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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-2 - Declaration of necessity of legislation

40:11A-2. Declaration of necessity of legislation
It is hereby determined and declared:
(a) That the greatly increased use by the public of motor vehicles of all kinds has caused serious traffic congestion on the streets of urban centers of population in the municipalities of this State.
(b) That the parking of an excessive number of motor vehicles on the streets has contributed to this congestion to such an extent as to interfere seriously with the primary use of such streets for the movement of traffic.
(c) That such parking prevents the free circulation of traffic in, through and from municipalities, impedes rapid and effective fighting of fires and the disposition of police forces and endangers the health, safety and welfare of the general public.
(d) That such parking threatens irreparable loss in valuations of property in the municipalities which can no longer be readily reached by vehicular traffic.
(e) That this parking crisis which threatens the welfare of the community can be reduced by providing sufficient off-street and on-street parking facilities properly located in the several residential, commercial and industrial areas of municipalities.
(f) That adequate provision of properly located terminal space for automobiles is a public responsibility.
(g) That the parking problem cannot be remedied by regulatory processes and cannot be effectively dealt with by private enterprise.
(h) That the establishment of parking authorities will promote the public safety, convenience and welfare and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 975, s. 2. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 621, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1954.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-4 - Creation of parking authorities

40:11A-4. Creation of parking authorities
The governing body of any county or municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, create a public body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the State to be known as the "Parking Authority of the ," inserting all or any significant part of the name of the municipality or county creating such authority. The creating resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, may provide that no real property shall be acquired by the power of eminent domain without the consent of the governing body. Such authority shall constitute an agency and instrumentality of the municipality or county creating it. Thereupon the governing body shall, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, appoint five persons as commissioners of the authority. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of 5 years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
The governing body of any county, or of any municipality with a population of 35,000 or more, may by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, provide for the appointment of two additional commissioners who shall serve 1- and 2-year terms, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter, such commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid, and in the case of a municipality which has adopted a "Mayor-Council Plan" of government pursuant to the provisions of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c. 210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.), the mayor shall appoint the two additional commissioners, to terms of five years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
No municipality the area of which has been included (with its consent) within the area of operation of a parking authority created by a county shall thereafter create a parking authority.
Upon the creation of any such authority, the clerk shall certify a copy of the ordinance or resolution creating the parking authority, and also a copy of the resolution or ordinance appointing the first commissioners thereof, which documents shall be filed with the clerk of the county and be recorded in records of certificates of incorporation, and the clerk of the county shall cause duplicate certified copies of said documents to be filed forthwith with the Secretary of State.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 978, s. 4. Amended by L.1953, c. 153, p. 1367, s. 1; L.1954, c. 138, p. 624, s. 3; L.1958, c. 22, p. 58, s. 2, eff. April 22, 1958; L.1978, c. 144, s. 1 eff. Nov. 22, 1978; L.1981, c. 462, s. 33; L.1982, c. 151, s. 1, eff. Oct. 13, 1982; L.1983, c. 99, s. 1, eff. March 11, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-4.1 - Authorization for parking authority to serve as redevelopment entity.

40:11A-4.1 Authorization for parking authority to serve as redevelopment entity.
1. a. A municipality, by ordinance, may authorize its parking authority to serve as a redevelopment entity under the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.), and to exercise redevelopment powers within an area in need of redevelopment or in an area in need of rehabilitation in the municipality, subject to prior review and approval of the Local Finance Board pursuant to the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.).
b. In addition to the other powers and purposes of a municipal parking authority, a parking authority that is authorized to serve as a redevelopment entity is authorized to exercise all those public and essential governmental functions necessary or convenient to effectuate the purposes of the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.) and the terms of the redevelopment plan. If a parking authority is so authorized, the authority shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.). Parking authority members and any executive director shall be subject to the course requirements of sections 46 and 47 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-46 and 40A:12A-47) upon the authority being authorized to serve as a redevelopment entity. The parking authority may require applicants for employment to submit to criminal history background checks subject to the provisions of P.L.1997, c.265 (C.40A:12A-22.1 et seq.). Revenue from fees charged for parking shall be utilized solely for the purposes set forth in section 6 of P.L.1948, c.198 (C.40:11A-6).
L.2017, c.253, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-6.1 - Audit of accounts of parking authority annually; filing

