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NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-7 - False swearing in making proofs of publications; perjury

1:6-7. False swearing in making proofs of publications; perjury  If anyone shall falsely swear or affirm, in the making of the proofs required by section 1:6-4 of this title, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-8 - Assessments on private, local and special acts; amount; time for payment; effect of nonpayment

1:6-8. Assessments on private, local and special acts; amount; time for payment; effect of nonpayment  Each private, local or special act or supplement thereto constitutionally enacted by the legislature, except such as refer to benevolent, religious, charitable or educational institutions shall be assessed the sum of twenty-five dollars, and, until such assessment is paid into the state treasury, no such act shall have the force and effect of law; and if any person interested in any such act fails to pay the assessment thereon before the first day of July next ensuing the passage thereof, the same shall cease, and be inoperative and void, to all intents and purposes as though the same had not been passed.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-9 - Report by comptroller of laws on which assessments unpaid; proclamation by governor; effect

1:6-9. Report by comptroller of laws on which assessments unpaid; proclamation by governor; effect  The comptroller of the treasury shall, during the month of July in each year, report to the governor or person administering the government every law, with its date of approval or passage, which has become inoperative or void by reason of nonpayment of the assessment levied pursuant to section 1:6-8 of this title, and the governor or person administering the government shall, upon receiving such report, forthwith issue his proclamation under the great seal of the state, setting forth the particulars of such report. The proclamation shall be filed by the secretary of state and be printed as required in the case of other proclamations. The proclamation, or a certified copy or a duly printed copy, shall be competent evidence in any court of the state that the laws therein enumerated have become inoperative and void, and no such law shall be received in evidence as a valid and operative law, unless proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the court that the assessment was in fact paid into the treasury within the time prescribed by said section 1:6-8.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-10 - Petition for passage of private, special local law

1:6-10. Petition for passage of private, special local law  1. The governing body of any municipal corporation formed for local government, hereinafter called a municipality, or the board of chosen freeholders of any county, may petition the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law regulating the internal affairs of the municipality or county, when authorized so to do by ordinance of the municipality, or by resolution of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, as the case may be, specifying the general nature of the law sought to be passed, duly adopted, after publication and opportunity afforded for public hearing upon not less than seven days' notice duly published.  L.1948,c.199,s.1; amended 1993,c.93,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-11 - Petition requesting filing of petition with Legislature

1:6-11. Petition requesting filing of petition with Legislature  Whenever there shall be filed with the clerk of a municipality or the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of a county a petition signed by at least twenty per centum (20%) or fifteen thousand, whichever is less, of the registered voters of the municipality or county requesting the filing of a petition with the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law regulating the internal affairs of the municipality or of the county and specifying the general nature of the law sought to be passed, the clerk shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not it is signed by the requisite number of registered voters and, within ten days after the filing thereof, shall attach his certificate thereto showing the result of such examination and submit the same to the governing body of the municipality or board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1948, c. 199, p. 996, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-12 - Adoption of resolution

1:6-12. Adoption of resolution  If the clerk shall certify to the sufficiency of the petition, the said governing body or board of chosen freeholders shall, within thirty days after the filing of such petition, adopt a resolution authorizing the filing of a petition with the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law of the general nature described in the petition so filed with said clerk or in its discretion, adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of the proposal to file such a petition to the legal voters of the municipality or county at the next general election succeeding the adoption thereof, or if the resolution shall be adopted within ninety days next preceding such election, then at the next succeeding general election, in the case of a county or at the next succeeding general or municipal election, whichever shall occur first, in the case of a municipality. L.1948, c. 199, p. 996, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-13 - Question placed on ballot

1:6-13. Question placed on ballot  If the resolution so adopted shall provide for submission of said proposal to the voters of the municipality or of the county, there shall be printed on every ballot to be used at such general or municipal election, the following:  If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "YES." If you are opposed thereto make a cross X, plus + or check / in the square opposite the word "NO."  YES "Shall the proposal to petition the Legislature for the passage of a special law entitled 'An act NO (reciting title)' be adopted?" In any municipality or county in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.  L.1948, c. 199, p. 996, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-14 - Adoption of resolution after favorable vote

1:6-14. Adoption of resolution after favorable vote  If, at such election, a majority of all of the votes cast both for and against the adoption of such proposal shall be cast in favor of the adoption thereof, it shall be the duty of said governing body or board of chosen freeholders to adopt a resolution authorizing the filing of a petition with the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law of the general nature described in the petition within thirty days after the holding of such election. L.1948, c. 199, p. 997, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-15 - Petition; publication of notice of intention

