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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-2 - Adoption of title; petition

11A:9-2. Adoption of title; petition
11A:9-2. Adoption of title; petition. The clerk of any county or municipality not operating under the provisions of this title shall submit the question of adopting the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to the voters of the county or municipality upon the filing with the clerk of a petition requesting the adoption. The petition shall be signed by the registered voters of the county or municipality equal to 15% of the valid votes cast in the county or municipality during the last general election. Each name shall be signed in ink and the place of residence indicated by street and number or other description sufficient to identify the place. Attached to each separate paper there shall be an affidavit of the circulator thereof that the circulator, and only the circulator, personally circulated the foregoing paper, that all signatures thereto were made in the circulator's presence, and that the circulator believes them to be genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be. Within 10 days from the date of filing the petition, the clerk shall complete an examination and ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified voters and shall attach to the petition a certificate showing the result of the examination.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-2, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-3 - Adoption of title; question placed on ballot; public notice

11A:9-3. Adoption of title; question placed on ballot; public notice
11A:9-3. Adoption of title; question placed on ballot; public notice. If the petition is sufficient, the clerk shall, 15 days thereafter, give public notice that the question will be submitted to the voters at the next general or municipal election. Public notice includes, but is not limited to, publication in the political subdivision's official newspaper once a week for at least four weeks and posting the notice in five of the most public places in the political subdivision for at least four weeks before the election. The clerk shall also cause the question to be printed upon the ballots to be used at the election.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-3, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-4 - Refusal to comply

11A:9-4. Refusal to comply
11A:9-4. Refusal to comply. If the clerk refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of N.J.S. 11A:9-2 and N.J.S. 11A:9-3, a registered voter of the political subdivision or the commissioner may apply to a judge of the Superior Court in the county in which the political subdivision is located for an order directing and compelling the submission of the question involved in the petition. The judge shall hear the matter summarily. If the judge finds and determines that the petition is in accordance with law, an appropriate order shall be issued. Any clerk failing to comply with the order of the court, or any public official, officer, agent or employee interfering with, or preventing, such clerk from satisfying such order, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-4, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-5 - School districts

11A:9-5. School districts
11A:9-5. School districts. All the provisions of this chapter shall apply to school districts in which the board of education is elected by the voters. School districts shall, in the submission of the question to the voters, conform to the provisions of this chapter as nearly as possible.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-5, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-6 - Adoption of title; elections

11A:9-6. Adoption of title; elections
11A:9-6. Adoption of title; elections. The method of submitting the question of the adoption of this title to the voters of a county or municipality shall conform as nearly as possible to the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes relating to the submission of public questions and when submitted at a school district election shall conform as nearly as possible to the provisions of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes relating to the submission of public questions in school districts.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-6, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-9 - Status of employees

11A:9-9. Status of employees
11A:9-9. Status of employees. Any employee of a political subdivision who, at the time of adoption of this title, was actively employed by the political subdivision continuously for a period of at least one year prior to the adoption of this title, or any employee who was on an approved leave of absence and had at least one year of continuous service with the political subdivision prior to the adoption of the title, and who comes within the career service, shall continue to hold such position, and shall not be removed except in accordance with the provisions contained in this title.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-9, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-9.1 - Examination requirement waived for certain local firefighters

11A:9-9.1. Examination requirement waived for certain local firefighters
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.11A:9-9 or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person who was actively employed by a political subdivision as a firefighter or fire chief at the time of adoption of this title by the political subdivision and who had less than one year of continuous service in that position prior to the adoption of this title by the political subdivision shall continue to hold that position without having to pass an examination and shall have career service status. Nothing contained in this section shall require a political subdivision to rehire such a firefighter or fire chief who has been removed from that position.
L.1993,c.154,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-10 - Seniority rights

11A:9-10. Seniority rights
11A:9-10. Seniority rights. At the time of adoption of this title, the seniority rights of employees shall be based upon the length of their continuous service with that political subdivision.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-10, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:9-11 - Animal Health Technician, credit hours, required.

11A:9-11 Animal Health Technician, credit hours, required.
1. a. The required number of specific credit hours in veterinary science/technology, animal science technology, zoology, biology, animal husbandry, or related fields at an accredited college or university shall be no greater than 12 hours for any job title of Animal Health Technician within the civil service local title listing.
b. An applicant with five years of experience in a veterinary office, animal hospital, animal shelter, or other similar place of work where animals are cared for or kept performing vaccinations, diagnostic tests, euthanasia, or various other medical treatments on animals or work involving animal nutrition, taxonomy, animal behavior, parasitology, or bacteriology and who does not meet all of the education requirements shall be eligible for the Animal Health Technician job title within the civil service local title listing.
L.2022, c.128.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:10-1 - Disapproval of salary.

