N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-18 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-18
American goods and products to be used where possible
Status: in_force

Each local unit shall provide, in the specifications for all contracts for county or municipal work or for work for which it will pay any part of the cost, or work which by contract or ordinance it will ultimately own and maintain, that only manufactured and farm products of the United States, wherever available, be used in such work. L.1971, c. 198, s. 18, eff. July 1, 1971. Amended by L.1982, c. 107, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-27 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-27
Sale of bonds, methods.
Status: in_force

40A:2-27. a. All bonds shall be sold at public sale upon the submission of sealed bids or through the submission of electronic proposals, except that bonds may be sold at private sale without any previous public offering: (1) if constituting all or part of an authorized issue of $1,000,000 or less, or (2) if sold to any board, body, agency, commission, instrumentality, district, authority or political subdivision of any local unit, or of the State, or of the Federal Government. b. (1) If no legally acceptable bid is received at advertised public offering pursuant to subsection a. of this section, such bonds or any of them may be sold at private sale within 30 days after the advertised date for public bidding, provided, however, that no bonds shall contain substantially different provisions from those specified in said notice. (2) Any purchaser of bonds at private sale, other than a public body, shall deposit a certified or cashier's or treasurer's check drawn upon a bank or trust company in an amount equal to 5% of the amount of bonds purchased and such amount shall be applied as in the case of a deposit made at public sale. (3) Any private sale of bonds shall be made or confirmed by resolution of the governing body adopted by not less than a 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, setting forth the date, maturities, interest rate and price of the bonds and the name of the purchaser. c. If the governing body determines to conduct the public sale through the submission of electronic proposals, such electronic proposals shall be submitted in the form of open or closed auctions conducted through a nationally recognized electronic securities bidding service and in accordance with such rules as may be promulgated by the board. The local finance board may adopt rules in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), regulating the terms and conditions of the submission of electronic proposals. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended 1981, c.111, s.1; 2003, c.15, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:84-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 84-2.1
Adoption of other form of government by municipality with manager form of government
Status: in_force

Whenever in any municipality governed under "The Municipal Manager Form of Government Law" the qualified voters of the municipality have, or shall have, adopted another form of government, pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law" (P.L.1950, c. 210, C. 40:69A-1 et seq.), which other form of government will not become effective until January 1 following the date fixed by law for the next election for councilmen in such municipality, no such election for councilmen shall be held in such municipality, but the councilmen in office at the time fixed for the holding of such election shall continue in office, and all subordinate boards, departments, bodies, offices, positions and employments shall likewise continue in effect and the incumbents thereof shall continue to hold the same, until 12 noon on said January 1, with the same effect and subject to the same restrictions as though the terms of office of said councilmen had extended to and terminated at said time on said January 1. L.1974, c. 7, s. 1, eff. Feb. 22, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-9
Meetings; municipal agency
Status: in_force

Meetings; municipal agency. a. Every municipal agency shall by its rules fix the time and place for holding its regular meetings for business authorized to be conducted by such agency. Regular meetings of the municipal agency shall be scheduled not less than once a month and shall be held as scheduled unless canceled for lack of applications for development to process. The municipal agency may provide for special meetings, at the call of the chairman, or on the request of any two of its members, which shall be held on notice to its members and the public in accordance with municipal regulations. No action shall be taken at any meeting without a quorum being present. All actions shall be taken by a majority vote of the members of the municipal agency present at the meeting, except as otherwise required by sections 23, 25, 49, 50, and subsections 8e., 17a., 17b. and 57d. of this act. Failure of a motion to receive the number of votes required to approve an application for development shall be deemed an action denying the application. Nothing herein shall be construed to contravene any act providing for procedures for governing bodies. b. All regular meetings and all special meetings shall be open to the public. Notice of all such meetings shall be given in accordance with municipal regulations. An executive session for the purpose of discussing and studying any matters to come before the agency shall not be deemed a regular or special meeting within the meaning of this act. c. Minutes of every regular or special meeting shall be kept and shall include the names of persons appearing and addressing the municipal agency and of the persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by the municipal agency, the findings, if any, made by it and reasons therefor. The minutes shall thereafter be made available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the administrative officer. Any interested party shall have the right to compel production of the minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceedings concerning the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party may be charged a reasonable fee for reproduction of the minutes for his use. L. 1975, c. 291, s. 5, eff. Aug. 1, 1976. Amended by L. 1979, c. 216, s. 6; L. 1984, c. 20, s. 3, eff. March 22, 1984; L. 1985, c. 516, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-19.2
Strict compliance with law in making loans required
Status: in_force

In the making of any loan authorized by the provisions of section one of this act the pertinent provisions of chapters one and two of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes shall, in all respects, be strictly complied with. L.1941, c. 67, p. 152, s. 2. Amended by L.1942, c. 139, p. 430, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1942.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-57 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-57
Additional joint insurance for municipality, county vocational school district, other district.
Status: in_force

6. In the case of a county vocational school district, in addition to any contract entered into by a municipality pursuant to section 5 of this act, the governing body of any municipality and any board of education may, in accordance with section 1 of this act, agree to join together for the purpose of insuring pursuant to the provisions of: a. Article 1 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-1 et seq.); b. Article 3 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-6 et seq.); c. Article 4 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.40A:10-12 et seq.); or d. P.L.1983, c.372 (C.40A:10-36 et seq.). L.1992, c.51, s.6; amended 2007, c.18, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-154.6a — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-154.6a
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. b. "Management responsibility" means the supervisory responsibility for planning, scheduling, directing, controlling and coordinating the daily and long term operations of public works activities, as applicable, including the utilization of manpower, equipment, materials, funds, and other available resources. c. "Public Works Advisory Board" means that board appointed by the director to review the examination, assist in evaluating qualifications for granting certificates, review of municipal applications for exemption, and review of continuing education programs and other duties as the director may from time to time assign. The board shall meet at least one time each year. d. "Public works activity" means maintenance of streets, drainage, public buildings and places, water and waste water, solid waste, motor vehicles, or similar items related to the physical plant and infrastructure of a municipality. For the purposes of this act, a municipal utilities authority shall not be considered a public works activity. e. "Principal public works manager" means a certified public works manager who performs administrative and supervisory duties relating to installation, maintenance and repair of public works facilities, or assists in planning, organizing and directing all programs relating to a public works activity, or a combination thereof, who is appointed by the local governing body, its designated appointing authority or chief executive officer, and who is not an elected member of that governing body, who advises municipal elected officials and employees in proper compliance and administration of the various laws, regulations, technical practices, operations and management techniques with regard to public works activities conducted by the municipality. The designation principal public works manager shall not be considered a separate position or title within the municipality but shall signify the performance of duties by the person selected to advise municipal elected officials and employees. f. "Public works manager" means a person who in at least 5 of the last 10 years, has served in a position of public or private public works, construction management or civil engineering position where no less than fifty percent of the person's work time was directly spent in daily, direct supervision of public works activities. g. "Certified public works manager" means a public works manager who meets any one of the following criteria: i. completes the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.258 (C.40A:9-154.6b); ii. has a bachelor or greater degree in civil or related public works engineering, and is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey; iii. has served in one or more municipalities continuously for the five years prior to January 1, 1997, except that certification shall be limited to the municipality where the public works manager is employed at the time he applies for the certificate pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.258 (C.40A:9-154.6c); iv. graduated as a certified public works manager from Rutgers, The State University prior to August 13, 1994. L.1991,c.258,s.1; amended 1995,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-235 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-235
Bond issues; law applicable; deductions from debt statement
Status: in_force

Appropriations for other than current expenses, including, however, all expenses of the board of park commissioners incurred prior to the establishment of a park, may be provided for by the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the county in pursuance of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The chief financial officer of the county may deduct such bonds or other obligations, including the bonds or other obligations referred to in section 40:37-236 of this title, from any annual or supplemental debt statement, equal in amount to one per cent of the average assessed valuation of the county for the three preceding years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.11
Supplemental nature of act
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the courts or of any department of any municipality to enforce any provisions of its charter or its ordinances or regulations, nor to prevent or punish violations thereof; and the powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. L.1942, c. 112, p. 384, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-262 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-262
Powers of park police.
Status: in_force

2. The members and officers of the park police may arrest on view and without warrant, and conduct before the municipal court of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or the municipal court of a neighboring municipality, any persons found violating the rules and regulations adopted by the board of chosen freeholders for the protection, preservation, regulation and control of the parks and parkways, and all property and other things therein, and in addition while on or off duty anywhere within the territorial limits of the State, shall have the same powers for the enforcement of the laws of this State and the apprehension of violators thereof as are conferred by law upon police officers or constables. L.1960,c.135,s.2; amended 1969, c.166; 1997, c.308, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-52 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-52
Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
Status: in_force

The legislative power of the county shall be vested in the board of chosen freeholders. Such legislative power shall be exercised by ordinance, except for the exercise of the following powers which are required to be, or are permitted to be, exercised by resolution: a. The establishment of a municipal advisory council pursuant to section 29 of P.L. 1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-29); b. The conduct of an inquiry or investigation pursuant to section 86 of such act (C. 40:41A-86); c. The expression of disapproval of the suspension or dismissal of officers or employees pursuant to section 87 of such act (C. 40:41A-87); d. The adoption of rules for the board pursuant to section 100 of such act (C. 40:41A-100); e. The establishment of times and places for board meetings pursuant to section 99 of such act (C. 40:41A-99); f. The establishment of the board as a committee of the whole and the delegation of any number of its members as an ad hoc committee, both pursuant to section 86 of such act (C. 40:41A-86); g. The declaration of emergencies pursuant to section 101c. of such act (C. 40:41A-101c.); h. The identification of emergency situations pursuant to section 128 of such act (C. 40:41A-128); i. Application for a county department of civil service pursuant to section 130 of such act (C. 40:41A-130); j. The election, appointment and removal of such officers and employees as the board is permitted by law; k. Designation of qualified newspapers pursuant to section 142 of such act (C. 40:41A-142); l. Approval of contracts presented by the county manager; m. Actions specified as resolutions in the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.); n. Consent to municipal ordinances or resolutions regulating traffic or parking on county roads pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1957, c. 69 (C. 39:4-197.2); and o. The expression of such board policies or opinions as require no formal board action. L.1972, c. 154, s. 52, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1978, c. 141, s. 6, eff. Nov. 13, 1978; L.1983, c. 199, s. 2, eff. May 31, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-72.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-72.1
Continuation of application
Status: in_force

Any application for development submitted to the board of adjustment pursuant to lawful authority before the effective date of an ordinance pursuant to subsection c. of section 16 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-25) may be continued at the option of the applicant, and the board of adjustment shall have every power which it possessed before the effective date of the ordinance in regard to the application. L. 1985, c. 516, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7.1
Leaves of absence; athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by state
Status: in_force

Any county or municipal employee who qualifies as a member of the United States team for athletic competition on the world, Pan American or Olympic level, in a sport contested in either Pan American or Olympic competitions, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges and benefits, and without interruption of membership in any retirement system for the purpose of preparing for and engaging in the competition. The paid leave granted pursuant to this act shall be no more than 90 calendar days in 1 year or the combined days of the official training camp and competition, whichever is less. Any county or municipality which grants employees leaves of absence pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be reimbursed by the State, for the full amount of the actual cost of employing substitutes for said employees. L.1978, c. 99, s. 3, eff. Aug. 14, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-23.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-23.8
Additional services; repeal of ordinance; prior agreements to remain in effect
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall prevent a municipality from providing additional services, that primarily serve public purposes, to the residents of a qualified private community. The governing body of any municipality which prior to the operative date of this act has enacted an ordinance providing all the services or reimbursement provided by this act to a qualified private community may repeal the ordinance and implement the provisions of this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed as abrogating or superseding any agreement in effect pursuant to such an ordinance prior to the operative date of this act. L.1989, c.299, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:3-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-10
Sinking fund moneys; investment of
Status: in_force

Investment of sinking fund moneys shall be restricted to unlimited obligations issued by the United States of America, or bonds of the State of New Jersey, or bonds of any county, school district or municipality of this State, or the negotiable notes of any county, municipality or school district of this State, but except as herein otherwise provided the date of maturity of such investments shall be such that with subsequent accretions to the fund there shall be moneys on hand to pay the several issues of bonds as they fall due. If in the judgment of the majority of the sinking fund commissioners it is inexpedient and not to the best interests of the sinking fund to sell such securities held in the fund, the commission may borrow funds to meet maturing bonds, using as collateral for such loans any of the securities held in the fund. Amended by L.1943, c. 48, p. 91, s. 1, eff. March 27, 1943.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68A-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68A / Section 68A-6
Acquisition of property
Status: in_force

Every port authority is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the limitations of this act, to acquire, in its own name but for the local unit or units, by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, and, notwithstanding the provisions of any charter, ordinance or resolution of any county or municipality to the contrary, to construct, maintain, operate and use such plants, works, structures, property and conveyances, as in the judgment of the port authority will provide an effective and satisfactory method for promoting the purposes of the port authority. L.1948, c. 349, p. 1386, s. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-55.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-55.4
Prevailing wage rules, regulations, adoption by county improvement authority.
Status: in_force

15. Each county improvement authority shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, adopt rules and regulations, consistent with the rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.),requiring that not less than the prevailing wage be paid to workers employed in the construction or rehabilitation of facilities undertaken in connection with loans, loan guarantees, expenditures, investments, incentives or other financial assistance provided, authorized or administered by the authority. 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.2004,c.127,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-62 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-62
Filing copy of bond resolution; publication; effect
Status: in_force

19. An authority shall cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the county, and if the public facility financed by such bond resolution benefits a beneficiary county, in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the beneficiary county, and may thereupon cause to be published at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the county, and if applicable, any beneficiary county, a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by said bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the county and, if applicable, any beneficiary county and all other persons shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceeding, questioning the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.1960,c.183,s.19; amended 1994,c.76,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-128 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-128
Appointments between election and time of taking office under optional plan; pending actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

a. No subordinate board, department, body, office, position or employment shall be created and, except in the case of positions created by this act, no appointments shall be made to any subordinate board, department or body, or to any office, employment or position, without limitation, between the date of election of officers and the effective date of the administrative code; except that such temporary appointments may be made as shall be deemed necessary for the continuation of government services or as may be required by emergency situations, which situations shall be identified in a resolution adopted by the board of freeholders; provided, however, that all such temporary appointments shall terminate on the date that the administrative code takes effect. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the discretion of the appointing authority to reappoint, on a permanent basis, any person whose temporary appointment terminates on the effective date of the administrative code. b. All actions and proceedings of a legislative, executive or judicial character which are pending upon the effective date of an optional plan adopted pursuant to this act may continue, and the appropriate officer or employee under such optional plan shall be substituted for the officer or employee theretofore exercising or discharging the function, power or duty involved in such action or proceeding. L.1972, c. 154, s. 128, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 41, eff. May 5, 1975; L.1975, c. 255, s. 4, eff. Nov. 26, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-8
Salaries; power of Civil Service Commission
Status: in_force

Any county or municipality operating under the provisions of subtitle 3 of Title 11 (Civil Service) of the Revised Statutes may request the Civil Service Commission to recommend standards of salaries to be paid to persons filling offices and positions in the classified service, and the county, by resolution, or the municipality, by ordinance, as the case may be, may adopt such recommendations. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-23
Republication of ordinance
Status: in_force

