N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-118.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-118.5
Body worn cameras, recordings, regulations concerning usage; terms defined.
Status: in_force

1. a. For the purposes of this section: "Body worn camera" means a mobile audio and video recording system worn by a law enforcement officer, but shall not include a recording device worn by a law enforcement officer while engaging in an undercover assignment or a recording device used during a custodial interrogation conducted in a place of detention in compliance with Rule 3:17 of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. "Constructive authority" means the use of the law enforcement officer's authority to exert control over a person, directed against a person who is subject to an investigative detention or arrest or against any person if the officer has un-holstered a firearm or a conducted energy device. "Force" shall include physical, mechanical, enhanced mechanical, and deadly force. "Law enforcement officer" means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the laws of this State. This term shall not include a correctional police officer. "Mobile video recording system" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 1 of P.L.2014, c.54 (C.40A:14-118.1). "School" means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school within this State offering education in grades kindergarten through 12, or any combination of grades, at which a child may legally fulfill compulsory school attendance requirements. "Subject of the video footage" means any law enforcement officer, suspect, victim, detainee, conversant, injured party, or other similarly situated person who appears on the body worn camera recording, and shall not include a person who only incidentally appears on the recording. "Youth facility" means a facility within this State used to house or provide services to children under P.L.1951, c.138 (C.30:4C-1 et seq.), including but not limited to group homes, residential facilities, day care centers, and day treatment centers. b. A body worn camera used by a law enforcement officer shall be placed so that it maximizes the camera's ability to capture video footage of the officer's activities. c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection or in subsection e. of this section, the video and audio recording functions of a body worn camera shall be activated whenever the officer is responding to a call for service or at the initiation of any other law enforcement or investigative encounter between an officer and a member of the public, in accordance with applicable guidelines or directives promulgated by the Attorney General; provided however, if an immediate threat to the officer's life or safety makes activating the body worn camera impossible or dangerous, the officer shall activate the body worn camera at the first reasonable opportunity to do so. The body worn camera shall remain activated until the encounter has fully concluded and the officer leaves the scene. (2) The video and audio recording functions of a body worn camera may be deactivated, consistent with directives or guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General, under the following circumstances: (a) when a civilian conversing with the officer requests that the device be deactivated where it reasonably appears that the person will not provide information or otherwise cooperate with the officer unless that request is respected; (b) when a person, other than an arrestee, is seeking emergency medical services for themselves or another person and requests that the device be deactivated; (c) while the officer is participating in a discussion pertaining to criminal investigation strategy and planning, provided that the discussion is not conducted in the immediate presence of a civilian and further provided that the officer is not actively engaged in the collection of physical evidence; or (d) when specifically authorized to do so by an assistant prosecutor or an assistant or deputy attorney general for good and sufficient cause as determined by the assistant prosecutor or assistant or deputy attorney general. (3) Unless the officer is actively engaged in investigating the commission of a criminal offense, or is responding to an emergency or call for service, or reasonably believes that he or she will be required to use constructive authority or force, the officer shall not activate the video and audio recording functions of a body worn camera, or shall deactivate a device that has been activated, while the officer: (a) is in a school or youth facility or on school or youth facility property under circumstances where minor children would be in view of the device; (b) is in a patient care area of a healthcare facility, medical office, or substance use disorder treatment facility under circumstances where patients would be in view of the device; or (c) is in a place of worship under circumstances where worshippers would be in view of the device. (4) The officer shall not activate the video and audio recording functions of a body worn camera, or shall deactivate a device that has been activated, if the officer knows or reasonably believes that the recording would risk revealing the identity of an individual as an undercover officer or confidential informant or otherwise would pose a risk to the safety of an undercover officer or confidential informant, unless such activation is expressly authorized by a supervisor, or unless the exigency of the situation and danger posed to an officer require that the encounter or incident be recorded, in which event the officer shall inform his or her supervisor that the recording risks revealing the identity of an individual as an undercover officer or confidential informant. (5) An officer shall not activate a body worn camera while in a courtroom during court proceedings, unless the officer is responding to a call for service or is authorized to use constructive force or authority. (6) If the body worn camera model selected by a law enforcement agency produces radio-frequency interference while activated or while in standby mode, the device shall be deactivated while in the area where an electronic alcohol breath testing device is being used, or, as necessary, shall be removed from the area where such device is being used. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude the use of a body worn camera to record the behavior of a person arrested for driving while intoxicated other than while the person is in the breath-testing area while the electronic breath testing device is being operated. If this provision requires deactivation of a body worn camera, the officer shall narrate the reasons for deactivation, and the device shall be re-activated when safe and practicable to do so following the completion of the breath testing operation. d. A law enforcement officer who is wearing a body worn camera shall notify the subject of the recording that the subject is being recorded by the body worn camera unless it is unsafe or infeasible to provide such notification. Such notification shall be made as close to the inception of the encounter as is reasonably possible. If the officer does not provide the required notification because it is unsafe or infeasible to do so, the officer shall document the reasons for that decision in a report or by narrating the reasons on the body worn camera recording, or both. The failure to verbally notify a person pursuant to this section shall not affect the admissibility of any statement or evidence. e. Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection c. of this section: (1) prior to entering a private residence, a law enforcement officer shall notify the occupant that the occupant is being recorded by the body worn camera and, if the occupant requests the officer to discontinue use of the officer's body worn camera, the officer shall immediately discontinue use of the body worn camera unless the officer is actively engaged in investigating the commission of a criminal offense, or is responding to an emergency, or reasonably believes that the officer will be required to use constructive authority or force; (2) when interacting with an apparent crime victim, a law enforcement officer shall, as soon as practicable, notify the apparent crime victim that he or she is being recorded by the body worn camera and, if the apparent crime victim requests the officer to discontinue use of the body worn camera, the officer shall immediately discontinue use of the body worn camera; and (3) when interacting with a person seeking to anonymously report a crime or assist in an ongoing law enforcement investigation, a law enforcement officer, if the person requests that the officer discontinue use of the body worn camera, shall evaluate the circumstances and, if appropriate, discontinue use of the body worn camera. f. A request to discontinue the use of a body worn camera made to a law enforcement officer pursuant to subsection e. of this section and the response to the request shall be recorded by the recording system prior to discontinuing use of the recording system. g. A body worn camera shall not be used surreptitiously. h. A body worn camera shall not be used to gather intelligence information based on First Amendment protected speech, associations, or religion, or to record activity that is unrelated to a response to a call for service or a law enforcement or investigative encounter between a law enforcement officer and a member of the public, provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit activation of video and audio recording functions of a body worn camera as authorized under this law and in accordance with any applicable guidelines or directives promulgated by the Attorney General. i. Every law enforcement agency shall promulgate and adhere to a policy, standing operating procedure, directive, or order which meets the requirements of subsection j. of this act and any applicable guideline or directive promulgated by the Attorney General that specifies the period of time during which a body worn camera recording shall be retained. j. A body worn camera recording shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that employs the officer for a retention period consistent with the provisions of this section, after which time the recording shall be permanently deleted. A body worn camera recording shall be retained for not less than 180 days from the date it was recorded, which minimum time frame for retention shall be applicable to all contracts for retention of body worn camera recordings executed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency on or after the effective date of this act, and shall be subject to the following additional retention periods: (1) a body worn camera recording shall automatically be retained for not less than three years if it captures images involving an encounter about which a complaint has been registered by a subject of the body worn camera recording; (2) subject to any applicable retention periods established in paragraph (3) of this subsection to the extent such retention period is longer, a body worn camera recording shall be retained for not less than three years if voluntarily requested by: (a) the law enforcement officer whose body worn camera made the video recording, if that officer reasonably asserts the recording has evidentiary or exculpatory value; (b) a law enforcement officer who is a subject of the body worn camera recording, if that officer reasonably asserts the recording has evidentiary or exculpatory value; (c) any immediate supervisor of a law enforcement officer whose body worn camera made the recording or who is a subject of the body worn camera recording, if that immediate supervisor reasonably asserts the recording has evidentiary or exculpatory value; (d) any law enforcement officer, if the body worn camera recording is being retained solely and exclusively for police training purposes; (e) any member of the public who is a subject of the body worn camera recording; (f) any parent or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the body worn camera recording; or (g) a deceased subject's next of kin or legally authorized designee. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, a body worn camera recording shall be subject to the following additional retention requirements: (a) when a body worn camera recording pertains to a criminal investigation or otherwise records information that may be subject to discovery in a prosecution, the recording shall be treated as evidence and shall be kept in accordance with the retention period for evidence in a criminal prosecution; (b) when a body worn camera records an arrest that did not result in an ongoing prosecution, or records the use of police force, the recording shall be kept until the expiration of the statute of limitations for filing a civil complaint against the officer or the employing law enforcement agency; (c) when a body worn camera records an incident that is the subject of an internal affairs complaint, the recording shall be kept pending final resolution of the internal affairs investigation and any resulting administrative action. k. To effectuate subparagraphs (e), (f), and (g) of paragraph (2) of subsection j. of this section, the member of the public, parent or legal guardian, or next of kin or designee shall be permitted to review the body worn camera recording in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) to determine whether to request a three-year retention period. l. Notwithstanding that a criminal investigatory record does not constitute a government record under section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1), only the following body worn camera recordings shall be exempt from public inspection: (1) body worn camera recordings not subject to a minimum three-year retention period or additional retention requirements pursuant to subsection j. of this section; (2) body worn camera recordings subject to a minimum three-year retention period solely and exclusively pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection j. of this section if the subject of the body worn camera recording making the complaint requests the body worn camera recording not be made available to the public; (3) body worn camera recordings subject to a minimum three-year retention period solely and exclusively pursuant to subparagraph (a), (b), (c), or (d) of paragraph (2) of subsection j. of this section; and (4) body worn camera recordings subject to a minimum three-year retention period solely and exclusively pursuant to subparagraph (e), (f), or (g) of paragraph (2) of subsection j. of this section if a member, parent or legal guardian, or next of kin or designee requests the body worn camera recording not be made available to the public. m. Any body worn camera recording retained beyond 180 days solely and exclusively pursuant to subparagraph (d) of paragraph (2) of subsection j. of this section shall not be admissible as evidence in any criminal or civil legal or administrative proceeding. n. (1) A law enforcement officer shall be permitted to review or receive an accounting of a body worn camera recording prior to that officer creating any required substantive initial report, providing a statement, or submitting to an interview regarding the recorded event, except under the following circumstances: (a) the use of force by the officer where the officer knows or should know that the use of force resulted in significant or serious bodily injury or death; (b) the discharge of a firearm or any other use of deadly force by the law enforcement officer; (c) the death of a person while in law enforcement custody; (d) the death of a person during an encounter with a law enforcement officer; (e) an incident that that officer knows or has been advised is or will be the subject of an internal affairs complaint relating to the officer's use of force, bias, or dishonesty; or (f) an incident the officer knows or has been advised is or will be the subject of a citizen complaint related to the officer's use of force, bias, or dishonesty. (2) In the event a law enforcement officer reviews or receives an accounting of a body worn camera recording prior to the creation of any report, statement, or interview, the law enforcement officer shall be required to acknowledge that prior review or receipt either verbally or in writing within each such report, statement, or interview. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a law enforcement officer to review a body worn camera recording prior to creating any required initial reports, statements, and interviews regarding the recorded event, nor to prevent a law enforcement officer from reviewing or receiving an accounting of such a body worn camera recording subsequent to the creation of any required initial report, statement, or interview regarding the recorded event. o. Body worn camera recordings shall not be divulged or used by any law enforcement agency for any commercial or other non-law enforcement purpose. p. If a law enforcement agency authorizes a third party to act as its agent in maintaining recordings from a body worn camera, the agent shall be prohibited from independently accessing, viewing, or altering any recordings, except to delete recordings as required by law or agency retention policies. q. If a law enforcement officer, employee, or agent fails to adhere to the recording or retention requirements contained in this act, or intentionally interferes with a body worn camera's ability to accurately capture audio or video recordings: (1) the officer, employee, or agent shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action; (2) there shall be a rebuttable presumption that exculpatory evidence was destroyed or not captured in favor of a criminal defendant who reasonably asserts that exculpatory evidence was destroyed or not captured; and (3) there shall be a rebuttable presumption that evidence supporting the plaintiff's claim was destroyed or not captured in favor of a civil plaintiff suing the government, a law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer for damages based on police misconduct if the plaintiff reasonably asserts that evidence supporting the plaintiff's claim was destroyed or not captured. r. Any recordings from a body worn camera recorded in contravention of this or any other applicable law shall be immediately destroyed and shall not be admissible as evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding. s. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to contravene any laws governing the maintenance and destruction of evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. L.2020, c.129, s.1; amended 2021, c.472; 2023, c.177, s.124.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-4 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4
Contracts required to be advertised, disqualification of bidder.
Status: in_force

4. a. Every contract awarded by the contracting agent for the provision or performance of any goods or services, the cost of which in the aggregate exceeds the bid threshold, shall be awarded only by resolution of the governing body of the contracting unit to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, except as is provided otherwise in this act or specifically by any other law. The governing body of a contracting unit may, by resolution approved by a majority of the governing body and subject to subsections b. and c. of this section, disqualify a bidder who would otherwise be determined to be the lowest responsible bidder, if the governing body finds that it has had prior negative experience with the bidder. b. As used in this section, "prior negative experience" means any of the following: (1) the bidder has been found, through either court adjudication, arbitration, mediation, or other contractually stipulated alternate dispute resolution mechanism, to have: failed to provide or perform goods or services; or failed to complete the contract in a timely manner; or otherwise performed unsatisfactorily under a prior contract with the contracting unit; (2) the bidder defaulted on a contract, thereby requiring the local unit to utilize the services of another contractor to provide the goods or perform the services or to correct or complete the contract; (3) the bidder defaulted on a contract, thereby requiring the local unit to look to the bidder's surety for completion of the contract or tender of the costs of completion; or (4) the bidder is debarred or suspended from contracting with any of the agencies or departments of the executive branch of the State of New Jersey at the time of the contract award, whether or not the action was based on experience with the contracting unit. c. The following conditions apply if the governing body of a contracting unit is contemplating a disqualification based on prior negative experience: (1) The existence of any of the indicators of prior negative experience set forth in this section shall not require that a bidder be disqualified. In each instance, the decision to disqualify shall be made within the discretion of the governing body and shall be rendered in the best interests of the contracting unit. (2) All mitigating factors shall be considered in determining the seriousness of the prior negative experience and in deciding whether disqualification is warranted. (3) The bidder shall be furnished by the governing body with a written notice (a) stating that a disqualification is being considered; (b) setting forth the reason for the disqualification; and (c) indicating that the bidder shall be accorded an opportunity for a hearing before the governing body if the bidder so requests within a stated period of time. At the hearing, the bidder shall show good cause why the bidder should not be disqualified by presenting documents and testimony. If the governing body determines that good cause has not been shown by the bidder, it may vote to find the bidder lacking in responsibility and, thus, disqualified. (4) Disqualification shall be for a reasonable, defined period of time which shall not exceed five years. (5) A disqualification, other than a disqualification pursuant to which a governing body is prohibited by law from entering into a contract with a bidder, may be voided or the period thereof may be reduced, in the discretion of the governing body, upon the submission of a good faith application under oath, supported by documentary evidence, setting forth substantial and appropriate grounds for the granting of relief, such as reversal of a judgment, or actual change of ownership, management or control of the bidder. (6) An opportunity for a hearing need not be offered to a bidder whose disqualification is based on its suspension or debarment by an agency or department of the executive branch of the State of New Jersey. The term of such a disqualification shall be concurrent with the term of the suspension or debarment by the State agency or department. L.1971,c.198,s.4; amended 1975, c.353, s.3; 1979, c.350, s.2; 1985, c.60, s.2; 1985, c.469, s.7; 1999, c.440, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-203 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-203
Powers of park police.
Status: in_force

