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NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-123 - Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate

44:4-123. Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate  When the sums appropriated as provided in section 44:4-122 of this title are expended or exhausted during the year and for the purpose for which they were appropriated, and when separate appropriations are made for indoor and outdoor relief of the poor and any one of the appropriations is expended or exhausted, or is or may be inadequate alone for either such indoor or outdoor relief, the board of chosen freeholders may provide for the continuance of such relief as may be necessary for the balance of the fiscal year, by the appropriation of additional sums from time to time to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-124 - Raising or borrowing of additional sums

44:4-124. Raising or borrowing of additional sums  Such additional sums may be paid from unexpended balances not required by law to be expended for a specific purpose, or from contingent funds, where such exist. Where such balances are not available or adequate, or such funds do not exist, such money shall be raised by temporary loans or notes, certificates of indebtedness or temporary loan bonds to be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for counties of this state, and the amounts necessary to pay such obligations shall be placed in the budget for the next ensuing fiscal year.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-125 - Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor

44:4-125. Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor  The expenditures, exclusive of administrative expenses, for relief under the provisions of this chapter of the temporary or outdoor poor residing in the respective municipalities of the county shall be limited except as provided in section 44:4-127 of this title, to amounts appropriated therefor by the respective municipalities of the county and included in their budgets for each ensuing calendar or fiscal year; and the respective municipalities shall include in their budgets appropriations adequate in the judgment of their governing bodies for the purpose. Such appropriations shall be made available to the order of the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipalities are situated for the sole purpose of providing relief to the temporary or outdoor poor of the respective municipalities, and the county welfare board shall expend within the municipality so making the appropriation so much thereof as is necessary to provide for such relief.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-126 - Additional municipal appropriations

44:4-126. Additional municipal appropriations  When any sum appropriated as provided in section 44:4-125 of this title has been expended or exhausted, during the year and for the purpose for which it was appropriated, the county welfare board shall notify the governing body of the municipality, which shall provide for the continuance of the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor residing in the municipality, for the balance of the calendar or fiscal year, by an additional appropriation for the purpose, to be made available to the order of the county welfare board of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-127 - Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum

44:4-127. Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum  When a municipality fails to appropriate an additional sum for this purpose, the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor of the municipality for the remainder of the calendar or fiscal year by an emergency appropriation on certification thereof by the county welfare board, and shall assess and collect a special tax in the municipality sufficient to meet and pay for such emergency appropriation in the same manner as other county taxes are assessed and collected in the municipalities of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-128 - Unexpended balances of municipal appropriations

44:4-128. Unexpended balances of municipal appropriations  Any unexpended balance of such municipal appropriation shall be carried over and made available for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor within the municipality for the next ensuing year.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-129 - Proposal by resolution to adopt chapter

44:4-129. Proposal by resolution to adopt chapter  The board of chosen freeholders of any county the legal voters of which have failed to adopt the provisions of this chapter as herein provided, may propose to adopt such provisions by resolution as in this chapter provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-130 - Time for final action on resolution

44:4-130. Time for final action on resolution  Final action by the board of chosen freeholders of the county on the resolution shall be adjourned for at least one month from the time of the proposal of such resolution, at which time such final action shall be taken except as provided in section 44:4-131 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-131 - Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment

44:4-131. Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment  Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat. The final passage of the resolution may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board of chosen freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-132 - Submission of question to voters of county; notice

44:4-132. Submission of question to voters of county; notice  Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of chosen freeholders, the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter in the county shall thereupon be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the general election next following the adoption of the resolution, public notice of which shall be given by the board of chosen freeholders by publication, not less than thirty days prior to the election, in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one of which is published in the county seat.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-133 - Ballot; form and content

44:4-133. Ballot; form and content  At any such election at which the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter is submitted to the legal voters of a county, there shall be printed upon each official ballot substantially the following: "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 chapter 4 of the title Poor of [ ] YES the Revised Statutes (s. 44:4-1 et seq.), providing for the settlement and relief [ ] NO of the poor and for county relief, be adopted in ....................... (here insert name of county)?"
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-134 - Voting

44:4-134. Voting  44:4-134. If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of this chapter.  If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "no," it shall be counted as a vote against the adoption of this chapter, and in case no mark is made in the square at the left of the word "yes" or "no" it shall not be counted as a vote for or against the acceptance of this chapter.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.11; 1991,c.91,s.431; 1994,c.77,s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-135 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-135 - Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative

