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NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-2 - Clerk to call election; notice

40:71-2. Clerk to call election; notice  Upon the filing of the petition or request in writing with the clerk, he shall forthwith call an election, to be held on the third Tuesday following the date of the filing of the petition, and shall cause public notice of the time and place of holding the same to be given by advertisement signed by himself and set up in at least twenty different places in the municipality and published for at least six days previous to the time of the election in at least one newspaper printed and published in the municipality, and if there be no such newspaper then in a newspaper circulated therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-3 - Ballot; form and content

40:71-3. Ballot; form and content  The municipal clerk shall provide ballots for each voter at such election, to be printed upon plain, substantial white paper, in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall chapters 70 to 76 of the title [ ] YES Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), providing [ ] NO for the commission form of government, be adopted in .................... (here insert name of municipality)?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-4 - Conduct of election; results certified to clerk

40:71-4. Conduct of election; results certified to clerk  The election shall be held at the usual places of holding the annual election in the municipality. The polls shall remain open during the usual hours, and the election shall be conducted by the election officers, and in the manner provided by the law regulating elections, and such officers shall deliver to the municipal clerk a true and correct statement in writing under their hands of the result of the election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-5 - Clerk to certify results; contents of certificate

40:71-5. Clerk to certify results; contents of certificate  The municipal clerk shall certify the results of the election to the legislative body of the municipality at its first meeting thereafter, enter the same at large in its minutes and certify the same to the secretary of state. In such certificates he shall specify whether or not a majority of the votes cast are for the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), and if they are, he shall further specify whether or not the number of votes cast in favor of such adoption is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the total number of legal ballots cast in such municipality at the general election next preceding the submission of question of the adoption of said chapters 70 to 76 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-6 - Vote required for adoption

40:71-6. Vote required for adoption  If it appears by the certificate of the clerk that both the majority of the votes cast are in favor of the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), and that the number of votes cast in favor of such adoption is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the total number of legal ballots cast in such municipality at the last preceding general election, said chapters 70 to 76 of this title shall in all respects become and be operative in such municipality, and binding upon its inhabitants and upon all persons and property to be affected thereby.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-7 - If majority against adoption no petition for certain period

40:71-7. If majority against adoption no petition for certain period  If a majority of the votes cast are against the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.) said chapters shall remain inoperative and no further proceedings shall be taken until after the beginning of the last year of the term of the mayor, or equivalent officer, elected at the election following the rejection of said chapters 70 to 76, after which date, upon the presentation of another petition or request as hereinbefore provided, the same procedure shall be had and the question of the adoption or rejection of the provisions of said chapters 70 to 76 again submitted in the manner herein prescribed and with the same force and effect.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-8 - Corporate existence and name continued

40:71-8. Corporate existence and name continued  The corporate existence of any municipality adopting chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), shall be continued and its corporate name and seal shall not be changed by such adoption, and all laws, general or special, relating to such municipality, shall, except so far as inconsistent with said chapters 70 to 76, apply to such municipality, and it shall have and exercise the powers and duties thereby conferred or imposed.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-9 - Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; boards abolished; exception

40:71-9. Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; boards abolished; exception  Upon the adoption of chapters seventy to seventy-six of this Title, and the organization of the commissioners first elected, the governing body or bodies and all other boards and bodies whether State or local municipal agencies then existing in the municipality, except the board of education and any municipal court, shall be ipso facto abolished and the terms of all councilmen, aldermen and all other officers, whether elective or appointive, shall immediately cease and determine, and all the powers and duties devolved by law upon such boards and bodies shall pass to, vest in and be performed by the board of commissioners elected under the provisions of said chapters seventy to seventy-six, but nothing in this section contained shall prohibit the creation of subordinate boards authorized by section 40:72-7 of this Title. The board of commissioners shall have and exercise all the powers granted or to be granted to the boards and bodies supplanted by it, by laws enacted subsequent to the organization of said board, unless such power is expressly withheld. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect in any way the term of office of any policeman, fireman, or other employee of any police or fire department, veteran of any war, or other official or employee now protected by any tenure of office act. Wherever a municipality is operating under the provisions of subtitle three of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, at the time of the adoption of the provisions of chapters seventy to seventy-six of this Title, then nothing herein contained relative to the termination of his term, dismissal or discharge shall apply to any person holding any position or office coming within the classified service of the Civil Service law. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 732, s. 237, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-9.1 - Boards of fire commissioners in townships

40:71-9.1. Boards of fire commissioners in townships  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 40:71-9 of the Revised Statutes, any board of fire commissioners of any fire district in any township which has adopted or shall adopt the commission form of government may be reinstated and continued by ordinance of the township board of commissioners and thereupon the board of fire commissioners shall be deemed to have been legally constituted as such from the date of the adoption of said commission form of government in the township and thereupon all its acts from such date shall be ratified and confirmed. L.1952, c. 313, p. 1034, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1952.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-10 - Inconsistent laws inapplicable; laws relating to municipal courts unaffected

