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NJ Rev Stat § 40:56-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56-85 - Annual licenses for business within special improvement district; fees; special account

40:56-85. Annual licenses for business within special improvement district; fees; special account  a. In lieu of, or in addition to, funding pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1972, c. 134 (C. 40:56-80) of the activities of the district management corporation to be undertaken pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act, the municipality may, by ordinance, require annual licenses for businesses operating in properties within the special improvement district, and establish fees for those licenses based on the assessment among these businesses of the aggregate amount of the annual budget of the district management corporation, approved pursuant to section 18 of this amendatory and supplementary act, which is not funded pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1972, c. 134. The ordinance may establish reasonable categories of businesses subject to licensing, and reasonable exemptions therefrom or abatements of the fees therefor. The assessments to businesses pursuant to this section shall be by floor area of licensable business space, or sales volume, or some other reasonable basis or combination of bases. b. Moneys appropriated and collected on account of annual costs to be funded pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be credited to a special account. Any balances to the credit of the account and remaining unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall be conserved and applied toward the financial requirements of the succeeding year. c. The ordinance shall provide for a reasonable appeal procedure for any administrative determination made under the provisions of this section. L.1984, c. 151, s. 19, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56-86 - Delegation of work by municipality; approval of work

40:56-86. Delegation of work by municipality; approval of work  The municipality may, by ordinance, delegate to the district management corporation the contracting of work to be done on any street or streets, or on other municipal property, included in the special improvement district. The corporation shall be a "contracting unit" within the meaning of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). The plans and specifications for the work to be contracted shall be approved by the municipal engineer prior to initiation of any action for the awarding of a contract under that act. L.1984, c. 151, s. 20, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56-87 - Inclusion of pedestrian mall or special improvement district in other improvement or rehabilitation district

40:56-87. Inclusion of pedestrian mall or special improvement district in other improvement or rehabilitation district  Nothing contained in P.L.1972, c. 134 (C. 40:56-65 et seq.) or in this amendatory and supplementary act shall prohibit a municipality from including a pedestrian mall or special improvement district within the bounds of any area, district or zone established pursuant to law, which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of properties located within those bounds, or the inducement of private enterprises to locate within those bounds, whether by the provision of tax credits, exemptions or abatements, or by provision of special public financing arrangements. The provisions for the pedestrian mall or special improvement district shall be included within the plans for the area, district or zone so established, whether by integration into the original plans or by amendment. L.1984, c. 151, s. 21, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56-88 - District management corporation; annual audit.

40:56-88 District management corporation; annual audit.  22. The district management corporation shall cause an annual audit of its books, accounts and financial transactions to be made and filed with the governing body of the municipality, and for that purpose the corporation shall employ a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The annual audit shall be completed and filed with the governing body within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the corporation. L.1984, c.151, s.22; amended 2015, c.95, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56-89 - Annual report to municipal governing body

40:56-89. Annual report to municipal governing body  The district management corporation shall, within 30 days after the close of each fiscal year, make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality. L.1984, c. 151, s. 23, eff. Sept. 10, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-2 - Powers of commission

40:56A-2. Powers of commission  An environmental commission organized under this act shall have power to conduct research into the use and possible use of the open land areas of the municipality and may coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes, and may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, charts, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary for its purposes. It shall keep an index of all open areas, publicly or privately owned, including open marshlands, swamps and other wetlands, in order to obtain information on the proper use of such areas, and may from time to time recommend to the planning board or, if none, to the mayor and governing body of the municipality plans and programs for inclusion in a municipal master plan and the development and use of such areas. L.1968, c. 245, s. 2, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 3, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-3 - Acquisitions by commission

40:56A-3. Acquisitions by commission  An environmental commission may, subject to the approval of the governing body, acquire property, both real and personal, in the name of the municipality by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise or lease for any of its purposes and shall administer the same for such purposes subject to the terms of the conveyance or gift. Such an acquisition may be to acquire the fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement (including conservation easement), covenant or other contractual right (including a conveyance on conditions or with limitations or reversions), as may be necessary to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of, or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces and other land and water areas in the municipality. L.1968, c. 245, s. 3, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 4, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-4 - Records and annual report

40:56A-4. Records and annual report  An environmental commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities and shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality. L.1968, c. 245, s. 4, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 5, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-5 - Appropriation

40:56A-5. Appropriation  The governing body of a municipality may appropriate funds for the expenses incurred by the environmental commission. The commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may from time to time require and as shall be within the limits of funds appropriated to it. L.1968, c. 245, s. 5, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 6, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-6 - Studies and recommendations

40:56A-6. Studies and recommendations  An environmental commission shall have power to study and make recommendations concerning open space preservation, water resources management, air pollution control, solid waste management, noise control, soil and landscape protection, environmental appearance, marine resources and protection of flora and fauna. L.1972, c. 35, s. 7, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-7 - Conservation commission as environmental commission