At least two days prior to the time fixed for the further consideration for final passage of the ordinance, it shall be again published.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-12
Contracting unit purchases through State agency; procedure.
Status: in_force

12. a. Any contracting unit under this act may without advertising for bids, or having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising therefor, purchase any goods or services under any contract or contracts for such goods or services entered into on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury. b. A contracting unit may also use, without advertising for bids, or having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising, the Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services Administration or schedules from other federal procurement programs promulgated by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C.52:34-6.1), subject to the following conditions: (1) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price offered to federal agencies; (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.10); (3) the contracting unit receives the benefit of federally mandated price reductions during the term of the contract; (4) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price of the same or equivalent goods or services under the State contract, unless the contracting unit determines that because of factors other than price, selection of a vendor from the Federal Supply Schedules or schedules from other federal procurement programs would be more advantageous to the contracting unit; (5) a copy of the purchase order relating to any such contract, the requisition or request for purchase order, if applicable, and documentation identifying the price of the goods or services under the Federal Supply Schedules or schedules from other federal procurement programs shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury within five working days of the award of any such contract by the contracting unit. c. Whenever a purchase is made, the contracting unit shall place its order with the vendor offering the lowest price, including delivery charges, that best meets the requirements of the contracting unit. Prior to placing such an order, the contracting unit shall document with specificity that the goods or services selected best meet the requirements of the contracting unit. L.1971,c.198,s.12; amended 1996, c.16, s.3; 1999, c.440, s.18; 2006, c.10,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-29.13a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.13a
Joint free public library administrators, duties
Status: in_force

39. The director or other chief administrative officer of a joint free public library serving two or more municipalities shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be displayed at the principal and any branch location of that library and to be made available to each person who, when appearing in person at such location, may wish, on a voluntary basis, to register to vote; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to each such principal or branch location; and c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to each library which provides services under any program administered by the library which is located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4). L.1994,c.182,s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-3
Candidates for charter commission
Status: in_force

Candidates for the charter commission shall be registered voters of the municipality. They may be nominated by petition signed by at least 3% or 100, whichever is the lesser number, but at no time shall such number be less than 10, of the registered voters of the municipality, and filed with the municipal clerk not less than 60 days prior to the date of the election. (a) Each nominating petition shall set forth the names, places of residence, and post-office addresses of the candidate or candidates thereby nominated, that the nomination is for the office of charter commissioner and that the petitioners are legally qualified to vote for such candidate or candidates. Every voter signing a nominating petition shall add to his signature, his place of residence, post-office address and street number, if any. No voter shall sign a petition or petitions for more than five candidates. (b) Each nominating petition shall, before it may be filed with the municipal clerk, contain an acceptance of such nomination in writing, signed by the candidate or candidates therein nominated, upon or annexed to such petition, or if the same person or persons be named in more than one petition, upon or annexed to one of such petitions. Such acceptance shall certify that the candidate is a registered voter of the municipality, that the nominee consents to stand as a candidate at the election and that if elected he agrees to take office and serve. (c) Each nominating petition shall be verified by an oath or affirmation of one or more of the signers thereof, taken and subscribed before a person qualified under the laws of New Jersey to administer an oath, to the effect that the petition was signed by each of the signers thereof in his proper handwriting, that the signers are, to the best knowledge and belief of the affiant, registered voters of the municipality, and that the petition is prepared and filed in good faith for the sole purpose of endorsing the person or persons named therein for election as stated in the petition. L.1950, c. 210, p. 461, s. 1-3, eff. June 8, 1950. Amended by L.1975, c. 372, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-48
Grant of utilities to authority
Status: in_force

Any county, by resolution of its governing body, or any municipality, by ordinance of its governing body, or any other person is hereby empowered, without any referendum, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any municipal authority, or to permit any municipal authority to use, maintain or operate as part of the utility system, any real or personal property owned by it, including all or any part of any water supply, water distribution or sewerage facilities, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the municipal authority and accepted by the municipal authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality or other person and which may be agreed to by the municipal authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of any bonds. Subject to any such contracts with holders of bonds, the municipal authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements with respect to property so accepted by it, including agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality or other person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of the utility system. L.1957, c. 183, p. 669, s. 48, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-31 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-31
Duty of collector; books and records
Status: in_force

Except as provided in article 4 of this chapter (s. 40:56-58 et seq.) as to cities of the first class, immediately after the confirmation of any assessment a duplicate thereof duly certified by the clerk of the body confirming the same shall be delivered to the tax collecting officer of the municipality. The assessment shall be payable immediately upon delivery to such collecting officer, who shall immediately after delivery to him send out by mail or deliver to the owners of such real estate, bills for such assessment. The collector shall enter the date and amount of each payment on his duplicate in the proper column opposite the item of the assessment on account of which payment is made, and also enter the same in a proper cash book as a credit to the taxpayer, and shall also enter therein a designation of the property on which the tax was paid, the total amount of the assessment and the interest and penalty charged. Such cash book shall be provided by the collector at the expense of the taxing district and shall be its property and be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. The board or body having control of the finances of the municipality may make additional regulations for recording, accounting for, and collecting assessments.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-18
Costs and expenses; appropriations; bond issues
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders may raise and disburse all necessary money, either by taxation or the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law, to pay its respective share of the cost of carrying out any joint contract authorized by sections 40:23-14 to 40:23-17 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-8
Filing of resolution appointing authority member
Status: in_force

A copy of each resolution appointing any member of a municipal authority adopted pursuant to this act, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, may 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 member or members named therein. L.1957, c. 183, p. 642, s. 8, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Section 45-5
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Nonpartisan Elections Law." L.1981, c. 379, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-55.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-55.1
Special emergency appropriations; adoption of ordinance
Status: in_force

Any municipality may adopt ordinances authorizing special emergency appropriations to cover the cost of extraordinary expenses for the repair or reconstruction of streets, roads or bridges damaged by snow, ice, frost, or floods. L.1961, c. 22, p. 107, s. 1, eff. May 9, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-118.6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-118.6
Appointment of sexual violence liaison officer by municipal police department.
Status: in_force

2. a. The chief of police or other executive head of a municipal police department and force established pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:14-118 shall appoint a full-time sworn officer of the department and force to serve as a sexual violence liaison officer. b. The sexual violence liaison officer shall: (1) serve as the department and force in-house expert on how to respond to sexual violence cases; (2) act as the primary point-of-contact for each local sexual violence program and county Sexual Assault Response Team established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2001, c.81 (C.52:4B-54) to coordinate an effective community response; (3) represent the department and force at county meetings of the Sexual Assault Response Team; (4) when appropriately trained, provide in-house training on sexual violence; (5) monitor the department and force's compliance with sexual violence best practices as set forth in the statutory law and Attorney General policies; and (6) serve in any other capacity deemed appropriate by the chief of police or other executive head of the department or force. c. A sexual violence liaison officer shall complete specialized sexual violence training as specified by the chief of police or other executive head of the municipal police department and force. d. An officer of the department or force shall be disqualified from serving as a sexual violence liaison officer if: (1) the officer is the subject of an investigation for a complaint charging a violation of the internal rules and regulations established for the conduct of the department and force regarding sexual violence, sexual misconduct, domestic violence, stalking, or sexual harassment or there are pending criminal charges against the officer for any of these offenses; or (2) a court has issued a protective or restraining order against the officer. e. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sexual violence liaison officer from simultaneously serving as a domestic violence liaison officer or a Megan's Law resource officer. f. Nothing in this section shall preclude a municipal department and force from: (1) appointing more than one sexual violence liaison officer; or (2) appointing the sexual violence liaison officer of another municipal or county department and force as the liaison officer for the department and force provided the liaison officer can adequately perform the duties required of the officer pursuant to subsection b. of this section. L.2021, c.65, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-121 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-121
Assessments on property not directly affected
Status: in_force

In the case of sewers or drains constructed in any street or road dividing the municipalities, to connect with joint outlet or trunk sewers or disposal plants, in ascertaining and estimating the proportion of the cost of such sewer or public improvement which may be assessed upon lands and real estate not fronting or abutting upon or in the vicinity thereof or having no immediate tapping or drainage benefit, the benefit conferred upon the lands and real estate so fronting or abutting thereon or in the vicinity thereof, and having an immediate tapping or drainage benefit, shall be ascertained, and after deducting the amount thereof from the entire cost, the balance, or so much thereof as may be applied, shall be assessed upon such other lands and real estate not having an immediate tapping or drainage benefit, but which shall be situate in such sewerage area or district to the extent that the same is benefited by such sewer or public improvement and to be benefited thereby when the sewer in front of or in the vicinity of such property shall be constructed and connected therewith and in which the said property may secure a direct or tapping benefit.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-13
Park lands held by trustees; agreement with trustees; enforcement
Status: in_force

When a park or public place, the title of which is in trustees, is within the corporate limits of a municipality, the governing body of such municipality may enter into an agreement with such trustees, as a consideration in whole or in part for a conveyance of the park to the municipality, providing for the expenditure of not less than a designated sum annually for the maintenance, upkeep and improvement thereof, to be specified in such agreement, as arranged upon between the parties, and thereupon accept a conveyance of such park subject to the conditions under which such trustees hold the same, provided such trustees have power to make such conveyance. After the making of such conveyance the agreement shall continue to be binding upon the municipality and may be enforced by appropriate civil action or proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ instituted by any of the grantors in the deed, or their heirs or legal representatives or of any taxpayer resident in the municipality. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 712, s. 209, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-2
Records of municipal incorporations prior to March 28, 1930
Status: in_force

The clerk of every county shall, at the expense of the county, record at length in appropriate books in his office to be designated "municipal incorporation records" , the result of any election held prior to March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, on the question of the adoption of any act of municipal incorporation, the consolidation of any municipalities or change of corporate name, as well as all papers relating to the incorporation, consolidation or change of name, of any municipality which have been filed in the office of the county clerk.
N.J. Stat. § 40:33A-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33A / Section 33A-5
Funds
Status: in_force

The board is authorized to include funds for the work of the commission in its annual budget and to make appropriations to the commission therefor. L.1968, c. 31, s. 5, eff. May 6, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:21-6 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6
Limits on exemptions or abatements for multiple dwellings
Status: in_force

6. a. If the ordinance adopted pursuant to this act shall provide for the exemption from taxation of improvements to multiple dwellings, or of conversions of other buildings and structures, including unutilized public buildings, to multiple dwelling use, or both, it shall require that, in determining the value of real property, the municipality shall regard up to the assessor's full and true value of the improvements or conversion alterations as not increasing the value of the property for a period of five years, notwithstanding that the value of the property to which the improvements or conversion alterations are made is increased thereby. During the exemption period, the assessment on the property shall not be less than the assessment thereon existing immediately prior to the improvements or conversion alterations, unless an abatement is granted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, or there is damage to the multiple dwelling through action of the elements sufficient to warrant a reduction. b. An ordinance providing for exemption may also provide for the abatement of some portion of the assessed value of property receiving the exemption as it existed immediately prior to the improvement or conversion alteration. An abatement for a multiple dwelling may be granted with respect to that property for a total of up to five years, but the annual amount of the abatement shall not exceed 30% of the total cost of the improvement or conversion alteration, and the total amount of abatements granted to any single property shall not exceed the total cost of the improvement or conversion alteration. The abatement period and the annual percentage of the abatement to be granted shall be set forth in the ordinance, which may include a schedule providing for a different percentage of abatement, up to 30%, for each year of the abatement period. L.1991,c.441,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-23.2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-23.2
Members of board of adjustment may serve as temporary members of planning board
Status: in_force

5. If the planning board lacks a quorum because any of its regular or alternate members is prohibited by subsection b. of section 14 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-23) or section 13 of P.L.1979, c.216 (C.40:55D-23.1) from acting on a matter due to the member's personal or financial interests therein, regular members of the board of adjustment shall be called upon to serve, for that matter only, as temporary members of the planning board in order of seniority of continuous service to the board of adjustment until there are the minimum number of members necessary to constitute a quorum to act upon the matter without any personal or financial interest therein, whether direct or indirect. If a choice has to be made between regular members of equal seniority, the chairman of the board of adjustment shall make the choice. L.1991,c.256,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-40.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-40.3
Site Improvement Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established in, but not of, the department a Site Improvement Advisory Board, to devise statewide site improvement standards pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.4). The board shall consist of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who shall be a non-voting member of the board, the Director of the Division of Codes and Standards in the Department of Community Affairs, who shall be a voting member of the board, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, or the executive director's designee, who shall be a voting member of the board, and nine other voting members, to be appointed by the commissioner. The other members shall include two professional planners, one of whom serves as a planner for a governmental entity or whose professional experience is predominantly in the public sector and who has worked in the public sector for at least the previous five years and the other of whom serves as a planner in private practice and has particular expertise in private residential development and has been involved in private sector planning for at least the previous five years, and one representative each from: (1) The New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers; (2) The New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers; (3) The New Jersey Association of County Engineers; (4) The New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials; (5) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2024, c.2); (6) The New Jersey Builders' Association; (7) The New Jersey Institute of Technology; (8) The New Jersey State League of Municipalities. b. Among the members to be appointed by the commissioner who are first appointed, four shall be appointed for terms of two years each, four shall be appointed for terms of three years each, and two shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Thereafter, each appointee shall serve for a term of four years. Vacancies in the membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made, for the unexpired term. The board shall select a chair from among its members. Members may be removed by the commissioner for cause. c. Board members shall serve without compensation, but may be entitled to reimbursement, from moneys appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of this act, for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1993,c.32,s.3; amended 2024, c.2, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:20-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-21
First election; terms of members first elected
Status: in_force

At the first election in each county adopting sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title the members of the boards of chosen freeholders shall be elected as follows: a. In counties having a population of more than three hundred thousand, three shall be elected for one year, three for two years, and three for three years; b. In counties having a population between one hundred and fifty thousand and three hundred thousand, two shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three years; c. In counties having a population between seventy thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand, one shall be elected for one year, two for two years and two for three years; d. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, in counties having a population of less than seventy thousand, one shall be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years; and, e. In counties of the sixth class having a population of less than thirty thousand one shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. The ballots voted at such elections shall designate which are to serve for one year, which for two years and which for three years.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-17.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-17.3
Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts; use for school purposes; budget
Status: in_force

When any municipality, whose territory is included in a school district composed of two or more municipalities, shall have on hand surplus revenue unappropriated or anticipated receipts unappropriated for municipal purposes, the governing body may, in its discretion, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting thereof, authorize the transfer of and cause to be transferred all or any such part of unappropriated surplus revenue or unappropriated anticipated receipts, as the governing body shall deem advisable, to the board of education of such school district and the governing body may, as a condition upon such transfer, require the board of education of such school district to give credit to such municipality on account of the amount of school tax due or to become due from such municipality in any year; provided, however, no transfer of surplus revenue or anticipated receipts by a governing body to the board of education of such school district, under the authority conferred by this section, shall be made unless and until such proposed transfer or appropriation shall have been included in the local municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make such transfer available from a prior year's appropriation reserve and shall have been regularly approved, advertised and adopted as a part of such local municipal budget. L.1942, c. 221, p. 599, s. 1, eff. May 14, 1942.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37B-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37B / Section 37B-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "First Class County Recreation Authority Law." L.1967, c. 136, s. 1, eff. June 28, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-9.10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-9.10
Snow and ice removal; first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association or volunteer fire companies premises
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality may, at the expense of said municipality, remove or provide for the removal of snow and ice from the premises whereon are housed the apparatus and equipment of any duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association, or any duly incorporated volunteer fire company, rendering services generally throughout said municipality. L.1967, c. 6, s. 1, eff. Feb. 23, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-146 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-146
Vacancy of all or majority of offices of members of board; certification to and appointments to temporarily fill by Governor
Status: in_force

