereinbefore provided. In all applications, orders, reports and proceedings a general description of the property to be condemned shall be sufficient.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26B-13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26B / Section 26B-13
Existing stormwater management systems, dedication.
Status: in_force

13. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-12), the owner of a stormwater management system that complies with the State and local stormwater management standards that were in place at the time the system was approved may retain ownership and responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system, or offer to dedicate the system to the county, municipality, or authority. The county, municipality, or authority may accept the dedication of, and assume operation and maintenance responsibility for, the stormwater management system.
b. Any person who dedicates a stormwater management system to a county, municipality, or authority pursuant to this section shall still be liable for paying any applicable stormwater utility fee imposed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-8). L.2019, c.42, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-78.11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-78.11
Emergency appropriations
Status: in_force

A fire district may make emergency appropriations, after the adoption of a budget approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 313 (C. 40A:5A-1 et seq.), for a purpose which is not foreseen at the time of the adoption thereof, or for which adequate provision was not made therein. This appropriation shall be made only to meet a pressing need for public expenditure to protect or promote the public health, safety, morals or welfare. L. 1985, c. 288, s. 7, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-63
Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

Every port system and all other properties of a municipal port authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all facility charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.1960, c. 192, p. 830, s. 35, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-19
Commissioners; terms; powers and duties; vacancies
Status: in_force

In any county having a population of more than one hundred and fifty thousand, the board of chosen freeholders may elect five persons, to be known as the county park commissioners, who shall hold their office for two years from the date of their appointment, and shall serve without compensation. Vacancies may be filled by the board of chosen freeholders for the unexpired terms only. The commissioners shall consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public in such county, and may make maps and plans of such spaces and collect such other information in relation thereto as the board may deem expedient. As soon as is conveniently possible within their term the commissioners shall make a report in writing of a comprehensive plan for laying out, acquiring and maintaining such open spaces.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:61-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-7
Miscellaneous
Status: in_force

a. The municipality may, by ordinance, delegate all or a portion of the executive responsibilities of the municipality to an administrator, who shall be appointed pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:9-136. b. The municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an administrative code. The administrative code shall restate the major provision of the city's charter and the general law supplementing the charter. The administrative code shall set forth the manner in which the council shall perform its duties. If the council organizes itself into standing committees or if the council members serve as heads of departments, the administrative code shall specify the powers and duties of such committees or department heads and the manner in which they are appointed. The administrative code shall also set forth the titles of the principal municipal officers, how the officers are appointed, how they are organized into departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies; whom they supervise, by whom they are supervised; their powers; and what procedures should be followed to carry on the activities of the city government. The administrative code shall not grant any power or authority nor authorize any procedure, unless the power, authority or procedure is authorized implicitly by the wording of the statute or derived by reasonable implication therefrom. c. The assets and liabilities of any board, commission or district created pursuant to the statutes repealed in section 40A:61-8 of this act shall be transferred to the municipality. d. The city council may create such advisory councils to the municipality as it may choose, including councils for the functions absorbed by it of any heretofore existing board, commission or district. (Source: New.) L. 1987, c. 314, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-19
Regular and special meetings; open to public; minutes
Status: in_force

The municipal council shall designate the time of holding regular meetings, which shall be at least twice a month, and special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor, by the municipal manager, by two members of the municipal council or by petition signed by voters equal in number to not less than two per cent of the number of persons voting in such municipality at the last preceding general election. The petition shall set forth the business to come before the meeting. All meetings of the municipal council shall be duly announced and shall be open to the public. Minutes shall be kept of every meeting by the municipal clerk as hereinafter prescribed, and any citizen may have access to the minutes upon application to the clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-13.2b — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-13.2b
Agreements with respect to provision, leasing, use, operation or maintenance; payments on account
Status: in_force

Said board of chosen freeholders and any county library commission, governing body of any municipality or board of trustees of any free public library in the county are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements with respect to provision, leasing, use, operation or maintenance of all or any part of such real property, buildings or facilities, and for payments on account of any cost or expense or the use or services thereof, or the establishment or provision of such free county library or free county library services. Any such contract may be made with or without consideration and for an unspecified or unlimited period of time and on any terms and conditions therein set forth and shall be valid and binding on the parties thereto whether or not appropriation with respect thereto shall have been made prior to authorization or execution thereof. L.1966, c. 223, s. 2, eff. Aug. 10, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-74.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-74.4
Publication of resolution upon passage
Status: in_force

Upon passage, every such resolution, together with a notice of the date of passage or approval, or both, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county, or, if there be no newspaper published in such county, then in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in such county. L.1947, c. 302, p. 1018, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-14
Local improvement assessments; procedure for and manner of assessment and collection
Status: in_force

