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NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-104 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-104 - Civil or criminal actions or proceedings brought by or against bureau or board; effect of transfer

52:27D-104. Civil or criminal actions or proceedings brought by or against bureau or board; effect of transfer  This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs and pending on the effective date of this act, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or recommendation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, and all such matters or proceedings pending before such bureau or board, on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has not been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect. L.1971, c. 411, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-105 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-105 - Reports, certifications, applications or requests required to be made to bureau or board; effect of transfer

52:27D-105. Reports, certifications, applications or requests required to be made to bureau or board; effect of transfer  Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to the bureau or the board, whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with, and such applications or requests shall hereafter be made to, the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder. L.1971, c. 411, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-106 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-106 - Reference to bureau of recreation in department of environmental protection to mean in department of community affairs

52:27D-106. Reference to bureau of recreation in department of environmental protection to mean in department of community affairs  With respect to the functions, powers and duties hereby transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Bureau of Recreation in the Department of Environmental Protection, the same shall mean and refer to the Bureau of Recreation in the Department of Community Affairs. L.1971, c. 411, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-117 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-117 - Transfer of New Jersey mortgage finance agency to department of community affairs

52:27D-117. Transfer of New Jersey mortgage finance agency to department of community affairs  The New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency as established in the Department of Banking by P.L.1970, c. 38 (C. 17:1B-4 et seq.) is continued and transferred to the Department of Community Affairs. L.1973, c. 291, s. 1, eff. Dec. 6, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118 - Application of State Agency Transfer Act

52:27D-118. Application of State Agency Transfer Act  The transfer directed by this act shall be effected pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1973, c. 291, s. 2, eff. Dec. 6, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.1 - Definitions

52:27D-118.1. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; b. "Qualifying municipality" means each municipality in the State which received State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 14; c. "Approved program" means a program, project, or municipal services approved by the director pursuant to the Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Program established by this act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 1, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.2 - Short title

52:27D-118.2. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Act of 1979." L.1979, c. 118, s. 2, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.3 - Funds; apportionment; uses; application; qualifications

52:27D-118.3. Funds; apportionment; uses; application; qualifications  The funds appropriated pursuant to this act shall be apportioned among the qualifying municipalities for the purpose of enabling such municipalities to upgrade and augment certain municipal services and programs relating to safe and clean neighborhoods, by providing for additional policemen regularly assigned uniformed patrol duties, additional firemen, their related expenses, supervisors and other neighborhood improvements, in the following manner: a. In order to receive aid under this act, each qualifying municipality shall apply to the director for matching funds equal in value to $1.00 for each dollar appropriated for an approved municipal program designed to upgrade and augment certain municipal services and programs relating to safe and clean neighborhoods; b. Each qualifying municipality shall be limited in applying for matching funds equal in value to such amount as the qualifying municipality was entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c. 56, as certified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services; c. A qualifying municipality that did not receive State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, and that is eligible for such aid is entitled to participate in this act in an amount not to exceed an amount equal to that which the qualifying municipality would have received pursuant to P.L.1973, c. 46, as supplemented, if it had been eligible at that time, as certified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services; d. If additional funds are appropriated, a qualifying municipality may apply to the director for an increase in matching funds equal in value to a sum in proportion to that received pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section; e. If funds remain unapportioned, as certified by the director, after a qualifying municipality has had an opportunity to apply, there shall be established a discretionary fund, and participating municipalities may make application for such funds as still remain unapportioned, as determined by the director; f. The number of policemen employed in 1982 with funds appropriated pursuant to this act shall not be reduced in any subsequent year in order to employ additional firemen pursuant to this amendatory act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 3, eff. June 28, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 527, s. 1; L.1983, c. 64, s. 1, eff. Feb. 9, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.4 - Annual appropriation

52:27D-118.4. Annual appropriation  There shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify for State aid under the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 4, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.5 - Additional apportionment