11A:10-1 Disapproval of salary.
11A:10-1. Disapproval of salary. The Civil Service Commission may disapprove and order the payment stopped of the salary of any person employed in violation of this title or an order of the Civil Service Commission and recover all disapproved salary from such person. Any person or persons who authorize the payment of a disapproved salary or have employment authority over the person whose salary has been disapproved may be subject to penalties, including, but not limited to, the disapproval of their salaries and payment from their personal funds of improper expenditures of the moneys as may be provided by the rules of the Civil Service Commission. This section shall not be limited by the amounts set forth in N.J.S.11A:10-3.
Amended 2008, c.29, s.73.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:10-2 - Criminal violation of title or order.

11A:10-2 Criminal violation of title or order.
11A:10-2. Criminal violation of title or order. Any person who purposely or knowingly violates or conspires to violate any provision of this title or Civil Service Commission order shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.
Amended 2008, c.29, s.74.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:10-3 - Noncompliance.

11A:10-3 Noncompliance.
11A:10-3. Noncompliance. The Civil Service Commission may assess all administrative costs incurred under N.J.S.11A:4-5. Other costs, charges and fines of not more than $10,000.00 may be assessed for noncompliance or violation of this title or any order of the Civil Service Commission.
Amended 2008, c.29, s.75.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:10-4 - Action for enforcement.

11A:10-4 Action for enforcement.
11A:10-4. Action for enforcement. The Civil Service Commission or other party in interest may bring an action in the Superior Court for the enforcement of this title or an order of the Civil Service Commission.
Amended 2008, c.29, s.76.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:10-5 - Resident actions

11A:10-5. Resident actions
11A:10-5. Resident actions. Any resident shall have standing to enjoin payments in the Superior Court and require recovery of remuneration paid in violation of this title in the jurisdiction of residence, from the individuals signing, countersigning, authorizing or having employment authority for the payments. Moneys recovered in the action shall be paid from the personal funds of those individuals and shall be paid to the State Treasurer or the treasurer of the political subdivision, as appropriate. The resident shall be entitled to receive not more than 25% of the amount recovered and reasonable attorney fees, at the discretion of the court.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:10-5, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:11-1 - Merit System Board.

11A:11-1 Merit System Board.
11A:11-1. Merit System Board. The functions, powers, and duties of the Merit System Board as constituted in the Department of Personnel are continued and transferred to the Civil Service Commission which is created and allocated in, but not of, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development by N.J.S.11A:2-1 as amended by P.L.2008, c.29. The members of the Merit System Board, other than the Commissioner of Personnel, on the effective date of this act, P.L.2008, c.29, shall continue as members of the Civil Service Commission for the duration of their current terms and any reappointments and until their successors are appointed, unless removed for cause.
Amended 2008, c.29, s.77.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:11-3 - Names.

11A:11-3 Names.
11A:11-3. Any law, rule, regulation, order, reorganization plan, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, appropriation, or otherwise which refers to the Department of Personnel, Commissioner of Personnel, or Merit System Board shall mean the Department of the Treasury, State Treasurer, Civil Service Commission, the Department of Health, or the Department of Human Services, as provided by P.L.2008, c.29.
amended 2008, c.29, s.79; 2012, c.17, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:11-4 - Rules.

11A:11-4 Rules.
11A:11-4. All rules of the Merit System Board or the Department of Personnel in effect on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.29 shall remain in effect except as changed or modified by this title or action of the Civil Service Commission, State Treasurer, Commissioner of Health, Commissioner of Human Services, or other authority, as appropriate.
amended 2008, c.29, s.80; 2012, c.17, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:11-6 - Transfer.

11A:11-6 Transfer.
11A:11-6. Transfer. The transfers directed by P.L.2008, c.29, except as otherwise provided, shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.).
Amended 2008, c.29, s.82.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:12-1 - Inconsistent laws.