40:37-203. The members and officers of the park police may arrest on view and without warrant, and conduct before the nearest police magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or a police magistrate of a neighboring municipality, any persons found violating the rules and regulations enacted by the commission for the protection, preservation, regulation and control of the parks and parkways, and all property and other things therein, and in addition while on or off duty anywhere within the territorial limits of the State, shall have the same powers for the enforcement of the laws of this State and the apprehension of violators thereof as are conferred by law upon police officers or constables. Amended 1969, c.167; 1997, c.308, s.3..
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-219 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-219
Assessments a lien; collection; action at law
Status: in_force

The county park commissioners may collect the assessments for benefits either by an action at law in the name of the commission against the person from whom it is due, together with the costs of making the same and interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of confirmation, or by a sale of the property benefited, or by both of these remedies, which are to be cumulative. Every assessment shall be a first lien upon the property benefited as ascertained by the commissioners, to the amount of the assessment, with the interest and costs from the date of the confirmation thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-14.1
Lease of certain farmland to prior lessee.
Status: in_force

2. Whenever a county or municipality acquires real property that, immediately prior to acquisition, was leased from the prior owner by a private person for agricultural or horticultural use, and the county or municipality determines that, until such time as the real property is needed for public use, the temporary continuance of the private agricultural or horticultural use would not compromise that public use, it may lease the real property to the prior lessee for agricultural or horticultural use for such period, consideration, and other terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon. L.2006, c.52, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

40A:31-3. As used in the "County and Municipal Water Supply Act," N.J.S.40A:31-1 et seq.: a. "Bonds" means bond anticipation notes or bonds issued in accordance with the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. b. "Cost" as applied to water supply facilities or extensions or additions thereto, means the cost of acquisition or the construction, including improvement, reconstruction, extension or enlargement, the cost of all labor materials, machinery and equipment, the cost of all lands, property, rights and easements acquired, the cost of demolition or removal of any buildings or structures thereon, financing charges, interest on bonds issued to finance water supply facilities prior to and during construction, the cost of plans and specifications, surveys or estimates of costs and revenues, the cost of engineering, legal services, and any other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of construction, administrative expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction or acquisition of water supply facilities, and the financing thereof. c. "Local unit" means a county or municipality. d. "Water supply facilities" means the plants, structures or other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated, or to be financed, acquired, constructed or operated, or any parts thereof, including reservoirs, basins, dams, canals, aqueducts, standpipes, conduits, pipelines, mains, pumping stations, water distribution systems, compensating reservoirs, waterworks, or sources of water supply, well, purification or filtration plants, or other plants or works, connections, rights of flowage or diversion, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances and other real and personal property, or rights therein, and appurtenances necessary or useful for the accumulation, supply or distribution of water. The term "water supply facilities" includes the replacement of service connections to a publicly-owned water system, from the distribution main onto privately-owned real property and into a privately-owned structure, when used in reference to a project undertaken for the purpose of replacing residential lead service lines, regardless of possible private service connection ownership. amended 2018, c.114, s.5; 2021, c.184, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-48
Lease; term
Status: in_force

If the proposition shall be approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at the election, the governing body shall forthwith, upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, lease the public casino, playgrounds and bathing establishment for a period not exceeding five years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-41.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-41.2
Deferral of payment of assessment against farmland or other open space; exception; duration of deferral; interest
Status: in_force

a. When all or part of the cost of the installation of a local improvement, as defined in R.S. 40:56-1 is assessed against the lands benefited thereby, payment of bills for the amount of the assessment levied, or for any installment thereof, with respect to farmland or other open space shall be deferred, except as to the extent of the immediate benefit of the local improvement, until the land is no longer actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use as defined by section 5 of the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c. 48 (C. 54:4-23.5). b. With respect to local improvements authorized by the municipality on or after the date of enactment of this act, interest shall not be charged on any assessment so deferred, either during the period of deferment or as accumulated interest at the termination of the deferment. With respect to local improvements authorized by the municipality before the date of enactment of this act, interest may be charged on any assessments so deferred, except where the owner, or in the case of a corporate owner, the principal stockholder, makes his principal residence on the lands against which the deferred assessment is charged, on adjacent land, or on other farmland or other open space. Interest shall not exceed the rate that may be charged on installments pursuant to R.S. 40:56-35 and shall be due and payable upon the termination of the deferment. L.1975, c. 341, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1976. Amended by L.1981, c. 310, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-25
Municipal investigation committees; power to issue subpoenas; service of
Status: in_force

40:48-25. When the governing body of a municipality shall have appointed a committee of its members upon any subject or matter within its jurisdiction, the committee may issue a subpoena ad testificandum, or subpoena duces tecum, to any person within this state, to appear before it to give testimony or information required. The subpoenas may be served by any police officer of the municipality.
amended 2023, c.250, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.6
Identification card, badge or other identifying insignia; special law enforcement officers; differentiation from regular police
Status: in_force

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the identification card, badge or other identifying insignia of any person who serves as a special policeman, auxiliary policeman, civil defense worker, or who performs under the law any special police or law enforcement function in the State or any of its political subdivisions, shall clearly state the name of the agency by which any such person is employed and shall clearly distinguish any such person from the members of any regular and permanent State, county or municipal police department. L.1977, c. 131, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-49
Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit
Status: in_force

Neither the member of the solid waste management 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 solid waste management authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or municipality. L.1968, c. 249, s. 16, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-49 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-49
Payment for burial of unidentified, unclaimed bodies.
Status: in_force

40A:9-49. Pursuant to section 22 of P.L.2003, c.261 (C.45:27-22), the county or intercounty medical examiner or assistant county or intercounty medical examiner, upon taking charge of unidentified or unclaimed dead bodies, shall make burial arrangements. If the decedent left an ascertainable estate able to pay for the burial, the cost thereof certified by the official in charge shall be payable out of such estate. If the decedent left no ascertainable estate able to pay for the burial, the cost of burial shall be borne: a. if the decedent was an adult or emancipated child with surviving spouse, by the surviving spouse, b. if the decedent was an unemancipated child with a surviving parent, by the surviving parent, or c. if there is no surviving spouse or parent, as applicable, by the county. amended 1985, c.438; 2018, c.62, s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-16
Ballot for election of successor of recalled councilman
Status: in_force

The same ballot used for submitting the question or questions of recall shall be used for the election of successors to the councilman or councilmen sought to be removed, and the provisions of this subtitle concerning the nomination, preparation of ballot, election, counting and canvassing of the results of such election of councilmen shall apply to the election and recall of councilman in this case. No primary election shall be held, but the names of all persons nominated by petition in the manner provided in this subtitle for nomination of candidates for election as councilmen shall be placed upon the ballot.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-17.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-17.5
Financing project; bonds; use of proceeds to repay federal advances
Status: in_force

Before undertaking any public project for which plans are prepared in accordance with such an agreement, the municipality shall, either by an appropriation lawfully made or by an authorization of bonds, make available the funds necessary to make any repayment required by such agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, moneys raised for such public project by the issuance of bonds duly authorized at any time prior to the undertaking of such public project may, if the bond ordinance authorizing the bonds shall so provide, be used to make any such repayment. L.1946, c. 101, p. 324, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-2
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds that in the past a number of laws have been enacted to provide for the clearance, replanning, development, and redevelopment of blighted areas pursuant to Article VIII, Section III, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. These laws had as their public purpose the restoration of deteriorated or neglected properties to a use resulting in the elimination of the blighted condition, and sought to encourage private capital and participation by private enterprise to contribute toward this purpose through the use of special financial arrangements, including the granting of property tax exemptions with respect to land and the buildings, structures, infrastructure and other valuable additions to and amelioration of land, provided that the construction or rehabilitation of buildings, structures, infrastructure and other valuable additions to and amelioration of land constitute improvements to blighted conditions. The Legislature finds that these laws, separately enacted, contain redundant and unnecessary provisions, or provisions which have outlived their usefulness, and that it is necessary to revise, consolidate and clarify the law in this area in order to preserve and improve the usefulness of the law in promoting the original public purpose. The Legislature declares that the provisions of this act are one means of accomplishing the redevelopment and rehabilitation purposes of the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.) through the use of private entities and financial arrangements pertaining thereto, and that this act should be construed in conjunction with that act. L.1991,c.431,s.2; amended 1992, c.79, s.53; 2003, c.125, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.14
Special law enforcement officers, appointment, terms, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. a. Special law enforcement officers may be appointed for terms not to exceed one year, and the appointments may be revoked by the local unit for cause after adequate hearing, unless the appointment is for four months or less, in which event the appointment may be revoked without cause or hearing. Nothing herein shall be construed to require reappointment upon the expiration of the term. The special law enforcement officers so appointed shall not be members of the police force of the local unit, and their powers and duties as determined pursuant to this act shall cease at the expiration of the term for which they were appointed. b. A special law enforcement officer shall not carry a firearm except while engaged in the actual performance of the officer's official duties and when specifically authorized by the chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit to carry a firearm and provided that the officer has satisfactorily completed the basic firearms course required by the commission for regular police officers and annual requalification examinations as required for permanent, regularly appointed full-time officers in the local unit. A special law enforcement officer shall be deemed to be on duty only while the officer is performing the public safety functions on behalf of the local unit pursuant to this act and when the officer is receiving compensation, if any, from the local unit at the rates or stipends as shall be established by ordinance. A special law enforcement officer shall not be deemed to be on duty for purposes of this act while performing private security duties for private employers, which duties are not assigned by the chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit, or while receiving compensation for those duties from a private employer. A special law enforcement officer may, however, be assigned by the chief of police or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer, to perform public safety functions for a private entity if the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer supervises the performance of the public safety functions. If the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer assigns the public safety duties and supervises the performance of those duties, then, notwithstanding that the local unit is reimbursed for the cost of assigning a special law enforcement officer at a private entity, the special law enforcement officer shall be deemed to be on duty. The reimbursement for the duties of a special law enforcement officer, which is made to a municipality with a population in excess of 300,000, according to the 1980 federal decennial census, may be by direct payments from the employer to the special law enforcement officer, provided that records of the hours worked are forwarded to and maintained by the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer responsible for assigning the special law enforcement officer those public safety duties. Any firearm utilized by a special law enforcement officer shall be returned at the end of the officer's workday to the officer in charge of the station house, unless the firearm is owned by the special law enforcement officer and was acquired in compliance with a condition of employment established by the local unit. Any special law enforcement officer first appointed after the effective date of this act shall only use a firearm supplied by the local unit. A special law enforcement officer shall not carry a revolver or other similar weapon when off duty; but if any special law enforcement officer appointed by the governing body of any municipality having a population in excess of 300,000, according to the 1980 federal census, who is a resident of the municipality and is employed as a special law enforcement officer at least 35 hours per week, or less at the discretion of the chief of police and mayor, shall, at the direction of the chief of police, have taken and successfully completed a firearms training course administered by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and has successfully completed within three years of the effective date of P.L.1985, c.45 or three years of the date of appointment of the special law enforcement officer, whichever is later, 280 hours of training in arrest, search and seizure, criminal law, and the use of deadly force, and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon, the special law enforcement officer shall be permitted to carry a revolver or other similar weapon when off duty within the municipality where the officer is employed. Specific authorization shall be in the form of a permit which shall not be unreasonably withheld, which is subject to renewal annually and may be revoked at any time by the chief of police. The permit shall be on the person of the special law enforcement officer whenever a revolver or other similar weapon is carried off duty. A permit shall not be issued until the special law enforcement officer has successfully completed all training courses required under this section. Any training courses completed by a special law enforcement officer under the direction of the chief of police in a school and a curriculum approved by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), shall be credited towards the 280 hours of training required to be completed by this section. Any training required by this section shall commence within 90 days of the effective date of P.L.1985, c.45 or within 90 days of the date of the appointment of the special law enforcement officer, whichever is later. c. A special law enforcement officer shall be under the supervision and direction of the chief of police or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the local unit wherein the officer is appointed, and shall perform the officer's duties only in the local unit except when in fresh pursuit of any person pursuant to chapter 156 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes or when authorized to perform duties in another unit pursuant to a mutual aid agreement enacted in accordance with section 1 of P.L.1976, c.45 (C.40A:14-156.1). d. The officer shall comply with the rules and regulations applicable to the conduct and decorum of the permanent, regularly appointed police officers of the local unit, as well as any rules and regulations applicable to the conduct and decorum of special law enforcement officers. e. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.) to the contrary, a special law enforcement officer may travel through another local unit to reach a noncontiguous area of the local unit in which the officer's appointment was issued or to transport persons to and from a correctional facility. L.1985, c.439, s.7; amended 1987, c.96, s.3; 1991, c.46; 2016, c.68, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-8.2a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-8.2a
Junior college; appropriations in counties over 300,000
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of a county having a population in excess of 300,000 and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations for and pay to any accredited nonprofit junior college established and located in said county for the maintenance, support and operation of said educational institution. L.1962, c. 42, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-7.1
Municipal elections, certain, change of date permitted.
Status: in_force

1. a. Any municipality governed by the provisions of the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law," P.L.1981, c.379 (C.40:45-5 et seq.) may, by ordinance, choose to hold regular municipal elections on the day of the general election, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. b. Once a municipality has chosen to change the day of the regular municipal election to the day of the general election in November, it shall not be permitted to change the day of the election back to the second Tuesday in May until: (1) at least 10 years have passed since the adoption of the ordinance changing the date of the municipal election to the day of the general election; and (2) a new ordinance providing for regular municipal elections to occur on the second Tuesday in May is adopted by the municipality's governing body. c. The term of any person in office on the date of the adoption of such an ordinance shall be extended until the beginning of the term of the person elected to that office on the day of the general election in November. L.2009, c.196, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-31
Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies
Status: in_force

The persons appointed under the provisions of section 40:61-30 of this title shall be known and designated as the (name to be chosen by the commissioners) intermunicipal park commission. Such commissioners shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified and shall serve without compensation. Within thirty days after their appointment the commissioners shall take an oath faithfully to perform their duties. They shall select one of their number as president, one as clerk or secretary and one as treasurer. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any member of the commission, the municipality from which he was appointed shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.13
Issuance of technical bulletin.
Status: in_force

2. Within 10 months of enactment of P.L.2009, c.244 (C.40:55D-66.12 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Codes and Standards in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall issue a technical bulletin which shall include model municipal ordinances for the construction of small wind energy systems. Prior to issuance of the technical bulletin, the director shall hold one or more public hearings and solicit comments from interested parties. The Division of Codes and Standards in the Department of Community Affairs shall post the technical bulletin on its Internet website. L.2009, c.244, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-2
Contracts; plans, specifications, advertisement and bids
Status: in_force