40:11A-6.1. Audit of accounts of parking authority annually; filing
It shall be the duty of every "parking authority," created pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the authority to be made and filed with the authority, and for this purpose the authority shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury within five days after the original report is filed with the authority.
L.1952, c. 303, p. 1020, s. 1, eff. June 12, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-6.2 - Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing

40:11A-6.2. Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing
Every such "parking authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in addition shall file a certified copy of all bond proceedings with the said director.
L.1952, c. 303, p. 1020, s. 2, eff. June 12, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-6.3 - Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program created by municipal parking authority.

40:11A-6.3 Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program created by municipal parking authority.
2. a. The commissioners of a municipal parking authority created pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1948, c.98 (C.40:11A-1 et seq.) by resolution, may create a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program to provide senior citizens age 60 or older who reside in the municipality with reduced parking permit rates and program-restricted parking spaces within areas of the municipality under the jurisdiction of the authority for a single automobile registered to the senior citizen. Under such a program, a senior citizen shall receive the parking discount, and be permitted to park in a program-restricted parking space, if the senior citizen is driving his or her own automobile, or if he or she is a passenger in his or her automobile while the automobile is being driven by another person.
b. A municipal parking authority that creates a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall determine the application process for the program, the cost of a reduced-rate parking permit and decal, and the number, and location of program-restricted parking spaces, and shall post that information on the municipality's website, if one exists, and on the parking authority's website, if one exists, and shall make the information available in printed form at the office of the municipal clerk. A municipal parking authority that participates in the program shall not charge an application fee to senior citizens applying for a reduced-rate parking permit, but may charge fees for the issuance or renewal of a permit.
c. The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall design and shall make available to municipal parking authorities that create a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program signs that identify program-restricted parking spaces. A municipal parking authority that creates a Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program pursuant to this section shall erect the signs as appropriate within parking areas owned and operated by the municipal parking authority where program-restricted parking spaces are available. Signs erected pursuant to this section shall be consistent with applicable federal standards including those prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, if applicable.
L.2015, c.179, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-7 - Right of eminent domain

40:11A-7. Right of eminent domain
An authority shall have right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes unless in the resolution or ordinance creating the authority it is provided that no real property shall be acquired in said manner without the consent of the governing body, in which case said power shall not be exercised without said consent. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner provided that no real property belonging to a public body or any corporation itself possessing the power of eminent domain may be acquired without its consent.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 983, s. 7. Amended by L.1953, c. 153, p. 1368, s. 2; L.1954, c. 138, p. 628, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-7.1 - Relocation or removal of public utility facilities

40:11A-7.1. Relocation or removal of public utility facilities
Whenever an authority, or any municipality or county which has acquired by purchase or condemnation real property for any project or for the widening of existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways or for new roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways to any project or partly for such purposes and partly for other municipal or county purposes, shall determine that it is necessary that any tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances (herein called "public utility facilities" ) of any public utility as defined in section 27:7-1 of the Revised Statutes in, on, along, over or under any project or any real property acquired as aforesaid, should be relocated in, or removed from, such project or real property acquired as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating such public utility facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of such authority, municipality or county; provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such public utility facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such property, shall be ascertained and paid by the authority, municipality or county making such order. In case of any such relocation or removal of public utility facilities as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such public utility facilities in their former location or locations.
L.1954, c. 138, p. 636, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-8 - Bonds; power to issue.