11A:12-1 Inconsistent laws.
11A:12-1. Inconsistent laws. Any law or statute which is inconsistent with any of the provisions of this title, as amended by P.L.2008, c.29, are to the extent of the inconsistency hereby superseded, except that the title is not to be construed either to expand or to diminish collective negotiation rights existing under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.).
Amended 2008, c.29, s.83.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:12-2 - Rights of current employees

11A:12-2. Rights of current employees
11A:12-2. Rights of current employees. Those employees with permanent classified status shall obtain permanent status in career service without loss of seniority or pension rights.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:12-2, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:12-3 - Statutes repealed

11A:12-3. Statutes repealed
11A:12-3. Statutes repealed. The following statutes are repealed:
Title 11 of the Revised Statutes
P.L. 1938, c. 76 (C. 11:2A-1)
P.L. 1938, c. 381, s. 10 (C. 11:27-13)
P.L. 1939, c. 219 (C. 11:4-3.3)
P.L. 1939, c. 232 (C. 11:24A-1 to 11:24A-6)
P.L. 1939, c. 322 (C. 11:10-6.1)
P.L. 1940, c. 15 (C. 11:4-3.4)
P.L. 1940, c. 178 (C. 11:22-11.1)
P.L. 1941, c. 91 (C. 11:4-3.5 and 11:4-3.6)
P.L. 1941, c. 286 (C. 11:4-3.7)
P.L. 1942, c. 65 (C. 11:20A-1)
P.L. 1942, c. 137, s. 2 (C. 11:27-1.2)
P.L. 1942, c. 253 (C. 11:24A-7)
P.L. 1944, c. 65, s. 11 (C. 11:7-10)
P.L. 1946, c. 148 (C. 11:24A-6.1 to 11:24A-6.3)
P.L. 1946, c. 198 (C. 11:4-3.8 and 11:4-3.9)
P.L. 1947, c. 201, ss. 2-4 (C. 11:14-3 to 11:14-5)
P.L. 1947, c. 272 (C. 11:20A-2)
P.L. 1948, c. 121, ss. 2-4, 9 (C. 11:7-11 to 11:7-14)
P.L. 1948, c. 121, ss. 6-8 (C. 11:22-50 to 11:22-52)
P.L. 1948, c. 165 (C. 11:22-44.1 to 11:22-44.3)
P.L. 1948, c. 257 (C. 11:21-5.1)
P.L. 1948, c. 435 (C. 11:4-3.10)
P.L. 1948, c. 466 (C. 11:22-44.4 and 11:22-44.5)
P.L. 1950, c. 235 (C. 11:26B-1 to 11:26B-3)
P.L. 1951, c. 278 (C. 11:21-5.2)
P.L. 1951, c. 279 (C. 11:21-4.1)
P.L. 1952, c. 27 (C. 11:11-4)
P.L. 1952, c. 302 (C. 11:26C-1 to 11:26C-3)
P.L. 1952, c. 309 (C. 11:27-1.3)
P.L. 1952, c. 322, ss. 1 and 2 (C. 11:15-9 and 11:15-10)
P.L. 1952, c. 323, ss. 1 and 2 (C. 11:22-10.1 and 11:22-10.2)
P.L. 1953, c. 125 (C. 11:2C-1 to 11:2C-9)
P.L. 1953, c. 193 (C. 11:14-1.1)
P.L. 1953, c. 238 (C. 11:4-3.11)
P.L. 1953, c. 239 (C. 11:4-3.12)
P.L. 1953, c. 430, ss. 2 and 3 (C. 11:4-3.13 and 11:4-3.14)
P.L. 1954, c. 182 (C. 11:4-3.15)
P.L. 1954, c. 232 (C. 11:21-3.1)
P.L. 1955, c. 188 (C. 11:26C-4)
P.L. 1959, c. 88, s. 2 (C. 11:24A-1.1)
P.L. 1961, c. 18 (C. 11:26D-1)
P.L. 1962, c. 195 (C. 11:14-1.2)
P.L. 1962, c. 196 (C. 11:24A-1.2)
P.L. 1964, c. 169 (C. 11:27-1.4 and 11:27-1.5)
P.L. 1965, c. 46 (C. 11:21-5.3)
P.L. 1967, c. 199, s. 2 (C. 11:22-10.3)
P.L. 1968, c. 437 (C. 11:26C-5)
P.L. 1971, c. 1 (C. 11:21-4.2 and 11:21-4.3)
P.L. 1971, c. 153 (C. 11:1-20 to 11:1-24)
P.L. 1971, c. 274 (C. 11:1-25 to 11:1-28)
P.L. 1972, c. 74 (C. 11:14-6 to 11:14-8)
P.L. 1973, c. 130 (C. 11:14-9 to 11:14-17)
P.L. 1977, c. 160 (C. 11:24A-8 and 11:24A-9)
P.L. 1977, c. 261 (C. 11:9-10.1)
P.L. 1978, c. 81, s. 2 (C. 11:22-2.1)
P.L. 1978, c. 99, s. 1 (C. 11:14-18)
P.L. 1978, c. 147 (C. 11:22-44.6)
P.L. 1980, c. 134 (C. 11:22-34.1)
P.L. 1981, c. 92 (C. 11:21-5.4)
P.L. 1981, c. 124 (C. 11:2D-1 to 11:2D-10)
P.L. 1981, c. 204 (C. 11:9-15 to 11:9-18)
P.L. 1981, c. 205 (C. 11:23-10 to 11:23-13)
P.L. 1981, c. 439 (C. 11:22-10.4)
P.L. 1981, c. 545, s. 3 (C. 11:21-9.1)
P.L. 1982, c. 181, ss. 2, 1 (C. 11:1-1.1 and C. 11:2-8)
P.L. 1983, c. 167 (C. 11:22-44.7 and 11:22-44.8)
P.L. 1983, c. 178 (C. 11:27-4.1)
P.L. 1983, c. 252 (C. 11:4-3.16)
P.L. 1983, c. 319 (C. 11:9-17.1)
P.L. 1984, c. 32 (C. 11:21-4.4)
P.L. 1984, c. 143 (C. 11:22-3.1)
P.L. 1984, c. 204 (C. 11:22-44.9 and 11:22-44.10)
P.L. 1985, c. 339 (C. 11:24A-2.1)
P.L. 1985, c. 484 (C. 11:21-5.5)
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:12-3, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 11A - Civil Service › Section 11A:12-6 - Effective date