Before the erection, construction, extension, alteration or improvement of wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, slips, basins, or harbor or other structures or shipping and docking facilities in and upon or about any property owned or acquired for such purpose or reclaimed by the municipality the governing body shall prepare full and detailed plans and specifications for such work, and advertise for proposals for doing such work under said plans and according to such specifications, in the same manner as is prescribed by law for obtaining proposals and letting contracts for public works in the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-143 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-143
Rebate for prompt payment; amount
Status: in_force

The commission may grant to consumers a rebate or discount for the prompt payment of water rent or rates within a specified time after such water rent or rates shall become due. Such rebate or discount shall not exceed the sum of ten cents on each one dollar or fraction thereof due for water rent or rates, and no rebate or discount shall be granted unless such rents or rates be paid within thirty days after the same shall become due. The sum so granted as a rebate or discount shall be fixed and determined by resolution of the commission.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-44 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-44
Appointment of volunteer firemen or other persons to a part-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 a part-paid fire department composed of both paid and volunteer firemen, any appointment to such part-paid fire department 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 such 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. § 40:37-152 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-152
Rules and regulations; penalties for violations
Status: in_force

The commission may: a. Make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of the parks and parkways, and the roads, driveways, sidewalks, paths, lakes, pools, ponds, fountains, trees, flowers, shrubs, statuary, buildings, tools, implements and other things contained therein; b. Make rules and regulations governing, controlling, regulating and limiting the speed of motor vehicles upon the parkways under its control and the driveways within the parks and reservations under its control; c. Make rules excluding motor vehicles from such driveways within parks and reservations as it shall determine and designate by appropriate signs erected at or near the entrance to such driveways; d. Limit and prevent the driving or travel upon the parkways under its control and upon the driveways within the parks and reservations of loaded or heavy trucks, wagons or carts, or public omnibuses, express wagons, carts or other vehicles carrying or ordinarily used to carry merchandise, goods, tools or rubbish, however propelled; e. Fix the amount of fines and penalties for the violation of these rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall take effect ten days after their passage by the commission, and after their publication once a week for four weeks in at least five newspapers circulating in the county.
N.J. Stat. § 40:80-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 80 / Section 80-5
Election agents; designated by petition
Status: in_force

Two agents for each election district may be designated by a petition signed by legal voters of the municipality equal in number to at least three per centum (3%) of the number of persons who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly. The petition shall name the agents designated and their respective districts, and shall be filed with the municipal clerk not later than the Tuesday next preceding the election. The petition shall bear on its face the name of a representative authorized to act for the petitioners in filling vacancies in the designation of any agent or agents named therein which may arise after the filing of said petition. Upon the filing of the petition the municipal clerk shall forthwith issue, under his hand, to each person designated therein a permit for him to act as agent in the election district specified in the petition. The permit shall be evidence of the right of the person named therein to be present in the polling place of the election district for which he has been designated and to challenge the right to vote therein of any person claiming such right and to be present while the ballots cast are being counted and to hear and see such ballots counted. The grounds for challenge and the procedure for disposition thereof shall be the same as prescribed by the laws regulating general elections. No signature shall be counted as valid for more than one petition and should any voter sign two or more petitions his signature shall be void as to the petition or petitioners last filed. A vacancy arising with respect to any agent shall be filled by the representative appointed in the petition designating such agent. Such appointment shall be certified to the municipal clerk, who shall forthwith issue a permit in the manner hereinbefore prescribed for agents designated by petition. Amended by L.1948, c. 6, p. 52, s. 1, eff. April 5, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:66-17 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-17
Appointment of receiver.
Status: in_force

17. If the bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide that the holders of the bonds of the series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 15 of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-15), and shall further provide that any trustee appointed pursuant to that section or having the powers of a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then the trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of the series have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the authority, and the receiver may enter upon and take possession of the assets of the authority and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of the bonds, shall take possession of all monies and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of the assets of the authority, and proceed with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction which the municipal shared services energy authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain, and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce, and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal shared services energy authority in the same manner as the municipal shared services energy authority itself might do, and under the direction of the court. L.2015, c.129, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-6
Report of audit
Status: in_force

Every such registered municipal accountant shall file the original report of his audit and recommendations with the clerk and shall, within 5 days thereafter, file a certified duplicate copy thereof, over his signature, in the office of the director. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-6
Authorization to incur indebtedness and make appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever, pursuant to law, a county or municipality is authorized to acquire or improve any real property or capital improvement, or both, or any personal property, the county or municipality may provide for the payment of the cost of such acquisition or improvement, or both, in whole or in part, by the incurring of indebtedness and issuance of bonds in accordance with the "Local Bond Law," (chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes) or by having provided an appropriation in the annual budget for the purpose, pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Budget Law," (chapter 4 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes). (b) Whenever, pursuant to law, a county or municipality is authorized to maintain or operate any real property, capital improvement, or personal property, or any facility, the county or municipality may provide for the payment of the cost of such maintenance or operation, or both, by budget appropriation in the manner provided by law, any sums obtained from earnings of such property or facility, if any, or from any other lawful revenue source, pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Budget Law" (chapter 4 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes). L.1971, c. 199, s. 6, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-62 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-62
Assessments and awards certified to Superior Court; confirmation of report.
Status: in_force

40:56-62. Upon the making of any assessments for benefits and awards for incidental damages, the officer or board charged with the duty of making the same, shall apply to the Superior Court for confirmation. The application shall be accompanied by a report in writing signed by said officer or, if made by a board, by at least a majority of their number, and also accompanied by a map showing the real estate taken, damaged or benefited by the improvement, and for which damages or benefits have been assessed. The court shall either confirm the report, or refer it to the officer or board for revision or correction, and the officer or board shall return to the court the same corrected and revised, or a new report, without unnecessary delay. On being returned it shall be confirmed or again referred by the court in manner aforesaid, as right and justice shall require and so, from time to time, until report shall be made or returned which the court shall confirm. The same report, when so confirmed, shall be final and conclusive, upon the city of the first class and upon the owners of the real estate affected thereby. The court shall thereupon cause a certified copy of the final report and the order or judgment confirming it, to be transmitted to and filed with the tax collecting officer of the city. The confirmation procedure set forth in this section shall not affect the validity and commencement of a lien against land that has been assessed for benefits, but shall be considered to affect only the amount of the lien. Amended 1953, c.37, s.199; 2002, c.15, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:44-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 44 / Section 44-9
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Ward Law." L.1981, c. 496, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-25
Educational system unaffected
Status: in_force

The system of public education in any municipality which may take advantage of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-17 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-17
Approval and payment of claims and required general books of account
Status: in_force

Approval and payment of claims and required general books of account. a. Approval of claims. The governing body shall approve or disapprove all claims. In the case of a county, other than a county which has adopted a form of government pursuant to the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L. 1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), the governing body may, by resolution, designate one person who may approve claims between meetings of the governing body. The specified designee shall be chosen from the following positions: the certified financial officer, chief fiscal officer, county administrator, director of finance, treasurer or comptroller. Any approval by the designated person shall be presented to the county governing body at its next meeting for ratification, except that, prior to being paid, such vouchers shall be brought to the attention of the freeholder who has responsibility for the designee. The county governing body may establish a maximum dollar amount for which payment may be approved without prior approval of the governing body. Claims shall be approved or disapproved in the manner prescribed by rules made and promulgated by the bureau unless the governing body adopts an ordinance or resolution, as may be appropriate, in the case of a county, or an ordinance, in the case of a municipality, including the following provisions: (1) Designating an approval officer with the title of certifying and approval officer; (2) Prescribing the duties of the approval officer, including the making of certifications required by 40A:5-16b., ascertaining the existence of proper and sufficient appropriations for the payments to be made and determining that there is legal authority for the payments, evidenced by action of a purchasing department or agent or officer in respect to the goods or services ordered and the incurring of the expense therefor; (3) Prescribing the procedure for approving and certifying to the proper officer claims for payments and drawing checks therefor; (4) Prescribing the procedure for certifying approved claims to the governing body and regulating its action of approval or disapproval thereon. b. Payment of claims. A resolution or an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may also provide a method of disbursing moneys or payment of claims approved, but if it does not so provide the method shall be as follows: (1) In the case of a county organized pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law" (P.L. 1972, c. 154; C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), by check issued upon the requisition of and signed by the chief executive officer and countersigned by the treasurer, and in all other counties by check issued upon requisition of the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, signed by the county treasurer and countersigned by such other officer or officers as are designated by ordinance or resolution of the governing body; (2) In the case of a municipality, by check drawn on the municipality, signed by the mayor or other chief executive officer and the municipal clerk and countersigned by such other officer or officers as are designated by ordinance. c. Required general books of account. The bureau shall prescribe the kind and manner of keeping of general books of account for the financial officers of the local units and said officers shall be required to keep and maintain said books. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended by L.1977, c.396, s.3; 1985, c. 127, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-14
Law library; maintenance; purchase of books; annual expenditures limited
Status: in_force

40:33-14. The board of chosen freeholders may maintain at the courthouse a law library for the use of the courts held in the county, and for that purpose shall purchase such reports and statutes of the United States, the State of New Jersey and other states and countries and such textbooks as may be designated by the assignment judge of the Superior Court. The amount so expended shall not exceed the sum fixed annually by the board of chosen freeholders. Amended 1953,c.37,s.61; 1954,c.250; 1991,c.91,s.380.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-20
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restrictions contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, local units, political subdivisions and public bodies, or agencies thereof, banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance businesses, and executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking fund moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds authorized pursuant to this act, which bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. The bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer and inheritance taxes. Source: C.40:23-19.10 (P.L.1966, c.205, s.10) and New. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-4.13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4.13
Required use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology.
Status: in_force

7. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a local contracting unit shall, whenever technically feasible, use or require the use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology, which may include permeable pavers, when entering into a contract for the purchase of unit concrete products, or for any construction or improvement project that requires the use of unit concrete products, including the replacement of impervious surfaces with permeable pavement. b. The director, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall develop and publish guidelines for implementing the requirement established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The guidelines shall conform to any standards or procedures established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.17). Whenever a local contracting unit purchases unit concrete products, or undertakes any construction or improvement project that requires the use of unit concrete products, the local contracting unit shall follow the guidelines therefor established by the director. c. In preparing the specifications for a contract for the purchase of unit concrete products, or for any construction or improvement project that requires the use of unit concrete products, a local contracting unit shall include in the invitation to bid, including in the specifications for all contracts for county or municipal work or for work for which it will pay any part of the cost, or work which by contract or ordinance it will ultimately own and maintain, where relevant, a statement that any response to the invitation shall use unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology whenever technically feasible. The local contracting unit shall include in its project specifications a specific line item for each unit concrete product to be used in the project. d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) any binding contractual obligations for the purchase of goods or services entered into prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.15 et al.); (2) bid packages advertised and made available to the public, or to any competitive and sealed bids received by the local contracting unit, prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.15 et al.); (3) any amendment, modification, or renewal of a contract, which contract was entered into prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.15 et al.) where the application would delay timely completion of a project or involve an increase in the total moneys to be paid by the local contracting unit under that contract; or (4) a contract when the head of a local contracting unit determines, in their sole discretion, that the purchase and use of unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology would increase the cost of the contract. e. As used in this section: "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Local contracting unit" means any public agency subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., the "State College Contracts Law," P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-52 et seq.), or the "County College Contracts Law," P.L.1982, c.189 (C.18A:64A-25.1 et seq.). "Permeable pavement" means a concrete product that allows rainwater to penetrate the pavement and percolate into the supporting soils and includes, but is not limited to, pervious concrete, permeable interlocking concrete pavers, and concrete grid pavers. "Unit concrete product" means a concrete building product that is fabricated under controlled conditions separate and remote from the intended point of use and is produced in a wet cast or dry cast method in a factory setting and then transported to the location of intended use for installation, including, but not limited to, all concrete pavers, whether permeable or non-permeable, and concrete block. "Unit concrete product" shall not include ready mix concrete, sand, stone, gravel, or bituminous concrete or asphalt. "Unit concrete product that utilizes carbon footprint-reducing technology" means a unit concrete product that is certified by the Department of Environmental Protection, or any independent third party authorized by the department, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2021, c.278 (C.52:27D-141.17), as generating at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide emissions in the production and utilization of the unit concrete product than conventional unit concrete products made with ordinary Portland cement. Such products shall also conform with the relevant requirements of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) that incorporate by reference TMS 402/602 Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures. L. 2021, c.278, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-8.1
Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.
Status: in_force

5. Any increase in the amount raised by taxation for the municipal library as required by R.S.40:54-8 shall not exceed the total amount expended by the municipality in the previous year plus 15% of the previous year's total expenditures for the maintenance of a free public library; except that the State Librarian is authorized to approve additional appropriations to any municipality that requests to appropriate an amount in excess of 15% of the previous year's total library expenditures. L.1985,c.541,s.5; amended 2001, c.137, s.53.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.2
Current housing guards, patrolmen
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary relating to the qualification required for appointment to any municipal police force, any person holding position of employment as a housing guard or housing patrolman on the effective date of this act in any city of the second class with a population of more than 140,000 inhabitants, according to the 1970 federal census, in any county of the second class or in any city of the second class with a population of more than 52,000 but less than 55,000 inhabitants, according to the 1980 federal census, in a county of the second class on the effective date of this 1985 amendatory and supplementary act, who was appointed to such position of employment after examination in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes, may be appointed by any such city under the title of housing police officer and shall be certified as such by the Civil Service Commission without further examination. Such person shall, from the effective date of this act, hold his position of employment subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes. L. 1975, c. 189, s. 1, eff. Aug. 16, 1975. Amended by L. 1985, c. 52, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-40
Powers
Status: in_force

Every Beach Erosion Control District shall be a public body politic and corporate, constituting a political subdivision of the State and shall have perpetual succession and have the following powers and be authorized to: (1) Adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (2) To sue and be sued. (3) Prepare the necessary and proper plans and specifications for the construction, replacement or improvement of jetties, bulkheads or other facilities designed to prevent erosion resulting from tidal waters, and to engage in filling or other projects to restore areas previously eroded. (4) Select locations for the erosion control works and determine the size, type and method of construction thereof. (5) Make any necessary estimates of the principal cost of said projects. (6) Enter into the necessary contracts to perform any of the acts authorized by this act. (7) Obtain and exercise such consent or approval as may be necessary from officials or agencies of the Government of the United States or the State of New Jersey. (8) Borrow money and incur indebtedness and issue its negotiable bonds and notes for any of the purposes provided for in this article or for the purpose of funding or refunding its bonds, notes or other indebtedness, and to provide for the rights and securities of the holders of such bonds, notes or other indebtedness. (9) Acquire, hold and dispose of any and all property, real or personal, make and carry out and perform any and all contracts and agreements, execute any and all instruments and do and perform any and all acts and things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers especially given in this article or in the performance of the duties required in or undertaken pursuant to this article. (10) Employ such agents or employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this act. L.1967, c. 184, s. 14, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-88.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-88.6
Master plan for the "Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission."
Status: in_force

