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NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.24 - Burn prevention and treatment, private, nonprofit organizations; contributions

40:23-8.24. Burn prevention and treatment, private, nonprofit organizations; contributions  The board of chosen freeholders of any county, or the governing body of any municipality, of this State may annually raise and appropriate an amount not to exceed $1,500.00, for the purpose of making a contribution to any private, nonprofit organization which provides the following services to residents of this State: a. Specialized burn treatment facilities and services; b. Burn treatment educational programs for first aid, emergency medical services and other emergency level personnel; c. Burn victim rehabilitation programs; d. Burn medical research; and, e. Burn prevention programs for the general public and civic organizations. L.1977, c. 14, s. 2, eff. Feb. 10, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.25 - Center for performing and visual arts; appropriation of funds

40:23-8.25. Center for performing and visual arts; appropriation of funds  The governing body of any county may appropriate funds to any privately operated, nonprofit organization approved by the governing body whose services are nonsectarian, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 in any year for the purpose of the planning, construction, acquisition or operation of a center for the performing and visual arts, the location and successful operation of which within such county said governing body deems to be necessary, or conducive, to the improvement and furtherance of the tourist industries and recreational attractiveness of such county, or to the fulfillment of the recreational, entertainment, cultural, and educational needs of the residents of such county. L.1978, c. 104, s. 1, eff. Aug. 21, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.26 - Tay-Sachs disease; county aid

40:23-8.26. Tay-Sachs disease; county aid  A county may appropriate not more than $5,000.00 each year to promote public awareness among prospective parents as to the necessity of testing for Tay-Sachs disease, to establish a referral service whereby such individuals can be tested for the existence of this disease, and, in the case of a county which has no county home or hospital suitable for the treatment of said disease, for and expenses incidental to the diagnosis and treatment of children afflicted with Tay-Sachs disease; provided, however, that a county of the first class having a population in excess of 800,000 may appropriate not more than $10,000.00 each year. Before spending money for such purposes the governing body shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems desirable concerning the requirements of residence and eligibility for such relief. Disbursements shall be made through officers designated by the governing body for that purpose on verified bills presented and approved as in the case of other county expenditures. L.1978, c. 150, s. 1, eff. Nov. 22, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.27 - Legislative findings

40:23-8.27. Legislative findings  The Legislature hereby finds that there is a need for improved planning and coordination among public and private agencies, organizations and institutions providing health and welfare programs and services to community residents. The Legislature further finds that because private, nonprofit health and welfare councils are providing such needed planning and coordination, it is in the public interest to authorize counties to appropriate funds for the purpose of helping to defray expenses incurred by such health and welfare councils in the provision of these services. L.1978, c. 170, s. 1, eff. Dec. 22, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.28 - County aid to health, welfare councils

40:23-8.28. County aid to health, welfare councils  The governing body of any county may annually appropriate such sums as it deems necessary to any private, nonprofit health and welfare council engaged in reviewing, developing, promoting and coordinating in an advisory and consultative capacity, health and welfare programs and services offered by any public or private agency, organization or institution in that county, for the purpose of helping to defray expenses incurred by such council in the provision of the aforesaid services.  L.1978, c.170, s.2; amended by L. 1987, c. 162, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-8.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-8.29 - Appropriations by county authorized

40:23-8.29. Appropriations by county authorized  1. The governing body of any county may annually appropriate funds in support of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation in support of the development, construction and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial at the Garden State Arts Center.  L.1992,c.50,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-9 - Depositories for moneys

40:23-9. Depositories for moneys  The governing body of any county may direct by resolution that all moneys belonging to the county, except such as may be subject to the control of a body or commission other than the board of chosen freeholders, may be deposited in depositories selected by it, which shall include the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund, created pursuant to section 1 of this amendatory and supplementary act, to the credit and in the name of the governing body. Amended by L.1977, c. 281, s. 6, eff. Nov. 2, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-11 - Judiciary fund for salaries of court and probate clerks

