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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-101.6 - Appropriation to municipality in lieu of taxes

40:37-101.6. Appropriation to municipality in lieu of taxes
The county board of taxation shall in each year calculate the sum of money in which the municipality would have derived during said year as tax revenue for local purposes from such lands, buildings and improvements in excess of said thirty-five per centum (35%) of the total area of the municipality, valued as aforesaid, if the same had not been so taken and were not exempt from taxation, as soon as practicable after the receipt of such certificate and shall forthwith certify such amount to the clerk of the municipality and to the park commission and an appropriation equal to said amount shall be included by the park commission in its budget submitted to the board of chosen freeholders, and by the board of chosen freeholders in its budget, for the following year and shall be payable to the municipality on or before the first day of July of that year and said amount shall be included by the municipality in its budget for said year as anticipated revenue and when paid to the municipality shall be used by the municipality for general municipal purposes.
L.1947, c. 382, p. 1217, s. 3. Amended by L.1948, c. 271, p. 1166, s. 4, eff. July 27, 1948.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-102 - Surveys and maps of parks; records

40:37-102. Surveys and maps of parks; records
Before proceeding to purchase or condemn real estate for a public park or place, the commission shall determine the location and quantity of the same to be included in any park or place, and cause a survey thereof to be made together with a map showing the real estate to be embraced therein. The map shall be kept by the commissioners in their office, and the boundary lines of every such park or place shall be recorded in a book to be kept by them for that purpose.
The commission shall not be obliged to disclose such locations, surveys or maps to public inspection until it has taken proceedings to condemn real estate or any right or interest therein necessary therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-103 - Condemnation for parks; law applicable

40:37-103. Condemnation for parks; law applicable
Whenever the commission shall have determined to take and acquire any real estate or any right or interest therein for any public park or place which it has located as provided in sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title, and cannot acquire the same by agreement with the owner, by reason of disagreement as to price, the legal incapacity or absence of the owner, or his inability to convey valid title, or for any other reason, the compensation therefor shall be ascertained and paid in the manner directed in and by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-104 - Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate; exemption from taxation

40:37-104. Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate; exemption from taxation
The commission may connect any road, park or public open space with any other park or public open space, and with any municipality in the county by a suitable roadway or boulevard, and for this purpose may exercise any of the rights and powers granted by sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title in the manner herein prescribed.
The commission may acquire in its corporate name, for the benefit of the county, by purchase, gift, devise or eminent domain, any real estate or right or interest therein within the county, although the real estate so taken or any part thereof, be already a street or way, but the concurrence of the body having authority over highways shall be necessary to take or appropriate any portion of an existing street or road. The real estate so taken, and all buildings and improvements which may be placed thereon shall be exempt from all taxes, assessments and municipal liens.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-105 - Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records

40:37-105. Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records
Before laying out and opening any roadway, parkway or boulevard, the commission shall cause a survey to be made and a map thereof to be filed in its office, showing the termini of each roadway, parkway or boulevard, including the courses and distances, the names of the several owners or reputed owners of real estate through which the same will pass, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the streets or roads which may be included therein.
The commission shall not be obliged to disclose such locations, surveys or maps to public inspection until it has taken proceedings to condemn real estate or any right or interest therein necessary therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-106 - Construction and improvement of roadways and paths

40:37-106. Construction and improvement of roadways and paths
The commission may:
a. Construct and maintain along, across, upon and over any of the real estate acquired by it under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title, roadways, parkways or boulevards;
b. Grade and improve the same;
c. Regulate the width thereon of sidewalks, roadways, service ways, bridle paths, bicycle paths or roads;
d. Plant therein trees and shrubbery;
e. Construct such sidewalks, roadways, service ways, bridle paths, bicycle paths or roads and pave the same, or any part thereof, in such manner and of such material as it may deem advisable. The grading, construction and improvements may proceed simultaneously, or from time to time, and in and upon such parts or sections of the parkways or boulevards as may be determined by the commission from time to time.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-107 - Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways

40:37-107. Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways
The commission may not only lay out and open roadways, parkways and boulevards, connecting parks and open spaces as herein provided, but may also establish the grade of such highways, and change and alter the same, grade, curb, flag, pave and otherwise improve such parkways, roadways and boulevards, and regulate the use thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-109 - Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed

40:37-109. Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed
Whenever the commission shall determine to open and lay out a boulevard, parkway or roadway, or make any improvement thereof which shall require the condemnation of real estate or any right or interest therein, it shall give notice by publication, at least ten days, in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the county wherein the real estate to be condemned is situate of its intention to apply to a judge of the Superior Court in that county for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to:
a. Make an appraisement of the value of the real estate which in their judgment is necessary to be taken for the opening and laying out of any boulevards or roadways, or for the improvement thereof;
b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the damages occasioned thereby;
c. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the special benefits which the laying out of the street or the improvement thereof will confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 658, s. 82, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-110 - Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths

40:37-110. Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths
At the time and place specified in the notice provided for in section 40:37-109 of this Title the judge shall appoint three disinterested freeholders resident in the county to:
a. Make a just and true appraisement of the value of the real estate to be condemned and taken by the county park commission for the purposes specified in the notice;
b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of damages occasioned thereby;
c. Make a just and true estimate and appraisement of the special or peculiar benefits which the opening of any such boulevard, parkway or roadway, or the improvement thereof, may confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby, in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefit which each owner may be deemed to acquire. The commissioners so appointed shall forthwith take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully and impartially perform their duties, and their oaths shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 658, s. 83, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-111 - Hearing and notice; view premises; report

40:37-111. Hearing and notice; view premises; report
The commissioners so appointed shall fix a time and place when they will hear the persons interested in the property to be taken, and in the benefits to be conferred by the proposed improvement, and shall give public notice of such time and place for at least ten days prior to the day of meeting in two or more of the newspapers published and circulating in the county.
After having viewed the premises and heard the parties interested, they shall proceed to estimate and fix the value of the real estate taken and the damages caused by such taking, and ascertain and determine the amount of special or peculiar benefits conferred upon the owners of property benefited, in proportion as nearly as may be to the benefits which each owner shall be deemed to acquire, and to make report of their assessments to the court. They may report the damages awarded and the benefits assessed in any case in the same report or separately as they may determine.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-112 - Court to hear objections to report; confirmation

40:37-112. Court to hear objections to report; confirmation
Upon receipt of any such report, signed by the commissioners, or any two of them, the court shall cause such notice to be given as it shall direct of the time and place of hearing any objections that may be made to the awards or assessments, and after hearing any matter which may be alleged against the same, shall, by rule or order, either confirm the report or refer it to the same commissioners for revision and correction. The commissioners shall return the same, when referred to them again, corrected and revised, or make a new report to the court without unnecessary delay, and the same, on being so returned, shall be confirmed or again referred by the court in the manner hereinbefore provided, and so from time to time until a report shall be made or returned, which the court shall confirm.
The report when so confirmed shall be final and conclusive, upon the county park commissioners and upon the owners of real estate or any right or interest therein affected thereby, and the court shall thereupon cause the report to be filed in the office of the county clerk, there to remain of record.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-113 - Rules of procedure

40:37-113. Rules of procedure
The Supreme Court may make such rules for the regulation of the practice and procedure under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this Title as it shall deem appropriate.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 659, s. 84, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-114 - Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement

40:37-114. Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement
The court shall, upon application, by the county park commissioners or on its behalf, fix and determine the compensation to be paid the commissioners so appointed, and allow any other expense necessarily incurred in making any such assessment, all of which shall be paid by the county park commissioners. The cost and expense of making any assessment for benefits, including the fees of commissioners, may be included in making up the cost for the purpose of the assessment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-115 - Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded

40:37-115. Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded
Whenever damages are awarded under the provisions of section 40:37-111 of this title to an owner of real estate, and benefits are assessed against the same owner, the county park commissioners may, when both the award of damages and the assessment of benefits have been finally confirmed, deduct the amount of the benefits assessed from the damages awarded, and set off the benefits against the damages by proper charges and credits, in order that only the excess of damages, if any, shall be paid, and only the excess of benefits, if any, collected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-116 - Award collected by suit