6. a. The commission shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, after holding one public hearing in each of the three municipalities within the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve, a master plan for the physical, economic and social development of the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve with elements similar to those provided for municipal master plans in section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28), as the commission determines to be appropriate for the preservation of the ecological and historical nature of the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve. The master plan shall include a report presenting the objectives, assumptions, standards and principles which are embodied in the various interlocking portions of the master plan. In preparing the master plan or any portion thereof or amendment thereto the commission shall give due consideration to: existing historical sites and potential restorations or compatible development; the range of uses and potential uses of the area in the developed communities through which it passes; designated areas to be kept as undeveloped, limited-access areas restricted to conservation or passive recreation; and any other issues the commission deems appropriate for the protection and enhancement of the area. In preparing the master plan or any portion thereof or amendment thereto, the commission shall consider existing patterns of development and any relevant master plan or other plan of development, and shall ensure widespread citizen involvement and participation in the planning process. b. The commission shall act in support of local suggestions or desires to complement the master plan. Consultation, planning, and technical expertise shall be made available to local planning bodies that wish to implement land-use policies to enhance the area. The commission shall act on or refer complaints by citizens' groups or private residents who discover hazardous situations, pollution, or evidence of noncompliance with use regulations. L.2009, c.132, s.6; amended 2021, c.195, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-29 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-29
Pledge of State to bondholders.
Status: in_force

29. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued by an authority pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) that the State will not limit or alter the rights or powers vested in an authority to acquire, construct, maintain and operate any project, or to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or notes, or to fix, establish, charge and collect rates, fees or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet all expenses of that authority and fulfill the terms of any contract with another entity or any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or notes, and that the State will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders or modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until the bonds and notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged or provided for. L.1992,c.165,s.29; amended 1997, c.273, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-23 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-23
Examination of accounts and books by state auditor
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the State Auditor or his legally authorized representative may examine the accounts and books of any authority subject to the provisions of this act. L.1983, c. 313, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-2
Printing for county superintendent of schools
Status: in_force

The printing required in the office of the county superintendent of schools shall be paid for as other county printing, but the sum expended for this purpose in any county shall be determined by the board of chosen freeholders. Amended by L.1946, c. 24, p. 64, s. 1, eff. March 22, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-84 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-84
Revenue for the district, purposes, limitations; meetings.
Status: in_force

40A:14-84. a. For a fire district that holds its annual election at a time other than at the time of the general election, the legal voters, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called by the commissioners of the fire district, may vote to raise money for a firehouse, fire engines, apparatus, or other appliances for the extinguishment of fires and acquire lands or buildings or erect buildings for the housing of such equipment, or other buildings, including but not limited to, administrative, communications, or training buildings, or buildings for the maintenance of fire apparatus, in an amount not exceeding 5 mills on the dollar of the last assessed valuation of the property in the fire district. The amount so voted for shall be included in the next succeeding annual budget of the fire district under the section for capital appropriations. Voting shall be open between the hours of 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., but the board may designate a later closing hour on the same day, and the board shall take any necessary action to ensure the secrecy and privacy of the casting of votes. Any such special meeting shall be called on 10 days' notice by the board of fire commissioners, to be posted in five public places in the district, setting forth the time, place and object of the meeting and the legal voters shall determine the amount of money to be raised. b. (1) For a fire district that holds its annual election at the time of the general election, the board of fire commissioners of a fire district, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called by the commissioners of the fire district, may, by resolution adopted by a vote of not less than 2/3 of the full membership thereof, raise money for a firehouse, apparatus, appliances, land or buildings in connection therewith for fire extinguishing purposes, including but not limited to administrative or training buildings, in an amount not exceeding 5 mills on the dollar of the last assessed valuation of the property in the fire district. The amount so adopted shall be included in the next succeeding annual budget of the fire district under the section for capital appropriations. (2) (a) Prior to such meeting, the resolution, or a summary thereof, shall be published together with notice of the time and place of the meeting, the opportunity of the public to be heard at the meeting, and the availability of copies of the resolution to the members of the general public of the fire district from the date following such publication up to and including the date of the meeting. If a summary is published, the summary shall contain a clear and concise statement prepared by the clerk of the board of fire commissioners setting forth the purpose of the resolution and the amount to be raised by the additional levy being authorized. (b) If the resolution is to be adopted at a regular meeting, the clerk of the board of fire commissioners shall, at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting, post the information required to be published pursuant to this subsection in five public places in the fire district, and shall advertise this information in a newspaper, published in the fire district, if any, otherwise in a newspaper circulating in the district. (c) If the resolution is to be adopted at a special meeting, the clerk shall, at least 21 days prior to the date of the meeting, post the information required to be published pursuant to this subsection in five public places in the fire district, and shall advertise this information in a newspaper, published in the fire district, if any, otherwise in a newspaper circulating in the district. The clerk shall, not more than 20 days and at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting, again advertise this information in that newspaper. (3) (a) All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard at a meeting subject to the provisions of this section. (b) Copies of a resolution shall be made available to the members of the general public of the fire district who shall request such copies from the date following publication of the resolution up to and including the date of the meeting. amended 1979, c.453, s.15; 2017, c.206, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-14
Property held in trust for municipality; appointment of new trustee
Status: in_force

L.1900, c. 21, p. 37 (C.S. p. 3508, s. 211), entitled "An act relating to property held in trust for municipal corporations," approved March seventh, one thousand nine hundred, saved from repeal. [This act relates to property held in trust for municipalities before March 7, 1900, and provides for the appointment of new trustees upon the death of a trustee.]
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-20 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-20
Discontinuance of coverage; exception
Status: in_force

The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage subject to such provision as may be made in any contract by his employer for limited continuance of coverage during disability, part-time employment, leave of absence other than leave for military service or layoff, and for continuance of coverage after retirement. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-117.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-117.2
Appointment of unpaid deputy sheriffs.
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the deputies authorized to be appointed pursuant to N.J.S.40A:9-117, the sheriff of any county may designate and appoint deputy sheriffs to serve at the pleasure of the sheriff without compensation. The sheriff may appoint the lesser of either 85 deputy sheriffs or one deputy sheriff for every 10,000 inhabitants of the county, according to the latest federal decennial census. At the time of or prior to their appointment, all deputy sheriffs shall have completed an appropriate course of training approved by the Police Training Commission. As an auxiliary force of the sheriff's office, they shall assist in providing for the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State of New Jersey and aid in the prevention of damage to and the destruction of property during any emergency and such other duties as may be prescribed and directed by the sheriff. No sheriff shall appoint or continue the designation of any deputy sheriff pursuant to this section unless the governing body of the county shall appropriate moneys for the entire cost of effecting and maintaining insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business in this State for acts or omissions committed by such deputy sheriffs in the course of their official duties. L.1975,c.272,s.1; amended 1981, c.462, s.47; 2004, c.149.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-10
Freeholders may appropriate money for digging channels; bulkheads
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county bordering on the ocean may, in its discretion, appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars in any one year, for the purpose of digging out or constructing a permanent inlet or waterway through which any river or creek running in or through such county may be connected with the ocean, and in establishing a permanent and lasting improvement by deepening such inlet and constructing bulkheads and jetties and by fixing a certain and definite channel for the ebb and flow of the tide. Before any such work is done the plans for the same and the lines of such bulkheads and jetties, and of such channel, shall be submitted to the board of commerce and navigation and approved by it.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-26
Covenants with bondholders
Status: in_force

Any bond resolution of an authority providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and such authority, in order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, shall have power by provision in such bond resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to: (a) the custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; (b) the construction and completion, or replacement, of any public facility or facilities; (c) the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of any public facility or facilities, or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the authority to dispose, or to limit or regulate the use, of any public facility or facilities; (d) payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds or obligations; (e) the use and disposition of any moneys of the authority, including facility revenues; (f) pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the facility revenues or other moneys of the authority to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations or the payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of any public facility or facilities, and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto; (g) the setting aside out of the facility revenues or other moneys of the authority of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; (h) determination or definition of the facility revenues or of the expenses of operation and maintenance of a public facility or facilities; (i) the rents, rates, fees, or other charges in connection with, or for the use of services of, or otherwise relating to any public facility or facilities, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same, the amount or amounts of facility revenues to be produced thereby, and the disposition and application of the amounts charged or collected; (j) the assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, liens or other claims relating to any part of any public facility or facilities or any obligations having or which may have a lien on any part of the facility revenues: (k) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the authority; (l) limitations on the powers of the authority to construct, acquire or operate any structures, facilities or properties which may compete or tend to compete with any of its public facilities; (m) vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority may determine which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of bonds pursuant to section 27 of this act, and limiting or abrogating the right of such holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to section 27 of this act or limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee; (n) payment of the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the bond resolution or of any covenant or agreement of the authority with the holders of bonds; (o) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or agreement with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or (p) any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the bond resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds and to be part of any covenant or agreement with the holders of bonds. All such provisions of said bond resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, including a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1967, c. 136, s. 26, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-30
Investments in sewerage authority bonds authorized
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1946, c. 138, p. 671, s. 30, eff. April 23, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-7.1
Tax credit for properties with service charges payable to other municipality
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality undertakes the construction and installation of sewerage facilities within the municipality as a general improvement to be paid for by general taxation, rather than by special assessments levied against the real property benefited thereby, and there exists within the municipality certain tracts or parcels of real property which are connected to a sanitary sewerage system for which service charges are paid to another municipality and that system will not be serviced by such facilities, the governing body of the municipality constructing and installing such facilities may, by ordinance, provide for the granting of a tax credit to be applied against the real property tax annually assessed against such tracts or parcels of real property. The tax credit shall be expressed as a percentage of that portion of the tax assessed against such tracts or parcels of real property which represent assessments for the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewerage facilities to be constructed and installed by the municipality. Such percentage shall be in such amount as the governing body shall deem to be equitable and just but in no event in excess of 100% of the amount of the taxes so assessed. L.1977, c. 56, s. 1, eff. April 13, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-38 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-38
Notice and conduct of election
Status: in_force

The election on the question shall be conducted in all respects and the result canvassed and certified in the manner provided by law.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-8
Insurance fund commissioners; secretary; appointment; term; compensation; vacancies
Status: in_force

Upon establishment of an insurance fund, the officer or body of the local unit having the power to make appointments shall appoint three officials of the local unit, who may be members of the governing body, to serve as insurance fund commissioners and shall appoint a person to serve as secretary to the insurance fund commission. The commissioners shall hold office for 2 years or for the remainder of their term of office as officials, whichever shall be less, and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. The salary of the secretary shall be set by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, as authorized by the governing body. Vacancies in the office of insurance fund commissioners caused by any reason other than expiration of term as an official shall be filled for the unexpired term. Vacancies in the position of secretary shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979. Amended by L.1982, c. 25, s. 1, eff. April 29, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-116 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-116
Limitations on number of undersheriffs
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, in all counties the sheriff may appoint not more than three undersheriffs. In counties in which the sheriff assumes the custody, keeping and charge of the county jail or jails and all prisoners therein, as provided by R.S.30:8-17, the sheriff may appoint one additional undersheriff. All such undersheriffs shall hold office during the pleasure of the sheriff making the appointment, or his successor. The undersheriffs shall be included in the unclassified service of the civil service. L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1984,c.211; 1991,c.330.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-15 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-15
Bonds issued by one or more units; debt service payments
Status: in_force

A local unit, pursuant to an agreement with one or more other local units or the State, may bear the entire cost of the acquisition or construction of sewerage facilities and issue bonds therefor, or may share all or part of these costs with the other government. If the cost of acquisition or construction is shared, bonds may be issued by each of the participating governments for part or all of each government's respective costs, or a local unit may issue bonds for the entire cost of the sewerage facilities to be acquired or constructed, with the share of the costs of each of the other participating governments to be repaid to the issuing local unit in annual installments with a period agreed to by the parties but not to exceed 40 years. The agreement shall prescribe the rate or rates of interest on the annual installments and such other terms and conditions as agreed to by the parties. Agreements made hereunder shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing bodies of the participating parties, or in the case of the State, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Annual installment payments may include payment of the agreed share of a participating government's operating and maintenance costs, including the costs of any improvements, extensions, enlargements or reconstruction. Source: R.S.40:63-134; R.S.40:63-135 and R.S.40:63-136. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-17.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-17.8
Transfer of funds to school district
Status: in_force

When any municipality having a tax levy for municipal purposes of $0.10 or less per $100.00 of equalized valuation and in which the board of education sends pupils to another district pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:38-8 has on hand surplus revenues unappropriated or anticipated receipts unappropriated for municipal purposes, the governing body may: a. pursuant to ordinance, authorize the donation to the board of education of the receiving district of any items which can be used for school purposes; or b. by resolution, authorize the transfer and cause to be transferred any part of the revenues or the receipts to that board of education; provided that any items donated must be used by the receiving district for school purposes and that any funds transferred must be included in the receiving district's current expense budget. No transfer of revenues or receipts by a governing body shall be made unless the proposed transfer or appropriation is included in the local municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make the transfer available from a prior year's appropriation reserve and has been regularly approved and adopted as part of the budget. Any amounts transferred pursuant to this act shall be considered miscellaneous revenue and shall be deducted for the purposes of calculating tuition rates between sending and receiving school districts pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6:20-3.1. L. 1985, c. 54, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.2
Park commission
Status: in_force

In any county which has adopted or shall adopt the provisions of this act, the board of chosen freeholders shall by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole board, elect a county park commission consisting of 9 residents of the county, to be known as "the county park commission" (inserting name of county). In any county which has heretofore adopted the provisions of this act the said county park commission shall consist of 9 members instead of 5 members and the 4 additional members shall be appointed by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole board of chosen freeholders. L.1946, c. 276, p. 941, s. 2. Amended by L.1955, c. 269, p. 990, s. 1, eff. Jan. 16, 1956.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-27
Report filed with Local Finance Board.
Status: in_force

27. a. Within 30 days after the issuance of any bonds or notes by the authority pursuant to P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.), the authority shall file a report with the Local Finance Board setting forth, if applicable, the principal amount of bonds or notes issued and the annual payments of principal and interest to be made on the bonds or notes. b. At least 90 days prior to the date which is the later date determined pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection b. of section 14 of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-14), and subject to subsection f. of that section an authorized officer of the authority issuing bonds or notes for, or entering into a lease in connection with, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction or improvement of the convention center facility or other tourism project shall notify the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs of the precise date determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 14 of P.L.1992, c.165, the amounts payable thereafter: (1) on account of the principal and interest on, or reserve funding requirements on, those bonds or notes; or (2) as rent under the lease, and the name and address of the paying agent or agents for the bonds or notes, or of the lessor under the lease. The director shall, upon the receipt of that notice, verify the facts contained therein, and certify the same to the State Treasurer. c. Following the certification in subsection b. of this section and upon the date set forth therein, the State Treasurer shall thereafter pay prior to each payment date from the fund the amounts certified to be paid: (1) to the appropriate paying agent or agents for the principal and interest on, or reserve funding requirements on, the bonds or notes; or (2) to the lessor as rent under the lease. L.1992,c.165,s.27; amended 1997, c.273, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-19
Joint contract for work; amendments
Status: in_force