52:27D-118.5. Additional apportionment  In addition to any amount so apportioned there shall be added to the amount to be paid and distributed to a qualifying municipality which is entitled to State aid pursuant to this act such amount as may be necessary so that the amount to which the municipality is entitled to receive in any year shall not be less than the amount which municipality received in the preceding year pursuant to this act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 5, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.6 - Distribution of funds

52:27D-118.6. Distribution of funds  Moneys appropriated to fund this act shall be distributed as follows: a. Payments shall first be apportioned so that a municipality which received payments in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, receives the same amount which it received in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, even if after these payments are made, insufficient funds remain for increased distributions to municipalities which already are qualifying municipalities or for new distribution to municipalities which become qualifying municipalities; b. Any municipality in the first year it qualifies for said State aid payments shall receive payments pursuant to this act before municipalities which had received such State aid in the preceding year; c. Any provisions herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a municipality which has received State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 14, but which is no longer a qualifying municipality pursuant to that act shall receive, in any year in which it has qualified bonds outstanding pursuant to P.L.1976, c. 38 (C. 40A:3-1 et seq.) and which were issued prior to the effective date of this act, the amount which it received in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56. L.1979, c. 118, s. 6, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.7 - Appropriation of funds by municipality; anticipation of receipt in budget

52:27D-118.7. Appropriation of funds by municipality; anticipation of receipt in budget  Such funds as a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by said municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget Law," P.L.1960, c. 169 (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the Local Budget Law, any municipality qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect such amount in its budget for the year 1979. L.1979, c. 118, s. 7, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.8 - Rules and regulations; accountability of municipality

52:27D-118.8. Rules and regulations; accountability of municipality  The director is authorized to make and issue such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) and to require such facts and information from the municipalities and any agencies thereof as he may deem necessary. An application approved by the director shall provide for the accountability of a municipality for the expenditure of funds as allocated in its approved application and performance evaluations of programs to be provided by the Department of Community Affairs in carrying out the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 8, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.9 - Employees

52:27D-118.9. Employees  The director is authorized to hire, employ or assign such secretarial, clerical and other technical or professional personnel as shall be required for the purposes of providing technical assistance, conducting performance evaluations and otherwise securing the accountability of the municipalities for complying with the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 118, s. 9, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.10 - Conclusiveness of allocation by director

52:27D-118.10. Conclusiveness of allocation by director  Any determination of the director pursuant to this act as to the amount of matching funds allocable to each qualifying municipality shall be final and conclusive, and no appeal shall be taken therefrom or any review therefor, except in the case of an arithmetical or typographical error in the calculation of any distribution of funds. L.1979, c. 118, s. 10, eff. June 28, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.12 - Discretionary fund

52:27D-118.12. Discretionary fund  In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities have had an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to P.L. 1985, c. 170 (C. 52:27D-118.11 et seq.), there shall be established a discretionary fund, and eligible municipalities may make application for such funds as still remain undistributed as determined by the director. Any funds paid pursuant to this section shall be available to all eligible municipalities for the purposes of augmenting or upgrading patrol activities or to qualifying municipalities for the costs of salaries and other related expenses of existing full-time police officers assigned to uniformed patrol duty, including payments for pensions, health benefits and uniforms. Qualifying municipalities shall not be required to provide matching funds in order to receive funds pursuant to this section.  L. 1985, c. 170, s.2; amended by L. 1987, c. 90, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.13 - Indicia of State support

52:27D-118.13. Indicia of State support  Each police officer employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality that appointed him and shall wear a shoulder patch of a kind approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, containing an insignia indicative of the State's support of the program.  L. 1985, c. 170, s. 3, eff. May 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.14 - Regulations governing assistance

