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NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-16 - Board first elected may revise and add to appropriations

40:72-16. Board first elected may revise and add to appropriations  If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first board of commissioners elected in any municipality under the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), the appropriations for the expenditures of the municipal government for the then current fiscal year have been made the board may by ordinance revise, repeal or change such appropriations and make additional appropriations.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-18 - Use of fees received from water rents

40:72-18. Use of fees received from water rents  The fees, rents or charges received from the sale of water and the operation of the waterworks in any municipality governed hereby shall be applied: a. To payment of all cost and expense of operation, management, maintenance and repairs of said works and such deferred maintenance as the board having charge of the water supply shall deem proper; b. To the payment of the annual interest on bonds or other obligations issued for the improvement and extension of such waterworks, and the payment of such part of the principal of said bonds or obligations as may be necessary to meet them at maturity; and c. The excess revenue remaining at the end of each fiscal year may be appropriated by the board or body having charge of the finances for any purpose for which such board or body is authorized by law to levy and collect taxes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:72-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:72-19 - Power to construct convention halls in cities

40:72-19. Power to construct convention halls in cities  In cities governed hereby the commissioners may by ordinance acquire the necessary land and authorize and provide for the construction thereon of a building or buildings suitable for conventions, temporary or permanent exhibitions, entertainments, receptions, lectures, addresses, assemblages and other like purposes, and may lease all or any portion of such building or buildings and premises for any purpose which in their discretion they may deem advisable including the sale of merchandise and privileges, and may equip such building or buildings for the purposes herein mentioned, and may by ordinance provide from time to time for the issue of bonds in such amounts as may be necessary for such purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-1 - Qualifications sole test for election, appointment

40:73-1. Qualifications sole test for election, appointment  All officers and employees shall be elected or appointed with reference to their qualifications and fitness, for the good of the public service and without reference to their political faith or party affiliations. No officer or candidate for office in any such municipality shall directly or indirectly give or promise any person any office, position, employment, benefit or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid or vote of any person, under the penalty of being disqualified to hold the office to which he may have been elected or appointed. Amended 2003, c.78.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-2 - No officer or employee to be interested in contracts

40:73-2. No officer or employee to be interested in contracts  No officer or employee, elected or appointed in any such municipality shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the municipality, and no such officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or materials or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed, for any person operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange, or other public utility within the territorial limits of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-3 - No officer or employee to receive free service; exceptions

40:73-3. No officer or employee to receive free service; exceptions  No such officer or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person operating within the territorial limits of said municipality any interurban railway, street railway, gas works, waterworks, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service or accept or receive directly or indirectly, from any such person any other service upon terms more favorable than is granted to the public generally, but such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform. Nor shall any free service to city officials heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-4 - Certain acts forbidden; penalties

40:73-4. Certain acts forbidden; penalties  For the violation of the provisions of section 40:73-2 or section 40:73-3 of this title the offender shall be punished as now or may be hereafter provided by law or ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-5 - Appointments in second-class cities in certain years; restriction

40:73-5. Appointments in second-class cities in certain years; restriction  No subordinate board, department, body, office, position or employment shall be created and no appointments made to membership on any subordinate board, department or body, or to any office, employment or position including the position of patrolman and fireman by any board of commissioners or any member thereof in any city of the second class governed by the commission form of government hereunder, between the first Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in May in any year in which an election of a board of commissioners for that city shall be held.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-6 - Salaries of officers and employees; exceptions

40:73-6. Salaries of officers and employees; exceptions  The salary or compensation of all officers and employees of the municipality shall be fixed by the board of commissioners, and shall be payable monthly, or at shorter periods as it shall determine. The salary or compensation of any member of the police or fire departments shall not be fixed at a less amount than that received by said member at the time of the adoption of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-8 - Application of laws relating to municipal boards of recreation commissioners

40:73-8. Application of laws relating to municipal boards of recreation commissioners  Provisions of law of a general character relating to municipal boards of recreation commissioners shall be applicable to municipalities governed by commission government. L.1971, c. 5, s. 2, eff. Jan. 15, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:73-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:73-9 - Borough under 5000; tax collector or treasurer; waiver of residency requirements

40:73-9. Borough under 5000; tax collector or treasurer; waiver of residency requirements  In any borough governed under the commission form of government law and having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants, any person holding the office of borough tax collector, borough treasurer or both borough tax collector and borough treasurer need not be a resident of the borough notwithstanding the residency requirements prescribed by N.J.S. 40A:9-1 or by any other law. Any waiver of residency requirements for any of the aforesaid offices shall be contingent upon the adoption of a municipal ordinance to that effect. L.1973, c. 43, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-1 - Certain ordinances and resolutions filed upon passage; ordinance required in certain cases