40:37-116. Award collected by suit
Any person to whom an award shall be made may, subject to the deduction of benefits assessed, sue for and collect or obtain payment of the award after it shall have been confirmed in an action or by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ against the county park commission in the Superior Court or any court of competent jurisdiction, and a certified copy of the award so made shall be presumptive evidence of the claim.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 659, s. 85, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-117 - Assessments a lien; collection; action at law

40:37-117. Assessments a lien; collection; action at law
The county park commissioners may collect the assessments for benefits either by a civil action in the name of the commission against the person from whom it is due, together with the costs of making the same and interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum from the date of confirmation, or by a sale of the property benefited, or by both of these remedies, which are to be cumulative.
Every assessment shall be a first lien upon the property benefited as ascertained by the commissioners, to the amount of the assessment with the interest and costs from the date of the confirmation thereof.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 659, s. 86, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-118 - Improvement of parkways and boulevards already established; assessments for benefits; appointment of commissioners

40:37-118. Improvement of parkways and boulevards already established; assessments for benefits; appointment of commissioners
Whenever the county park commission shall determine to make any improvement of any parkway, boulevard or part thereof, theretofore laid out or opened by it, which improvement may consist of grading, paving or surface construction, or of planting trees or shrubbery, or any one or more, or all of the items of construction or improvement which are or may be authorized by law, it may, in the manner provided by section 40:37-109 of this Title, apply to a judge of the Superior Court for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain, fix and determine the amount of special benefits which the improvement may confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby.
The commissioners shall be appointed and shall proceed to make their assessment for benefits in the manner provided by sections 40:37-109 to 40:37-114 of this Title, and all of the provisions of those sections, so far as they relate to assessments for benefits, shall apply to assessments for benefits in connection with the improvements authorized by this section.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 660, s. 87, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-120 - Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication

40:37-120. Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication
If any assessment shall remain in arrears for more than six months after confirmation, suit may be brought for its collection with interest and costs, and the commission may proceed to advertise the real estate upon which the assessment may be a lien to be sold at public auction at the courthouse of the county, on a day not less than two months distant, between two and five o'clock in the afternoon. Such advertisement shall be published at least once each week for a period of at least three weeks next preceding the sale, in two of the newspapers published and circulating in the county, and shall be the only notice required. It shall contain the names of the owners of real estate in default, if the same be known, and if not known, shall state the names of owners to be unknown, and shall give the amounts due from them respectively, with a short description of the real estate to be sold.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-121 - Sale for term of years

40:37-121. Sale for term of years
At the sale, the real estate shall be publicly sold to the person who will take the same for the shortest period of time, not exceeding fifty years from the date of sale, and pay to the commission before the close of the sale the full amount due upon the unpaid assessments, with interest thereon from the time when the same was confirmed, at the rate of six per cent per annum, together with such sum as the commission may fix and determine to be a fair proportion of the expenses of advertising, conducting and making the sale. If the purchaser fails to make such payment, he shall forfeit all claim to the real estate, and the same shall be resold by the commission after advertisement in the manner provided in section 40:37-120 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-123 - Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording

40:37-123. Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording
The commission shall make and deliver to a purchaser at such sale who shall have made payment, a certificate of sale, signed by its officers thereunto duly authorized, sealed with its seal, and acknowledged or proved according to law. The certificate shall set forth as concisely as possible, the facts of the assessment, advertisement and sale, together with a short description of the real estate sold, the amount actually paid therefor by the purchaser and the length of time for which he shall have purchased the same. Every such certificate shall, before its delivery, be recorded in one of the books to be kept by the commission for that purpose. It may be assigned by deed of assignment under seal duly acknowledged, and every such assignment may be recorded in the books of the commission upon the payment of a fee of one dollar.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-124 - Redemption of property sold