40:56A-7. Conservation commission as environmental commission  Any conservation commission established pursuant to this act shall be an environmental commission. L.1972, c. 35, s. 8, eff. May 25, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-8 - Joint environmental commission; creation by ordinance; members; compensation

40:56A-8. Joint environmental commission; creation by ordinance; members; compensation  a. The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may, by adoption of substantially similar ordinances, create a joint environmental commission for the protection, development or use of natural resources, including water resources located within their combined territorial limits. b. The number and qualifications of the members of such joint environmental commission, and their terms and methods of appointment or removal shall be such as may be determined and agreed upon by said governing bodies and set forth in the ordinance creating such joint commission, except that (1) when such joint commission is created by two municipalities only, there shall be at least three members from each municipality; (2) when such joint commission is created by three or more municipalities, there shall be at least two members from each municipality; (3) at least one member from each municipality shall be a member of the planning board (if any) of the municipality, and (4) a majority of the members of the joint commission shall hold no other public office, except membership on a municipal or other planning board. c. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may receive reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the commission. L.1975, c. 334, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-9 - Chairman; qualifications; term of office

40:56A-9. Chairman; qualifications; term of office  A joint environmental commission shall elect its chairman, who shall hold no other public office or position, except that he may be a member of a municipal or other planning board. The term of the chairman shall be 1 year, and he shall be eligible to succeed himself unless the ordinance creating the commission shall otherwise provide. The ordinance creating such commission may provide that the chairmanship of the commission be rotated annually so that over each period of years corresponding to the number of participating municipalities it shall be held in each year by a member appointed from a different participating municipality. L.1975, c. 334, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-10 - Expenses; apportionment; appropriation

40:56A-10. Expenses; apportionment; appropriation  The proportion of the expenses of the joint environmental commission to be borne by each participating municipality shall be such as may be determined and agreed upon by the participating municipalities, and said municipalities are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of such expenses. Within the limits thus agreed upon and duly appropriated the commission may employ such clerical and technical or other assistants and may incur such other expenses as it may deem necessary to carry out its functions. L.1975, c. 334, s. 3, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-11 - Functions, duties and powers

40:56A-11. Functions, duties and powers  A commission created pursuant to this supplementary act shall have, with respect to all the participating municipalities, and to each of them, all the functions, duties and powers of an environmental commission established in a single municipality under sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1968, c. 245 (C. 40:56A-2 and 40:56A-3) and section 7 of P.L.1972, c. 35 (C. 40:56A-6). L.1975, c. 334, s. 4, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:56A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:56A-12 - Succession of established commission by joint commission; transfers

40:56A-12. Succession of established commission by joint commission; transfers  If any municipality which has heretofore established an environmental commission under the act to which this act is a supplement shall enter into participation in a joint environmental commission, such environmental commission heretofore established shall be abolished upon the taking effect of the ordinance establishing the joint environmental commission, and the terms of the members of such abolished environmental commission shall immediately cease and terminate. Except as may otherwise be provided in the ordinance establishing such joint commission, all employees of such abolished environmental commission and all the records, property and funds in its possession or under its control shall be transferred to the joint environmental commission, and all its debts and other financial obligations shall be assumed by the joint environmental commission. L.1975, c. 334, s. 5, eff. March 3, 1976.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:58-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:58-1 - Municipal forestry; establishment

40:58-1. Municipal forestry; establishment  The governing body of any municipality may use any of its lands for forest growth, and may cut and sell any timber found or grown upon such land, and may enter into contracts with the board of conservation and development for the control and management of lands of such municipality for forestry purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:58-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:58-2 - Land used for forestry

40:58-2. Land used for forestry  Any and all lands of any municipality used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed to be used for public purposes and devoted to public uses.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:59-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:59-1 - Acquisition of lands and buildings; construction

40:59-1. Acquisition of lands and buildings; construction  The governing body may acquire and maintain market buildings and market facilities, or additional market buildings or market facilities, and may erect such building or buildings, and acquire such lands by purchase, gift or condemnation as in its judgment are suitable and necessary for market purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:59-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:59-2 - Rents; use of revenues; deficiencies met by taxation

40:59-2. Rents; use of revenues; deficiencies met by taxation  The body or board having charge of such market or markets may charge and collect reasonable fees for the use thereof and the revenue derived therefrom shall be paid into the municipal treasury and applied: first, to the maintenance, improvement and extension of public markets; second, to the payment of interest on any outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; third, to the principal sum accruing on such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, and, fourth, to the general expenses of the municipality after the payment in full of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. Any deficiency in the payment of the cost of maintaining the public markets and the principal and interest of bonds issued to provide the same, after the application of the revenue as aforesaid, shall be raised and levied by taxation from year to year.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:59-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:59-3 - Regulation of market

