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NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-129 - Employees in the classified service

40:41A-129. Employees in the classified service  Employees in the classified service. On the effective date of the administrative code, all officers and employees in the classified service of the county shall be transferred to the department, division or agency to which the functions, powers or duties in which they were engaged are allocated under the administrative code. Such transfer shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be without examination or diminution of existing compensation, pension or retirement rights, privileges or obligations of any such officer or employee. It is the intent of the Legislature that the adoption of any plan found in this charter shall not, except as otherwise provided in this section, adversely affect the civil service tenure, pension, seniority or promotional rights of any county officer or employee in the classified service. With respect to the positions of heads of departments, or any divisions thereof, which are placed in the unclassified service pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 11:22-2, other than a position subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 602(a), and notwithstanding the provisions of this section, or chapter 27 of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or R.S. 11:28-3 or R.S. 38:16-1, any officer or employee in the classified service who shall have exercised the same or substantially the same responsibilities prior to the effective date of the administrative code, and who shall not be appointed thereafter by the appointing authority as head of a department, or a division thereof, shall be entitled to such lay-off, demotional and special reemployment rights as are provided under applicable provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any such officer or employee who shall be appointed by the appointing authority as head of a department, or a division thereof, shall be deemed to be entitled to such classified title as may be provided by the lay-off, demotional or special reemployment rights as are provided under applicable provisions of Title 11 (Civil Service) and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and shall be placed on leave of absence pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1946, c. 148 (C. 11:24A-6.1 and 6.2) from such classified title while serving as the head of a department or a division thereof. L.1972, c. 154, s. 129, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 255, s. 5, eff. Nov. 26, 1975; L.1978, c. 141, s. 13, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-129.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-129.1 - Counties of first class; appointment of aides; unclassified service

40:41A-129.1. Counties of first class; appointment of aides; unclassified service  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in any county of the first class operating under the provisions of P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), the board of freeholders may appoint aides who shall be responsible to, and serve at the pleasure of, the board and who shall serve in the unclassified service of civil service. L.1984, c. 202, s. 1, eff. Nov. 28, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-130 - County administration of civil service

40:41A-130. County administration of civil service  The board of freeholders of any county adopting one of the plans of government set forth in this act may by resolution apply to the New Jersey Civil Service Commission for permission to administer the merit system through a county department of civil service. Such administration shall include classification, recruitment, examination, establishment of eligibility lists, grievances, compensation, and other conditions of employment, all to be performed under the general supervision of the New Jersey Department of Civil Service, and in addition such other functions as the State Department may authorize or approve. Any civil service system administered by a county shall be limited in application to county employees and positions, and may not extend to cover employees and positions in municipalities within that county. L.1972, c. 154, s. 130, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 42, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-131 - Procedures for establishment of county department of civil service

40:41A-131. Procedures for establishment of county department of civil service  Upon passage of a resolution by the board of freeholders calling for the establishment of a county department of civil service the chief executive of the county shall transmit a copy of the resolution together with such other communication as he may deem appropriate to the President of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The president of the commission shall then instruct his staff to determine if administration of civil service by that county would be consistent with the administration of an equitable system governing the employment of public employees throughout the State, the best interests of public employees throughout the State and within the county requesting such approval, and the public interest in the efficient governance of the county on behalf of its citizens. The commission shall, by rules adopted for the purpose, require the board of freeholders requesting its approval to submit a plan for the administration by such county department of a system of civil service, which plan shall include information sufficient to determine the capacity, competency and ability of the county department to administer properly the provisions of the Civil Service Law. Such plan shall not be implemented nor shall such department be operative until after receipt by the requesting board of freeholders of a statement of approval, in writing, of the Civil Service Commission and, in any event, until after the passage of 2 years from the date upon which such plan is submitted by the board to the commission. The revision, amendment or repeal of such plan and the acts and ordinances enacted in connection therewith shall be subject to the approval of the commission in the same manner as hereinabove provided except that the mandatory period of delay shall not apply and the Civil Service Commission shall exercise its authority to approve or disapprove within a reasonable time. The Civil Service Commission shall assure the compliance with provisions of the Civil Service Law of the administration of a system of civil service by any county department and the administration of such a system shall be subject to the continuing audit, review and approval of the State Civil Service Commission pursuant to rule promulgated by it for that purpose. L.1972, c. 154, s. 131, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-132 - Fiscal year

40:41A-132. Fiscal year  The fiscal year of the county shall be the calendar year except as may be otherwise provided by the Local Budget Law. L.1972, c. 154, s. 132, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-133 - Preparation and submission of budget; budgetary process