40:74-1. Certain ordinances and resolutions filed upon passage; ordinance required in certain cases  Except as otherwise required or permitted by law, every ordinance or resolution appropriating money, or ordering any street improvement or sewer, or authorizing the making of a contract or granting any franchises, or the right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places of the municipality for any purpose, shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed and remain on file with the municipal clerk for public inspection at least two weeks before the final passage or adoption thereof. No franchises, or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places in any municipality shall be granted, renewed or extended except by ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-2 - Enacting clause; suits for penalties

40:74-2. Enacting clause; suits for penalties  The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board of commissioners shall be "the board of commissioners of the (here insert name of municipality) do ordain" ; and all proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation of the ordinances of the municipality shall be commenced and prosecuted in the corporate name of the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-3 - Record of ordinances; commissioners to sign record

40:74-3. Record of ordinances; commissioners to sign record  Every ordinance passed by the board of commissioners shall be recorded and signed in the book in which it is recorded by the commissioners who voted in favor thereof. When an ordinance or resolution is required to be published the publication shall include the names of the commissioners who signed the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-4 - Effective date of ordinances; emergency ordinances excepted

40:74-4. Effective date of ordinances; emergency ordinances excepted  No ordinance, except when otherwise required by the general laws of the State or the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this Title (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), and except an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety which contains a statement of its urgency and is passed by a two-thirds vote of the board of commissioners, shall take effect before 20 days from the time of its final passage. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 8, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-5 - Remonstrance against ordinance; petition; reconsideration; referendum; vote required for adoption

40:74-5. Remonstrance against ordinance; petition; reconsideration; referendum; vote required for adoption  If within 20 days after the final passage of an ordinance, except ordinances, or any portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, as defined in section 3 of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, P.L.1941, c. 100 (C. 34:13A-3), or ordinances authorizing an improvement or the incurring of an indebtedness, other than for current expenses, where other requirements are made by law, or ordinances which by their terms or by law cannot become effective in the municipality unless submitted to the voters, or which by its terms authorizes a referendum in the municipality concerning the subject matter thereof, a petition signed by electors of the municipality equal in number to at least 15% of the entire vote cast at the last preceding general election at which members of the General Assembly were elected protesting against the passage of such ordinance, be presented to the board, it shall thereupon be suspended from going into operation and the board of commissioners shall reconsider the ordinance within 20 days of the presentation of the petition to the board. If the ordinance is not entirely repealed, the board shall submit it, in the manner provided in paragraph b. of R.S. 40:74-14 and R.S. 40:74-15 to R.S. 40:74-18 to the vote of the electors of the municipality. The ordinance shall be submitted either at the next general election or regular municipal election, whichever shall first occur, not less than 40 days from the final date for withdrawal of the petition as provided for in this section, except that if no such election is to be held within 90 days of that date, a special municipal election shall be called for that purpose, and be held not less than 40 nor more than 60 days from the final date for withdrawal of the petition as provided for in this section. An ordinance so submitted shall not become operative unless a majority of the qualified electors voting on the ordinance shall vote in favor thereof. The names and addresses of five voters, designated as the Committee of the Petitioners, shall be included in the petition. If within 10 days after final adverse action by the board or after the expiration of the time allowed for board action, as the case may be, a written request, signed by at least four of the five members of the Committee of the Petitioners, is filed with the municipal clerk requesting that the petition be withdrawn, the petition shall have no effect. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 4, eff. Sept. 21, 1976; L.1979, c. 278, s. 1; L.1982, c. 145, s. 9, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-6 - Petition; law applicable

40:74-6. Petition; law applicable  The petition shall be in accordance with sections 40:74-10 to 40:74-14 of this title, except as to the percentage of signers, and be examined and certified to by the clerk in all respects as therein provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-7 - Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted

40:74-7. Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted  Any ordinance or measure, except an ordinance, or portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, that the board of commissioners or the qualified electors of the municipality shall have authority to enact, the board may on its own motion submit to the electors for adoption or rejection at a general election, regular municipal election, or special municipal election in the same manner and with the same effect as is herein provided for ordinances or measures submitted on petition. At any special election called under the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this Title (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), there shall be no bar to the submission of other questions to a vote of the electors in addition to the ordinances or measures provided for in this section and R.S. 40:74-5 and R.S. 40:74-9, if the other questions are such as may legally be submitted at such election. If the provisions of two or more measures approved or adopted at the same election conflict, then the measure receiving the highest affirmative vote shall control. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 5, eff. Sept. 21, 1976; L.1982, c. 145, s. 10, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-8 - When submission unnecessary

