N.J. Stat. § 40:62-122 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-122
Commission as fiscal agent; duties
Status: in_force

The commission appointed pursuant to section 40:62-109 of this title and any succeeding commission, however appointed or elected, shall be the fiscal agent of all municipalities represented by the commission for direct payment to the holders of the principal of and interest on all obligations of such municipalities, the payment of which the commission or its successors has or shall have hereafter formally assumed as provided in sections 40:62-108 to 40:62-150 of this title. The chief financial officer of each such municipality shall furnish the commission or its successors with the names and addresses of the registered holders of such obligations as they may appear in his records, and shall promptly provide the commission with such other information from his records pertaining to such obligations and the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon which the commission or its successors may request. The commission or its successors shall have power to do all acts and things necessary or advisable to carry out its functions and perform its duties as such fiscal agent for the purpose hereof expressed. Nothing herein contained, nor any act or thing done or to be done by the commission or its successors pursuant to this section, shall be construed as the assumption by the commission or its successors of the payment of any obligations or interest thereon not otherwise formally assumed as provided in said sections 40:62-108 to 40:62-150. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any municipality issuing such obligations from its liability to pay the same from an unlimited ad valorem tax levied on all the taxable property in such municipality. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer upon the commission power to issue any bonds or other obligations in the name of any municipality where the power to issue such obligations is vested solely in the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-29 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-29
Construction of law on consolidation appeals.
Status: in_force

29. The provisions of sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.) shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intention of sections 25 through 28 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-25 through C.40A:65-28). The board is empowered to act to provide guidance, interpretation, and to resolve disputes regarding these sections or the "Municipal Consolidation Act," P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.35 et al.). Decisions of the board may be appealed directly to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. L.2007, c.63, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-21
Public purpose of authority.
Status: in_force

21. The public purpose of an authority shall be to undertake a tourism project if it is necessary or useful to the economic development and public welfare of the residents and tourist industry of the creating municipalities, and to promote, advertise and enhance the attractiveness of the district to visitors and tourists; provided however, that such promotion, advertisement and enhancement shall not be undertaken by any authority with respect to the Wildwood convention center facility unless any such authority is expressly authorized by the sports authority to undertake such activities. Except as otherwise provided in, and subject to any limitations in P.L.1997, c.273 (C.40:54D-25.1 et al.), an authority shall have the following powers: a. To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; b. To adopt an official common seal and alter it at its pleasure; c. To maintain an office at a place or places within the district as it may designate; d. To sue and be sued in its own name; e. To acquire from any predecessor owner or operator, and to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate a convention center facility or other tourism project; f. To issue bonds or notes of the authority for the purposes of this act and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof all as provided in the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.; g. To set and collect rents, fees, charges or other payments for the lease, use, occupancy or disposition of a convention center facility or other tourism project acquired, constructed or reconstructed by the authority pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.). Any revenues collected shall be available to the authority for use in furtherance of any of the purposes of this act; h. To acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, own, rent, use, hold and dispose of real property and personal property or any interest therein, in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act; i. To acquire in the name of the authority by purchase, gift or otherwise, on terms and conditions and in a manner as the authority may deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain except as against the State of New Jersey, any land and other property which the authority may determine is necessary for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, operation or support of tourism projects pursuant to the provisions of this act, P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.) or parts thereof or rights therein, and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon abutting property to preserve and protect same; j. To grant by franchise, lease or otherwise, the use of any property owned and controlled by the authority to any person for the consideration and for the period or periods of time and upon terms and conditions as are agreed upon; k. To apply for, receive and accept from the United States of America or any agency thereof, or the State and any subdivision thereof, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer, grants for or in aid of the planning, acquisition or construction of a convention center facility or other tourism project, and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any other public or private source, of either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which those grants and contributions may be made; l. Subject to the limitations of this act, to determine the location, type and character of its tourism project and all other matters in connection therewith; m. To enter into contracts or agreements with any entity for the entity to issue bonds or notes on behalf of the authority and to make payments to the entity to secure those bonds or notes; n. To procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance and indemnify against loss or damage to property from any cause, including the loss of use and occupancy and business interruption, death or injury of any person, employee liability, any act of any member, officer, employee or servant of the authority, whether part-time, compensated or uncompensated, in the performance of the duties of office or employment or any other insurable risk or any other losses in connection with property, operations, assets or obligations in any amounts and from any insurers as are deemed desirable. In addition, the authority may carry its own liability insurance; o. To promote and advertise the district and to promote the use of the tourism projects by tourists and visitors to the district; and p. To enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority or to carry out any power expressly given in P.L.1992, c.165 (C.40:54D-1 et seq.). L.1992,c.165,s.21; amended 1997, c.273, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-37 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-37
Municipality, county may incur indebtedness to aid housing authority, redevelopment entity
Status: in_force

37. a. Any municipality or county may incur indebtedness, borrow, appropriate and expend money and issue its negotiable bonds or other obligations for the purpose of aiding any housing authority with respect to any housing project which is located within its jurisdiction and as to which the State or federal government shall have contracted to furnish financial assistance. b. Any municipality or county may incur indebtedness, borrow, appropriate and expend money and issue its negotiable bonds or other obligations for the purpose of aiding any redevelopment entity with respect to any redevelopment project which is located within its jurisdiction. c. The bonds or other obligations of any municipality or county issued pursuant to this section shall be authorized by ordinance adopted pursuant to the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.), except that: (1) the ordinance may be adopted notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:2-6 and, subject to the provisions of subsection e. of this section, bonds or other obligations may be authorized and issued notwithstanding any debt or other limit prescribed by that law; (2) the ordinance may be adopted notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.40A:2-11 and no down payment will be required; (3) the bonds or other obligations shall mature in annual installments commencing not more than two and ending not more than 40 years from the date of issuance; and (4) the ordinance need set forth only a brief and general description of the location and designation of the housing or redevelopment project with respect to which the bonds or other obligations are authorized, the amount of the appropriation made thereby, the maximum amount of bonds or other obligations to be issued pursuant thereto, and the rate or maximum rate of interest the bonds or obligations shall bear. The bonds or other obligations may be subject to redemption prior to maturity, with or without premium, at such times and on such terms and conditions as may be provided by resolution of the governing body adopted prior to their issuance, and all matters relating to the bonds or obligations and those matters required to be stated in the ordinance may be performed or determined by resolution or resolutions of the governing body adopted prior to their issuance. d. Any bonds or other obligations, issued or authorized pursuant to subsection b. of this section by a municipality or county for the purpose of providing cash to meet cash grant-in-aid requirements of a redevelopment entity or of a municipality exercising directly the powers conferred by this act with respect to a redevelopment project located within that municipality, and as to which the federal government shall have contracted to furnish financial assistance, shall be deductible from the gross debt of the municipality or county on any debt statement filed in accordance with the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.). Any bonds or other obligations issued or authorized pursuant to subsection b. of this section by any municipality for the purpose of providing funds to enable any housing authority, redevelopment entity or municipality exercising directly the powers conferred by this act to extend credit or make loans to redevelopers pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-8) shall be deductible from the gross debt of the municipality for a period from the date of adoption of the ordinance until one year after the completion of construction or rehabilitation of the project or until the end of the fifth fiscal year commencing subsequent to the date of adoption of the ordinance, whichever period is shorter. The municipality shall file with the Local Finance Board a certified copy of the ordinance as introduced, and a request that the board determine by resolution on the basis of a project report whether the project will generate revenues annually for the municipality from rental payments, loan repayments, real property taxes, including payments in lieu of taxes, income from the investment or proceeds of obligations authorized by the ordinance and other sources, direct or indirect, including like revenues generated from related projects, that the Local Finance Board finds justifiable in its discretion, in an amount equal to or exceeding the annual debt service requirement for the obligations for that fiscal year, or in the subsequent fiscal year if the municipality is not required to make payments of principal of or interest on obligations issued for that purpose in a particular fiscal year. If the board determines affirmatively, it shall endorse its approval on the certified copy of the ordinance. If, within 60 days of the request and filing, the board determines negatively as to the matters described above, it shall disapprove the ordinance, endorse that disapproval on the certified copy and deliver to the municipality a statement of its reasons therefor. e. If it appears from the supplemental debt statement filed pursuant to N.J.S.40A:2-10 with respect to an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act, which relates to a housing project, or a redevelopment project the bonds or other obligations for which are not deductible from the gross debt pursuant to subsection d. of this section, that the percentage of net debt as stated therein exceeds the limit prescribed by N.J.S.40A:2-6, the ordinance shall not take effect unless there shall be endorsed upon a certified copy thereof, as adopted, the approval of the Local Finance Board of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. A certified copy of that ordinance shall, upon introduction, be filed with the Local Finance Board together with such statements and information with respect thereto and regarding the financial condition of the municipality as the board may prescribe. The board shall cause its approval to be endorsed upon the certified copy if it shall be satisfied, and shall record upon its minutes its estimates that: (1) the amounts to be expended by the municipality or county for such project are not unreasonable or exorbitant; (2) issuance of the bonds or obligations will not materially impair the credit of the municipality or county or substantially reduce its ability during the ensuing 10 years to pay punctually the principal and interest of its debts and supply essential public improvements and services; and, (3) taking into consideration trends in population and in values and uses of the property and in needs for essential public improvements, the percentage of net debt of the municipality or county, computed as provided in the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.), will at some date within 10 years be either less than the debt limit prescribed by that law or less than the percentage appearing from the supplemental debt statement. If the Local Finance Board within 60 days after the filing of the certified copy shall not be satisfied as to the matters described above, it shall disapprove the ordinance, endorse that disapproval on the certified copy and deliver to the municipality or county a statement of its reasons therefor. f. Any municipality or county may issue its negotiable notes, at public or private sale, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds authorized by it pursuant to this section after the ordinance has taken effect and may, from time to time, renew those notes in accordance with the provisions of the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40:2-1 et seq.). g. All bonds and notes issued pursuant to this section shall be direct obligations of the municipality or county issuing them and, unless payment is otherwise made or provided for, a tax sufficient in an amount to pay the principal and interest on such bonds and notes shall be levied and collected by the municipality or county in the year in which the same shall become due and payable. The bonds and notes may contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this act in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by law, and those recitals shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance. h. The powers conferred by this section shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other law, and bonds or other obligations may be issued hereunder for the purposes herein provided, notwithstanding that other law may provide for the issuance of bonds or obligations for like purposes. i. The Local Finance Board shall, by regulation, provide for the budgetary treatment of moneys borrowed by a county or municipality on behalf of a redevelopment entity or housing authority, stating those provisions of chapter 4 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes which are or are not to apply. L.1992,c.79,s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:26A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 26A / Section 26A-5
Powers.
Status: in_force

40A:26A-5. One or more local units adopting an ordinance or resolution in accordance with N.J.S.40A:26A-4 are authorized and empowered: a. To acquire, construct, improve, extend, enlarge or reconstruct and finance sewerage facilities, and to operate, manage and control all or part of these facilities and all properties relating thereto; b. To issue bonds of the local unit or units to pay all or part of the cost of the purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction of sewerage facilities; c. To receive and accept from the federal or State government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, grants or loans for, or in aid of, the planning, purchase, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction, or financing of sewerage facilities, and to receive and accept from any source, contributions or money, property, labor or other things of value to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which the grants or loans and contributions are made; d. To acquire in the name of the local unit or units by gift, purchase, or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands and rights and interests therein, including lands under water and riparian rights, and personal property as may be deemed necessary for acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, enlargement or reconstruction, or for the efficient operation of any facilities acquired or constructed under the provisions of N.J.S.40A:26A-1 et seq. and to hold and dispose of all real and personal property so acquired; e. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the local unit's or units' duties and the execution of powers authorized under N.J.S.40A:26A-1 et seq., and to employ engineers, superintendents, managers, attorneys, financial or other consultants or experts, and other employees and agents as may be deemed necessary, and to fix their compensation; f. Subject to the provisions and restrictions set forth in the ordinance or resolution authorizing or securing any bonds issued under the provisions of N.J.S.40A:26A-1 et seq., to enter into contracts with the federal or State Government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or with any other local unit, private corporation, copartnership, association or individual providing for, or relating to, sewerage services which contracts may provide for the furnishing of sewerage facility services either by or to the local unit or units, or the joint construction or operation of sewerage facilities; g. To fix and collect rates, fees, rents and other charges in accordance with N.J.S.40A:26A-1 et seq.; h. To prevent toxic pollutants from entering the sewerage system; i. Upon the request of a customer: (1) to offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by the local unit or units to its customers and any additional information sent by the local unit or units to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of sewerage service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and (2) to provide the customer the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means; and j. To exercise any other powers necessary or incidental to the effectuation of the general purpose of N.J.S.40A:26A-1 et seq. L.1991, c.53, amended 2010, c.91, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-140.13 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-140.13
Municipal finance officer certificate required; tenure; vacancies.
Status: in_force

8. a. Commencing January 1, 1991, no person shall be appointed or reappointed as a chief financial officer unless he holds a municipal finance officer certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.1 et seq.) or P.L.1988, c.110. b. Any person who has, on or before the effective date of P.L.1988, c.110 been granted tenure pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.8) or the provisions of N.J.S.40A:9-152, may continue to serve in his current position and shall not be removed from office or denied reappointment except for just cause and then only after a public hearing conducted pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.8 and C.40A:9-140.9). c. Any certified municipal finance officer who has been appointed as the chief financial officer of a municipality pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1988, c.110 (C.40A:9-140.10) subsequent to the effective date of P.L.1988, c.110 and who thereafter filed with the clerk of that municipality and with the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs a notification that he had complied with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.8) shall be considered to have been granted tenure and shall accordingly be entitled to the protections set forth in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.8). d. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, any person who has served as a municipal finance officer in the same municipality for a period of not less than five consecutive years while holding a municipal finance officer certificate issued in accordance with P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.1 et seq.), and who thereafter is appointed as the chief financial officer of that municipality, shall be granted tenure of office upon the filing with the clerk of the municipality and the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs a notification evidencing his compliance with this section. e. A municipal finance officer who has held office continuously for five consecutive years in the same municipality may continue to serve in his current position and shall not be removed from office or denied reappointment for failure to qualify as a certified municipal finance officer pursuant to provisions of P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.1 et seq.) or P.L.1988, c.110. However, any such individual shall not be entitled to be appointed as the chief financial officer of that municipality unless he possesses a municipal finance officer certificate. f. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chief financial officer following the appointment of a certified municipal finance officer to that office, the governing body or chief executive officer, as appropriate, may appoint, for a period not to exceed one year and commencing on the date of the vacancy, a person who does not hold a municipal finance officer certificate to serve as a temporary chief financial officer. Any person so appointed may, with the approval of the director, be reappointed as chief financial officer following the termination of the temporary appointment for up to two additional one-year terms. No local unit shall have a temporary chief financial officer for more than three consecutive years. Time served as a temporary chief financial officer shall not count as time served as a chief financial officer for the purpose of acquiring tenure pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1977, c.39 (C.40A:9-140.8) or subsection d. of this section. g. Upon application by a municipal governing body to the director, an individual without a municipal finance officer certificate may, with the approval of the director, be appointed to serve as the chief financial officer in a municipality in which he is presently employed if that individual meets all of the requirements established under subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.2) and further has completed four of the seven training courses identified in subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.413 (C.40A:9-140.2), at least two of which shall be accounting courses. If any individual appointed as a chief financial officer pursuant to this subsection fails to obtain a municipal finance officer certificate prior to January 1, 1992, his appointment as chief financial officer shall lapse and the municipal governing body shall appoint a certified municipal finance officer as the municipality's chief financial officer. L.1988, c.110, s.8; amended 1991, c.175, s.11; 2015, c.95, s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-11.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-11.6
Abolition of county park police force.
Status: in_force

