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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-59 - Exemption from levy

40:14B-59. Exemption from levy
All property of a municipal authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a municipal authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by a municipal authority on its system, revenues or other moneys.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 674, s. 59, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-60 - Discharge of sewage; discharges into sewage, solid waste or water systems; violations; injunction

40:14B-60. Discharge of sewage; discharges into sewage, solid waste or water systems; violations; injunction
(a) No county, municipality or person shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into any waters in or bordering a district any sewage which may or will cause or contribute to the pollution of such waters; provided, that this prohibition shall be applicable only to such part or parts of such waters as are in an area of the district bounded and described in a notice, inserted at least once in a newspaper published or circulating in the district, to the effect that the municipal authority has provided facilities reasonably sufficient in its opinion for the treatment and disposal of sewage which by discharge into such waters might cause or contribute to pollution of such waters, and that pollution of such waters is forbidden by law. Such a notice shall constitute prima facie evidence of the existence of facilities sufficient for the treatment and disposal of all such sewage.
(b) No county, municipality or person shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into the sewage system or the solid waste system of any municipal authority any matter or thing which is or may be injurious or deleterious to such sewerage system or solid waste system or to its efficient operation.
(c) No county, municipality or person shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into the water system of any municipal authority or on any lands or into any waters tributary to such water system any matter or thing which is or may be injurious or deleterious to such water system or to its efficient operation or may or will cause or contribute to a danger to the health of the public in the district.
(d) Any county, municipality or person may be restrained, enjoined or otherwise prevented from violating or continuing the violation of any provision of this section in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, or other appropriate proceeding, or in an action for injunctive or other relief instituted by a municipal authority or by any county prosecutor.
(e) No violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of the discharge of sewage from any boat or vessel while afloat or on a marine railway in drydock.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 674, s. 60, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 14, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-61 - Approval of sewage disposal plants within district

40:14B-61. Approval of sewage disposal plants within district
No sewage disposal plant or other facilities for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage arising within a district shall be constructed unless the municipal authority shall give its consent thereto and approve the plans and specifications therefor. No facilities for the distribution of water within a district shall be constructed unless the municipal authority shall give its consent thereto and approve the plans and specifications therefor. Each municipal authority is hereby empowered to give any such consent and approval, subject, however, to the terms and provisions of any agreement with the holders of bonds. Upon submission to the authority of a complete application for approval of such a plant or facilities, the authority shall approve or disapprove the application within 90 days of the date of its submission, but the authority may extend the time for a period not to exceed 30 days by adoption of a resolution therefor. As used in this section, "complete application" means an application form completed as specified by resolution and the rules and regulations of the authority, and the accompanying documents, plans and specifications required by resolution for approval of the plant or facilities. An application shall be certified as complete, for the purposes of the commencement of the time for action by the authority, immediately upon the meeting of the requirements specified in the resolution and the rules and regulations of the authority. Failure of a municipal authority to approve or disapprove plans and specifications submitted pursuant to this section within such time, shall constitute approval thereof and consent of the authority to construction of the plant or facilities.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 675, s. 61, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1979, c. 418, s. 1, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-62 - Investment in bonds of authority

40:14B-62. Investment in bonds of authority
Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 676, s. 62, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-63 - Tax exemptions

40:14B-63. Tax exemptions
Every utility system and all other property of a municipal authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and, other than lands subject to assessment and taxation pursuant to Revised Statutes 54:4-3.3, shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 676, s. 63, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1968, c. 328, s. 1, eff. Nov. 8, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-64 - Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders

40:14B-64. Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders
The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of a municipal authority that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the municipal authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate its utility system, and to fix, establish, charge and collect its service charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, and will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until the bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 676, s. 64, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-65 - Undertakings for deposits of municipal authority

40:14B-65. Undertakings for deposits of municipal authority
All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any municipal authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the municipal authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the municipal authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the municipal authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed with the municipal authority or in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the municipal authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the municipal authority may approve. The deposits of the municipal authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the municipal authority and such bank or banking institution.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 677, s. 65, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-66 - Annual audit

40:14B-66. Annual audit
Each municipal authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose it shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the municipal authority within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the municipal authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury within 5 days after the original report is filed with the municipal authority.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 677, s. 66, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-67 - Filing of copy of bond resolution

40:14B-67. Filing of copy of bond resolution
Each municipal authority shall file a copy of each bond resolution adopted by it with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury, together with a summary of the dates, amounts, maturities and interest rates of all bonds issued pursuant thereto.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 678, s. 67, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-68 - Construction of act.

