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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-13.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-13.2 - Certifying failure of municipal officer or employee to perform duties; removal or suspension; appointment of another

52:27-13.2. Certifying failure of municipal officer or employee to perform duties; removal or suspension; appointment of another  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27-13.1 of this title, the power, and it shall be its duty, to certify by resolution to the governing body and to the officer or employee concerned any failure on the part of such officer or employee of such municipality to perform any duty imposed upon such officer or employee under the provisions of any statute, local ordinance or regulation. Unless prior to the thirtieth day following the date of such certification, the governing body and the commission shall by resolution declare that such officer or employee has satisfactorily undertaken the performance of such duty, the governing body shall by resolution either remove, or suspend, with or without pay, such officer or employee; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the removal or suspension hereunder without pay of any elected officer, but such officer may be suspended hereunder with pay for the remainder of his term of office. Upon the removal or suspension hereunder of any officer or employee, it shall be the duty of the governing body, with the concurrence and approval of the commission, to appoint a person or persons satisfactory to the governing body and to the commission to perform the duties of such officer or employee. In the event that no such satisfactory person can be found to perform such duties who is a resident of the municipality, it shall be lawful to appoint a person residing outside of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-13.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-13.3 - Special collectors; appointment

52:27-13.3. Special collectors; appointment  Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality, it shall have, in addition to the powers granted in sections 52:27-13.1 and 52:27-13.2 of this title, the power by resolution to recommend to the governing body of such municipality the appointment of one or more persons to act as special collectors of delinquent taxes or any other revenues in such municipality. Thereupon it shall be the duty of the governing body, with the concurrence and approval of the commission, to appoint a person or persons satisfactory to the governing body and to the commission to act as such special collector or collectors and to fix his or their compensation, and it shall be lawful so to appoint a person or persons residing outside of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-13.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-13.4 - Application of proceeds of taxes

52:27-13.4. Application of proceeds of taxes  The commission shall have power from time to time by resolution to direct that for such period as may be stated in such resolution the proceeds of any taxes collected, received, or realized in any manner during such period shall be applied equally and ratably to the purposes for which such taxes were levied.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-13.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-13.5 - Manner of certifying resolution; binding effect

52:27-13.5. Manner of certifying resolution; binding effect  Any resolution adopted by the commission pursuant to sections 52:27-13.1 to 52:27-13.4 of this title may be certified to the municipality by the commission in the manner provided in section 52:27-64 of this title, and when so certified the provisions of such resolution shall be binding upon such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-14 - Funding or refunding indebtedness; resolution by commission

52:27-14. Funding or refunding indebtedness; resolution by commission  The commission may from time to time prepare and certify to the governing body of any municipality in which the commission is functioning, resolutions providing for the funding or refunding of notes or bonds, or other indebtedness of the municipality, and the interest thereon, which the commission shall have found after public hearing to be outstanding and unpaid and to be due or to become due.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-15 - Public hearing on resolution

52:27-15. Public hearing on resolution  Any proposed resolution providing for the issuance of notes or bonds, if such notes or bonds are payable more than one year from the date of issue, shall be so certified only after a public hearing by the commission, but no resolution or amendment thereto determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution or delivery shall require any public hearing before such certification.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-16 - Adoption of resolution by municipality

52:27-16. Adoption of resolution by municipality  Such resolution shall, on direction of the commission, be adopted by the proper officials of such municipality in the form certified by the commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-17 - Other laws not applicable; debt statements as including obligations issued after December 31, 1946

52:27-17. Other laws not applicable; debt statements as including obligations issued after December 31, 1946  Such resolutions and any notes or bonds issued thereunder shall not be subject to the limitations or other provisions of any other law. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no notes or bonds issued after December thirty-first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six by any municipality pursuant to this chapter shall be included in computing either the gross debt or the net debt of the municipality in any annual debt statement or in any supplemental debt statement filed in connection with the authorization of bonds or notes for other purposes, unless, by provision or recital in such resolution or in such notes or bonds, the faith and credit of such municipality shall have been pledged for the payment of principal of or interest on such notes or bonds. Amended by L.1947, c. 54, p. 189, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-18 - Publication of resolution; when effective; validity

52:27-18. Publication of resolution; when effective; validity  Excepting resolutions determining or altering the form of notes or bonds or providing for their sale, execution or delivery, and resolutions amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, such resolutions shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the municipality and shall take effect immediately upon such publication. Resolutions not required to be published shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the proper officials of such municipality. Thirty days after taking effect all resolutions shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly and regularly adopted by such municipality, and to comply with the provisions of this and every other law, and the validity of any such resolution shall not thereafter be questioned by either a party plaintiff, or a party defendant, except in a suit, action, or proceeding commenced prior to the expiration of such thirty days.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-19 - Terms and form of notes or bonds; sale or exchange

