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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-5 - Games and exhibitions; admission fee; no charge for children

40:12-5. Games and exhibitions; admission fee; no charge for children
In order to provide the funds, in whole or in part, necessary to improve, maintain and police the playgrounds or recreation places under its control, the board of recreation commissioners may arrange and provide for the giving of exhibitions, plays, concerts, games and contests, and may use and employ such playgrounds or recreation places for the purpose of giving thereon exhibitions, plays, concerts, games and contests.
The board may charge and collect a reasonable admission fee for each person entering such playground or recreation place as a spectator during the time or times when the same is being used or employed for such purposes, but shall not use or employ any such playground or recreation place for such purpose for a greater period than a ratio of 1 hour to every 2 hours in each day during which the playground or recreation places are utilized nor more than 16 hours in any 1 calendar week, and when any such playground or recreation place is used for such purpose no admission fee shall be charged or collected from children under 12 years of age.
The board of recreation commissioners may charge and collect a reasonable service charge from persons using, as participants, special areas and facilities, which require special maintenance and the use of which is restricted to relatively few people, in order to assist in the meeting of the operating costs thereof in whole or in part.
Amended by L.1956, c. 56, p. 111, s. 1, eff. May 25, 1956.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-6 - Powers of board of recreation commissioners.

40:12-6 Powers of board of recreation commissioners.
40:12-6. The board of recreation commissioners shall have full control over all lands, playgrounds and recreation places acquired or leased under the provisions of sections 40:12-1 to 40:12-9 of this Title and may adopt a board seal, suitable rules, regulations and bylaws for the use thereof, and the conduct of all persons while on or using the same; and any person who shall violate any of such rules, regulations or bylaws shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly person.
The custodians, supervisors and assistants appointed by the board shall, while on duty and for the purpose of preserving order and the observance of the rules, regulations and bylaws of the board, have all the power and authority of police officers of the respective municipalities in and for which they are severally appointed.
The board may appoint a recreation director for a term not to exceed 3 years, a secretary or clerk, and such number of custodians, supervisors and assistants for the several playgrounds and recreation places under its control as they shall think necessary, and fix and determine their salaries.
Amended 1968, c.191; 2001, c.102, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-7 - Appropriation for current expenses; office

40:12-7. Appropriation for current expenses; office
The board or body having control of the finances of each county and municipality having playgrounds and recreation places shall annually fix, determine and appropriate a sum sufficient for the care, custody, policing and maintenance of such playgrounds and recreation places, and for the expenses of the several boards of commissioners, which shall be raised by taxation in the same manner as other taxes.
The board or body having control of the finances shall provide a suitable office or offices for the board of recreation commissioners.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-8 - Costs and expenses; bonds; special fund

40:12-8. Costs and expenses; bonds; special fund
The money necessary to pay for lands purchased or condemned for such playgrounds and recreation places, and for providing and equipping the same, from time to time, may be raised and provided by the board or body having control of the finances by general taxation, as other taxes are raised and levied, or by the issuance of temporary loan bonds, or by the issuance of permanent bonds. All such bonds or other obligations shall be issued and paid in the manner provided by article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
All moneys received by the board shall be paid over to the municipal or county treasurer and be by him kept in a special fund, which shall be under the control of the board and used only for the purpose of defraying the expenses of improving, maintaining or policing the playgrounds and recreation places and for the other expenses of the board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-9 - Joint actions.