11A:12-6. Effective date
11A:12-6. Effective date. This act shall take effect immediately and any actions necessary to implement this act may be taken any time thereafter. General implementation is to be completed no later than 12 months following enactment.
L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:12-6, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:1-1 - "Board" , "department" and "director" defined

12:1-1. "Board" , "department" and "director" defined
As used in this title:
a. "Board" means the board of commerce and navigation.
b. "Department" means the department of commerce and navigation.
c. "Director" means the director of commerce and navigation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-6 - Office; suboffices; meetings

12:2-6. Office; suboffices; meetings
The board shall have suitable offices at Trenton at which all original records shall be kept. The board may for local purposes establish suboffices in other parts of the state.
The board shall meet every month at Trenton at such times as its rules may prescribe, and at such other times and places within the state as in its judgment may be necessary. The director shall attend all meetings of the board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-7 - Director; appointment; tie vote

12:2-7. Director; appointment; tie vote
The board shall select a person who shall be known as the "director of commerce and navigation" . He shall be a resident of this state. In case the board cannot agree upon the selection of a director because of a tie vote therein, the governor shall sit with the board for the purpose of casting the deciding vote.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-12 - Employees of abolished and consolidated boards and commissions; director may abolish positions

12:2-12. Employees of abolished and consolidated boards and commissions; director may abolish positions
The officers and employees in the employ of the former boards and commissions enumerated in sections 12:2-13 of this title, and retained in their respective offices and positions at the time such boards and commissions became consolidated with the department, shall be continued as employees of the department unless removed in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service. The director, however, may, with the approval of the board, abolish any office or position which in his judgment it may be unnecessary to retain.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-13 - Transfer to board of rights, powers and duties exercised by certain boards and commissions

12:2-13. Transfer to board of rights, powers and duties exercised by certain boards and commissions
The board shall succeed to and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties formerly exercised and performed by or conferred upon the board of riparian commissioners, the department of inland waterways, the inspectors of power vessels, and the New Jersey harbor commission, with which last-named commission the New Jersey ship canal commission was consolidated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-14 - General control of commerce and navigation

12:2-14. General control of commerce and navigation
The board shall have full control and direction of all state projects and work relating, in any way whatsoever, to commerce and navigation, except such work as is conferred upon other boards, commissions, officers or agencies not included within the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-15 - Rules and regulations; records

12:2-15. Rules and regulations; records
The board shall make such rules and regulations governing the work of the department, the conduct of its employees and the performance of its duties as may be necessary to promote the interests of the state in all matters committed to its charge, and may alter or amend the same as it shall become necessary or advisable so to do.
The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and such records, together with all maps, plans and specifications on file in its office, shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection as public records.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-15.1 - Charges for berthing space or anchorage; disposition

12:2-15.1. Charges for berthing space or anchorage; disposition
Whenever the Division of Planning and Development in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development acquires the land and constructs a public basin, or leases berthing space for boat anchorage to the public, a reasonable charge shall be made for said space or anchorage by the division, and revenue so collected shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited in the General State Fund; and the cost of administering this act shall be included in the annual appropriation law.
L.1941, c. 352, p. 923, s. 1. Amended by L.1950, c. 138, p. 272, s. 2, eff. May 25, 1950.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-17 - General powers and duties of director

