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NJ Rev Stat § 40:37D-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37D-16 - Tax treatment of authority facilities, property, bonds

40:37D-16. Tax treatment of authority facilities, property, bonds  16. a. All facilities and other property of the authority are declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof, but when any part of the center not occupied or to be occupied by facilities of the center is leased by the authority to another whose property is not exempt and the leasing of which does not make the real estate taxable, the estate created by the lease and its appurtenances shall be listed as the property of the lessee or his assignee, and be assessed and taxed as real estate. All bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act are declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds and notes, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds or notes, or interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes.  b. To the end that there does not occur an undue loss of future tax revenues by reason of the acquisition of real property by the authority or construction of additional facilities by the authority for the center, the authority annually shall make payments in lieu of taxes to the taxing jurisdiction in which the property is located in an amount computed in each year with respect to each taxing jurisdiction in an amount equal to the taxes which would have been assessed against the property acquired by the authority if the property were not exempt. The payments shall be made in each year commencing with the first year subsequent to the year in which the real property shall have been converted from a taxable to an exempt status by reason of its acquisition by the authority.  c. The authority is further authorized to enter into any agreement with any county or municipality in the State, whereby the authority will undertake to pay any additional amounts to compensate for any loss of tax revenues by reason of the acquisition of any real property by the authority for the center or to pay amounts to be used by the county or municipality in furtherance of the development of the center. Every county and municipality so located is authorized to enter into these agreements with the authority and to accept payments which the authority makes thereunder.  L.1994,c.98,s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37D-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37D-17 - Annual report to Local Finance Board

40:37D-17. Annual report to Local Finance Board  17. The authority shall make an annual report of its activities for its preceding fiscal year to the Local Finance Board, pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.).  L.1994,c.98,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:38-28.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:38-28.1 - Cost of living bonus or longevity program; participation

40:38-28.1. Cost of living bonus or longevity program; participation  In any county of the second class having a population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants, the limitations imposed pursuant to section 40:38-28 of the Revised Statutes on the amount of salary payable to the first deputy county clerk or to any executive clerk or chief clerk in the office of the county clerk, shall not be construed to restrict any of said employees from participating in or benefiting from any cost of living bonus or longevity program provided for or established in such county. L.1969, c. 260, s. 1, eff. Jan. 8, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:40-28.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:40-28.9 - Repeal

40:40-28.9. Repeal  "An act concerning coroners in counties having no medical examiner or county physician, and supplementing chapter forty of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes," approved May third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, is repealed. L.1947, c. 404, p. 1271, s. 5, eff. July 3, 1947.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-1 - Submission of charter study question.

40:41A-1 Submission of charter study question.  1. a. Whenever authorized by resolution of the board of freeholders or on petition of the registered voters of any county, an election shall be held in the county upon the question, "Shall a charter study commission be created to study the present governmental structure of. . . county, to consider and make findings concerning the form of county government and to make recommendations thereon?" A petition calling for such an election shall bear the signatures of a number of persons registered to vote in the county equal to or exceeding in number ten percent of the persons registered to vote in the county on the 40th day preceding the most recent previous primary or general election. Whenever such resolution or petition shall be filed with him, the county clerk shall provide for submission of the question at the next general election occurring not less than 60 days after the date of such filing. At the election, the question shall be submitted in the same manner as other public questions. When a resolution or petition for the creation of a charter study commission has been duly filed with the county clerk, no other such resolution or petition and no other proceedings for the adoption of any other charter or form of government available to the county may be filed unless the voters shall decide the aforesaid question in the negative or until the charter study commission created by the voters shall have been discharged. b. On and after the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, for the purposes of P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), the term "board of chosen freeholders" shall be replaced by the term "board of county commissioners" and the terms "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" shall be replaced by the term "county commissioner." After the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the county letterheads, stationery, and other writings, once exhausted, shall be replaced with new letterheads, stationery, and other writings with the title of board of county commissioners. No later than one year following the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the Internet website of a county, shall bear the title of board of county commissioners. Any county signs or other writings bearing the former title of board of chosen freeholders, which would require the expenditure of county funds to update or replace, shall be changed to bear the title of board of county commissioners upon the next update or replacement made in the ordinary course of business. L.1972, c.154, s.1; amended 1975, c.84, s.1; 2020, c.67, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-2 - Election of charter study commission

40:41A-2. Election of charter study commission  At the same election as the public question is submitted, seven members of an 11-member charter study commission shall be elected by the county's registered voters. There shall be placed on the ballot the names of charter study commission candidates who shall have been nominated in the same manner as provided by law for candidates nominated by petition for freeholder, except that they shall be listed without party or other designation or slogan. The voting instructions shall state that the voter may vote on the question and that, regardless of how or whether he voted on the charter question, he may vote for seven members of a charter study commission who shall serve if the question is determined in the affirmative. L.1972, c. 154, s. 2, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 2, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-3 - Nominating petitions