Such contracts shall set forth the proportion of the cost each party thereto shall assume and specify all the details of the management of the joint undertaking, and any other matters that may be deemed necessary for insertion therein, and may be amended from time to time by the contracting parties.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-146.11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-146.11
Training; classifications.
Status: in_force

4. a. A person shall not commence the duties of a special law enforcement officer unless the person has successfully completed a training course approved by the commission and a special law enforcement officer shall not be issued a firearm unless the officer has successfully completed the basic firearms course approved by the commission for permanent, regularly appointed police and annual requalification examinations as required by subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.14). There shall be three classifications for special police officers. The commission shall prescribe by rule or regulation the training standards to be established for each classification. Training may be in a commission approved academy or in any other training program which the commission may determine appropriate. The classifications shall be based upon the duties to be performed by the special law enforcement officer as follows: (1) Class One. Officers of this class shall be authorized to perform routine traffic detail, spectator control, and similar duties. If authorized by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, Class One officers shall have the power to issue summonses for disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses, violations of municipal ordinances, and violations of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. The use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be strictly prohibited and a Class One officer shall not be assigned any duties which may require the carrying or use of a firearm. (2) Class Two. Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer. The use of a firearm by an officer of this class may be authorized only after the officer has been fully certified as successfully completing training as prescribed by the commission. (3) Class Three. Officers of this class shall be authorized to exercise full powers and duties similar to those of a permanent, regularly appointed full-time police officer while providing security at a public or nonpublic school or a county college on the school or college premises during hours when the public or nonpublic school or county college is normally in session or when it is occupied by public or nonpublic school or county college students or their teachers or professors. While on duty in the jurisdiction of employment, an officer may respond to offenses or emergencies off school or college grounds if they occur in the officer's presence while traveling to a school facility or county college, but an officer shall not otherwise be dispatched or dedicated to any assignment off school or college property. The use of a firearm by an officer of this class shall be authorized pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1985, c.439 (C.40A:14-146.14). An officer of this class shall not be authorized to carry a firearm while off duty unless the officer complies with the requirements set forth in subsection l. of N.J.S.2C:39-6 authorizing a retired law enforcement officer to carry a handgun. b. The commission may, in its discretion, except from the requirements of this section any person who demonstrates to the commission's satisfaction that the person has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any federal, state or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this act. c. The commission shall certify officers who have satisfactorily completed training programs and issue appropriate certificates to those officers. The certificate shall clearly state the category of certification for which the officer has been certified by the commission. d. All special law enforcement officers appointed and in service on the effective date of this act may continue in service if within 24 months of the effective date of this act they will have completed all training and certification requirements of this act. L.1985, c.439, s.4; amended 2013, c.21, s.4; 2016, c.68, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.52
Definitions relative to adoption of curfew ordinances for juveniles.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this act: (1) "Juvenile" means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. (2) "Guardian" means a person, other than a parent, to whom legal custody of the juvenile has been given by court order or who is acting in the place of the parent or is responsible for the care and welfare of the juvenile. (3) "Public place" means any place to which the public has access, including but not limited to a public street, road, thoroughfare, sidewalk, bridge, alley, plaza, park, recreation or shopping area, public transportation facility, vehicle used for public transportation, parking lot or any other public building, structure or area. b. (1) A municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance making it unlawful for a juvenile of any age under 18 years within the discretion of the municipality to be on any public street or in a public place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless accompanied by the juvenile's parent or guardian or unless engaged in, or traveling to or from, a business or occupation which the laws of this State authorize a juvenile to perform. Such an ordinance may also make it unlawful for any parent or guardian to allow an unaccompanied juvenile to be on any public street or in any public place during those hours. (2) A municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enact an ordinance making it unlawful for a juvenile of any age under 18 years within the discretion of the municipality to be in any public place during the hours when the juvenile is required to be in attendance at either a public or non-public school unless the juvenile is accompanied by a parent or guardian or is carrying written permission from the juvenile's educational authority allowing the juvenile to be in a public place. c. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this act shall provide that violators shall be required to perform community service and may be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.00. If both a juvenile and the juvenile's parent or guardian violate such an ordinance, they shall be required to perform community service together. d. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this act shall include exceptions permitting juveniles to engage in errands involving medical emergencies, to attend extracurricular school activities, and to participate in other cultural, educational and social events, sponsored by religious or community-based organizations during curfew hours. e. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this act shall establish clear standards in precise language adequate to apprise a juvenile and a parent or guardian of that which is unlawful and adequate to circumscribe the discretion of police officers in order to overcome subjective and discriminatory enforcement. L.1992,c.132,s.2; amended 1995, c.388; 2005, c.23.
N.J. Stat. § 40:15A-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 15A / Section 15A-2
"Yellow Dot Program," establishment permitted.
Status: in_force

2. a. The local governing body of any county or municipality in this State may establish a "Yellow Dot Program." The purpose of a "Yellow Dot Program" is to provide emergency responders with critical health and emergency contact information about program participants so that emergency responders may aid program participants when those individuals are involved in motor vehicle emergencies or accidents and are unable to communicate. b. A Yellow Dot Program window decal on a motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency shall serve as notice to an emergency responder assisting the vehicle that the driver or any passenger in the vehicle may be a participant in a Yellow Dot Program established pursuant to this act. c. If a motor vehicle is involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency, and a Yellow Dot Program window decal is affixed to the vehicle, an emergency responder at the scene of such accident or emergency is authorized to search the glove compartment of the vehicle for a Yellow Dot Program envelope and health information card. d. An emergency responder may use the information contained in the Yellow Dot Program envelope for the following purposes: (1) To identify a participant in the Yellow Dot Program; (2) To ascertain whether the program participant has a medical condition that may impede communications with the emergency responder; (3) To communicate with the program participant's emergency contacts about the location and general condition of the program participant; or (4) To consider the program participant's current medications and pre-existing medical conditions when emergency medical treatment is administered for any injury the participant suffers. L.2013, c.191, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-3
Petition for submission
Status: in_force

At the request in writing of not less than three hundred qualified voters of the county, the board of chosen freeholders shall submit, at any general or special election, the question of the establishment of such library to the voters of the county for adoption or rejection.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-27.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-27.3
Sale of unneeded building to municipality for municipal purposes
Status: in_force

Any building or structure owned by a county which is no longer required for county purposes and which must be razed or relocated to permit the construction or reconstruction of any bridge, road or other public improvement may be sold by the county for a nominal consideration to any municipality within the county for relocation and for the use thereof for municipal purposes. L.1971, c. 288, s. 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.3
Unfit buildings in municipalities; exercise of police power authorized
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared that the existence or occupation of any building or buildings, or parts thereof, in municipalities of this State which are so old, dilapidated or have become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, insanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation, or occupancy, or use, are inimical to the welfare and dangerous and injurious to the health and safety of the people of this State, and that a public necessity exists for the repair, closing or demolition of such building or buildings, or part thereof. Whenever any municipality of this State finds that there exists in such municipality any building or buildings which are unfit for human habitation or occupancy, or use, due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or due to other conditions rendering such building or buildings, or part thereof, unsafe or insanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health or safety or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of said municipality, power is hereby conferred upon such municipality to exercise its police powers to repair, close or demolish, or cause or require the repairing, closing or demolition of such building or buildings, or part thereof, in the manner herein provided. L.1942, c. 112, p. 378, s. 1. Amended by L.1956, c. 197, p. 727, s. 2, eff. Jan. 2, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-18
Spanish American war monuments; municipal contribution
Status: in_force

The body having control of the finances of any municipality may appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the pedestal and foundation of a monument commemorating the services of the soldiers and sailors of the United States in the late war with Spain, which any organization or association of veterans in the county in which such municipality is situated, may propose to erect in or near such municipality; provided, such organization or association shall first file with such body of the municipality, a statement duly verified by the oath or affirmation of at least five members of the organization or association, of its proposal to erect such monument, with a general description and drawing thereof and of the proposed location, the estimated cost of the proposed monument and site, and such body of said municipality approves the proposed site and plan and is satisfied that sufficient moneys have been raised to provide for such estimated cost, except the pedestal and foundation. The sum so appropriated may be paid out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, or may be borrowed, and a sum sufficient to pay the same included in the next municipal budget and tax levy.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-156 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-156
Review after five years.
Status: in_force

20. A development transfer ordinance and the real estate market analysis also shall be reviewed by the planning board and governing body of the municipality at the end of five years subsequent to its adoption. This review shall provide for the examination of the development transfer ordinance and the real estate market analysis to determine whether the program for development transfer and the permitted uses in the sending zone continue to remain economically viable, and, if not, an update of the development transfer plan element of the master plan adopted pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-28) and capital improvement program adopted pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-29) shall be required. If at least 25% of the development potential has not been transferred at the end of this five-year period, the development transfer ordinance shall be presumed to be no longer reasonable, including any zoning changes adopted as part of the development transfer program, within 90 days after the end of the five-year period unless one of the following is met: a. the municipality immediately takes action to acquire or provide for the private purchase of the difference between the development potential already transferred and 25% of the total development transfer potential created in the sending zone under the development transfer ordinance; b. a majority of the property owners in a sending zone who own land from which the development potential has not yet been transferred agree that the development transfer ordinance should remain in effect; c. the municipality can demonstrate either future success or can demonstrate that low levels of development potential transfer activity are due, not to ordinance failure, but to low levels of development demand in general. This demonstration shall require the concurrence of the county planning board and the Office of Smart Growth, and shall be the subject of a municipal public hearing conducted prior to a final determination regarding the future viability of the development transfer program; or d. the municipality can demonstrate that less than 25% of the remaining development potential in the sending zone has been available for sale at market value during the five-year period. L.2004,c.2,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-43
Municipal departments, number.
Status: in_force

3-13. (a) The municipality shall have a department of administration and such other departments, not less than two and not exceeding nine in number, as council may establish by ordinance. All of the administrative functions, powers and duties of the municipality, other than those vested in the offices of the municipal clerk and the municipal tax assessor, shall be allocated and assigned among and within such departments. The offices of the municipal clerk and the municipal tax assessor shall be subject to such general administrative procedures and requirements as are departments of the municipal government, including, but not limited to, the preparation and submission of an annual budget and of such periodic budget reports as are generally required of departments, and such accounting controls, central purchasing practices, personnel procedures and regulations, and central data processing services as are generally required of departments. (b) Each department shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. Each department head shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The mayor shall, with the advice and consent of the council, appoint the municipal assessor and all other municipal officers not assigned within municipal departments, subject to the terms of any general law providing for these offices, unless a different appointment procedure is clearly required by this plan of government or by general law. (c) The mayor may in his discretion remove any department head and, subject to any general provisions of law concerning term of office or tenure, any other municipal executive officer who is not a subordinate departmental officer or employee, after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removal the mayor shall first file written notice of his intention with the council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th day after the filing of such notice unless the council shall prior thereto have adopted a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of the council, disapproving the removal. In the event of the removal or failure of reappointment of a business administrator, that administrator may, upon the enactment of an ordinance, be entitled to a three-months' written notice of the removal or non-reappointment, or if the mayor determines that the removal shall be immediate, then the administrator may, upon the enactment of an ordinance, be paid any unpaid balance of his salary plus his salary for a maximum of the next three calendar months following the effective date of the mayor's action unless the removal is for good cause. For the purposes of this subsection, "good cause" shall mean conviction of a crime or offense involving moral turpitude, the violation of the provisions of section 17-14, 17-15, 17-16, 17-17, or 17-18 of P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-163 through 40:69A-167), or the violation of any code of ethics in effect within the municipality. (d) Department heads shall appoint subordinate officers and employees within their respective departments and may, with approval of the mayor, remove such officers and employees, subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, where that Title is effective in the municipality, or other general law. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, in any city of the first class, there shall be, and in any municipality having a population of 15,000 or more, there may be, a board of alcoholic beverage control which shall exercise the powers conferred upon municipal boards of alcoholic beverage control under Title 33 of the Revised Statutes. Such boards shall be comprised of three members, no more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, who shall be appointed by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the council, each to serve for a term of three years, provided that of those first appointed, one shall be appointed to serve for a term of one year, one for two years, and one for three years. Any vacancy in such office shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, for the balance of the unexpired term. Except in cities of the first class the members of such board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties; in cities of the first class, the members of such board shall receive such compensation as shall be established by ordinance of the municipality. They shall be removable by the mayor for cause. Any person appointed hereunder shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, and no such person shall be a member of the city council. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the general power of the municipal council under this act to establish, alter and abolish offices, boards and commissions in any municipality other than a city of the first class. (f) Whenever in any municipality with a population greater than 100,000, according to the latest federal decennial census, the governing body is authorized by any provision of general law to appoint the members of any board, authority or commission, such power of appointment shall be deemed to vest in the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. In all other municipalities, whenever the governing body is authorized by any provision of general law to appoint the members of any board, authority or commission, such power of appointment shall be deemed to vest in the mayor with the advice and consent of the council, unless the specific terms of that general law clearly require a different appointment procedure or appointment by resolution, in which case the appointment shall be by the council. L.1950,c.210,s.3-13; amended 1954, c.68, s.1; 1960, c.61; 1961, c.126, s.1; 1981, c.393, s.5; 1981, c.462, s.39; 1985, c.374, s.6; 1989, c.258, s.1; 1997, c.418.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-2
Additional commissioners in certain municipalities
Status: in_force

L.1930, c. 154, p. 576, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning playgrounds and recreation places in this state and providing for the establishment, equipment, maintenance, control, use and regulation thereof' (Revision of 1911), as supplemented," approved April sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act provided that in municipalities having recreation commissioners under sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-8 of this title, who were on April sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, engaged in operating a community house, the governing body of such municipality could increase the number of commissioners to not less than nine nor more than fifteen.]
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-81 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-81
Joint contract; execution; recording
Status: in_force

After the passage of such ordinance by each of such municipalities, pursuant to the laws governing the same, the proper officers of each municipality so authorized by ordinance, may join in executing a joint contract in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance, and the several contracting municipalities are hereby authorized to do any and all acts necessary or advisable regarding the execution and recording of such joint contract. Such contract when executed pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such contracting municipalities are situated. If such municipalities are situated in different counties, then the contract shall be recorded with the clerk of the county in which each of the municipalities is situated.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-7
Income from improvements and railway; use of; annual deficits
Status: in_force

All income received by the municipality for wharfage, storage, cranage, dockage and all other rates, fees and charges, all rentals from leases, and the gross receipts and income received from the operation by the municipality, or for the rental by it, of any such railroad or railroad system, shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality and applied as follows: First, to the management and operation, care, maintenance and upkeep of the wharves, docks, piers, slips, basins and other structures, and the operation, care, maintenance, upkeep, management and supervision of any such railroad or railroad system operated by the municipality; Second, to the payment of interest upon outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the municipality; Third, to the payment of the principal of all such bonds and indebtedness; and Fourth, to the general expenses of the municipality. Any deficiency remaining for payment of all proper expenses in any year, and the yearly interest on and proper yearly provision for the principal of all such bonds and other debts, after application of all revenues received as aforesaid for the year shall be appropriated, levied and raised by taxation.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-31.10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-31.10
Power of municipality, joint meeting or authority or private company to enter contract with county
Status: in_force