40:12-9 Joint actions.
40:12-9. Any two or more municipalities in any county, any municipality and the coterminous school district, any municipality and county, or any municipality and county park commission may jointly acquire property for, or improve, operate, and maintain on existing property, any playgrounds, completely inclusive playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, or indoor recreation centers, and may appropriate money therefor. The municipality may pay over to the board of education of the school district any money as may be so appropriated to be disbursed by the board of education for any of these joint purposes. The county or county park commission may pay over to the municipality any money as may be so appropriated to be disbursed by the county or county park commission for any of these joint purposes.
amended 1948, c.61; 2018, c.104, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-14 - Joint municipal action

40:12-14 Joint municipal action
40:12-14. Any two or more municipalities may jointly establish, maintain, and improve, or maintain and improve if already established, a public recreation system including parks, open space, and playgrounds.
Amended 1993, c.37, s.3; 1997, c.24, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15 - Forest reserve as public park

40:12-15. Forest reserve as public park
The governing body of any county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the board of conservation and development for the maintenance of a forest reserve, or any portion thereof, which portion may be a pond or lake, as a public park; and from time to time to appropriate money and to pay the same to the board of conservation and development to be expended by it for the maintenance and improvement of such state property.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.4 - Lands acquired by county held in trust.

40:12-15.4 Lands acquired by county held in trust.
4. Lands acquired by a county using revenue raised pursuant to P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) shall be held in trust and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized under P.L.1997, c.24.
After conducting at least one public hearing thereon and upon a finding that the purposes of P.L.1997, c.24 might otherwise be better served or that any land acquired by a county pursuant thereto is required for another public use, which finding shall be set forth in a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, adopted by the governing body of the county, the governing body may convey, through sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition, title to, or a lesser interest in, that land, provided that the governing body shall replace any land conveyed under this section by land of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land conveyed, and any monies derived from the conveyance shall be deposited into the "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.2) for use for the purposes authorized by P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) for monies in the county trust fund. Any such conveyance shall be made in accordance with the "Local Lands and Buildings Law," P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-1 et seq.). In the event of conveyance by exchange, the land or improvements thereon to be transferred to the trust shall be at least equal in fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land or improvements transferred from the trust.
L.1997, c.24, s.4; amended 2011, c.173, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.5 - Apportionment by county of amounts raised by taxation.

40:12-15.5 Apportionment by county of amounts raised by taxation.
5. Amounts raised by taxation for the purposes of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) shall be apportioned by the county board of taxation among the municipalities within the county in accordance with R.S.54:4-49. The amounts so apportioned shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes. The tax collected pursuant to P.L.1997, c.24 shall be referred to as the "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Tax."
L.1997, c.24, s.5; amended 2011, c.173, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.6 - Adoption by county of resolution authorizing distribution of monies.

40:12-15.6 Adoption by county of resolution authorizing distribution of monies.
6. a. The governing body of any county in which the voters of the county have approved a proposition in accordance with P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) may adopt a resolution authorizing the distribution of monies deposited into the "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.2), in such portions as deemed appropriate, to municipalities within the county or to charitable conservancies, to be used in the county by those municipalities or charitable conservancies for the purposes of P.L.1997, c.24 in accordance with the provisions, conditions, and requirements thereof, provided that any municipality or charitable conservancy receiving such monies has presented a plan to the county documenting the proposed use of the monies.
b. Lands acquired by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be held in trust and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by P.L.1997, c.24.
c. The governing body of a municipality acquiring lands using monies received pursuant to this section shall have full control of the lands and may adopt an ordinance providing for (1) suitable rules, regulations, and bylaws for use of the lands, (2) the enforcement of those rules, regulations and bylaws, and (3) when appropriate, the charging and collection of reasonable fees for use of the lands or for activities conducted thereon.
d. In order to qualify to receive monies from a county trust fund pursuant to this section, the board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body, as appropriate, of an applying charitable conservancy shall:
(1) demonstrate to the governing body of the county that it qualifies as a charitable conservancy;
(2) agree to use the monies only in connection with lands located in the county and for the purposes authorized by P.L.1997, c.24;
(3) agree to make and keep the lands accessible to the public, unless the governing body of the county determines that public accessibility would be detrimental to the lands or to any natural or historic resources associated therewith;
(4) agree not to sell, lease, exchange, transfer, or donate the lands for which the monies received were allocated for use pursuant to this section, except upon approval of the governing body of the county under such conditions as the governing body may establish; and
(5) agree to execute and donate to the county at no charge (a) a conservation restriction or historic preservation restriction, as the case may be, pursuant to P.L.1979, c.378 (C.13:8B-1 et seq.), or (b) a development easement, as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-13), as appropriate, on the lands for which the monies received were allocated for use pursuant to this section.
L.1997, c.24, s.6; amended 2011, c.173, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.8 - Propositions deemed approved by voters of municipality.