1. a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, when the governing body of a county abolishes a county park commission, the governing body may, in its discretion, abolish any county park police force which had been established by that county park commission. Upon the abolition of a county park police force, the governing body of the county shall authorize the county sheriff to assign and supervise an appropriate number of sheriff's officers to perform security duties for the county parks, provided that the appropriate number of officers assigned to perform security duties for county parks shall include all of the former county park police officers who were transferred and given appointments as sheriff's officers pursuant to subsection b. of this section. In assigning the appropriate number of officers to perform security duties in county parks, the sheriff shall determine the appropriate table of organization, the number of officers to be assigned above the number of former county park police officers, the rank of the officers and any other rules and regulations the sheriff shall deem appropriate. The sheriff shall not assign a county park police officer who was transferred and given an appointment as a sheriff's officer pursuant to subsection b. of this section to duties other than security duties in county parks without the consent of that officer. Any officer assigned by the sheriff to perform park security duties shall maintain all the powers of a sheriff's officer as provided by law and, in addition, shall acquire the power to preserve order in the county parks, to secure and enforce the rules and regulations established for the county parks, and to protect life and property in the county parks. A county park police officer who was transferred and given an appointment as a sheriff's officer shall retain all of the police power and authority that the officer had as a county park police officer prior to the appointment as a sheriff's officer, including any authority to bear and use a firearm. (2) In the case of a county which has established a county police force, the governing body of that county may authorize the chief law enforcement officer of that force rather than the sheriff to assign and supervise former county park police officers in the same manner as other officers of the county police force are assigned and supervised. The chief law enforcement officer of the county police force may assign a county park police officer who was transferred and given an appointment as a county police officer pursuant to subsection b. of this section to duties other than security duties in county parks. Any officer assigned by the chief law enforcement officer of the county police force to perform park security duties shall maintain all the powers of a county police officer, as provided by law and, in addition, shall acquire the power to preserve order in the county parks, to secure and enforce the rules and regulations established for the county parks, and to protect life and property in the county parks. A county park police officer who was transferred and given an appointment as a county police officer shall retain all of the police power and authority that the officer had as a county park police officer, including any authority to bear and use a firearm. b. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when a county park police force is abolished, any county park police officer who was appointed and in service on or before the date on which the force is abolished shall be transferred to the county sheriff's department and shall receive an immediate appointment as a sheriff's officer, except as otherwise may be provided pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. Such a new sheriff's officer shall acquire all of the civil service rights and benefits which correspond to his new rank within the sheriff's department and shall receive the compensation and other monetary benefits corresponding to that rank. A county park police officer who receives an appointment as a sheriff's officer and who has not yet been certified by the Police Training Commission within the Department of Law and Public Safety as having satisfactorily completed a police training program shall meet all the training requirements for a sheriff's officer within six months of the date of appointment. Upon appointment as a sheriff's officer pursuant to this subsection, a county park police officer with the rank of chief may be demoted no more than one rank. A county park police officer with the rank of captain may be demoted to the rank of lieutenant, an officer with the rank of lieutenant may be demoted to the rank of sergeant, and any other officer shall not be demoted to a rank lower than a sergeant upon appointment as a sheriff's officer. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, when a county park police force is abolished in a county which has established a county police force and the governing body of that county has authorized the chief law enforcement officer of that force rather than the sheriff to assign and supervise former county park police officers, those county park police officers who were appointed and in service on or before the date on which the force is abolished shall be transferred to the county police force and shall receive an immediate appointment as a county police officer. All such county police officers shall acquire all the civil service rights and benefits which correspond to their new rank within the county police force and shall receive the compensation and other monetary benefits corresponding to that rank. A county park police officer who receives an appointment as a county police officer and who has not yet been certified by the Police Training Commission within the Department of Law and Public Safety as having satisfactorily completed a police training program shall meet all the training requirements for a county police officer within six months of the date of appointment. Upon appointment as a county police officer pursuant to this paragraph, a county park police officer with the rank of chief may be demoted no more than one rank. A county park police officer with the rank of captain may be demoted to the rank of lieutenant, an officer with the rank of lieutenant may be demoted to the rank of sergeant, and any other officer shall not be demoted to a rank lower than a sergeant upon appointment as a county police officer. c. The provisions of this section shall be controlling over any provision of current law which is inconsistent with the provisions of this section in situations where a county park police force has been abolished and the county sheriff or the chief law enforcement officer of the county police force has been authorized to provide security for county parks. It is the purpose of this act that a county park police officer shall be appointed as a sheriff's officer or county police officer, as the case may be, without any loss of seniority rights, or impairment of tenure or retirement system rights. d. Upon the enactment of this section into law, a county park police officer with the rank of chief shall be given the option of becoming a sheriff's officer or county police officer, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of this section or of retiring from service. If the chief elects retirement, he shall not be demoted but shall retain the rank of chief and shall be given terminal leave for a period of one month for each five year period of past service as a county park police officer. During the terminal leave, the chief shall continue to receive full compensation and shall be entitled to all benefits, including any increases in compensation or benefits, that he may have been entitled to if he had remained on active duty. L.1987, c.271, s.1; amended 2013, c.21, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-20
Bond issue; state and federal aid
Status: in_force

The commission may, in the manner provided by article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), borrow money and incur other indebtedness and issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out the objects of sections 40:61-17 to 40:61-22 of this title. The bonds so issued shall not be the obligations of the municipality creating such commission but shall be the obligations of the commission and shall constitute a lien on the property acquired by the commission. If the commission shall obtain the moneys needed by it for the purposes of effectuating the objects hereof from any agency of the state or federal government, it may sell its bonds directly to such state or federal agency, and the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the commission.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-48.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-48.2
Disclosure of 10% ownership interest of corporation or partnership which is 10% owner of applying corporation or partnership
Status: in_force

If a corporation or partnership owns 10% or more of the stock of a corporation, or 10% or greater interest in a partnership, subject to disclosure pursuant to section 1 of this act, that corporation or partnership shall list the names and addresses of its stockholders holding 10% or more of its stock or of 10% or greater interest in the partnership, as the case may be, and this requirement shall be followed by every corporate stockholder or partner in a partnership, until the names and addresses of the noncorporate stockholders and individual partners, exceeding the 10% ownership criterion established in this act, have been listed. L.1977, c. 336, s. 2, eff. Jan. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.6d — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.6d
Application fee, examination
Status: in_force

4. Each completed application form for the examination shall be accompanied by a fee and shall be filed with the director at least 30 days prior to the date of examination. Examinations shall be written, or both written and oral, and shall be of such character as fairly to test and determine the ability of the person tested to perform the duties of a principal public works manager. L.1991,c.258,s.4; amended 1995,c.46,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-71.5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-71.5
Assessments to repay loan.
Status: in_force

5. a. In any instance in which a municipality or a district management corporation receives a loan from the downtown business improvement loan fund, the governing body of the municipality shall establish assessments in the manner in which costs may be assessed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1972, c.134 (C.40:56-72) within the special improvement district in which the downtown business improvement zone is located in an amount sufficient to produce revenues on an annual basis to repay the loan in accordance with the repayment schedule for the loan established by the Department of Community Affairs. b. The Department of Community Affairs may, at any time, revoke the approval of an improvement or funding for an improvement if it finds that the payments made from the fund are not being used as required by P.L.1998, c.115 (C.40:56-71.1 et seq.). L.1998,c.115,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-20
Exclusive authority of planning board and board of adjustment
Status: in_force

Any power expressly authorized by this act to be exercised by (1) planning board or (2) board of adjustment shall not be exercised by any other body, except as otherwise provided in this act. L.1975, c. 291, s. 11, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-31 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-31
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Homesteading Act." L. 1988, c. 148, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-18
Powers of authority pertaining to other governmental agencies
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred upon any authority by other provisions of this act, every authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the Federal Government, and, with the consent of the county or municipality to acquire, take over or lease, or manage, any parking project or undertaking constructed or owned by such county or municipality or any meters, equipment or other facilities of such county or municipality devoted to the parking or storage of vehicles of any kind or necessary or useful and convenient in connection therewith or with the promotion of the free movement of traffic, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements, as may be necessary, convenient or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this act to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or co-operation of the Federal Government, the State Government, or any county or municipality in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any parking project by such authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the rents, rates and fees to be charged in the operation by a parking authority of any off-street parking project owned or leased by it shall be regulated and determined solely by the authority, and the local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of a municipality or county regulating the parking of vehicles shall apply to said project but only to such extent as may from time to time be approved by resolution of the authority. L.1948, c. 198, p. 990, s. 18. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 630, s. 10; L.1958, c. 22, p. 66, s. 8, eff. April 22, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.24
Adoption by majority vote; commissioners appointed within 90 days
Status: in_force

If upon the canvass of the vote at such election it shall appear that a majority of those voting for or against the question so submitted have voted in favor thereof, this act shall thereupon become operative and the board of chosen freeholders shall, within ninety days thereafter appoint the commissioners herein authorized to be appointed. L.1946, c. 276, p. 948, s. 24, eff. May 3, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-149.8a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-149.8a
Ordinances validated
Status: in_force

Any ordinance heretofore adopted by a municipality governed by section 36 of P.L. 1981, c. 465 (C. 40:69A-149.1 through 40:69A-149.16) which provides for the establishment of municipal departments, and any actions taken by a municipality pursuant to that ordinance, are validated and confirmed; provided, that the ordinance shall be amended to conform with the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act within 90 days after its effective date. L. 1985, c. 458, s. 3, eff. Jan. 15, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:8-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2
Municipal airports; general powers.
Status: in_force

40:8-2. The governing body of any municipality may acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within or without the limits of such municipality and may use for such purpose or purposes any property, owned or controlled by such municipality, suitable therefor, provided that the provision or performance of goods or services in connection with the operation, management or administration of an airport shall be done pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and any supplements thereto. Amended 1947, c.85; 1999, c.440, s.41.
N.J. Stat. § 40:9D-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9D / Section 9D-1
Definitions relative to provision of broadband telecommunications service.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Broadband telecommunications infrastructure" means information equipment and facilities, information systems, and information technology used for the purpose of providing broadband telecommunications service. "Broadband telecommunications service" means any telecommunications service using broadband telecommunications infrastructure for the purpose of offering high speed, switched, broadband wireline or wireless telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics or video telecommunications through the Internet and using any technology. "Governing body" means (1) in the case of the county, the board of chosen freeholders or, if the county is organized pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), the board of chosen freeholders and the county executive, the county supervisor or the county manager, as appropriate, (2) in the case of a joint meeting of counties, the management committee appointed to exercise the powers of the joint meeting or local governing body to which the authority to exercise those powers shall have been delegated under section 14 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-14), or (3) in the case of a municipality, the commission, council, board or body, by whatever name it may be known, having charge of the finances of the municipality. "Internet" means the international computer network of both federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks. "Joint meeting of counties" or "joint meeting" means a joint meeting formed by two or more counties under a joint contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.). "Local Finance Board" means the Local Finance Board, in the Division of Local Government Services, in the Department of Community Affairs, as constituted pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1974, c.35 (C.52:27D-18.1). "Local unit" means any county, any joint meeting of counties, any municipality, any special district or any public body corporate and politic created or established under any law of this State by or on behalf of any one or more counties or individual municipalities, as appropriate, or any agency or other instrumentality thereof, including any local authority, board, commission, department or agency of any of the foregoing having custody of funds, but shall not include a school district or regional school district. "Related competitive business segment" means a structurally separate business unit established by the governing body of a local unit that offers to install, construct, maintain, repair, renew, relocate, or remove broadband telecommunications infrastructure, or offers to provide or provides broadband telecommunications service via a wireless community network. "Telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used, and regardless of whether a fee is charged for the use of such service. "Wireless community network" means a local shared network consisting of a series of interlinked computers that allow persons with wireless equipped devices within the area served by the network to gain entry to the wider Internet through wireless Internet service connections provided by broadband telecommunications infrastructure at designated access points. L.2007,c.191,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-27
Existing laws continued
Status: in_force

All laws, public, general, special or private, relating to boards of chosen freeholders in force in any county at the time sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title take effect therein shall apply to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions thereof, so far as they shall not be inconsistent with the provisions thereof and the boards of chosen freeholders elected thereunder shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall have imposed upon them all the duties which are vested in or imposed upon the boards of chosen freeholders then existing. All such laws in force or in anywise applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders existing at the time such change takes effect shall be continued in force and made applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 except so far as they may be inconsistent with the meaning thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-65 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-65
Contents of zoning ordinance.
Status: in_force

