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NJ Rev Stat § 40:151-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:151-52 - Powers; examine witnesses; subpoenas

40:151-52. Powers; examine witnesses; subpoenas  Such joint committee shall have power to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of any of the officers of the fire districts affected, compel the production of all books and papers relating to the subject matter under consideration, administer oaths or affirmations to any person appearing before it to testify, and shall have the same power to enforce its process of subpoena and to compel any person to attend and testify as is given to committees appointed by the common council of any city under the provisions of sections 40:48-25 to 40:48-28 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:151-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:151-53 - Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached

40:151-53. Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached  40:151-53. If the joint committee herein provided for should be unable to agree upon a division of the assets or debts of said fire districts, or if either of said fire districts desires to have such allotment and division made by commissioners appointed by the Superior Court, then the commissioners of either of said fire districts may apply to the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall make the above appraisement and apportionment in the manner hereinbefore provided. Their determination in writing, signed by any two of them, shall be binding and conclusive upon each of said districts. Such commissioners shall receive for their services such compensation as the court may think proper, to be paid for by said fire districts equally.  Amended 1953,c.37,s.288; saved from repeal N.J.S.40A:14-102; amended 1991,c.91,s.391.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:151-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:151-54 - Bonds to pay water bills in arrears prior to 1935

40:151-54. Bonds to pay water bills in arrears prior to 1935  L.1935, c. 135, p. 347 entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due water service charges of fire districts in townships of this state," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the payment by township fire districts of arrearages for water service where such arrearages existed before 1935. It provides the rate of interest, maturity dates and amount of the annual installments for amortization.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:160-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:160-2 - Villages separated from townships; autonomy of local government

40:160-2. Villages separated from townships; autonomy of local government  L.1904, c. 153, p. 287 (C.S. pp. 5757, 5758, s.s. 104 to 108), entitled "An act concerning villages which have been or shall become separated from the township in which they were or are contained and which have been or shall be given complete autonomy of local government," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and four, as supplemented by L.1905, c. 147, p. 270 (C.S. p. 5759, s. 109), approved April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and five, saved from repeal. [This act together with its supplement sets forth the effect of the separation of a village from the township in which it was situate and prescribes the method of settling the division of property.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:160-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:160-3 - Elections in villages set off from townships

40:160-3. Elections in villages set off from townships  L.1882, c. 121, p. 158 (C.S. p. 5753, s.s. 78 to 84), entitled "An act concerning elections in villages," approved March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, as amended by L.1890, c. 162, p. 262 (C.S. pp. 5754 to 5756, s.s. 85 to 99), approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and supplemented by L.1899, c. 187, p. 491 (C.S. p. 5754, s. 85a), approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, saved from repeal. [This act with its amendment and supplement provided for election officers and procedure in villages set off from townships.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-1 - Definitions.

40A:1-1 Definitions.  40A:1-1. The following words, as used in this title, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:  "budget" means the budget of a local unit; "cash basis budget" means a budget prepared in accordance with the "Local Budget Law"; "clerk" means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders; "director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs;  "fiscal year" means the period for which a local unit adopts a budget, as required pursuant to the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq., and shall be the calendar year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, unless the local unit is a municipality in which the fiscal year has been changed to the State fiscal year, pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2), in which case, "fiscal year" shall mean the State fiscal year or the transition year, as appropriate;  "full membership of a governing body" means the number of members of the body when all the seats are filled;  "local finance board" means the Local Finance Board in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs;  "local unit" means a county or municipality; "municipal public utility" means any water, sewer, electric power or gas system, or any combination thereof, or any public parking system, redevelopment, or any other utility, enterprise or purpose authorized to be undertaken by a local unit from which it may receive fees, rents, or other charges, and with respect to redevelopment utilities, incremental revenues authorized pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.52:27D-489k);  "State fiscal year" means the period commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 in any municipality in which the fiscal year has been changed pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2);  "transition year" means the period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 30 in the calendar year during which the change in a municipality's fiscal year takes effect, as authorized under the provisions of section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2).  Amended 1991, c.75, s.1; 2009, c.90, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-2 - Citation of revision

40A:1-2. Citation of revision  This revision shall be deemed to be a part of the general and permanent statutes of this State. In any citation, the abbreviation "N.J.S." , meaning New Jersey Statutes, shall be equivalent to a reference to the said revision; and sections of such revision and of any subsequent revision may be cited by section number only, preceded by such abbreviation. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-3 - Effective repealers

40A:1-3. Effective repealers  The repeal herein of any sections of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or any other law shall not affect any right now vested in any person pursuant to the provisions of said title, nor any remedy where an action or proceeding thereunder has heretofore been instituted and is pending on the effective date of said repeal. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-4 - Revision of common law

40A:1-4. Revision of common law  The said repeal of said sections of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, as amended and supplemented, shall not of itself be deemed to revive any common law, right or remedy abolished by any provision of the said Title. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-5 - Construction with prior law