Whenever the offices of all or a majority of the members of the board of chosen freeholders shall become vacant for any reason, the existence of the vacancies shall be immediately certified to the Governor by any remaining member of the board of chosen freeholders or by the county clerk. The Governor upon receipt of such certification shall forthwith fill the vacancies temporarily by appointment until successors are elected and certified for the unexpired terms at the next general election occurring not less than 60 days subsequent to the certification of the existence of such vacancies. Any appointment made pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy occurring in the next to the last year of the term and certified any time after 60 days prior to the holding of the general election, shall be made for the remainder of the term. L.1978, c. 141, s. 16, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-24
Summary of coverage cost to be furnished employer
Status: in_force

In the event an insurance company issues a group insurance policy to an employer which includes two or more of the coverages authorized hereby, the insurance company shall at the end of each policy year furnish to the employer a summary of the cost of each such coverage. L.1979, c. 230, s. 1, eff. Oct. 15, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14A-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-8.4
Credit provided by sewerage authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.
Status: in_force

2. a. For a unit damaged by a catastrophic event, a county, regional or municipal sewerage authority shall provide, within two years after the date of the catastrophic event, a credit for the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-8) for connection to the sewerage system, provided that: (1) the unit was damaged by a catastrophic event during construction or refurbishing of the unit; (2) the connection fee or tapping fee has been paid; and (3) the damaged unit is refurbished or replaced with another unit and connected to the sewerage system within two years after the date of the catastrophic event. If the refurbishing of the damaged unit or the construction of the unit replacing the damaged unit expands the sewerage system use, the property owner of the refurbished unit or the newly constructed unit, as applicable, shall be credited for any connection fee or tapping fee previously paid for the unit and shall be assessed the difference between the credit and the connection fee or tapping fee, as applicable, for the new class of use. b. For the purposes of this section, "catastrophic event" means a fire or any declared national, State or municipal emergency or a flood or other natural disaster or event which substantially affects or damages a building or structure; and "unit" means any publicly or privately owned real property that is a building or part of a building that is connected to, or, after construction or refurbishing, is to be connected to, a sewerage system, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, any building or part of a building leased, operated, or owned by a municipality or a school district. L.2005,c.173,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-136.13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-136.13
Extension contingent upon sufficient capacity for sanitary sewer system.
Status: in_force

7. In the event that any approval tolled pursuant to P.L.2020, c.53 (C.40:55D-136.7 et seq.) is based upon the connection to a sanitary sewer system, the approval's extension shall be contingent upon the availability of sufficient capacity, on the part of the treatment facility, to accommodate the development whose approval has been extended. If sufficient capacity is not available, those permit holders whose approvals have been extended shall have priority with regard to the further allocation of gallonage over those approval holders who have not received approval of a hookup prior to March 9, 2020. Priority regarding the distribution of further gallonage to any permit holder who has received the extension of an approval pursuant to P.L.2020, c.53 (C.40:55D-136.7 et seq.) shall be allocated in order of the granting of the original approval of the connection. L.2020, c.53, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-13
Trustees; treasurer; bond and duties
Status: in_force

The treasurer of the board shall give bond in an amount to be fixed by the mayor in cities and by the governing body in municipalities other than cities, payable to the municipality by its corporate name, conditioned for the faithful performance and discharge of his duties. The board shall, by its treasurer, upon its warrant signed by its president, receive from the disbursing officer of the municipality the money raised therein for library purposes, as provided in section 40:54-8 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 40:68-13 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 68-13
Failure to obtain license; effect; penalty; duration of license
Status: in_force

Any such wharf, pier, dock, bulkhead, building, harbor or other structure, constructed, altered, improved or extended within the limits of any municipality beyond low water mark, without a license or order of court first obtained therefor, shall be deemed and taken to be a public or common nuisance and the person causing the same to be so constructed, altered, improved or extended without a license, shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment of not more than six months, or either or both, in the discretion of the court, and the court may, by its order, direct either the defendant or the sheriff of the county, at the expense of the defendant, to abate the nuisance. Every such license or permit or order granted or made for the construction, alteration, improvement or extension of any such wharf, pier or other like structure, beyond low water mark of the waterways, or any harbor structure, shall become and be absolutely void, unless work thereunder shall be commenced within six months after the date thereof and diligently prosecuted to completion.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-102 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-102
Agreement as to terms; procedure where parties cannot agree
Status: in_force

All such work carried on in such other municipality shall be done upon such terms as may be agreed upon by such jointly contracting municipalities and such other municipality through the streets of which it is proposed to construct such improvement or works, and all such municipalities may authorize and enter into any such contract. If no agreement can be reached as to such terms the Superior Court shall, upon application by either party or parties, and after notice of the time and place of making such application, published at least ten days previous thereto, in a newspaper circulating in all municipalities affected, appoint three disinterested commissioners to fix the terms upon which such jointly contracting municipalities may use and occupy the streets of such other municipality, and the report of such commissioners when confirmed by the court shall be binding upon all of the parties to such proceedings. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 721, s. 226, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.9
Response by Local Finance Board to written complaint
Status: in_force

The Local Finance Board, upon receipt of a signed written complaint by any person alleging that the conduct of any local government officer or employee, not regulated by a county or municipal code of ethics, is in conflict with the provisions of this act, shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint within 30 days of receipt and initiate an investigation concerning the facts and circumstances set forth in the complaint. The board shall make a determination as to whether the complaint is within its jurisdiction or frivolous or without any reasonable factual basis. If the board shall conclude that the complaint is outside its jurisdiction, frivolous or without factual basis, it shall reduce that conclusion to writing and shall transmit a copy thereof to the complainant and to the local government officer or employee against whom the complaint was filed. Otherwise the board shall notify the local government officer or employee against whom the complaint was filed of the nature of the complaint and the facts and circumstances set forth therein. The officer or employee shall have the opportunity to present the board with any statement or information concerning the complaint which he wishes. Thereafter, if the board determines that a reasonable doubt exists as to whether the local government officer or employee is in conflict with the provisions of this act, the board shall conduct a hearing in the manner prescribed by section 12 of this act, concerning the possible violation and any other facts and circumstances which may have come to the attention of the board with respect to the conduct of the local government officer or employee. The board shall render a decision as to whether the conduct of the officer or employee is in conflict with the provisions of this act. This decision shall be made by no less than two-thirds of all members of the board. If the board determines that the officer or employee is in conflict with the provisions of this act, it may impose any penalties which it believes appropriate within the limitations of this act. A final decision of the board may be appealed in the same manner as any other final State agency decision. L.1991,c.29,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-22.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-22.8
Taxes and bonds
Status: in_force

The money necessary to pay for the lands, rights, or interest therein acquired for a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as the governing body of the municipality may determine, and for improving and equipping the same may be raised by taxation or by the issuance of permanent or temporary loan bonds, or by both taxation and the issuance of bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article one of chapter one of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (s.s. 40:1-1 et seq.). Such bonds may be regarded as having been authorized for a self-liquidating purpose, and the provisions of sections 40:1-77, 40:1-78 and 40:1-79 of the Revised Statutes shall apply to such bonds, except that the Local Government Board shall make the determinations therein required of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. L.1945, c. 282, p. 831, s. 3, eff. May 2, 1945.
N.J. Stat. § 40:67-35 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 67 / Section 67-35
Tunnel considered general improvement
Status: in_force

The work provided for in this article shall be undertaken as a general improvement, and the provisions therefor, except as in this article otherwise provided, shall conform to proceedings provided in this subtitle for making general improvements.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-49 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-49
Conclusiveness of authorization of obligations
Status: in_force

After 20 days after publication after final passage of a bond ordinance, the following shall be conclusively presumed: a. the accuracy, correctness and sufficiency of any annual or supplemental debt statement filed in connection therewith; b. any recitals or statements of fact contained in such ordinance or preamble or recital thereof; c. determinations in said ordinance as to purposes for which said obligations are authorized, the period or average period of usefulness, the maturities of any obligations, and the validity of the purpose or purposes for which authorized; d. the due and regular introduction, publication and final passage and adoption of such ordinance; e. the compliance with the provisions of this chapter and every other law of such ordinance and all matters in connection therewith, and the issuance of obligations authorized thereby or pursuant thereto by the local unit. The local unit and all other persons interested shall forever be estopped from denying that such ordinance or its final adoption or issuance of obligations thereunder do not comply with the provisions of this and every other law, or from questioning in any manner the validity of such ordinance or any obligations issued thereunder in any action or proceeding commenced after 20 days shall have elapsed from publication of such ordinance after final passage. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40:85-8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 85-8
Municipal council to pass resolution to place question on ballot
Status: in_force

The municipal council, upon receiving the petition shall, within five days, pass a resolution and forward it to the county clerk, requesting that the question be placed upon the general election ballot, as required by law, for submission of a public question.
N.J. Stat. § 40:6A-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-4
Compromise and settlement of claim
Status: in_force

The county or municipal counsel may recommend to their respective governing bodies a compromise and settlement of any claim for payment of costs incurred by the county or municipality in defense of an indigent whenever it appears in his judgment to be in the best interests of the county or municipality. The compromise or settlement may be approved by resolution of the governing body. L.1981, c. 364, s. 4, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-1.14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1.14
Inapplicability of s. 40A:9-1.13 to special municipal charters
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in section 3 of this act shall affect the provisions of any special municipal charter heretofore provided by the Legislature and adopted by the voters pursuant to Article IV, Section VII, paragraph 10 of the Constitution. L.1980, c. 94, s. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-14 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-14
Conveyed condominium units, tax exemption, conditions
Status: in_force

14. If the financial agreement permits the conveyance of condominium units pursuant to subsection b. of section 10 of this act, the provisions of this section shall apply. When the urban renewal entity files a master deed pursuant to P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.) creating a condominium, whether residential, commercial, or industrial, as to all or a portion of a project which has been approved for tax exemption under the financial agreement, each unit of the condominium, whether owned by the urban renewal entity or a successor unit purchaser, shall continue to be subject to the provisions of the financial agreement, and the tax exemption previously approved under the financial agreement with respect to property converted to condominium ownership shall be unaffected by the recording of the master deed or any subsequent deed conveying the condominium unit and its appurtenant interest in common elements. In the case of residential condominium units, the municipal governing body may, by resolution, require either the lapse of the tax exemption for any period during which the owner of a unit does not personally reside therein and the unit is occupied by somebody else or an increase in the annual service charge paid in lieu of taxes by a condominium unit owner who does not reside within the unit by a specified percentage over that otherwise applicable. A tax exemption shall continue as to the condominium unit and its appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements subject to all of the following: a. For the purpose of determining the annual service charge pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-12), when used with respect to a condominium project, "annual gross revenue" means the amount equal to the annual aggregate constant payments to principal and interest, assuming a purchase money mortgage encumbering the condominium unit to have been in an original amount equal to the initial value of the unit with its appurtenant interest in the common elements as stated in the master deed, if unsold by the urban renewal entity, or, if the unit is held by a unit purchaser, from time to time, the most recent true consideration paid for a deed to the condominium unit in a bona fide arm's length sale transaction, but not less than the initial assessed valuation of the condominium unit assessed at 100% of true value, plus the total amount of common expenses charged to the unit pursuant to the bylaws of the condominium association. The constant payments to principal and interest shall be calculated by assuming a loan amount as stated above at the prevailing lawful interest rate for mortgage financing or comparable properties within the municipality as of the date of the recording of the unit deed, for a term equal to the full term of the exemption from taxation stipulated in the financial agreement. b. There is expressly excluded from calculation of gross revenue and from net profit as set forth in subsections a. and c. of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-3) for the purpose of determining compliance with sections 15 or 16 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-15 or 40A:20-16), any gain realized by the urban renewal entity on the sale of any condominium unit, whether or not taxable under federal or State law. c. The conveyance of a condominium unit which is authorized under the financial agreement to a bona fide unit purchaser grantee shall not require consent or approval of the municipality, and the grantee shall acquire title to the unit subject to the requirement for payment of the annual service charge and other provisions of the financial agreement expressly applicable to condominium unit purchasers, and the exemption from taxation as to the condominium unit shall continue unaffected by the transfer, subject, in an instance of housing, to the provisions of any municipal resolution adopted pursuant to this section. d. For a multi-occupant commercial or industrial building operated as a condominium or sold by three dimensional conveyances, but developed, sold, managed or operated by an urban renewal entity, the building and its occupants' space shall qualify as tax exempt under this section if the financial agreement which authorizes conveyances of units, assigns proportionate interests in the tax exempt property. The condominium or three dimensional purchasers of units shall not be required to be urban renewal entities. L.1991,c.431,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-24
Resignation of officers
Status: in_force

Any elective county officer desirous of resigning shall send his resignation, in writing, to the Governor. All such resignations shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. No resignation made in any other way or pretended to be made, shall be valid. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-16 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-16
Copy of resolution; service
Status: in_force

A certified copy of the resolution shall be immediately served upon the officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots used at the next general election in the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-16 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-16
- Local unit, requirements for paying out moneys.
Status: in_force

40A:5-16. The governing body of any local unit shall not pay out any of its moneys: a. unless the person claiming or receiving payment first presents a detailed bill of items or demand, specifying particularly how the bill or demand is made up, with the certification of the party claiming payment that the bill or demand is correct. The governing body may, by resolution, require an affidavit in lieu of the certification, and the clerk or disbursing officer of the local unit may take the affidavit without cost; and b. unless the payment carries a written or electronic certification of some officer or duly designated employee of the local unit having knowledge of the facts that the goods have been received by, or the services rendered to, the local unit. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, upon adoption by the Local Finance Board of rules adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) that provide for procedures to be followed by local units and under those circumstances deemed appropriate by the Local Finance Board, a local unit shall be permitted to pay out its moneys without requiring a certification of the party claiming payment as otherwise required by subsection a. of this section. Those circumstances may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) when payment to vendors is required in advance of the delivery of certain materials or services that cannot be obtained from any other source at comparable prices; (2) when ordering, billing, and payment transactions for goods or services are made through a computerized electronic transaction; or (3) when the claim or demand is less than a threshold set by the Local Finance Board and the certification is not readily obtainable by the contracting unit; but the exceptions shall not include reimbursement of employee expenses or payment for personal services. d. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to payments made by a governing body of a local unit for the provision of: (1) telecommunications or basic cable service provided by a telecommunications or cable television company under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities; (2) electric, gas, water, or sewer utility service provided by a public utility, as that term is defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, that is regulated by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes; or (3) a service that is provided under a contract between a public utility, as that term is defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, and a governing body that is approved by the Board of Public Utilities under which rates for service are controlled by the terms of the contract. amended 2000, c.126, s.21; 2015, c.177, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-2 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-2
Findings, determinations relative to tourism improvement and development
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and determines: a. The State of New Jersey contains many unique natural, recreational, and economic resources that are enjoyed not only by the citizens of the State but also by millions of visitors from all over the United States and the world, which in turn results in a multi-billion dollar tourism industry that is crucial to the economic well-being of the State. b. The provision of appropriate public facilities and improvements necessary to promote and sustain tourism is especially difficult for public entities located in sixth class counties of this State. In those counties a relatively small permanent population combines with a relative lack of a diversification in the economic base to present special obstacles for public entities which seek to undertake and fund tourism facilities and improvements without damaging the economic prosperity of the locality by imposing onerous taxes on permanent residents or businesses. c. The creation of tourism improvement and development districts may assist municipalities in those counties in promoting economic growth and employment related to a tourism-economy and that municipalities in counties of the sixth class should be encouraged to create tourism improvement and development districts to finance the acquisition, maintenance, operation and support of convention center facilities and to promote tourism in order to enhance the local tourism business climates. d. It is in the public interest to encourage these municipalities in counties of the sixth class to seek regional solutions to common problems related to economic prosperity of this State, and to enhance the prosperity of those municipalities by the adoption of appropriate ordinances to assess, levy and collect taxes upon receipts from certain sales and services, and to impose certain municipal fees. These special public finance measures which are not generally available to other local units of the State, are appropriate to address the particular economic conditions of sixth class counties, and are not necessary or appropriate in areas with a larger population base and more diversified economic structure, which are not so heavily affected by the seasonal fluctuations of a tourism based economy. e. The extension of the tourism development fees provided by the amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.2002, c.72 is intended to serve as a tool for the tourism improvement and development authority to attract visitors and tourists to the State. The municipalities that constitute the tourism improvement and development district will establish the amounts of the fees, in their sole discretion, with no fee schedule set by the State. L.1992,c.165,s.2; amended 2002, c.72, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-216 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-216
Reappointment of EMTs by municipality.
Status: in_force