1:6-15. Petition; publication of notice of intention  In any case in which an ordinance or resolution authorizing the filing of a petition with the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law, pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall be adopted, it shall be the duty of the chief executive officer of the municipality, or the presiding officer of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, to cause a petition, describing the general nature of the private, special or local law sought to be passed, to be prepared and signed by him and attested by the clerk of the municipality or of the board of chosen freeholders under the corporate seal of the municipality or county, and to cause to be published notice of the intention to apply for the passage of a bill of the general nature described in the petition pursuant to the provisions of section 1:6-1 of the Revised Statutes at the next session of the Legislature at which such application can be made after compliance with such provisions, and to cause to be prepared and introduced in the Legislature at said session a private, special or local bill, to carry out the purposes of said petition, for the action of the Legislature thereon. L.1948, c. 199, p. 997, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-16 - Filing of petition and resolution with bill

1:6-16. Filing of petition and resolution with bill  The original of the petition for the passage of such a law, together with a duly certified copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the filing of the same, shall be presented and filed with the bill when the bill is introduced and, after final vote upon the bill, shall be filed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State with the proof of publication of the notice of intention to apply for the passage of the bill. L.1948, c. 199, p. 998, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-17 - Law operative only after adoption

1:6-17. Law operative only after adoption  Any such private, special or local law passed pursuant to any such petition shall become operative in such municipality or county only when the same shall have been adopted by the vote of the legal voters thereof as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise prescribed in such law. L.1948, c. 199, p. 998, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-18 - Submission of question of adoption

1:6-18. Submission of question of adoption  The question of the adoption of such law shall be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality or county at the next general election succeeding the passage thereof unless the same shall be passed within twenty-five days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be submitted at the next succeeding general election, in the case of a county, or the next succeeding general or municipal election, whichever shall occur first, in the case of a municipality. L.1948, c. 199, p. 998, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-19 - Question

1:6-19. Question  There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at such general or municipal election, the following:  If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross x, plus + or check X in the square opposite the word "YES." If you are opposed thereto make a cross x , plus + or check X in the square opposite the word "NO."  YES "Shall "An act (reciting title)' NO be adopted?" In any municipality or county in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instruction to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid. L.1948, c. 199, p. 998, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-20 - Law operative upon adoption

1:6-20. Law operative upon adoption  If at such election a majority, of all the votes cast both for and against the adoption of such law, shall be cast in favor of the adoption thereof, the same shall immediately become operative in the municipality or county voting thereon. L.1948, c. 199, p. 999, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-1 - Direction by governor to attorney general to institute proceeding; application by attorney general

1:7-1. Direction by governor to attorney general to institute proceeding; application by attorney general  If, at any time within one year after any law or joint resolution has been filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to sections 1:2-5, 1:2-6 or 1:2-7 of this Title, the Governor has reason to believe that any such law or joint resolution was not duly passed by both houses of Legislature, or approved by the Governor or otherwise made effective as law in the manner required by the Constitution, he may direct the Attorney-General to apply to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, to have the law or joint resolution adjudged void. Thereupon the Attorney-General shall prepare, sign and prosecute the application. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1312, s. 1; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 4, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-2 - Summary hearing of application; witnesses; depositions; notices

1:7-2. Summary hearing of application; witnesses; depositions; notices  The court, on the application, shall inquire summarily into the circumstances and may, for that purpose, order witnesses to be subpoenaed and sworn and their depositions taken and such notice to be given of the taking of depositions and the hearing before the court, by publication or otherwise, as it deems just. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 2; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-3 - Hearings; adjudging law or resolution void

1:7-3. Hearings; adjudging law or resolution void  After a full hearing the court may, if satisfied that the constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the enactment and approval of laws and joint resolutions have not been complied with, adjudge the law or joint resolution or any part thereof to be void. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 3; L.1953, c. 4, p. 24, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-4 - Application by citizens; procedure thereon

1:7-4. Application by citizens; procedure thereon  Any two or more citizens of the State may, within the time prescribed by section 1:7-1 of this Title, present to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court an application, such as is authorized by said section 1:7-1 to be presented by the Attorney-General, and the court shall proceed thereon in the manner provided by sections 1:7-2 and 1:7-3 of this Title. The applicants may prosecute the application, and the Attorney-General may, if required so to do by the Governor, defend on behalf of the State. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1313, s. 4; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-5 - Participation by citizens in proceedings

