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NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-173 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-173 - Delivery of copy of statement and certificate to board of freeholders; appointment of commissioners

40:37-173. Delivery of copy of statement and certificate to board of freeholders; appointment of commissioners  If the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this Title shall have been adopted at such election the county clerk shall within 5 days after the filing of his tabulated statement and certificate, deliver a certified copy thereof to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of such county, who shall report the receipt of said statement and certificate to the board at its next meeting, and within 10 days thereafter the board shall appoint the park commissioners herein provided for. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 662, s. 91; L.1962, c. 116, s. 3, eff. July 17, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-174 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-174 - Election expenses; payment by county

40:37-174. Election expenses; payment by county  All expenses incident to the election, properly certified by the county judge or if there are two or more county judges by all or a majority of them, of the county shall be paid by the county wherein the election is held in the same manner as other election expenses therein are paid. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 662, s. 92, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-195 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-195 - Counties governed hereby; referendum; exception

40:37-195. Counties governed hereby; referendum; exception  The provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall apply to counties having a population of less than two hundred thousand and more than one hundred seventy-five thousand inhabitants, but shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the voters thereof in the manner hereinafter in sections 40:37-242 to 40:37-245 of this title provided. This section shall not require the submission of the question of the adoption of said sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 in counties which have heretofore adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish public parks in certain counties in this state and to regulate the same," passed April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six. Such counties shall be governed by the provisions of said sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-196 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-196 - Commissioners; appointment, number and qualifications

40:37-196. Commissioners; appointment, number and qualifications  In any county containing a population of less than two hundred thousand and more than one hundred seventy-five thousand inhabitants, which is governed by sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, the board of chosen freeholders shall appoint seven persons, not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party, to be known as "the county park commission" (inserting name of county).
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-197 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-197 - Commissioners; terms; vacancies

40:37-197. Commissioners; terms; vacancies  Of the commissioners first appointed one shall hold office for one year, one for two years, one for three years, two for four years and two for five years. The term of office of each commissioner first appointed shall be fixed by his order or certificate of appointment. Thereafter all commissioners shall hold office for the full term of five years and vacancies shall be filled by the board of chosen freeholders by appointment for the unexpired term only.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-198 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-198 - Commission a body politic; compensation and expenses; oaths

40:37-198. Commission a body politic; compensation and expenses; oaths  The persons so appointed when duly qualified, constituting the board of park commissioners, and their successors, shall be a body politic, with power to sue and be sued, use a common seal and make by-laws. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid. No person employed by the commission shall be a member thereof. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office. Their oaths shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-199 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-199 - Officers and employees; appointment and compensation

40:37-199. Officers and employees; appointment and compensation  The commission shall annually choose from among its members a president, vice president and treasurer, and appoint a clerk or secretary and such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary. It may also determine the duties and compensation of its appointees and remove them at pleasure, and make all reasonable rules and regulations respecting the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-200 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-200 - Office; records; open to public inspection

40:37-200. Office; records; open to public inspection  The commission shall have a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, open to public inspection under reasonable regulations.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-201 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-201 - Rules and regulations; penalties for violations

40:37-201. Rules and regulations; penalties for violations  The commission may make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of the parks and parkways and the roads, driveways, sidewalks, paths, lakes, pools, ponds, fountains, trees, flowers, shrubs, statuary, buildings, tools, implements and other things contained therein, and prescribe and fix the amount of fines and penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall take effect ten days after their passage by the commission, and after their publication once a week for four weeks in at least five newspapers circulating in the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-201.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-201.1 - Powers of commission as to use and enjoyment of parks; franchises; use of proceeds from operation

40:37-201.1. Powers of commission as to use and enjoyment of parks; franchises; use of proceeds from operation  The commission may provide and operate, or arrange for the operation of, such facilities for the use and enjoyment of its parks by the public as it may deem to be necessary and expedient. It may also provide, at its discretion, by a proper rule or regulation, for the terms upon which and the manner in which all of such facilities may be used; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the commission to issue or consent to licenses, privileges or franchises to individuals or corporations for the operation for private profit of any facility, utility or devise within the park, except upon terms which will provide for limiting the operation of such license, privilege or franchise to a period not exceeding twenty years in any event. No franchise shall be awarded except after advertisement published at least once, ten days prior to the date fixed for receiving bids, in a newspaper circulating in the county, designating the time and place of the meeting at which the bids will be received; and no franchise shall be awarded except to the responsible person or persons who will, in open competition, offer to pay to the commission the highest return for such franchise; and no license or privilege shall be let or awarded except upon terms reserving to the commission the power to revoke the same for cause. The commission may provide for the pleasurable use, subject to rules and regulations, of its parks or any portion or portions thereof for general park purposes, and also by campers, camping parties, vacation outings of societies organized and operated not for pecuniary profit and by vacationists in general, upon such terms as the commission shall fix and either with or without financial compensation to the commission as it shall deem proper. The commission shall always have power, at any time, to close the grounds or any part thereof and the buildings thereon and the privileges thereof to the public or to any individual or individuals or to any group of individuals, party or society and, without legal procedure, to evict and remove such persons and their belongings from the buildings and grounds of its parks or portions thereof when, by the determination of the commission, it is to the interest of the county or of the public or of the park so to do. All proceeds derived from the operation of such facilities or from any of the operations of the commission shall be used by such commission for the development and management of its parks, any general or special law to the contrary notwithstanding. L.1939, c. 360, p. 868, s. 1, eff. Oct. 9, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-202 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-202 - Park police; establishment; rules and regulations