40:74-8. When submission unnecessary  No petition or submission to the vote of the electors shall be necessary to authorize the undertaking or completion of any work, the purchase or construction of any public utility or improvement, which any municipality may be authorized by law to undertake, purchase or construct, or to authorize the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds or other obligations for any purpose for which any municipality may be authorized by law to issue bonds or other obligations.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-9 - Ordinances proposed by petition; procedure

40:74-9. Ordinances proposed by petition; procedure  Any proposed ordinance, except a proposed ordinance fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, may be submitted to the board of commissioners by petition of the electors, in the manner hereinafter in this article provided. Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 6, eff. Sept. 21, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-10 - Petition; filing

40:74-10. Petition; filing  A petition signed by electors equal in number to the percentage provided by R.S. 40:74-14 requesting that the proposed ordinance be submitted to the board of commissioners, or to the vote of the people if not passed by the board, shall be filed with the municipal clerk. The names and addresses of five voters, designated as the Committee of the Petitioners, shall be included in the petition. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 11, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-11 - Petition; signatures; verification

40:74-11. Petition; signatures; verification  The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper but each signer shall add after his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number. One of the signers of each paper shall make an oath before an officer competent to administer the same that the statement therein made is true as he believes, and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-12 - Clerk to examine petition; notice of insufficiency; amendment and refiling

40:74-12. Clerk to examine petition; notice of insufficiency; amendment and refiling  Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the municipal clerk shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not it is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors as hereinafter provided, and shall attach his certificate thereto showing the result of such examination. If by the clerk's certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient he shall forthwith notify at least two members of the Committee of the Petitioners of his findings. The petition may be amended and refiled within 10 days after the receipt thereof from the clerk. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 12, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-13 - Clerk to examine amended petition; new petition; submission to board

40:74-13. Clerk to examine amended petition; new petition; submission to board  The clerk shall, within five days after such refiling, make a similar examination of the amended petition and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient he shall forthwith return it to the Committee of the Petitioners, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If the petition or amended petition shall be deemed to be sufficient the clerk shall submit the same to the board of commissioners without delay. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 13, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-14 - Duty of board on submission of ordinance; submission to voters; withdrawal of petition

40:74-14. Duty of board on submission of ordinance; submission to voters; withdrawal of petition  If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be signed by electors equal in number to at least 15% of the votes cast at the last preceding general election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, and contains a request that the ordinance be submitted to a vote of the people if not passed by the board of commissioners, the board shall within 20 days after attachment of the clerk's certificate to the accompanying petition either: a. Pass the ordinance without alteration; or b. Forthwith, upon the expiration of that 20 day period, call a special election to be held not less than 40 nor more than 60 days from the final date for withdrawal of the petition as provided for in this section, unless a general election or regular municipal election is to be held not less than 40 days nor more than 90 days thereafter, and at such election such ordinance shall be submitted without alteration to the vote of the electors of the municipality. If the petition is signed by not less than ten nor more than 15% of the electors, as above defined, then the board of commissioners shall, within 20 days, pass said ordinance without change or submit the same at the next general election or regular municipal election occurring not less than 40 days after the clerk's certificate of sufficiency is attached to the petition. If, within 10 days after final adverse action by the board or after the expiration of the time allowed for board action, as the case may be, a written request, signed by at least four of the five members of the Committee of the Petitioners, is filed with the municipal clerk requesting that the petition be withdrawn, the petition shall have no effect. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 14, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-15 - Several ordinances submitted together; number of elections limited

40:74-15. Several ordinances submitted together; number of elections limited  Any number of proposed ordinances submitted by the board or pursuant to R.S. 40:74-5 or R.S. 40:74-9 may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this article, but there shall not be more than one special election in any period of 6 months for such purpose. During that 6 month period, any ordinance which would otherwise be submitted to the voters at a special election if one were not already scheduled, shall be submitted at the scheduled special election, if at least 30 days shall remain prior thereto from the final date for withdrawal of the petition; otherwise the ordinance shall be submitted at the next general election or regular municipal election, whichever shall first occur. Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 15, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:74-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:74-16 - Notice of election when ordinance or proposition submitted to voters

40:74-16. Notice of election when ordinance or proposition submitted to voters  Whenever an ordinance, or proposition affecting an ordinance, is to be submitted to the voters of the municipality at any election, the clerk shall cause the ordinance or proposition to be published in at least two of the newspapers published in the municipality. The publication shall be not more than twenty nor less than five days before the submission of the ordinance or proposition to be voted on.