40:11A-8 Bonds; power to issue.
8. Every authority shall have power to issue its bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes, including: the paying or retiring of any bonds previously issued by it; paying the cost of retiring the present value of the unfunded accrued liability due and owing by an authority, as calculated by the system actuary for a date certain upon the request of an authority, for early retirement incentive benefits granted by the authority pursuant to P.L.1991, c.230 and P.L.1993, c.181; and the payment of any expense incurred or expected to be incurred and payable by it. Said authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the parking project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated parking projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the Federal Government, State or county, or municipality, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any parking project, projects or other property of the authority. This act shall be complete authority for the issuance of bonds by an authority, and the provisions of any other law shall not apply to the issuance of such bonds. Whenever and for so long as any authority has issued and has outstanding bonds pursuant to this act, it shall be the mandatory duty of the authority to fix, charge and collect rents, rates and other charges in accordance with clause (f) of paragraph (4) of section 6 of this act.
L.1948,c.198,s.8; amended 1954, c.138, s.6; 1958, c.22, s.4; 2002, c.42, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-9 - Bonds; liability

40:11A-9. Bonds; liability
Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the State or any political subdivision thereof except the authority or a public body which in accordance with this act shall have guaranteed payment of principal of and interest on the same, and neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof other than the authority or such a public body shall be liable thereon. Except to the extent and for the purposes otherwise expressly provided by other laws, the bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities, and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 984, s. 9. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 629, s. 7; L.1958, c. 22, p. 63, s. 5, eff. April 22, 1958.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-10 - Bonds; provisions

40:11A-10. Bonds; provisions
Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolutions and may be issued in 1 or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding 6% per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution or the trust indenture or mortgage (hereinafter mentioned) securing such bonds may provide. The bonds of a parking authority may be sold by the parking authority at public or private sale to such person or persons (whether or not constituting technical experts or agents referred to in section 5 of this act, either bidding alone or in conjunction with others) and at such price or prices as the parking authority shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue of bonds (computed according to standard tables of bond values) shall not exceed 6% per annum.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 984, s. 10. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 629, s. 8; L.1958, c. 22, p. 64, s. 6, eff. April 22, 1958.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-11 - Bonds; validity

40:11A-11. Bonds; validity
In case of any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such delivery. All bonds issued under the provisions of this act are hereby made and declared to be negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of this State. (Subtitle 1 of Title 7 of the Revised Statutes.)
L.1948, c. 198, p. 985, s. 11. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 630, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-13 - Rights of obligees

40:11A-13. Rights of obligees
An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee;
(a) By action or proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, to compel said authority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of said authority with or for the benefit of such obligee, and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of said authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon said authority by this act.
(b) By action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of said authority.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 987, s. 13. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 632, s. 10, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-14 - Securing bonds by mortgage or trust indenture; powers of authority after default; pledge of revenue

40:11A-14. Securing bonds by mortgage or trust indenture; powers of authority after default; pledge of revenue
(1) Any bonds or any issue or issues of bonds of an authority may, in the discretion of the authority, be secured by a mortgage or trust indenture by and between the authority and a trustee or trustees within or without the State of New Jersey. Any such mortgage or trust indenture or any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds may include and set forth the agreements, covenants, pledges and other provisions on the part of the authority to be performed and made by the authority pursuant to this act in order to secure the payment of such bonds.
(2) An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instrument, by suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:
(a) To cause possession of any parking project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee.
(b) To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any parking project of said authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom who may enter and take possession of such parking project or any part thereof and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said authority as the court shall direct.
(c) To require said authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
(3) Any pledge of revenues or other moneys made by an authority pursuant to this act shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act; and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution or resolutions, mortgage or trust indenture, nor any other instrument by which such pledge is created, need be recorded.
(4) In the event of a default by an authority which results in title to a parking project passing to a private mortgagee or person, all tax exemption privilege or other special privilege accorded to such parking project because of its public nature shall cease, except exemptions from tax of bonds or the interest thereon or the income therefrom.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 988, s. 14. Amended by L.1958, c. 22, p. 65, s. 7, eff. April 22, 1958.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-15 - Real property exempt from levy

40:11A-15. Real property exempt from levy
All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of any authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees or revenues.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 989, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-16 - Bonds; legal investment for banks and trustees