40:12-15.8 Propositions deemed approved by voters of municipality.
8. Any municipality whose voters, prior to the effective date of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.), approved pursuant to R.S.40:12-10 et seq. a proposition authorizing the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of a system of public recreation shall be deemed to have approved a proposition for any or all of the purposes specified in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.7) at the amount or rate specified in the original proposition, which purposes shall be determined by adoption of an ordinance by the governing body of the municipality after conducting at least one public hearing thereon. Any fund created for the purposes of R.S.40:12-10 et seq. shall be dissolved and any monies remaining therein shall be deposited into the "Municipal Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.7) to be utilized for the purposes determined by the governing body of the municipality as authorized pursuant to this section.
L.1997, c.24, s.8; amended 2011, c.173, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.9 - Lands acquired by municipality held in trust.

40:12-15.9 Lands acquired by municipality held in trust.
9. Lands acquired by a municipality using revenue raised pursuant to P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq.) shall be held in trust and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized under P.L.1997, c.24.
After conducting at least one public hearing thereon and upon a finding that the purposes of P.L.1997, c.24 might otherwise be better served or that any land acquired by a municipality pursuant thereto is required for another public use, which finding shall be set forth in an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality, the governing body may convey, through sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition, title to, or a lesser interest in, that land, provided that the governing body shall replace any land conveyed under this section by land of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land conveyed, and any monies derived from the conveyance shall be deposited into the "Municipal Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.7) for use for the purposes authorized by P.L.1997, c.24 for monies in the municipal trust fund. Any such conveyance shall be made in accordance with the "Local Lands and Buildings Law," P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-1 et seq.). In the event of conveyance by exchange, the land or improvements thereon to be transferred to the trust shall be at least equal in fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality, and location to the land or improvements transferred from the trust.
L.1997, c.24, s.9; amended 2011, c.173, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.10 - Agreement with charitable conservancy, non-profit organization.

40:12-15.10 Agreement with charitable conservancy, non-profit organization.
3. a. A local government unit may enter into an agreement with a charitable conservancy or other tax exempt nonprofit organization to acquire and hold, on behalf of the local government unit, real property, or any interest therein, for recreation and conservation purposes, farmland preservation purposes, or historic preservation purposes, for possible eventual conveyance to the local government unit or another entity approved by the local government unit.
b. A local government unit may enter into an agreement with a charitable conservancy or other tax exempt nonprofit organization to acquire and hold, on behalf of the local government unit, items of antiquity, historic artifacts or documents, or other items of an historic character or nature, for possible eventual conveyance to the local government unit or another entity approved by the local government unit.
c. Any agreement entered into in accordance with this section shall not be subject to the requirements and provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).
d. For the purposes of this section, "local government unit" means a county or municipality, or any agency, authority, or other entity thereof.
L.2005,c.108,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.11 - Definitions.

40:12-15.11 Definitions.
1. As used in P.L.2019, c.335 (C.40:12-15.11 et al.):
"Arts and culture" means creative and cultural activities, including but not limited to, performing, visual, and fine arts, music, dance, graphic design, film, digital media and video, architecture and urban design, humanities, literature, arts and culture education, historic preservation, museum curation, crafts, and folk arts.
"Arts and culture trust fund" means a fund established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.335 (C.40:12-15.12), for the purpose of supporting local arts and culture.
"Local arts council" means an entity, often referred to as a local arts agency, arts commission, or cultural affairs office, that:
a. is either a municipal or county government agency, or a private entity exempt from federal income taxation under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)); and
b. maintains a mission that generally involves making arts and culture more accessible to the public, and supporting local artists, art programming, or local organizations focused on arts and culture.
L.2019, c.335, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.12 - Proposition authorizing levy to support arts and culture.