2. a. The provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appointing authority of a municipality which employs emergency medical technicians may reappoint as a member thereof any person who: (1) did not hold a permanent appointment, but, in the case of a municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, was fulfilling a working test period in an emergency medical technician title in that municipality or, in the case of a municipality which has not adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, was serving a probationary period in an emergency medical technician title; (2) was, for reasons of economy, terminated as an emergency medical technician within 60 months prior to the appointment; and (3) was, at the time of termination, in good standing. b. A municipality may reemploy such a person notwithstanding that: (1) Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes is operative in that municipality; (2) the municipality has available to it an eligible or regular reemployment list of persons eligible for such appointments; and (3) the appointed person is not on any eligible list. A municipality which has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, may not re-employ such a person if a special reemployment list is in existence for the emergency medical technician title to be filled. c. If a municipality determines to reappoint a person pursuant to the provisions of this act, it shall give first priority in making such appointments to residents of the municipality and second priority to residents of the county not residing in the municipality. d. An emergency medical technician reappointed pursuant to this section shall complete any probationary or working test period not completed at the time of his termination for reasons of economy. L.2011, c.192, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-94 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-94
Integral part of master plan; coordination with soil conservation district and other storm water management plans
Status: in_force

Such a storm water management plan shall be an integral part of any master plan prepared by that municipality pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-28). Each municipality shall coordinate such plan with the appropriate soil conservation district established pursuant to chapter 24 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes and with any storm water management plans prepared by any other municipality or any county, areawide agency or the State relating to the river basins located in that municipality. L.1981, c. 32, s. 2, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-75 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-75
Additional powers
Status: in_force

In addition to the other powers conferred upon it by this act or by any other law and not in limitation thereof, every authority, in connection with construction or operation of any public facility, shall have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances (in this section called "works" ) of any public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, in, on, along, over or under any real property, including public lands or waters. Whenever in connection with construction or operation of any public facility, any authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such works, which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any such real property, should be relocated in such real property or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating such works shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the authority, provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such works in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such works, shall be paid by the authority and may be included in the cost of such public facility. In case of any such relocation or removal of works as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such works, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such works in their former location. L.1960, c. 183, p. 751, s. 32, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54-11 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 54-11
Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall be a body corporate under the name of "the trustees of the free public library of (name of municipality)" . It shall have corporate powers of succession, may sue and be sued, and adopt a corporate seal. It shall meet at a convenient time and place in the municipality within ten days after its appointment, and shall immediately proceed to organize by the election from its members of a president, treasurer, and secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected. The members shall make and execute under their hands and seals a certificate setting forth their appointment and their organization and the names of the officers elected, such certificate to be acknowledged in the same manner as is required of conveyances of real estate, and recorded in the clerk's office of the county in which the municipality is located. They shall also send a certified copy of the certificate to the office of the secretary of state, at Trenton, to be there filed of record, but shall not be required to pay any fees for such recording and filing. The certificate, or copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state or by the county clerk, shall be evidence in all courts and places of the incorporation of the board.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-29 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-29
Municipal or regional advisory councils
Status: in_force

The board of freeholders shall by resolution establish a municipal advisory council consisting of the mayors of all municipalities in the county and in addition, the board may establish regional advisory councils consisting of the mayors of neighboring municipalities or municipalities that have common interests or problems. The board of freeholders shall meet periodically with the advisory councils to discuss county and municipal problems, county-municipal relations, cooperation in service problems, coordination of operations and capital facilities development, and other subjects of mutual interest in order to provide closer county-municipal liaison and cooperation. L.1972, c. 154, s. 29, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 10, eff. May 5, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.48 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.48
Organization, meeting of consolidation commission.
Status: in_force

14. As soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 days after the election or appointment of all its members, the consolidation commission shall organize and hold its first meeting. The commission shall elect from its membership a chair and a vice-chair. The commission shall fix its hours and places of meeting, adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem necessary and advisable, and appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the commission. A majority of the total membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no recommendation of said commission shall have any legal effect pursuant to P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.35 et seq.), unless adopted by a majority of the five commission members from each of the participating municipalities. At its first meeting, or as soon thereafter as possible, the commission shall establish a schedule for the conduct of its business which shall take into account the following mandatory dates: a. The five-month date set forth in section 20 of P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.54) by which the Department of Community Affairs is required to report its fiscal findings to the commission; b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.58.) c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.58.) and, d. The 10-month date set forth in section 22 of P.L.1977, c.435 (C.40:43-66.56) by which the commission is required to submit its final report. A copy of such schedule shall be filed with the commissioner and with the clerk of each of the participating municipalities within 30 days after the first meeting. L.1977,c.435,s.14; amended 1999, c.58, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-40.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-40.8
Ordinance authorizing sale; price; terms and conditions
Status: in_force

When the governing body of the municipality shall determine that such an owner or owners are qualified to make application pursuant to this act and that the municipality has a parcel or parcels of land not needed for public use, it may, by ordinance, authorize the sale and conveyance of such parcel or parcels of real property described therein to any such applicant or applicants, at private sale, for residential purposes only, at a fair market price to be fixed by the governing body after obtaining at least 2 independent appraisals thereof by licensed real estate brokers, within a period of time specified in the ordinance, upon such terms and conditions as shall be specified by the governing body. Such ordinance shall provide that the sale and conveyance shall be made subject to covenants that the grantee shall, within 2 years from the date of the deed or such lesser period of time specified therein, construct residential improvements thereon of a specified minimum cost and that the grantee shall not make a voluntary sale and conveyance of the premises for the period of 1 year from the date of the deed. On application, and upon good cause being shown, the governing body may, by resolution, extend the time specified for the construction of the improvements to the premises for an additional period not in excess of 1 year. L.1965, c. 18, s. 2, eff. April 12, 1965.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:10-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-6.1
"Local unit" for purposes of Article 3, chapter 10 of Title 40A
Status: in_force

9. For the purposes of Article 3 of chapter 10 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, "local unit" shall be deemed to include boards of education which join together with municipalities pursuant to P.L.1992, c.51 (C.40A:10-52 et al.). L.1992,c.51,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-19 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-19
Section 40:11-17 of the Revised Statutes saved from repeal
Status: in_force

Section 40:11-17 of the Revised Statutes is saved from repeal. [This section of the Revised Statutes saved from repeal by this section provides that the promulgation of the Federal census for the year 1930, or the passage of an act for the reclassification of counties, shall not affect the counties or municipalities as to the salaries of their officers or employees but such salaries shall continue at the same rate as on April 27, 1931, except the salaries of county clerks, registers of deeds and mortgages, sheriffs, and surrogates. The section further provided that the promulgation of said census shall not operate to fill any additional offices or employments, or grant any pensions or increase any pension payments.] L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-98 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-98
Objections to ordinance; filing
Status: in_force

No water district or districts shall be created or established, or water systems constructed, or any contract entered into for the installation, construction, operation or maintenance of such systems or for a supply of water, in any municipality where before the final reading of the ordinance, objections thereto in writing are filed with the municipal clerk, by the owners of fifty-one per cent in value of the lands and real estate in the district proposed to be assessed for benefits. The question as to whether the necessary fifty-one per cent have joined in such objections, shall be determined by the governing body which shall use for this purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxation.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-1
Board of recreation commissioners; appointment, terms.
Status: in_force

40:12-1. a. The mayor or other chief executive officer of any municipality may in his or her discretion appoint not less than three nor more than seven persons, citizens and residents of the municipality, as members of a board of recreation commissioners. The commissioners first appointed shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years respectively, in such manner that the term of at least one commissioner and not more than two commissioners shall expire in each year according to the number appointed as fixed by the mayor or other chief executive officer. In case of the increase of a board from three to five members or in case of the increase of a board from five to seven members, the additional commissioners shall be appointed, one for 4 and one for 5 years and in case of the increase of a board from three to seven members, two of the additional commissioners shall be appointed for 4 years and two shall be appointed for 5 years. Thereafter all appointments shall be for the term of 3 years if the board consists of three members or 5 years if the board consists of five or seven members, according to the number appointed to comprise the board, and vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The members shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. The members shall receive no compensation for their services. b. The board of chosen freeholders of any county may in its discretion appoint not less than three nor more than nine persons, citizens and residents of the county, as members of a board of recreation commissioners. The commissioners first appointed shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years respectively, in such manner that the term of at least one commissioner and not more than two commissioners shall expire in each year according to the number appointed as fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. In case of the increase of a board from three to five members, one additional member shall be appointed for 4 years and one for 5 years. In the case of the increase of a board from five to seven members, one additional member shall be appointed for 4 years and one for 5 years. In the case of the increase of a board from seven to nine members, one additional member shall be appointed for 4 years and one for 5 years. In the case of the increase of a board from five to nine members, two additional commissioners shall be appointed for 4 years and two for 5 years. In the case of the increase of a board from three to nine members, three additional commissioners shall be appointed for 4 years and three for 5 years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for the term of 3 years if the board consists of three members or 5 years if the board consists of five, seven or nine members, according to the number appointed to comprise the board, and vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The members shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. The members shall receive no compensation for their services. All such boards heretofore appointed are continued and shall be governed by the provisions of sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-8 of this Title. Amended 1949, c.138; 1957, c.184; 1971, c.5, s.1; 2001, c.102, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:20-5 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-5
Urban renewal entities, qualification; provisions.
Status: in_force

5. Any duly formed corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited partnership association, or other unincorporated entity may qualify as an urban renewal entity under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), if its certificate of incorporation, or other similar certificate or statement as may be required by law, shall contain the following provisions: a. The name of the entity shall include the words "Urban Renewal." b. The purpose for which it is formed shall be to operate under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) and to initiate and conduct projects for the redevelopment of a redevelopment area pursuant to a redevelopment plan, or projects necessary, useful, or convenient for the relocation of residents displaced or to be displaced by the redevelopment of all or part of one or more redevelopment areas, or low and moderate income housing projects, and, when authorized by financial agreement with the municipality, to acquire, plan, develop, construct, alter, maintain or operate housing, senior citizen housing, business, industrial, commercial, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational or welfare projects, or any combination of two or more of these types of improvement in a single project, under such conditions as to use, ownership, management and control as regulated pursuant to P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.). c. A provision that so long as the entity is obligated under financial agreement with a municipality made pursuant to P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), it shall engage in no business other than the ownership, operation and management of the project. d. A declaration that the entity has been organized to serve a public purpose, that its operations shall be directed toward: (1) the redevelopment of redevelopment areas, the facilitation of the relocation of residents displaced or to be displaced by redevelopment, or the conduct of low and moderate income housing projects; (2) the acquisition, management and operation of a project, redevelopment relocation housing project, or low and moderate income housing project under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.); and (3) that it shall be subject to regulation by the municipality in which its project is situated, and to a limitation or prohibition, as appropriate, on profits or dividends for so long as it remains the owner of a project subject to P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.). e. A provision that the entity shall not voluntarily transfer more than 10% of the ownership of the project or any portion thereof undertaken by it under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), until it has first removed both itself and the project from all restrictions of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) in the manner required by P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) and, if the project includes housing units, has obtained the consent of the Commissioner of Community Affairs to such transfer; with the exception of transfer to another urban renewal entity, as approved by the municipality in which the project is situated, which other urban renewal entity shall assume all contractual obligations of the transferor entity under the financial agreement with the municipality. The entity shall file annually with the municipal governing body a disclosure of the persons having an ownership interest in the project, and of the extent of the ownership interest of each. Nothing herein shall prohibit any transfer of the ownership interest in the urban renewal entity itself provided that the transfer, if greater than 10 percent, is disclosed to the municipal governing body in the annual disclosure statement or in correspondence sent to the municipality in advance of the annual disclosure statement referred to above. f. A provision stating that the entity is subject to the provisions of section 18 of P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-18) respecting the powers of the municipality to alleviate financial difficulties of the urban renewal entity or to perform actions on behalf of the entity upon a determination of financial emergency. g. A provision stating that any housing units constructed or acquired by the entity shall be managed subject to the supervision of, and rules adopted by, the Commissioner of Community Affairs. If the entity shall not by reason of any other law be required to file a statement or certificate with the Secretary of State, then the entity shall file a certificate in the office of the clerk of the county in which its principal place of business is located setting forth, in addition to the matters listed above, its full name, the name under which it shall do business, its duration, the location of its principal offices, the name of a person or persons upon whom service may be effected, and the name and address and extent of each person having any ownership or proprietary interest therein. A certificate of incorporation, or similar certificate or statement, shall not be accepted for filing with the Secretary of State or office of the county clerk until the certificate or statement has been reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. L.1991,c.431,s.5; amended 2003, c.125, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:74-15 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 74 / Section 74-15
Several ordinances submitted together; number of elections limited
Status: in_force

Any number of proposed ordinances submitted by the board or pursuant to R.S. 40:74-5 or R.S. 40:74-9 may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this article, but there shall not be more than one special election in any period of 6 months for such purpose. During that 6 month period, any ordinance which would otherwise be submitted to the voters at a special election if one were not already scheduled, shall be submitted at the scheduled special election, if at least 30 days shall remain prior thereto from the final date for withdrawal of the petition; otherwise the ordinance shall be submitted at the next general election or regular municipal election, whichever shall first occur. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 15, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:5-2.3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-2.3
Boroughs, townships, cities, villages, etc., prerequisites to expending money to relieve loss from general conflagration
Status: in_force