52. A zoning ordinance may: a. Limit and restrict buildings and structures to specified districts and regulate buildings and structures according to their type and the nature and extent of their use, and regulate the nature and extent of the use of land for trade, industry, residence, open space or other purposes. b. Regulate the bulk, height, number of stories, orientation, and size of buildings and the other structures; the percentage of lot or development area that may be occupied by structures; minimum or maximum lot sizes, or a combination thereof, and dimensions, including provisions concerning lot-size averaging; minimum improvable lot areas and cluster development, and for these purposes may specify minimum or maximum floor areas, or a combination thereof, floor area ratios and other ratios and regulatory techniques governing the intensity of land use and the provision of adequate light and air, including, but not limited to the potential for utilization of renewable energy sources. Such regulations may provide for the clustering of development between noncontiguous parcels and may, in order to provide equitable opportunities for the use of development potential on off-tract locations in addition to authorized on-site development, and, to encourage the flexibility of density, intensity of land uses, design and type, authorize a deviation in various clusters from the density, or intensity of use, established for the zoning district. The regulations by which the design, bulk and location of buildings are to be evaluated shall be set forth in the zoning ordinance and all standards and criteria for any feature of a cluster development shall be set forth in such ordinance with sufficient certainty to provide reasonable criteria by which specific proposals for clustered development can be evaluated. c. Provide districts for planned developments; provided that an ordinance providing for approval of subdivisions and site plans by the planning board has been adopted and incorporates therein the provisions for such planned developments in a manner consistent with article 6 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-37 et seq.). The zoning ordinance shall establish standards governing the type and density, or intensity of land use, in a planned development. Said standards shall take into account that the density, or intensity of land use, otherwise allowable may not be appropriate for a planned development. The standards may vary the type and density, or intensity of land use, otherwise applicable to the land within a planned development in consideration of the amount, location and proposed use of open space; the location and physical characteristics of the site of the proposed planned development considering the availability of existing and proposed infrastructure and the environmental characteristics of the parcel that will be developed and the open space, agricultural or historical resources to be protected; and the location, design and type of dwelling units and other uses. Such standards may provide for the clustering of development between noncontiguous parcels and may, in order to encourage the flexibility of density, intensity of land uses, design and type, authorize a deviation in various clusters from the density, or intensity of use, established for an entire planned development. The standards and criteria by which the design, bulk and location of buildings are to be evaluated shall be set forth in the zoning ordinance and all standards and criteria for any feature of a planned development shall be set forth in such ordinance with sufficient certainty to provide reasonable criteria by which specific proposals for planned development can be evaluated. d. Establish, for particular uses or classes of uses, reasonable standards of performance and standards for the provision of adequate physical improvements including, but not limited to, off-street parking and loading areas, marginal access roads and roadways, other circulation facilities and water, sewerage and drainage facilities; provided that section 41 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-53) shall apply to such improvements. e. Designate and regulate areas subject to flooding (1) pursuant to P.L.1972, c.185 (C.58:16A-55 et seq.) or (2) as otherwise necessary in the absence of appropriate flood hazard area designations pursuant to P.L.1962, c.19 (C.58:16A-50 et seq.) or floodway regulations pursuant to P.L.1972, c.185 or minimum standards for local flood fringe area regulation pursuant to P.L.1972, c.185. f. Provide for conditional uses pursuant to section 54 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-67). g. Provide for senior citizen community housing. h. Require as a condition for any approval which is required pursuant to such ordinance and the provisions of this chapter, that no taxes or assessments for local improvements are due or delinquent on the property for which any application is made. i. Provide for historic preservation pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1991, c.199 (C.40:55D-65.1). j. Provide for sending and receiving zones for a development transfer program established pursuant to P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-137 et al.). k. Provide for areas to be developed and areas to be preserved through cluster development or establish criteria for the establishment of such areas for cluster development. l. Provide that parcels that are developed and parcels that are preserved through contiguous cluster or noncontiguous cluster may be consolidated for tax and stewardship purposes if they are in common ownership. L.1975,c.291, s.52; amended 1979, c.216, s.21; 1980, c.146, s.5; 1985, c.516, s.14; 1991, c.199, s.4; 1995, c.364, s.2; 2004, c.2, s.39; 2013, c.106, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-32 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-32
Vacation of lands dedicated to public use other than a public street; referendum
Status: in_force

Whenever within any municipality any lands dedicated or devoted, wholly or partially, to public use other than a public street, highway, lane, alley, square or place shall be considered by the governing body of such municipality to be unsuited to or undesirable for such public use, or otherwise useless, burdensome or disadvantageous to the public, the governing body may by ordinance and on such terms as it shall prescribe, with the consent of the owner of the fee, vacate or extinguish the public rights in and to those lands and restore the same to the owner of the fee thereof, freed and discharged from all such public rights therein. The ordinance shall not become operative until approved by a majority of the legal voters of the municipality voting on the proposition at a general election. If such municipality shall be the owner of the fee at the time of the final adoption of the ordinance, such ordinance shall become operative without referendum. Amended by L.1944, c. 199, p. 716, s. 1; Laws 1949, c. 268, p. 837, s. 1, eff. May 28, 1949.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-6.27 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-6.27
Term of contract; advertisement for bids
Status: in_force

Any such contract shall be and remain in force for such term not exceeding 10 years as shall be provided therein and no provision of any law requiring advertisement for bids before the making of any contract involving the expenditure of money shall be applicable to the making of any such contract between the county and the municipality or municipalities, but any contract entered into by the county for services or facilities to be provided to a municipality or municipalities shall be advertised and awarded in accordance with chapter 25 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes. L.1958, c. 121, p. 601, s. 2. Amended by L.1971, c. 307, s. 1, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-34.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-34.1
Contract; coverage.
Status: in_force

1. Any municipality or county, or agency thereof, hereinafter referred to as employers, may enter into contracts of group legal insurance with any insurer authorized, pursuant to P.L.1981, c.160 (C.17:46C-1 et seq.), to engage in the business of legal insurance in this State or may contract with a duly recognized prepaid legal services plan with respect to the benefits which they are authorized to provide. Such contract or contracts shall provide such coverage for the employees of such employer and may include their dependents. "Dependents" shall include an employee's spouse and the employee's unmarried children, including stepchildren and legally adopted children, and, at the option of the employer and the carrier, children placed by the Division of Youth and Family Services in the Department of Children and Families, under the age of 19 who live with the employee in a regular parent-child relationship, and may also include, at the option of the employer and the carrier, other unmarried children of the employee under the age of 23 who are dependent upon the employee for support and maintenance. A spouse or child enlisting or inducted into military service shall not be considered a dependent during such military service. Elected officials may be considered, at the option of the employer, to be "employees" for the purposes hereof, but "employees" shall not otherwise include persons employed on a short-term, seasonal, intermittent or emergency basis, persons compensated on a fee basis, or persons whose compensation from the public employer is limited to reimbursement of necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their duties. The contract shall include provisions to prevent duplication of benefits and shall condition the eligibility of any employee for coverage upon satisfying a waiting period stated in the contract. 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, or for continuance of coverage after retirement. L.1983, c.191, s.1; amended 2004, c.130, s.113; 2006, c.47, s.185.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-76 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-76
Polls, hours.
Status: in_force

40A:14-76. For an election held at a time other than at the time of the general election, upon petition of 25 or more voters, filed with the clerk of the board at least 20 days prior to the date of any election, after the first election, the board of fire commissioners, by resolution, may divide the fire district into 2 or more polling places. The polls for any election held at a time other than at the time of the general election shall be opened between the hours of 2:00 and 9:00 P.M., but the board may designate a later closing hour on the same day. The board shall furnish the necessary books for the entries of the names and addresses of the voters in such election.
amended 2017, c.206, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.42 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.42
Governing body control of county parks
Status: in_force

It is lawful for the governing body of any county of the second class having a population in excess of 425,000, but less than 450,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, to assume and thereafter to exercise the administration, regulation and control of the county parks and recreation places within that county whenever the governing body decides, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, to do so. The governing body shall hold a public hearing on the resolution prior to voting thereon and shall, in at least one newspaper circulating in the county, publish notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing at least two weeks prior to the hearing. Upon approval of the resolution, the governing body shall file a certificate of that decision attested to by the clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. When the certificate is filed, the administration, regulation and control of the county parks and recreation places of that county shall no longer be with the county park commission but with the governing body of the county. The governing body shall not consider or approve a resolution altering the assumption of the administration, regulation and control of the county parks and recreation places until three years have passed from the date of the filing of the certificate. L. 1986, c. 90, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-9.15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-9.15
Findings, declarations relative to disaster relief funding programs; authorization of grant programs.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Legislature finds and declares that there may be circumstances when it is desirable for municipalities to supplement federal and State disaster relief programs for its residents whose real property was damaged by flood, hurricane or other natural disaster. It is therefore in the public interest to permit municipalities to provide limited grants to certain persons who require relief in addition to insurance or from federal or State loan programs in order to assure that those people are able to remain in the community and rebuild in order to rapidly return their real property to the tax rolls at its full and fair value prior to the disaster. b. Following a flood, hurricane or other natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency, a municipality in the affected area may establish, by resolution, a Municipal Natural Disaster Relief Grant Program pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Community Affairs. Under such program the municipality may give grants of up to $5,000 to persons owning real property in the municipality who are without insurance that adequately covers the real property damage inflicted by the natural disaster and for whom the repayment of a low-interest loan under any federal or State program would constitute an extreme hardship based on their income and such other financial circumstances as are deemed relevant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Community Affairs. Grant money received pursuant to a municipal program under this section shall be used solely for the repair and reconstruction of the owner's damaged real property situated within the municipality. c. A municipality may not implement a Municipal Natural Disaster Relief Grant Program without submitting its resolution and a plan to implement the program to the Department of Community Affairs. A municipality shall not implement its plan, and shall not distribute grants pursuant to that plan without receiving written approval from the Department of Community Affairs. The Department of Community Affairs shall develop criteria for approval of a municipality's plan. Any criteria developed by the department shall include, but not be limited to, provisions which (1) limit the financial burden of the program on taxpayers of the municipality and State; and (2) ensure that the program does not result in the duplication of benefits of applicable State or Federal programs. d. Monies granted by a municipality pursuant to a Municipal Disaster Relief Grant Program may not be used for any damage or loss which is met by any other source. e. The Department of Community Affairs shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations within 120 days of enactment of P.L.1999, c.366 (C.40:48-9.15 et al.) pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this section. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, criteria for approval of a municipality's plan, eligibility requirements for determining financial hardship, and procedures for approval and administration of grants. L.1999,c.366,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-109 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-109
Commission to acquire water system; appointment; notice to other municipalities
Status: in_force

The governing body of two or more municipalities in which water is supplied for domestic and public use by privately owned waterworks, whether such waterworks are owned by one or more persons, may make application to the Superior Court for the appointment of a commission to acquire by purchase or condemnation such waterworks with all rights and franchises relating thereto, and the rights and franchises to obtain an additional supply of water, and any or all other property of the owner of such waterworks as may be necessary to maintain, operate, enlarge or extend the waterworks so acquired, and to enlarge, extend, maintain and operate the same to supply water in the municipalities acquiring such waterworks as aforesaid and all other municipalities theretofore supplied with water by said waterworks. All of the municipalities so supplied with water shall be notified in writing of such application at least sixty days before it is made, and may join therein. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 715, s. 214, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:9D-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9D / Section 9D-8
Payment of prevailing wage rate.
Status: in_force

8. Any contract awarded in connection with any project authorized pursuant to the provisions of this act shall provide that not less than the prevailing wage rate shall be paid to workers employed in the performance of such contract. The prevailing wage rate shall be the rate determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). L.2007,c.191,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-125 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-125
Residence in municipality not required
Status: in_force

Appointive officers and employees need not be residents of the municipality unless council shall so require. L.1950, c. 210, p. 497, s. 13-11, eff. June 8, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-9
Awarding of public contracts.
Status: in_force

9. If any local unit performs a service on behalf of one or more other local units that are parties to an agreement that utilizes a private contractor to perform all or most of that service, or all or most of a specific and separate segment of that service, then that local unit shall award the contract for the work to be performed by a private contractor under the agreement in accordance with the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). L.2007, c.63, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-56 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-56
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1968, c. 249, s. 23, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-58 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-58
Disposal or encumbrance of utility
Status: in_force

Neither the municipal authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the utility system, except that the municipal authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the municipal authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. L.1957, c. 183, p. 674, s. 58, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-132 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-132
Amount collected from benefit assessment applied to payment of bonds
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of moneys collected from benefit assessments the park commissioners shall turn over the sum so collected to the officer, board or body charged by law with the care, custody and control of the fund for the payment of the bonds issued for the improvement in connection with which the assessment was levied.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-23
Aid by public bodies
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of aiding and co-operating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of parking projects of an authority, any public body within the territory of which any such project is located may: (a) Acquire real property in its name for any project or for the widening of existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways or for new roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways to any project, or partly for such purposes and partly for other municipal or county purposes, by purchase or condemnation in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of real property by a municipality or county; (b) Cause water, sewer, lighting and drainage facilities, or other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with parking projects; provided, nothing in this act shall authorize the construction of any public utility service or facility which would be competitive with any existing public utility as the same is defined by section R.S. 48:2-13 of the Title, Public Utilities; (c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regard, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (d) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of such parking projects, and cause services to be furnished to the parking authority of the character which such public body is otherwise empowered to furnish. (2) In connection with any public improvements made by a public body in exercising the powers herein granted or referred to, such public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, lease, loan, grant, gift, conveyance, contract, pledge or agreement provided for in this section or in section 22 of this act may be made by a public body without prior appropriation therefor, or referendum, or appraisal, or public notice, advertisement or bidding, and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, and without regard to any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). (3) An authority shall appoint a treasurer, who may also act as secretary of the authority, and all moneys of an authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority. Such treasurer shall file a bond of indemnity with the authority in an amount sufficient to cover the moneys from time to time under his control. Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on checks of the treasurer on requisitions of the chairman of the authority or of such other person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such requisitions. All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the treasurer or the authority, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the State of New Jersey of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. The treasurer and his legally authorized representatives are authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments and other records and papers relating to its financial standing. The authority shall have power, notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys of the authority or any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out any such contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent with the previous provisions of this paragraph. Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of an authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. (4) A parking authority shall not be subject to, or constitute a municipality or agency or component of a municipality subject to, any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1948, c. 198, p. 922, s. 23. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 632, s. 12; L.1958, c. 22, p. 69, s. 10, eff. April 22, 1958; L.1975, c. 96, s. 2, eff. May 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-68.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-68.4
Certain senior citizens permitted to rent, lease rooms.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any law, ordinance, rule or regulation to the contrary, a municipality shall not prohibit any senior citizen, who is the owner of a single-family dwelling which is his primary residence, from renting or leasing a room or rooms within that dwelling, together with general use associated with that dwelling, to one person, except that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from allowing the rental or leasing to more than one person. L.1997,c.339,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-50 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-50
Certain emergency service and compensation
Status: in_force

