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NJ Rev Stat § 40:52-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:52-17 - Refusal to grant, renew license; appeal

40:52-17. Refusal to grant, renew license; appeal  9. Upon determination by a licensing authority to refuse the granting or renewal of a license, or to revoke a license, the licensee affected shall be entitled to appeal to the Commissioner of Community Affairs for a review of that determination; and the commissioner shall have authority to reverse the licensing authority's determination if it concludes that the application was improperly denied or the revocation improperly imposed. Such review by the commissioner shall be in conformity with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). The decision of the commissioner in such cases shall be subject to appeal to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. If an applicant for license renewal has made timely and sufficient application for a renewal in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules of the licensing pursuant thereto, his license shall not expire until any appeals under this section have been finally determined and disposed of.  L.1993,c.290,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:52-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:52-18 - Licensing authority, establishment of rooming and boarding house site licensing board

40:52-18. Licensing authority, establishment of rooming and boarding house site licensing board  10. a. In a municipality of less than 20,000 population, the licensing authority shall be the governing body of the municipality.  b. In a municipality of more than 20,000 population, the municipal governing body may, by ordinance, establish a rooming and boarding house site licensing board, which shall be the licensing authority in and for that municipality. The board shall consist of three persons, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party, to be appointed by resolution of the municipal governing body. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified into office; except that of the initial three appointments, one shall be for a term of one year and one for a term of two years. Members of the municipal governing body shall be eligible for appointment to the board. Members of the board shall receive no salaries, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties as such members. They may be removed by the appointing authority for cause. They shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes.  (1) A licensing authority established pursuant to this subsection may, with the approval of the municipal governing body, employ a secretary, who shall receive such annual salary as shall be fixed by municipal ordinance.  (2) In carrying out its functions and duties under this act, a licensing authority established pursuant to this subsection shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of personnel and facilities of the municipal government as it may require and as may be made available to it for that purpose.  L.1993,c.290,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:52-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:52-19 - No license or permit required for an occasionally operated business by individual under 18 years of age.

40:52-19 No license or permit required for an occasionally operated business by individual under 18 years of age.  1. A municipality shall not require a license or permit for a business that is operated only occasionally and by an individual who is under 18 years of age. L.2021, c.287.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:53-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:53-1 - Official newspaper designated

40:53-1. Official newspaper designated  The governing body of every municipality may designate an official newspaper or newspapers for the publication of all advertisements and notices required by law to be published by the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:53-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:53-2 - Public notices generally; publication

40:53-2. Public notices generally; publication  All ordinances or other public notices which any municipality, except cities, may be required by any law to publish, where the manner of publication is not otherwise specifically provided for, shall be published in at least one newspaper published and circulating in the municipality, and if there be no such newspaper, then in at least one newspaper published in the county in which the municipality is located and circulating in the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-1 - Establishment; chapter applicable to libraries established under other laws

40:54-1. Establishment; chapter applicable to libraries established under other laws  Any municipality may, in the manner hereinafter provided, establish a free public library within its corporate limits. Every library established under this chapter, and every free public library established pursuant to any general law shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-2 - Referendum

40:54-2. Referendum  No such library shall be established in any municipality unless assented to by a majority of the legal voters of the municipality, at an election, general or special, at which the question of the adoption of this article shall be submitted to vote by direction of the governing body.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-3 - Referendum; notice

40:54-3. Referendum; notice  The municipal clerk shall cause public notice of such general or special election to be given by advertisement, signed by himself and set up in at least five public places in the municipality for at least ten days previous to the date of such election and published for the same period in two newspapers printed or circulating therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-4 - Ballot; form and content

40:54-4. Ballot; form and content  The officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots for such election shall cause the question to be submitted to be printed on the official ballots for such 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.  "Shall a free public library be established in [ ] YES ........................ (name of municipality) pursuant to sections 40:54-1 to 40:54-29 of [ ] NO the title Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-5 - Election returns

40:54-5. Election returns  The election officers of the municipality shall make a true and correct return of the result of such election in writing, under their hands, and said statement shall be entered at large upon the minutes of the governing body.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-6 - Vote required for adoption

40:54-6. Vote required for adoption  If a majority of the votes so counted shall be in favor of a free public library, the provisions of this article shall be deemed to have been adopted.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-7 - Rejection of proposition; second election

40:54-7. Rejection of proposition; second election  Where any municipality shall vote against the establishment of a free public library such vote shall not preclude the holding of another election, general or special, to vote for or against the adoption of the provisions of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-8.1 - Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.