No borough, township, city, village or other municipality shall expend any moneys for the purpose aforesaid unless and until: (a) The county in which such loss, damage, distress and suffering has occurred shall appropriate a like sum for the same purpose. (b) The joint commission aforesaid has been created and its recommendation or recommendations as to the expenditure of such funds has been made. (c) A resolution making an appropriation of the necessary funds by the borough, township, city, village or other municipality has been passed by the governing body thereof, by at least a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of such governing body. L.1941, c. 48, p. 129, s. 3, eff. April 23, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 40:83-6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 83 / Section 83-6
Tenure of veterans in office of city engineer
Status: in_force

1. Any person being an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in any war of the United States, or an honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, and holding the office, position or employment of city engineer in any city governed under the municipal manager form of government law, who heretofore has held, hereafter shall hold or heretofore and hereafter shall have held said office, position or employment continuously for a period of 15 years from the date of his original appointment as city engineer of such municipality under an indefinite term or under fixed terms or under both indefinite and fixed terms, while said city was governed under said law or under any other law or both, shall hold his said office, position or employment during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be removed therefrom except for good cause and then only upon a sworn complaint, specifying the cause, filed with the city manager of said municipality and after a public, fair and impartial hearing before said city manager. L.1943,c.190,s.1; amended 1991,c.389,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 40:54D-33 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54D / Section 54D-33
Government entity may convey property
Status: in_force

33. Any government entity, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is authorized to lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority at its request upon the terms and conditions as the governing body or other proper agencies of the government entity may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action, other than the authorizing resolution or other formal action of the government entity, any real property or personal property or interest therein which may be necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including any convention center buildings and structures or other real property already devoted to such purposes. L.1992,c.165,s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-5.1
Staggered terms for municipal council members under municipal manager form of government.
Status: in_force

4. Where the members of the municipal council in any municipality adopting the municipal manager form of government have 4-year terms of office pursuant to R.S. 40:81-5, the legal voters of the municipality, by petition and referendum, may provide that the terms of office of the members of the municipal council shall expire in staggered years as provided in this section. a. An election upon the proposition to elect members of the municipal council to terms of office which expire in staggered years shall be ordered by the municipal council upon the submission of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the municipality equal to not less than 15% of the total votes cast in the municipality at the last preceding election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall be submitted at the next general election. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any 3-year period; b. The signatures, verification, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of the petition shall be the same as for petitions to recall councilmen and shall be filed and certified to by the municipal clerk at least 60 days before the general election at which the proposition shall be submitted to a vote; c. The question of the election of members of the municipal council to staggered terms of office shall be submitted to the voters at such election in substantially the following form: "Shall the terms of office of members of the municipal council of ....................(name of municipality) expire in staggered years?" d. A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change; e. When the legal voters shall have voted to have the terms of office of members of the municipal council expire in staggered years, there shall be elected at the next regular municipal election of councilmen the following: (1) If the municipal council consists of three members, two of the members shall be elected for 4 years, and one for 2 years, the respective terms of each to be designated on the ballot; (2) If the municipal council consists of five members, two of the members shall be elected for 4 years, and three for 2 years, the respective terms of each to be designated on the ballot; (3) If the municipal council consists of seven members, three of the members shall be elected for 4 years, and four for 2 years, the respective terms of each to be designated on the ballot; (4) If the municipal council consists of nine members, four of the members shall be elected for 4 years, and five for 2 years, the respective terms of each to be designated on the ballot. Each council member elected thereafter shall serve for a 4-year term of office. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an ordinance proposed by petition to increase or decrease the term of office of the members of the governing body or the number of members of the governing body, or the division of the municipality into a number of wards, shall not be submitted to the voters of the municipality more than once in any 10-year period. L.1981, c.427, s.4; amended 2009, c.339, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-95.10o — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-95.10o
Submission of question to voters
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of a county subject to the provisions of this act shall adopt a resolution authorizing submission of the question of adoption or rejection of this act to the voters of the county, the county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the same and official ballots for the ensuing general election, occurring not less than 40 days after adoption of the resolution, as follows: If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (!) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (!) in the square opposite the word "No." . . . . YES. Shall the provisions of "An Act concerning county parks, playgrounds and recreation places, and supplementing P.L.1946, c.276, C.40:37-95.1 et seq. (P.L.1989, c.179)," providing for the issuance of additional park bonds or other obligations for land and improvements not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $10,000,000, be adopted? . . . . INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT NO. If this question receives a majority of the votes cast, the county will be permitted to issue additional bonds or other obligations for land and improvements by the county park commission or for the payment of notes previously issued. The amount of additional bonds or other obligations under this question, both authorized and outstanding at any one time, may not exceed $10,000,000, plus the amount of any funds on hand applicable to the payment of the principal of the outstanding bonds or other obligations. . . . . In a county in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by use of the machines without marking as aforesaid. L.1989,c.179,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-28 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-28
Preparation; contents; modification.
Status: in_force

19. Preparation; contents; modification. a. The planning board may prepare and, after public hearing, adopt or amend a master plan or component parts thereof, to guide the use of lands within the municipality in a manner which protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare. b. The master plan shall generally comprise a report or statement and land use and development proposals, with maps, diagrams and text, presenting, at least the following elements (1) and (2) and, where appropriate, the following elements (3) through (17): (1) A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic and social development of the municipality are based; (2) A land use plan element (a) taking into account and stating its relationship to the statement provided for in paragraph (1) hereof, and other master plan elements provided for in paragraphs (3) through (17) hereof and natural conditions, including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, flood plain areas, marshes, and woodlands; (b) showing the existing and proposed location, extent and intensity of development of land to be used in the future for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, open space, educational and other public and private purposes or combination of purposes including any provisions for cluster development; and stating the relationship thereof to the existing and any proposed zone plan and zoning ordinance; (c) showing the existing and proposed location of any airports and the boundaries of any airport safety zones delineated pursuant to the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983," P.L.1983, c.260 (C.6:1-80 et al.); (d) including a statement of the standards of population density and development intensity recommended for the municipality; (e) showing the existing and proposed location of military facilities and incorporating strategies to minimize undue encroachment upon, and conflicts with, military facilities, including but not limited to: limiting heights of buildings and structures nearby flight paths or sight lines of aircraft; buffering residential areas from noise associated with a military facility; and allowing for the potential expansion of military facilities; (f) including, for any land use plan element adopted after the effective date of P.L.2017, c.275, a statement of strategy concerning: (i) smart growth which, in part, shall consider potential locations for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations, (ii) storm resiliency with respect to energy supply, flood-prone areas, and environmental infrastructure, and (iii) environmental sustainability; (g) showing the existing and proposed location of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and (h) including, for any land use plan element adopted after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.6, a climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment which shall (i) analyze current and future threats to, and vulnerabilities of, the municipality associated with climate change-related natural hazards, including, but not limited to increased temperatures, drought, flooding, hurricanes, and sea-level rise; (ii) include a build-out analysis of future residential, commercial, industrial, and other development in the municipality, and an assessment of the threats and vulnerabilities identified in subsubparagraph (i) of this subparagraph related to that development; (iii) identify critical facilities, utilities, roadways, and other infrastructure that is necessary for evacuation purposes and for sustaining quality of life during a natural disaster, to be maintained at all times in an operational state; (iv) analyze the potential impact of natural hazards on relevant components and elements of the master plan; (v) provide strategies and design standards that may be implemented to reduce or avoid risks associated with natural hazards; (vi) include a specific policy statement on the consistency, coordination, and integration of the climate-change related hazard vulnerability assessment with any existing or proposed natural hazard mitigation plan, floodplain management plan, comprehensive emergency management plan, emergency response plan, post-disaster recovery plan, or capital improvement plan; and (vii) rely on the most recent natural hazard projections and best available science provided by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; (3) A housing plan element pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-310), including, but not limited to, residential standards and proposals for the construction and improvement of housing; (4) A circulation plan element showing the location and types of facilities for all modes of transportation required for the efficient movement of people and goods into, about, and through the municipality, taking into account the functional highway classification system of the Federal Highway Administration, the types, locations, conditions and availability of existing and proposed transportation facilities, including air, water, road and rail, and identifying existing and proposed locations for public electric vehicle charging infrastructure; (5) A utility service plan element analyzing the need for and showing the future general location of water supply and distribution facilities, drainage and flood control facilities, sewerage and waste treatment, solid waste disposal and provision for other related utilities, and including any storm water management plan required pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1981, c.32 (C.40:55D-93 et al.). If a municipality prepares a utility service plan element as a condition for adopting a development transfer ordinance pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-140), the plan element shall address the provision of utilities in the receiving zone as provided thereunder; (6) A community facilities plan element showing the existing and proposed location and type of educational or cultural facilities, historic sites, libraries, hospitals, firehouses, police stations and other related facilities, including their relation to the surrounding areas; (7) A recreation plan element showing a comprehensive system of areas and public sites for recreation; (8) A conservation plan element providing for the preservation, conservation, and utilization of natural resources, including, to the extent appropriate, energy, open space, water supply, forests, soil, marshes, wetlands, harbors, rivers and other waters, fisheries, endangered or threatened species wildlife and other resources, and which systemically analyzes the impact of each other component and element of the master plan on the present and future preservation, conservation and utilization of those resources; (9) An economic plan element considering all aspects of economic development and sustained economic vitality, including (a) a comparison of the types of employment expected to be provided by the economic development to be promoted with the characteristics of the labor pool resident in the municipality and nearby areas and (b) an analysis of the stability and diversity of the economic development to be promoted; (10) An historic preservation plan element: (a) indicating the location and significance of historic sites and historic districts; (b) identifying the standards used to assess worthiness for historic site or district identification; and (c) analyzing the impact of each component and element of the master plan on the preservation of historic sites and districts; (11) Appendices or separate reports containing the technical foundation for the master plan and its constituent elements; (12) A recycling plan element which incorporates the State Recycling Plan goals, including provisions for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable materials designated in the municipal recycling ordinance, and for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable materials within any development proposal for the construction of 50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more units of multi-family residential housing and any commercial or industrial development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land; (13) A farmland preservation plan element, which shall include: an inventory of farm properties and a map illustrating significant areas of agricultural land; a statement showing that municipal ordinances support and promote agriculture as a business; and a plan for preserving as much farmland as possible in the short term by leveraging moneys made available by P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et al.) through a variety of mechanisms including, but not limited to, utilizing option agreements, installment purchases, and encouraging donations of permanent development easements; (14) A development transfer plan element which sets forth the public purposes, the locations of sending and receiving zones and the technical details of a development transfer program based on the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-141); (15) An educational facilities plan element which incorporates the purposes and goals of the "long-range facilities plan" required to be submitted to the Commissioner of Education by a school district pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-4); (16) A green buildings and environmental sustainability plan element, which shall provide for, encourage, and promote the efficient use of natural resources and the installation and usage of renewable energy systems; consider, encourage and promote the development of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in locations appropriate for their development, including but not limited to, commercial districts, areas proximate to public transportation and transit facilities and transportation corridors, and public rest stops; consider the impact of buildings on the local, regional and global environment; allow ecosystems to function naturally; conserve and reuse water; treat storm water on-site; and optimize climatic conditions through site orientation and design; and (17) A public access plan element that provides for, encourages, and promotes permanently protected public access to all tidal waters and adjacent shorelines consistent with the public trust doctrine, and which shall include a map and inventory of public access points, public facilities that support access, parking, boat ramps, and marinas; an assessment of the need for additional public access; a statement of goals and administrative mechanisms to ensure that access will be permanently protected; and a strategy that describes the forms of access to satisfy the need for such access with an implementation schedule and tools for implementation. c. The master plan and its plan elements may be divided into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods of time or staging sequences. d. The master plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the municipality, as developed in the master plan to (1) the master plans of contiguous municipalities, (2) the master plan of the county in which the municipality is located, (3) the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," sections 1 through 12 of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.) and (4) the district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) of the county in which the municipality is located. In the case of a municipality situated within the Highlands Region, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), the master plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the municipality, as developed in the master plan, to the Highlands regional master plan adopted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-8). L.1975, c.291, s.19; amended 1980, c.146, s.2; 1983, c.260, s.10; 1985, c.222, s.29; 1985, c.398, s.16; 1985, c.516, s.11; 1987, c.102, s.26; 1991, c.199, s.3; 1991, c.445, s.7; 1999, c.180, s.2; 2004, c.2, s.37; 2004, c.120, s.60; 2007, c.137, s.59; 2008, c.54; 2013, c.106, s.6; 2016, c.21, s.4; 2017, c.275; 2019, c.81, s.7; 2019, c.267, s.1; 2021, c.6, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:66A-31.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 66A / Section 66A-31.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law" . L.1970, c. 242, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.5a — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2.5a
Building deemed unfit for human habitation, occupancy, use; repairing, demolition
Status: in_force

4. Any building or buildings, or parts thereof, which have come into a state of disrepair through neglect, lack of maintenance or use, fire, accident or other calamities, or through any other act rendering the building or buildings, or parts thereof, in a state of disrepair, to the extent that the building is unfit for human habitation or occupancy or use, shall be deemed inimical to the welfare of the residents of the municipality wherein it is located, and a public officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1942, c.112 (C.40:48-2.3 et seq.) may exercise his powers to repair, demolish, or cause the repairing or demolition of the building or buildings, or parts thereof, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1992, c.89 (C.40:48-2.5b). L.1992,c.89,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-72 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-72
Definitions relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements
Status: in_force

10. As used in sections 11 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73 through C.40:14-B-78), "developer" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, and who is submitting an application for the installation of utility improvements pursuant to P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-38 et al.). For the purposes of sections 9 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-71 through C.40:14B-78), "chief financial officer" means the authority official designated by Board of Commissioners to be responsible for the proper administration of the finances of the authority under the Local Bond Law, Local Fiscal Affairs Law, the Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law, the Local Public Contracts Law, and such other statutes, and such rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, the Local Finance Board, or any other State agency as may pertain to the financial administration of the authority. L.1999,c.11,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-7
Memorial buildings in parks; ordinance authorizing; referendum
Status: in_force

In case any municipality shall have heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire by purchase, gift, devise, dedication or otherwise any lands or property for the purposes of a public park and place of public resort for recreation to be kept and remain open and unobstructed as a public park, it may erect or permit to be erected upon any part of the lands of such park not needed for a public park and place of public recreation a memorial building or buildings to be used for public uses and purposes. The ordinance or resolution of the governing body providing therefor shall, before it becomes effective, be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality for their approval, at a special election to be held for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:12-13.8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13.8
Bid acceptance by county; conditions
Status: in_force

