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NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-43 - Estimate of appropriation by municipality necessary for health purposes; appropriation

26:3-43. Estimate of appropriation by municipality necessary for health purposes; appropriation  The local board of health of every municipality other than a township, shall each year, before the budget of municipal taxes to be levied for the year shall be determined, present to the governing body of the municipality, an estimate of the appropriation which it believes necessary for health purposes. The governing body shall appropriate the amount of such estimate or such other amount as it may determine. Amended by L.1943, c. 115, p. 347, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-44 - Additional appropriations in case of epidemics; borrowing money

26:3-44. Additional appropriations in case of epidemics; borrowing money  Whenever an epidemic of any contagious or infectious disease exists or is threatened, or any special need arises for the protection of the public health, and in the judgment of the local board of health of any municipality the expenditure of a greater sum than that already appropriated to the local board for the current year is necessary, the local board shall so certify to the body having control of the finances of the municipality. Thereupon the body having control of the finances of such municipality may appropriate such sum as the local board may certify to be necessary. If the funds at the disposal of the governing body of the municipality are not sufficient for such purpose, it may borrow the sum on the credit of the municipality. In such event the governing body shall place an amount equal to the sum borrowed with interest in the next annual tax levy, and with the money so raised shall pay the debt incurred.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-45 - Power to define nuisance

26:3-45. Power to define nuisance  The local board may pass, alter or amend ordinances and make rules and regulations to declare and define what shall constitute a nuisance in lots, streets, docks, wharves, vessels and piers, and all public or private places within its jurisdiction.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-46 - Abatement of nuisances

26:3-46. Abatement of nuisances  The local board, within its jurisdiction, shall examine into and prohibit any nuisance, offensive matter, foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, and all causes of disease which may be known to the board or brought to its attention, which, in its opinion, are injurious to the health of the inhabitants therein, and shall cause the same to be removed and abated at the expense of the owner.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-47 - Abatement without ordinance

26:3-47. Abatement without ordinance  The power given to the local board to remove and abate nuisances, sources of foulness, or causes of sickness hazardous to the public health, shall not depend upon whether the board has exercised its power to pass, alter, or amend ordinances in relation to the public health.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-48 - Nuisance on public property; notice

26:3-48. Nuisance on public property; notice  Whenever a nuisance, noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease is found on public property or on a highway, notice shall be given by the local board to the person officially in charge thereof to remove and abate the same within such time as the board may specify. If he fails to comply with the notice, the mode of procedure shall be the same as is hereinafter provided in case of a like condition existing on private property.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-49 - Nuisance on private property; notice

26:3-49. Nuisance on private property; notice  Whenever any nuisance, noxious gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease is found on private property, the local board shall notify the owner to remove and abate the same, at his own expense, within such time as the board may specify. A duplicate of the notice shall be left with one or more of the tenants or occupants. If the owner resides out of the state or cannot be so notified speedily, a notice left at the house or premises with the tenant or occupant, or posted on the premises, shall suffice.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-50 - Failure to comply with notice; abatement

26:3-50. Failure to comply with notice; abatement  If the owner when notified, as provided in section 26:3-49 of this title, shall not comply with the notice or order of the local board within the time specified, the board shall proceed to abate the nuisance and remove the cause of such foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or other thing detrimental to the public health.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-51 - Restraining proceedings of board

26:3-51. Restraining proceedings of board  No injunction shall issue out of any of the courts of this state to stay, stop, or enjoin proceedings, or to prevent any local board from proceeding with the removal and abatement of any alleged nuisance, source of foulness, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the public health, until the board has been duly notified to appear and be present at the hearing of the application, and has had an opportunity to be heard thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-52 - Suits against board for damages

26:3-52. Suits against board for damages  No suit shall be maintained in any of the courts of this state to recover damages against any local board, its officers or agents, on proceedings instituted to remove and abate such nuisances and cause of disease, unless it shall be shown in the suit that the alleged nuisance and cause of disease did not exist, or was not hazardous and prejudicial to the public health, and unless it be shown that the board acted without reasonable and probable cause to believe that such nuisance did exist and that such foul or noxious odors, gases, vapors or other cause was in fact prejudicial and hazardous to the public health.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-53 - Notice to remove, abate nuisance.