Any municipality, joint meeting or authority with which a county is authorized to contract under the terms and provisions of this act shall have power, by ordinance duly adopted by its governing body to authorize its proper officials to enter into and execute for it a contract, for such periods of time and under such terms as are deemed proper and necessary, with a county, for the treatment and disposal of all or any specified part of the solid waste arising or collected in or by such municipality, joint meeting or authority, by the solid waste disposal facilities of such county and such contract shall be valid and binding upon the municipality, joint meeting or authority notwithstanding that no appropriation was made or provided to cover the estimated cost of such contract, and the governing body of the municipality, joint meeting or authority shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things on the part of the municipality, joint meeting or authority to be done and performed under the terms and provisions of such contract. Any private solid waste or incinerator company or industry shall likewise have power to enter into a contract with a county for the treatment and disposal of the solid waste or the waste collected or discharged by it by the solid waste disposal facilities of a county. L.1970, c. 242, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1970. Amended by L.1971, c. 442, s. 7, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-19.1
Definitions relative to certain firefighter retirement procedures for certain injured firefighters.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "Firefighter" shall mean a permanent, full-time, paid employee of a firefighting unit whose primary duties include the control and extinguishment of fires and who is subject to the training and physical and mental fitness requirements applicable to the position of firefighter established by an agency authorized to establish these requirements on a Statewide basis, or comparable training and physical and mental fitness requirements as determined by the board of trustees. The term also shall include an administrative or supervisory employee of a firefighting unit whose duties include general or direct supervision of employees engaged in fire control and extinguishment activities or training responsibility for these employees, and a requirement for engagement in fire control and extinguishment activities if necessary. "Firefighting unit" shall mean a paid municipal fire department, a fire district, or an agency of a county or the State which is responsible for the control and extinguishment of fires. b. A firefighter who has been injured in the performance of the firefighter's duties shall not be discharged from employment as a result of a determination, based upon a medical examination by a physician designated by the employer of the firefighter, that the firefighter is physically incapacitated, due to the injuries, for the performance of the firefighter's usual duties or any other available duties in the firefighting unit which the employer is willing to assign to the firefighter. c. Pending retirement, the employer of the firefighter shall maintain health insurance for the firefighter at the level that coverage was provided prior to the injury. d. The provisions of this section shall apply only when the firefighter has filed an application for retirement with the Police and Firemen's Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System and the firefighter has sick leave or workers' compensation time available. e. The provisions of this section shall apply to both civil service and non-civil service jurisdictions. L.2017, c.3, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-55 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-55
Procedures for awarding design-build contracts.
Status: in_force

28. a. The contracting unit shall adopt the following procedures for awarding design-build contracts: (1) The contracting unit shall either appoint a licensed and prequalified design professional, or designate an employee of the contracting unit licensed to provide architectural, engineering, or surveying services, to provide technical advice, construction review services, and professional expertise on behalf of the contracting unit; (2) The contracting unit shall develop, with the assistance of the design professional or designated employee, performance criteria and a scope of work statement that defines the project and provides prospective design-builders with sufficient information regarding the contracting unit's requirements. The statement shall include: evaluation factor criteria and preliminary design documents, general budget parameters, and general schedule or delivery requirements to enable the design-builders to submit proposals which meet the contracting unit's needs. When the design-build selection procedure is used and the contracting unit contracts for development of the scope of work statement, the design-builder shall contract for architectural or engineering services as defined by and in accordance with R.S.45:3-1 et seq., P.L.1938, c.342 (C.45:8-27 et seq.), and all other applicable licensing statutes; (3) Once the contracting unit has developed a scope of work statement which adequately defines the contracting unit's requirements for the project or projects, the contracting unit shall solicit proposals of qualification from design-builders. The contracting unit shall solicit proposals of qualification in accordance with the requirements of the applicable public procurement laws of the State of New Jersey. (4) The contracting unit shall establish a technical review committee, which shall consist of a representative of the contracting unit, the contracting unit's project manager, and the contracting unit's authorized design professional. The contracting unit's attorney may advise the technical review committee. The technical review committee shall have the responsibility to evaluate bids based on rating and scoring proposals, and shall evaluate design-builders based on their qualifications. A member of the technical review committee shall not have a personal or financial interest in any of the design-builders submitting proposals. b. The factors used to evaluate proposals of qualification shall be stated in the solicitation and shall include, but not be limited to: specialized experience and technical competence, training certification of professional and field workforce, principal location of the company, capability to perform, safety modification rating, past performance of the individual members of the design-builder's team in their respective capacities, including the architect-engineer and construction members of the team, and other appropriate technical and qualification factors as determined by the Department of Community Affairs, where applicable. Each solicitation for proposals of qualification shall establish the relative importance assigned to the evaluation factors and sub-factors to be considered. c. A solicitation for proposals of qualification shall state the maximum number of design-builders that are to be selected to submit second proposals. The maximum number specified in the solicitation shall be at least two and shall not exceed six. d. The contracting unit may offer a stipend, based upon the project size and type, which shall not exceed three percent of the project's estimated cost, to any design-builder providing design, construction information, or materials presented in response to a request for second proposals. This stipend is intended to encourage the submission of proposals and to increase competition. e. On the basis of the proposal of qualification, the technical review committee shall select the most highly qualified number of design-builders specified in the solicitation and request the selected design-builders to submit a second proposal and sealed bid. Each solicitation for second proposals shall establish the relative importance assigned to the evaluation factors to be considered. f. The technical review committee shall evaluate each second proposal based on the technical submission for the proposal, including design concepts or proposed solutions to requirements addressed within the scope of work, and the evaluation factors, including a minimum of 50 percent consideration based on the cost of the bid. g. The contracting unit shall separately evaluate the submissions described above, and award the contract in accordance with section 32 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.40A:11-59). L.2021, c.71, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.19
Sale of land not required for park purposes; auction
Status: in_force

If all the members of the park commission shall by resolution determine that any real estate or part thereof acquired in pursuance of this act is no longer required for park purposes and that the interest of the public will be better served by the sale thereof, the commission may certify such resolution to the board of chosen freeholders. If the board of chosen freeholders concurs therein, that real estate or part thereof may be sold for cash at public sale to the highest bidder. L.1946, c. 276, p. 946, s. 19, eff. May 3, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-141 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-141
Development transfer plan element, required inclusions.
Status: in_force

5. In order to serve as the basis for a development transfer ordinance pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-140), a development transfer plan element of a masterplan shall include: a. an estimate of the anticipated population and economic growth in the municipality for the succeeding 10 years; b. the identification and description of all prospective sending and receiving zones; c. an analysis of how the anticipated population growth estimated pursuant to subsection a. of this section is to be accommodated within the municipality in general, and the receiving zone or zones in particular; d. an estimate of existing and proposed infrastructure of the proposed receiving zone; e. a presentation of the procedure and method for issuing the instruments necessary to convey the development potential from the sending zone to the receiving zone; and f. explicit planning objectives and design standards to govern the review of applications for development in the receiving zone in order to facilitate their review by the approving authority. L.2004,c.2,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-119 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-119
Development transfer ordinance
Status: in_force

a. The development transfer ordinance shall provide for the issuance of such instruments as may be necessary and the adoption of procedures for recording the permitted use of the land at the time of the recording, the separation of the development potential from the land, and the recording of the allowable residual use of the land upon separation of the development potential. b. The development transfer ordinance shall specifically provide that upon the transfer of the development potential from a sending zone, the owner of the property from which the development potential has been transferred shall cause a statement containing the conditions of the transfer and the terms of the restrictions of the use and development of the land to be attached to and recorded with the deed of the land in the same manner as the deed was originally recorded. These restrictions and conditions shall state that any development inconsistent therewith is expressly prohibited, shall run with the land, and shall be binding upon the landowner and every successor in interest thereto. c. The development transfer ordinance shall provide that, on granting a use variance under the provisions of section 57 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-70) that increases the development potential of a parcel of property not in the designated receiving zone for which the variance has been granted by more than 5%, that parcel of property shall constitute a receiving zone and the provisions of the ordinance for receiving zones shall apply with respect to the amount of development potential required to implement that variance. L.1989,c.86,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-133.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133.1
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to authorize and empower commissions appointed pursuant to R.S.40:62-109 to issue bonds and other obligations to finance water projects as an alternative to the existing method of financing these projects, whereby municipalities that created these commissions issue their own general obligation bonds and provide the proceeds thereof to the commissions. L.1991,c.162,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-62.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-62.1
Notice of hearing on amendment to zoning ordinance.
Status: in_force

2. Notice of a hearing on an amendment to the zoning ordinance proposing a change to the classification or boundaries of a zoning district, exclusive of classification or boundary changes recommended in a periodic general reexamination of the master plan by the planning board pursuant to section 76 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-89), shall be given at least 10 days prior to the hearing by the municipal clerk to the owners of all real property as shown on the current tax duplicates, located, in the case of a classification change, within the district and within the State within 200 feet in all directions of the boundaries of the district, and located, in the case of a boundary change, in the State within 200 feet in all directions of the proposed new boundaries of the district which is the subject of the hearing. In addition, the municipal clerk shall provide notice of a hearing on an amendment to the zoning ordinance proposing a change to the classification or boundaries of a zoning district, exclusive of classification or boundary changes recommended in a periodic general reexamination of the master plan, to the Office of Planning Advocacy, and to any military facility commander who has registered with the municipality pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c.41 (C.40:55D-12.4), at least 10 days prior to the hearing, by personal service or certified mail. A notice pursuant to this section shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, the nature of the matter to be considered and an identification of the affected zoning districts and proposed boundary changes, if any, by street names, common names or other identifiable landmarks, and by reference to lot and block numbers as shown on the current tax duplicate in the municipal tax assessor's office. Notice shall be given to a property owner by: (1) serving a copy thereof on the property owner as shown on the said current tax duplicate, or his agent in charge of the property, or (2) mailing a copy thereof by certified mail and regular mail to the property owner at his address as shown on the said current tax duplicate. Notice to a partnership owner may be made by service upon any partner. Notice to a corporate owner may be made by service upon its president, a vice president, secretary or other person authorized by appointment or by law to accept service on behalf of the corporation. Notice to a condominium association, horizontal property regime, community trust or homeowners' association, because of its ownership of common elements or areas located within 200 feet of the boundaries of the district which is the subject of the hearing, may be made in the same manner as to a corporation, in addition to notice to unit owners, co-owners, or homeowners on account of such common elements or areas. The municipal clerk shall execute affidavits of proof of service of the notices required by this section, and shall keep the affidavits on file along with the proof of publication of the notice of the required public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance change. Costs of the notice provision shall be the responsibility of the proponent of the amendment. L.1995, c.249, s.2; amended 2005, c.41, s.4; 2016, c.21, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-19.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-19.4
Custody of securities; report; minutes
Status: in_force

When any obligations or bonds purchased by the board of trustees are received by the board, the treasurer of the board shall immediately record the receiving thereof in an appropriate manner and shall, unless otherwise previously directed by the board of trustees, promptly deliver the same to the clerk of the municipality for safe-keeping. At the next regular or special meeting after the receipt of such obligations or bonds, said treasurer shall present a written report to the board, setting forth the amounts of the obligations or bonds so received, and the dates, numbers and interest periods thereof and the date of delivery thereof to the clerk of the municipality. The secretary of the board of trustees shall record in the minutes of such regular or special meeting of the board the date of receipt of such obligations or bonds by the treasurer, the amounts, dates, numbers and interest periods thereof and the date on which they were delivered to the clerk of the municipality for safe-keeping. L.1942, c. 139, p. 430, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:1-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

40A:1-1. The following words, as used in this title, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: "budget" means the budget of a local unit; "cash basis budget" means a budget prepared in accordance with the "Local Budget Law"; "clerk" means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders; "director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; "fiscal year" means the period for which a local unit adopts a budget, as required pursuant to the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., and shall be the calendar year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, unless the local unit is a municipality in which the fiscal year has been changed to the State fiscal year, pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2), in which case, "fiscal year" shall mean the State fiscal year or the transition year, as appropriate; "full membership of a governing body" means the number of members of the body when all the seats are filled; "local finance board" means the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; "local unit" means a county or municipality; "municipal public utility" means any water, sewer, electric power or gas system, or any combination thereof, or any public parking system, redevelopment, or any other utility, enterprise or purpose authorized to be undertaken by a local unit from which it may receive fees, rents, or other charges, and with respect to redevelopment utilities, incremental revenues authorized pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489k); "State fiscal year" means the period commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 in any municipality in which the fiscal year has been changed pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2); "transition year" means the period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 30 in the calendar year during which the change in a municipality's fiscal year takes effect, as authorized under the provisions of section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2). Amended 1991, c.75, s.1; 2009, c.90, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.46 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.46
Employee rights unimpaired
Status: in_force

Whenever the county governing body acts pursuant to section 1 of this act, all employees employed by or on behalf of any former county park commission shall continue under the direction, supervision and control of the county governing body and nothing in this act shall deprive any employee of any tenure rights or any right or protection provided by any employment status, pension law or retirement system. L. 1986, c. 90, s. 5, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-19 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-19
Procedure after adoption
Status: in_force

If a majority of the legal voters voting upon such question shall vote YES, the governing body shall proceed in accordance with the provisions hereof to acquire or construct the necessary plant or works for the furnishing of light, heat or power, or any two or all of them, for the public and private uses of such municipality and its inhabitants. When so acquired or constructed the plant or works shall be equipped, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purpose or purposes aforesaid.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-32 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-32
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of section 1 of P.L.2025, c.145 (C.40A:5A-31). L.2025, c.145, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.39 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.39
Licensed premises for retail sale of alcoholic beverages; purchase or condemnation; retirement of license
Status: in_force

In any case in which a municipality acquires by purchase or condemnation any real estate within the municipality which includes any licensed premises for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, or upon application of the holder of any such license in a municipality in which the number of retail consumption licenses exceeds the limitation thereon provided for in section 2 of P.L.1947, chapter 94 (C.33:1-12.14), the governing body of the municipality, whenever it finds that a transfer of the license to, and the retirement of the license by, the municipality is in the public interest, may contract with the licensee for such transfer upon such terms and for such consideration as shall be mutually agreeable and as the governing body shall deem to be reasonable. Upon the transfer of any retail alcoholic beverage license as herein provided, such license shall thereupon be retired by the municipality and shall not thereafter be reissued to any applicant. L.1966, c. 317, s. 1. Amended by L.1967, c. 187, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.4
Election at large; terms of office of first elected
Status: in_force

The mayor and council members shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality. At the first election following the adoption by a municipality of this section, of the six council members to be elected, two shall serve for a term of three years, two shall serve for a term of two years, and two shall serve for a term of one year. L.1981, c.465, s.16A-4; amended 1989,c.221,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-8.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-8.6
Appropriations annually for expenses
Status: in_force

To meet any necessary expenses incurred by any board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of this act, it shall be lawful for such board to appropriate and raise funds annually in the same manner as appropriations are made for county purposes. L.1946, c. 22, p. 62, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.12
Annual budget; preparation
Status: in_force

The council shall prepare the annual budget with the assistance of the municipal administrator and the treasurer. L.1981, c. 465, s. 36, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-108 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-108
Sheriff not to hold other civil office; exceptions
Status: in_force