12:2-17. General powers and duties of director
The director shall:
a. Be subject to the rules and regulations of the board;
b. Exercise general supervision over all projects relating to the commerce and navigation within and about the state, and all work in any way relating thereto;
c. Be charged with the enforcement of all laws relating to the powers and duties of the board and to the commerce and navigation of the state and also all rules and regulations made by the board; and
d. Obtain, collect and preserve such information relating to the state's commerce and navigation and to the ways and means by which the same may be advanced, and also relating to the work of the department as may be useful in the discharge of his duties, or which may contribute to promote the interests of the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-18 - Entry upon and survey of lands and waterways by director

12:2-18. Entry upon and survey of lands and waterways by director
The director and any person authorized by him so to do may, without fee or hindrance, enter upon, examine and survey all waterways, riparian lands and proposed waterways in and about the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-19 - Oaths; examination of witnesses; subpoenas; penalty; perjury

12:2-19. Oaths; examination of witnesses; subpoenas; penalty; perjury
The board by its presiding officer, each of its committees by the chairman thereof, and the director, may administer oaths and examine witnesses in any part of the state in any matter relating to the powers and duties of the department, and to the commerce and navigation of the state. For this purpose the board may issue subpoenas, signed by its president and secretary, requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers in any part of the state before it, or before any of its committees, or before the director.
Any person who, being served with a subpoena issued pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall fail to attend or give testimony unless such testimony incriminate him or subject him to fine or punishment, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense, to be recovered in the name of the state of New Jersey; said penalty, when recovered, to be paid into the treasury of the state. The attorney general shall prosecute any and all actions for the recovery of penalties under this section when requested so to do, and when, in his judgment, the facts and the law so warrant.
Any person who, having been sworn by the presiding officer of the board, or the chairman of any of its committees, or by the director, willfully gives false testimony shall be guilty of perjury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-20 - Codification of laws of each division

12:2-20. Codification of laws of each division
The heads or chiefs of the several subdepartments shall codify the laws relating to or concerning their respective departments. Such codification shall set forth, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the act creating the department, followed, in their proper order, by all existing amendatory and supplementary acts relating to the consolidation of the department with any other board, commission or department. Said codification shall be continued from year to year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-21 - Acquisition of land for New Jersey ship canal; donation to federal government

12:2-21. Acquisition of land for New Jersey ship canal; donation to federal government
The board may purchase or acquire by gift, grant, or by condemnation, for the purpose of furthering the commercial interests of this state, lands not to exceed one thousand feet in width from Raritan bay, at Morgan, in the county of Middlesex, across the state to the Delaware river, at Bordentown, in the county of Burlington, as shown on a route upon map of United States, intercoastal waterway, Boston, Massachusetts, Beaufort inlet, North Carolina division, New York bay, Delaware river section, and on file in the office of the board, or upon any other route, if in the judgment of the board deviation of said route shall be advisable.
After the acquisition of said land, the board may donate so much thereof to the federal government for the construction of a ship canal as the federal government shall deem necessary and advisable.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:2-22 - Preservation of Barnegat lighthouse

12:2-22. Preservation of Barnegat lighthouse
The board may acquire from the federal government, by gift, grant, purchase or in any other lawful manner, the Barnegat lighthouse and curtilage, situate near Barnegat City, and provide for the preservation of the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-1 - Commissioners to make survey and report as to riparian lands, etc.

12:3-1. Commissioners to make survey and report as to riparian lands, etc.
P.L.1864, c. 391, p. 681 (Rev.1877, pp. 981, 982, s.s. 1 to 6; C.S. pp. 4383, 4384, s.s. 1 to 7), entitled "An Act to ascertain the rights of the state and of the riparian owners in the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, and elsewhere in the state," approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment of a board of commissioners to cause to be made surveys of the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, of the Hudson river and the lands adjacent thereto, the Kill von Kull, Newark bay, Arthur Kill, Raritan bay and the Delaware river opposite to the county of Philadelphia, not theretofore granted by the state; to ascertain the state's rights in the same and the value thereof; to fix the exterior line beyond which no permanent obstruction should be permitted and to report to the legislature and recommend a plan for the improvement, use, renting or leasing of said lands with maps of said lands showing the said exterior line, the lines of existing piers, etc., and any grants of such lands not then occupied, with other appropriate information.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-2 - Establishment of exterior bulkhead and pier lines in tidewaters of Hudson river, New York bay and Kill von Kull