"Emergency" as used herein shall include any unusual conditions caused by any circumstances or situation including shortages in the personnel of the paid or part-paid fire department and force caused by vacancies, sickness or injury, or by the taking of accrued vacation or sick leave or both, whereby the safety of the public is endangered or imperiled, as shall be determined within the sole discretion of the officer, board or official having charge of the paid or part-paid fire department and force in any municipality. In any municipality in which the officer, board or official having charge or control of the paid or part-paid fire department and force has authority, in times of any such emergency to summon and keep on duty any paid members of the paid or part-paid fire department and force for a period or periods of time in excess of the hours of ordinary duty, the governing body may provide compensation for some or all of such emergency duty by any such fireman at his prevailing wage, or at a rate not in excess of 1 1/2 times his prevailing hourly wage rate, which compensation shall be in lieu of any compensatory time off otherwise due for the emergency duty so compensated. The governing body of the municipality, if necessary, may make emergency appropriations to provide funds for the payment of such compensation as provided by law. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1972, c. 121, s. 1, eff. Aug. 9, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-43.1
Deputy director of department
Status: in_force

The director of each department in any city of the second class which, prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, had adopted the form of government designated as "Mayor-Council Plan D" provided for in article 6 of the act to which this act is a supplement, may appoint a deputy director of his department who shall serve, and be removable at the pleasure of the director, in the unclassified service of the civil service of the city and shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the council. No municipality shall adopt the provisions of this section on or after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. L.1954, c. 62, p. 414, s. 1, eff. June 24, 1954. Amended by L.1981, c. 465, s. 39, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-7 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-7
Maximum and minimum amount of fund
Status: in_force

The governing body of a local unit may designate the maximum or minimum amount of the fund, and from time to time provide for the disposition of any excess over and above the maximum amount fixed, or of the interest or profits arising therefrom when the fund shall have reached the maximum limit. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-17.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-17.6
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act, "municipality" shall mean any city, borough, village, town, township or other municipality other than a county or a school district, and "Federal Government" shall mean the United States of America or any department, agent, agency or officer thereof or any corporation created thereby, and "public project" shall mean the construction, reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any physical public betterment or improvement and the construction, reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any public building or structure, and "plans" shall mean architectural, engineering, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, estimates of costs, procedures and other planning activities in advance of undertaking a public project. L.1946, c. 101, p. 325, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-52 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-52
Definitions relative to public-private projects.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Bundling" means the use of a solicitation for multiple projects in one single contract, through a public-private partnership project delivery method, the result of which restricts competition. "Local government unit" means a county, a municipality, or any board, commission, committee, authority or agency thereof that is subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), including a housing authority or redevelopment agency created or continued under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.). A local government unit shall not include a public entity that has entered into a contract with a private firm or a public authority pursuant to the "New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Public-Private Contracting Act," P.L.1995, c.216 (C.58:27-19 et al.), for the provision of wastewater treatment services. "Project" means the development, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement, extension, operation, and maintenance of any building, local or county road, vertical structure, or facility constructed or acquired by a local government unit to operate local government functions, including any infrastructure or facility used or to be used by the public or in support of a public purpose or activity; and including any site acquisition, provided that, with respect to a project, a qualifying project shall include an expenditure of at least $10 million in public funds, or any expenditure in solely private funds. "Public building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility" means any site building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility used or to be used by a local government unit to house a local government function or functions, including any infrastructure or facility used or to be used by the public, or in support of a public purpose or activity. "Public-private partnership agreement" means an agreement entered into by a local government unit and a private entity pursuant to this section for the purpose of permitting a private entity to assume full financial and administrative responsibility for the development, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement, extension, operation, and maintenance of a project of, or for the benefit of, the local government unit. b. (1) A local government unit may enter into a contract with a private entity, subject to subsection f. of this section, to be referred to as a public-private partnership agreement, that permits the private entity to assume full financial and administrative responsibility for a project of, or for the benefit of, the local government unit, provided that the project is financed in whole by the private entity and the local unit retains full ownership of the land upon which the project is located. (2) A public-private partnership agreement may include an agreement under which a local government unit and a private entity enter into a lease of a revenue-producing public building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility in exchange for up-front or structured financing by the private entity for the project. Under the lease agreement, the private entity shall be responsible for the management, operation, and maintenance of the building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility. The private entity shall receive some or all, as per the agreement, of the revenue generated by the building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility, and shall operate the building, road structure, infrastructure, or facility in accordance with local government unit standards. At the end of the lease term, subsequent revenue generated by the building, road, structure, infrastructure, or facility, along with management, operation, and maintenance responsibility, shall revert to the local government unit. A lease agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be limited in duration to a term of not more than 30 years. A lease agreement shall be subject to all applicable provisions of current law governing leases by a local government unit not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section, "revenue-producing" shall include leaseback arrangements. (3) Bundling of projects shall be prohibited under this section. (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt a local government unit from provisions of the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq., or the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.), or other law, that may apply to local government unit borrowing or financing, including but not limited to provisions requiring review by and approval from the Local Finance Board or the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. c. (1) Unless otherwise set forth herein, a private entity that assumes full financial and administrative responsibility for a project pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the procurement and contracting requirements of all statutes applicable to the local government unit at which the project is completed, including, but not limited to, the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). (2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a public entity shall be empowered to enter into contracts with a private entity and its affiliates without being subject to the procurement and contracting requirements of any statute applicable to the public entity provided that the private entity has been selected by the local government unit pursuant to a solicitation of proposals or qualifications from at least two private entities, or it has received an unsolicited proposal and followed the procedure set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection j. of this section. A local government unit shall be the owner or lessee of any project being financed by a local government unit. (3) Prior to the commencement of work on a project, the private entity shall establish a construction account and appoint a third-party financial institution, who shall be prequalified by the State Treasurer, to act as a collateral agent, and manage the construction account. The construction account shall include the funding, financial instruments, or both, that shall be used to fully capitalize and fund the project, and the collateral agent shall maintain a full accounting of the funds and instruments in the account. The funds and instruments in the construction account shall be held in trust for the benefit of the contractor, construction manager, and design-build team involved in the project. The funds and instruments in the construction account shall not be the property of the private entity unless all amounts due to the construction account beneficiaries are paid in full. The construction account shall not be designated for more than one project. d. Each worker employed in the construction, rehabilitation, or building maintenance services of facilities by a private entity that has entered into a public-private partnership agreement with a local government unit pursuant to this section shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for the worker's craft or trade as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) and P.L.2005, c.379 (C.34:11-56.58 et seq.). e. (1) All building construction projects under a public-private partnership agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall contain a project labor agreement. The project labor agreement shall be subject to the provisions of P.L.2002, c.44 (C.52:38-1 et seq.), and shall be in a manner that to the greatest extent possible enhances employment opportunities for individuals residing in the county of the project's location. The general contractor, construction manager, design-build team, or subcontractor for a construction project proposed in accordance with this paragraph shall be registered pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.), and shall be classified by the Division of Property Management and Construction, or shall be prequalified by the Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit, or the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, as appropriate, to perform work on a public-private partnership project. (2) All projects proposed in accordance with this section shall be submitted to the State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Department of Community Affairs for a review and approval in accordance with subsection f. of this section prior to the execution of the public-private partnership agreement and, when practicable, are encouraged to adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System as adopted by the United States Green Building Council, the Green Globes Program adopted by the Green Building Initiative, or a comparable nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate sustainable development rating system. (3) The general contractor, construction manager, or design-build team shall be required to post a performance bond to ensure the completion of the project and a payment bond guaranteeing prompt payment of moneys due in accordance with and conforming to the requirements of N.J.S.2A:44-143 et seq. (4) Prior to being submitted to the State Treasurer for review and approval, all projects proposed in accordance with this section shall be subject to a public hearing, the record of which shall be made available to the public within seven days following the conclusion of the hearing, after the ranking of proposals takes place pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection j. of this section. The local government unit shall provide notice of the public hearing no less than 14 days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall prominently state the purpose and nature of the proposed project, and shall be published on the official Internet website of the local government unit and at least once in one or more newspapers with Statewide circulation. (5) Prior to entering into a public -private partnership, the local government unit shall determine: (i) the benefits to be realized by the project; (ii) the cost of project if it is developed by the public sector supported by comparisons to comparable projects; (iii) the maximum public contribution that local government unit will allow under the public -private partnership; (iv) a comparison of the financial and non-financial benefits of the public-private partnership compared to other options including the public sector option; (v) a list of risks, liabilities and responsibilities to be transferred to the private entity and those to be retained by the local government unit; and (vi) if the project has a high, medium or low level of project delivery risk and how the public is protected from these risks. (6) Prior to entering into a public-private partnership, the local government unit at a public hearing shall find that the project is in the best interest of the public by finding that (i) it will cost less than the public sector option, or if it costs more there are factors that warrant the additional expense; (ii) there is a public need for the project and the project is consistent with existing long-term plans; (iii) there are specific significant benefits to the project; (iv) there are specific significant benefits to using the public-private partnership instead of other options including No-Build; (v) the private development will result in timely and efficient development and operation; and (vi) the risks, liabilities and responsibilities transferred to the private entity provide sufficient benefits to warrant not using other means of procurement. f. (1) All projects proposed in accordance with this section shall be submitted to the State Treasurer for review and approval, which shall be conducted in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. The projects are encouraged, when practicable, to adhere to the green building manual prepared by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c.132 (C.52:27D-130.6). (2) All projects proposed in accordance with this section that have a transportation component or impact the transportation infrastructure shall be submitted to the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, for review and approval. (3) (a) In order for an application to be complete and considered by the State Treasurer, the application shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a full description of the proposed public-private partnership agreement between the local government unit and the private developer, including all information obtained by and findings of the local government unit pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection e. of this section; (ii) a full description of the project, including a description of any agreement for the lease of a revenue-producing facility related to the project; and (iii) the estimated costs and financial documentation for the project showing the underlying financial models and assumptions that determined the estimated costs. The financial documentation shall include at least three different projected estimated costs showing scenarios in which materially different economic circumstances are assumed and an explanation for how the estimated costs were determined based on the three scenarios; (iv) a timetable for completion of the construction of the project; (v) an analysis of all available funding options for the project, including an analysis of the financial viability and advisability of such project, along with evidence of the public benefit in advancing the project as a public-private partnership; (vi) a record of the public hearing held pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection e. of this section, which shall have been made available to the public within seven days following the conclusion of the hearing; and (vii) any other requirements that the State Treasurer deems appropriate or necessary. The application shall also include a resolution by the local government unit's governing body of its intent to enter into a public-private partnership agreement pursuant to this section. (b) As part of the estimated costs and financial documentation for the project, the application shall contain a long-range maintenance plan and a long-range maintenance bond and shall specify the expenditures that qualify as an appropriate investment in maintenance. The long-range maintenance plan shall be approved by the State Treasurer pursuant to regulations promulgated by the State Treasurer that reflect national building maintenance standards and other appropriate building maintenance benchmarks. (4) The State Treasurer, in consultation with the authority and the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, shall review all completed applications, and request additional information as is needed to make a complete assessment of the project. No public-private partnership agreement shall be executed until approval has been granted by the State Treasurer. Prior to a final decision by the State Treasurer on the application, the authority and the Department of Community Affairs shall be afforded the opportunity to provide comments on the application that they deem appropriate, and the State Treasurer shall consider any comments submitted by the authority and the Department of Community Affairs with respect to the application. In order to approve the application, the State Treasurer shall find that: (i) the local government unit's assumptions regarding the project's scope, its benefits, its risks and the cost of the public sector option were fully and reasonably developed; (ii) the design of the project is feasible; (iii) the experience and qualifications of the private entity; (iv) the financial plan is sound; (v) the long-range maintenance plan is adequate to protect the investment; (vi) the project is in the best interest of the public, using the criteria in paragraph (6) of subsection e. of this section; (vii) a resolution by the local government unit's governing body of its intent to enter into a public-private partnership agreement for the project has been received; and (viii) the term sheet for any proposed procurement contains all necessary elements. The State Treasurer shall retain the right to revoke approval if the project has substantially deviated from the plan submitted pursuant to this section, and shall retain the right to cancel a procurement after a short list of private entities is developed if deemed in the public interest. (5) The State Treasurer, the authority, and division may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement this subsection, including, but not limited to, provisions for fees to cover administrative costs, and for the determination of minimum local government unit standards for the operation of the project, and for the qualification for professional services, construction contracting, and other relevant qualifications. g. A project with an expenditure of under $50 million developed under a public-private partnership agreement shall include a requirement that precludes contractors from engaging in the project if the contractor has contributed to the private entity's financing of the project in an amount of more than 10% of the project's financing costs. h. The power of eminent domain shall not be delegated to any private entity under the provisions of P.L.2018, c.90 (C.40A:11-52 et al.); however, a local government unit may dedicate any property interest, including improvements and tangible personal property of the local government unit for public use in a qualifying project if the local government unit finds that so doing will serve the public purpose of the project by minimizing the cost of the project to the local government unit or reducing the delivery time of a project. i. Any public-private partnership agreement, if appropriate, shall include provisions affirming that the agreement and any work performed under the agreement are subject to the provisions of the "Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act," P.L.2007, c.114 (C.34:20-1 et seq.). Any public-private partnership agreement shall also include, at a minimum: (i) the term of the agreement; (ii) the total project cost; (iii) a completion date guarantee; (iv) a provision for damages if the private entity fails to meet the completion date; and (v) a maximum rate of return to the private entity and a provision for the distribution of excess earnings to the local government unit or to the private party for debt reduction. j. (1) A private entity seeking to enter into a public-private partnership agreement with the local government unit shall be qualified by the local government unit as part of the procurement process, provided such process ensures that the private entity and its subcontractors and consultants, when relevant meet at least the minimum qualifications standards promulgated by the State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Department of Community Affairs, and such other local government unit standards for qualification for professional services, construction contracting, and other qualifications applicable to the project, prior to submitting a proposal under the procurement process. (2) A request for qualifications for a public-private partnership agreement shall be advertised at least 45 days prior to the anticipated date of receipt. The advertisement of the request for qualifications shall be published on the official Internet website of the local government unit and at least one or more newspapers with Statewide circulation. (3) After the local government unit determines the qualified respondents utilizing, at minimum, the qualification standards promulgated by the State Treasurer, the local government entity shall issue a request for proposals to each qualified respondent no less than 45 days prior to the date established for submission of the proposals. The request for proposals shall include relevant technical submissions, documents, and the evaluation criteria to be used in the selection of the designated respondent. The evaluation criteria shall be, at minimum, criteria promulgated by the State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Department of Community Affairs. (4) The local government unit may accept unsolicited proposals from private entities for public-private partnership agreements. If the local government unit receives an unsolicited proposal and determines that it meets the standards of this section, the local government unit shall publish a notice of the receipt of the proposal on the Internet site of the local government unit and through advertisement in at least one or more newspapers with Statewide circulation. The local government unit shall also provide notice of the proposal at its next scheduled public meeting and to the State Treasurer. To qualify as an unsolicited proposal, the unsolicited proposal shall at a minimum include a description of the public-private project, the estimated construction and life-cycle costs, a timeline for development, proposed plan of financing, including projected revenues, public or private, debt, equity investment, description of how the project meets needs identified in existing plans, the permits and approvals needed to develop the project from local, state and federal agencies and a projected schedule for obtaining such permits and approvals, a statement of risks, liabilities and responsibilities to be assumed by the private entity. The notice shall provide that the local government unit shall accept, for 120 days after the initial date of publication, proposals meeting the standards of this section from other private entities for eligible projects that satisfy the same basic purpose and need. A copy of the notice shall be mailed to each municipal and county local government body in the geographic area affected by the proposal. (5) After the proposal or proposals have been received, and any public notification period has expired, the local government unit shall rank the proposals in order of preference. In ranking the proposals, the local government unit shall rely upon, at minimum, the evaluation criteria promulgated by the State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Department of Community Affairs. In addition, the local government unit may consider factors that include, but may not be limited to, professional qualifications, general business terms, innovative engineering, architectural services, or cost-reduction terms, finance plans, and the need for local government funds to deliver the project and discharge the agreement. The private entity selected shall comply with all laws and regulations required by the State government entity, including but not limited to section 1 of P.L.2001, c.134 (C.52:32-44), sections 2 through 8 of P.L.1975, c.127 (C.10:5-32 to 38), section 1 of P.L.1977, c.33 (C.52:25.24-2), P.L.2005, c.51 (C.19:44A-20.13 et al.); P.L.2005, c.271 (C.40A:11-51 et al.), Executive Order No. 117 of 2008, Executive Order No. 118 of 2008, Executive Order No. 189, prior to executing the public private partnership agreement. If only one proposal is received, the local government unit shall negotiate in good faith and, if not satisfied with the results of the negotiations, the local government unit may, at its sole discretion, terminate negotiations. (6) The local government unit may require, upon receipt of one or more proposals, that the private entity assume responsibility for all costs incurred by the local government unit before execution of the public-private partnership agreement, including costs of retaining independent experts to review, analyze, and advise the local government unit with respect to the proposal. (7) Stipends may be used on public private partnership projects when there is a substantial opportunity for innovation and the costs for developing a proposal are significant. The local government unit may elect to pay unsuccessful proposers for the work product they submit with their proposal in response to a request for proposals. The use by the local government unit of any design element contained in an unsuccessful proposal shall be at the sole risk and discretion of the local government unit and shall not confer liability on the recipient of the stipulated stipend amount. After payment of the stipulated stipend amount, the local government unit and the unsuccessful proposer shall jointly own the rights to, and may make use of any work product contained in the proposal, including the technologies, techniques, methods, processes, ideas, and information contained in the proposal, project design, and project financial plan. The use by the unsuccessful proposer of any part of the work product contained in the proposal shall be at the sole risk of the unsuccessful proposer and shall not confer liability on the local government unit. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority of New Jersey and Department of Community Affairs shall promulgate guidelines based upon which any stipends paid by a local government unit are to be based. (8) The local government unit shall set aside one percent of each project and remit it the Public Private Partnership Review fund established pursuant to P.L.2018, c.90 (C.40A:11-52 et al.), for purposes of plan review and analysis required under the bill. (9) Nothing in this section shall be construed as or deemed a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the State, the local government unit or an affected locality or public entity or any officer or employee thereof with respect to the participation in or approval of all or any part of the public-private project. L.2018, c.90, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-6
Definitions; P to R.
Status: in_force