52:27D-118.14. Regulations governing assistance  In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall adopt specific regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to govern provision of assistance under this act to qualifying and nonqualifying municipalities for the employment of appropriate police officers in addition to the number of such police officers employed on January 31, 1985. In addition to such other matters as the director may find appropriate, the regulations shall:  a. Require the municipality to enter into a contract in a form prescribed by the director. Each non-qualifying municipality shall agree to provide its share of the costs of employing additional police officers or providing additional overtime activities, as appropriate. If a nonqualifying municipality has received funds to employ additional police officers, that municipality further shall agree to maintain its police force at an expanded level over that as of January 31, 1985 as a condition of continued assistance. If a nonqualifying municipality receives funds to provide additional overtime activities, that municipality further shall agree to maintain the number of full-time police officers employed and assigned uniformed patrol duties as of January 1, 1986, less the number of officers who retired, resigned or separated from the force involuntarily for reasons other than layoffs. Each qualifying municipality shall agree to maintain its police force as required in subsection c. of section 1 of P.L. 1985, c. 170 (C. 52:27D-118.11);  b. Identify the particular costs of employing additional police officers, generally limited to training, salary, benefits and equipment (exclusive of motor vehicles), for which assistance may be provided;  c. Contain the design of the shoulder patch that additional police officers employed under this act are required to wear under section 2 of this act.  L. 1985, c. 170, s.4; amended by L. 1987, c. 90, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.15 - Additional appropriation

52:27D-118.15. Additional appropriation  In addition to the appropriations required under section 4 of P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.4), there shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify under the provisions of this supplementary act.  L. 1985, c. 170, s. 5, eff. May 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.16 - Anticipation of State aid

52:27D-118.16. Anticipation of State aid  The funds a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," any municipality qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect the amount certified.  L. 1985, c. 170, s. 6, eff. May 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.17 - Definitions

52:27D-118.17. Definitions  As used in this act:  a. "Emergency equipment" means any item used for the purpose of providing life safety and shall include but shall not be limited to boots, helmets, self-contained breathing apparatuses, fire hoses, extrication tools, insurance, maintenance of and repairs to fire apparatus and vehicles, utility costs for buildings, training, and the cost of hazardous materials units. It shall not include the purchase of any vehicle or building.  b. "Governing fire organization" means a municipality, fire district, fire company or fire department responsible for providing fire protection in any given municipality.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 1, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.19 - Discretionary fund;

52:27D-118.19. Discretionary fund;  In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities or fire districts have had an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to this supplementary act, there shall be established a discretionary fund, and eligible municipalities or fire districts may make application for such funds as still remain undistributed as determined by the director. Any funds paid pursuant to this section shall be for the purposes of augmenting or upgrading fire services in the State.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 3, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.20 - Indicia of State support

52:27D-118.20. Indicia of State support  Each firefighter employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality or fire district and a shoulder patch of a kind approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, containing an insignia indicative of the State's support of the program.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 4, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.21 - Regulations

52:27D-118.21. Regulations  In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall adopt specific regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to govern provision of assistance under this act to qualifying and nonqualifying municipalities or fire districts for additional fire services. In addition to other matters that the director may find appropriate, the regulations shall:  a. Require the municipality or fire district to enter into a contract in a form prescribed by the director under which the municipality or fire district shall agree to provide its share of the cost of employing additional firefighters, if appropriate, and further agrees to maintain its fire department or to fund governing fire organizations that provide it with fire protection, whichever is appropriate, at the level maintained as of January 31, 1985 as a condition of continued assistance;  b. Identify the particular costs of employing additional firefighters, generally limited to training, salary, benefits and equipment (exclusive of vehicles), and the particular costs of purchasing emergency equipment, for which assistance may be provided;  c. Contain the design of the shoulder patch that additional firefighters are required to wear under section 4 of this act.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 5, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.22 - Anticipation of State aid

52:27D-118.22. Anticipation of State aid  The funds that a qualifying municipality or fire district acquires pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by the municipality or fire district in compliance with the "Local Budget Law" (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Local Budget Law," any municipality or fire district qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect the amount certified.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 6, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.23 - Restriction on fund use

52:27D-118.23. Restriction on fund use  Moneys appropriated pursuant to this act shall not be used to defray administrative expenses.  L. 1985, c. 295, s. 7, eff. Aug. 15, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 52:27D-118.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers|Section 52:27D-118.24 - Short title

52:27D-118.24. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Special Municipal Aid Act."  L. 1987, c. 75, s. 1.