40:37-202. Park police; establishment; rules and regulations  The commission may appoint and establish a constabulary to preserve order in the parks and parkways under its control, and to secure the enforcement of the rules and regulations passed and enacted by it, and may organize the constabulary into a police system to be known as "the park police of the county of " . The police system shall consist of a chief and such subordinate officers as may be deemed necessary and proper for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the commission within the parks and parkways, and the proper protection of public property therein. The commission may establish proper rules and regulations for the appointment, control and management of the members of the constabulary, and for the securing of proper discipline and efficiency among the members thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-202.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-202.1 - Referendum to determine hours or salaries of county park police

40:37-202.1. Referendum to determine hours or salaries of county park police  Whenever there shall be submitted to the board of chosen freeholders of any county having park police appointed pursuant to the provisions of subdivision E of article five of chapter thirty-seven of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, a petition signed by three per centum (3%) of the legal voters of the county requesting that there shall be submitted to the legal voters of the county the question of fixing the hours of duty or the salary or salaries of any officer or officers or of the members of any park police, according to the hours or the amount or amounts stated in the petition, the board of chosen freeholders shall cause the question or questions to be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the next general election therein occurring more than forty-five days after the receipt of the petition by the governing body. L.1951, c. 209, p. 753, s. 1, eff. June 13, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-203 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-203 - Powers of park police.

40:37-203 Powers of park police.  40:37-203. The members and officers of the park police may arrest on view and without warrant, and conduct before the nearest police magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or a police magistrate of a neighboring municipality, any persons found violating the rules and regulations enacted by the commission for the protection, preservation, regulation and control of the parks and parkways, and all property and other things therein, and in addition while on or off duty anywhere within the territorial limits of the State, shall have the same powers for the enforcement of the laws of this State and the apprehension of violators thereof as are conferred by law upon police officers or constables. Amended 1969, c.167; 1997, c.308, s.3..
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-204 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-204 - Establishment and location of parks; acquisition of property

40:37-204. Establishment and location of parks; acquisition of property  The commission may acquire, maintain and make available to the public, parks and open spaces for public resort and recreation; locate such public parks and places within the limits of the county; and for these purposes may acquire by purchase, gift, devise or eminent domain, real estate or any right or interest therein for public parks and open spaces within the county. Deeds of conveyance therefor shall be made to the commission by its corporate name, and it shall preserve, care for, lay out and improve such parks and places, and make rules for the use and government of the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-205 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-205 - Lands for parks; lease with option to purchase

40:37-205. Lands for parks; lease with option to purchase  The commission may acquire by lease for a definite period, not exceeding ten years, lands for parks and open spaces for public resort and recreation, but all such leases shall contain an option to purchase the leased lands.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-206 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-206 - Surveys and maps of parks; records

40:37-206. Surveys and maps of parks; records  Before proceeding to purchase or condemn lands for a public park or place, the commission shall determine the location and quantity of land to be included in such park or place, and cause a survey thereof to be made together with a map showing the lands to be embraced therein. The map shall be kept by the commissioners in their office, and the boundary lines of every such park or place shall be recorded in a book to be kept by them for that purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-207 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-207 - Condemnation for parks; law applicable

40:37-207. Condemnation for parks; law applicable  Whenever the commission shall have determined to acquire any real estate or any right or interest therein for any public park or place which it has located as provided in sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, and cannot acquire the same by agreement with the owner, by reason of disagreement as to price, the legal incapacity or absence of the owner, or his inability to convey valid title, or for any other reason, the compensation shall be ascertained and paid in the manner directed in and by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-208 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-208 - Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate

