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NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-22 - Results canvassed and certified; contents of certificate

40:76-22. Results canvassed and certified; contents of certificate  The election officers shall report to the municipal clerk, immediately after completing the count of the ballots, a true and correct statement in writing under their hands of the results of the election and the clerk shall certify the results of the election to the board of commissioners at its first meeting thereafter, and the same shall be entered at large in the minutes of the board. The clerk shall also certify the results to the secretary of state. In such certificates the clerk shall specify whether or not a majority of the votes are in favor of the proposition, and if they are, he shall further specify whether or not the number of votes cast in favor of the proposition is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-23 - Vote required for adoption; effect of adoption; exceptions

40:76-23. Vote required for adoption; effect of adoption; exceptions  If the certificate of the municipal clerk shows that both the majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition and that the number of the votes cast in favor thereof is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons voting in the municipality at the last preceding general election, then the officers provided for under the law adopted for the government of such municipality at the special election shall be nominated and elected at the next succeeding primary and general elections in accordance with the provisions of the laws relating to elections in so far as such provisions are consistent with the provisions of the law adopted for the government of such municipality at the special election. The municipal clerk shall take such steps and make such arrangements, as would be required of him were he in fact the clerk of a municipality being governed under the law adopted at the special election, as are required by law to provide for the nomination and election of the officers provided for under the law adopted for the government of such municipality at the special election. The board of commissioners are hereby required and empowered to raise any funds necessary for this purpose, and upon the election, qualification and organization of the officers provided for under the law adopted for the government of such municipality at the special election, the commission form of government shall be ipso facto abolished in such municipality and such municipality shall cease to be governed by the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), and the terms of all the members of the board of commissioners and all other officers, with the exception of the members of the board of education and the trustees of the public library, in such municipality, whether elective or appointive, shall immediately cease and determine, and such municipality shall become a municipality under the law which was adopted for its government at the special election. Such change shall not affect the property, right, or liability of any nature of the municipality, but shall merely extend to such change in the form of government. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the term of office of any policeman, fireman or other employee of any police or fire department, veteran of any war, or other official or employee now protected by a tenure of office act. When the municipality is operating under the provisions of subtitle 3 of the title Civil Service (s. 11:19-1 et seq.), at the time of the abolition of the commission form of government therein, nothing herein contained relative to the termination of his term or to his dismissal or discharge shall apply to a person holding a position or office coming within the classified service of the civil service law.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-24 - Application and operation of certain laws not affected

40:76-24. Application and operation of certain laws not affected  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the application of chapter eight of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes, nor shall anything herein be construed to impair the operation of chapter three of this Title. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 737, s. 249, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-25 - Educational system unaffected

40:76-25. Educational system unaffected  The system of public education in any municipality which may take advantage of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-26 - Proposition not adopted, resubmission to voters.

40:76-26 Proposition not adopted, resubmission to voters.  40:76-26. If a majority of the votes cast at the special election are against the proposition submitted, no other petition for the submission, to the voters of such municipality, of the same proposition, as provided for in this chapter shall be filed with the clerk within two years thereafter, except that an ordinance proposed by petition to increase or decrease either the term of office of the members of the governing body or the number of members of the governing body, or regarding the division of the municipality into a number of wards, shall not be submitted to the voters of the municipality more than once in any 10-year period, after which date, upon the presentation of another petition or request as provided for herein, the same procedure shall be had, and the same proposition shall be again submitted to a vote in the manner herein prescribed and with the same force and effect. amended 2009, c.339, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:76-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:76-27 - Certain acts prohibited; penalties

40:76-27. Certain acts prohibited; penalties  Any person not an elector who shall willfully and knowingly sign any petition provided for in this chapter, and any person who shall willfully and knowingly advise, aid or abet any person not an elector to sign any petition provided for in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:78-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:78-1 - Villages coextensive with township; certain township offices abolished

40:78-1. Villages coextensive with township; certain township offices abolished  In any township where there exists a village operating under the commission form of government, the boundaries or territorial limits of which are coextensive with those of the township after excepting or excluding such portions of the township as may be included in the territorial limits of any borough, the offices of township clerk, assessor and collector are hereby abolished.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:78-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:78-2 - Clerk to turn over records; village clerk to act

40:78-2. Clerk to turn over records; village clerk to act  The clerk of such township shall forthwith turn over to the clerk of such village, all books, papers, vouchers and assets of the township being in his hands as such clerk, and the village clerk shall perform all the duties of the office of township clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:78-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:78-3 - Village assessor succeeds township assessor

40:78-3. Village assessor succeeds township assessor  The governing body of the village may appoint a village assessor who shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon or required of the township assessor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:78-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:78-4 - Village collector to succeed township collector