12:3-2. Establishment of exterior bulkhead and pier lines in tidewaters of Hudson river, New York bay and Kill von Kull
The bulkhead line or lines of solid filling and pier lines in the tidewaters of the Hudson river, New York bay and Kill von Kull, lying between Enyard's dock, on the Kill von Kull, and the New York state line, so far as they have been recommended and reported to the legislature by the commissioners appointed under the act entitled "An act to ascertain the rights of the state and of the riparian owners in the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, and elsewhere in the state," approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four (L.1864, c. 391, p. 681), by report bearing date February first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, are hereby adopted and declared to be fixed and established as the exterior bulkhead and pier lines between the points above named, as such exterior bulkhead and pier lines so fixed, established and adopted are shown upon the manuscript maps, accompanying said report, and filed in the office of the secretary of state, except as said lines have been or may hereafter be changed pursuant to section 12:3-13 of this title and except said lines drawn on said maps over or upon lands within the boundaries of the grant made to the Morris Canal and Banking Company by the act entitled "A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate a company to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware rivers,' passed December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and twenty-four," approved March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven (L.1867, c. 133, p. 251).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-3 - Filling in beyond bulkhead lines; erection of piers

12:3-3. Filling in beyond bulkhead lines; erection of piers
It shall not be lawful to fill in with earth, stones or other solid material, in the tidewaters of the Hudson river, New York bay and Kill von Kull, beyond the bulkhead line or lines of solid filling by section 12:3-2 of this title adopted, fixed and established, laid down and exhibited on the aforesaid maps; and it shall not be lawful to erect or maintain any pier or other structure exterior to the said bulkhead line or lines of solid filling in any place or places where no exterior line for piers is reported or indicated by said maps, on the Hudson river, New York bay and Kill von Kull and when an exterior line for piers is recommended and shown by said report and maps, no erection or structure of any kind shall be erected, allowed or maintained beyond or exterior to the aforesaid bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, except piers which shall not exceed one hundred feet in width respectively, and which shall in no case extend beyond the line indicated for piers on said maps accompanying said report; and no piers shall be constructed in said tidewaters, when such exterior pier lines are adopted, fixed and established, at less intervals between such piers than seventy-five feet, except at places occupied and used for ferries, or to be so occupied or used, when the spaces between the piers may be less; nor shall any such pier be constructed in any other manner than on piles or on blocks and bridges; and if on blocks and bridges, such blocks and bridges shall not occupy more than one-half of the length of the pier, and they shall be so constructed as to permit a free flow or passage of water under and through them, without any other interruption or obstruction than the pile or blocks necessary to support said piers.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-6 - Payment of or security for purchase money or rentals for lands below high-water mark

12:3-6. Payment of or security for purchase money or rentals for lands below high-water mark
No grant hereafter made, extending beyond the line of high-water mark, shall be in force or operation as to so much thereof as extends below said line of high-water mark, until the grantee or grantees shall have paid into the treasury of the state such compensation or rentals, or secured to the state such payment or rentals for the estate in the lands lying below the said line of mean high-water mark, contained in and conveyed by such grant or lease as provided in section 12:3-7 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-7 - Grant of riparian land not improved; notice to riparian owner.

12:3-7 Grant of riparian land not improved; notice to riparian owner.
12:3-7. If any person or persons, corporation or corporations, or associations, shall desire to obtain a grant for lands under water which have not been improved, and are not authorized to be improved, under any grant or license protected by the provisions of R.S.12:3-2 to R.S.12:3-9, it shall be lawful for the Tidelands Resource Council, together with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and Attorney General of the State, upon application to them, to designate what lands under water for which a grant is desired lie within the exterior lines, and to fix such price, reasonable compensation, or annual rentals for so much of said lands as lie below high-water mark, as are to be included in the grant or lease for which such application shall be made, and to certify the boundaries, and the price, compensation or annual rentals to be paid for the same, under their hands, which shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State; and upon the payment of such price or compensation or annual rentals, or securing the same to be paid to the Treasurer of this State, by such applicant, it shall be lawful for such applicant to apply to the council for a conveyance, assuring to the grantee, his or her heirs and assigns, if to an individual, or to its successors and assigns, if to a corporation, the land under water so described in said certificate; and the council shall, in the name of the State, and under the great seal of the State, grant the said lands in manner last aforesaid, and said conveyance shall be subscribed by the commissioner and the Attorney General and attested by the Secretary of State, and shall be prepared under the direction of the Attorney General, to whom the grantee shall pay the expense of such preparation, and upon the delivery of such conveyance, the grantee may reclaim, improve, and appropriate to his and their own use, the lands contained and described in the said certificate; subject, however, to the regulations and provisions of R.S.12:3-2 and R.S.12:3-3, and such lands shall thereupon vest in said applicant; provided, that no grant or license shall be granted to any other than a riparian proprietor, until six calendar months after the riparian proprietors shall have been personally notified in writing by the applicant for such grant or license, and shall have neglected to apply for the grant or license, and neglected to pay, or secured to be paid, the price that the council shall have fixed; the notice in the case of a minor shall be given to the guardian, and in case of a corporation to any officer doing the duties incumbent upon president, secretary, treasurer or director, and in case of a nonresident, the notice may be by publication for four weeks successively in a daily newspaper published in Hudson county, and in a daily newspaper published in New York city.
Amended 2009, c.40, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-7.1 - Inability to give required notice; notice by publication; effect