40:37-124. Redemption of property sold
The owner of any real estate so sold, his legal representatives, or any mortgagee or judgment creditor, having a legal or equitable interest therein may, within the time prescribed by section 40:37-125 of this title, redeem the property from the lien so imposed by paying to the commission, for the benefit of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount originally paid by the purchaser plus any tax or assessment paid by him and of which he may have given written notice to the commission, together with interest on all such payments at the rate of ten per cent per annum.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-125 - Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing

40:37-125. Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing
If at the expiration of three years no such redemption as is provided for in section 40:37-124 of this title is made, the commission shall, upon the surrender of the certificate of sale, execute and deliver to the purchaser, his legal representatives or assigns, a declaration of sale executed in the same manner as the certificate of sale. The declaration shall be duly proved or acknowledged and shall state briefly the facts of the assessment, advertisement and sale, giving a short description of the real estate sold, and the term for which it was sold. The declaration of sale shall be recorded in the books of the commission and also in the record of deeds in the office of the proper recording officer of the county, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar in each case. Until the recording of the declaration the time for redeeming such real estate shall remain open, notwithstanding the expiration of the said term.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-126 - Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste

40:37-126. Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste
The declaration of sale shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the sale and proceedings were regular and according to law, and the purchaser or his legal representatives shall, by virtue thereof, lawfully hold and enjoy such real estate, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, for his own proper use against the owner thereof, and all persons claiming under him, until the end of the term mentioned in the declaration. The purchaser so holding shall be liable for any injury or waste done or committed in the same manner and to the same extent as a tenant for years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-127 - Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption

40:37-127. Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption
No mortgagee whose mortgage shall have been recorded or registered before the sale shall be divested of his rights in and to the real estate unless, after written notice shall have been given to him by the purchaser for a period of six months, he shall neglect to redeem the real estate by paying the amount actually paid by the purchaser, including taxes and assessments subsequently made, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the date of payment and all costs or charges which the purchaser may have been by law obliged to pay. Notice to every mortgagee who is a resident of the county shall be served personally. If he is not a resident it shall be addressed to him by mail at his place of residence as stated in the mortgage or any assignment thereof.
Any mortgagee who shall redeem the property as hereinbefore provided may collect the amount paid as a part of the debt due, and shall be entitled to receive and hold by assignment the declaration of sale, as evidence of such payment and as further security for the repayment of the sum so paid, with interest.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-128 - Unsold land struck off to commission

40:37-128. Unsold land struck off to commission
Real estate which is not bid off and sold when offered for sale or resale, according to the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall be struck off to the commission by its corporate name, for the longest term for which a sale is authorized to be made, and it may hold the property, and sell, assign and dispose thereof. The proceeds shall be devoted exclusively to the payment of bonds or obligations issued on the requisition of the park commission, for the purpose of providing a fund to meet the expenditures of the commission and to the payment of interest thereon. The commission shall, in relation to the real estate so struck off to it, have all the rights and privileges of a purchaser at such sale.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-129 - Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation

40:37-129. Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation
To meet the expenses incurred under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title in addition to the sum of money received from benefit assessments as herein provided and otherwise, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall from time to time, on the requisition of the park commission, borrow money in the name and on the credit of the county, by issuing bonds of the county to a sum in the aggregate not exceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-130 - Additional bond issues