40:41A-133. Preparation and submission of budget; budgetary process  The budgetary process of the county shall be subject to all requirements of the Local Budget Law (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.) and the promulgations of the Division of Local Government Services and the Local Finance Board. On or before January 15 of each year, the budget officer (i.e. the county executive in the case of a charter adopted under article 3, the county manager in the case of a charter adopted under article 4, or the administrative officer in the case of charters adopted under articles 5 and 6), shall submit to the board of chosen freeholders, a budget document consisting of the proposed county budget and a budget message. On or before September 1 of each year, the budget officer shall establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices and agencies to prepare the required budget documents. He may conduct such analyses or hearings as he deems necessary. L.1972, c. 154, s. 133, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 43, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-134 - Scope of budget and message

40:41A-134. Scope of budget and message  The budget document shall be prepared by the budget officer in such form as will comply with the Local Budget Law, together with such additional schedules and analyses as he deems desirable, or as may be required or approved by the board of chosen freeholders. The budget message shall explain the budget both in fiscal terms and in terms of work to be done. It shall outline the proposed financial policies of the county for the ensuing fiscal year, describe the important features of the budget plan, and indicate its major objectives. It shall indicate any major changes in financial policies and in expenditures, appropriations and revenues as compared with the preceding fiscal year, and shall set forth reasons for the changes. L.1972, c. 154, s. 134, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-138 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-138 - Appropriation requests; allotments

40:41A-138. Appropriation requests; allotments  As part of the budget request submitted by each department, office and agency of the county to the budget officer, there shall be included a work program for the year, showing all requested appropriations broken down into monthly or quarterly allotments, as may be required by the budget officer. The budget officer shall review requested allotments in light of the work program of the department, office or agency concerned, and if he deems it necessary, may revise, alter, or change them before the same are submitted to the board of freeholders. The aggregate of such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to each department, office or agency for the fiscal year. The budget officer shall, where practicable, provide for the establishment and operation of a system of work programs and quarterly allotments for operation of the budget. It shall be the duty of the budget officer to develop and report appropriate unit costs of budgeted expenditures. L.1972, c. 154, s. 138, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 44, eff. May 5, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-142 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-142 - Person charged; newspapers; qualifications

40:41A-142. Person charged; newspapers; qualifications  Whenever notice by publication is required under this act the clerk to the board of freeholders or the county counsel, whichever shall be charged by the board to do so, or any other person charged under any section of this act with the duty of causing such publication, shall cause all such notices to be published in at least one of the two newspapers qualified by law and designated by majority vote of the board of freeholders to publish the county's legal notices. The two newspapers designated by the board of freeholders shall be: a. Both printed and published in the county, one of which shall be either a newspaper published at the county seat of such county or a newspaper published in a municipality in such county having the largest population according to the last population estimate published by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry; or b. One printed and published in such county and one circulating in such county, if only one daily newspaper is printed and published in such county; or c. One published at the county seat and one circulating in the county if no daily newspaper is published; or d. Both circulating in such county, if no newspapers are printed and published in such county. L.1972, c. 154, s. 142, eff. Sept. 19, 1972. Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 45, eff. May 5, 1975; L.1978, c. 141, s. 14, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-143 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-143 - Partial invalidity

40:41A-143. Partial invalidity  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1972, c. 154, s. 143, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-144 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-144 - Short title

40:41A-144. Short title  This act shall be known as the "Optional County Charter Law." L.1972, c. 154, s. 144, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-145.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-145.2 - Interim successor selected by appropriate political party.

40:41A-145.2 Interim successor selected by appropriate political party.  6. In the case of a vacancy occurring with respect to a member of the board of chosen freeholders who was elected as the candidate of a political party which at the last preceding general election held received the largest number of votes or the next largest number of votes in the county for members of the board of chosen freeholders, for the interim period pending the election and qualification of a permanent successor to fill the vacancy, or for the interim period constituting the remainder of the term in the case of a vacancy occurring which cannot be filled pursuant to section 5 of this act at a general election, the vacancy shall be filled within 35 days by a member of the political party of which the person who vacated the office was the candidate at the time of his election thereto. The interim successor shall be selected by the appropriate political party's county committee in the same manner prescribed in subsections a. and b. of R.S.19:13-20 for selecting candidates to fill vacancies among candidates nominated at primary elections for the general elections, and a statement of the selection of that successor shall be certified to and filed with the county clerk in the same manner prescribed by subsection d. of that section for certifying statements concerning the selection of such candidates.  L.1990,c.33,s.6; amended 2005, c.136, s.62.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-145.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-145.3 - Selection from floor by county committee