3.3. "Party immediately concerned" means for purposes of notice any applicant for development, the owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government agencies entitled to notice under section 7.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-12). "Performance guarantee" means any security, which may be accepted by a municipality, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances specified in section 16 of P.L.1991, c.256 (C.40:55D-53.5), and cash. "Planned commercial development" means an area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size as specified by ordinance to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate commercial or office uses or both and any residential and other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance. "Planned development" means planned unit development, planned unit residential development, contiguous cluster or noncontiguous cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development. "Planned industrial development" means an area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size as specified by ordinance to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance. "Planned unit development" means an area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage of 10 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more contiguous clusters or noncontiguous clusters or planned unit residential developments and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses to residential uses as shall be specified in the zoning ordinance. "Planned unit residential development" means an area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage of five acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing one or more contiguous clusters or noncontiguous clusters, which may include appropriate commercial, or public or quasi-public uses all primarily for the benefit of the residential development. "Planning board" means the municipal planning board established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-23). "Plat" means a map or maps of a subdivision or site plan. "Preliminary approval" means the conferral of certain rights pursuant to sections 34, 36 and 37 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-46; C.40:55D-48; and C.40:55D-49) prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the planning board and the applicant. "Preliminary floor plans and elevations" means architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory stages of the design of a project illustrating in a schematic form, its scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs. "Public areas" means (1) public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas; (2) other public open spaces; (3) scenic and historic sites; and (4) sites for schools and other public buildings and structures. "Public development proposal" means a master plan, capital improvement program or other proposal for land development adopted by the appropriate public body, or any amendment thereto. "Public drainage way" means the land reserved or dedicated for the installation of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, and to lessen nonpoint pollution. "Public open space" means an open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, board of education, State or county agency, or other public body for recreation and conservation purposes. "Public utility" means any public utility regulated by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners and defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13. "Quorum" means the majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal agency. "Receiving zone" means an area or areas designated in a master plan and zoning ordinance, adopted pursuant to P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), within which development may be increased, and which is otherwise consistent with the provisions of section 9 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-145). "Recreation and conservation purposes" means "recreation and conservation purposes" as defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-3). "Residential density" means the number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential land area including streets, easements and open space portions of a development. "Resubdivision" means (1) the further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law or (2) the alteration of any streets or the establishment of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law, but does not include conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument. L.1975, c.291, s.3.3; amended 1981, c.32, s.9; 1991, c.256, s.2; 1991, c.412, s.3; 1995, c.364, s.1; 2004, c.2, s.35; 2013, c.106, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-10
Designation of candidate on ballot
Status: in_force

Any candidate whose name is to be printed on the ballot may petition the municipal clerk to print, opposite his name on the ballot, such designation, in not more than six words, as requested by him in the petition, for the purpose of indicating either an official act or policy to which he is pledged or committed. The designation shall not indicate political party affiliation. On the filing of the petition the clerk shall cause the designation to be printed opposite the name of the candidate upon the ballot. If several candidates for the same office shall petition that their names be grouped together and that the one designation named by them shall be printed opposite their names, the clerk shall group their names in a bracket, and opposite the bracket shall print the designation. Petitions requesting a designation or grouping of candidates shall be filed with the clerk on or before the last day fixed for filing the petition for nomination. If two candidates or groups select the same designation, the clerk shall notify the candidate or group whose petition was last filed, and that candidate or group shall select a new designation. L.1981, c. 379, s. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-198 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-198
Commission a body politic; compensation and expenses; oaths
Status: in_force

The persons so appointed when duly qualified, constituting the board of park commissioners, and their successors, shall be a body politic, with power to sue and be sued, use a common seal and make by-laws. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid. No person employed by the commission shall be a member thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office. Their oaths shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1.1
Director of safety; appointment of non-resident; ordinance
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 40A:9-1 or any other law to the contrary, the governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, appoint to the office of director of public safety a nonresident of said municipality. L.1973, c. 128, s. 1, eff. May 14, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-133.10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-133.10
Commission members, State, county or local units not liable on bonds
Status: in_force

Neither the members of the commission nor any person executing the bonds issued pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued by the commission pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or of any county or municipality and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any local unit, county or municipality, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing contained in this amendatory and supplementary act shall be construed to authorize the commission to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any county or municipality. L.1991,c.162,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:70-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 70 / Section 70-2
Definition of terms.
Status: in_force

40:70-2. As used in chapters 70 to 76 of this Title (R.S.40:70-1 et seq.): "General election" means the annual election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. "Regular municipal election" means the election held pursuant to R.S.40:75-2 on the second Tuesday in May, or on the day of the general election in November if chosen by the municipality pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.196 (C.40:45-7.1), in any year in which such an election is required. "Electors" mean such citizens of the municipality as were registered as voters at the last general election or regular municipal election, whichever occurred last in the municipality. "Voters" mean such citizens of the municipality as were registered as voters at the last general election or regular municipal election, whichever occurred last in the municipality, and also those citizens who may register in time to vote at the special election. "Municipal clerk" means the officer acting under the provisions hereof as the clerk of the municipality. "Agent" or "agents" mean a person or persons designated in a petition to file the petition and to act on behalf of the petitioners. "Municipality" means any city, town, township, borough, village or other municipality which has heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of cities, towns, townships, boroughs, villages and municipalities governed by boards of commissioners or improvement commissioners in this State" (title as amended), approved April 25, 1911, or which shall hereafter adopt the provisions of said chapters 70 to 76 of this Title. "Majority of ballots cast" means more than one-half of the total number of valid ballots cast at such election. Amended 1948, c.21, s.1; 1982, c.145, s.7; 2009, c.196, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:11A-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11A / Section 11A-6.2
Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing
Status: in_force

Every such "parking authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in addition shall file a certified copy of all bond proceedings with the said director. L.1952, c. 303, p. 1020, s. 2, eff. June 12, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-156.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-156.3
Injury or death benefits
Status: in_force

If any member of a police force or fire department and force or volunteer fire company summoned pursuant to an agreement to render assistance suffers injury or death in the performance of his duties, he or his designee or legal representative shall be entitled to such salary, pension rights, workmen's compensation or other benefits as would have accrued if such injury or death had occurred in the performance of duties in the territorial jurisdiction in which the duties were normally performed. L.1976, c. 45, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-1
Short title; citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Public Contracts Law." L.1971, c. 198, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:19-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-8
Courts and county officers established in new county seat
Status: in_force

After the acquisition and furnishing of such buildings, the courts of the county and all the county officers shall be established therein. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 637, s. 22, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-130.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-130.2
Additional bond issue; parks and parkways
Status: in_force

To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first and second class, under the provisions of R.S. 40:37-96 to 40:37-174, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways, in such counties in this State, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $5,000,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the local bond law being chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (sections 40A:2-1 et seq.). The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission. L.1972, c. 93, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-81.5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-81.5
Travel expenses; advances
Status: in_force

The governing body of any fire district may, by resolution, provide for and authorize payment of advances to officers and employees of the fire district toward their expenses for authorized official travel and expenses incident thereto. The resolution shall provide for the verification and adjustment of the expenses and advances and the repayment of any excess advance by means of a detailed bill of items or demand and certification or affidavit in the same form as required by a local unit pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:5-6 which shall be submitted within 10 days after the completion of the travel for which an advance was made. L.1983, c. 475, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-11
Method of voting; results returned
Status: in_force

The ballot of each legal voter who shall desire to vote hereunder as well as for presidential delegates, shall be deposited in the primary box in which he is qualified to vote after his primary ballot shall have been cast. The ballot of every voter who shall not desire to vote in any of the primary boxes, or who is not qualified to vote in any of the primary boxes, shall be placed in the nonpartisan box and counted by the members of the board of registry and election. The ballots in all the primary boxes and in the nonpartisan box, upon the question of the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be counted by the members of the board of registry and election, who shall also ascertain the number of votes in all the boxes in the election district, the number in favor of acceptance, and the number in favor of rejection, and shall place these facts in their return of the result of the election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.25 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.25
Discontinuance; effect of majority approval; participation in joint library by remaining municipalities
Status: in_force

If at said election the question is approved in such municipality by a majority of the legal votes cast both for and against such question, the joint participation of said municipality in the support, maintenance and control of said joint free public library shall be discontinued in accordance with the agreement or determination. If more than 2 municipalities have united to participate in such joint free public library, the participation by the remaining municipalities shall continue, unless otherwise provided for in the discontinuance agreement or determination. L.1959, c. 155, p. 625, s. 23, eff. Sept. 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-140.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-140.3
Issuance of certificate; fee
Status: in_force

Upon finding by the director that the applicant has successfully completed the examination, a municipal finance officer certificate shall be issued to the applicant, upon the payment of a fee of $50 to the order of the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey. L.1971,c.413,s.3; amended 1988,c.110,s.3; 1991,c.175,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-27 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-27
Oversight of governing body over redevelopment agency
Status: in_force

27. a. The governing body of any municipality which has established a redevelopment entity may order the redevelopment agency, or any officer or employee thereof, to do such acts as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of any redevelopment plan approved by the governing body or to refrain from doing any acts in violation thereof, and may require the redevelopment entity to file, at such time and in such manner as the governing body may prescribe, reports and answers to specific questions concerning projects. b. The governing body of any county or municipality which has established a housing authority may require the authority to file, at such time and in such manner as the governing body may prescribe, reports and answers to specific questions concerning projects. c. Nothing in this section shall limit the executive powers of the mayor regarding municipal agencies in municipalities governed by a mayor-council plan of government under the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), or of the county executive in counties governed by a county executive form of government under the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.). L.1992,c.79,s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54A / Section 54A-5
General powers
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers conferred upon an authority by this act, each authority shall have the following powers: a. To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; b. To sue and be sued; c. To acquire, hold, use and dispose of its facility charges and other revenues and other moneys; d. To acquire, rent, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the authority; e. Subject to the provisions of section 9 of this act, to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, or lease as lessee, real property and easements or interests therein necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the authority, whether subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens or otherwise, and to hold and to use the same, and to dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the authority; f. Subject to the provisions of section 6 of this act, to lease to any person, all or any part of any seaquarium facility for such consideration and for such period or periods of time and upon such other terms and conditions as it may fix and agree upon; g. To borrow money and issue negotiable bonds or notes or other obligations and provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; h. To apply for and to accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purposes of the authority from any governmental unit or person, and to make and perform agreements and contracts and to do any and all things necessary or useful and convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; i. To determine the location, type and character of any seaquarium facility and all other matters in connection with all or any part of any seaquarium facility which it is authorized to own, construct, establish, effectuate or control; j. To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of any seaquarium facility, and to amend the same; k. To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any governmental unit or person; l. To acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain and undertake any project and to fix and collect facility charges for the use thereof; and m. To enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of the authority or to carry out any power expressly given in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). Before undertaking and proceeding with any action authorized by this section, the authority shall first secure from the governing body of the municipality a specific authorization for the taking of such action. Any such authorization shall be granted by resolution adopted by the said governing body, and unless and until such a resolution is so adopted the authority shall not take any such action. L.1964, c. 103, s. 5, eff. May 29, 1964. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 9, eff. May 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-133.10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-133.10
Renewal of certificates; conditions; fee.
Status: in_force