Upon completion of the improvements made pursuant to N.J.S.40A:26A-13, the governing body or governing bodies shall assess the costs and expenses of the sewerage facilities on the lands specially benefited therefrom in proportion to the benefits received; however, no county may levy local improvement assessments within a municipality without the approval of that municipality. When completed, the assessments shall be filed as a report with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies who shall give notice, by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the local unit or units, and by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail, of the fact that the report has been filed and that the governing body or bodies will meet at a time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances against the report. The governing body or bodies shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances and may revise the report as may be deemed appropriate after which the report shall be filed with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies, and the assessments shall constitute liens upon the lands so assessed for special benefits. The clerk or clerks shall deliver a duplicate copy of the report to the appropriate officer or officers of the local unit or units who shall immediately thereafter send out by mail or deliver to owners of lands bills for the assessments. The officer or officers shall mail or deliver bills for an assessment in the manner required in connection with local improvements and shall keep a record and books of assessments in the same manner required for local improvements under R.S.40:56-31, at the expense of the local unit or units. The governing body or bodies may make additional requirements for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments. The governing body of a participating local unit may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any real estate located within the local unit upon which a local improvement assessment has been made may pay the assessment in installments pursuant to the procedures contained in R.S.40:56-35 for collection thereof remain in arrears on July 4 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the amount becomes in arrears, the appropriate officer of the local unit shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in chapter 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes. Source: R.S.40:63-61 and R.S.40:63-126. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-14
Election districts; election procedure
Status: in_force

On the filing with the county clerk of a copy of the act of incorporation of such newly created municipality, certified under the hand and seal of the secretary of state, the county board of elections of the county in which such newly created municipality is located, upon the application of any legal voter in such municipality, shall prescribe and define the boundaries of such election districts as may, in their opinion, be necessary in said municipality, and said board shall also appoint the time, place or places, and determine the manner of holding the first election within the newly created municipality for the election of officers therein, and the time or times, place or places, and the manner of registering the voters for such election. Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general law relating to elections in this state. Said county board of elections shall act in the place of all municipal officers and shall perform all the duties imposed by law upon municipal clerks and other officers, and also any and all other acts for the holding of said election of municipal officers in such municipality according to law. The statement of the result of said first election duly certified by the county board of elections, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county within five days after such election. The reasonable cost of the booths or compartments, the preparation of registry or poll lists, and the conduct and holding of said election as above provided, shall be borne by the newly created municipality. All acts and proceedings of the county board of election under the authority of this subtitle, shall be by resolution, a copy of which, duly certified under their hands, shall forthwith, after the adoption of the same, be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the newly created municipality is located.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-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 periods of time and under 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: New. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-30
Stone furnished on request
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders shall cause to be furnished and delivered, free on board at the quarry, to any such municipality, upon the written request of the mayor, chairman or other chief executive officer thereof, and to such person as he may designate to receive the same, so much crushed or broken stone, and in such quantities and of such size or sizes, as shall from time to time be requested, not exceeding five hundred tons nor less than one hundred tons in any single requisition, and the same shall be distributed and assigned by the municipal authority of the municipality and thereafter used under the direction of the person designated by such municipal authority or officer having charge and supervision of the public roads and highways in the municipality, for the purposes specified in section 40:23-28 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-5a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-5a
Contract for collection services between municipality, private entity.
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any municipality may enter into contract with a private agency or firm for the purpose of collecting delinquent fees, fines, costs, surcharges and other penalties or assessments imposed, after a final determination of guilt, by a municipal court. The governing body of any municipality may proceed only when the court has exhausted all judicial enforcement remedies permitted by law or court rule and the Administrative Director of the Courts has authorized collection through a private agency or firm. The use of private agencies or firms to collect delinquent fees, fines, costs, surcharges, and other penalties or assessments imposed by a municipal court shall be in accordance with rules or procedures adopted by the Supreme Court. Any such contract shall be made and awarded pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). The governing body of any municipality may authorize the assessment of a fee by a private agency or firm not to exceed 22% of the amount collected to be paid by the debtor to the private agency or firm to pay for the costs of collection. L.1983, c.208, s.1; amended 1997, c.212; 2009, c.233, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56A / Section 56A-5
Appropriation
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality may appropriate funds for the expenses incurred by the environmental commission. The commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may from time to time require and as shall be within the limits of funds appropriated to it. L.1968, c. 245, s. 5, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 6, eff. May 25, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-11
Annual appropriation; estimate; amount
Status: in_force