40:37-208. Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate  The commission may connect any road, park or public open space with any other park or public open space, and with any municipality in the county by a suitable roadway or boulevard, and for this purpose may exercise any of the rights and powers granted by sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title in the manner herein prescribed. It may acquire in its corporate name, for the benefit of the county, by purchase, gift, devise or eminent domain, any real estate or right or interest therein within the county, although the real estate so taken or any part thereof, be already a street or way, and it may construct and maintain along, across and upon and over the same, or any other real estate acquired by it under said sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247, roadways, parkways or boulevards, but the concurrence of the body having authority over streets or roads shall be necessary to take or appropriate any portion of an existing street or road.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-209 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-209 - Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records

40:37-209. Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records  Before laying out and opening any roadway, parkway or boulevard, the commission shall cause a survey to be made and a map thereof to be filed in their office, showing the termini of each roadway, parkway or boulevard, including the courses and distances, the names of the several owners or reputed owners of land through which the same will pass, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the streets or roads which may be included therein. The commission shall not be obliged to disclose such locations, surveys or maps to public inspection until it has taken proceedings to condemn real estate or any right or interest therein necessary therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-210 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-210 - Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways

40:37-210. Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways  The commission may not only lay out and open roadways, parkways and boulevards, connecting parks and open spaces as herein provided, but may also establish the grade of such highways and change and alter the same, and grade, curb, flag, pave and otherwise improve such parkways, roadways and boulevards, and regulate the use thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-211 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-211 - Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed

40:37-211. Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed  Whenever the commission shall determine to open and lay out a boulevard, parkway or roadway, or make any improvement thereof which shall require the condemnation of real estate or any right or interest therein, it shall give notice by publication, at least ten days, in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the county wherein the real estate to be condemned is situate of its intention to apply to a judge of the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to: a. Make an appraisement of the value of the real estate which in their judgment is necessary to be taken for the opening and laying out of any boulevard or roadway, or for the improvement thereof; b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the damages occasioned thereby; c. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the special benefits which the laying out of the street or the improvement thereof will confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 662, s. 93, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-212 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-212 - Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths

40:37-212. Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths  At the time and place specified in the notice provided for in section 40:37-211 of this Title the judge shall appoint three disinterested freeholders resident in the county to: a. Make a just and true appraisement of the value of the real estate to be condemned and taken by the county park commission for the purposes specified in the notice; b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of damages occasioned thereby; c. Make a just and true estimate and appraisement of the special or peculiar benefits which the opening of any such boulevard, parkway or roadway, or the improvement thereof, may confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby, in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefit which each owner may be deemed to acquire. The commissioners so appointed shall forthwith take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully and impartially perform their duties, and their oaths shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 663, s. 94, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-213 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-213 - Hearing and notice; view premises; report

40:37-213. Hearing and notice; view premises; report  The commissioners so appointed shall fix a time and place when they will hear the persons interested in the property to be taken, and in the benefits to be conferred by the proposed improvement, and shall give public notice of such time and place for at least ten days prior to the day of meeting in two or more of the newspapers published and circulating in the county. After having viewed the premises and heard the parties interested, they shall proceed to estimate and fix the value of the real estate taken and the damages caused by such taking, and ascertain and determine the amount of special or peculiar benefits conferred upon the owners of property benefited, in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefits which each owner shall be deemed to acquire, and to make report of their assessments to the court. They may report the damages awarded and the benefits assessed in any case in the same report or separately as they may determine.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-214 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-214 - Court to hear objections to report; confirmation

40:37-214. Court to hear objections to report; confirmation  Upon receipt of any such report, signed by the commissioners, or any two of them, the court shall cause such notice to be given as it shall direct of the time and place of hearing any objections that may be made to the awards or assessments, and after hearing any matter which may be alleged against the same, shall, by rule or order, either confirm the report or refer it to the same commissioners for revision and correction. The commissioners shall return the same, when referred to them again, corrected and revised, or make a new report to the court without unnecessary delay, and the same, on being so returned, shall be confirmed or again referred by the court in the manner hereinbefore provided, and so from time to time until a report shall be made or returned, which the court shall confirm. The report when so confirmed shall be final and conclusive, upon the county park commissioners and upon the owners of the real estate or any right or interest therein affected thereby, and the court shall thereupon cause the report to be filed in the office of the county clerk, there to remain of record.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-215 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-215 - Rules of procedure

40:37-215. Rules of procedure  The Supreme Court may make such rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this Title as it shall deem appropriate. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 663, s. 95, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-216 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-216 - Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement

40:37-216. Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement  The court shall, upon application by the county park commissioners or on its own behalf, fix and determine the compensation to be paid the commissioners so appointed, and allow any other expense necessarily incurred in making any such assessment, all of which shall be paid by the county park commission. The cost and expense of making any assessment for benefits, including the fees of commissioners, may be included in making up the cost for the purpose of the assessment.