40:11A-16. Bonds; legal investment for banks and trustees
Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this State, the State and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a parking authority created pursuant to this parking authority law and any amendments thereto; it being the purpose of this act to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including (but not limited to) sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations and that such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 989, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-17 - Contracts respecting labor and materials

40:11A-17. Contracts respecting labor and materials
Subject to any of the foregoing provisions any authority may but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of such authority enter into and carry out such contracts or establish or comply with such rules and regulations concerning labor and materials and other related matters in connection with any project or portion thereof as the authority may deem desirable or as may be requested by any Federal agency that may assist in the financing of such project or any part thereof.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 990, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-18 - Powers of authority pertaining to other governmental agencies

40:11A-18. Powers of authority pertaining to other governmental agencies
In addition to the powers conferred upon any authority by other provisions of this act, every authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the Federal Government, and, with the consent of the county or municipality to acquire, take over or lease, or manage, any parking project or undertaking constructed or owned by such county or municipality or any meters, equipment or other facilities of such county or municipality devoted to the parking or storage of vehicles of any kind or necessary or useful and convenient in connection therewith or with the promotion of the free movement of traffic, and to these ends, to comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements, as may be necessary, convenient or desirable. It is the purpose and intent of this act to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or co-operation of the Federal Government, the State Government, or any county or municipality in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any parking project by such authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the rents, rates and fees to be charged in the operation by a parking authority of any off-street parking project owned or leased by it shall be regulated and determined solely by the authority, and the local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of a municipality or county regulating the parking of vehicles shall apply to said project but only to such extent as may from time to time be approved by resolution of the authority.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 990, s. 18. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 630, s. 10; L.1958, c. 22, p. 66, s. 8, eff. April 22, 1958.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-19 - Taxation exemption

40:11A-19. Taxation exemption
Every parking project and all property of the parking authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death, and in lieu of taxes by political subdivisions upon the property of a parking authority, the authority which owns or holds such property may agree to make payments to a political subdivision for the services, improvements or facilities furnished by it for the benefit of a parking project.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 991, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-20 - Restriction on alteration of powers

40:11A-20. Restriction on alteration of powers
The provisions of this act shall constitute a part of any and all contracts entered into by an authority created hereunder for the benefit and security of the creditors of such authority, and the State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and agree with any person, firm or corporation or Federal agency subscribing to or acquiring the bonds issued by the authority for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of any project or facilities or part thereof that the State of New Jersey will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority and in the holders of such bonds until all bonds at any time issued together with the interest thereon and any premiums upon the redemption thereof are fully met and discharged. The State of New Jersey does further pledge in the event that any Federal agency shall contribute or agree to contribute any funds for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of any project or any portion thereof, the State of New Jersey will not alter or limit the rights and powers of the authority in any manner which would be inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of the project or the improvement thereof or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the authority and any such Federal agency and the authority shall continue to have and may exercise all powers herein granted so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of this act and the purposes of the United States in the construction or improvement or enlargement of the project or such portion thereof.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 991, s. 20. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 631, s. 11, eff. July 12, 1954.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-21 - Municipal and county co-operation

40:11A-21. Municipal and county co-operation
Any city, town, borough, village, township, or county, located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a parking authority organized pursuant to this chapter, or any amendments thereto, shall have the power from time to time to grant, appropriate, donate, contribute, or lend money to such authority or to agree to take such action.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 992, s. 21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.1 - Parking enforcement officer

40:11A-22.1. Parking enforcement officer
As used in this act, a parking enforcement officer means a person appointed pursuant to this act to exercise the power and authority described in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 22 of P.L. 1948, c. 198 (C. 40:11A-22(3)(d)). Parking enforcement officers are not special law enforcement officers within the meaning of P.L. 1985, c. 439 (C. 40A:14-146.8 et al.) and are not members of the police force of the municipality for which the parking authority shall have been created. Parking enforcement officers are not eligible for membership in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System established pursuant to P.L. 1944, c. 255 (C. 43:16A-1 et seq.).
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.2 - Qualification for appointment as parking enforcement officer.