40A:1-5. Construction with prior law  The provisions of Title 40A not inconsistent with those of prior laws shall be construed as a continuation of such laws. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-6 - Classification and arrangement

40A:1-6. Classification and arrangement  The classification and arrangement of the several sections of the chapters of Title 40A have been made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement and, therefore, no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is to be drawn therefrom. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-7 - Construction of outline and analysis

40A:1-7. Construction of outline and analysis  In the construction of Title 40A, or any part thereof, no outline or analysis of the contents of said Title or any part thereof, no reference or cross-reference note and no head note or source note to any section of said chapters of Title 40A shall be deemed to be a part of the said chapter. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-8 - Invalidity of sections

40A:1-8. Invalidity of sections  If any chapters of Title 40A, or any section or provision thereof, shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such chapter, section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not held to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining provisions of the said chapter or section of said Title. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:1-9 - Applicability of R.S. 1:1 et seq.

40A:1-9. Applicability of R.S. 1:1 et seq.  The provisions of R.S. 1:1-8 and sections R.S. 1:1-11 to R.S. 1:1-21, both inclusive, shall be applicable to the enactment and operation of the chapters of Title 40A. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-1 - Short title

40A:2-1. Short title  This chapter may be cited as the "Local Bond Law" . L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-2 - Definitions

40A:2-2. Definitions  The following words as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: "bond ordinance" means an ordinance adopted as herein provided by the governing body of a local unit authorizing obligations; "equalized valuation basis" of a local unit means the average for the last 3 preceding years, of the sum total of a. the aggregate equalized valuation of real property together with improvements, as certified in the Table of Equalized Valuations by the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, on October 1 of each year, pursuant to chapter 86 of the laws of 1954, and b. the assessed valuation of Class II railroad property as set forth in the table of equalized valuations referred to in "a" above. "governing body" means the board of chosen freeholders of a county, or the commission, council, board or body having control of the finances of a municipality; "local improvement" means an improvement or property, part or all of the cost of which has been, or is to be specially assessed on property; "obligations" means bonds or notes of a local unit; "refunding bond ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the local unit authorizing refunding bonds. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1964, c. 72, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-3 - Power to incur indebtedness, borrow money, issue bonds.

40A:2-3 Power to incur indebtedness, borrow money, issue bonds.  40A:2-3. Any local unit, by bond ordinance, may incur indebtedness, borrow money, authorize and issue negotiable obligations for financing: a. any capital improvement or property which it may lawfully make or acquire; b. any purpose for which it is authorized or required by law to make an appropriation, except current expenses, as may be defined by rule and regulation of the Local Finance Board, and payment of obligations (other than those for temporary financing); or c. the amount of any contribution by a local unit that is a sending municipality under a regional contribution agreement pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-312). No local unit shall borrow money or issue its obligations for purposes authorized under this chapter except as provided in this chapter. Amended 1996, c.113, s.9; 2007, c.62, s.16.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-3.1 - Local governments, funding of animal shelter operated by nonprofit organization.

40A:2-3.1 Local governments, funding of animal shelter operated by nonprofit organization.  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and in addition to any other law authorizing these expenditures, a municipality or county may appropriate funds as a capital improvement pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S. 40A:2-1 et seq., for the construction, by an organization organized as a not-for-profit as described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.501, and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.501, of a facility on publicly owned land to shelter and care for abandoned and stray animals, provided that the facility is licensed as required pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1941, c.151 (C.4:19-15.8). Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be contributed or loaned to an organization described in this section only if there is a contract for services between the organization and the municipality or county; and provided further that any title or interest in the facility held by an organization shall revert to the municipality or county on whose publicly owned land the facility is constructed upon the termination of the contract. L.2003,c.289,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-4 - Payment of obligations

40A:2-4. Payment of obligations  The power and obligation of a local unit to pay any and all bonds and notes issued by it pursuant to this chapter, or any act of which this chapter is a revision, shall be unlimited, and the local unit shall levy ad valorem taxes upon all the taxable property within the local unit for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds and notes without limitation as to rate or amount. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-5 - Authorization as appropriation

40A:2-5. Authorization as appropriation  An authorization of obligations shall constitute an appropriation of the proceeds thereof for the purposes stated in the bond ordinance. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-6 - Debt limitation

40A:2-6. Debt limitation  No bond ordinance shall be finally adopted if it appears from the supplemental debt statement required by this chapter that the percentage of net debt as stated therein pursuant to 40A:2-42 exceeds 2.00%, in the case of a county, or 3 1/2 %, in the case of a municipality. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962. Amended by L.1964, c. 72, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-8.1 - Issuance of bond anticipation note; rules, regulations.