40:12-15.12 Proposition authorizing levy to support arts and culture.
2. a. The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, submit to the voters of the municipality, in a general or special election, a proposition authorizing an annual levy, in an amount or at a rate that the governing body deems appropriate, to be established for the purpose of supporting arts and culture. Upon approval of the proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality may annually raise by taxation a sum not to exceed the amount or rate set forth in the proposition approved by the voters for the purposes specified therein. The arts and culture levy shall become effective in the next budget year following the year in which the levy has been approved by the voters.
b. Amounts raised by the levy imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited into an "arts and culture trust fund" to be created by the municipality, and shall be used exclusively for arts and culture, except that the municipality may deposit such amounts into the current fund of that municipality for uses not related to arts and culture if the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs finds that the municipality is in fiscal distress. Any interest or other income earned on monies deposited into the arts and culture trust fund shall be credited to the fund to be used for the same purposes as the principal. A municipality may deposit other funds into the arts and culture trust fund, as it may, from time to time, deem appropriate.
c. The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, submit to the voters of the municipality in a general or special election a proposition amending, supplementing, or repealing, a proposition previously submitted, approved, and implemented as provided pursuant to this section. The proposition may propose to eliminate the annual levy or change the amount or rate of the annual levy. Upon approval of an amendatory or supplementary proposition by a majority of the votes cast by the voters of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall implement it in the same manner as set forth in P.L.2019, c.335 (C.40:12-15.11 et al.) for implementation of the original proposition.
d. Upon petition to the governing body of a municipality signed by the voters of the municipality equal in number to at least 15 percent of the votes cast therein at the last preceding general election, filed with the governing body at least 90 days before a general or special election, the governing body of the municipality shall submit to the voters of the municipality in the general or special election the proposition otherwise authorized pursuant to subsection a. or subsection c. of this section, as the case may be.
L.2019, c.335, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-15.13 - Local arts council.

40:12-15.13 Local arts council.
3. a. The municipality, either through an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.335 (C.40:12-15.12), or through a subsequent ordinance, shall designate a local arts council to which monies from the arts and culture trust fund shall be appropriated. The local arts council shall comply with the conditions for the use of the funding established by ordinance.
b. An agreement entered into in accordance with this section shall not be subject to the requirements and provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). If the local arts council is a private entity, then the local arts council shall allow the chief financial officer of the municipality to serve on its board, ex officio, as a non-voting member.
L.2019, c.335, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-16.1 - Adoption of prioritized list of eligible farmland.

40:12-16.1 Adoption of prioritized list of eligible farmland.
7. The county agriculture development board of a county in which the voters of the county have approved, in a general or special election, a proposition authorizing the acquisition of lands for farmland preservation purposes pursuant to P.L.1989, c.30 (C.40:12-16 et seq.) or P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.1 et seq. ) shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 24 of P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-31), adopt a prioritized list of farmland eligible for acquisition of development easements thereon by installment purchase agreements pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1992, c.157 (C.40:12-16.1 et al.) if the county intends to acquire development easements on farmland in that manner. The governing body of the county shall annually appropriate from the "County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund" created pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of P.L.1997, c.24 (C.40:12-15.2) such amounts as it may deem necessary to finance the acquisition of development easements on farmland within that county by installment purchase agreement.
L.1992, c.157, s.7; amended 1997, c.24, s.11; 2011, c.173, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-20 - Findings, declarations relative to county, municipal parks