40:37-130. Additional bond issues
The following supplements to the act entitled "An act to establish public parks in certain counties in this state and to regulate the same," approved March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, providing for additional bond issues and approved on the following dates, are hereby saved from repeal:
February 21, 1898. (L.1898, c. 8, p. 19; C.S. p. 4180, s.s. 97, 98.)
March 28, 1902. (L.1902, c. 53, p. 202; C.S. p. 4181, s.s. 99, 100.)
May 2, 1906. (L.1906, c. 181, p. 327; C.S. p. 4182, s. 101.)
April 13, 1907. (L.1907, c. 59, p. 110; C.S. p. 4182, s. 102.)
April 1, 1909. (L.1909, c. 42, p. 63; C.S. p. 4183, s. 103.)
April 19, 1909. (L.1909, c. 173, p. 265; C.S. p. 4183, s. 104.)
April 9, 1910. (L.1910, c. 166, p. 276; C.S. p. 4184, s. 105.)
March 27, 1913. (L.1913, c. 152, p. 239; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105a.)
April 8, 1914. (L.1914, c. 140, p. 241; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105b.)
April 8, 1914. (L.1914, c. 141, p. 242; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 165-105c, 165-105d.)
April 15, 1915. (L.1915, c. 329, p. 602; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 165-105e, 165-105f.)
March 26, 1917. (L.1917, c. 138, p. 299; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 165-105g, 165-105h.)
March 30, 1920. (L.1920, c. 59, p. 108; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105i.)
March 18, 1921. (L.1921, c. 70, p. 112; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105j.)
March 20, 1923. (L.1923, c. 128, p. 272; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105k), which supplement was amended by L.1924, c. 55, p. 106.
March 6, 1924. (L.1924, c. 55, p. 106; 1924 Suppl. s. 165-105k.)
March 12, 1925. (L.1925, c. 63, p. 183.)
March 16, 1925. (L.1925, c. 165, p. 407.)
March 26, 1926. (L.1926, c. 199, p. 331.)
April 9, 1930. (L.1930, c. 79, p. 312.)
[These supplements authorized the issuance of bonds in addition to those theretofore authorized for the purposes of the original act.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-130.1 - Additional bond issue for county parks and parkways; total amount; disposition of proceeds

40:37-130.1. Additional bond issue for county parks and parkways; total amount; disposition of proceeds
To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first class or by counties of the second class having a population of not less than 500,000, under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways in such counties, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bond Law being chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission.
L.1946, c. 267, p. 926, s. 1. Amended by L.1964, c. 283, s. 2, eff. Jan. 26, 1965.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-130.2 - Additional bond issue; parks and parkways

40:37-130.2. Additional bond issue; parks and parkways
To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first and second class, under the provisions of R.S. 40:37-96 to 40:37-174, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways, in such counties in this State, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $5,000,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the local bond law being chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (sections 40A:2-1 et seq.). The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission.
L.1972, c. 93, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-131 - Bond; issuance; law applicable; how paid

40:37-131. Bond; issuance; law applicable; how paid
Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The interest and principal of all such bonds issued under the authority of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall be the debt or obligation of the county wherein they are issued, and the payment thereof shall be provided for by taxation in the same manner as other debts and obligations of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-131.1 - Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds

40:37-131.1. Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds
To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first class under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways, in counties of the first class in this State, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (sections 40A:2-1 et seq.). The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission.
L.1963, c. 115, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1963.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-131.2 - Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds

40:37-131.2. Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds
To meet the further expenses to be incurred by counties of the first class under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes, to which this act is a supplement, for the acquisition, development and improvement of parks and parkways, in counties of the first class in this State, in which said sections of the Revised Statutes are, or shall hereafter be, operative, the board of chosen freeholders in any such county may, from time to time, in addition to any bonds theretofore authorized by law, on the request of the board of park commissioners in any such county, in the name and on the credit of the said county, borrow money by issuing the bonds of said county to a sum not exceeding in the aggregate $1,500,000.00 over and above the total amount theretofore authorized by law. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes (sections 40A:2-1 et seq.). The proceeds of the sale of the said bonds after deducting expenses for negotiating the same and for engraving, and all other expenses connected with their issue and sale, shall be paid over to the said park commission.
L.1969, c. 184, s. 1, eff. Nov. 5, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-132 - Amount collected from benefit assessment applied to payment of bonds

40:37-132. Amount collected from benefit assessment applied to payment of bonds
Upon the receipt of moneys collected from benefit assessments the park commissioners shall turn over the sum so collected to the officer, board or body charged by law with the care, custody and control of the fund for the payment of the bonds issued for the improvement in connection with which the assessment was levied.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-132.1 - Moneys received for lands transferred by counties of first class for state highway purposes