40:14B-68 Construction of act.
68. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and a municipal authority shall not be subject to regulation as to its service charges by any other officer, board, agency, commission or other office of the State, or constitute a municipality or agency or component of a municipality subject to, any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c.198, the "Local Public Contracts Law" (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall in any way affect or limit the jurisdiction, powers or rights of the State Department of Health and Senior Services, Interstate Environmental Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, Water Policy and Supply Council of the Department of Environmental Protection, North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, or Passaic Valley Water Commission, or impair the obligations assumed by any municipality included in any district in any contract made prior to the creation of such district with any sewerage authority or any county sewer authority or with one or more other municipalities or with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners or with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.
L.1957,c.183,s.68; amended 1957, c.233; 1975, c.96, s.5; 2000, c.6, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-69 - Severability

40:14B-69. Severability
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act in any 1 or more instances or under any 1 or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance.
L.1957, c. 183, p. 678, s. 69, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-71 - Findings, declarations relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements

40:14B-71. Findings, declarations relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements
9. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
a. It is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety that municipal authorities review and approve plans for utility improvements which developers will convey to municipal authorities or which will serve more than one user or service unit;
b. Changes in the operation and lending procedures of financial institutions have significantly restricted the amount of financing available for development activities prior to the initiation of construction;
c. It is in the public interest to improve regulatory efficiency through standardized municipal authority procedures;
d. The public interest is best served through the use of standardized procedures to govern the approval and installation of utility improvements which are consistent with and follow the accepted procedures established in the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).
L.1999,c.11,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-72 - Definitions relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements

40:14B-72. Definitions relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements
10. As used in sections 11 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73 through C.40:14-B-78), "developer" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, and who is submitting an application for the installation of utility improvements pursuant to P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-38 et al.). For the purposes of sections 9 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-71 through C.40:14B-78), "chief financial officer" means the authority official designated by Board of Commissioners to be responsible for the proper administration of the finances of the authority under the Local Bond Law, Local Fiscal Affairs Law, the Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law, the Local Public Contracts Law, and such other statutes, and such rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, the Local Finance Board, or any other State agency as may pertain to the financial administration of the authority.
L.1999,c.11,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-75 - Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement

40:14B-75. Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement
13. A municipal authority shall not require that a maintenance guarantee required pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73) be in cash or that more than 10% of a performance guarantee pursuant to that section be in cash. A developer may, however, provide at his option some or all of a maintenance guarantee in cash, or more than 10% of a performance guarantee in cash.
L.1999,c.11,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-77 - Estimate of cost of installation of improvements

40:14B-77. Estimate of cost of installation of improvements
15. The cost of the installation of improvements for the purposes of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73) shall be estimated by the municipal authority engineer or by the applicant's engineer based on documented construction costs for public improvements prevailing in the general area of the municipal authority. Any estimate prepared by the applicant's engineer shall be subject to approval by the sewerage authority engineer. The developer may appeal the municipal authority engineer's estimate or decision to the county construction board of appeals established under section 9 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-127).
L.1999,c.11,s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:14B-78 - Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit

40:14B-78. Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit
16. The municipal authority shall, for the purposes of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73), accept a performance guarantee or maintenance guarantee which is an irrevocable letter of credit if it:
a. Constitutes an unconditional payment obligation of the issuer running solely to the municipal authority for an express initial period of time in the amount determined pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73);
b. Is issued by a banking or savings institution authorized to do and doing business in this State;
c. Is for a period of time of at least one year; and
d. Permits the municipal authority to draw upon the letter of credit if the obligor fails to furnish another letter of credit which complies with the provisions of this section 30 days or more in advance of the expiration date of the letter of credit or such longer period in advance thereof as is stated in the letter of credit.
L.1999,c.11,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:15A-1 - Definitions relative to Yellow Dot programs.

40:15A-1 Definitions relative to Yellow Dot programs.
1. For the purposes of this act:
"Emergency responder" means a municipal, county, or State law enforcement officer or firefighter or other person who has been trained to provide emergency medical first response services in a program recognized by the Commissioner of Health and licensed or otherwise authorized by the Department of Health to provide those services.
"Program participant" means an individual who has completed a health information card that includes health and emergency contact information, and affixed a Yellow Dot window decal provided pursuant to this act to the individual's vehicle.
L.2013, c.191, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:15A-2 - "Yellow Dot Program," establishment permitted.