40:12-20. Findings, declarations relative to county, municipal parks
1. The Legislature finds and declares that county and municipal parks in the State are deteriorating due to a lack of proper maintenance, operation, or improvement; that the use and enjoyment of such parks is diminished by their poor condition; that counties and municipalities often do not have the funds to expend for the proper maintenance, operation, or improvement of their parks; that proper maintenance, operation, and improvement helps extend the life of park facilities, thereby reducing the need in some cases for large public capital expenditures for new park facilities and allowing any savings resulting therefrom to be used for other public purposes; that private businesses located near county or municipal parks have a public service interest as well as a private financial incentive in ensuring that such parks are well cared for; that such businesses often have financial and other resources available to them to devote to such a worthy purpose; that many nonprofit organizations would welcome the opportunity for their members and volunteers to assist counties or municipalities in the maintenance, operation, or improvement of county or municipal parks in a spirit of public service; and that, therefore, it is appropriate to authorize counties and municipalities and private businesses or nonprofit organizations to establish mutually beneficial partnerships in the manner prescribed by this act that will result in county and municipal parks that are better maintained, operated, and improved for the use and enjoyment of the public.
L.1992,c.101,s.1; amended 1996, c.132, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-21 - Definitions relative to county, municipal parks

40:12-21. Definitions relative to county, municipal parks
2. As used in this act:
"Improvement" means, but is not necessarily limited to, construction, reconstruction, stabilization, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, or restoration of a park or park facility, building, structure, infrastructure, or feature.
"Local government unit" means a county, municipality, or joint meeting, including any commission, utilities or other authority, board, or agency thereof, or a county park commission, county board of park commissioners, county or municipal board of recreation commissioners, municipal recreation commission, or similar entity.
"Operation" means, but is not necessarily limited to, the providing of park or recreation services, equipment, materials, supplies, or staff personnel.
"Park" means a park, playground, picnic area, square, monument, beach, waterfront, recreation area, conservation area, or similar place or property, or any open space, owned or controlled by a local government unit.
"Participating business entity" means a business entity that has entered into a park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement with a local government unit in accordance with this act.
"Participating entity" means a business entity or nonprofit organization that has entered into a park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement with a local government unit in accordance with this act.
L.1992,c.101,s.2; amended 1996, c.132, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-22 - Agreements to provide for maintenance, operation or improvement

40:12-22. Agreements to provide for maintenance, operation or improvement
3. Any local government unit may enter into an agreement with a business entity or nonprofit organization located within or near the local government unit to provide for the maintenance, operation, or improvement of a park or any portion thereof located within the local government unit, at no cost to the local government unit except as provided pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1992, c.101 (C.40:12-23). No such park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement may be entered into unless the business entity or nonprofit organization successfully demonstrates to the local government unit that the business entity or nonprofit organization is capable of maintaining, operating, or improving the park according to the agreed upon terms and conditions. A park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement shall be for such period as may be agreed upon by the local government unit and the business entity or nonprofit organization, and may be terminated by the business entity or nonprofit organization upon at least six months' notice to the local government unit, or by the local government unit at any time without prior notice to the business entity or nonprofit organization, for any reason, including, but not limited to, failure of the participating business entity or nonprofit organization to comply with any term or condition of the park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement.
L.1992,c.101,s.3; amended 1996, c.132, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-23 - Provision of equipment, materials, supplies, services

40:12-23. Provision of equipment, materials, supplies, services
4. A local government unit may provide at no cost to a participating entity such equipment, materials, supplies, or services that the local government unit deems appropriate to assist the participating entity with its park maintenance , operation, or improvement responsibilities, including, but not limited to, solid waste recycling or disposal services. L.1992,c.101,s.4; amended 1996, c.132, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-24 - Advertising, promotion

40:12-24. Advertising, promotion
5. A local government unit may advertise and promote a park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement program established by the local government unit pursuant to this act.
L.1992,c.101,s.5; amended 1996, c.132, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-25 - Public recognition of participating entity