26:3-53 Notice to remove, abate nuisance.  26:3-53. A notice by any health officer or registered environmental health specialist to remove and abate any nuisance shall be taken as a notice from the board. If the owner or persons notified fails to remove and abate the nuisance complained of, the board may cause it to be removed and abated in a summary manner, giving written directions to its representative in relation thereto, and he shall proceed according to the directions so given. Amended 1997, c.416, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-54 - Expenses of abatement; recovery

26:3-54. Expenses of abatement; recovery  The local board may recover, by a civil action, the expenses incurred in such removal and abatement from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance, source of foulness, water in which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of sickness, hazardous to the public health to exist, or from any owner, tenant, or occupant of premises who, after notice as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within the time specified in the notice. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 468, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-55 - Payment of expenses by local authorities

26:3-55. Payment of expenses by local authorities  In case the local board fails to recover an amount sufficient to defray such expenses or shall deem it inexpedient to bring action, it may present a bill, certified by the board, or by a majority thereof, for such expenses or for such part thereof as may not have been recovered, to the proper disbursing officer of the municipality, and it shall be audited and paid by the municipality in and for which the local board is organized, in the same manner as the bills for the ordinary current expenses of the municipality are paid.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-56 - Action for injunctive relief

26:3-56. Action for injunctive relief  The local board, instead of proceeding in a summary way to abate a nuisance hazardous to the public health, may institute an action in the Superior Court, in the name of the State, on relation of the board, for injunctive relief to prohibit the continuance of such nuisance. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 468, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-57 - Injunctive relief; costs

26:3-57. Injunctive relief; costs  The court may charge the costs of the action upon the property whereon the nuisance is found, and enforce the payment of the same by sale of the property, or any part of it; or the court may order the person who caused the nuisance, or allowed it to continue, to pay the costs. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-58 - Liability of local board for costs

26:3-58. Liability of local board for costs  In case no such nuisance shall be found to exist, costs shall be awarded against the local board which caused the action to be brought, but only in case it shall appear to the court that no probable cause existed for bringing the action. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-59 - Search warrants

26:3-59. Search warrants  26:3-59. The Superior Court or any municipal court may issue a warrant to search for any nuisance affecting health. Such warrant may be issued according to the practice of the court, upon the information and belief of any officer or agent of the State Department of Health, or of any local board of health that there is in any dwelling house, store, stable or any building of any kind whatsoever any nuisance affecting health or any person sick of any contagious or infectious disease, or any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease in any such dwelling house or other place. The warrant shall be directed to the sheriff of the county within which the search is to be made, or to any constable, marshal, police officer, or officer or agent of the local board having jurisdiction within the place where such search is to be made.  Amended 1953, c.26, s.18; 1991,c.91,s.290.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-60 - Cause for issuance of warrant

26:3-60. Cause for issuance of warrant  A warrant as described in section 26:3-59 of this title shall direct the officer to search in such dwelling house, store, stable, or other building for such nuisance affecting health, or for any person affected with any contagious or infectious disease, or for any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease in such dwelling house or other place.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-61 - Abatement under warrant

26:3-61. Abatement under warrant  If a nuisance is found, the officer shall remove and abate it; and if a person affected with a contagious or infectious disease is found, the officer shall deal with him according to law, and the ordinances of the local board; and if a condition of contagion or infection is found to exist, the officer shall destroy the same by means of proper disinfection.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-62 - Return of warrant

26:3-62. Return of warrant  The officer to whom the search warrant shall be directed shall make return of his proceedings thereunder to the court issuing the warrant. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 469, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-63 - Officers required to assist in execution of warrant

26:3-63. Officers required to assist in execution of warrant  The sheriff of the county and any constable, marshal, or police officer of any county or municipality shall, if required by any officer to whom the search warrant may be directed, be present and assist in the execution of the warrant.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-64 - Ordinance- and rule-making power

26:3-64. Ordinance- and rule-making power  The local board of health may enact and amend health ordinances, and make and alter necessary rules and regulations in the execution of any power delegated to it or in the performance of any duty imposed upon it by law, subject to the limitations specified in section 26:2-28 of this title. An ordinance or rule of the local board shall be in force only within the jurisdiction of the board which enacts it.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-65 - Form of enactment of ordinances

26:3-65. Form of enactment of ordinances  In the enactment of health ordinances the local board may adopt the ordinances either in the form of a code or each ordinance may be separate and apart by itself.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-66 - Procedure in enactment of health ordinance code

26:3-66. Procedure in enactment of health ordinance code  26:3-66. No health ordinance or code shall be finally adopted unless it shall have been:  a. Given a first reading, which first reading may be by title, at a meeting held at least one week prior to final passage;  b. Published, in summary form, in a newspaper published and circulating in the municipality or county for which the local board is organized, and in the case of a municipal board of health, if there be no such newspaper, then in at least one newspaper published and circulating in the county in which the municipality is located, at least two days prior to final passage. The publication shall contain a notice stating the time and place when and where the local board will consider the final passage of the proposed ordinance or code; c. Posted on the bulletin board or other place upon which public notices are customarily posted in the building where the local board regularly meets prior to the meeting for final consideration. Copies of the ordinance or code shall be made available to members of the general public of the county upon request; and  d. Upon the opening of the meeting for final consideration of the ordinance or code, given a second reading, which reading may be by title. Thereafter, the ordinance may be passed with or without amendments, or rejected. Amended 1991, c.36; 1996, c.113, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-67 - Publication of summary of health ordinance, code, title