40:37-132.1. Moneys received for lands transferred by counties of first class for state highway purposes
When, in any county of the first class in which there is a county park commission governed by and acting under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, such park commission has heretofore transferred and conveyed or shall hereafter transfer and convey park lands or parkways to the State of New Jersey for State highway purposes, the moneys received in payment therefor shall be applied, in the manner determined by the board of chosen freeholders of such county, to the retirement of any outstanding and unpaid county bonds issued for the purpose of the acquisition and original improvement of such park lands or parkways so transferred or conveyed, and the balance of such moneys, if any, shall be set aside by said park commission as a capital improvement fund and, with the concurrence of the board of chosen freeholders, be used from time to time by said commission for the acquisition of additional lands for park or parkway purposes and the development and improvement of such lands or parkways or the public parks within the limits of the county.
L.1957, c. 228, p. 777, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1958.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-132.2 - Moneys received for lands transferred by counties for state highway purposes; release for specific purposes

40:37-132.2. Moneys received for lands transferred by counties for state highway purposes; release for specific purposes
When, in any county having a county park commission governed by the provisions of R.S. 40:37-96 to 40:37-174, inclusive, the park commission has heretofore transferred and conveyed or shall hereafter transfer and convey parklands or parkways to the State of New Jersey for State highway purposes, an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 of the moneys received in payment therefor may be released, annually, by the governing body of the county for expenditure by the county park commission for the operation and maintenance of its existing park or parkway lands. The balance of such moneys, if any, shall be applied, in the manner determined by the governing body of the county, to the retirement of any outstanding and unpaid county bonds issued for the purpose of the acquisition and original improvement of the parklands or parkways so transferred or conveyed to the State; and any remaining balance shall be set aside by said park commission as a capital improvement fund which, with the concurrence of the governing body of the county, may be used from time to time by the commission for the acquisition of additional lands for park or parkway purposes and the development and improvement of such lands or parkways or the public parks under the jurisdiction of the commission.
L.1980, c. 131, s. 1, eff. Oct. 20, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-133 - Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions

40:37-133. Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions
All real estate taken or held under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title for the purpose of public parks shall be forever kept open and maintained as such, and no steam or other railroad shall be laid out on, or maintained or operated in or on any portion of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways or roadways laid out and located under said sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174, except at such places and in such manner as the commission shall in writing approve.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-134 - Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of

40:37-134. Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of
The commission may make rules and regulations for the government and use of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways and roadways, and enforce the same by fixing for the violation thereof penalties, not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense. All rules and regulations shall be plainly printed and posted within the parks and public places or on the boulevards and other highways. The commission may sue for and collect the penalty so fixed in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction. All fines and penalties recovered shall be used by the commission for the same purposes and in the same manner as its other funds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-135 - Control of streets or parks transferred to county park commission

40:37-135. Control of streets or parks transferred to county park commission
Any county board having control of any street, avenue or road within the county, and any municipality within the county or any board in such municipality having control of the streets or parks therein, may, with the consent of the park commission, transfer the care, custody and control of any park, public place or street under its care or control to the county park commission for the purposes of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-136 - Return of control of street to municipality; consent required

40:37-136. Return of control of street to municipality; consent required
Whenever a municipality has, prior to March nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, transferred to the county park commission the care, custody and control of any street, avenue or road, the whole of which is not within the boundaries of that municipality, and which street, avenue or road is not within any park or reservation under the control of the park commission, and whenever the park commission shall determine that it is for the public interest that the care, custody and control of the street, avenue or road should be returned to the municipality, the county park commission may return to the municipality the care, custody and control of the street, avenue or road, if the municipality by ordinance or resolution, consents to its return.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-137 - Return of control of streets to county or municipality

40:37-137. Return of control of streets to county or municipality
When any county or municipal board having control of any street, avenue or road within the county has, prior to April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, transferred to the park commission the care, custody and control of any such street, avenue or road, and the park commission shall by resolution determine that it is for the public interest that the care, custody and control of such street, avenue or road, or any portion thereof, should be transferred to the county or municipality, the park commission may transfer to such county or municipality the care, custody and control of such street, avenue or road, or any portion thereof, if the county or municipality, by ordinance or resolution, shall consent to the transfer and shall assume such care, custody and control by filing in the office of the county clerk a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution of the commission and of the governing body of the county or municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-138 - Return of park lands to city of the first class