40:11A-22.2 Qualification for appointment as parking enforcement officer.
3. No person may be appointed as a parking enforcement officer unless the person:
a. is a resident of this State during the term of appointment;
b. is able to read, write, and speak the English language proficiently;
c. has the mental capacity and physical ability to perform the tasks of parking enforcement officer;
d. is of good moral character;
e. has not been convicted of any offense involving dishonesty or which would make the person unfit to perform the duties of the office.
L.1987, c.291, s.3; amended 2013, c.103, s.107.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.3 - Fingerprinting

40:11A-22.3. Fingerprinting
Every applicant for the position of parking enforcement officer appointed pursuant to this act shall have fingerprints taken, which fingerprints shall be filed with the Division of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.4 - Eligibility determination

40:11A-22.4. Eligibility determination
Before any parking enforcement officer is appointed pursuant to this act, the chief of police, or, in the absence of the chief, other chief law enforcement officer of the municipality shall ascertain the eligibility and qualifications of the applicant and report these determinations in writing to the appointing authority.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.5 - Firearms banned

40:11A-22.5. Firearms banned
No parking enforcement officer may carry a firearm while engaged in the actual performance of the officer's official duties. A parking enforcement officer shall be deemed to be on duty only while the officer is performing the public safety functions enumerated in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 22 of P.L.1948, c. 198 (C. 40:11A-22(3)(d)) on behalf of a parking authority and when that officer is receiving compensation, if any, from the parking authority at the rates or stipends as shall be established by ordinance.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.6 - Training course

40:11A-22.6. Training course
No person appointed after the effective date of this act may commence his duties as a parking enforcement officer unless that person has successfully completed a training course conducted or approved by the municipality or parking authority.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.7 - Waiver

40:11A-22.7. Waiver
The training requirements set forth in section 7 of this act may be waived by the appointing authority for any person eligible to be appointed as a parking enforcement officer under this act who has substantially equivalent training and background, as determined by the chief of police or, in his absence, other chief law enforcement officer of the municipality.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.8 - Uniform

40:11A-22.8. Uniform
Every parking enforcement officer prior to the commencement of his duties shall be furnished with a uniform which shall identify the officer's function. The uniform shall include, but not be limited to, a hat and appropriate badges which shall bear an identification number or name tag and the name of the parking authority with which the officer is employed. The uniform shall also include an insignia issued by the parking authority which clearly indicates the officer's status as a parking enforcement officer.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.9 - Insignia

40:11A-22.9. Insignia
Within six months following the effective date of this act, parking authorities shall issue permanent insignia. The appointing authority may issue temporary insignia for use prior to the issuance of permanent insignia.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.10 - Fees

40:11A-22.10. Fees
The parking authority may charge a reasonable fee for uniforms supplied pursuant to this act; however, the appointing authority shall not charge a fee for the costs of training or issuing a certificate of appointment.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-22.11 - Redesignation

40:11A-22.11. Redesignation
All persons currently employed under the supervision and direction of a parking authority as special law enforcement officers and who are exercising the power and authority described in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 22 of P.L. 1948, c. 198 (C. 40:11A-22(3)(d)) on the effective date of this act are hereby designated parking enforcement officers.
L. 1987, c. 291, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-24 - Termination of authority

40:11A-24. Termination of authority
When any authority shall have finally paid and discharged all bonds or other obligations, which together with interest due thereon, shall have been secured by a pledge of any of the revenues or receipts of a project, it may, subject to any agreements concerning the operation or disposition of such projects, convey such project to the municipality or county creating the authority. When any authority shall have finally paid and discharged all bonds issued and outstanding and the interest due thereon, and settled all other obligations or claims which may be outstanding against it, it may convey all its property to the municipality or county, as the case may be, and terminate its existence. A certificate requesting the termination of the existence of the authority shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality or county creating such authority. If the certificate is thereafter approved by the municipality creating the authority, which approval shall be by ordinance, or by the county creating the authority, which approval shall be by resolution, the said certificate, together with a certified copy thereof, shall be filed with the clerk or register of deeds of the county in which said authority is located. Whereupon the property of said authority shall pass to the municipality or county creating such authority and the authority shall cease to exist. The clerk of the county in each case, shall cause a duplicate certified copy of such documents to be filed forthwith with the Secretary of State.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 994, s. 24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-25 - Validity of chapter