During the month of December in each year, the shade tree commission shall certify to the governing body of the municipality, the estimated sum necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year, which shall include the sums estimated to be expended for such of the following items as it is anticipated expenditure will be made for; namely, (1) Payment of wages and salaries of employees; (2) Expenses of commission members in discharging official duties including expenses incident to attendance at professional meetings; (3) Purchase of trees and shrubbery; and (4) Purchase of necessary equipment and materials and the cost of services for the prudent promotion of the work. The governing body of the municipality shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for said purposes. Amended by L.1958, c. 42, p. 140, s. 8, eff. May 20, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10b — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10b
Submission of act to voters
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the legal voters of the county as hereinafter provided. L.1966, c. 144, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 40:6A-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-2
Recordation
Status: in_force

The clerk of the superior court may provide separate books for the filing of said liens indexed in the name of the judgment debtor, or he may record the liens in the books used for filing liens incurred for the services of the Public Defender. L.1981, c. 364, s. 2, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-51.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-51.12
Leasing of municipal real estate to nonprofit entities
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any municipality may lease any real estate owned or controlled by it or any interest therein when, and to the extent that, it is not required for municipal purposes, to any not-for-profit corporation or not-for-profit association while it is used for the purposes of such organization in promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community and not for commercial business, trade, or manufacturing purposes, without costs or at a nominal rental. L.1966,c.238,s.1; amended 2002,c.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-24
Existing buildings for public memorials; acquisition
Status: in_force

The governing body may also provide by ordinance for the purchase of a building already erected within the limits of the municipality, together with the site whereon it is situated, if it deems such building and site suitable, for dedication to public use as a permanent memorial commemorative of the services of soldiers and sailors of the United States in any war in which the United States has participated. In the purchase of any such building and site the same procedure so far as may be applicable, shall be followed as in case of the construction of public buildings as provided for by this subtitle. The cost and expense of acquiring such building and site may be raised by taxation.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-62 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-62
Public utility funds
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the operation of publicly owned or operated utility or enterprise and any other moneys applicable to its support, shall be segregated by the local unit and kept in a separate fund which shall be known as "utility fund" and shall bear a further designation identifying the utility or enterprise and, except as provided in section 40A:4-35, shall be applied only to the payment of the operating and upkeep costs, and the interest and debt redemption charges upon the indebtedness incurred for the creation of such utility or enterprise. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.37 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.37
Proceedings where church or other corporation controlling cemetery is unable or refuses to convey
Status: in_force

In case the application is made by the board of health, as provided in section two, and the church or other corporation controlling such burying ground or cemetery shall refuse or neglect to execute such deed, or is unable to convey the whole or any part of such burying ground or cemetery by reason of having conveyed lots or plots or some interest therein to private persons, then it shall be lawful for the said board or body having charge or control of the finances of such municipality or the said board of education to bring an action in the Superior Court to obtain permission for said municipality or the board of education thereof to take possession of said burying ground or cemetery and to cause the bodies in said burying ground or cemetery to be disinterred and to be removed to some suitable place either within or without the limits of said municipality. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. L.1948, c. 80, p. 468, s. 5. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 709, s. 202, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-38 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-38
Statutes repealed
Status: in_force

The following sections, chapter and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed: Chapter 25 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes; Sections 40:9-3; 40:15-1; 40:50-1 to 40:50-5 inclusive and 40:50-7, of the Revised Statutes; Laws of 1943, c. 198 (C. 40:50-5.1 to C. 40:50-5.4 inclusive); Laws of 1945, c. 158 (C. 40:50-5.5); Laws of 1945, c. 160 (C. 40:50-5.6); Laws of 1949, c. 67 (C. 40:50-8); Laws of 1962, c. 168 (C. 40:50-5.7); Laws of 1953, c. 395 (C. 40:25-1.1); Laws of 1964, c. 245 (C. 40:50-7.1 to C. 40:50-7.3 inclusive); Laws of 1967, c. 228 (C. 40:23-6.34 to C. 40:23-6.37 inclusive); L.1969, c. 104, s. 1 (C. 40:25-4.5). L.1971, c. 198, s. 38, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:71-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2
Clerk to call election; notice
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of the petition or request in writing with the clerk, he shall forthwith call an election, to be held on the third Tuesday following the date of the filing of the petition, and shall cause public notice of the time and place of holding the same to be given by advertisement signed by himself and set up in at least twenty different places in the municipality and published for at least six days previous to the time of the election in at least one newspaper printed and published in the municipality, and if there be no such newspaper then in a newspaper circulated therein.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-145 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-145
Use of park property for sewers and wells; contracts
Status: in_force