4. A county shall not accept any bid for any real property or capital improvement to be sold, leased for a term of 20 years or more, or exchanged pursuant to P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-1 et seq.) unless such acceptance is conditioned upon compliance with the requirements of this act. Upon fulfillment of those requirements, a county shall reaffirm its acceptance of, or reject, the bid based upon the report and the testimony taken at the public hearings required pursuant to section 1 of this act. L.1993,c.36,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-101 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-101
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The housing needs of many New Jersey citizens remain unmet each year, exemplified by the fact that, in recent years, only one-half of the estimated annual need for new housing units has been actually constructed. b. The costs of conventional housing construction, mortgages, land and utilities have increased tremendously in recent years making it increasingly difficult for certain segments of the population, notably the elderly, families with young children, unmarried individuals, and young couples, to afford suitable conventional housing. c. Due to the conventional housing shortage in New Jersey, the Legislature has a responsibility to encourage alternate means of housing for New Jersey citizens. d. The design, durability and appearance of manufactured housing has improved significantly over the last decade so that certain styles of manufactured homes are difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish from conventional homes, and yet only 400 of these manufactured homes were sold Statewide during 1982. e. Despite these significant improvements, there has not been a corresponding rapid escalation in the costs of manufactured homes, with the result that these homes remain affordable for the general population. f. It is, therefore, in the public interest to promote the use of manufactured homes as affordable housing in New Jersey. L.1983, c. 386, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1984, operative Dec. 22, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-24
Temporary obligations
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any authority, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, may borrow money and issue temporary obligations if the bond resolution so provides. A temporary obligation shall be designated "bond anticipation note" or "project note" and shall contain a recital that it is issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. At any time within three years of the date of the original note issue, the authority may renew the notes, provided that a form prescribed by the director listing the terms and conditions of the renewals is submitted to the director and the director fails to disapprove the renewal in writing within 10 days of the date of its receipt. If the renewal is disapproved by the director, the Local Finance Board shall hold a hearing as set forth in section 7 of P.L.1983, c. 313 (C. 40A:5A-7). Any application for a renewal after three years from the date of the original issue shall be submitted and subject to the approval and conditions of the Local Finance Board. L. 1983,c.313, s.24; amended by L. 1987,c.319,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-22 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-22
Form and content of current budget
Status: in_force

Every budget shall be prefaced by an explanatory statement of its contents and shall be itemized according to the respective objects and purposes for which appropriations are made. Itemization shall be in the form, classification and detail prescribed by regulations of the local government board. The itemization, form and arrangement of the budget shall be such as to facilitate the exercise of the comptroller function. The budget shall consist of a tabulated statement of: a. all anticipated revenues applicable to the expenditures for which appropriations are made in the budget, and b. the appropriations to be made for all purposes for which such revenues are to be expended. The total of anticipated revenues must equal the total of appropriations. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-130 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-130
Mayor; term; town certain, mayor, council terms
Status: in_force

40A:9-130. a. In every municipality, unless otherwise provided by law and except as provided under subsection b. of this section, the term of office for the mayor shall be 4 years. b. In every town operating under a special charter with a population of at least 28,000 but not more than 35,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, the term of office for the mayor and the members of council shall be 4 years, notwithstanding any different term of office specified in the special charter. L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 2001, c.118, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:45A-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45A / Section 45A-1
Date, time of annual organization, reorganization meeting.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of a municipality in which any of the members of the governing body are elected for terms commencing January 1 may, by resolution, fix the date and time of its annual organization or reorganization meeting at 12 o'clock noon on January 1, or at some other hour on any day during the first week in January. b. The governing body of a municipality in which any of the members of the governing body are elected for terms commencing January 15 may, by resolution, fix the date and time of its annual organization or reorganization meeting at 12 o'clock noon on January 15, or at some other hour on any day during a seven-day period beginning on January 15. L.1956,c.176,s.1; amended 1964, c.80; 1981, c.79, s.1; 2000, c.126, s.12; 2023, c.124, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-15.3
Contract for marketing of recyclable materials.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15) to the contrary, a county government contracting unit may enter into or extend a contract for the marketing of recyclable materials recovered through a recycling program subject to the following conditions: (1) The program includes one or more interlocal services agreements with municipalities in that county for the delivery of recyclable materials to a contractor; and (2) The contract for the marketing of recyclable material includes fixed or formula based fees for the marketing services so provided and the contractor owns the buildings and equipment necessary to perform the contract. b. Whenever an existing contract satisfies the conditions contained in subsection a. of this section, the contract may be extended for a period of up to 10 years; however, the length of the existing contract together with any extension thereof shall not exceed a total of 12 years. A new contract for the marketing of recyclable materials shall not exceed 10 years. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-5) to the contrary, a new contract for the marketing of recyclable materials for a term exceeding five years shall be entered into pursuant to public bidding or competitive contracting. L.2003, c.150, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-55 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-55
Definitions relating to fire departments and exempt firemen.
Status: in_force

40A:14-55. Definitions relating to fire departments and exempt firemen. "Fire department and force", "fire department or force" or "fire department" means the officers and members organized to fight fires in the municipality; "Fire duty" means active participation in the usual duties of a fireman under the direction and supervision of the official in charge of the fire department and force; "60% of duty" means actual recorded attendance and rendering of fire service at not less than 60% of regular alarms of fire answerable by the members during any calendar year; the total number of alarms used in computing said percentage may include not more than 20 fire drills called at the direction of the official in charge of the fire department and force; "50% of duty" means actual recorded attendance and rendering of fire service at not less than 50% of regular alarms of fire answerable by the members during any calendar year; the total number of alarms used in computing said percentage may include not more than 20 fire drills called at the direction of the official in charge of the fire department and force. amended 2014, c.64, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-115 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-115
Cost and expenses of improvements or works apportioned
Status: in_force

All sums of money to be paid respecting the joint improvement or works or in any way relating to or arising out of the same shall be promptly paid by the several municipalities contracting, according to the percentage fixed in the contract, to the treasurer of the joint meeting, and be by him disbursed according to such statement.
N.J. Stat. § 40:48-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48 / Section 48-21
Financing joint project
Status: in_force

Any municipality may raise and disburse all necessary money, either by taxation, the assessment of special benefits, or the issuance of bonds, in the manner provided by law to pay its respective share of the cost of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating any improvements, public works, utility or service or the acquisition of any property provided for by the joint contract.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-30 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14B / Section 14B-30
Agreements with holders of bonds
Status: in_force

Any bond resolution of a municipal authority providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and such municipal authority, in order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, shall have power by provision in such bond resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to: (1) the custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; (2) the construction and completion, or replacement, of all or any part of the utility system; (3) the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of the utility system, or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the municipal authority to dispose, or to limit or regulate the use, of all or any part of the utility system; (4) payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds or obligations; (5) the use and disposition of any moneys of the municipal authority, including revenues (in this act sometimes called "system revenues" ) derived or to be derived from the operation of all or any part of the utility system, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired; (6) pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the system revenues or other moneys of the municipal authority to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations or the payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of the utility system, and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto; (7) the setting aside out of the system revenues or other moneys of the municipal authority of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; (8) determination or definition of the system revenues or of the expenses of operation and maintenance of the utility system; (9) the rents, rates, fees, or other charges for connection with or the use, products or services of the utility system, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same, the amount or amounts of system revenues to be produced thereby, and the disposition and application of the amounts charged or collected; (10) the assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, liens or other claims relating to any part of the utility system or any obligations having or which may have a lien on any part of the system revenues; (11) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the municipal authority; (12) limitations on the powers of the municipal authority to construct, acquire or operate, or permit the construction, acquisition or operation of, any plants, structures, facilities or properties which may compete or tend to compete with the utility system; (13) vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the municipal authority may determine which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of bonds pursuant to section 31 of this act, and limiting or abrogating the right of such holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to section 31 of this act or limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee; (14) payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the bond resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds; (15) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or (16) any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the bond resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. All such provisions of the bond resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the municipal authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1957, c. 183, p. 656, s. 30.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37A-47 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37A / Section 37A-47
Dissolution of authority
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county which has created an authority pursuant to this act may be ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, dissolve such authority if either (1) such authority has no debts or obligations outstanding, or (2) all creditors or other obligees of the authority have consented to said ordinance or resolution. A copy of said ordinance or resolution, certified by the clerk of said governing body, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. Upon proof of such filing and upon proof either that said authority had no debts or obligations outstanding at the time of the adoption of such ordinance or resolution or that all creditors or other obligees of the authority have consented to such ordinance or resolution, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly dissolved. Thereupon, all right, title and interest in and to the property of the authority shall be vested in the county, except that any particular property shall vest in any other governmental unit or person if the terms of any lease or other agreement of the authority with respect thereto shall so provide. A copy of any such certified ordinance or resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper adoption and filing thereof as aforesaid. L.1960, c. 183, p. 733, s. 4, eff. Jan. 18, 1961. Amended by L.1982, c. 113, s. 3, eff. Aug. 14, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-40.7 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-40.7
Construction of act
Status: in_force

7. a. Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify the provisions of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.) or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto and section 502 of the "National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978" (Pub.L 95-625). b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit, preempt or in any way affect the exercise of any authority by the State or any county government with respect to site improvements conferred by any other State law or regulation promulgated thereunder. L.1993,c.32,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-23 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69A / Section 69A-23
Optional form of government; adoption, no vote for 10 years thereafter to change.
Status: in_force

1-23. The voters of any municipality which has adopted an optional form of government pursuant to this act may not vote on the question of adopting another form of government until 10 years thereafter. L.1950, c.210, s.1-23; amended 2009, c.339, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-45.4a — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45.4a
Transfer of funds authorized by s. 40A:4-58 from appropriation not subject to limitation to appropriation subject to limitation; prohibition
Status: in_force

No transfer of funds which is authorized by N.J.S. 40A:4-58 shall be made from an appropriation which is not subject to limitation pursuant to section 3 or 4 of P.L.1976, c. 68 (C. 40A:4-45.3 and 40A:4-45.4) to an appropriation which is subject to such limitation. L.1981, c. 56, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-147 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-147
Issuance of instruments, adoption of procedures relative to land use.
Status: in_force

11. a. A development transfer ordinance shall provide for the issuance of such instruments as may be necessary and the adoption of procedures for recording the permitted use of the land at the time of the recording, the separation of the development potential from the land, and the recording of the allowable residual use of the land upon separation of the development potential. b. A development transfer ordinance shall specifically provide that upon the transfer of development potential from a sending zone, the owner of the property from which the development potential has been transferred shall cause a statement containing the conditions of the transfer and the terms of the restrictions of the use and development of the land to be attached to and recorded with the deed of the land in the same manner as the deed was originally recorded. These restrictions and conditions shall state that any development inconsistent therewith is expressly prohibited, shall run with the land, and shall be binding upon the landowner and every successor in interest thereto. c. The restrictions shall be expressly enforceable by the municipality and the county in which the property is located, any interested party, and the State of New Jersey. d. All development potential transfers shall be recorded in the manner of a deed in the book of deeds in the office of the county clerk or county register of deeds and mortgages, as appropriate. This recording shall specify the lot and block number of the parcel in the sending zone from which the development potential was transferred and the lot and block number of the parcel in the receiving zone to which the development potential was transferred. e. All development potential transfers also shall be recorded with the State Transfer of Development Rights Bank in the Development Potential Transfer Registry as required pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1993, c.339 (C.4:1C-53). L.2004,c.2,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 40:60-25.14 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Section 60-25.14
Surrender of tax exemption
Status: in_force

Any municipality purchasing or intending to purchase tax exempt property as provided in this act, may, by the same or a separate instrument, contract with the owner of such tax exempt property for the surrender and extinguishment in perpetuity, with the owner's consent, of the right or privilege of tax exemption, arising out of the contract with the State; and, in that event, on the consummation of the purchase of such tax exempt property by the municipality, all right or privilege of tax exemption under the contract with the State, of the owner, successors or assigns, shall be extinguished and shall cease and determine, in perpetuity. L.1944, c. 206, p. 731, s. 8, eff. April 21, 1944.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.8 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.8
Siting of structure, equipment for groundwater remedial action
Status: in_force

3. a. The siting of a structure or equipment required for a groundwater remedial action approved by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.), shall be deemed to be essential to the continuation of an existing structure or use of a property, including a nonconforming use, or to the development of a property, as authorized in the zoning ordinance of a municipality. A groundwater remedial action subject to this section, including any structure or equipment required in connection therewith, shall, therefore, be deemed to be an accessory use or structure to any structure or use authorized by the development regulations of a municipality; shall be a permitted use in all zoning or use districts of a municipality; and shall not require a use variance pursuant to subsection d. of section 57 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-70). b. A municipality may, by ordinance, adopt reasonable standards for the siting of a structure or equipment required for a groundwater remedial action subject to subsection a. of this section. The standards may include specification of the duration of time allowed for the removal from a site of all structures or equipment used in the remedial action upon expiration of the term of the discharge permit or completion of the remedial action, whichever shall be sooner. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize a municipality to require site plan review by a municipal agency for a groundwater remedial action, but an ordinance establishing siting standards may provide penalties and may authorize the municipality to seek injunctive relief for violations of the ordinance. As used in this section, "groundwater remedial action" means the removal or abatement of pollutants in groundwater, and includes de-watering activities performed in connection with the removal or replacement of underground storage tanks, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1986, c.102 (C.58:10A-22), except that as used herein underground storage tanks shall include: (1) farm underground storage tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; (2) underground storage tanks used to store heating oil for on-site consumption in a nonresidential building with a capacity of 2,000 gallons or less; and (3) underground storage tanks used to store heating oil for on-site consumption in a residential building. L.1993,c.351,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 40:12-26 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-26
No liability in civil actions, insurance
Status: in_force

7. a. Except where permitted by the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., no local government unit, or any employee or agent thereof, may be held liable in any civil action to any person for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustained by any participating entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park. b. As a condition of any park maintenance , operation, or improvement agreement entered into in accordance with this act: (1) a participating entity, and each employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer of that participating entity assisting in maintaining , operating, or improving a park, shall sign a waiver releasing the local government unit and its employees and agents from any civil liability for any injury or damages, except those arising from criminal or willful, wanton, or grossly negligent conduct, that may be sustained by the participating entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, as the case may be, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park; (2) a participating business entity shall agree to indemnify, and if requested by the local government unit, defend, the local government unit and its employees and agents against all claims made by any person for injuries or damages that may be caused or sustained by the participating business entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park; and (3) a participating business entity shall obtain and retain insurance in an amount sufficient for the purposes set forth in this section. L.1992,c.101,s.7; amended 1996, c.132, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-4 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-4
Petition for; referendum
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition praying for the change of name of any municipality and specifying the name proposed for adoption shall be signed by at least 30% of the legal voters therein who voted at the last preceding general election, and be filed in the office of the clerk of such municipality, such proposed change of name shall be submitted to the voters at the first general election occurring in such municipality not less than 60 days after the filing of such petition, or at a special election, as shall be determined by resolution of the governing body, to be held in the municipality not less than 60 days after the filing of such petition. The clerk of such municipality shall advertise that said change of name will be voted upon at such election in the same manner as municipal elections are advertised, and the question of the change of name shall be printed upon the ballots and voted upon at such election in accordance with the general laws relating to elections, except that the governing body may conduct a special election at the same hours and polling places used in the most recent school election held in accordance with N.J.S. 18A:14-1 et seq. Amended by L.1981, c. 169, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 40:23-17 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-17
Acquisition of property; officers and employees
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into execution any such contract, any county, as a party thereto, may acquire real estate as tenants in common by purchase, gift or condemnation, erect buildings thereon and equip the same, acquire and hold any property in common, appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the joint enterprise and generally enter into any contract which the board of chosen freeholders or any municipality or district with which it may contract is authorized to enter into separately.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:7-11 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-11
Suits and other legal proceedings unaffected
Status: in_force

All actions, appeals, prosecutions and other legal proceedings pending in a court or before any tribunal having jurisdiction within the county from which the annexed territory is taken shall not be affected by the annexation, but may be prosecuted in the county from which the territory is taken, in the same manner and before the same courts and tribunals and with like effect as if the annexation had not occurred, and judgments obtained or which may be obtained therein shall have the same effect. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-51 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-51
Morgues, morgue keepers; appointments.
Status: in_force