40:11A-25. Validity of chapter
Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
L.1948, c. 198, p. 995, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:11A-26 - Inconsistent laws

40:11A-26. Inconsistent laws
All general or special laws, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby declared to be inapplicable to the exercise of the powers, duties and obligations authorized under the provisions of this act.
L.1954, c. 138, p. 637, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-1.1 - Appointment of alternate members to local boards of recreation commissioners

40:12-1.1. Appointment of alternate members to local boards of recreation commissioners
1. The governing body of any municipality or county may, by ordinance or resolution as appropriate, provide for the appointment to the board of recreation commissioners of not more than two alternate members. Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2." The length of the terms of the alternate members shall be the same as the length of the terms of the regular members of the board of recreation commissioners. If two alternates are appointed, their terms shall be staggered by the appointment of one of the alternates for an initial term that is a year less than a regular term. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by the governing body for the unexpired term only.
No alternate member shall be permitted to act on any matter in which the alternate has either directly or indirectly any personal or financial interest. An alternate member may, after public hearing if he requests one, be removed by the governing body for cause.
Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member of the board of recreation commissioners. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote.
L.1991,c.284,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-2 - Additional commissioners in certain municipalities

40:12-2. Additional commissioners in certain municipalities
L.1930, c. 154, p. 576, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning playgrounds and recreation places in this state and providing for the establishment, equipment, maintenance, control, use and regulation thereof' (Revision of 1911), as supplemented," approved April sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act provided that in municipalities having recreation commissioners under sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-8 of this title, who were on April sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, engaged in operating a community house, the governing body of such municipality could increase the number of commissioners to not less than nine nor more than fifteen.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-3 - Acquisition of property; costs estimated and determined

40:12-3. Acquisition of property; costs estimated and determined
The board of recreation commissioners may acquire lands for public playgrounds and recreation places, by gift or purchase, and it shall from time to time select lands for public playgrounds and recreation places, and when deemed necessary or advisable by such board, select lands for an approach or approaches by way of ingress thereto and egress therefrom of such size and dimensions as they shall think suitable, regard being had to the population of the neighborhood.
They shall cause surveys and maps to be made thereof together with a careful estimate, as nearly accurate as may be, of the probable costs of acquiring such lands, and a statement of the annual rental and duration of term, if it is proposed to lease the same, together with an estimate of the cost of preparing such lands and suitably equipping the same by the erection of buildings, stands, seats and other structures and apparatus for such playgrounds and recreation places.
Such surveys, maps and estimates shall be submitted to the board or body of the county or municipality having control of the finances, with a request that an appropriation be made for the purpose of acquiring or leasing such lands, as the case may be, and suitably preparing and equipping the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-4 - Acquisition of property; authorization; condemnation

40:12-4. Acquisition of property; authorization; condemnation
If such board or body by resolution authorizes the acquisition of such lands and appropriates a sum for the purchase and equipment thereof, or authorizes the leasing thereof and appropriates a sum for the equipment thereof, the board shall proceed to acquire the same by purchase, condemnation or lease, as the case may be, and suitably prepare and equip the same for a playground and recreation place, or approach thereto.
If the board is unable to agree with the owner or owners as to the price and terms of purchase, or if, by reason of any legal disability, or the absence of any owner or owners thereof, or for any other cause, an agreement for the purchase of such lands or any part thereof, or any rights or interests therein cannot be made, the board may cause such lands or any rights or interests therein to be condemned and taken on behalf of such municipality or county, and the compensation to be made therefor shall be ascertained and paid or tendered in the manner provided in chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
The board may cause any lands so acquired to be laid out and improved as a public playground, recreation place or an approach thereto.
The title to all lands acquired or taken under the provisions of sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-8 of this title shall vest in the municipality or county, and all leases of land for such purpose shall be in the name of the municipality or county, as the case may be.