40:12-25. Public recognition of participating entity
6. A local government unit may provide for appropriate public recognition of a participating entity, including, but not limited to:
a. issuance of a certificate of recognition; and
b. authorization for the participating entity to pay for and erect a sign or signs at the park maintained , operated, or improved by that participating entity indicating (1) the name and address of the participating entity, and (2) that it has assumed all or a portion of the maintenance, operation, or improvement responsibilities for the park as a public service in accordance with this act. The local government unit shall determine the size, color, style, and location of any such sign or signs that may be erected. A local government unit may pay for a sign or signs erected in accordance with this section if the participating entity is a nonprofit organization.
L.1992,c.101,s.6; amended 1996, c.132, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-26 - No liability in civil actions, insurance

40:12-26. No liability in civil actions, insurance
7. a. Except where permitted by the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., no local government unit, or any employee or agent thereof, may be held liable in any civil action to any person for any injury or damages that may be caused or sustained by any participating entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park.
b. As a condition of any park maintenance , operation, or improvement agreement entered into in accordance with this act:
(1) a participating entity, and each employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer of that participating entity assisting in maintaining , operating, or improving a park, shall sign a waiver releasing the local government unit and its employees and agents from any civil liability for any injury or damages, except those arising from criminal or willful, wanton, or grossly negligent conduct, that may be sustained by the participating entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, as the case may be, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park;
(2) a participating business entity shall agree to indemnify, and if requested by the local government unit, defend, the local government unit and its employees and agents against all claims made by any person for injuries or damages that may be caused or sustained by the participating business entity, or any employee, agent, contractor, member, or volunteer thereof, during the course, or as a result of, maintaining , operating, or improving a park; and
(3) a participating business entity shall obtain and retain insurance in an amount sufficient for the purposes set forth in this section.
L.1992,c.101,s.7; amended 1996, c.132, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-27 - Participating entity, not public, State employees

40:12-27. Participating entity, not public, State employees
8. While performing park maintenance, operation, or improvement responsibilities pursuant to a park maintenance, operation, or improvement agreement entered into in accordance with this act, a participating entity and its employees, agents, contractors, members, and volunteers shall not be considered to be "public employees" or "State employees" for the purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," or otherwise be accorded any of the protections set forth therein.
L.1992,c.101,s.8; amended 1996, c.132, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-28 - Applicable laws, regulations

40:12-28. Applicable laws, regulations
9. a. Nothing in this act may be construed to supersede the provisions of R.S.40:12-1 et seq., R.S.40:61-1 et seq., chapters 32 and 37 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, or any rule or regulation established by a local government unit applicable to the maintenance, operation , or improvement of its parks for the benefit of all park users.
b. Any agreement entered into in accordance with this act shall not be subject to the requirements and provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).
L.1992,c.101,s.9; amended 1996, c.132, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-29 - Donations, solicitation authorized

40:12-29. Donations, solicitation authorized
1. Subject to all relevant laws, rules or regulations, any county or municipality, or any entity or agency thereof, may solicit and accept donations, by gift, bequest, or devise, of real property, funds, personal property, in-kind items, or services by private persons to the soliciting governmental entity or agency, for the purpose of public open space preservation or the establishment and maintenance of public parks, forests, recreation areas, or wildlife management areas, preserves, or sanctuaries.
Any such donation may be publicly recognized by the county or municipality, or the appropriate entity or agency thereof, receiving the donation.
Any solicitation for a donation of $7,500 or more in value shall be made a matter of public record by the county or municipality, or the appropriate entity or agency thereof, as the case may be, by adoption of a resolution or ordinance authorizing the solicitation.
L.1994,c.111.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:12-30 - County receiving funding required to create completely inclusive playground.