The county park commission may contract with any county, municipality, joint outlet sewerage commission, district sewerage board or district water supply commission for the crossing, use and occupancy of any lands owned by, or under the care, custody and control of the county park commission, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining drains, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water mains and the necessary appurtenances, making of exploratory tests for underground waters, and the sinking, operating and maintenance of wells, and the withdrawal of water therefrom, outlets, culverts, basins, manholes and other equipment and construction in connection therewith, upon such terms, subject to such conditions and in such mode as the county park commission may deem proper or necessary for the preservation for park purposes of the lands of such county park commission, and as may be agreed upon between the contracting parties. The county park commission may contract with any municipality, for any of said purposes whether or not the municipality owns the water supply system or other utility involved. Amended by L.1940, c. 50, p. 159, s. 1; L.1952, c. 89, p. 423, s. 1, eff. April 24, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-78.10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-78.10
Gold Star Parent identification card program.
Status: in_force

3. A county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as appropriate, may establish a Gold Star Family identification card program for the sole purpose of identifying the holder as a Gold Star Family Member when such identification is required to receive discounts or other courtesies extended to military families. L.2017, c.289, s.3; amended 2022, c.59, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-7
Right of eminent domain
Status: in_force

An authority shall have right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes unless in the resolution or ordinance creating the authority it is provided that no real property shall be acquired in said manner without the consent of the governing body, in which case said power shall not be exercised without said consent. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner provided that no real property belonging to a public body or any corporation itself possessing the power of eminent domain may be acquired without its consent. L.1948, c. 198, p. 983, s. 7. Amended by L.1953, c. 153, p. 1368, s. 2; L.1954, c. 138, p. 628, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-86 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-86
Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders
Status: in_force

The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of an authority adopted pursuant to this act that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct, operate, sell, lease or dispose of any public facility or to fix, establish, charge and collect its facility charges or other moneys and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, so as to in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until the bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged or provided for. L.1960, c. 183, p. 757, s. 43. Amended by L.1962, c. 224, s. 9, eff. Jan. 14, 1963.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.12
Annual variable percentage limitation on increases in expenditures
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the constraints placed upon local government by P.L.1976, c. 68 (C. 40A:4-45.1 et seq.) are successfully accomplishing their purpose of controlling the growth in the cost of local government. The Legislature finds, however, that a uniform fixed percentage limitation on increases in expenditures has not adequately reflected either national economic trends or the differing needs of the various local governments of the State. As a result, local governments have been unevenly affected in their ability to provide necessary services to their residents. The Legislature, therefore, determines that P.L.1976, c. 68 requires adjustment to provide for an annually variable percentage limitation which more accurately reflects annual nationwide increases in the basic costs of governmental operations, to provide a mechanism whereby local officials and taxpayers can examine the particular needs of their community and determine whether or not the use of this limitation more nearly addresses those needs, and to modify several features of the law which have proven to be arbitrary or to result in unintended effects on the structure of local government. L.1983, c. 49, s. 1, eff. Jan. 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-45 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-45
Filing of copy of bond resolution
Status: in_force

Each authority shall file a certified copy of each bond resolution adopted by it in the office of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury, together with a certified summary of the dates, amounts, maturities and interest rates of all bonds to be issued pursuant thereto prior to the issuance of any such bonds. Upon the adoption of each annual budget of an authority or an amendment thereof, a certified copy thereof shall be filed forthwith in the office of said Division of Local Government. L.1967, c. 136, s. 45, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-145.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-145.3
Tax collector certificate; issuance; additional fee
Status: in_force

3. a. Upon the successful completion of the examination by an applicant, a tax collector certificate shall be issued to the applicant, upon the payment of an additional fee of $50 payable to the order of the State Treasurer. b. If the director establishes a State fiscal year tax collection course pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection e. of section 2 of P.L.1979, c.384 (C.40A:9-145.2), then upon the successful completion by an applicant of the course, the Division of Local Government Services shall add a State fiscal year endorsement to the tax collector certificate, upon proper application for the endorsement and payment of the application fee. The application fee to add a State fiscal year endorsement to a tax collector certificate shall be $25, or such other amount as the director may prescribe, by rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and shall be payable to the order of the State Treasurer. The director may prescribe the manner in which a person may apply for a State fiscal year endorsement to a tax collector certificate. L.1979,c.384,s.3; amended 1993,c.25,s.2; 2023, c.206, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-16
Money for construction or improvement of county parks
Status: in_force

In ordering in each year the amount of money to be raised for county purposes the boards of chosen freeholders may, in their discretion, order money to be raised for the construction or permanent improvement of parks and parkways in counties where the power to expend money therefor has been vested by law in a county park commission, upon requisition of the park commission, and when so raised shall turn over the money to the county park commission to be expended by it for the construction or permanent improvement of the parks and parkways of the county. The amount to be raised in any one year, under the provisions of this section shall be limited to one hundred thousand dollars. Nothing in this section contained shall be taken to repeal, amend or otherwise affect any law authorizing boards of chosen freeholders to issue bonds for the construction or permanent improvement of parks and parkways, on the requisition of any county park commission.