40:54-8.1 Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.  5. Any increase in the amount raised by taxation for the municipal library as required by R.S.40:54-8 shall not exceed the total amount expended by the municipality in the previous year plus 15% of the previous year's total expenditures for the maintenance of a free public library; except that the State Librarian is authorized to approve additional appropriations to any municipality that requests to appropriate an amount in excess of 15% of the previous year's total library expenditures.  L.1985,c.541,s.5; amended 2001, c.137, s.53.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-8.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-8.2 - Preparation of ballots.

40:54-8.2 Preparation of ballots.  4. a. The officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots for an election in which a proposition is to be submitted to the voters pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.40:54-8 or pursuant to subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.9) shall cause the proposition to be printed on the official ballots for such election in substantially the following form, as applicable. (1) If the proposition is to increase the rate of the tax to annually be raised for the support of a free public library established pursuant to R.S.40:54-1 et seq.: "Shall the rate of the tax annually levied for the support of the free public library in ................ (name of municipality) be increased from ................ cents per $100 of assessed equalized value of real property to ................. cents per $100 of assessed equalized value of real property?" (2) If the proposition is to reduce the rate of the tax to annually be raised for the support of a free public library established pursuant to R.S.40:54-1 et seq.: "Shall the rate of the tax annually levied for the support of the free public library in ................ (name of municipality) be reduced from ................ cents per $100 of assessed equalized value of real property to ................. cents per $100 of assessed equalized value of real property?" b. The officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots for an election in which a proposition is to be submitted to the voters pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.40:54-8 shall also cause an accompanying explanatory statement to be printed on the official ballots for such election, which statement shall include the following, as applicable: (1) The minimum amount required to annually be raised by taxation for the support of the free public library pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.40:54-8; (2) The current amount annually raised by taxation for the support of the free public library if above the minimum amount required to annually be raised by taxation pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.40:54-8; (3) The proposed change in the amount to annually be raised by taxation for the support of the free public library; (4) The effect of the proposed change on the property taxes of a residential property assessed at the average assessed value of residential properties in the municipality; and (5) The length of time that a higher tax rate will be in effect, if applicable. L.2017, c.260, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-9 - Trustees; number, appointment and term; alternates

40:54-9. Trustees; number, appointment and term; alternates  Immediately upon the establishment by any municipality of a free public library under this article, a board of trustees shall be formed to consist of from seven to nine members, one of whom shall be the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, one of the local superintendents of schools, or in the event that there be no such official, the principal with power of supervision over the local school system, or in case such municipality shall have none of the school officials hereinbefore mentioned, then the president of the board of education, and from five to seven citizens to be appointed by the mayor or chief executive, at least four of who shall be residents of the municipality. The appointments shall be for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, as they may be selected by the mayor or other chief executive officer, and, except in cities, shall be made with the consent of the governing body. Whenever a board is expanded to include a sixth or seventh citizen, the additional members shall serve terms of five years. The mayor or other chief executive officer and the superintendent of schools or the principal, as the case may be, serving as a member of the board, may, respectively, appoint an alternate to act in his place and stead with authority to attend all meetings of the board and, in his absence, to vote on all questions before the board. Amended by L.1952, c. 240, p. 806, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1952; L.1970, c. 143, s. 1, eff. July 17, 1970; L.1984, c. 130, s. 1, eff. Aug. 23, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-10 - Vacancies; how filled

40:54-10. Vacancies; how filled  Upon the expiration of the term of office of any trustee the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall appoint a citizen for a term of five years in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Vacancies occurring in the board of trustees shall be filled for the unexpired term only, in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-11 - Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing

40:54-11. Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing  The board of trustees shall be a body corporate under the name of "the trustees of the free public library of (name of municipality)" . It shall have corporate powers of succession, may sue and be sued, and adopt a corporate seal. It shall meet at a convenient time and place in the municipality within ten days after its appointment, and shall immediately proceed to organize by the election from its members of a president, treasurer, and secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected. The members shall make and execute under their hands and seals a certificate setting forth their appointment and their organization and the names of the officers elected, such certificate to be acknowledged in the same manner as is required of conveyances of real estate, and recorded in the clerk's office of the county in which the municipality is located. They shall also send a certified copy of the certificate to the office of the secretary of state, at Trenton, to be there filed of record, but shall not be required to pay any fees for such recording and filing. The certificate, or copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state or by the county clerk, shall be evidence in all courts and places of the incorporation of the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-12 - Powers of board.