40:12-30 County receiving funding required to create completely inclusive playground.
5. In the event that State funds are made available to counties for the purpose of constructing completely inclusive playgrounds, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.50 (C.52:27D-123.9), every county receiving funding shall be required to construct and maintain at least one completely inclusive playground designed in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.1999, c.50 (C.52:27D-123.10). The board of chosen freeholders of any county or any county park commission may partner with organizations, playground equipment manufacturers, playground safety consultants, and persons with disabilities, with a demonstrated expertise in the design and construction of completely inclusive playgrounds, to assist with the design and construction of completely inclusive playgrounds. Any agreement entered into in accordance with this section shall not be subject to the requirements and provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).
L.2018, c.104, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:13-1 - Contracts for public health service

40:13-1. Contracts for public health service
Any county and one or more municipalities therein, and one or more school districts therein, or any of them may enter into a joint contract to provide in such municipalities and school districts, public health service furnishing public health visiting nurses, medical inspection, public clinics and dispensaries and investigation in public health work.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:13-2 - Contract; contents

40:13-2. Contract; contents
In order to provide such public health service, the joint contract between any county and one or more municipalities, or one or more school districts or any of them, may be made with any regularly incorporated health society, board or association regularly organized not for pecuniary profit, which contract shall provide in detail the extent, manner and specifications of the public health work to be done thereunder by such health society, board or association, and shall be for the benefit of all the inhabitants in the territory covered by the contract.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:13-3 - Health society recognized as regular health organization

40:13-3. Health society recognized as regular health organization
Where any such contract is made for such public health work by any regularly organized health society, board or association, before the making thereof as provided in section 40:13-2 of this title such health society, board or association shall be recognized as a regular public health organization by the governing body of each county, municipality and school district in which such organization shall operate under the contract.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:13-4 - Contract not to exceed three years; advertisement for bids unnecessary

40:13-4. Contract not to exceed three years; advertisement for bids unnecessary
The contract may be for one or more years, not exceeding three, as the governing bodies of such county, municipality and school district may provide under the contract and any provision of any law requiring advertisement for bids before the letting of any contract involving the expenditure of money shall not be applicable to the making of any such contract.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-1 - Opening and keeping open waterways; bonds; control

40:14-1. Opening and keeping open waterways; bonds; control
Any county or municipality may by ordinance open or keep open any inlet, stream, canal, basin or other public waterway within the limits of or forming the boundaries of any such county or municipality.
The ordinance shall set forth the amount of money necessary for that purpose, and upon the adoption thereof the county or municipality may issue bonds for the amount of money set forth in the ordinance, which shall be paid by moneys raised and collected as other moneys are raised and collected therein.
The governing body of the county or municipality adopting such an ordinance shall have the exclusive charge and control of the expenditure of such money and the work to be done in opening and keeping open any such inlet, stream, canal, basin or other public waterway.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-2 - County or municipal appropriations to port or harbor commission

40:14-2. County or municipal appropriations to port or harbor commission
The governing body of any county or municipality may raise, appropriate, set aside and devote money or property to the use of any port, harbor, bridge, or river commission created by the legislature and the governing body of such county or municipality may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which and in accordance with which the money or property so raised, appropriated, set aside or devoted shall be held and used by any such port, harbor, bridge or river commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-3 - Improvement of waterways; joint contracts.

40:14-3 Improvement of waterways; joint contracts.
40:14-3. Whenever any one or more counties and municipalities shall have flowing through their respective boundaries and borders, any inland waterways or navigable stream, and it shall be deemed to the advantage of any two or more of said counties and municipalities, to improve such inland waterways or streams by increasing their depth or width or both, they may, acting together advertise for bids for the doing of such work, and enter into a joint contract therefor. The improvement of inland waterways or navigable streams includes the raising, recovery, towing, removal, storage, destruction, and disposal of vessels that have been abandoned in an inland waterway or navigable stream, as appropriate, pursuant to the procedures applicable to municipal waterways in the "Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law," P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-7 et seq.). A vessel that has been abandoned at a public or private marina, pier, or boat dock located in an inland waterway or navigable stream is considered abandoned in that inland waterway or navigable stream.
Amended 2008, c.52, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-4 - Joint action; authorization; plans and specifications.