40:15A-2 "Yellow Dot Program," establishment permitted.
2. a. The local governing body of any county or municipality in this State may establish a "Yellow Dot Program." The purpose of a "Yellow Dot Program" is to provide emergency responders with critical health and emergency contact information about program participants so that emergency responders may aid program participants when those individuals are involved in motor vehicle emergencies or accidents and are unable to communicate.
b. A Yellow Dot Program window decal on a motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency shall serve as notice to an emergency responder assisting the vehicle that the driver or any passenger in the vehicle may be a participant in a Yellow Dot Program established pursuant to this act.
c. If a motor vehicle is involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency, and a Yellow Dot Program window decal is affixed to the vehicle, an emergency responder at the scene of such accident or emergency is authorized to search the glove compartment of the vehicle for a Yellow Dot Program envelope and health information card.
d. An emergency responder may use the information contained in the Yellow Dot Program envelope for the following purposes:
(1) To identify a participant in the Yellow Dot Program;
(2) To ascertain whether the program participant has a medical condition that may impede communications with the emergency responder;
(3) To communicate with the program participant's emergency contacts about the location and general condition of the program participant; or
(4) To consider the program participant's current medications and pre-existing medical conditions when emergency medical treatment is administered for any injury the participant suffers.
L.2013, c.191, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:15A-3 - Program materials.

40:15A-3 Program materials.
3. a. In implementing a Yellow Dot Program and designing program materials, a local governing body shall give consideration to the program materials used by similar programs in the State and other states. The local governing body may also consult with interested parties, including, but not limited to, local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services personnel, agencies or organizations that have direct contact with senior citizens, and any other organizations that promote the health and safety of motorists.
b. Program materials shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) An adhesive yellow decal which will be affixed to the rear driver's side window of the program participant's vehicle;
(2) A health information card which provides space for an individual to attach a recent photograph and indicate the individual's name, emergency contact information, physicians' names and contact information, medical conditions, recent surgeries, allergies, medications, and any other information the local governing body shall deem to be relevant to emergency responders in the case of a motor vehicle accident or emergency; and
(3) A yellow envelope into which the health information card is to be inserted and which shall be placed in the program participant's glove compartment.
L.2013, c.191, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:15A-4 - Availability of program materials; fee.

40:15A-4 Availability of program materials; fee.
4. a. Any local governing body that establishes a Yellow Dot Program pursuant to this act shall make program materials available for pick up at convenient and accessible locations by any person interested in becoming a program participant. The locations where program materials will be made available for pick up shall be determined by the local governing body. The local governing body may also establish a means whereby program materials may be obtained or ordered through the mail or electronically.
b. A local governing body may charge an individual seeking to participate in a Yellow Dot Program a nominal fee to cover the administrative cost of the program, which may include, but not be limited to, the cost of program materials, any public education campaign which may be undertaken to inform the public about the program, and any assistance provided to program participants.
L.2013, c.191, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:15A-5 - Immunity from liability for certain civil damages.

40:15A-5 Immunity from liability for certain civil damages.
5. An emergency responder is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions undertaken in response to incomplete, incorrect, or outdated information provided on any health information card if the responder acted in good faith in rendering care at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or emergency to a program participant.
L.2013, c.191, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:16-2 - Tenure of office unaffected

40:16-2. Tenure of office unaffected
Nothing in this subtitle contained shall be construed to affect the term of office of any officer of the county, or any member of the board of chosen freeholders, nor shall any provision hereof, whether fixing or providing for the fixing of a term of office or employment, affect any provision of Title 11, Civil Service, nor the application thereof, or any of the provisions of any other tenure of office law, nor the application thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:18-1 - Corporate title; boundaries unaffected

40:18-1. Corporate title; boundaries unaffected
The corporate title of the several counties shall be "county of (name of county)" . The inhabitants of each of the several counties shall be a body politic and corporate and shall be known by its corporate title. The boundaries of the several counties shall remain as heretofore established by law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:18-2 - County vested with all property; proceedings unaffected

40:18-2. County vested with all property; proceedings unaffected
Every county, by its corporate name, shall succeed to and become vested with all property, real and personal, now held by the county or its board of chosen freeholders under the corporate name as heretofore existing, and no suit, proceeding, instrument or liability shall abate or in anywise be affected by any change of corporate name.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:18-4.1 - Camden, Atlantic and Gloucester counties; boundary lines