40:41A-3. Nominating petitions  Candidates for the charter study commission shall be persons who were registered voters of the county as of the date of the most recent preceding general election. They may be nominated by petition signed by at least 200 registered voters. Said petition shall be filed not less than 40 days before the date of the election. a. Each nominating petition shall set forth the name, place of residence, and post office address of the candidate thereby nominated, that the nomination is for the office of charter study commissioner and that the petitioners are legally qualified to vote for such candidate. 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 petitions for more than nine candidates. No petition shall set forth the name of more than one candidate. b. Each nominating petition shall, before it may be filed with the county clerk, contain an acceptance of such nomination in writing, signed by the candidate therein nominated, upon or annexed to such petition, or if the same person be named in more than one petition, upon or annexed to one of such petitions. Such acceptance shall certify that the nominee is a registered voter of the county, that he 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 county, and that the petition is prepared and filed in good faith for the sole purpose of endorsing the person named therein for election as stated in the petition. d. All candidates shall be listed together on the same line or column of or position on the ballot, with no bracketing or separation into separate groups and with no slogans under any name. In no way shall slates or tickets be designated or suggested on the ballot. L.1972, c. 154, s. 3, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-4 - Canvass of returns

40:41A-4. Canvass of returns  The results of the votes cast for and against the charter study question shall be returned by election officers, and a canvass of such election had, as is provided by law in the case of other public questions put to the voters of a county. The votes cast for members of the charter study commission shall be counted, and the result thereof returned by the election officers, and a canvass of such election had, as is provided by law in the case of the election of members of the board of freeholders. The seven candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to the charter study commission, provided that if a majority of those voting on the public question shall vote against the election of a charter study commission, none of the candidates shall be elected. If two or more candidates shall receive the same number of votes, and such number of votes shall qualify both election to the seventh and last remaining vacancy on the commission, they shall draw lots to determine which one shall be elected. Prior to the convening of the first meeting of the charter study commission, four additional members shall be appointed to the commission from among the citizens and residents of the county. Of the four appointed members, two shall be appointed by the chairman of the county committee of each of the two political parties whose candidates for Governor received the largest number of votes at the most recent gubernatorial election. L.1972, c. 154, s. 4, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 3, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-5 - Organization meeting of commission

40:41A-5. Organization meeting of commission  The county clerk shall convene the first meeting of the charter study commission as soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 days after its election. At that meeting the charter study commission shall organize itself and elect one of its members as chairman, and another as vice-chairman, fix its hours and place or places of meeting, and adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem necessary and advisable. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but no recommendation of said commission shall have any legal effect pursuant to sections 12 through 14 of this act unless adopted by a majority of the whole number of the members of the commission. The chairman of the charter commission shall thereafter convene and preside over all meetings. In his absence or if he is disabled, the vice-chairman shall serve in his place. L.1972, c. 154, s. 5, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-6 - Vacancies

40:41A-6. Vacancies  Any vacancy occurring in any of the offices held by the seven elected members to the charter commission shall be filled by the unsuccessful candidate who shall have received the greatest number of votes in the charter study commission election if he shall be available to fill such vacancy. In the event that the vacancy cannot be filled in this manner, the remaining members of the charter study commission shall appoint some other properly qualified citizen. Any vacancy in the office of any of the appointed members to the charter study commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. L.1972, c. 154, s. 6, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 4, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-7 - Duties of commission

40:41A-7. Duties of commission  It shall be the function and duty of the charter study commission to study the form of government of the county, to compare it with other forms available under the laws of this State, to determine whether or not in its judgment the government of the county could be strengthened, made more clearly responsive or accountable to the people or whether its operation could be more economical or efficient, under a changed form of government. L.1972, c. 154, s. 7, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-9 - State participation in charter studies

40:41A-9. State participation in charter studies  The Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs or his designee shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting advisor to all charter study commissions established under this act. It shall be his duty to collect, evaluate and transmit to each charter study commission such information, advice, plans, and policies as he may deem pertinent to county government and its relationship to State and municipal government. He shall meet with the charter study commission as frequently as the commission shall request in order to assist the commission in determining the best form to recommend for the county's government. L.1972, c. 154, s. 9, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-10 - Expenses and compensation of the commission

40:41A-10. Expenses and compensation of the commission  Members of the charter study commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the county for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Upon submission of a budget by the charter study commission during the first week of January next following its election, the board of freeholders shall appropriate a sum adequate to support a full study of the county's government as set forth in section 7, as well as the printing, and publication of its reports, findings and recommendations as set forth in section 12 of this act. Within the limits of such appropriations and privately contributed funds and services as shall be made available to it, the charter study commission may appoint one or more consultants and clerical and other assistants to serve at the pleasure of the commission and may fix a reasonable compensation to be paid such consultants and clerical and other assistants. L.1972, c. 154, s. 10, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-11 - Dissemination of information