40A:2-8.1 Issuance of bond anticipation note; rules, regulations.  11. a. On and after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.15, a local unit may, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, borrow money and issue notes if the bond ordinance or subsequent resolution so provides. Any such note shall be designated as a "bond anticipation note" and shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) every note shall contain a recital that it is issued for a period not exceeding one year and may be renewed from time to time for additional periods, none of which shall exceed one year; (2) all such notes, including renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the first day of the fifth month following the close of the tenth fiscal year next following the date of the original notes; and  (3) (a) no such notes shall be renewed beyond the third anniversary date of the original notes unless an amount of such notes, at least equal to the first legally payable installment of the bonds in anticipation of which those notes are issued, is paid and retired on or before each subsequent anniversary date beyond which such notes are renewed from funds other than the proceeds of obligations; or (b) for a bond ordinance approved prior to the effective date of P.L.2003, c.15, the governing body may choose to apply the following renewal requirements instead of the requirements of subparagraph (a) of this paragraph: no such notes shall be renewed beyond the third anniversary date of the original notes unless an amount of such notes, at least equal to the first legally payable installment of the bonds in anticipation of which those notes are issued, is paid and retired on or before the third anniversary date, and if such notes are renewed beyond the fourth anniversary date of the original notes, a like amount is paid or retired on or before the fourth anniversary date from funds other than the proceeds of obligations. b. The local finance board shall, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2003,c.15,s.11; amended 2003, c.306.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-9 - Interim obligations

40A:2-9. Interim obligations  After the sale of obligations, and pending the preparation of the definitive obligations, a local unit may issue interim obligations to the purchasers of such obligations. The definitive obligations, when prepared, may be delivered to the holders of such interim obligations in exchange therefor. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-10 - Filing of supplemental debt statement required.

40A:2-10 Filing of supplemental debt statement required.  40A:2-10. Prior to the passage on first reading of any bond ordinance, refunding bond ordinance or ordinance amending such ordinance, except amending as to matters which are not required to be contained in such ordinance or which does not increase the total amount of the obligations authorized by such ordinance, a financial officer of the local unit shall execute and swear to a supplemental debt statement which shall be filed in the office of the clerk. Prior to the final passage of such ordinance, an executed duplicate of such statement shall be filed in the office of the director. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended 2003, c.15, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-11 - Down payment.

40A:2-11 Down payment.  40A:2-11. a. No bond ordinance shall be finally adopted unless it appropriates to the purpose, or ratably to the respective purposes to be financed, in addition to the obligations thereby authorized, a sum as a down payment which is not less than five percent of the amount of the obligations authorized. b. Said sum so appropriated as a down payment must have been made available prior to final adoption of the bond ordinance from any one or more of the following: 1. by provision in a previously adopted budget or budgets of the local unit for down payment or for capital improvement purposes; 2. from moneys then actually held by the local unit and previously contributed for such purpose other than by the local unit; or 3. by emergency appropriation. c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a bond ordinance which authorizes obligations solely for any purpose referred to in paragraphs a., b., c., d., e., and h. of N.J.S.40A:2-7 or for those bond ordinances which involve projects funded by State grants such as Green Acres, Transportation Trust Fund, and other similar programs, or for those bond ordinances which involve environmental infrastructure projects or transportation projects, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-3), funded by loans from the "New Jersey Infrastructure Bank," created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-4), or the State, acting by and through the Department of Environmental Protection. amended 2003, c.15, s.2; 2015, c.95, s.33; 2021, c.80, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-12 - Bond ordinance; contents

40A:2-12 Bond ordinance; contents  40A:2-12. A bond ordinance shall contain in substance the following: a. (1) an authorization for the issuance of obligations, stating in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the purpose or purposes for which the obligations are to be issued, a statement of the estimated maximum amount of bonds or notes to be issued, and the estimated cost of such purpose or purposes, but related improvements or properties may be treated as one improvement or property; or (2) an authorization for the assumption by the local unit of the obligations of the authority sought to be dissolved pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-20) for which the local unit is not a guarantor; b. a determination of the period of usefulness of the purpose within the limitations of this chapter or, if issued for several purposes, a determination of the average period of usefulness, taking into consideration the respective amounts of obligations authorized for the said several purposes; c. a determination that (1) the supplemental debt statement has been filed in the office of the clerk, (2) such statement shows that the gross debt as defined in this chapter is increased by authorization of such obligations by $ or is not increased, and (3) the obligations authorized by the bond ordinance will be within debt limitations prescribed by this chapter, or the issuance thereof is permitted by an exception to said limitations naming the particular section, paragraph or law providing such exception; d. a statement of the aggregate amount for items of expense permitted under 40A:2-20. L.1960, c.169, s.1; amended 2001, c.29, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:2-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:2-13 - Multipurpose bond ordinances

40A:2-13. Multipurpose bond ordinances  Any 2 or more purposes for which this chapter authorizes obligations may be provided for in a single bond ordinance and may be combined in a single issue of obligations. L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.