12:3-7.1. Inability to give required notice; notice by publication; effect
In the event an applicant for a grant or lease of riparian lands cannot comply with the provisions of Revised Statutes 12:3-7 or Revised Statutes 12:3-23, requiring 6 months notice to the riparian or shore owner of an application for a grant or lease because of the applicant's inability to determine the location of the present or former mean high water line, such applicant shall file with the Department of Conservation and Economic Development a notice of his intention to apply for a riparian grant or lease, describing therein the lands desired, together with an affidavit of an engineer or surveyor licensed in this State, setting forth the reasons why the location of the mean high water line cannot be determined, and requesting permission of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to publish the notice of intention to make an application in form prescribed by the commissioner once a month for 6 successive months, prior to the filing of the application, in a newspaper published and circulated in the county or counties wherein the lands are situate. Upon receipt of such notice of intention the commissioner shall investigate the facts set forth therein and may grant the requested permission for publication; and may also, as a condition thereof, require such additional notice as he shall deem appropriate to inform adjacent property owners of the applicant's intention to seek a riparian grant or lease.
Upon the execution of the grant or lease after the notice as provided herein, all privileges or claims of pre-emption of riparian owners to the lands therein described shall forever cease and terminate.
L.1965, c. 102, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-8 - Trespass on lands of state under water; proceedings by attorney general; expenses

12:3-8. Trespass on lands of state under water; proceedings by attorney general; expenses
The department may commence a civil action in the name of the State of New Jersey against persons and corporations trespassing upon or occupying the lands of the State under water, or which were heretofore under water, and the Attorney-General of the State is hereby required to commence and prosecute such actions as may be instituted or directed by the department; and his expenses and disbursements, and the expenses and disbursements of such assistants as may be appointed by the Governor, and their reasonable charges and counsel fees shall be taxed by the court and paid by the State Treasurer, upon presentation of the bill so taxed.
Amended by L.1953, c. 12, p. 99, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-9 - Grant to person other than riparian owner; procedure

12:3-9. Grant to person other than riparian owner; procedure
In any case where a grant of the lands of the State under water is made by the department to any person other than the riparian owner the State's grantee shall not fill up or improve said lands under water until the rights and interest of the riparian owner in said lands under water (if any he has) shall be extinguished, as follows: The department shall fix the amount to be paid to said riparian owner for his rights and interest therein (if any he has), and said riparian owner shall have the right, within twenty days after he has been notified of said amount, to accept said sum in full extinguishment of all his rights, or if he is dissatisfied with said award he may apply to the Superior Court for a struck jury to try the question in such place as may be designated by said court, and said jury may increase or diminish the amount to be paid the said riparian owner, and their verdict shall be final as to said amount, and on the payment or tender by the State's grantee to the riparian owner of the amount fixed by said jury all the rights and interests of said riparian owner in the lands of the State under water in front of his land shall be extinguished; the costs of the trial shall be paid as follows: If the verdict of the jury is greater than the award of the board then the State shall pay the costs of the trial, if the verdict is the same as the award or less than the award of the department then the riparian owner shall pay the costs.
Amended by L.1953, c. 12, p. 99, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-10 - Lease or conveyance to riparian owner on application to board

12:3-10. Lease or conveyance to riparian owner on application to board
Any riparian owner on tidewaters in this State who is desirous to obtain a lease, grant or conveyance from the State of New Jersey of any lands under water in front of his lands, may apply to the board, which may make such lease, grant or conveyance with due regard to the interests of navigation, upon such compensation therefor, to be paid to the State of New Jersey, as shall be determined by the board, which lease, conveyance or grant shall be executed as directed in sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-9 of this Title, and shall vest all the rights of the State in said lands in said lessee or grantee.
The board in its discretion, upon application in writing from any riparian owner, may cancel and annul any lease, grant or conveyance heretofore made to such riparian owner, and thereupon such lands, and rights therein, so leased, granted or conveyed shall revert to the State.
Amended by L.1938, c. 418, p. 1207, s. 1, eff. Dec. 13, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-11 - Waters excluded

12:3-11. Waters excluded
Section 12:3-10 of this title shall not interfere with sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-9 of this title as to the waters of the Hudson river, New York bay or Kill von Kull, easterly of Enyard's dock.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-12 - Covenants, clauses and conditions in grants or leases whether land under water or not.