40:14-4 Joint action; authorization; plans and specifications.
40:14-4. Whenever the work of increasing the depth or width or both of such inland waterways or navigable stream is contemplated, each county and municipality desiring to enter into the project shall, by its board or body having control of such waterway or navigable stream, introduce and pass a resolution, declaring the advisability of so doing.
The resolution shall set forth, in a general way, the work proposed to be done and its estimated cost, and after all of the counties and municipalities contemplating the doing of such work have passed such a resolution, a proposed form of agreement shall be prepared between them, setting forth the work or works to be undertaken, the plans and specifications therefor, and the estimated cost, together with the proportion of the cost thereof to be borne by each, and any other provisions deemed necessary or proper, to be inserted therein.
The work of removing abandoned vessels shall not require joint action unless it is part of a program to remove more than three abandoned vessels from the inland waterway or navigable stream.
Amended 2008, c.52, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-5 - Work done as local or general improvement; notice.

40:14-5 Work done as local or general improvement; notice.
40:14-5. The work authorized and mentioned in chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (R.S.40:14-1 et seq.) may be done either as a local or general improvement, and notice of all proceedings shall be given as is required for such improvements under chapter 56 of this title (R.S.40:56-1 et seq.), except that if the work concerns the raising, recovery, towing, removal, storage, destruction, or disposal of an abandoned vessel, the local unit shall charge those costs to the owner or operator of that vessel pursuant to the "Abandoned or Sunken Vessels Disposition Law," P.L.1975, c.369 (C.12:7C-7 et seq.).
Amended 2008, c.52, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-6 - Work done by contract.

40:14-6 Work done by contract.
40:14-6. All work to be done pursuant to the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (R.S.40:14-1 et seq.), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids in accordance with the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).
Amended 2008, c.52, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-7 - Bonds; law applicable

40:14-7. Bonds; law applicable
Bonds and temporary improvement notes may be issued by each or any of the counties or municipalities joining in such agreement and work, to be issued in accordance with article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-10 - Freeholders may appropriate money for digging channels; bulkheads

40:14-10. Freeholders may appropriate money for digging channels; bulkheads
The board of chosen freeholders of any county bordering on the ocean may, in its discretion, appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars in any one year, for the purpose of digging out or constructing a permanent inlet or waterway through which any river or creek running in or through such county may be connected with the ocean, and in establishing a permanent and lasting improvement by deepening such inlet and constructing bulkheads and jetties and by fixing a certain and definite channel for the ebb and flow of the tide.
Before any such work is done the plans for the same and the lines of such bulkheads and jetties, and of such channel, shall be submitted to the board of commerce and navigation and approved by it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-11 - Municipalities may contribute to expense

40:14-11. Municipalities may contribute to expense
The governing bodies of any municipalities in or through which such inlet is to be opened, constructed or improved or bordering upon such inlet, may contribute to the expense of such work a sum in the aggregate equal to one-half of the sum appropriated or to be appropriated by such county, but the sum to be so appropriated and contributed shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars in any one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-12 - Money voted contingently

40:14-12. Money voted contingently
The moneys appropriated for such purpose by the municipality may be voted contingently upon the voting of a certain definite sum for that purpose by the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the municipality is situated, and moneys appropriated for such purpose by the board of chosen freeholders may be voted contingently upon certain sums of money being voted for such purpose by the municipality or municipalities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-13 - Borrowing money appropriated; expenditure

40:14-13. Borrowing money appropriated; expenditure
When such appropriations shall be made and the money voted, the boards of chosen freeholders and the governing bodies of the municipalities appropriating the same may borrow the money so appropriated upon the obligations of their respective counties or municipalities and pay the same to the county treasurer to be expended under the direction of the board of chosen freeholders of the county for the purposes for which it was voted.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14-14 - Money raised by taxation

40:14-14. Money raised by taxation
The moneys so appropriated with a sum sufficient to meet the interest thereon shall be included in the next annual tax levy of the county or municipality which shall have appropriated such moneys and shall be raised in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are raised therein.