1:7-5. Participation by citizens in proceedings  Any citizen of the State may, when an application is presented under authority of either section 1:7-1 or section 1:7-4 of this Title, appear before the court, in defense and subpoena and examine and cross-examine witnesses. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 5; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-6 - Judgment of invalidity; copy for and proclamation by governor; operation and effect

1:7-6. Judgment of invalidity; copy for and proclamation by governor; operation and effect  If in any application authorized in this chapter, the court shall adjudge any law or joint resolution, or any part thereof, to be void, the clerk of the court shall thereupon make a true copy of the judgment, certify the same under his hand and seal of the court and deliver the copy to the Governor or person administering the government, who shall issue his proclamation under the great seal of the State, setting forth such judgment. The proclamation shall be filed, published and printed with the laws as other proclamations are required to be filed, published and printed, and shall be judicially noticed and received in evidence in all courts of the State in the same manner and to the same extent that the law or joint resolution therein specified would have been if such judgment had not been made. No law or joint resolution, or part thereof, adjudged void shall, after the entry of such judgment as provided in this chapter, be judicially noticed or received in evidence by any of the courts of the State. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 6; L.1953, c. 4, p. 25, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:7-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:7-7 - Costs, fees and expenses of proceedings

1:7-7. Costs, fees and expenses of proceedings  When an application presented under authority of section 1:7-4 of this Title is dismissed the court shall allow and tax the costs and necessary expenses of the Attorney-General, including a fee to the Attorney-General of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) in any one case, and shall order the payment thereof by such citizens, and payment thereof may be enforced by execution. Amended by L.1948, c. 329, p. 1314, s. 7; L.1953, c. 4, p. 26, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:8-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:8-1 - Appointment, powers and duties of commissioners

1:8-1. Appointment, powers and duties of commissioners  L.1909, c. 154, p. 229 [C.S. p. 4987, s.s. 79 to 82], entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to represent this state in the commission for the promotion of uniform legislation in the United States," approved April seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and nine, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the appointment of three commissioners for three-year terms, without compensation, except traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, whose duties are to examine certain subjects such as marriage and divorce, et cetera, as to which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable, to confer as to such legislation with commissioners appointed by other states for the same purposes, to consider and draft uniform acts to be submitted for approval by the several states, to devise and recommend such other and further course of action as will tend to promote uniformity of legislation, and to make annual and other reports to the governor for transmission to the legislature.]
NJ Rev Stat § 1:10-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:10-1 - Commission established; members; powers and duties

1:10-1. Commission established; members; powers and duties  L.1925, c. 73, p. 244, entitled "An act to provide for the revision and consolidation of the public statutes of this state," approved March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment by the chancellor of three commissioners, who shall be counselors at law, to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate all the public acts of the state; states the powers and duties of the commissioners in respect of such revision; provides for the submission by the commissioners to the legislature of a printed copy of the public acts revised by them; requires the commissioners, after the laws revised by them have been submitted to and approved by the legislature, to prepare the same for the press, with the proper references and notes; provides for the distribution of the statutes so revised; authorizes the commissioners to select a chairman; provides for the compensation of the commissioners and of the persons employed by them; provides for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the commission; and makes a preliminary appropriation.]
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-1 - Law Revision Commission

1:12A-1. Law Revision Commission  There is created in the Legislative Branch of State Government a commission to be known as the New Jersey Law Revision Commission.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-2 - Membership

1:12A-2. Membership  The commission shall consist of:  a. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, or its successor, who shall serve while chairman of that committee;  b. The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary, Law, Public Safety and Defense Committee, or its successor, who shall serve while chairman of that committee;  c. The Deans, or their designees, of Rutgers Law School, Newark; Rutgers Law School, Camden; and Seton Hall Law School; and  d. Four attorneys admitted to the practice of law in this State, two to be appointed by the President of the Senate, no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and two to be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 2, eff. Jan. 21,1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-3 - Terms

1:12A-3. Terms  Of the members of the commission first appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of four years and two for terms of five years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of five years. Members shall serve until the appointment and qualification of their successors.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 3, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-4 - Vacancies

1:12A-4. Vacancies  Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointments were made.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 4, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-5 - No compensation

1:12A-5. No compensation  Members of the commission shall not receive any compensation, but they shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 5, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-6 - Chairman

1:12A-6. Chairman  The commission shall elect one member thereof as chairman, who shall serve for a term of two years.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 6, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:12A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:12A-7 - Employees

1:12A-7. Employees  The commission may appoint employees and consultants as may, in its judgment, be necessary, prescribe their qualifications and duties, and fix their compensation within the availability of amounts appropriated for that purpose.  L. 1985, c. 498, s. 7, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.