40:71-10. Inconsistent laws inapplicable; laws relating to municipal courts unaffected  Immediately after the election and organization of the commissioners as provided herein, all laws and parts of laws then existing, whether general or special, in anywise affecting the government of such municipality which are contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of chapters seventy to seventy-six of this Title, shall be repealed and abrogated, but said chapters seventy to seventy-six shall not abrogate, repeal or annul the provisions of chapter eight of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 733, s. 238, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:71-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:71-11 - Educational system unaffected

40:71-11. Educational system unaffected  Nothing in this subtitle shall affect or apply to the system of public instruction in any municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-1 - Commissioners; number

40:72-1. Commissioners; number  The commission shall consist of three members in municipalities having less than twelve thousand inhabitants; and of five members in municipalities having twelve thousand inhabitants or more, subject to the provisions of sections 40:72-1.1 to 40:72-1.3 of this Title. Amended by L.1948, c. 21, p. 82, s. 2; L.1953, c. 365, p. 1948, s. 1, eff. Aug. 11, 1953; L.1980, c. 94, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-1.1 - Municipality with board of three commissioners; additional commissioners; petition, ordinance and referendum

40:72-1.1. Municipality with board of three commissioners; additional commissioners; petition, ordinance and referendum  Any municipality, which is governed by a board of three commissioners may provide that two additional commissioners shall be elected at an election to be held on the second Tuesday in May next; provided, that a proposed ordinance increasing the number of commissioners from three to five was first submitted to the board of commissioners by petition signed by electors of the municipality equal in number to 15% of the votes cast at the last general election, held for the election of all the members of the General Assembly, requesting that said ordinance be submitted to the vote of the people. The signatures, verification, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of such petition shall be the same as for petitions to recall commissioners. Upon the filing of said petition and certification of the same by the municipal clerk the board of commissioners shall submit said ordinance without change to the vote of the electors of the municipality at the next general election. Said petition shall be filed and certified to by the municipal clerk at least 60 days before the general election at which the proposed ordinance shall be submitted to a vote of the electors. Amended by L.1953, c. 365, p. 1949, s. 2, eff. Aug. 11, 1953; L.1981, c. 427, s. 1, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-1.2 - Ballot; form and content

40:72-1.2. Ballot; form and content  The question shall be printed upon the ballots to be used at such general election in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word Yes, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word No.  Yes. "Shall the ordinance ........................ (stating the nature of the proposed ordinance) No. be adopted?' " In counties where voting machines are used, the ballot shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes concerning elections.  Amended by L.1953, c. 365, p. 1950, s. 3, eff. Aug. 11, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-1.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-1.3 - Vote required for adoption; amendment and repeal

40:72-1.3. Vote required for adoption; amendment and repeal  If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the municipality, and any ordinance proposed by petition or which shall be adopted by a vote of the people shall not be repealed or amended except by a vote of the people.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-2 - All powers vested in board of commissioners

40:72-2. All powers vested in board of commissioners  The board of commissioners established hereunder shall have all the executive, administrative, judicial and legislative powers and duties heretofore had and exercised by the mayor and city council and all other executive or legislative bodies in such municipality, and shall have complete control over the affairs of such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-3 - General powers; power to pass ordinances for specific purposes

40:72-3. General powers; power to pass ordinances for specific purposes  Every municipality governed by chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), shall have all the powers necessary for its government not in conflict with the laws applicable to all municipalities or the provisions of the constitution and, in addition to the powers conferred by subtitle 3 of this title (s. 40:42-1 et seq.), may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances for the following purposes: a. The protection of life, health and property. b. The declaration, prevention and summary abatement of nuisances. c. The preservation and enforcement of good government and the general welfare, order and security of the municipality. All ordinances or resolutions heretofore passed in any such municipality, not inconsistent with the rights and powers herein granted shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the commissioners in the manner herein provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-4 - Department; distribution of powers

40:72-4. Department; distribution of powers  The executive, administrative, judicial and legislative powers, authority and duties in such municipality shall be distributed into and among five departments, except that in municipalities having but three commissioners, three departments shall be designated and provided by the consolidation of the first and third departments and the fourth and fifth departments as follows: 1. Department of public affairs. 2. Department of revenue and finance. 3. Department of public safety. 4. Department of public works. 5. Department of parks and public property.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-5 - Jurisdiction of commission over departments and officers thereof