52:27-19. Terms and form of notes or bonds; sale or exchange  Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, such resolutions supplemental thereto shall determine the terms and the form of notes or bonds to be issued thereunder, and provide for their sale or exchange and their execution and delivery, by such officers of the municipality as shall be therein designated, and it shall be mandatory upon such officers to sell or exchange and execute and deliver such notes or bonds as so determined and provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-20 - Public or private sale of notes or bonds; prices

52:27-20. Public or private sale of notes or bonds; prices  All such notes or bonds shall be sold in such manner as may be determined by resolution approved in writing by the commission, at public or private sale before or after public offering, or in exchange before or after public offering for any notes or bonds, including interest thereon, to be funded or refunded thereby, at such price or prices, computed in the manner or mode of procedure described by "Acme Tables of Bond Value" (published by Financial Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts), as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the notes or bonds or interest thereon surrendered in exchange income at a rate not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum to the maturity dates of the several notes or bonds so sold on the money paid or the face amount of notes, bonds and interest surrendered therefor. Such notes or bonds of any authorized issue or any authorized maturity may be sold or exchanged as hereinabove provided from time to time and in such blocks as may be deemed advisable. Amended by L.1941, c. 50, p. 132, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-21 - Presumption of validity of notes and bonds

52:27-21. Presumption of validity of notes and bonds  Unless a suit, action or proceeding questioning the validity of notes or bonds, purporting to be issued by virtue of any such resolution, be commenced prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period mentioned in section 52:27-18 of this title, any such notes or bonds reciting that they are issued pursuant to this chapter shall, after their issuance and delivery, if no suit relating thereto is then pending, be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized by all the laws of this state and to have been issued, sold, executed and delivered by the municipality in conformity therewith, and shall not be questioned by the municipality or any taxpayer thereof in any court, anything herein or in other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-22 - Consent of commission to municipality issuing notes or bonds; limitations on municipal expenditures; claims certified

52:27-22. Consent of commission to municipality issuing notes or bonds; limitations on municipal expenditures; claims certified  In order to conserve the financial resources of the municipality, its governing body, without the assent in writing of the commission, shall pass no ordinances or resolutions authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds of any kind or character or creating any obligation or indebtedness of the municipality, except tax anticipation or tax revenue notes or bonds for the current year. Nor shall such governing body, without like consent, include in any annual budget or tax ordinance amounts for local expenditures in excess of the like amounts for the preceding annual budget, exclusive of appropriations for the purpose of raising the principal and interest on the public debt. After an appropriation has been approved by the commission, the actual expenditure thereunder shall be made by the municipal authorities, but no claims whether under appropriations approved by the commission, or included in the annual budget or tax ordinance or otherwise, shall be passed for payment by the officers of such municipality until the auditor shall have certified that the same have been examined by him and found to be within appropriations theretofore duly made by the municipality, and that there is or will be available in an appropriate account, sufficient ready funds for such payment.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-22.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-22.1 - Scrip or tax anticipation notes or bonds; approval

52:27-22.1. Scrip or tax anticipation notes or bonds; approval  No municipality of this State which is under the jurisdiction of the municipal finance commission shall hereafter issue any scrip or tax anticipation notes or bonds in payment of payrolls, claims or other obligations or indebtedness of the municipality unless the issuance of such scrip or tax anticipation notes shall be approved, in writing, by the auditor to the municipal finance commission in the same manner as warrants for other like payments are required to be approved. L.1938, c. 169, p. 379, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-22.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-22.2 - Penalty for violation of act

52:27-22.2. Penalty for violation of act  Any official of any municipality who shall violate the provisions of this act in any municipality under the jurisdiction of the municipal finance commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. L.1938, c. 169, p. 380, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-23 - Limitation on school budget when municipality in default

52:27-23. Limitation on school budget when municipality in default  Whenever a municipality in which the commission is functioning has been or shall be in default for twelve months in the payment of interest on any of its bonds or notes or other written evidence of indebtedness (except where the same is under litigation as to its validity, or where the validity thereof has been denied by formal notice given by the municipality, and no suit, action or proceeding to enforce the same has been commenced by the holder); or whenever any such municipality has been or shall be in default for six months in the payment of any part of its regular pay roll, or in the payment of any sums due from the annual tax levy to the state, county or school district, no subsequent budget or tax ordinance or appropriation for local school purposes shall include any amounts in excess of such limits as may be fixed by the commission, exclusive of appropriations for the purpose of raising the principal and interest on the public debt, and exclusive of appropriations to create a reserve fund under the provisions of section 52:27-25 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-23.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-23.2 - Reserve or sinking funds; payment to sinking fund commission

52:27-23.2. Reserve or sinking funds; payment to sinking fund commission  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that any sums required pursuant to such resolution to be set aside by the municipality for reserve or sinking funds shall be paid to the sinking fund commission of such municipality, and all moneys so paid to such commission shall be held and applied by it only as in such resolution provided and shall not be commingled with any other moneys held by such commission. The provisions of chapter 3 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:3-1 et seq.), in so far as they relate to the creation, setting aside or maintenance of sinking funds and the investment, application and disposition thereof, shall have no application with respect to notes or bonds issued under this chapter or any reserve or sinking funds provided therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-23.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-23.3 - Cancellation of notes or bonds; payment of other municipal indebtedness