40:59-3. Regulation of market  In any municipality where no board or body is provided by statute for the management of a public market, the governing body shall provide by ordinance for the government and regulation of any public market that may be established under this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:59-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:59-4 - Market commissioner; appointment, term and compensation

40:59-4. Market commissioner; appointment, term and compensation  There may be created in each such municipality the office of market commissioner. The market commissioner shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality and shall hold his office for a term of one year. His salary shall be fixed by the governing body.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:59-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:59-5 - Market commissioner; duties

40:59-5. Market commissioner; duties  The market commissioner shall gather data, make investigations and obtain information as to prevailing prices of food-stuffs and shall daily publish in the municipality a fair price list, giving in detail what, in his opinion, as a result of his investigation, prices for foodstuffs should be in such municipality from day to day.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-10 - Property of certain societies transferred in trust to municipality; purposes

40:60-10. Property of certain societies transferred in trust to municipality; purposes  Whenever any school society or religious organization of this state owns real or personal property and, owing to the establishment and existence of free schools and other public institutions, the society or organization finds it impossible or impracticable to continue in existence for the purposes for which it was created, desires to convey any such property to any municipality for the purpose of establishing free reading rooms, libraries or other institutions for the public benefit, such society or organization may convey the same to the municipality in trust for such purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-11 - Acceptance of property in trust; appointment of trustees

40:60-11. Acceptance of property in trust; appointment of trustees  The governing body of any municipality which is or shall be the beneficiary of such a trust may accept it for the purposes set forth in section 40:60-10 of this title and may appoint any number of trustees designated by the terms and under the conditions of the trust instrument.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-12 - Purchase of lands adjoining trust lands; bonds; use of income and proceeds

40:60-12. Purchase of lands adjoining trust lands; bonds; use of income and proceeds  Any society or organization designated in section 40:60-10 of this title may sell to the municipality any lands owned by it and adjoining the lands conveyed in trust as provided in said section 40:60-10. The municipality may purchase such adjoining lands for the purposes aforesaid, and may issue bonds not to exceed ten thousand dollars in payment therefor; provided, that the interest accruing upon said bonds shall be used and devoted for the purpose of maintaining said trust and carrying out the purposes thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-13 - Municipality not liable for misappropriation of funds

40:60-13. Municipality not liable for misappropriation of funds  Nothing in sections 40:60-10 to 40:60-12 of this title contained shall be construed to make any municipality liable for the misappropriation of the funds created by the trust, nor to make good any diminution thereof resulting from the wrongful acts of its agents or any person appointed in conformity with the terms and conditions of the deed or instrument creating the trust. If, however, any agent or officer of the municipality is under bonds thereto, and upon default the municipality recovers from the sureties on the bond a sum sufficient to pay or make good the amount of misappropriation of the funds of the trust, the municipality shall make good the same out of the amount so received. No misappropriation of the funds aforesaid shall in anywise affect the trust.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-14 - Property held in trust for municipality; appointment of new trustee

40:60-14. Property held in trust for municipality; appointment of new trustee  L.1900, c. 21, p. 37 (C.S. p. 3508, s. 211), entitled "An act relating to property held in trust for municipal corporations," approved March seventh, one thousand nine hundred, saved from repeal. [This act relates to property held in trust for municipalities before March 7, 1900, and provides for the appointment of new trustees upon the death of a trustee.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-15 - Public buildings as memorials; subscriptions

40:60-15. Public buildings as memorials; subscriptions  The governing body may by ordinance provide for the construction within the limits of the municipality, under the direction of a commission as hereinafter constituted, with the aid of gifts by subscription or otherwise, of hospitals, schools or other public buildings, to be dedicated to public use as permanent memorials commemorative of the services of soldiers and sailors of the United States in any war in which the United States has participated.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-16 - Ordinance for construction; contributions to be paid before contract executed

40:60-16. Ordinance for construction; contributions to be paid before contract executed  When the governing body shall determine by ordinance to erect any such public memorial building, provision therein shall be made for the acceptance by the municipality of gifts of real or personal property from any person for such purpose. The ordinance shall provide for the acquisition of a suitable site for the memorial, to be acquired in whole or in part, as may be necessary, by purchase, condemnation or gift, and shall appropriate such sum of money as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose, over and above the amount or portion raised or to be raised by gift or subscription. Such ordinance shall also indicate therein the proportion the sum appropriated is to bear to the whole cost, including the furnishing and equipment thereof. The construction of the memorial shall not be begun nor finally contracted for, as hereinafter provided, until the full amount to be raised by gift or contribution has been received by the municipality.