40:72-5. Jurisdiction of commission over departments and officers thereof  The board of commissioners shall determine the powers and duties to be performed by each department and shall assign such powers and duties to each department as it may deem appropriate. The board shall prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and employees and may assign particular officers and employees to one or more departments and may require any officer or employee to perform duties in two or more departments if the work required of such officer or employee in such different departments be similar in character, and make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-6 - Commissioners assigned to departments

40:72-6. Commissioners assigned to departments  The board of commissioners shall, at the first regular meeting after the election of its members, designate by majority vote one commissioner to be director of the department of public affairs, one commissioner to be director of revenue and finance, one to be director of the department of public safety, one to be director of the department of public works, and one to be director of the department of parks and public property, except that upon the organization of a board of three commissioners, but three departments shall be designated, as hereinbefore in section 40:72-4 of this title provided and but three directors voted therefor. Such designation may be changed whenever it appears that the public service would be benefited thereby. The mayor may be designated director of such department as a majority of the members of the commission shall determine.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-6.1 - Assignment of departmental powers and duties in counties of first and second class

40:72-6.1. Assignment of departmental powers and duties in counties of first and second class  The board of commissioners of every municipality governed by the commission form of government in counties of the first class or second class, in assigning the powers and duties to be performed by each department pursuant to section 40:72-5 of the Revised Statutes, shall assign to each department the powers and duties having the greatest relevancy to the subject matter as designated in the name of each respective department and as will result, as nearly as possible, in an equal distribution of powers and duties to each department. L.1956, c. 190, p. 703, s. 1, eff. Dec. 28, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-7 - Subordinate boards and officers; appointment and removal

40:72-7. Subordinate boards and officers; appointment and removal  The board of commissioners shall at the first meeting or as soon as may be after organization, create such subordinate boards and appoint such officers as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the municipality. Any board created may be abolished, or any officer or employee appointed by the board of commissioners may be removed from office by it, at any time for cause, after public hearing, provided its action shall be taken in accordance with the civil service and tenure of office laws in municipalities where such laws have been adopted or are applicable and such action shall be subject to review by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 733, s. 239, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-9 - Appointment of deputy by director in second class cities and certain fourth class cities

40:72-9. Appointment of deputy by director in second class cities and certain fourth class cities  In all cities of the second class and in any city of the fourth class having a population of not less than 6,000 inhabitants, governed hereby, the board of commissioners may, in their discretion, provide by ordinance for the appointment of a deputy by each or such of the directors of departments as may be deemed necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of such departments. The deputies shall serve during the terms of the directors making the appointments, but any deputy so appointed may be removed by his principal at any time, and such removal shall not be reviewable. If an officer or employee of a municipality is designated to perform the duties of a deputy in addition to the performance of the ordinary duties of his office or employment, the expiration of the term of his principal, or his removal from the office of deputy, shall not affect his right to the office or employment held by him at and before his designation as deputy, the duties of which office or employment he has continued to perform. Each director shall prescribe, in writing, the powers and duties of the deputy so appointed by him and the acts of such deputy within the scope of his authority shall in all cases be as legal and binding as if done and performed by the director for whom he is acting, but such deputies shall not be authorized to act for directors at meetings of the board of commissioners. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to place any deputy or deputies, appointed pursuant to the authority hereof, within the operation of the laws affecting civil service. Amended by L.1964, c. 212, s. 1, eff. Oct. 21, 1964; L.1968, c. 333, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1968; L.1971, c. 302, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-10 - Mayor; selection; no veto power

40:72-10. Mayor; selection; no veto power  At the first meeting after their election the commissioners shall choose one of their number to preside at all meetings of the board. He shall be designated "mayor" but shall have no power to veto any measure.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-11 - Mayor; duties

40:72-11. Mayor; duties  The mayor shall be president of the board and shall preside at its meetings, supervise all departments and report to the board for its action all matters requiring the attention of the board or any department.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-12 - Director of finance; when to act as mayor

40:72-12. Director of finance; when to act as mayor  The director of the department of revenue and finance shall be vice president of the board and, in case of vacancy in the office of mayor, shall perform the duties of that office.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-13 - Regular and special meetings; open to public; minutes

40:72-13. Regular and special meetings; open to public; minutes  The board of commissioners shall designate the time of holding regular meetings, which shall be at least once monthly, and special meetings may be called from time to time by the mayor or by two commissioners. All meetings of the commissioners, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public and any citizen may have access to the minutes upon application to the municipal clerk. Amended by L.1977, c. 197, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-14 - Quorum; voting; vote recorded in minutes

40:72-14. Quorum; voting; vote recorded in minutes  A majority of the members of the board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum and each member shall have the right to vote on all questions coming before the board. Every resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read before the vote is taken thereon, and the vote upon every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered in the minutes. The minutes of each meeting so recorded shall be signed by a majority of all the commissioners and the municipal clerk.