26:3-67. Publication of summary of health ordinance, code, title  26:3-67. Before any health ordinance or code shall take effect, a summary of the ordinance or code, or its title, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published and circulating as prescribed in section 26:3-66 of this title. Amended 1996, c.113, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-68 - Amendment or repeal of ordinance

26:3-68. Amendment or repeal of ordinance  The local board may amend or repeal any provision of a health ordinance or code, such amendment to be passed and amended in the manner prescribed in sections 26:3-66 and 26:3-67 of this title for the enactment of an original ordinance or code.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69 - Date of effectiveness of ordinance

26:3-69. Date of effectiveness of ordinance  Every health ordinance, code, amendment, or repealer shall take effect in thirty days after the date of the first publication.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.1 - Definitions

26:3-69.1. Definitions  As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Local board of health" shall mean a county or municipal board of health, or the board of health of any regional local or special health district, having power to regulate, by ordinance, public health or sanitation. (2) "Code" means printed code regulations or set of regulations, standards or set of standards concerning, affecting or relating to the subject matter of any such ordinance of substantially uniform character, approved by the State Department of Health. (3) "Related document" means any printed document or part thereof adopted by reference in a code directly, or by successive adoptions by reference through other printed documents. (4) "Printed" includes lithographing and any other method of duplicating. L.1950, c. 188, p. 421, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.2 - Adopting certain codes and related documents by reference

26:3-69.2. Adopting certain codes and related documents by reference  Any local board of health may enact, amend or supplement ordinances establishing, amending or supplementing a code or any parts thereof by reference to such code in any such ordinance and without inclusion of the text thereof in such ordinance if the code to be adopted and any related documents are printed in book form and a copy of such printed code and related documents so marked as to indicate plainly what portion thereof, if less than the whole, is intended to be adopted, is annexed to such ordinance and if such code and related documents or such portion thereof as is intended to be adopted is so described in said ordinance as to identify them and there is indicated in said description the common or trade name, if any, of such code and related documents and it is stated in the ordinance that three copies of said code and said related documents, similarly marked, have been placed on file in the office of the secretary, clerk or other similar officer of said local board of health, upon the introduction of said ordinance and will remain on file there until final action is taken on said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public. L.1950, c. 188, p. 421, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.3 - Publication of adopted code or related documents unnecessary

26:3-69.3. Publication of adopted code or related documents unnecessary  It shall not be necessary to publish any such code or related documents, so to be adopted, as part of any such ordinance notwithstanding that printed copies thereof are annexed thereto, either before or after the final passage of such ordinance, if said printed copies are filed as aforesaid. L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.4 - Copies of adopted code and related ordinances to remain on file

26:3-69.4. Copies of adopted code and related ordinances to remain on file  In event that any such ordinance is adopted, the said copies of said code and related documents shall remain on file in said office, so long as said ordinance is in effect, and three copies shall be placed on file and shall remain on file in the office of any board, body or officer having in charge the enforcement of said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public so long as said ordinance is in effect and printed copies of said ordinance and said code and related documents shall be made available to citizens on request and for which a nominal fee may be charged. L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.5 - Copy of adopted code and related documents construed as part of ordinance

26:3-69.5. Copy of adopted code and related documents construed as part of ordinance  For the purpose of proof of any such ordinance or receipt thereof in evidence in all courts and places, such copy of such code and related documents, so marked and annexed to such ordinance, shall be construed to be part of said ordinance, as fully as though it had been set forth at length therein. L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-69.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-69.6 - Short title

26:3-69.6. Short title  This act may be cited as the Public Health and Sanitation Codes Adoption by Reference Act. L.1950, c. 188, p. 422, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-70 - Local board may prescribe penalty

26:3-70. Local board may prescribe penalty  The local board may prescribe a penalty for the violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code. Such penalty shall not be more than $500.00 nor less than $5.00. Amended by L.1969, c. 253, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-70.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-70.1 - Minimum penalty

26:3-70.1. Minimum penalty  The minimum penalty permissible as prescribed by section 1 of this act, shall remain at $2.00 for those health ordinances adopted prior to the effective date of this act. L.1969, c. 253, s. 2, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-71 - Penalty need not be specific amount

26:3-71. Penalty need not be specific amount  The penalty for the violation of a provision of a health ordinance or code need not be for a specific amount, but the local board may provide that the penalty shall not be less than one given sum nor greater than another given sum. The amount of the penalty between the maximum and minimum inclusive shall be left to the discretion of the court. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 26:3-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Health and Vital Statistics|Section 26:3-72 - Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process

26:3-72. Jurisdiction of proceedings to recover penalties; process  Every municipal court shall have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code of a local board, if the violation occurs within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.); process shall issue at the suit of such local board and shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant. Amended by L.1953, c. 26, p. 470, s. 21.