8. a. Commencing October 1, 1998 all registered municipal clerk certificates issued pursuant to section 3 or section 4 of P.L.1985, c.174 (C.40A:9-133.3 or C.40A:9-133.4), or section 7 of P.L.1997, c.279 (C.40A:9-133.9) shall be renewed upon application, payment of the required fee, and verification that the applicant has met the requirements as set forth in this section. Each renewal shall be for a period of two years. The renewal date shall be 30 days prior to the expiration date. b. All registered municipal clerk certificates subject to renewal pursuant to this section issued prior to October 1, 1998 shall have an expiration date of September 30, 2000. All registered municipal clerk certificates issued on or after October 1, 1998 shall expire two years from the date on which the certificate was originally issued. c. Each applicant for renewal of a registered municipal clerk certificate shall, on a form prescribed by the director, furnish proof of having earned at least 2.0 continuing education units in subject areas related to the statutory duties of the municipal clerk and minimum contact hours as prescribed by the director. For the purposes of this section, 1.0 continuing education unit equals 10 contact hours. Upon verification of this requirement, and upon payment of a fee of $50 to the order of the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, the director shall renew the registered municipal clerk certificate. d. Where the holder of a registered municipal clerk certificate has allowed the certificate to lapse by failing to renew the certificate, a new application and certificate shall be required. If application is made within six months of the expiration of the certificate, then application may be made in the same manner as renewal but the application shall be accompanied by the fee for a new application; provided, however, that such application may be made in the same manner as a renewal within 12 months of the expiration of the certificate if the director determines that either of the following circumstances prevents a certificate holder from earning the required continuing education units within six months of the expiration of the certificate: (1) a flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado, or other natural disaster, and a state of emergency has been declared as a result thereof by the Governor; or (2) a medical event or condition. L.1997, c.279, s.8; amended 1998, c.27, s.2; 2015, c.95, s.41.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-11
Early land acquisition
Status: in_force

Any county, by resolution, or municipality, by ordinance, may acquire real property and any estate or interest therein, including a lease with option to purchase, which the governing body shall determine will be necessary or useful for the proper exercise of any power conferred upon the county or municipality by this or any other law, notwithstanding that the county or municipality will not make use of such estate or interest for a period not exceeding 10 years if: (a) In the case of a county or municipality, (1) the county or municipality has adopted a capital budget pursuant to New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-43 to 40A:4-45 which shall include a program or project for the expenditure of public funds for capital purposes requiring, or likely requiring, the acquisition of such real property, and (2) the proposed use for which the real property may be acquired is in conformity with both the zoning ordinance and master plan of the municipality, where such have been adopted, and (b) In the case of a county, the county shall enter into an agreement for payments in lieu of taxes with the municipality, in which case said payments shall not be less than the aggregate amount of taxes paid on all real property acquired by the county at the time of acquisition. Said agreement may be limited to the period during which the county has not initiated the program or project of expenditure of public funds for capital purposes adopted pursuant to its capital budget. During the period prior to the initiation of a program or project for the expenditure of public funds for capital purposes pursuant to the capital budget of the county or municipality, the county or municipality shall have all the powers and duties of a private person for purposes of collection of rents, fees, service charges and the provision of safe, decent and sanitary housing, section 24 to the contrary notwithstanding. Housing facilities in being at the time of acquisition shall be operated, maintained and improved by the county or municipality, or where the county or municipality so elects, by a county or municipal housing authority created pursuant to the Local Housing Authorities Law, (P.L.1938, c. 19). L.1971, c. 199, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-7
Bonds; law applicable
Status: in_force

Bonds and temporary improvement notes may be issued by each or any of the counties or municipalities joining in such agreement and work, to be issued in accordance with article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 40:56A-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56A / Section 56A-4.1
Definitions relative to authorities, boards, commissions.
Status: in_force

9. a. As used in this section: "Environmental authority, board, or commission" means an authority, board, commission, or other public body authorized by law to provide water, sewer, or other utility services, or to engage in the zoning of facilities for, or the planning for, the provision of such services. "Member" of an authority, board, or commission means a member of the governing body of that authority, board, or commission, and includes a person appointed as a member by a State, county, local, or other governmental official or who holds membership ex officio. "Regional authority" means: (1) The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners; (2) The North Jersey District Water Supply Commission; (3) The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission; (4) The Passaic Valley Water Commission; and (5) Any environmental authority, board, or commission, not included among the foregoing, owning real property assets or providing services in more than one county, including, but not limited to, those subject to oversight pursuant to the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.) or appointed pursuant to R.S.40:62-109 regarding joint water commissions. "State authority, board, or commission" means an independent State authority; any board, commission, or agency that is organized in but not of a principal department of State government; and any State authority that is required to submit its minutes, resolutions, or actions for gubernatorial approval or veto. b. Any State authority, board, or commission, regional authority, or environmental authority, board, or commission shall develop and maintain either an Internet website or a webpage on the State's, municipality's, or county's Internet website, as applicable. The purpose of the website or webpage shall be to provide increased public access to the authority, board, or commission's operations and activities. The following information, if applicable, shall be posted on the website or webpage: (1) a description of the authority, board, or commission's mission and responsibilities; (2) the budget once adopted for the current and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the budgets of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website or webpage; (3) the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or other similar financial information; (4) the annual audit for the most recent and immediately prior fiscal years. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the annual audits of at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website or webpage; (5) the authority, board, or commission's rules, regulations, and official policy statements deemed relevant by the governing body of the authority, board, or commission to the interests of the residents within the service area; (6) notice, posted pursuant to the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), of a meeting of the authority, board, or commission, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting; (7) the minutes of each meeting of the authority, board, or commission including all resolutions of the board and its committees for the current fiscal year. Commencing with the fiscal year next following the effective date of P.L.2011, c.167 (C.4:24-20.1 et al.), the approved minutes of meetings for at least three consecutive fiscal years shall be available on the website; (8) the name, mailing address, electronic mail address, if available, and phone number of every person who exercises day-to-day supervision or management over some or all of the operations of the authority, board, or commission; and (9) a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and any other person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or other organization which received any remuneration of $17,500 or more during the preceding fiscal year for any service whatsoever rendered to the authority, board, or commission. L.2011, c.167, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-28
Definitions relative to public utilities.
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 to C.40A:5A-30): "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Local authority" means an authority, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-3), or a water district established pursuant to R.S.40:62-96 et seq. that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Municipal utility" means a municipal public utility, as defined in N.J.S.40A:1-1, that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Program" means the Winter Termination Program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-29). "Residential customer" means a residential customer of record of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative, or any residential tenant of a residence where the owner or any agent or other representative of the owner of the residence is a non-residential customer of record of the local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative. "Utility emergency" means any condition constituting a potential danger to life, health, or property requiring a local authority or a municipal utility to discontinue, interrupt, or maintain the discontinuation or interruption of electric, sewer or water service or that results in an unscheduled discontinuance or interruption in electric, sewer or water service. L. 2021, c.317, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:65-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 65 / Section 65-10
Crosswalks
Status: in_force

Any municipality may provide for laying of crosswalks and the grading, paving, repaving or improving of portions of sidewalks lying in the angles of intersection of streets, at the public cost.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-9
Appropriations by local units
Status: in_force

Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the port authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the port authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the port authority. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1389, s. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:65-33 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-33
Existing agreements, contracts continued.
Status: in_force

33. Any shared service agreement, joint contract for a joint meeting, or agreement to regionalize or consolidate services in existence at the time of enactment of sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.) are continued pursuant to the law in effect at the time that the agreement or contract was executed; provided, however, that any renewals shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 1 to 37 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.). L.2007, c.63, s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37D-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37D / Section 37D-7
Powers of authority relative to highways and lands
Status: in_force

7. a. If the authority shall find it necessary in connection with the undertaking of the center to change the location of any portion of any public highway or road, it may contract with any government agency, or public or private corporation which may have jurisdiction over the public highway or road to cause the public highway or road to be constructed at a location the authority deems most favorable. The cost of the reconstruction and any damage incurred in changing the location of the highway shall be ascertained and paid by the authority as a part of the cost of the center. Any public highway affected by the construction of the center may be vacated or relocated by the authority in the manner now provided by law for the location or relocation of public roads, and any damages awarded as a result shall be paid by the authority as part of the cost of the center. In all undertakings authorized by this subsection the authority shall consult and obtain the approval of the Department of Transportation. b. In addition to the foregoing powers, the authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, all in accordance with due process of law, and the entry shall not be deemed a trespass nor shall an entry for that purpose be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The authority shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to the lands, waters and premises as a result of its activities. c. The authority shall also have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances, herein called "public utility facilities," of any public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13, in, on, along, over or under the center. Whenever the authority shall determine that it is necessary that public utility facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under the center shall be relocated in the center, or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating the facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the authority. The cost and expenses of the relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands and any other rights, acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and paid by the authority as a part of the cost of the center. In case of any relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns may maintain and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in their former location or locations. In all undertakings authorized by this subsection the authority shall consult and obtain the approval of the Board of Public Utilities . L.1994,c.98,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-4
Creation of incinerator or environmental services authority.
Status: in_force

4. (a) The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance duly adopted, create a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of "the ................................ incinerator authority" with all or any significant part of the name of such municipality inserted. The governing body of a municipality in which an incinerator authority has been established pursuant to P.L.1948, c.348 (C.40:66A-1 et seq.) prior to the effective date of P.L.2012, c.31 may, by ordinance duly adopted, create, continue and reestablish the incinerator authority under the name and style of the "environmental services authority" with all or any significant part of the name of the municipality inserted. An incinerator or environmental services authority created pursuant to this section by a municipality other than a city of the first class shall consist of five members, and an incinerator or environmental services authority created pursuant to this section by a municipality which is a city of the first class shall consist of five or seven members, as determined by the governing body. Members of the incinerator or environmental services authority shall be appointed by resolution of the governing body as hereinafter in this section provided, and the authority shall constitute the incinerator or environmental services authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency and instrumentality of said municipality. After the taking effect of such ordinance and the filing of a certified copy thereof as in subsection (c) of this section provided, the members of the incinerator or environmental services authority shall be appointed. The members first appointed shall, by the resolution of appointment, be designated to serve for terms respectively expiring as follows: the terms of the first four members shall expire in turn on each of the first days of the first, second, third and fourth Februaries next ensuing after the date of their appointment, and the remaining members shall be designated to serve for terms expiring on the first day of the fifth February next ensuing after the date of their appointment. On or after the first day of January in each year after such first appointments, one person shall be appointed or reappointed as a member of the incinerator or environmental services authority to succeed each member whose term is expiring, and shall serve for a term commencing on the first day of February in such year and expiring on the first day of February in the fifth year after such year. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the incinerator or environmental services authority occurring during an unexpired term of office, a person shall be appointed as a member of the incinerator or environmental services authority to serve for such unexpired term. The governing body of a municipality which is a city of the first class may increase the membership of its incinerator or environmental services authority to seven members from five members. The two additional members shall be appointed to serve five-year terms, commencing on the February 1 next following their appointment and expiring on February 1 in the fifth year after their appointment. (b) The governing bodies of any two or more municipalities, whether or not the areas of such municipalities comprise an integral body of territory, may, by parallel ordinances duly adopted by each of such governing bodies within any single calendar year, create a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of "the ................................. incinerator authority" with all or any significant part of the name of each such municipality or some identifying geographical phrase inserted. The governing bodies of any two or more municipalities who have established an incinerator authority pursuant to P.L.1948, c.348 (C.40:66A-1 et seq.) prior to the effective date of P.L.2012, c.31, whether or not the areas of such municipalities comprise an integral body of territory, may, by parallel ordinances duly adopted by each of such governing bodies within any single calendar year, create, continue and reestablish the incinerator authority under the name and style of "the environmental services authority" with all or any significant part of the name of each such municipality or some identifying geographical phrase inserted. Said body shall consist of the members thereof, in an aggregate number determined as hereinafter in this subsection provided, who shall be appointed by resolution of the several governing bodies as hereinafter in this section provided, and it shall constitute the incinerator or environmental services authority contemplated and provided for in this act and an agency and instrumentality of the said municipalities. The number of members of the incinerator or environmental services authority to be appointed at any time for full terms of office by the governing body of any such municipality or municipalities, as the case may be, shall be as may be stated in said ordinances which shall be not less than one nor more than three. After the taking effect of the said ordinances of all such municipalities and after the filing of certified copies thereof as in subsection (c) of this section provided, the appropriate number of persons shall be appointed as members of the incinerator or environmental services authority by the governing body of each municipality. The members first appointed or to be first appointed shall serve for terms expiring on the first day of the fifth February next ensuing after the date of the first appointment of any member. On or after the first day of January in the year in which expires the terms of the said members first appointed and in every fifth year thereafter, the appropriate number of persons shall be appointed as members of the incinerator or environmental services authority by the governing body of each municipality, to serve for terms commencing on the first day of February in such year and expiring on the first day of February in the fifth year after such year. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the incinerator or environmental services authority occurring during an unexpired term of office, a person shall be appointed as a member of the incinerator or environmental services authority to serve for such unexpired term by the governing body which made the original appointment for such unexpired term. (c) A copy of each ordinance for the creation of an incinerator or environmental services authority adopted pursuant to this section, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon proof of such filing of a certified copy of the ordinance or of certified copies of the parallel ordinances for the creation of an incinerator or environmental services authority as aforesaid, the incinerator or environmental services authority therein referred to shall, in any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract or obligation or act of the incinerator or environmental services authority, be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly created and established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this act. A copy of any such certified ordinance, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding. (d) A copy of each resolution appointing any member of an incinerator or environmental services authority adopted pursuant to this section, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A copy of such certified resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding and, except in a suit, action or proceeding directly questioning such appointment, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the members named therein. (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section with respect to the continuation and reestablishment of an environmental services authority, no governing body which may create or join in the creation of any incinerator or environmental services authority pursuant to this section shall thereafter create or join in the creation of any other incinerator or environmental services authority. No governing body of any municipality within a district shall create or join in the creation of any incinerator or environmental services authority except upon the written consent of the incinerator or environmental services authority and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such consent, and in the event such consent be given and an incinerator or environmental services authority be created pursuant thereto, the area within the territorial boundaries of such municipality shall not thereafter be part of the district. L.1948, c.348, s.4; amended 2012, c.31, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-49 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-49
Advertisement for bids; award
Status: in_force

The letting thereof shall be advertised in a newspaper circulating in the municipality at least ten days prior to the receipt of bids, and shall be to the highest responsible bidder therefor.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-5
Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content
Status: in_force