40A:9-51. The board of chosen freeholders of any county, by resolution, may designate not more than 6 places to be used as county public morgues and provide for their maintenance and operation. The said board may appoint the morgue keepers for terms of 5 years from the date of their appointments. The morgue keepers shall be under the supervision and direction of the county or intercounty medical examiner. amended 2018, c.62, s.41.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-162 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-162
Chapter 56 of the laws of 1962 saved from repeal
Status: in_force

Chapter 56 of the laws of 1962 (C. 40:47-20.10 and C. 40:47-20.11) is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by this section provided for the validation of certain appointments of members or officers of the municipal police department or force, and of their pension and retirement rights, notwithstanding the appointees were over the maximum age at the time of their appointments.] L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-18 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-18
Commissioners; term and compensation
Status: in_force

The commissioners appointed to the recreation commission in any municipality shall hold office for such period of time and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by the governing body of the municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-64 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-64
County clerk's oath
Status: in_force

Every person elected or appointed to the office of county clerk, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the following oath: "I, , county clerk of the county of do solemnly swear (or affirm) to (insert name of county) support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and perform the duties of my office as county clerk, faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of my ability." L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-40 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A-40
County executive at meetings
Status: in_force

The county executive may be present and participate in discussions at all board meetings. L.1972, c. 154, s. 40, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-34.9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-34.9
Improvement of convention hall by municipalities bordering on ocean; issuance of special emergency notes
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality bordering upon the Atlantic ocean, maintaining a municipal convention hall, which shall provide by ordinance for the improvement of said municipal convention hall by enlarging its facilities or by renovations, or otherwise, particularly for the purpose of meeting the competition for conventions by municipalities outside of this State, may incur a principal indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 of the cost thereof in the manner provided in this act. Such indebtedness shall be authorized at a single time, and once authorized, the authority to incur thereafter a like indebtedness under this act shall be exhausted. That part of such cost as is to be financed under this act may be financed by the issuance of negotiable notes which shall be designated "Special Emergency Notes, issued pursuant to chapter 36 of the laws of 1958." Any such notes issued under this act shall not be included in calculating the debt limit of the municipality. Any such notes shall provide for repayment of the principal amount thereof in not more than 4 installments, to be not more than 1 year apart, the first such installment to be due and payable not more than 15 months after the date of issue. Each installment of principal shall be in an amount equal to 25% of the original principal sum, together with interest on the unpaid balance, but the municipality may reserve the option to prepay any part or all of a future installment. The amount required to satisfy any installment of principal and interest to fall due in any year shall be included in the current municipal budget for such year, and shall be raised by taxation in each such year. L.1958, c. 36, p. 125, s. 1. Amended by L.1960, c. 2, p. 12, s. 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1960.
N.J. Stat. § 40:27-6.6 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-6.6
Review and approval of site plans for land development along county roads or affecting county drainage facilities.
Status: in_force

8. The governing body of any county having a county planning board may provide for the review of site plans for land development along county roads or affecting county drainage facilities as provided in subsection e. of this section and for the approval of such development as hereinafter set forth and limited for the purpose of assuring a safe and efficient county road system. Such review and approval shall be in conformance with procedures and standards adopted by resolution or ordinance as appropriate of the governing body. Notice of the public hearing on a proposed resolution or ordinance of the governing body establishing procedures and standards to govern the review and regulation of land development along county roads or affecting county drainage facilities as provided in subsection e. of this section, and a copy of such resolution or ordinance, shall be given by delivery or by certified mail to the municipal clerk, secretary of the planning board and secretary of the board of adjustment of each municipality in the county at least 10 days prior to such hearing. These procedures and standards shall be limited to: a. The submission of a site plan, prior to the issuance of a municipal building permit, drawn in accordance with standards in the resolution or ordinance for any proposed land development, excluding single family residential development but including proposed commercial, industrial, multifamily structures containing five or more units, or any other land development requiring an off-street parking area or producing surface runoff in excess of standards set forth in the site plan review and approval resolution or ordinance of the governing body. b. The requirement of dedication of additional right-of-way in accordance with the county master plan adopted by the county planning board or an official county map adopted by the governing body. Where by reason of special or unusual conditions said total additional right-of-way is to be secured from just one side of an existing road, only one-half of the additional right-of-way may be required to be dedicated. c. The requirement of physical improvements subject to recommendations of the county engineer relating to the safety and convenience of the traveling public, including drainage facilities, or other highway and traffic design features as may be deemed necessary on such county road or roads in accordance with the engineering and planning standards established in the site plan review and approval resolution or ordinance of the governing body. d. The requirement of performance and payment guarantees and procedures for the release of same, maintenance bonds of not more than 2 years' duration from the date of acceptance of improvements, cash contributions, and agreements specifying minimum standards of construction for required improvements. Procedures for, and limitations on the requirement of such guarantees or cash contributions shall be governed by the provisions of this act. e. The requirement of adequate drainage facilities and easements when, as determined by the county engineer in accordance with county-wide standards, the proposed site plan will cause storm water to drain either directly or indirectly to a county road or through any drainage-way, structure, pipe, culvert or facility for which the county is responsible for the construction, maintenance or proper functioning. Site plans for land development not along a county road that include less than 1 acre of impervious surfaces are exempt from county site plan review. f. For the purposes of any county site plan review, solar panels shall not be included in any calculation of impervious surface or impervious cover. As used in this subsection, "solar panel" means an elevated panel or plate, or a canopy or array thereof, that captures and converts solar radiation to produce power, and includes flat plate, focusing solar collectors, or photovoltaic solar cells and excludes the base or foundation of the panel, plate, canopy, or array. L.1968, c.285, s.8; amended 1981, c.50, s.1; 2010, c.4, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-73 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-73
Time for decision
Status: in_force

a. The board of adjustment shall render a decision not later than 120 days after the date (1) an appeal is taken from the decision of an administrative officer or (2) the submission of a complete application for development to the board of adjustment pursuant to section 59b. of this act. b. Failure of the board to render a decision within such 120-day period or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant, shall constitute a decision favorable to the applicant. L.1975, c. 291, s. 60, eff. Aug. 1, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 40:43-66.56 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 43-66.56
Filing of final report, recommendations.
Status: in_force

22. a. The joint municipal consolidation study commission shall publish and file its final report and recommendations within ten calendar months from the date all of its members are elected or appointed. A copy of such final report signed by the chairman of the commission shall be filed with the Secretary of State, the department, the county clerk and with the municipal clerk of each participating municipality. Included in such final report shall be: a statement, if any, by any member of the commission dissenting from the findings and recommendations set forth in the final report; and the department's findings on the fiscal aspects of the proposed consolidation. The municipal clerks shall deliver a copy of such final report to each member of the governing body of their respective municipalities. The commission shall cause a reasonable number of copies of the final report to be printed and made available to the general public upon request. b. If the commission recommends consolidation, it shall prepare an "official abstract" of its report and recommendations and plan of consolidation consisting of a concise statement, which shall be objective in content and presentation, and shall be descriptive of the substance of the plan. At the time the commission publishes and files its final report, and again on a date not less than 30 days preceding the date fixed for the election, the commission shall cause the official abstract to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the participating municipalities, together with notice of: (1) The time, place and purpose of the election; (2) The manner in which copies of the commission's final report and recommendations may be obtained; (3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.58.) (4) The fact that if the voters favor the consolidation by a majority vote in each of the participating municipalities, the consolidation plan shall become binding and legally enforceable between or among such municipalities. L.1977,c.435,s.22; amended 1999, c.58, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-21 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-21
Suspension pending hearing; commencement of hearing
Status: in_force

If any member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force shall be suspended pending a hearing as a result of charges made against him such hearing, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be commenced within 30 days from the date of the service of the copy of the complaint upon him; in default of which the charges shall be dismissed and said member or officer may be returned to duty. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-78.8 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-78.8
Separate items in fire district budget
Status: in_force

The fire district budget shall provide for separate items for: a. Surplus, which shall not exceed the amount of surplus held in cash or quick assets at the beginning of the budget year; b. Miscellaneous revenues, which shall be such amounts as may reasonably be expected to be realized in cash during the budget year from known and regular sources, or from sources reasonably capable of anticipating, including amounts expected to be received from municipalities appropriating money for fire district purposes, but not including revenues from taxes to be levied to support the district budget; and, c. Amount to be raised by taxation to support the district budget, which shall be the amount to be certified to the assessor of the municipality to be assessed against the taxable property in the district pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:14-79. Such amount shall be equal to the amount of the total appropriations set forth in the budget minus the total amount of surplus and miscellaneous revenues set forth in the budget. L.1979, c. 453, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 40:49-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Section 49-5
Penalties for violations of municipal ordinances.
Status: in_force

40:49-5. The governing body may prescribe penalties for the violation of ordinances it may have authority to pass, by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners, for any term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. The governing body may prescribe that for the violation of any particular ordinance at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $100. The governing body may prescribe that for the violation of an ordinance pertaining to unlawful solid waste disposal at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $2,500 or a maximum penalty by a fine not exceeding $10,000. The court before which any person is convicted of violating any ordinance of a municipality shall have power to impose any fine, term of imprisonment, or period of community service not less than the minimum and not exceeding the maximum fixed in such ordinance. Any person who is convicted of violating an ordinance within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance and who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the ordinance, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of the ordinance. Any municipality which chooses not to impose an additional fine upon a person for a repeated violation of any municipal ordinance may waive the additional fine by ordinance or resolution. Any person convicted of the violation of any ordinance may, in the discretion of the court by which he was convicted, and in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned in the county jail or place of detention provided by the municipality, for any term not exceeding 90 days, or be required to perform community service for a period not exceeding 90 days. Any municipality that chooses to impose a fine in an amount greater than $1,250 upon an owner for violations of housing or zoning codes shall provide a 30-day period in which the owner shall be afforded the opportunity to cure or abate the condition and shall also be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction for an independent determination concerning the violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the 30-day period, a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if a court has not determined otherwise or, upon reinspection of the property, it is determined that the abatement has not been substantially completed. Amended 1953, c.37, s.175; 1968, c.30; 1983, c.410, s.1; 1987, c.411, s.1; 1989, c.114, s.1; 2001, c.274; 2003, c.231, s.6; 2005, c.269, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5A-9 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-9
Authorization for local units to incur indebtedness and issue obligations
Status: in_force

To the extent not otherwise provided for in Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes and in order to satisfy the provisions of section 8 of this act, any local unit or units having created or joined an authority, or which may hereafter join, create or join in the creation of an authority or which are now or hereafter under contract with an authority in connection with a project financing, are authorized and shall have the power to incur indebtedness and issue obligations for any purpose for which an authority may issue obligations and to donate the proceeds of those obligations to an authority to be expended for the purpose for which the funds were borrowed. Except as otherwise provided in this act, all obligations shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided for in Title 40 or Title 40A. L.1983, c. 313, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 40:80-3 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 80 / Section 80-3
Ballot; number, form and content
Status: in_force

The municipal clerk shall provide double the number of ballots as there were voters registered for the last preceding general election in such municipality, to be printed upon plain, substantial white paper, in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross ( x ) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross ( x ) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall subtitle 5 of the title [ ] YES Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes (s. 40:79-1 et seq.), [ ] NO providing for municipal manager form of government, be adopted in .................... (here insert name of municipality)?"
N.J. Stat. § 40:48H-1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 48H / Section 48H-1
Tax on motor vehicle rentals to finance redevelopment activities.
Status: in_force

19. The Legislature finds that there exist in certain municipalities certain industrial, port, and airport areas which warrant redevelopment but do not presently generate adequate funding sources with which to stimulate such activities. As a result, municipal revenues derived from other areas in the municipality have for many years been diverted to such areas in order to induce redevelopment at such locations. In addition, the worldwide financial credit crisis has created an environment in which private financial activity in certain cities has been curtailed, resulting in decreased revenue collections that have necessitated severe cuts in local budgets for services. The Legislature declares that it is therefore an appropriate and necessary public purpose to provide a new source of funding, derived from a tax on the rental of motor vehicles within designated industrial zones, to finance various redevelopment activities occurring within those municipalities. L.2009, c.90, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 40:62-104 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 62 / Section 62-104
Supervision, operation and maintenance; collection of charges; contracts.
Status: in_force

40:62-104. Any contract entered into pursuant to sections 40:62-96 to 40:62-105 of this title may provide for supervision, operation and maintenance of the water system and the distribution, public or private, by either party to the contract, and may further provide for the collection by either party of rates, rental or other service charges for the supplying of water to the users thereof. The governing body of a municipality that has established a water district and which operates a water system shall establish a rate structure that provides for uniform rates, rentals, or other service charges for water supply service and fire protection systems. No municipality wherein a water district is situated may impose standby fees or charges for any fire protection system to a residential customer served by a water service line of two inches or less in diameter. Nothing in this section shall preclude a municipality wherein a water district is situated from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. A municipality wherein a water district is situated may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278. Amended 2003, c.278, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:2-24 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 2 / Section 2-24
Form of obligations
Status: in_force

Notes may be issued payable to bearer, with interest payable to bearer or on presentation for endorsement or may be in registered form. Notes payable to bearer may be made subject to registration and the principal of and interest on notes so registered shall be payable to the registered owner. Bonds may be issued either in coupon or registered form. Bonds in coupon form may contain provision for registration as to principal only and as to both principal and interest. Bonds issued in fully registered form or in coupon form with provision for registration as to both principal and interest may contain provision for conversion into bonds in coupon form at the request and expense of the registered owner or his duly authorized attorney or legal representative. Any obligations may be issued subject to redemption prior to maturity with or without premium, or at such redemption price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by resolution of the governing body. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-99 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-99
Sheriff may act in certain cases where commission delayed
Status: in_force

If the receipt by a newly elected or appointed sheriff of his commission is delayed, the said sheriff may nevertheless act as said sheriff for a period not exceeding one month before receiving his said commission. L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:9-22.16 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-22.16
Powers of county ethics board
Status: in_force

A county ethics board shall have the following powers: a. To initiate, receive, hear and review complaints and hold hearings with regard to possible violations of the county code of ethics or financial disclosure requirements by local government officers or employees serving the county; b. To issue subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of witnesses with respect to its investigation of any complaint or to the holding of a hearing; c. To forward to the county prosecutor or the Attorney General or other governmental body any information concerning violations of the county code of ethics or financial disclosure requirements by local government officers or employees serving the county which may become the subject of criminal prosecution or which may warrant the institution of other legal proceedings by the Attorney General; d. To render advisory opinions to local government officers or employees serving the county as to whether a given set of facts and circumstances would constitute a violation of any provision of the county code of ethics or financial disclosure requirements; e. To enforce the provisions of the county code of ethics and financial disclosure requirements with regard to local government officers or employees serving the county and to impose penalties for the violation thereof as are authorized by this act; and f. To adopt rules and regulations and to do other things as are necessary to implement the purposes of this act. L.1991,c.29,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 40:52-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 52 / Section 52-1.1
Proof of compliance with section 34:15-71 required; revocation of license for failure
Status: in_force