40:18-4.1. Camden, Atlantic and Gloucester counties; boundary lines
The boundary line between the counties of Camden, Atlantic and Gloucester, between the points hereinafter mentioned is hereby fixed and shall hereafter be stated and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northerly line of Cumberland county, said point bearing S 42`-26 ' -48.5 " E 1720.656 feet from Cumberland county boundary monument No. 6 and bearing N 42`-26 ' -48.5 " W 990.508 feet from Cumberland county boundary monument No. 7, and said point having the co-ordinates:
x=1,910,002.11 y= 248,380.42 and running:
Thence N 42`-00 ' -16.77 " E 105,089.17 feet to a point in the southerly line of Burlington county, said point bearing S 50`-38 ' -54.2 " E 1088.230 feet from Burlington county boundary monument No. 67 and bearing N 50`-38 ' -54.2 " W 1425.277 feet from Burlington county boundary monument No. 65, and said point having the co-ordinates:
x=1,980,326.84 y= 326,471.17
L.1938, c. 176, p. 386, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:18-4.2 - Annexation to borough of Matawan, Monmouth county, of part of township of Madison, Middlesex county

40:18-4.2. Annexation to borough of Matawan, Monmouth county, of part of township of Madison, Middlesex county
All that part of the township of Madison, in the county of Middlesex, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a concrete monument set by A. T. McMichael, surveyor, November, 1938, on the north side of Lakeside drive as shown on a map entitled Revised Map of Lakeside Heights, now known as Lake Lefferts Estates, situated part in Matawan borough, Monmouth county, and part in Madison township, Middlesex county, N.J., made January, 1936, by Richard Heuser, C. E., resurveyed and redrawn by A. T. McMichael, civil engr. & surveyor, P. O. Building, South Amboy, N.J., June, 1938, said maps being filed in offices of clerks of Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Said beginning monument is distant on a course of south 59 degrees 10 minutes west 195.15 feet from the prolongation of Weldon road; thence, as the needle of the above McMichael pointed January, 1936, (1) north 04 degrees 34 minutes west 544.00 feet to a concrete monument, the first course herein runs parallel with and is distant westerly 175 feet from the westerly side of the said Weldon road measured at right angles to the said road; thence (2) north 13 degrees 34 minutes east 360.05 feet to a point on the north side of Elizabeth avenue; thence (3) north 59 degrees 10 minutes east 530.00 feet, more or less, to the dividing line between Monmouth and Middlesex counties; thence (4) beginning again at the above beginning monument, south 30 degrees 50 minutes east 345.00 feet, more or less, to the above mentioned county line; thence (5) northeasterly along the same to the end of the third course herein, containing 9.283 acres, more or less, and being that part of the premises conveyed by Floyd T. Taylor to Anita G. Taylor by deed dated April 4, 1938, and recorded in the office of the clerk of Middlesex county, which is situated in the township of Madison in the county of Middlesex, is hereby set off from the township of Madison, in the county of Middlesex, annexed to, and made a part of, the borough of Matawan, in the county of Monmouth, and shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to boroughs.
L.1939, c. 244, p. 657, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:18-4.3 - Monmouth and Middlesex counties; boundary lines

40:18-4.3. Monmouth and Middlesex counties; boundary lines
The boundary line between the county of Middlesex and the county of Monmouth at this place be, and the same hereby is, made and established as courses one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) of the description set forth in section one (1) of this act so as to give effect hereto.
L.1939, c. 244, p. 658, s. 2, eff. July 18, 1939.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-2 - Resolution; submission to voters

40:19-2. Resolution; submission to voters
In order to effect the change, the board of chosen freeholders shall adopt a resolution that the county seat shall be changed to a municipality other than that in which it is then located, designating the other municipality by name.
The resolution shall not become effective until a majority of the legal voters of the county shall vote in the manner hereinafter provided, for the proposed change.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-3 - Petition for resolution; resolution on initiative of board

40:19-3. Petition for resolution; resolution on initiative of board
If a petition signed by at least twenty per cent of the legal voters of the county shall be presented to the board, requesting such a change of the county seat from one municipality to another therein named, the board shall pass a resolution therefor.
The board of chosen freeholders may pass such resolution on its own initiative.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-4 - Referendum

40:19-4. Referendum
Upon the passage of the resolution, the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the proper officer, notifying him that a vote is desired upon the question. Such officer shall, in the manner and form provided by law, place the same upon the ballots used at the next general election occurring not less than thirty days after the passage of the resolution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-5 - Ballot; form and content