40:78-4. Village collector to succeed township collector  The governing body of the village may appoint a collector for the village who shall have all the powers, duties, privileges and liabilities by law conferred upon or required of the township collector. The township collector shall, immediately on the appointment of the village collector, deliver to the village collector all books, papers, vouchers, moneys and assets of the township and of the village in his hands as collector.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:78-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:78-5 - Salaries of assessor and collector

40:78-5. Salaries of assessor and collector  The governing body of the village may by ordinance fix the salaries of the village assessor and village collector, which shall not be increased or diminished during their respective terms of office.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-1 - Short title

40:79-1. Short title  This subtitle shall be known as "the municipal manager form of government law" .
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-2 - Definition of terms

40:79-2. Definition of terms  As used in this subtitle: "Municipality" means any city, town, village, borough, township or any municipality governed by boards of commissioners or improvement commissions which has heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of municipalities, except counties, by a municipal council and a municipal manager," approved March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, or which shall adopt or take proceedings to adopt this subtitle. "Municipal council" means the governing body of such municipality, which body shall be known as the city council, town council, village council, borough council or township council, as the case may be. "Municipal clerk" means the city clerk, town clerk, village clerk, borough clerk or township clerk, as the case may be, of such municipality. "Municipal attorney" means the city attorney, town attorney, village attorney, borough attorney or township attorney, of the municipality, as the case may be. "Municipal manager" means the chief executive and administrative officer of any such municipality who shall be known as the city manager, town manager, village manager, borough manager or township manager, as the case may be. "Department head" means the executive or administrative head of a subdivision of the municipal government acting under the immediate direction of the municipal council or municipal manager.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-3 - Municipalities governed by this subtitle; exception

40:79-3. Municipalities governed by this subtitle; exception  All municipalities which shall have heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of municipalities, except counties, by a municipal council and a municipal manager," approved March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and all municipalities which shall hereafter adopt the provisions of this subtitle, shall be governed by a municipal council and a municipal manager in the manner herein in this subtitle set forth, but no municipality governed by the provisions of subtitle 4 of this title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), shall institute proceedings hereunder for the adoption of this subtitle unless and until said subtitle 4 of this title, or the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of cities, towns, townships, boroughs, villages and municipalities governed by boards of commissioners or improvement commissions in this state" (title as amended), approved April twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, or both said subtitle 4 of this title and said last mentioned act shall have been operative and in effect in such municipality for four years.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-4 - Additional powers

40:79-4. Additional powers  Every municipality governed by this subtitle shall exercise, in addition to the powers enumerated herein, all powers delegated to such municipality by any other general or special law, not inconsistent with the powers enumerated herein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-5 - Other laws applicable

40:79-5. Other laws applicable  It is the intention of this subtitle that the provisions of subtitle 3 of this title (s. 40:42-1 et seq.), shall be applicable whenever not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:79-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:79-6 - Liberal construction

40:79-6. Liberal construction  In the construction of any portion of this subtitle whose meaning or application is in dispute, it is intended that its phraseology shall be liberally construed to effectuate the substantial objects hereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-1 - Special election; petition

40:80-1. Special election; petition  The legal voters of any municipality may adopt this subtitle at a special election to be held in such municipality, to be called by the municipal clerk upon request or petition in writing of the legal voters of the municipality not less in number than fifteen per centum (15%) of the number of persons who voted at the last preceding general election held for the purpose of electing all of the members of the general assembly as shown by the official canvass. At this election no other proposition shall be voted upon. Amended by L.1950, c. 65, p. 118, s. 2, eff. April 25, 1950.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-2 - Clerk to call election; notice

40:80-2. Clerk to call election; notice  Upon the filing of such petition or request in writing with the municipal clerk, he shall forthwith call an election, to be held on the fourth Tuesday following the date of the filing of the petition with him, but such special election shall not be held within four weeks of the municipal election. The clerk shall cause public notice of the time and place of holding such election to be given by advertisement signed by himself and posted in at least twenty conspicuous places distributed throughout the municipality, and published for at least two issues on different days previous to the time of such election in at least one newspaper which has been so published in such municipality for at least six months last past, and if there be no such newspaper then in a newspaper having a general circulation therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-3 - Ballot; number, form and content

40:80-3. Ballot; number, form and content  The municipal clerk shall provide double the number of ballots as there were voters registered for the last preceding general election in such municipality, to be printed upon plain, substantial white paper, in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross ( x ) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross ( x ) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall subtitle 5 of the title [ ] YES Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes (s. 40:79-1 et seq.), [ ] NO providing for municipal manager form of government, be adopted in .................... (here insert name of municipality)?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-4 - Place of holding election