12:3-12 Covenants, clauses and conditions in grants or leases whether land under water or not.
12:3-12. The council with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and Attorney General, in all cases of application for grants or leases of land now, or at the time of the application, or at the time of the lease or grant, under tidewater; and in all cases of application for grants or leases of lands which are not now, or shall not at the time of the application, or at the time of the lease or grant be under tidewater, and in all cases of applications for leases or grants for all or any of such lands may, notwithstanding the first proviso in R.S.12:3-5, or any other provisions contained in R.S.12:3-2 to R.S.12:3-9, grant or lease, or lease first with a covenant to grant, and grant afterwards, for such principal sum that the interest thereof at 7% will produce the rental, such lands, or any part thereof lying between what was, at any time heretofore, the original high-water line and the seaward territorial jurisdiction of the State, and grant or lease in all cases in which, in their discretion, they shall think such grant or lease should be made, such rights, privileges and franchises as they are authorized to grant in cases coming directly within R.S.12:3-5, and enter into the same covenants in the name of the State, in all cases of grants or leases where they deem such covenants proper, as are authorized in grants or leases under R.S.12:3-5 and insert such other covenants, clauses and conditions in said grants or leases as they shall think proper to require from the grantee or lessee, or ought to be made by the State; provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize grants or leases in front of a riparian owner to any other than such riparian owner, except upon the proceedings and conditions provided in R.S.12:3-2 to R.S.12:3-9; and provided also, that the applications for grants or leases, and the certificates of the council, commissioner and Attorney General, may in the cases hereby provided for, vary from the provisions of R.S.12:3-2 to R.S.12:3-9 in such manner as to conform to this section, and any party who has already asked for or accepted a lease or conveyance may apply for and have the benefits of this section, notwithstanding such former application or former acceptance of a lease or conveyance.
Amended 1979, c.311, s.1; 2009, c.40, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-12.1 - Findings, declarations relative to conveyance of riparian lands.

12:3-12.1 Findings, declarations relative to conveyance of riparian lands.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that the Tidelands Resource Council is the public body responsible for the stewardship of the State's riparian lands; that it is the responsibility of the council to determine whether applications for the lease, license, or grant of riparian lands are in the public interest; that it is the responsibility of the council to determine, in assessing applications for the lease, license, or grant of riparian lands, whether the State may have a future use for such lands; that the council must obtain the fair market value for the lease, license or grant of riparian lands in accordance with court decisions and legal opinions of the Attorney General; and that the substantive policies adopted by the council and information about the roles of the council and the tidelands management program within the Department of Environmental Protection in requiring, reviewing, and processing applications for the lease, license, and grant of riparian lands should be made readily available to the general public and should be provided to those who apply for permission to use riparian lands.
L.1997,c.239,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-12.2 - Development of "Guide to the Tidelands."

12:3-12.2 Development of "Guide to the Tidelands."
2. The Tidelands Resource Council shall develop an informational guide entitled "Guide to the Tidelands," which shall be written in clear and plain language such that a person possessing a high school degree or its equivalent can understand any information provided in the guide. The council shall provide a copy of the guide to any person expressing an interest in applying for a lease, license or grant of any riparian land and to any other person who requests a copy of the guide. The guide shall contain the following information:
a. A brief history of the designation of riparian lands in New Jersey as property of the State to be held in the public trust;
b. The purpose of the Tidelands Resource Council and the tidelands management program within the Department of Environmental Protection, emphasizing the status of mapped riparian lands as property of the State under the stewardship of the Tidelands Resource Council;
c. A complete listing and explanation of application fees adopted by the council pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.);
d. An explanation of the process involved in submitting an application to the council, and an explanation of the method by which the council establishes the fair market value of riparian lands, and the consequent price of a lease, license, or grant of such lands;
e. An explanation of the process by which an applicant for a lease, license, or grant of riparian lands may appeal to the council for a reduction in the price of such lease, license, or grant as established by the council; and
f. Any information not specified in subsections a. through e. of this section that the council determines will help applicants obtain a clear understanding of the council's role as steward of State-owned riparian lands.
L.1997,c.239,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation › Section 12:3-12.3 - Rules, regulations setting forth fees; minimum term of conveyance.

12:3-12.3 Rules, regulations setting forth fees; minimum term of conveyance.
3. The Tidelands Resource Council shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations setting forth all fees imposed by the council, but shall not be required to publish as a rule or regulation any formula or method used to determine the fair market value of a lease, license or grant. All leases and licenses shall be conveyed for a minimum of seven years.
L.1997,c.239,s.3.