Upon the receipt of bids the governing body may adopt an ordinance providing for the lease or sale of the property. The ordinance shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be leased or sold; the name, address and amount of bid of the highest responsible bidder therefor; a general description of the property to be leased or sold, and any other matters and things deemed necessary. The clerk of the governing body shall cause a certified copy of the ordinance to be served upon the officer charged with the duty of preparing election ballots, with a request that the question of the lease or sale as shown by the ordinances shall be placed upon the ballots used at the next succeeding general election in such municipality. Such officer shall have the question printed on the election ballots in substantially one of the following forms: "Shall the plant be sold for the sum of ?" "Yes." "No." "Shall the plant be leased for a term of years for the sum of annual rental?" "Yes." "No." If a majority of the legal voters voting at such election shall vote "Yes," the governing body may accept the bid of the highest responsible bidder and carry out such lease or sale as authorized by the election.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.12 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.12
Municipal ordinances relative to small wind energy systems.
Status: in_force

1. a. Ordinances adopted by municipalities to regulate the installation and operation of small wind energy systems shall not unreasonably limit such installations or unreasonably hinder the performance of such installations. An application for development or appeal involving a small wind energy system shall comply with the appropriate notice and hearing provisions otherwise required for the application or appeal pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). b. Unreasonable limits or hindrances to performance of a small wind energy system shall include the following: (1) Prohibiting small wind energy systems in all districts within the municipality; (2) Restricting tower height or system height through application of a generic ordinance or regulation on height that does not specifically address allowable tower height or system height of a small wind energy system; (3) Requiring a setback from property boundaries for a tower that is greater than 150 percent of the system height. In a municipality that does not adopt specific setback requirements for small wind energy systems, any small wind energy system shall be set back from the nearest property boundary a distance at least equal to 150 percent of the system height; provided, however, that this setback requirement may be reduced by the zoning board of adjustment or, if otherwise appropriate, by the planning board upon application in an individual case if the applicant establishes the conditions for a variance under the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) to the board's satisfaction; (4) Setting a noise level limit lower than 55 decibels, as measured at the site property line, or not allowing for limit overages during short-term events such as utility outages and severe wind storms; and (5) Setting electrical or structural design criteria that exceed applicable provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code promulgated pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) and technical bulletins issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2009, c.244 (C.40:55D-66.13). c. If the Commissioner of Environmental Protection has issued a permit for the development of a small wind energy system under the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act," P.L.1973, c.185 (C.13:19-1 et seq.), prior to the effective date of P.L.2009, c.244 (C.40:55D-66.12 et seq.), provisions of subsection b. of this section shall not apply to an application for development for that small wind energy system if the provisions of that subsection would otherwise prohibit approval of the application or require the approval to impose restrictions or limitations on the small wind energy system, including but not limited to restrictions or limitations on tower height or system height, the setback of the system from property boundaries, and noise levels. d. For the purposes of this section: "Small wind energy system" means a wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine, a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has a rated capacity consistent with applicable provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code promulgated pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) and technical bulletins issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2009, c.244 (C.40:55D-66.13), and which will be used primarily for onsite consumption; "System height" means the height above grade of the tower plus the wind generator; "Tower height" means the height above grade of the fixed portion of the tower, excluding the wind generator; and "Wind generator" means blades and associated mechanical and electrical conversion components mounted on top of the tower. L.2009, c.244, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1.4
Criminal history record check requested by municipality, authority for.
Status: in_force

34. a. A municipality may enact an ordinance providing that an authorized municipal official or officer may request a criminal history record background check of any person for an official governmental purpose, including, but not limited to, employment, licensing and the procurement of services. The ordinance shall provide that the person shall submit to being fingerprinted in accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules and regulations. The ordinance shall further provide that the official or officer is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. b. In order to obtain criminal history record information pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance, the official or officer shall submit fingerprint data to the State Bureau of Identification. The bureau shall receive all criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and shall disseminate that information to the officer or official. c. The municipality shall transmit the fees for the criminal history record background check to the State Bureau of Identification. d. Pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Attorney General may promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section. L.2003,c.199,s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.17
Expenditures; duly sworn claim required
Status: in_force

In the event that any such ordinance provides for a contribution in accordance with the provisions of this act, no money shall be expended by the municipality except upon the presentation of a duly sworn claim approved by resolution of the governing body of the municipality. L.1947, c. 335, p. 1087, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:19-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-2
Resolution; submission to voters
Status: in_force

In order to effect the change, the board of chosen freeholders shall adopt a resolution that the county seat shall be changed to a municipality other than that in which it is then located, designating the other municipality by name. The resolution shall not become effective until a majority of the legal voters of the county shall vote in the manner hereinafter provided, for the proposed change.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-24 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-24
Appropriation of funds by local unit; construction, financing and operation of facilities by local unit
Status: in_force

a. Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the municipal authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the municipal authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the municipal authority. b. Subject to section 61 of this act (C. 40:14B-60), any local unit shall have the power to authorize as a general improvement or, in the case of a local unit which is a municipality, as a local improvement the construction and financing of any facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage or for the collection, recycling or disposal of solid waste within the district arising within a district, or any facilities for the distribution of water within a district. Subject to the consent and approval of the municipal authority, such facilities may be operated by the local unit and the local unit may fix rates and charges for the use thereof, in addition to the payment of any special assessments levied by a municipality against lands and real estate specially benefited by such improvements. As provided in section 48 of this act (C. 40:14B-48), such facilities may be acquired and operated by the municipal authority as a part of the utility system, notwithstanding that special assessments may be or may have been levied for such improvements by a municipality. L.1957, c. 183, p. 653, s. 24, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1970, c. 209, s. 3, eff. Sept. 30, 1970; L.1977, c. 384, s. 11, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-160.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-160.1
Compensatory time off for employees who are members of certain volunteer organizations
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality shall grant time off from work with pay for municipal employees who are members of a volunteer fire company serving the municipality, volunteers in first aid or rescue squads serving the municipality or volunteer drivers of municipally-owned or operated ambulances when such employees are called to respond to alarms occurring during the hours of their employment. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-19 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-19
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

19. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is authorized to determine standards and guidelines and to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1991,c.441,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-82 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-82
Sharing of costs and expenses
Status: in_force

The apportionment of costs and expenses under any joint agreement may be based upon apportionment valuations determined under R.S. 54:4-49, or upon population, budgets and such other factor or factors, or any combination thereof as provided in the agreement. L.1975, c. 291, s. 69, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-106 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-106
Construction and improvement of roadways and paths
Status: in_force

The commission may: a. Construct and maintain along, across, upon and over any of the real estate acquired by it under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title, roadways, parkways or boulevards; b. Grade and improve the same; c. Regulate the width thereon of sidewalks, roadways, service ways, bridle paths, bicycle paths or roads; d. Plant therein trees and shrubbery; e. Construct such sidewalks, roadways, service ways, bridle paths, bicycle paths or roads and pave the same, or any part thereof, in such manner and of such material as it may deem advisable. The grading, construction and improvements may proceed simultaneously, or from time to time, and in and upon such parts or sections of the parkways or boulevards as may be determined by the commission from time to time.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-31 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-31
General storekeeper; term; duties
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders of any county may appoint a general storekeeper for a term of 3 years. The storekeeper shall be responsible for the keeping in good condition the materials and supplies sent to him and shall deliver such materials and supplies to the county institutions, departments and officials according to the directions of the board and upon proper requisition. He shall perform such functions and duties as may be required and necessary. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12A-22.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-22.3
Information submitted by applicant; consent; cost.
Status: in_force

3. An applicant shall submit to the authority his or her name, address, and fingerprints taken on standard fingerprint cards by a State or municipal law enforcement agency. An applicant who refuses to consent to, or cooperate in, the securing of a criminal history record background check shall not be considered for employment by the authority. The authority is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Section and the Division of State Police, Bureau of Identification for use in making the determinations provided for in section 2 of P.L.1997, c.265 (C.40A:12A-22.2). No criminal history record check shall be performed pursuant to this act unless the applicant shall have furnished his or her written consent to such check. The applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record check. L.1997,c.265,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-21.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-21.1
Contributions of employees of local unit, agency toward health care benefits.
Status: in_force

42. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees, as specified herein, of a local unit or agency thereof, herein referred to as an employer, shall contribute, through the withholding of the contribution from the pay, salary, or other compensation, toward the cost of health care benefits coverage for the employee and any dependent provided pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-16 et seq., unless the provisions of subsection c. of this section apply, in an amount that shall be determined in accordance with section 39 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c), except that, employees employed on the date on which the contribution commences, as specified in subsection d. of this section, shall pay: during the first year in which the contribution is effective, one-fourth of the amount of contribution; during the second year in which the contribution is effective, one-half of the amount of contribution; and during the third year in which the contribution is effective, three-fourths of the amount of contribution, as that amount is calculated in accordance with section 39 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c). The amount payable by any employee under this subsection shall not under any circumstance be less than the 1.5 percent of base salary that is provided for in subsection b. of N.J.S.40A:10-21 or section 16 of P.L.2010, c.2 (C.18A:64A-13.1a). An employee who pays the contribution required under this subsection shall not also be required to pay the contribution of 1.5 percent of base salary under subsection b. of N.J.S.40A:10-21 or section 16 of P.L.2010, c.2 (C.18A:64A-13.1a). This subsection shall apply to employees for whom the employer has assumed a health care benefits payment obligation pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-21, to require that such employees pay at a minimum the amount of contribution specified in this section for health care benefits coverage, with an employer including a county college. b. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees of an employer, as those employees are specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall contribute, through the withholding of the contribution from the monthly retirement allowance, toward the cost of health care benefits coverage for the employee in retirement and any dependent provided pursuant to N.J.S.40A:10-16 et seq., unless the provisions of subsection c. of this section apply, in an amount that shall be determined in accordance with section 39 of P.L.2011, c.78 (C.52:14-17.28c) using the percentage applicable to the range within which the annual retirement allowance, and any future cost of living adjustments thereto, falls. The retirement allowance, and any future cost of living adjustments thereto, shall be used to identify the percentage of the cost of coverage. (2) The contribution specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply to: (a) employees of employers for whom there is a majority representative for collective negotiations purposes who accrue the number of years of service credit, and age if required, as specified in N.J.S.40A:10-23, or on or after the expiration of an applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date, and who retire on or after that effective date or expiration date, excepting employees who elect deferred retirement, when the employer has assumed payment obligations for health care benefits in retirement for such an employee; and (b) employees of employers for whom there is no majority representative for collective negotiations purposes who accrue the number of years of service credit, and age if required, as specified in N.J.S.40A:10-23, on or after that effective date or on or after the expiration of a binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date if the terms of that agreement concerning health care benefits payment obligations in retirement have been deemed applicable by the employer to those employees, and who retire on or after that effective date or expiration date, excepting employees who elect deferred retirement, when the employer has assumed payment obligations for health care benefits in retirement for such an employee. (3) Employees described in paragraph (2) of this subsection who have 20 or more years of creditable service in one or more State or locally-administered retirement systems on the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78 shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection. The amount payable by a retiree under this subsection shall not under any circumstance be less than the 1.5 percent of the monthly retirement allowance, including any future cost of living adjustments thereto, that is provided for such a retiree, if applicable to that retiree, under subsection b. of N.J.S.40A:10-23. A retiree who pays the contribution required under this subsection shall not also be required to pay the contribution of 1.5 percent of the monthly retirement allowance under subsection b. of N.J.S.40A:10-23. c. A local unit may enter into a contract or contracts to provide health care benefits, including prescription drug benefits and other health care benefits, as may be required to implement a duly executed collective negotiations agreement, and may provide through such agreement for an amount of employee or retiree contribution as a cost share or premium share that is other than the percentage required under subsection a. or b., or both, of this section, if the total aggregate savings during the term of that agreement from such contributions or plan design, or both, from that agreement as applied to employees and retirees covered by that agreement, and to employees and retirees not covered by that agreement but to whom the agreement has been applied by the employer, if any, equals or exceeds the annual savings that would have resulted had those employees or retirees made the contributions required under subsection a. or b., or both, of this section plus the annual savings resulting to the plans within the State Health Benefits Program as a result of plan design changes made pursuant to P.L.2011, c.78. A local unit shall certify the savings in writing to the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs and the Division of Pensions and Benefits in the Department of the Treasury. The Department of Community Affairs shall review and approve or reject the certification within 30 days of receipt. The certification shall be deemed approved if not rejected within that time. The agreement shall not be executed until that approval is received or the 30-day period has lapsed, whichever occurs first. d. The contribution under subsection a. of this section shall commence: (1) upon the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78 for employees who do not have a majority representative for collective negotiations purposes, notwithstanding that the terms of an applicable collective negotiations agreement binding on the employer have been applied or have been deemed applicable to those employees by the employer, or have been used to modify the respective payment obligations of the employer and those employees in a manner consistent with those terms, before that effective date; and (2) upon the expiration of any applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date for employees covered by that agreement with the contribution required for the first year under subsection a. of this section commencing in the first year after that expiration, or upon the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78 if such an agreement has expired before that effective date with the contribution required for the first year under subsection a. of this section commencing in the first year after that effective date. Once those employees are subjected to the contribution requirements set forth in subsection a. of this section, the public employers and public employees shall be bound by this act, P.L.2011, c.78, to apply the contribution levels set forth in section 39 of this act until all affected employees are contributing the full amount of the contribution, as determined by the implementation schedule set forth in subsection a. of this section. Notwithstanding the expiration date set forth in section 83 of this act, P.L.2011, c.78, or the expiration date of any successor agreements, the parties shall be bound to apply the requirements of this paragraph until they have reached the full implementation of the schedule set forth in subsection a. of this section. As may be permitted by law or otherwise, the authority to determine an amount of contribution at the discretion of the employer or by means of a binding collective negotiations agreement, and by means of the application of the terms of such an agreement to employees who do not have a majority representative for collective negotiations purposes, or the modification of the respective payment obligations of the employer and those employees in a manner consistent with the terms of such an agreement, shall remain in effect with regard to contributions, whether as a share of the cost, or percentage of the premium or periodic charge, or otherwise, in addition to the contributions required under subsections a. and b. of this section. This section shall apply when the health care benefits are provided through self insurance, the purchase of commercial insurance or reinsurance, an insurance fund or joint insurance fund, or in any other manner, or any combination thereof. This section shall apply to counties and municipalities, and any agency, board, commission, authority, or instrumentality of a local unit, fire districts, or other entities created by a county or municipality, and to county colleges. Amounts deducted from a retiree's benefit pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be paid to the retiree's former employer, as appropriate. All other provisions of law shall remain applicable to the extent not inconsistent with this section. e. Any extension, alteration, re-opening, amendment or other adjustment to a collective negotiations agreement in force on the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78, or to an agreement that is expired on that effective date, shall be considered a new collective negotiations agreement entered into after that effective date for the purposes of this section. L.2011, c.78, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-43 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-43
Disputes by applicant of charges made by professional; appeal
Status: in_force