40:23-11. Judiciary fund for salaries of court and probate clerks  The board of chosen freeholders shall provide in its annual budget of appropriations, a "judiciary fund" from which shall be paid the salary or compensation of clerks assigned by the county clerk for service in the courts held in the county, not exceeding one clerk to each judge holding said courts, and the probate clerks employed in the surrogate's office of the county. The compensation for the probate clerks shall be recommended by the surrogate and fixed by the board of chosen freeholders. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 643, s. 40, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-12.1 - Definitions

40:23-12.1. Definitions  As used in this act:  "Farmland" means land that qualifies for valuation, assessment, and taxation pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L. 1964, c. 48 (C. 54:4-23.1 et seq.).  "Low-interest loan" means a loan issued at an annual interest rate not in excess of 1% above the rate paid by the county on the obligations issued to fund the loan program authorized pursuant to section 2 of this act.  L. 1987, c. 34, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-12.2 - Farm loan program

40:23-12.2. Farm loan program  The governing body of any county may, by ordinance or resolution, establish a low-interest loan program for the purpose of assisting persons in purchasing farmland to be kept in continuous use as farmland, in accordance with criteria developed by a County Agriculture Development Board established under section 7 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-14).  L.1987,c.34,s.2; amended 1989,c.158,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-12.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-12.3 - Bonds authorized

40:23-12.3. Bonds authorized  For the purpose of funding a farm loan program authorized pursuant to section 2 of this act, the county is authorized, by bond ordinance, to incur indebtedness, borrow money, and authorize and issue negotiable obligations in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 in any five-year period, or to appropriate general revenues of the county, or both. All the provisions of the "Local Bond Law" (N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.) not in conflict with this act shall be complied with by the county in adopting its bond ordinances.  L.1987,c.34,s.3; amended 1989,c 158,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-13 - Official newspapers

40:23-13. Official newspapers  The board of chosen freeholders may by resolution designate an official newspaper or newspapers in which shall be published all advertisements and notices required by law to be published, or may from time to time, by a majority vote, specify one or more newspapers in which shall be published certain notices and advertisements required by law to be published.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-14 - Public works jointly constructed and maintained; county and municipal co-operation

40:23-14. Public works jointly constructed and maintained; county and municipal co-operation  The board of chosen freeholders of any county may by contract, join with the governing body of any municipality within the county or adjoining it, or of any other county or of any district, to acquire or construct any public improvement or works, do any act, maintain any department or render any service which any such municipality, county or district may acquire, construct, do, maintain or render, but no county under any such contract may acquire, construct, maintain or operate any property or service defined as a "public utility" by section 48:2-13 of the title Public Utilities, until a majority of the legal voters in the county affected shall, at an election advertised, held and conducted in accordance with the general laws relating to elections, vote in favor of a proposition to be submitted in the manner provided in section 40:23-15 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-15 - Ballot; form and content

40:23-15. Ballot; form and content  The proposition to be submitted in accordance with the provisions of section 40:23-14 of this title shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall the county of acquire (or construct, as the case may be) and maintain and operate a (here insert brief description of the public utility proposed to be established or operated)?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-16 - Contents of joint contract; amendments

40:23-16. Contents of joint contract; amendments  Any contract so entered into shall set forth the proportion of the cost each party thereto shall assume and shall specify all the details of the management of the joint undertaking and any other matters which may be deemed necessary for insertion therein. The contract may be amended from time to time by the contracting parties.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-17 - Acquisition of property; officers and employees

40:23-17. Acquisition of property; officers and employees  For the purpose of carrying into execution any such contract, any county, as a party thereto, may acquire real estate as tenants in common by purchase, gift or condemnation, erect buildings thereon and equip the same, acquire and hold any property in common, appoint such officers and employees as may be necessary for the joint enterprise and generally enter into any contract which the board of chosen freeholders or any municipality or district with which it may contract is authorized to enter into separately.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-18 - Costs and expenses; appropriations; bond issues