40:37-138. Return of park lands to city of the first class
When any city of the first class has, prior to March twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, transferred to the county park commission the care, custody and control of any real estate within the boundaries of the city, and when the county park commission shall determine that it is for the public interest that the care, custody and control of that real estate should be returned to the city, the park commission may by resolution return to such city the care, custody and control of so much of that real estate as may be determined by the park commission to be unnecessary for park purposes, but the area of the real estate which may be returned shall not exceed five acres in extent. The transfer shall not be made unless the governing body of the city by resolution consents thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-139 - Dedication of park lands for public street in certain cases

40:37-139. Dedication of park lands for public street in certain cases
When, in any city of the first class, any real estate owned by or under the care, custody and control of the county park commission is included within or adjoins the location of an existing public road or street, the county park commission may dedicate so much of that real estate as it may determine to be for the public interest, to public use as a public road or street, by the adoption of an appropriate resolution, and by filing with the county clerk or register of deeds, as the case may be, a copy of the resolution and a map of so much of the real estate owned by, or under the care, custody and control of the county park commission, as may be necessary to show the part intended to be so dedicated. Such dedication shall not be made unless the governing body of the city in which the real estate is situate shall, by resolution, consent thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-140 - Dedication of lands for street upon request

40:37-140. Dedication of lands for street upon request
When the governing body of any county or municipality shall request the park commission to dedicate real estate owned by, or under the care, custody and control of such park commission, to public use as a public street, road or highway, for the purpose of locating, opening, laying out, widening, straightening, changing the course of, or extending, any public street, road or highway, the park commission, by the passage of an appropriate resolution, may dedicate to public use as a public street, road or highway so much of the real estate owned by it or under its care, custody and control as it may determine to be for the public interest, upon such terms and conditions as it may define. The county or municipality, by the passage of an appropriate resolution, may accept such dedication for the purposes hereinbefore provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-141 - Copy of resolution and a map filed

40:37-141. Copy of resolution and a map filed
A copy of the resolution of the park commission and of the resolution of the county or municipality, and a map of so much of the real estate owned by, or under the care, custody and control of the park commission as may be necessary to show the lands dedicated to public use for the purposes set forth in section 40:37-140 of this title shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, or register of deeds, as the case may be.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-142 - Conveyance of park lands for school purposes in certain cases

40:37-142. Conveyance of park lands for school purposes in certain cases
When land acquired prior to April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, for a public park by the commission surrounds on three sides land of the board of education of any town in which the public park is situate in whole or in part, and upon which land of the board of education a public schoolhouse has been erected, and when, by appropriate resolution, upon the request of the board of education, the park commission shall declare that a public necessity exists for the transfer, for school purposes, of a portion of the park land, not exceeding one acre in area, to the board of education, of which necessity the park commission shall be the sole judge, then the park commission may sell and convey, for school purposes, for such consideration, if any, and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, to the board of education, or transfer, for school purposes, to the board of education, the care, custody and control of a portion of the park land, not exceeding one acre in area, contiguous to the land of the board of education, and the board of education may, by the passage of an appropriate resolution, accept the land so conveyed, and the care, custody and control thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:37-143 - Improvement and care of connecting parkways

40:37-143. Improvement and care of connecting parkways
When a portion of a contemplated parkway for the connection of two established parks or reservations is already a street, avenue or way, the care, custody and control of which has been transferred to a park commission, and a portion is not a street, avenue or way, the care, custody and control of which has been transferred to a park commission, the commission may, in laying out parkways and boulevards, pay for the construction and improvement of such parkways and boulevards, throughout their entire length, from any money which may be in its hands for the purpose of construction and improvement of parks and parkways without the necessity of assessing the cost of such construction and improvement upon the abutting property owners.