6. a. An applicant shall notify in writing the sewerage authority with copies to the chief financial officer and the professional whenever the applicant disputes the charges made by a professional for service rendered to the sewerage authority in reviewing applications for development, review and preparation of documents, inspection of improvements, or other charges made pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 through 8 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40 through C.40:14A-45). The disputed charges shall be specifically outlined in the correspondence including the dates, time and personnel in dispute. The sewerage authority, or its designee, shall within a reasonable time period attempt to remediate any disputed charges. If the matter is not resolved to the satisfaction of the applicant, the applicant may appeal to the county construction board of appeals established under section 9 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-127) any charge to an escrow account or a deposit by any sewerage authority professional or consultant, or the cost of the installation of improvements estimated by the sewerage authority engineer pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-44). An applicant or his authorized agent shall submit the appeal in writing to the county construction board of appeals. The applicant or his authorized agent shall simultaneously send a copy of the appeal to the sewerage authority and any professional whose charge is the subject of the appeal. An applicant shall file an appeal within 45 days from receipt of the informational copy of the professional's voucher required by subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-41), except that if the professional has not supplied the applicant with an informational copy of the voucher, then the applicant shall file his appeal within 60 days from receipt of the sewerage authority statement of activity against the deposit or escrow account required by subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-41). An applicant may file an appeal for an ongoing series of charges by a professional during a period not exceeding six months to demonstrate that they represent a pattern of excessive or inaccurate charges. An applicant making use of this provision need not appeal each charge individually. b. The county construction board of appeals shall hear the appeal, render a decision thereon, and file its decision with a statement of the reasons therefor with the sewerage authority not later than 10 business days following the submission of the appeal, unless such period of time has been extended with the consent of the applicant. The decision may approve, disapprove, or modify the professional charges appealed from. A copy of the decision shall be forwarded by certified or registered mail to the party making the appeal, the sewerage authority, and the professional involved in the appeal. Failure by the board to hear an appeal and render and file a decision thereon within the time limits prescribed in this subsection shall be deemed a denial of the appeal for purposes of a complaint, application, or appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction. c. The county construction board of appeals shall provide rules for its procedure in accordance with this section. The board shall have the power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant evidence, and the provisions of the "County and Municipal Investigations Law," P.L.1953, c.38 (C.2A:67A-1 et seq.) shall apply. d. During the pendency of any appeal, the sewerage authority shall continue to process, hear, and decide the application for development, and to inspect the development in the normal course, and shall not withhold, delay, or deny reviews, inspections, signing of subdivision plats or site plans, the reduction or the release of performance or maintenance guarantees, the issuance of construction permits or certificates of occupancy, or any other approval or permit because an appeal has been filed or is pending under this section. The chief financial officer of the sewerage authority may pay disputed charges out of the appropriate escrow account or deposit for which an appeal has been filed. If a charge is disallowed after payment, the chief financial officer of the sewerage authority shall reimburse the deposit or escrow account in the amount of any such disallowed charge or refund the amount to the applicant. If a charge is disallowed after payment to a professional or consultant who is not an employee of the sewerage authority, the professional or consultant shall reimburse the sewerage authority in the amount of any such disallowed charge. e. The Commissioner of Community Affairs 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 this section. L.1999,c.11,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-112 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-112
Additional conditions; powers of authority
Status: in_force

As a condition of the loan, the authority shall have the power at all times during the construction and rehabilitation of a housing project and the operation thereof: a. To enter upon and inspect without prior notice any project, including all parts thereof, for the purpose of investigating the physical and financial condition thereof, and its construction, rehabilitation, operation, management and maintenance, and to examine all books and records with respect to capitalization, income and other matters relating thereto and to make such charges as may be required to cover the cost of such inspections and examinations; b. To order such alterations, changes or repairs as may be necessary to protect the security of its investment in a housing project or the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants thereof; c. To order any managing agent, project manager or owner of a housing project to so such acts as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of all applicable laws or ordinances, or of any rule or regulation of the authority, or of the terms of any agreement concerning the said project, or to refrain from doing any acts in violation thereof, and in this regard the authority shall be a proper party to file a complaint and to prosecute thereon for any violations of laws or ordinances as set forth herein; d. To require the adoption and continuous use of uniform systems of accounts and records for a project and to require all owners or managers of same to file annual reports containing such information and verified in such manner as the authority shall require, and to file at such times and on such forms as it may prescribe, reports and answers to specific inquiries required by the authority to determine the extent of compliance with any agreement, the terms of the loan, the provisions of this act, or any other applicable law; and, e. To enforce, by court action if necessary, the terms and provisions of any agreement between the authority and the qualified housing sponsor and the terms of any agreement between the qualified housing sponsor and any municipality granting tax exemption, as to schedules of rental or carrying charges, income limits as applied to tenants or occupants, or any other limitation imposed upon the qualified housing sponsor concerning the finances, construction or operation of the project. In the event of a violation by the qualified housing sponsor of the terms of any agreement between the authority and the qualified housing sponsor, or between the municipality granting tax exemption and the qualified housing sponsor, or in the event of a violation by the qualified housing sponsor of this act, or of the terms of the mortgage loan agreement or other loan agreement, or of any rules and regulations of the authority duly promulgated pursuant to this act, the authority may remove any or all of the existing officers and directors of such qualified housing sponsor and appoint such person or persons whom the authority in its sole discretion deems advisable, who may be officers or employees of the authority, as new officers or directors to serve in place of those removed. Officers or directors so appointed need not be stockholders or meet other qualifications which may be prescribed by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such qualified housing sponsor. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, officers or directors so appointed shall not be personally liable for debts, obligations or liabilities of such qualified housing sponsor. Officers or directors so appointed shall serve only for a period coexistent with the duration of such violation or until the authority is satisfied that such violation, or violations of a similar nature, have not and will not reoccur. Officers or employees of the authority who are so appointed as officers or directors shall serve in such capacity without compensation, but shall be reimbursed, if and as the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such qualified housing sponsor may provide, for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as officers or directors so appointed of such qualified housing sponsor and for such other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as officers or directors of such qualified housing sponsor as determined by the authority. L.1979, c. 275, s. 7, eff. Jan. 3, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-8a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-8a
Sewerage authority may charge additional fees under certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

1. a. For a property connected to the sewerage system for less than 20 years, a sewerage authority may charge an additional connection or tapping fee for an addition, alteration, or change in use that materially increases the level of use and imposes a greater demand on the sewerage system, but does not involve a new physical connection of the property to the sewerage system. b. The connection or tapping fee authorized by subsection a. of this section shall be equal to the amount by which the increased use and demand on the sewerage system exceeds the use and demand that existed prior to such addition, alteration, or change in use. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a sewerage authority from charging a new or additional connection or tapping fee for any new or additional connection of a property to the sewerage system, or for any increase in the size of an existing connection or for any new construction of additional service units connected to the sewerage system that materially increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system. d. As used in this section, "materially increases" means any increase in the number of service units; or any other change which increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system by 15 percent or more over the highest actual annual use and demand that existed during the prior 10-year period immediately preceding the addition, alteration, or change in use; provided, however, that, if the property has been connected to the sewerage system for less than 10 years, the average level of use and demand shall be calculated based on the actual period of connection. L.2018, c.74, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:67-10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 67 / Section 67-10
Authority, file copies of bond resolutions, management committee.
Status: in_force

10. An authority shall file a copy of a bond resolution adopted by the board of authority commissioners in its office and in the office of the clerk of the board of commissioners, and may publish, in a newspaper published or circulating in each county's community, a notice stating the fact and date of adoption of the bond resolution and the places where the authority has filed the bond resolution for public inspection, the date of the first publication of the notice, and that an action or proceeding in a court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contract provided for by the bond resolution, shall commence within 20 days after the first publication of the notice. If the notice shall be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity of the establishment of the authority or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in the notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of the notice, then the residents, taxpayers, and owners of property in each of the counties, and all other persons, shall be barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity of the establishment of the authority, the validity or proper authorization of the bonds, or the validity of the covenants, agreements, or contracts. The authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly established and to be authorized to transact business and exercise powers as an authority pursuant to P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.), and the bonds, covenants, agreements, and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.2023, c.346, s.10; amended 2025, c.253, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.17
Inconsistent acts superseded
Status: in_force

With respect to the subject matter of this act, this act shall supersede any other act or part of act inconsistent with any provision of this act, to the extent of such inconsistency. L.1944, c. 206, p. 733, s. 11, eff. April 21, 1944.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-23
Election; term; organization
Status: in_force

The chosen freeholders shall be elected by the voters of each county at the general election therein and, except as otherwise provided as to those first elected, shall hold office for three years from the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding their election and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. The boards of chosen freeholders elected under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall organize at the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding the election of its members and at the annual stated meeting each year thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 40:58-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 58 / Section 58-1
Municipal forestry; establishment
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may use any of its lands for forest growth, and may cut and sell any timber found or grown upon such land, and may enter into contracts with the board of conservation and development for the control and management of lands of such municipality for forestry purposes.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Forest reserve as public park
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the board of conservation and development for the maintenance of a forest reserve, or any portion thereof, which portion may be a pond or lake, as a public park; and from time to time to appropriate money and to pay the same to the board of conservation and development to be expended by it for the maintenance and improvement of such state property.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-15.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15.7
Submission by municipality of proposition authorizing annual levy.
Status: in_force

7. a. (1) The governing body of any municipality may submit to the voters of the municipality in a general or special election a proposition authorizing imposition of an annual levy for an amount or at a rate deemed appropriate for any or all of the following purposes, or any combination thereof, as determined by the governing body: (a) acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes; (b) development of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes; (c) maintenance of lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes; (d) acquisition of farmland for farmland preservation purposes; (e) historic preservation of historic properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects, and the acquisition of such properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas, or objects for historic preservation purposes; (f) payment of debt service on indebtedness issued or incurred by a municipality for any of the purposes set forth in subparagraph (a), (b), (d), (e) or (g) of this paragraph; or (g) Blue Acres projects. (2) The amount or rate of the annual levy may be subdivided in the proposition to reflect the relative portions thereof to be allocated to any of the respective purposes specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection or may be depicted as a total amount or rate, to be subdivided in a manner determined previously, or to be determined at a later date, by the governing body of the municipality after conducting at least one public hearing thereon. b. Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality may annually raise by taxation a sum not to exceed the amount or rate set forth in the proposition approved by the voters for the purposes specified therein. If the amount or rate set forth in the proposition was not subdivided among the various purposes, the governing body of the municipality may determine the appropriate amount or rate to be allocated to each purpose after conducting at least one public hearing thereon. c. Amounts raised by the levy imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a "Municipal Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to be created by the municipality, and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by the voters of the municipality. Any interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the municipal trust fund shall be credited to the fund to be used for the same purposes as the principal. Separate accounts may be created within the municipal trust fund for the deposit of revenue to be expended for each of the purposes specified in the proposition approved by the voters of the municipality. A municipality may deposit other funds into the Municipal Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund, as it may, from time to time, deem appropriate. d. The governing body of a municipality may submit to the voters of the municipality in a general or special election a proposition amending or supplementing a proposition previously submitted, approved, and implemented as provided pursuant to this section either (1) changing the amount or rate of the annual levy, or (2) adding or removing purposes authorized pursuant to this section for which the levy may be expended. Upon approval of the amendatory or supplementary proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall implement it in the same manner as set forth in P.L.1997, c.24 for implementation of the original proposition. e. Upon petition to the governing body of a municipality signed by the voters of the municipality equal in number to at least 15% of the votes cast therein at the last preceding general election, filed with the governing body at least 90 days before a general or special election, the governing body of the municipality shall submit to the voters of the municipality in the general or special election the proposition otherwise authorized pursuant to subsection a. or subsection d. of this section, as the case may be. L.1997, c.24, s.7; amended 2005, c.108, s.2; 2011, c.173, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-136.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-136.1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Permit Extension Act of 2008." L.2008, c.78, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:47-20.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47 / Section 47-20.11
Eligibility of appointee, after confirmation of appointment, to police and firemen's retirement system
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the police and firemen's retirement system of New Jersey shall accept as a member of the retirement system any policeman, otherwise eligible for membership, whose appointment is confirmed pursuant to this act provided there is paid into the retirement system, in such manner as the board shall prescribe, the contributions that would have been payable had he been so appointed at the age of 30 years. L.1962, c. 56, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-28 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-28
Classification of prospective bidders; notice.
Status: in_force

28. Prospective bidders shall be classified as to the character and amount of goods or services contracts as to which they shall be qualified to submit bids, and bids shall be accepted only from persons so qualified. The classification shall be made and an immediate notice thereof shall be sent to the prospective bidders by certified or registered mail within eight days after the date of receipt of the responsive statement or answers. L.1971,c.198,s.28; amended 1999, c.440, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.83 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.83
Effects of consolidation
Status: in_force

6. a. The consolidated municipality shall continue the form of government and name of the absorbing municipality. b. The clerk of the consolidated municipality shall notify the Secretary of State and the county clerk of the consolidation. c. The offices and positions of the elected and appointed municipal officials of the sparsely populated municipality shall terminate upon the completion of the consolidation. d. The elected and appointed officers of the absorbing municipality shall continue their terms of office or appointment upon creation of the consolidated municipality as if no consolidation had occurred and the ordinances of the absorbing municipality shall be applicable to the entire consolidated municipality. L.1995,c.376,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-122 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-122
Report of commissioners; hearing; report final when confirmed by court
Status: in_force

The commissioners shall make a report, in writing, of their assessment, signed by them, or any two of them, to the Superior Court and apply to it for confirmation thereof. The court shall either confirm the report or refer it to the same commissioners for revision or correction, or to new commissioners to be appointed by it, or it may itself, upon a hearing had before it, modify or alter the report, and any assessment of benefits made therein, in such manner as to it may seem just. The commissioners to whom the report may be so referred shall return it corrected and revised, or make a new report, and the same on being so returned shall be confirmed or again referred, or may be modified or altered by the court as aforesaid, and so from time to time until a report shall be made or returned which the court shall, with or without alteration, confirm. The report when confirmed shall be final and conclusive upon the municipality and upon the owner or owners of any land affected thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 723, s. 229, eff. March 19, 1953.