40:23-18. Costs and expenses; appropriations; bond issues  The board of chosen freeholders may raise and disburse all necessary money, either by taxation or the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law, to pay its respective share of the cost of carrying out any joint contract authorized by sections 40:23-14 to 40:23-17 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-19 - Use of municipal sewer by county

40:23-19. Use of municipal sewer by county  The board of chosen freeholders may contract with any municipality or municipalities for the use of municipal sewers for the disposal of sewage from any county building or institution and may raise in the usual manner and disburse moneys under such contract for the disposal of sewage.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-20 - Resolution by board of freeholders; exceptions

40:23-20. Resolution by board of freeholders; exceptions  The board of chosen freeholders may by resolution provide for the regulation and inspection of wires, conductors and appliances for the purpose of utilizing electrical energy for light, heat and power when introduced or placed in any building in the county. Such regulation and inspection shall not be inconsistent with the current issue of the national electrical code and the rules and regulations of the person by whom the electrical energy is to be supplied, or the existing standards of the board of public utility commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-21 - Contents of resolution; fees fixed

40:23-21. Contents of resolution; fees fixed  The proposed resolution shall prescribe the method of location, arrangement, installation and use of the wires and appliances, and shall fix the powers and duties of the inspector thereof, as the board shall from time to time deem necessary for the protection of life and property, and fix fees for each inspection not exceeding ten dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-22 - Inspectors; appointment, compensation and qualifications

40:23-22. Inspectors; appointment, compensation and qualifications  The board of chosen freeholders providing by resolution for the inspection of electrical wires, appliances and currents for furnishing light, heat and power pursuant to section 40:23-20 of this title shall appoint and fix the compensation of the inspector or inspectors, who shall have a practical and technical knowledge of the construction and operation of interior electrical wiring and appliances.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-23 - Inspection; certificate by inspector

40:23-23. Inspection; certificate by inspector  After the passage of such resolution no person shall put in use any electrical wires, appliances and currents for the purposes set forth in section 40:23-20 of this title which shall not have been inspected and approved by the inspector of the county appointed for that purpose. The inspector shall furnish a certificate of inspection to any person applying therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-24 - Companies to supply current upon certificate; enforcement

40:23-24. Companies to supply current upon certificate; enforcement  Upon the passage of the resolution provided for in section 40:23-20 of this title no person engaged in the business of furnishing electricity for light, heat and power purposes shall refuse to supply electrical current for such purposes upon the production of a written certificate of the inspector of electrical wires and appliances approving the construction thereof in any building, and no such person shall exact or charge a fee or charge for the inspection covered by the inspector as a condition to supplying electrical current for furnishing light, heat and power. No insurance company, or agent thereof, after the passage of such resolution, shall exact or charge a fee or charge for the inspection covered by the inspector as a condition to insuring any building or buildings in which such electrical wires, appliances and currents are introduced or placed. No person supplying electrical energy shall be compelled to extend its lines or wires more than two hundred and fifty feet to connect such building unless the board of public utility commissioners shall, after hearing, order the extension, and no such person shall be obliged to supply service to any person who is at the time indebted to the person from whom the service connection is sought. The foregoing provisions shall be enforced by the board of public utility commissioners and the department of banking and insurance respectively.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-25 - Article inapplicable in certain cases

40:23-25. Article inapplicable in certain cases  The board of chosen freeholders shall not exercise jurisdiction under the provisions of this article in any city, the governing body of which may have adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize cities in this state to provide by ordinance for the regulation and inspection of electrical wires, appliances and currents for furnishing light, heat and power in certain cases, and to fix the penalty for the failure to comply with the provisions of such ordinance and to make it unlawful when an ordinance for such regulation is passed by any city in this state, for insurance companies, and those engaged in furnishing electricity for light, heat or power purposes, to charge for inspection covered by such ordinance," approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and twelve (L.1912, c. 271, p. 477).
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-26 - Sale of personal property and surplus output of county institutions