40:80-4. Place of holding election  The election shall be held at the usual place or places for holding the general election, if the same is practicable. If not practicable, the municipal clerk shall provide a suitable voting place in each election district in such municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-5 - Election agents; designated by petition

40:80-5. Election agents; designated by petition  Two agents for each election district may be designated by a petition signed by legal voters of the municipality equal in number to at least three per centum (3%) of the number of persons who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election, held for the election of all of the members of the General Assembly. The petition shall name the agents designated and their respective districts, and shall be filed with the municipal clerk not later than the Tuesday next preceding the election. The petition shall bear on its face the name of a representative authorized to act for the petitioners in filling vacancies in the designation of any agent or agents named therein which may arise after the filing of said petition. Upon the filing of the petition the municipal clerk shall forthwith issue, under his hand, to each person designated therein a permit for him to act as agent in the election district specified in the petition. The permit shall be evidence of the right of the person named therein to be present in the polling place of the election district for which he has been designated and to challenge the right to vote therein of any person claiming such right and to be present while the ballots cast are being counted and to hear and see such ballots counted. The grounds for challenge and the procedure for disposition thereof shall be the same as prescribed by the laws regulating general elections. No signature shall be counted as valid for more than one petition and should any voter sign two or more petitions his signature shall be void as to the petition or petitioners last filed. A vacancy arising with respect to any agent shall be filled by the representative appointed in the petition designating such agent. Such appointment shall be certified to the municipal clerk, who shall forthwith issue a permit in the manner hereinbefore prescribed for agents designated by petition. Amended by L.1948, c. 6, p. 52, s. 1, eff. April 5, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-6 - Time polls to be open; election officers; report

40:80-6. Time polls to be open; election officers; report  The polls shall remain open from seven o'clock in the forenoon until nine o'clock at night, and the election shall be conducted by the same election officers and in the manner prescribed by the laws regulating elections, and such officers shall report to the municipal clerk immediately after completing the count of the ballots a true and correct statement in writing under their hands of the results of such election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-7 - Clerk to certify result

40:80-7. Clerk to certify result  The municipal clerk, within five days after the election, shall certify the results thereof to each member of the governing body of such municipality, enter the same at large in the minute books of said body and certify the same to the secretary of state. In such certificate he shall specify whether or not a majority of the votes cast are for the adoption of this subtitle, and if they are, he shall further specify whether or not the number of votes cast in favor of the adoption of this subtitle is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-8 - Vote required for adoption

40:80-8. Vote required for adoption  If it appears that both the majority of the votes cast are for the adoption of this subtitle, and that the number of votes cast for the adoption of this subtitle is equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the number of persons voting in such municipality at the last preceding general election, this subtitle, commencing on a date four weeks immediately following such election, shall in all respects, except as herein otherwise provided, become and be operative in such municipality and be binding upon its inhabitants and upon all persons and property to be affected thereby.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-9 - If majority against adoption no petition for two years

40:80-9. If majority against adoption no petition for two years  If a majority of the votes cast are against the adoption of this subtitle no other petition for its adoption shall be filed in such municipality within two years thereafter, after which date, upon the presentation of another petition or request as hereinbefore provided the same procedure shall be had, and the question of the adoption or rejection of this subtitle again submitted to a vote in the manner herein prescribed and with the same force and effect.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-10 - Corporate existence and name continued

40:80-10. Corporate existence and name continued  The corporate existence of any municipality, adopting this subtitle shall be continued and its corporate name and seal shall not be changed by such adoption, and all laws, general or special, relating to such municipality shall, except so far as inconsistent with this subtitle, apply to such municipality and it shall exercise the powers and duties thereby conferred and imposed.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:80-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:80-11 - Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; exceptions

40:80-11. Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; exceptions  Upon the adoption of this subtitle and upon the organization of the municipal council elected hereunder the governing body or bodies and all other executive and legislative bodies shall be ipso facto abolished, and the terms of all councilmen, aldermen, commissioners or trustees and all other elective officers shall immediately cease and determine. The term of all appointive officials and subordinates shall cease and determine at the end of four weeks after the organization of the municipal council, but the municipal council may by resolution terminate the employment of any such persons at any time during said four weeks' period but the term of such officials and subordinates shall continue until their successors are appointed and qualify. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to terminate the term of office of any member of the board of education, trustees of the free public library, policeman, fireman, or other employee of any police or fire department, veteran of any war, or official or employee now protected by any tenure of office law. If the municipality is operating under the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, at the time of the adoption of this subtitle, nothing in this subtitle contained shall affect the tenure of office of any person holding any position or office coming within the provisions of said Title 11 as it applies to said officers and employees.