52:27-23.3. Cancellation of notes or bonds; payment of other municipal indebtedness  Any resolution authorizing the issuance of notes or bonds hereunder may provide that the notes, bonds or other obligations of the municipality then held by the sinking fund commission thereof shall be canceled and that other property or funds in the custody of such commission shall be applied to the payment of other indebtedness of the municipality as in such resolution provided, and said commission shall cancel said notes, bonds or other obligations and apply such property or funds accordingly; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to permit, without the consent of such holder, the impairment of any rights of the holder of any note, bond or other obligation of the municipality for the security or payment of which any such notes, bonds, obligations, property or funds shall be held.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-24 - Terms, provisions, conditions and limitations in notes or bonds; negotiability

52:27-24. Terms, provisions, conditions and limitations in notes or bonds; negotiability  All notes or bonds issued under this chapter may be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, and contain such provisions, conditions and limitations with respect to the acceleration of the obligation to pay the principal thereof upon such default in the payment of interest on or principal of any bonds or notes, or in respect to the provisions concerning debt service and sinking fund payments, as the resolution authorizing their issuance may provide. Any notes or bonds issued under this chapter in exchange for any instrument issued under this chapter or any other law may be authorized by such resolution to contain a provision that, in case of default in payment of the principal of or interest on any such note or bond, the holder thereof shall not only have all his rights and remedies thereunder, but in addition shall be reinvested with such of the rights or remedies which he would have had were he then the owner and in possession of the instrument in exchange for which such note or bond shall have been issued as may be specified in such resolution. Such notes or bonds may contain such reference to any special covenants or provisions contained in the resolution authorizing their issuance and such other terms, conditions or provisions not inconsistent herewith deemed by the commission to give such notes or bonds a higher degree of marketability as the resolution or resolutions determining the form of the notes or bonds may provide. All notes or bonds issued under this chapter containing any one or more of such references, terms, provisions or conditions shall be deemed negotiable instruments, the provisions or limitations of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding; but nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the negotiability of any other instruments negotiable under other laws of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-25 - Municipal tax to pay notes and bonds; reserve fund; withdrawals

52:27-25. Municipal tax to pay notes and bonds; reserve fund; withdrawals  Any municipality in which the commission is functioning may levy taxes ad valorem upon all taxable property therein for the purpose of paying the principal of or interest on any notes, bonds or other obligations or indebtedness of such municipality issued under this or any other law, except notes or bonds issued after December thirty-first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six pursuant to this chapter for the payment of principal of or interest on which the faith and credit of the municipality shall not have been pledged by provision or recital in such notes or bonds or in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such notes or bonds, and such municipality may also provide for a reserve fund for the payment of said principal and interest, which fund shall be under the immediate jurisdiction of the sinking fund commissioners or of a financial officer of the municipality, as the commission shall approve. No money shall be withdrawn from said reserve fund or sinking fund for investment or otherwise without the approval of the commission. Amended by L.1947, c. 54, p. 189, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-26 - Compromise or adjustment of delinquent taxes and assessments

52:27-26. Compromise or adjustment of delinquent taxes and assessments  The governing body of any municipality in which the commission is functioning may compromise and adjust the whole or any part of any special assessments or taxes delinquent to the municipality, but nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or affect in any way the existing rights and remedies of any holder of a certificate of tax sale, representing any tax title or titles to lands in such municipality sold on account of delinquent taxes or delinquent assessments, or both. No claims of the municipality for taxes or assessments, and interest thereon, in excess of five hundred dollars, shall be compromised without the assent in writing of the commission. All moneys received by the municipality by compromise or adjustment of taxes or special assessments shall, if the commission so provide, be paid only to the account of the reserve fund referred to in section 52:27-25 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-27 - Assessment, reassessment, etc., of taxable ratables; cost; employment of experts

52:27-27. Assessment, reassessment, etc., of taxable ratables; cost; employment of experts  The commission may require the municipality to cause to be made an assessment, reassessment, valuation, revaluation, appraisal or reappraisal, or any one or all of them, of the taxable ratables of the municipality as the basis for any subsequent tax levy, and the cost thereof, whether or not directed by the commission, shall at the request of the governing body, be included in the amount of indebtedness to be refunded under this chapter. Any tax duplicate based thereon shall be used for all purposes in connection with the levy, apportionment and collection of taxes. For any or all such purposes the governing body of the municipality may employ such experts as it may deem advisable.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27-28 - Appeals from taxation

52:27-28. Appeals from taxation  Notice of all appeals from taxation affecting any municipality in which the commission is functioning shall be given by the county board of taxation to the auditor employed by the commission, and the commission shall be entitled to be represented at hearings on all such appeals.