40:23-26. Sale of personal property and surplus output of county institutions  The board of chosen freeholders may sell, convey and deliver any goods, chattels, personal property, materials or equipment and any surplus product or output of any institution maintained and conducted by it, not needed for public use, and appropriate the proceeds to the legal use of the county.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-27 - Advertisement for bids where value exceeds $1,000

40:23-27. Advertisement for bids where value exceeds $1,000  Whenever it is reasonably apparent that the value of such personal property, except live stock, about to be disposed of at any one time or in the course of any one transaction is likely to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), the board of chosen freeholders shall publicly advertise for bids in the manner provided in section 40:25-8 of this Title and shall sell the property to the highest bidder. Amended by L.1947, c. 106, p. 532, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1947.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-27.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-27.3 - Sale of unneeded building to municipality for municipal purposes

40:23-27.3. Sale of unneeded building to municipality for municipal purposes  Any building or structure owned by a county which is no longer required for county purposes and which must be razed or relocated to permit the construction or reconstruction of any bridge, road or other public improvement may be sold by the county for a nominal consideration to any municipality within the county for relocation and for the use thereof for municipal purposes. L.1971, c. 288, s. 1, eff. Aug. 19, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-28 - Freeholders to furnish crushed stone to municipalities

40:23-28. Freeholders to furnish crushed stone to municipalities  In counties of the second, third and fifth classes in which there is a stone quarry and a stone crusher operated in connection therewith, owned and worked by the county, the board of chosen freeholders shall furnish and supply therefrom, free of cost, towards the making, working, mending and repairing of the public roads and highways in the municipalities of the county, and the roads and walks in public parks of such municipalities, whether the same be within or without the municipal limits of the municipality, excepting improved county roads, such quantity of crushed or broken stone, and of such size or sizes, as shall be requested by such municipalities, as hereinafter provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-29 - Maximum amount to be furnished by county

40:23-29. Maximum amount to be furnished by county  The quantity to which all such municipalities shall be entitled, and which the board of chosen freeholders shall be required to furnish and deliver, shall not exceed a total of ten thousand tons annually, to be apportioned among the several municipalities in the county, pro rata, based on the amount of the county tax raised and actually paid to the county treasurer in the preceding year.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-30 - Stone furnished on request

40:23-30. Stone furnished on request  The board of chosen freeholders shall cause to be furnished and delivered, free on board at the quarry, to any such municipality, upon the written request of the mayor, chairman or other chief executive officer thereof, and to such person as he may designate to receive the same, so much crushed or broken stone, and in such quantities and of such size or sizes, as shall from time to time be requested, not exceeding five hundred tons nor less than one hundred tons in any single requisition, and the same shall be distributed and assigned by the municipal authority of the municipality and thereafter used under the direction of the person designated by such municipal authority or officer having charge and supervision of the public roads and highways in the municipality, for the purposes specified in section 40:23-28 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-31 - Reapportionment of unclaimed stone

40:23-31. Reapportionment of unclaimed stone  If the proper authorities of any municipality shall fail to demand in writing of the board of chosen freeholders or the chairman of the committee on workhouse of the board, and provide for the shipment of the same before the first days of April, July, September and November in any year for the share or portion of crushed stone to which it shall be entitled at each quarterly distribution under the provisions of sections 40:23-28 to 40:23-33 of this title, then such portion or share shall immediately be reapportioned in the next succeeding quarterly distribution among the several municipalities of the counties as provided for in section 40:23-28 of this title; which said board of chosen freeholders shall be required to furnish and deliver under the provisions of said sections 40:23-28 to 40:23-33, and shall not exceed ten thousand tons in any year.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:23-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:23-32 - Purposes for which stone may be used

40:23-32. Purposes for which stone may be used  The stone so furnished and delivered shall be used for and applied to the purposes set forth in section 40:23-28 of this title and for no other purposes.