40:54-12 Powers of board.  40:54-12. The board shall hold in trust and manage all property of the library. It may rent rooms, or, when proper, construct buildings for the use of the library, purchase books, pamphlets, documents, papers and other reading matter, hire librarians, and other necessary personnel, and fix their compensation, make proper rules and regulations for the government of the library, and generally do all things necessary and proper for the establishment and maintenance of the free public library in the municipality. The board may also transfer to and receive from other libraries books, magazines, prints, maps and other related library materials for the purpose of augmenting the interlibrary loan service. Amended 1949, c.98; 2001, c.137, s.54.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-12.1 - Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids

40:54-12.1. Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids  The board of trustees of the free public library of any municipality or of a joint free public library may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the board, purchase the following without advertising for bids therefor: (1) library materials including books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, pamphlets, photographs, reproductions, microforms, pictorial or graphic works, musical scores, maps, charts, globes, sound recordings, slides, films, filmstrips, video and magnetic tapes, other printed or published matter, and audiovisual and other materials of a similar nature; (2) necessary binding or rebinding of library materials; and (3) specialized library services. L.1968, c. 227, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-12.2 - Free public library administrators, duties

40:54-12.2. Free public library administrators, duties  38. The director or other chief administrative officer of a free public library in any municipality shall:  a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be displayed at the principal and any branch location of that library and to be made available to each person who, when appearing in person at such location, may wish, on a voluntary basis, to register to vote;  b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to each such principal or branch location; and  c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to each library which provides services under any program administered by the library which is located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4).  L.1994,c.182,s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-13 - Trustees; treasurer; bond and duties

40:54-13. Trustees; treasurer; bond and duties  The treasurer of the board shall give bond in an amount to be fixed by the mayor in cities and by the governing body in municipalities other than cities, payable to the municipality by its corporate name, conditioned for the faithful performance and discharge of his duties. The board shall, by its treasurer, upon its warrant signed by its president, receive from the disbursing officer of the municipality the money raised therein for library purposes, as provided in section 40:54-8 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-14 - Trustees; compensation; limitation on amount of indebtedness

40:54-14. Trustees; compensation; limitation on amount of indebtedness  The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services, and shall not incur any expense or enter into any obligations to an amount in excess of the annual appropriation for library purposes and of the funds on hand.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-16 - Appropriation for furnishing

40:54-16. Appropriation for furnishing  Any municipality that shall establish a library under the provisions of this article, or that has heretofore established a free public library pursuant to law, and has purchased or shall purchase lands, and has erected or shall erect buildings thereon, or both, for the purposes of a free public library, and has made or shall make appropriations therefor under this article, may make additional appropriation for the equipment, furnishing and decorating of the library building in manner following: The board of trustees shall certify to the board or body having charge and control of the finances of the municipality the amount necessary for the equipment, furnishing and decorating of the library building, and thereupon such board or body may by resolution, at its discretion and with the approval of the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, make appropriation of such money and authorize and empower the board of trustees of the free public library to expend such sum of money. Upon the passage of such resolution the board of trustees may enter into contracts for such equipment, furnishing and decorating, and expend money therefor to the amount of the appropriation.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-17 - Fines expended for library purposes

40:54-17. Fines expended for library purposes  The board of trustees of the free public library may use and expend for library purposes all moneys received from library fines and shall account for such receipts and expenditure in the same manner as is required as to funds appropriated to the board of trustees by the governing body of the municipality. Amended by L.1969, c. 295, s. 1, eff. Jan. 16, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-17.1 - Moneys from operation of photocopy machines

40:54-17.1. Moneys from operation of photocopy machines  The board of trustees of a free public library may use and expend for library purposes all moneys received from the operation of photocopy machines within the library and shall account for the receipts and expenditures in the same manner as is required for funds appropriated to the board of trustees by the governing body of the municipality. L.1983, c. 70, s. 1, eff. Feb. 19, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-18 - Use of money paid by library to municipal treasury

40:54-18. Use of money paid by library to municipal treasury  The governing body of any municipality may appropriate in the annual budget for the use of the free public library of such municipality a sum equal to the amount of the money paid into the general treasury by the free public library in the preceding fiscal year. The sum so appropriated shall be available for expenditure by the board of trustees of the free public library of the municipality for library purposes, shall be in addition to sums otherwise appropriated by law for library purposes and shall be controlled by the same laws as other budget appropriations.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:54-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:54-19 - Devises and bequests to trustees.

40:54-19 Devises and bequests to trustees.  40:54-19. The board of trustees may receive, hold and manage any devise, bequest or donation heretofore made or hereafter to be made and given for the establishment, increase or maintenance of a free public library within the municipality. Any devise, bequest, or donation made pursuant to this section shall not be deemed surplus or transferred by the board of trustees, pursuant to the provisions of R.S.40:54-15, to the municipality. amended 2011, c.224, s.2.