40:41A-145.3. Selection from floor by county committee  Members of the political party's county committee who are empowered to select a candidate for the vacated office shall only nominate a candidate from the floor during the selection meeting called under R.S.19:13-20 by the chairman or chairmen of the committee and shall present written evidence of the nominee's acceptance of the nomination.  L.1990,c.33,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-146 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-146 - Vacancy of all or majority of offices of members of board; certification to and appointments to temporarily fill by Governor

40:41A-146. Vacancy of all or majority of offices of members of board; certification to and appointments to temporarily fill by Governor  Whenever the offices of all or a majority of the members of the board of chosen freeholders shall become vacant for any reason, the existence of the vacancies shall be immediately certified to the Governor by any remaining member of the board of chosen freeholders or by the county clerk. The Governor upon receipt of such certification shall forthwith fill the vacancies temporarily by appointment until successors are elected and certified for the unexpired terms at the next general election occurring not less than 60 days subsequent to the certification of the existence of such vacancies. Any appointment made pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy occurring in the next to the last year of the term and certified any time after 60 days prior to the holding of the general election, shall be made for the remainder of the term. L.1978, c. 141, s. 16, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-147 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-147 - Appointees; qualifications

40:41A-147. Appointees; qualifications  Any person appointed by the board of chosen freeholders or the Governor to fill a vacancy either for the unexpired term or temporarily, shall have all the qualifications required by statute to qualify for election to said office, and if the previous incumbent had been elected to office as the nominee of a political party as defined in Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the person so appointed shall be of the same political party as the preceding incumbent. L.1978, c. 141, s. 17, eff. Nov. 13, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:41A-148 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:41A-148 - Voters empowered to change term of office

40:41A-148. Voters empowered to change term of office  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in any county which has adopted a form of government authorized under the provisions of P.L. 1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), a proposition may be submitted to the voters of the county to change the term of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders from three to four years, to provide for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and to provide for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders.  The proposition shall be submitted either upon the adoption of an ordinance of the governing body of the county after public hearing thereon, or upon submission to the county clerk of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any three year period.  A petition submitted pursuant to this section shall be verified, inspected and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission, and shall be submitted at the next general election occurring at least 40 days after certification.  The question of increasing the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders, providing for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and providing for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be submitted to the voters at the election in substantially the following form:  "Shall the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders of ..................... (insert name of county) be increased from three to four years and shall members of the board of chosen freeholders serve for staggered terms and be elected at biennial elections?"  A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change.  L. 1987, c. 236, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:42-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:42-1 - Municipality; municipal corporation

40:42-1. Municipality; municipal corporation  The term "municipality" or "municipal corporation" , where used in this subtitle, means and includes "city" , "town" , "township" , "village" , "borough" , and any municipality governed by a board of commissioners, or improvement commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:42-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:42-2 - Governing body

40:42-2. Governing body  The term "governing body" , where used in this subtitle, shall be construed to mean the board or body in each municipality designated by statute effective in such municipality as the board or body having control over the subject matter in connection with which the term is used, and having the power and authority to legislate thereon, whether designated as "board of aldermen" , "common council" , "board of commissioners" , "borough council" , "township committee" , "village trustees" , "improvement commission" , "board of street and water commissioners" , "board of public works" , "board of finance" , "board of health" , "park commissioners" , "recreation commissioners" , or otherwise.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:42-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:42-3 - Construction

40:42-3. Construction  No provision of this subtitle shall be construed to take from any officer, board or body in any municipality any power or authority which he or it may now have. In case any additional power is conferred upon any municipality by this subtitle and no board or body is designated by the statutes effective in such municipality as the one that exercises such power, then the term "governing body" shall be construed to mean the board or body exercising general legislative power in such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:42-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:42-4 - Municipalities given fullest powers

40:42-4. Municipalities given fullest powers  In construing the provisions of this subtitle, all courts shall construe the same most favorably to municipalities, it being the intention to give all municipalities to which this subtitle applies the fullest and most complete powers possible over the internal affairs of such municipalities for local self-government.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:43-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:43-1 - Every municipality a body corporate

40:43-1. Every municipality a body corporate  The inhabitants of every municipality shall be a body corporate in fact and in law, and by its corporate name it shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, have a common seal, and purchase, acquire, lease, hold, let and convey real and personal property for the use and benefit of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:43-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:43-2 - Records of municipal incorporations prior to March 28, 1930

40:43-2. Records of municipal incorporations prior to March 28, 1930  The clerk of every county shall, at the expense of the county, record at length in appropriate books in his office to be designated "municipal incorporation records" , the result of any election held prior to March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, on the question of the adoption of any act of municipal incorporation, the consolidation of any municipalities or change of corporate name, as well as all papers relating to the incorporation, consolidation or change of name, of any municipality which have been filed in the office of the county clerk.