40A:9-108. No person shall hold any other civil office during the time he holds and exercises the office of sheriff and by acceptance of the latter office his former office shall be deemed vacated, provided, however, that the governing body of any county may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, provide that any person holding and exercising the office of sheriff may simultaneously hold and exercise the office of county emergency management coordinator but shall not receive any compensation or any other benefits otherwise attached to the office of county emergency management coordinator during such time as such person shall hold both such offices. amended 1979, c.99; 2015, c.90.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55.14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55.14
Financing; surplus funds; borrowing
Status: in_force

A local unit may finance such appropriations from surplus funds available or may borrow money to finance the same in the manner hereinafter prescribed. L.1968, c. 194, s. 2, eff. July 19, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-161 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-161
Chapter 188 of the laws of 1959 saved from repeal
Status: in_force

Chapter 188 of the laws of 1959 (C. 40:47-20.9) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provided for the validation of certain appointments of members or officers of the municipal police department or force, notwithstanding the appointees were under 21 years of age at the time of their appointments.] L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-19.1
Loan of funds received as gift or bequest
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the free public library may, upon the application of the governing body of the municipality, loan, upon "tax anticipation notes" or "bond anticipation notes" of the municipality, any funds heretofore or hereafter received, either by the board of trustees of the free public library or by the governing body, as a gift or bequest for free public library purposes and being held and managed by the board of trustees, or subject to their direction pursuant to the provisions of article one of chapter fifty-four of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, pending the use thereof for the purposes for which the gift or bequest was made. L.1941, c. 67, p. 152, s. 1. Amended by L.1942, c. 139, p. 429, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1942.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-127.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-127.1
Functions, powers, duties, constable, abolished.
Status: in_force

1. All of the functions, powers, and duties previously awarded to a constable appointed prior to the elimination of the position of constable pursuant to P.L.2023, c.250 (C.40A:9-127.1 et al.) are hereby abolished. L.2023, c.250, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:79-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 79 / Section 79-3
Municipalities governed by this subtitle; exception
Status: in_force

All municipalities which shall have heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of municipalities, except counties, by a municipal council and a municipal manager," approved March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and all municipalities which shall hereafter adopt the provisions of this subtitle, shall be governed by a municipal council and a municipal manager in the manner herein in this subtitle set forth, but no municipality governed by the provisions of subtitle 4 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), shall institute proceedings hereunder for the adoption of this subtitle unless and until said subtitle 4 of this title, or 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 commissions in this state" (title as amended), approved April twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, or both said subtitle 4 of this title and said last mentioned act shall have been operative and in effect in such municipality for four years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-8
Municipal improvements affecting private structures
Status: in_force

Whenever any improvement of any street or highway shall make necessary any work in connection with any street railway tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures of any kind owned or controlled by any person, all such work shall be done by such person as and when ordered by the governing body of the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-5.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-5.11
Right of municipality to grant permission for interconnection of systems in operation prior to June 17, 1971
Status: in_force

Nothing in the act to which this act is a supplement shall be construed as preventing any municipality from granting any permission or authorization necessary for the purpose of interconnecting the facilities of any existing community antenna television systems operating pursuant to authorization granted prior to June 17, 1971. L.1972, c. 68, s. 4, eff. June 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-83 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-83
Leasing space in building of fire district
Status: in_force

The board of fire commissioners of a fire district may lease at a nominal rental space in any of its buildings to the municipality in which the district is located. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-14
Subsequent abatements or exemptions, conditions
Status: in_force

14. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of this act may also provide that an additional improvement, conversion or construction, completed on a property granted a previous exemption or abatement pursuant to this act during the period in which such previous exemption or abatement is in effect, shall be qualified for an exemption, or exemption and abatement, just as if such property had not received a previous exemption or abatement. In such case, the additional improvement, conversion or construction shall be considered as separate for the purposes of calculating exemptions and abatements pursuant to this act, except that the assessed value of any previous improvement, conversion or construction shall be added to the assessed valuation as it was prior to that improvement, conversion alteration or construction for the purpose of determining the assessed valuation of the property from which any additional abatement is to be subtracted. Unless provided by ordinance, no additional exemption or abatement shall be allowed. L.1991,c.441,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:3-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Issuance of qualified bonds under ordinances not in compliance with act if in compliance prior to issuance or to refund outstanding bonds
Status: in_force

a. Qualified bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions hereof for the purpose of funding ordinances which have been adopted in the absence of compliance by the municipality with the provisions as to approval for qualification set forth herein, even if notes have been sold or other obligations incurred pursuant to said ordinance, provided that prior to the issuance of such bonds the municipality shall have complied with such provisions. In addition, outstanding bonds of a local unit may be refunded by the issuance of qualified refunding bonds whether or not in advance of the maturity or redemption date of the outstanding bonds in any amount determined to be necessary by the governing body of the municipality to effect the refunding. A bond ordinance authorizing qualified refunding bonds shall become effective and qualified refunding bonds shall be sold and issued in the manner provided in N.J.S. 40A:2-52 to 40A:2-60, both inclusive, and the provisions of said sections shall be applicable thereto and to such refunding bonds and such refunding bonds shall recite that they are issued pursuant to said provisions and this act. b. The Local Finance Board shall in undertaking the investigation required by subsection b of section 3 of P.L.1976, c. 38 (C. 40A:3-4), take into consideration the probable capacity of the municipality to pay at maturity the qualified refunding bonds proposed to be issued and all other obligations thereof then outstanding, taking into consideration the assessed and true valuation of taxable property in the municipality, the equitable distribution of the burden of interest and debt redemption charges in connection with such qualified refunding bonds and the obligations theretofore outstanding or which may necessarily thereafter be incurred. L.1978, c. 35, s. 1, eff. June 19, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-16
Authorization to establish; policy
Status: in_force

a. Any two or more municipalities within this State, alone, or together with one or more counties, may establish a joint commission for the alleviation of flood conditions within such participating municipalities and counties. b. A commission established in accordance with this act shall work toward the prevention and alleviation of flooding and flood conditions within the area under its jurisdiction. L.1971, c. 316, s. 1, eff. Sept. 14, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-80 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-80
Organization of regional boards; rules and procedures
Status: in_force

Each regional board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members, with a term of 1 year and eligibility for reelection, and select a secretary, who may or may not be a member or employee of the board, and may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. Each regional board shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. Each regional board shall be subject to the provisions of article 1 of this act relating to rules of procedures, meetings, hearings and notices. L.1975, c. 291, s. 67, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-25 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-25
Actions pending unaffected; collection of unpaid taxes
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this subarticle shall affect any actions or suits which shall be pending at the time of any annexation of territory, and to which either of the municipalities shall be a party, and the collection of all taxes and assessments of or on all such annexed territory or any part thereof, which shall be unpaid at the time of such annexation, shall be effected in the manner prescribed by the laws, ordinances and regulations governing the municipalities of which the annexed territory was formerly a part. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6.2
Tax exemption, abatement for certain housing improvements to accommodate certain disabled persons.
Status: in_force

2. A municipality may adopt an ordinance granting an abatement or exemption from taxation for improvements to a residential property that is a single family dwelling, resulting from a renovation housing project, as defined under subsection d. of section 14 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-14). The ordinance shall require that, in determining the value of real property, the municipality shall regard up to and including the assessor's full and true value of the improvements as not increasing the taxable 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 immediately prior to the improvements. The ordinance may provide for a reduction of the abatement or exemption for each year of the exemption period. L.2007, c.91, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:18-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-4.3
Monmouth and Middlesex counties; boundary lines
Status: in_force

The boundary line between the county of Middlesex and the county of Monmouth at this place be, and the same hereby is, made and established as courses one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) of the description set forth in section one (1) of this act so as to give effect hereto. L.1939, c. 244, p. 658, s. 2, eff. July 18, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-33
Expenditures defined; payment of debts in instalments
Status: in_force

The expenditures shall include the cost of maintenance, upkeep and operation of the station or hall, or both, salaries, heat, light and power, advertising, cost of procuring conventions, employment of performers, attractions, shows, entertainment of every nature and description, amusements, or any other kind of expenditure incident to the maintenance, upkeep and operation of such station or hall, or both. The authority is hereby granted to the municipality to enter into a contract with any person or corporation to whom a debt is owing for any such expenditure and to provide for the payment of such debt in equal instalments for a period not to exceed ten (10) years. Any municipality which has already executed a contract for a period of five (5) years, pursuant to the law to which this statute is amendatory, may execute a new contract by extending the aforesaid contract for an additional period of five (5) years, which contract shall provide for equal instalment payments of the amount remaining due by the municipality for the remaining period, as extended. After the execution of such contract, it shall be necessary for the municipality to appropriate for such debt in any year, only sufficient money for each instalment. Said contract may provide that the amount of such instalment may, when due according to the terms of the contract, be applied by any such person or corporation to the payment of taxes due the municipality by or on the property of such person or corporation, in lieu of payment by the municipality of such instalment. Amended by L.1939, c. 38, p. 54, s. 1; L.1941, c. 6, p. 17, s. 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-26
Competitive activities
Status: in_force

After the creation of a port authority as provided herein, no municipality within the district shall have power to engage in, or grant any license or permit to any person, firm, corporation or association to engage in, any activities within such municipality which would be competitive with the purpose of the port authority as provided in this act. The provisions of this section shall not be construed, however, to affect or impair any contracts entered into prior to the creation of a port authority. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1400, s. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-14.2
Findings, declarations relative to investment of certain municipal funds.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Elected municipal officials are the stewards for the property owned by the municipality. b. It is sometimes necessary or desirable for the municipality to sell some of its assets that are no longer needed for a public purpose. c. The use of proceeds from the sale or lease of a municipal asset that results in relatively large proceeds, to either fund a new service or to provide property tax relief for a limited period of time, are examples of actions by a local governing body that often necessitate subsequent property tax increases to either continue the new service or to fill-in the revenue gap. d. Since the development or redevelopment of high valued municipal assets in a municipality in which casino gaming is authorized may be inextricably intertwined with the success of the casino gaming industry, an important revenue source for the State, it is in the best interests of the municipal taxpayers, as well as the citizens of the State, for the State and local elected officials to work collaboratively together to effectuate the prudent disposition of high value assets, to ensure that the interests of the State's casino gaming industry are not harmed, and to plan for the management of proceeds from the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of those assets, when significant sums are involved, to ensure that any intended relief to municipal property taxpayers is maximized. L.2008, c.65, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-2
Declaration of public interest and policy of state
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the welfare of the citizens thereof by the proper establishment and development of port facilities of the State. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1380, s. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:31-22 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 31 / Section 31-22
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restrictions contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, local units, political subdivisions and public bodies, or agencies thereof, banks, trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance businesses, and executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking fund moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds authorized pursuant to this act, which bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. The bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer and inheritance taxes. Source: C.40:14C-11 (P.L.1979, c.451, s.11). L.1989,c.109,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:59-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Section 59-1
Acquisition of lands and buildings; construction
Status: in_force

The governing body may acquire and maintain market buildings and market facilities, or additional market buildings or market facilities, and may erect such building or buildings, and acquire such lands by purchase, gift or condemnation as in its judgment are suitable and necessary for market purposes.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-24
Special meetings of governing body
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the governing body may call special meetings thereof when, in his opinion necessary or expedient; and upon the written request of one-fourth of the total membership of the governing body, addressed to its presiding officer or the municipal clerk, the presiding officer, or in his absence the clerk, shall forthwith call such special meetings.
N.J. Stat. § 40:64-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 64 / Section 64-13
Disposition of penalties
Status: in_force

All moneys collected in any municipality, either as fines or penalties, for any violation of a rule or regulation of a shade tree commission, or as a charge against real estate, under any provision of this chapter, shall be forthwith paid over to the municipal officer empowered to be custodian of the funds of the municipality. Amended by L.1958, c. 42, p. 141, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-15
Morris County; reorganization of free county library; resolution
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the board of chosen freeholders of any county having a population of not less than 350,000 nor more than 450,000 according to the 1970 Federal census which has established a free county library under chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes may, by resolution to be effective January 1, 1978, reorganize the free county library pursuant to the provisions of this act in order to provide library services for the use of all residents and inhabitants of the county. L.1977, c. 300, s. 1, eff. Dec. 16, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-6
Collection, administration of tax, assessment; determination, certification of revenues
Status: in_force

6. a. The director shall collect and administer any tax or tourism assessment imposed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or ordinance to the contrary. In carrying out the provisions of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) the director shall have all the powers granted in P.L.1996; c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.). b. The director shall determine and certify to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis the amount of revenues collected in a district on predominantly tourism related retail receipts pursuant to P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.). The State Treasurer, upon the certification of the director and upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall pay and distribute on a monthly basis to the fund established pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-13) the amount so determined and certified. c. The director shall determine and certify to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis the amount of revenues collected in a district as tourism assessments pursuant to P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.). The State Treasurer, upon the certification of the director and upon the warrant of the State Comptroller, shall pay and distribute on a monthly basis to the fund established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2002, c.72 (C.40:54D-14.1) the amount so determined and certified. L.1992,c.165,s.6; amended 1997, c.273, s.3; 2002, c.72, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-23
Municipality serving county or other municipality treated as private corporation
Status: in_force

No municipality shall enter into any contract or supply any electricity, gas, steam or other product to any adjoining municipality or the inhabitants thereof, or to any county, unless such municipality, in supplying electricity, gas, steam or other product beyond its corporate limits, complies with all laws, regulations or orders applicable to private corporations, owning or operating any electric, gas, steam or other plant, or distributing or supplying electricity, gas, steam or other product, and unless such municipality pays taxes, including franchise licenses or taxes, the same as would be paid if such plant or equipment were owned by a private corporation, and unless the board of public utility commissioners shall, after notice and hearing, determine and certify that such adjoining municipality or such county is not adequately and properly served by an existing company.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-5
Approval or disapproval of application
Status: in_force

The Local Finance Board shall, within 60 days of its receipt of an application pursuant to section 4 of this act, approve in writing the creation of the proposed authority if it shall determine that the creation of the proposed authority is an efficient and feasible means of providing and financing this project or projects, given the needs of, and the financial burdens to be placed upon, the inhabitants of the local unit or units. If the application is not disapproved within 60 days of its submission to the Local Finance Board, it shall be deemed to be approved, and the local unit or units may proceed to adopt the proposed ordinance or resolution. If the Local Finance Board shall not approve the creation of the authority, it shall specify in writing the reason or reasons therefor, and shall file its statement with the clerk or clerks of the local unit or units. A local unit shall not adopt any ordinance or resolution which is disapproved by the Local Finance Board within the 60 days, but may resubmit the application to the board with such changes as the local unit deems appropriate, and the review and approval of the resubmitted application shall be subject to the limitations set forth above. L.1983, c. 313, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.63 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.63
Vesting of title in municipality
Status: in_force

The Superior Court may vest title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality upon its satisfaction that the person owning or controlling the burying ground or cemetery cannot be located through diligent inquiry for the purpose of the transfer of the burying ground or cemetery to the municipality. L.1983, c. 194, s. 3, eff. May 24, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-43 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-43
Submission of annual report
Status: in_force