The governing body shall not issue or authorize the issuance of a license for circuses, carnivals or other traveling shows to be conducted out of doors or under tents and not in a licensed theatre or other building under the authority of subparagraph (f) of section 40:52-1 of the Revised Statutes without the submission of satisfactory proof of the applicant's compliance with the provisions of section 34:15-71 of the Revised Statutes, and any such license heretofore or hereafter issued shall be revoked after hearing by the governing body upon proof of the licensee's failure to comply with the provisions of said section 34:15-71 of the Revised Statutes after notice and failure to comply. L.1947, c. 296, p. 1009, s. 1. Amended by L.1948, c. 234, p. 1074, s. 1, eff. July 16, 1948.
N.J. Stat. § 40:81-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 81-9
Council to be governing body
Status: in_force

The municipal council shall be the governing body of the municipality and except as herein otherwise provided, shall have and possess all administrative, judicial and legislative powers and duties now had, possessed and exercised by the governing body of such municipality and all other executive or legislative bodies in such municipality, and shall have complete control and supervision over the affairs of the municipality to be exercised in the manner herein prescribed.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:13-17 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-17
Boundaries of new counties or municipalities
Status: in_force

When a new county or municipality is formed altering the lines of an existing county or municipality, an accurate survey shall be made of the county or municipality. The boundaries of the new county or municipality shall be ascertained and determined as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S. 40A:13-3 through 40A:13-16 inclusive. In the case of a new county, a copy of the commissioners' report shall be recorded and filed in the office of the Secretary of State and one in the office of clerk of the newly formed county within 6 months after formation. In the case of a new municipality, a copy of the commissioners' report shall be recorded and filed in the office of the county clerk and one in the office of the clerk of the newly formed municipality within 6 months after formation. L.1979, c. 181, s. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-54 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-54
Appeals from assessments and awards of incidental damages; procedure.
Status: in_force

40:56-54. Except as provided in article four of this chapter (s. 40:56-58 et seq.) as to cities of the first class, the owner of any property assessed for benefits or awarded damages incidental to the improvements as distinguished from damages for real estate to be taken under this chapter, may within thirty days after confirmation of such assessment or award appeal from the same to the Superior Court by serving written notice of such appeal within such thirty days upon the tax collector and a duplicate upon the clerk of the governing body, either personally or by leaving the same at his office or place of abode. The appeal shall be determined by a trial and, upon the demand of any party thereto, with a jury. The determination shall be by order or judgment subject to the provisions of section 40:56-57 of this Title. The court shall determine whether or not the assessment or award of damages appealed from is a just and fair assessment or award, and if not shall make an order correcting the same or if the assessment or award is sustained shall so order. The determination of the court as to all such appeals in the case of any one improvement shall be embodied in the same order or judgment, and a certified copy thereof shall be served upon the tax collector and the clerk of the municipality. The appeal procedure set forth in this section shall not affect the validity and commencement of a lien against land that has been assessed for benefits, but shall be considered to affect only the amount of the lien. Amended 1953, c.37, s.191; 2002, c.15, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 40:76-9 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 76 / Section 76-9
If clerk prevails petition returned to agent
Status: in_force

If the judge shall determine that the petition, as filed with the clerk, does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, he shall forthwith make an order, sustaining any or all of the clerk's objections, and shall order and direct that the petition be forthwith returned to the agent who filed it.
N.J. Stat. § 40:61-5 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 61 / Section 61-5
Use by school children; admission fee; exceptions
Status: in_force

The body or authority having control of any public park, playground or other public place or property in any municipality may permit the same or part thereof to be used for athletic purposes or as playgrounds by the pupils of the public schools of the municipality and the public generally, subject to such reasonable regulations as may be prescribed by the body or authority having control thereof. The board of education of the school district coextensive with the municipality may charge and collect a reasonable admission fee from each person entering such park, playground or place of public resort and recreation, or part thereof, for the purpose of witnessing any athletic contest or game wherein the pupils of the public schools may be contestants or participants, but only where the admission fees so charged and collected are used in furtherance and maintenance of athletics and athletic purposes in the public schools of the municipality, and have first been approved by the authority having control of such park, playground and place of public resort and recreation, or part thereof, used for athletic purposes. No such park, playground or place or part thereof shall be so used for any athletic game or contest for which an admission fee is to be charged on more than two days, nor more than eight hours in all, in any one week. This section shall not apply to any county park situated in any municipality.
N.J. Stat. § 40:14-21 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-21
Appropriations; application for and acceptance of grants in aid; surveys and studies
Status: in_force

a. Participating municipalities and counties are hereby authorized to make such appropriations to the commission as may be necessary for the carrying on of the work of the commission upon certification by the commission to the respective governing bodies of the amount or amounts required for such purpose, said appropriations to be made as nearly as may be with regard to the method of apportioning costs as agreed to in the ordinances and resolutions establishing said commission. b. The commission shall also have the right to apply for and accept any grants in aid which may be available to it from county, State or Federal agencies, and to accept any contributions, grants or bequests which may be given to it by any person, corporation or foundation. c. Any participating municipality or county may, from time to time, upon the request of the commission and for the purpose of special surveys, assign or detail to the commission any members of staffs of county or municipal administrative or engineering departments, or may direct any such department to make any special surveys or studies requested by the commission. L.1971, c. 316, s. 6, eff. Sept. 14, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:11-4.12 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-4.12
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. a. The director, in consultation with the State Comptroller and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this act. The rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, practices that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary: (1) convert the law, principals, safeguards, and procedures related to sealed bidding to an electronic procurement environment; (2) authorize local units of government to accept commercial standards for electronic forms of bid security; and (3) establish minimum standards that must be met by systems and services providing and administering electronic procurement activities. The director shall also consult with the Attorney General to develop safeguards to protect against collusion and bid rigging, with the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury to develop practices used for electronic procurement, and with the Office of Information Technology in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, to ensure the privacy and security of electronic transactions. b. With regard to the notices, advertising bids, or requests for proposals required to be published in an official newspaper of the local unit, such notices, advertising bids, or requests for proposals, as appropriate, shall not be eliminated under the provisions of P.L.2018, c.156 (C.40A:11-4.7 et al.), and shall continue to be published as required by law. c. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, plans and specifications for public works construction contracts that require the seal and signature of a professional engineer, architect, or land surveyor may be included in an electronic file used for electronic procurement as long as the original document from which the electronic file is derived contains a physical or electronic seal and signature as otherwise required by law; however, if and when the State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors and the New Jersey State Board of Architects adopt rules to permit digital seals and signatures, those rules shall supersede this provision. L.2018, c.156, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 40:56-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 56-20.1
Limitation on proceedings to review or restrain ordinance
Status: in_force

No action or proceeding for injunctive or other relief shall be commenced to restrain or review an ordinance for any improvement after the contract therefor shall have been awarded. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 700, s. 185, eff. March 19, 1953.
N.J. Stat. § 40:63-133 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Section 63-133
Excess of cost over assessments for benefits; bonds; proceeds
Status: in_force

In order to provide for and pay the amount of the difference between the total amount of the costs, damages and expenses of said improvements, including all incidental expense, apportioned to said contracting municipalities respectively as hereinbefore in this article provided, and the total amount of all assessments made and levied for benefits in such municipalities respectively, as aforesaid, on the lands and real estate situated in any and all of the contracting municipalities, the governing body or board of each contracting municipality may, by resolution duly adopted, cause to be issued the bonds of such contracting municipality, in such sum as will be sufficient to pay the share or percentage of such total amount due therefrom, and provided to be paid by the contract entered into by such municipality. The proceeds of each bond shall be used (a) to discharge the notes or temporary obligations of the municipality issued as aforesaid, so far as they exceed in amount the assessment for benefits, (b) to satisfy and discharge whatever may remain due from such contracting municipality on the costs and expenses of the work or improvements, according to the contract entered into between such municipalities.
N.J. Stat. § 40:55D-66.20 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55D / Section 55D-66.20
Certain multiple dwellings, preliminary site plan approval.
Status: in_force

3. a. (1) As a condition of preliminary site plan approval, for each application involving a multiple dwelling with five or more units of dwelling space, which shall include a multiple dwelling that is a building held under a condominium or cooperative form of ownership, a mutual housing corporation, or a mixed use development, the developer or owner, as applicable, shall: (a) prepare as Make-Ready parking spaces at least 15 percent of the required off-street parking spaces, and install electric vehicle supply equipment in at least one-third of the 15 percent of Make-Ready parking spaces; (b) within three years following the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, install electric vehicle supply equipment in an additional one-third of the original 15 percent of Make-Ready parking spaces; and (c) within six years following the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy, install electric vehicle supply equipment in the final one-third of the original 15 percent of Make-Ready parking spaces. (2) Throughout the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment in the Make-Ready parking spaces, at least five percent of the electric vehicle supply equipment shall be accessible for people with disabilities. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict the ability to install electric vehicle supply equipment or Make-Ready parking spaces at a faster or more expansive rate than as required by this subsection. (4) Parking spaces equipped with electric vehicle supply equipment installed in accordance with P.L.2020, c.80 (C.52:27D-141.10 et seq.) and P.L.2020, c.108 (C.45:22A-48.4) shall count towards the total number of electric vehicle supply equipment required installations. (5) During the site plan application review for multiple dwelling units, the local land use board shall review the locations where the Make-Ready equipment or electric vehicle supply equipment will be installed. b. (1) As a condition of preliminary site plan approval, each application involving a parking lot or garage not covered in subsection a. of this section, a developer or owner, as applicable, shall: (a) install at least one Make-Ready parking space if there will be 50 or fewer off-street parking spaces; (b) install at least two Make-Ready parking spaces if there will be 51 to 75 off-street parking spaces; (c) install at least three Make-Ready parking spaces if there will be 76 to 100 off-street parking spaces; (d) install at least four Make-Ready parking spaces, at least one of which shall be accessible for people with disabilities, if there will be 101 to 150 off-street parking spaces; or (e) install at least four percent of the total parking spaces as Make-Ready parking spaces, at least five percent of which shall be accessible for people with disabilities, if there will be more than 150 off-street parking spaces. (2) In lieu of installing Make-Ready parking spaces, a parking lot or garage may install electric vehicle supply equipment to satisfy the requirements of this subsection. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to restrict the ability to install electric vehicle supply equipment or Make-Ready parking spaces at a faster or more expansive rate than as required by this subsection. (4) With respect to parking spaces for people with disabilities, the model land use ordinance published pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.21) shall include standards that provide for the progression of accessible Make-Ready parking spaces to accessible electric vehicle supply equipment parking spaces, and shall conform to the requirements of the most recent "International Building Code" and "International Residential Code" published by the International Code Council except as the Commissioner of Community Affairs deems appropriate to deviate from those codes. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, a retailer that provides 25 or fewer off-street parking spaces or the developer or owner of a single-family home shall not be required to provide or install any electric vehicle supply equipment or Make-Ready parking spaces. d. (1) The Site Improvement Advisory Board, established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.3), shall, no later than 90 days following enactment of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.18 et al.), submit a recommendation to the Commissioner of Community Affairs to amend the Statewide site improvement standards for multifamily residential development to include the requirements set forth in sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.18 through C.40:55D-66.20) and to include parking spaces with electric vehicle supply equipment in the calculation of minimum required parking spaces. The Commissioner of Community Affairs may review and promulgate the recommendation in accordance with the procedure set forth in subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.32 (C.40:55D-40.4). The adopted criteria shall be consistent with the model land use ordinance published by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.21). (2) The "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c. 217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), shall incorporate the requirements set forth in sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.18 through C.40:55D-66.20) no later than 90 days following enactment of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.18 et al.). The adopted criteria shall be consistent with the model land use ordinance published by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.21). e. A parking space prepared with electric vehicle supply equipment or Make-Ready equipment pursuant to this section shall count as at least two parking spaces for the purpose of complying with a minimum parking space requirement. This subsection shall result in a reduction of no more than 10 percent of the total required parking. f. All parking space calculations for electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready equipment pursuant to this section shall be rounded up to the next full parking space. g. A permitting application solely for the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment permitted as an accessory use shall not be subject to review based on parking requirements. h. A power company funding the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or Make-Ready parking spaces shall collaborate with developers and owners, with consultation from the Board of Public Utilities, in implementing the provisions of P.L.2021, c.171 (C.40:55D-66.18 et al.). i. The requirements in subsection a. and b. of this section are based on the number of off-street parking spaces associated with new construction that are required as part of a site plan approval; or, in the case of an expansion to an existing development or an existing parking lot or garage, the number of new, off-street parking spaces created as part of a site plan approval. If a developer or owner has received a parking variance as part of the site plan approval, the requirements shall be based on the number of off-street parking spaces provided pursuant to the variance. L.2021, c.171, s.3; amended 2023, c.220.
N.J. Stat. § 40:37-201.1 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-201.1
Powers of commission as to use and enjoyment of parks; franchises; use of proceeds from operation
Status: in_force

The commission may provide and operate, or arrange for the operation of, such facilities for the use and enjoyment of its parks by the public as it may deem to be necessary and expedient. It may also provide, at its discretion, by a proper rule or regulation, for the terms upon which and the manner in which all of such facilities may be used; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the commission to issue or consent to licenses, privileges or franchises to individuals or corporations for the operation for private profit of any facility, utility or devise within the park, except upon terms which will provide for limiting the operation of such license, privilege or franchise to a period not exceeding twenty years in any event. No franchise shall be awarded except after advertisement published at least once, ten days prior to the date fixed for receiving bids, in a newspaper circulating in the county, designating the time and place of the meeting at which the bids will be received; and no franchise shall be awarded except to the responsible person or persons who will, in open competition, offer to pay to the commission the highest return for such franchise; and no license or privilege shall be let or awarded except upon terms reserving to the commission the power to revoke the same for cause. The commission may provide for the pleasurable use, subject to rules and regulations, of its parks or any portion or portions thereof for general park purposes, and also by campers, camping parties, vacation outings of societies organized and operated not for pecuniary profit and by vacationists in general, upon such terms as the commission shall fix and either with or without financial compensation to the commission as it shall deem proper. The commission shall always have power, at any time, to close the grounds or any part thereof and the buildings thereon and the privileges thereof to the public or to any individual or individuals or to any group of individuals, party or society and, without legal procedure, to evict and remove such persons and their belongings from the buildings and grounds of its parks or portions thereof when, by the determination of the commission, it is to the interest of the county or of the public or of the park so to do. All proceeds derived from the operation of such facilities or from any of the operations of the commission shall be used by such commission for the development and management of its parks, any general or special law to the contrary notwithstanding. L.1939, c. 360, p. 868, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1939.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-29 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 14 / Section 14-29
Promotion of members and officers in certain municipalities
Status: in_force

In any municipality except in cities of the first class a promotion of any member or officer of the paid or part-paid fire department or force to a superior position shall be made from the membership of such department or force. No person shall be eligible for promotion to be a superior officer unless he shall have previously served as a permanent paid fireman for at least 3 years in such department or force. L.1971, c. 197, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-14.10 — NJ Code / Title 40A / Chapter 5 / Section 5-14.10
Effective date.
Status: in_force

10. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive with respect to resolutions for the sale, assignment, lease, transfer, or redevelopment of municipal property that are adopted on or after March 1, 2008. L.2008, c.65, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 40:72-10 — NJ Code / Title 40 / Chapter 72 / Section 72-10
Mayor; selection; no veto power
Status: in_force

At the first meeting after their election the commissioners shall choose one of their number to preside at all meetings of the board. He shall be designated "mayor" but shall have no power to veto any measure.