40:41A-11. Dissemination of information  The charter study commission shall hold public hearings, may hold private hearings, sponsor public forums and otherwise provide for the widest possible dissemination of information and the stimulation of public discussion respecting the purposes and progress of its work. L.1972, c. 154, s. 11, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-12 - Report and publication of findings

40:41A-12. Report and publication of findings  The charter study commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the citizens of the county on or before the end of the ninth calendar month next following the date of its election in the form of a final report which it shall file with the county clerk. It shall cause a sufficient number of copies of its final report to be published and delivered to the county clerk, who shall distribute it to all elected county and municipal officials. In addition, there shall be printed and made available at cost to the public at large a number of copies equal to at least 1% of the county's registered voters as of forty days before the most recent previous primary or general election. The commission shall publish on two successive weeks in the manner provided by section 142 of this act the full text of the proposed charter, together with a summary of its findings and recommendations, a summary of the provisions of the plan, if any, which it recommends for approval, and an analysis of and commentary upon such plan. L.1972, c. 154, s. 12, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-13 - Recommendations

40:41A-13. Recommendations  The charter study commission may report and recommend: a. That a referendum be held to submit to the voters of the county the question of adopting that one of the optional forms of government set forth in articles 3 to 6, inclusive, of this act, that the commission has designated; or b. That the board of freeholders shall petition the Legislature for the enactment of a special charter, the text of which shall be appended to the charter study commission's report pursuant to Article IV, Section VII, Paragraph 10, of the State Constitution 1947 and to the enabling legislation enacted thereunder to the extent that such legislation is not inconsistent herewith; or c. That the form of government of the county shall remain unchanged. The commission may also draft and submit to the freeholders whatever recommendations it deems appropriate for the efficient administration of the county. Such recommendations may include a model administrative code. Such recommendations may be adopted by the freeholders in whole or in part, whether or not a new charter proposal is recommended by the commission or approved by the voters. L.1972, c. 154, s. 13, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-14 - Additional recommendations

40:41A-14. Additional recommendations  If the charter study commission shall vote to recommend adoption of one of the optional forms set forth in articles 3 to 6, inclusive, of this act, it shall also consider and make findings with respect to each of the three subjects set forth in subsections a, b, and c of this section and determine which plan would provide the best representation of the people of the county. The final report shall set forth said findings and determinations in detail. Based upon said findings and determinations, the commission shall designate, as an integral part of its recommended plan, its choice of alternatives as follows: a. Board size and term. The commission shall recommend that the board be composed of five, seven or nine members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of 3 years. b. Concurrency of terms. The commission shall recommend either a continuation of the present system of nonconcurrent terms or the adoption of a new system of concurrent terms. c. Constituencies. The commission shall recommend that all board members be elected at large, or that they be elected by districts, or that they be elected both at large and by districts. If the last recommendation is made, the number of freeholders elected by districts shall be as follows: in a county selecting a five-member board three shall be by district; in a county selecting a seven-member board four shall be by districts; and in a county selecting a nine-member board five shall be by districts. Nothing in this paragraph shall apply to those officials whose constituency, term or method of election is defined in subsequent sections of this act. L.1972, c. 154, s. 14, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-15 - Date of charter referendum

40:41A-15. Date of charter referendum  If the charter study commission shall have recommended the adoption of one of the optional forms of government authorized by articles 3 to 6 inclusive, of this act, the county clerk shall cause a referendum question conforming with the requirements of section 16 to be placed upon the ballot at such time and in such form as the commission shall in its report specify. The commission may specify that the question be submitted at the general election occurring not less than 60 days next following the filing of the commission's report with the county clerk, or, if there be no general election within 120 days next following the filing of its report, then at a special election occurring not less than 60 days or more than 120 days next following such filing of the report. At such election, the referendum question shall appear on the ballot in the same manner as other public questions are printed on the ballot. If the charter study commission shall have prepared an interpretive statement to accompany such question, such interpretive statement shall immediately precede the referendum question on the ballot. L.1972, c. 154, s. 15, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-16 - Form of the referendum question

40:41A-16. Form of the referendum question  If the charter study commission shall have recommended that the voters approve one of the optional forms contained in this act, the following question, framed by the commission to conform with its recommendations shall be submitted to the voters: "Shall the (designating the caption of article 3, 4, 5 or 6) of the Optional County Charter Law be adopted for county, with provision for a board of freeholders of (designating 5, 7 or 9) members elected for (concurrent or nonconcurrent, as the case may be) terms and elected (all at large, or all from 5, 7 or 9 districts) (or with a combination of 2 at large, 3 by districts, or 3 at large, 4 by districts or 4 at large, 5 by districts, as the case may be)?" L.1972, c. 154, s. 16, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.