43. Any municipality, county, redevelopment entity or housing authority utilizing the powers authorized herein shall submit an annual report to the Commissioner of Community Affairs indicating the name, location and size of all projects under its management. In addition, the annual report shall contain such information as the commissioner shall deem necessary in order to fulfill the reporting requirements set forth in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.176 (C.52:27D-3.3). L.1992,c.79,s.43; amended 1992,c.176,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-124 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-124
Appointment of officers and employees by mayor
Status: in_force

All officers and employees whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for in this article or by general law shall be appointed by the mayor. If the municipality has not adopted the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes (Civil Service), it shall be the duty of the mayor to recruit, select and appoint persons qualified by training and experience for their respective offices, positions and employments. L.1950, c. 210, p. 497, s. 13-10, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-110 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-110
Amercement; court to designate enforcement officer
Status: in_force

When an amercement or judgment or order in the nature of an amercement has been obtained against a sheriff or acting sheriff the court shall designate the officer to enforce such amercement. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-4
Publication of notice where service impossible
Status: in_force

If the owner is unknown, or if, for any reason, service cannot be made as hereinbefore directed, the notice shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, at least once and not less than thirty days before the improvement is made by the municipality. Notices to the owner or owners of several distinct parcels of real estate may be inserted in the same publication.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-19 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-19
Employment reconciliation plan; provisions.
Status: in_force

19. a. When a local unit agrees to participate in a joint meeting or regional service agency that will provide a service that the local unit is currently providing itself through public employees, the agreement shall include an employment reconciliation plan in accordance with this section. An employment reconciliation plan shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) a determination of those employees, if any, that shall be transferred to the joint meeting or regional service agency, retained by the contracting local unit, or terminated from employment for reasons of economy or efficiency subject to the provisions of any collective bargaining agreements within the local units. (2) any employee terminated for reasons of economy or efficiency by the contracting local unit providing the service or by the joint meeting or regional service agency shall be given a terminal leave payment of not less than a period of one month for each five-year period of past service as an employee with the local unit, or other enhanced benefits that may be provided or negotiated. Unless otherwise negotiated or provided by the employer, a terminal leave benefit shall not include extended payment, or payment for retroactive salary increases, bonuses, overtime, longevity, sick leave, accrued vacation or other time benefit, or any other benefit. (3) the Civil Service Commission shall place any employee that has permanent status pursuant to Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes that is terminated for reasons of economy or efficiency at any time by either local unit on a special reemployment list for any civil service employer within the county of the agreement or any political subdivision therein. (4) when a proposed joint contract affects employees in local units that operate under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, an employment reconciliation plan shall be filed with the Civil Service Commission prior to the approval of the joint meeting or regional service agency agreement. That commission shall review the plan for consistency with this section within 45 days of receipt and it shall be deemed approved, subject to approval of the joint meeting or regional service agency agreement by the end of that time, unless that commission has responded with a denial or conditions that must be met in order for it to be approved. (5) when an action is required of the Civil Service Commission by this section, parties to a proposed joint contract may consult with the commission in advance of the action and the commission shall provide such technical support as may be necessary to assist in the preparation of an employment reconciliation plan or any other action required of the commission by this section. b. If both the local unit and joint meeting or regional service agency operate under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, the Civil Service Commission shall create an implementation plan for employees to be hired by the joint meeting or regional service agency that will: (1) transfer employees with current status in current title unless reclassified or (2) reclassify employees, if necessary, into job titles that best reflect the work to be performed. The Civil Service Commission shall review whether any existing hiring or promotional lists should be merged, inactivated, or re-announced. Non-transferred employees shall be removed or suspended only for good cause and after the opportunity for a hearing before the Civil Service Commission; provided, however, that they may be laid-off in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.11A:8-1 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The final decision of which employees shall transfer to the new employer is vested solely with the local unit that will provide the service and subject to the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreements within the local units. c. If the joint meeting or regional service agency operates under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, and a local unit receiving the service is not subject to that Title, and the parties desire that some or all employees of the local unit be transferred to the joint meeting or regional service agency, the Civil Service Commission shall vest only those employees who have been employed one year or more in permanent status pursuant to N.J.S.40A:9-9 in appropriate titles, seniority, and tenure with the providing local unit based on the duties of the position. The final decision of which employees shall transfer to the new employer is vested solely with the joint meeting or regional service agency and subject to the agreements affecting the parties, provided that those agreements do not conflict with the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreements within the local units. d. (1) If the joint meeting or regional service agency does not operate under the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, and the local unit receiving the service is subject to that Title, and the parties desire that some or all employees of the recipient local unit are to be transferred to the joint meeting or regional service agency, then the transferred employees shall be granted tenure in office and shall be removed or suspended only for good cause and after a hearing. The transferred employees shall be subject to layoff procedures prior to the transfer to the new entity. Once transferred, they will be subject to any employment contracts and provisions that exist for the new entity. The final decision of which employees shall transfer to the joint meeting or regional service agency is vested solely with the joint meeting or regional service agency and subject to the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreements within the local units. (2) A joint meeting or regional service agency established after the effective date of sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.) that affects both employees in local units subject to Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes and employees in local units not subject to that Title, shall determine whether the employees of the joint meeting or regional service agency shall be subject to the Title. If the joint meeting or regional service agency determines that the employees shall not be subject to Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, then the employees from the local units in which the Title is in effect shall have the same rights as employees transferred pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. L.2007, c.63, s.19; amended 2008, c.29, s.102; 2019, c.433, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-15.1
Insurance contract to fund actuarial liability
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15) to the contrary, a county or a municipality in which a pension fund has been established pursuant to P.L.1943, c.160 (C. 43:10-18.1 et seq.), R.S.43:10-1 through R.S.43:10-18, P.L.1948, c.310 (C.43:10-18.50 et seq.), or P.L.1954, c.218 (C.43:13-22.3 et seq.), may enter into an insurance contract to fund the actuarial liability of its pension system, for a term which may not exceed the term of the actuarial liability covered by the contract. L.1985,c.68,s.1; amended 1994,c.185,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1
Acquisition of land; reclamation and improvement of land
Status: in_force

The governing body of each municipality may acquire by purchase or condemnation, any marsh or other unimproved lands within or adjoining the municipality as it may deem advisable for the best interests of the municipality, and, from time to time, reclaim, fill in and improve the same, or part thereof, and construct thereon wharves, piers, docks, slips, basins, harbor structures and other like structures, and docking facilities, roads, railroads, bridges and other facilities for transportation, and open, construct, deepen, widen, keep open, dredge and maintain channels in any navigable waters upon which any lands so acquired may front, and may acquire, by purchase or condemnation, additional lands to connect such piers, docks, wharves and other structures with the highways and railways within the municipality, and with other public docks and wharves therein, and upon such additional lands may construct and maintain waterways, railroads, roads, highways and appliances suitable to afford convenient access to said wharves, docks, piers and other structures, and also may construct thereon wharves, piers, docks and other structures proper and convenient to afford docking and transportation facilities; and may acquire by purchase or condemnation, or by lease on such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, any wharves, piers, docks, slips, basins and other like structures within the municipality, and all lands, rights and privileges in anywise appurtenant thereto. No lands shall be purchased or otherwise acquired nor shall any contract be executed for reclaiming, filling in or improving the same, or for the construction of any structures, or the making of any improvement, or doing of any work mentioned in this section, until an appropriation shall have been made equal to the cost thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-15
Annual report, identification of excess funds to municipality, transfer procedure.
Status: in_force

40:54-15. a. The board of trustees shall make an annual report to the chief financial officer of the municipality which shall include a statement setting forth in detail all public revenues received by the library, all State aid received by the library, all expenditures made by the library and the balance of funds available. Notwithstanding the requirements of R.S.40:54-8 pertaining to the amount required to be raised and appropriated for library purposes, the annual report shall identify excess funds that the board is required to approve and transfer to the municipality as miscellaneous revenue. The excess funds transferred shall be any amount that exceeds the sum of the amount of the audited operating expenditures of the library for the most recent available year, plus an additional 20% of those operating expenditures, excluding: (1) funds restricted for capital projects and grants; and (2) any devise, bequest, or donation made to establish or maintain the free public library, to be maintained as surplus. The annual report shall also include an analysis of the state and condition of the library and shall be sent to the municipal governing body and to the State Library. The State Librarian shall prescribe by regulation the form of all such reports. b. (1) Except as limited in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the board of trustees of a municipal free library shall adopt a resolution of its intent to transfer excess funds to the municipality, as identified in its annual report pursuant to subsection a. of this section. (2) The board of trustees of a municipal free library established after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.8 shall not adopt a resolution of intent pursuant to this subsection before the eighth budget year following its establishment. c. Once the board of trustees has adopted a resolution of intent pursuant to subsection b. of this section, it shall forward the resolution to the State Librarian for approval, along with any other information required by the State Librarian and in accordance with procedures and forms promulgated by the State Librarian in consultation with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. The State Librarian shall approve any resolution upon a determination that all of the following provisions are met: (1) the municipal free library will still retain a sum equal to the amount of the audited operating expenditures of the library for the most recent available year plus an additional 20% of that amount, excluding: (a) funds restricted for capital projects and grants; and (b) any devise, bequest, or donation made to establish or maintain the municipal free library, to be maintained as surplus; (2) the municipality and the municipal free library are in compliance with all conditions imposed by rule or regulation promulgated by the State Librarian for per capita library aid to public libraries according to the "state library aid law," N.J.S.18A:74-1 et seq., and pertaining to appropriations for the maintenance of a municipal free library according to R.S.40:54-8 or section 2 of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.4) in the case of a joint free public library; (3) there are sufficient funds remaining in the municipal free library's operating budget for the maintenance of the library for the balance of the fiscal year in which the transfer of funds to the municipality occurs; and (4) the library board of trustees has a written plan of at least three years that reflects that the long-term funding needs of the library will be met, and that any capital expense will contribute to the provision of efficient and effective library services, and that the written plan has been approved by the State Librarian. d. Upon approval of its resolution of intent by the State Librarian pursuant to subsection c. of this section, the board of trustees shall cause the amount of the excess funds identified in its resolution to be transferred to the municipality. amended 1985, c.541, s.2; 2001, c.137, s.55; 2008, c.8, s.1; 2010, c.83; 2011, c.224, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48C-41 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48C / Section 48C-41
Tax exemption; religious, charitable or educational institutions or organizations
Status: in_force

No tax shall be imposed under any ordinance adopted pursuant to articles 2 through 8 of the "Local Tax Authorization Act of 1970" (C. 40:48C-1 et seq.) with respect to transactions of any religious, charitable or educational institution or organization organized not for profit. L.1972, c. 201, s. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Amended by L.1979, c. 388, s. 9, eff. Feb. 5, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-17.2 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-17.2
Regulations.
Status: in_force

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Department of Community Affairs may adopt, immediately, upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, regulations to implement the provisions of P.L.2024, c.98 (C.40A:12A-17.1 et al.), which shall be effective for a period not to exceed one year from the date of the filing. The department shall thereafter amend, adopt, or readopt the regulations in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2024, c.98, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-105.42 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-105.42
Refund of tax paid upon property in district abolished
Status: in_force

The township committee may cancel or refund without interest to any person having paid the same any water district tax or any part thereof levied upon property in any water district which has been abolished, but the total amount which may be refunded shall not exceed the amount of money in the township treasury arising from appropriations made by said water district before it was abolished. All refunds so made pursuant to this section shall be charged against the account of said water district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 968, s. 42, eff. June 25, 1951.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-35
Reimbursement for expenses; compensation for services
Status: in_force

A municipal port authority may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The ordinance for the creation of a municipal port authority may authorize payment or compensation for services to members of the municipal port authority within such annual or other limitations as may be stated in such ordinance. Any such provision or limitation stated in any such ordinance, may be amended, supplemented, repealed or added by subsequent ordinance, but no reduction of any such limitation shall be effective during the remaining term of any member of the municipal port authority then in office except upon his written consent. No member of any municipal port authority shall receive any compensation of any kind from the municipal port authority except as authorized by this section. L.1960, c. 192, p. 813, s. 7, eff. Feb. 15, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-22 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-22
Special sinking fund requirements additional to annual requirements
Status: in_force

The special sinking fund requirements, as provided in section 40:3-21 of this title shall not take the place of the proper annual sinking fund requirements for any issue of term bonds, but shall be in addition thereto.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-78.11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-78.11
Issuance of Gold Star Parent identification card.
Status: in_force

4. When such a program has been authorized, the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as appropriate, shall issue an identification card to any Gold Star Family Member who is a resident of the county. The Gold Star Family identification card shall display the words "Gold Star Family Member," bear the true name and branch of the armed forces in which the person who lost his or her life while on active duty for the United States served, and other identifying information as certified by the applicant for the Gold Star Family identification card. Every application for a Gold Star Family identification card shall be signed and certified by the applicant and shall be supported by such documentary evidence as the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as appropriate, may require. L.2017, c.289, s.4; amended 2022, c.59, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-41 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-41
Public burial grounds devoted to other public uses; disinterment of bodies
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality, wherein any lands are held by the municipality for burial purposes in trust for such use, may by ordinance devote such lands to any other public purpose or use to which in the judgment of the governing body it is best adapted. The ordinance shall provide for the removal of any human remains interred in such lands to some proper burial place and for the protection and suitable marking and care thereof. The governing body may make such appropriation therefor as it may judge to be reasonably necessary.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-31 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-31
Eligibility
Status: in_force

A volunteer fireman shall not be ineligible to receive any of the benefits under N.J.S. 40A:10-29 and 40A:10-30 because he may otherwise receive any form of compensation or salary from the municipality. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-135.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-135.1
Residency requirements for employees of commission operating certain water system.
Status: in_force

3. Any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a commission operating a water system that serves more than one municipality shall provide that any person employed or to be hired by the commission may reside within any municipality served by the water system, and shall further provide that a non-resident of the municipalities served by the water system may be hired if the commission is unable to hire a qualified resident. Any provision of an ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive to the contrary shall be void and have no force or effect. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a commission from employing or hiring a non-resident of the municipalities served by its water system if no residency requirement is established. L.2019, c.231, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26B-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26B / Section 26B-5
Establishment of stormwater utility by municipal authorities.
Status: in_force

5. a. The governing body or bodies of one or more municipalities that have established a municipal sewerage authority pursuant to P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.) or a municipal utilities authority pursuant to P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.) may, by ordinance, or parallel ordinances, as appropriate, request that the authority establish a stormwater utility for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating stormwater management systems in the municipality or municipalities, consistent with State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
b. Upon the request of a municipality or municipalities, an authority may establish a stormwater utility pursuant to a service agreement between the authority and the requesting municipality or municipalities, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2019, c.42 (C.40A:26B-1 et al.) and the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). The agreement shall set forth the powers, duties, and functions of the stormwater utility and any other matters that may be necessary for the agreement. A stormwater utility established pursuant to this section shall be considered a separate operation of the authority to be budgeted and accounted for separately.
c. An authority that establishes a stormwater utility pursuant to this section shall submit a copy of the service agreement to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. A municipality that contractually delegates to an authority any of its responsibilities under any New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit or any other rule, regulation, order, or permit issued by the department shall remain responsible for compliance with any such rules, regulations, orders, or permits if the authority fails to implement the requirements thereof. L.2019, c.42, s.5.