44:4-135. Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative  A canvass and return of the votes cast in the county upon the question of the adoption of this chapter shall be made by the board of canvassers in the same manner as for officers voted at such election and as for other questions submitted on referendum. If a majority of the votes cast for or against the chapter are found to favor its adoption it shall then, but not otherwise, be deemed adopted in the county. When so adopted in a county the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall provide by resolution for its operation on January second next following the referendum.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-1 - Health of indigent and recreation of needy children

44:5-1. Health of indigent and recreation of needy children  A municipality may: a. Establish laboratories and dispensatories; b. Employ visiting nurses, supply medicines and medical services to the indigent sick; and c. Provide fresh air camps, excursions and other means of recreation for the needy children of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-2 - Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities

44:5-2. Annual appropriation in municipalities to maintain indigent patients and assist health care facilities  Any municipality which has no health care facility therein maintained by such municipality may make an appropriation in each year of an amount which, in the judgment of the governing body, shall be adequate for the purposes hereinafter stated. Such appropriation shall be made in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made and such sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied to the purpose of paying the cost of supporting and maintaining such indigent patients as may be sent by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or other proper authority of the municipality to any health care facility or health care facilities supported by private charity and located in the municipality or any other municipality in this State, and shall also be applied to the purpose of defraying the cost incurred by any such health care facility in providing health care facility care to any indigent person residing in such municipality in cases where the furnishing of such care shall be approved by the proper authorities of such municipality, although such person may not have been sent to the health care facility by order of any municipal physician, director of welfare or any other proper authority thereof. The sum so appropriated may also be applied to the purpose of assisting in the support of any such health care facility or health care facilities. The money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose whatever and the municipality may by ordinance regulate (a) The mode of sending such person to such health care facility or health care facilities and of approving of the furnishing of care therein; (b) The mode and terms of paying for the care and maintenance of such persons so sent to such health care facility or health care facilities or so approved; and (c) The manner of making payment for the maintenance of such health care facility or health care facilities. Amended by L.1948, c. 53, p. 139, s. 1; L.1949, c. 227, p. 715, s. 1; L.1950, c. 291, p. 987, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1950; L.1981, c. 145, s. 3, eff. May 14, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-2a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-2a - Health care facility defined

44:5-2a. Health care facility defined  As used in this amendatory and supplementary act "health care facility" means the private facility or institution, engaged principally in providing services for health maintenance organizations, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, special hospital, mental hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended care facility, skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate care facility, tuberculosis hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, dispensary, home health care agency or residential health care facility. L.1981, c. 145, s. 4, eff. May 14, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-2.1 - Effective date

44:5-2.1. Effective date  This act shall take effect immediately. L.1949, c. 227, p. 716, s. 2. Amended by L.1950, c. 291, p. 989, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-3 - Contracts by cities for care of persons at public expense

44:5-3. Contracts by cities for care of persons at public expense  The board or body having charge of the finances of a city may enter into and make a contract or contracts not exceeding the term of five years at a time with any corporation or individual maintaining or operating a hospital in that city, for the medical and surgical care and treatment of those persons whom that board or body shall consider and determine should be cared for and treated at public expense. That board or body shall annually during the continuance of the contract or contracts raise by taxation the sum needed to defray the expenses of such medical care and treatment for the fiscal year then next ensuing.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-4 - Contracts by cities for care of indigent patients; referendum

44:5-4. Contracts by cities for care of indigent patients; referendum  A city which has no hospital located therein maintained by the city, shall, when the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title are assented to by a majority of the electors as hereinafter provided, make and enter into a contract or agreement with any regularly incorporated hospital supported in whole or in part by private subscription and located in the city, to pay to that hospital for a period not exceeding ten years in any one term, a sum equal to one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city, for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to that hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city. Said sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 shall not take effect in any city until assented to by a majority of the legal electors thereof voting at any election for municipal officers to be held in the city.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-5 - Referendum; ballot, form

44:5-5. Referendum; ballot, form  44:5-5. The question of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title shall not be submitted to the electors of a city until after a resolution is passed by the legislative body of the city directing the clerk to give public notice of the submission of the question. Upon the adoption of the resolution the clerk of the city shall cause notice of the submission of the question to be published in two newspapers circulating in the city for at least ten days before the holding of the election.  The officer charged with the duty of preparing the official ballots for the election of municipal officers of the city at that election shall cause to be printed on each official ballot beneath the list of candidates thereon substantially the following:  "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 sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of [ ] Yes the title Poor of the Revised Statutes, enabling the city to contract for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for indigent patients in any [ ] No regularly incorporated hospital located in the city, be adopted?" If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of the sections. If the voter makes an X or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "no" it shall be counted as a vote against the adoption of the sections, and if no mark is made in either square at the left of either the word "yes" or "no" it shall not be counted as a vote for or against the acceptance of the sections.  Amended 1994,c.77,s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-6 - Making of contract

44:5-6. Making of contract  If a majority of all the ballots cast at the election referred to in section 44:5-5 of this title are in favor of the adoption of the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, the proper municipal authorities shall enter into a contract as provided in section 44:5-4. If there is more than one hospital supported in whole or in part by private subscription, in the city, the proper municipal authorities may designate with which of the hospitals the contract shall be made, or enter into contracts with more than one of them and apportion the amount so to be raised by taxation among them, in the manner which in the discretion of the municipal authorities may be for the best interests of the public.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-7 - Annual appropriation by city during existence of contract

44:5-7. Annual appropriation by city during existence of contract  Upon the execution of a contract by a city as provided in sections 44:5-4 and 44:5-6 of this title, the proper municipal authorities of the city shall annually during the existence of the contract appropriate and raise by taxation in the manner in which other city taxes are assessed, levied and collected in the city, a sum equal to one-third of a mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city, which sum when so appropriated shall be paid to the treasurer of the board of trustees, governors or directors of the hospital named in the contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-8 - Authorization of increased annual appropriations in certain cities

44:5-8. Authorization of increased annual appropriations in certain cities  A city which prior to February first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, adopted the provisions of sections 44:5-4 to 44:5-7 of this title, and which has made and entered into the contract or contracts contemplated in said sections, may pay to the hospital or hospitals during the remainder of the term of the contract or contracts and all renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and caring for such indigent patients as may be sent to the hospital by order of any city physician, overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the city, and may annually appropriate and raise by taxation in the manner in which other city taxes are assessed, levied and collected in the city during the existence of the contract or contracts or renewals thereof a sum not exceeding one mill on every dollar of assessable property returned by the assessor of the city for the purpose of taxation therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-9 - Contracts by cities for care of diseased patients

44:5-9. Contracts by cities for care of diseased patients  The board or body having charge of the finances of a city which at the time does not maintain and operate a municipal hospital for contagious or infectious diseases exclusively, may make a contract or contracts, not exceeding the term of five years at a time and without advertising for bids, with any corporation or person properly equipped for the purpose, for the care and treatment of such patients suffering from contagious, infectious or other disease as that board or body may consider and determine should be so cared for and treated at public expense. Such board or body shall annually during the continuance of the contract or contracts cause the sum needed to meet such expenditures for that year to be raised by taxation.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-10 - Annual appropriations in certain municipalities to maintain patients or assist hospitals

44:5-10. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities to maintain patients or assist hospitals  A village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made, of a sum of money not exceeding an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total valuations of real and personal property of the municipality, which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of the municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied to the purpose of supporting and maintaining such indigent persons residing in the municipality as may be sent by order of an overseer of the poor or other proper authority of the municipality to any hospital duly incorporated under the laws of this state and located in the municipality or in any other municipality in the same or an adjoining county, and of assisting in the maintenance of any such hospital furnishing hospital service to the residents of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:5-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:5-10.1 - Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals

44:5-10.1. Annual appropriations in certain municipalities for contributions to hospitals  Any village, borough, town or township which has no hospital located therein maintained by the municipality may make an annual appropriation, in the manner in which appropriations for other municipal purposes are made, of a sum of money not exceeding an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total assessed valuation of real and personal property of such municipality which sum so appropriated shall be included in the annual tax levy of such municipality and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other municipal taxes. The sum shall be applied for the purposes and in the manner set forth in section 44:5-10 of this title, or may be paid directly to any hospital, now duly incorporated under the laws of this state and located in such municipality or in any other municipality in the same or an adjoining county, for the purpose of assisting in the maintenance of any such hospital furnishing hospital service to the residents of such municipality, in order that such hospital may be maintained and render service to such residents of the municipality who are not able to pay the full cost of their maintenance, care and treatment in such hospital.