40:19-5. Ballot; form and content
The question shall be printed upon the ballots to be used at the election in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the county seat of ..............
[ ] YES county be changed from ............. to
................ (specify names of
[ ] NO municipalities)?"
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-7 - Vote required for adoption; board to provide accommodations

40:19-7. Vote required for adoption; board to provide accommodations
If a majority of the legal voters voting at the election shall vote YES the board of chosen freeholders shall thereupon provide suitable lands and buildings necessary for the accommodation of the courts and officers, and for the transaction of the business of the county in the municipality to which the change shall be made, and shall suitably furnish and equip such buildings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19-8 - Courts and county officers established in new county seat

40:19-8. Courts and county officers established in new county seat
After the acquisition and furnishing of such buildings, the courts of the county and all the county officers shall be established therein.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 637, s. 22, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:19A-1 - Counties of third class; establishment of offices outside county seat and county jail

40:19A-1. Counties of third class; establishment of offices outside county seat and county jail
The governing body of any county of the third class may, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, provide for the establishment and maintenance of any of the county offices at any location within the county except that the following shall not be located without the county seat of the county, that is to say:
The county clerk's office;
The register's of deeds and mortgages office;
The sheriff's office;
The surrogate's office;
The county prosecutor's office; and
The places for holding the Superior Court within the county.
The governing body of a county may, upon the adoption of a resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, and after a public hearing, provide for the establishment of a county jail at any location within the county.
L.1955, c. 109, p. 578, s. 1, eff. June 30, 1955. Amended by L.1982, c. 12, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-1 - Board of county commissioners.

40:20-1 Board of county commissioners.
40:20-1. The property, finances, and affairs of every county shall be managed, controlled, and governed by a board elected therein, to be known as "the board of county commissioners of the county of ..................... (specifying name of county)", and the executive and legislative powers of the county shall be vested in that board of county commissioners, except where by law any specific powers or duties are imposed or vested in a Constitutional officer.
The board of county commissioners of any county which has created the office of county administrator, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:9-42, may, by resolution, delegate to that office such executive and administrative powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as the board may deem appropriate.
After the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the county letterheads, stationery, and other writings, once exhausted, shall be replaced with new letterheads, stationery, and other writings with the title of board of county commissioners. No later than one year following the effective date of P.L.2020, c.67, the Internet website of a county, shall bear the title of board of county commissioners. Any county signs or other writings bearing the former title of board of chosen freeholders, which would require the expenditure of county funds to update or replace, shall be changed to bear the title of board of county commissioners upon the next update or replacement made in the ordinary course of business.
amended 1987, c.236, s.1; 2020, c.67, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-1.1 - Quarterly fiscal reports

40:20-1.1. Quarterly fiscal reports
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, all boards, bodies or commissions appointed by the board of chosen freeholders of a county and receiving funds or using funds made available by said freeholder board, shall render quarterly fiscal reports covering both operating and capital construction and improvement funds, or operating and capital construction or improvement funds, on a calendar basis, to said freeholder board.
L.1968, c. 332, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-1.2 - Grant of powers

40:20-1.2. Grant of powers
The grant of powers under this amendatory and supplementary act is intended to be as broad as is consistent with the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and with general law relating to local government. The grant of powers shall be construed as liberally as possible in regard to the county's right to reorganize its structure and to alter or abolish its agencies, subject to the general mandate of performing services, whether they be performed by the agency previously established or by a new agency or another department of county government. All county offices, boards, commissions, and authorities authorized or established by statute, other than those boards and offices which are subject to the provisions of subsection b. of section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, and other than educational institutions authorized or established pursuant to Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall be considered to be county agencies for the purposes of this section.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-1.3 - Administrative code.

40:20-1.3 Administrative code.
4. a. The board of chosen freeholders may adopt an administrative code organizing the administration of the county government, setting forth the duties and responsibilities and powers of all county officials and agencies, and the manner of performance needed.
b. The administrative code may require that the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate, county superintendent of elections, and sheriff be subject to such annual budgetary procedures and requirements as may be specified therein. These procedures and requirements may include, but shall not be limited to, the preparation and submission of an annual budget in accordance with the provisions of the administrative code, and the submission of such periodic budget reports as may be provided therein. The administrative code may further provide that the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate, county superintendent of elections, and sheriff shall be subject to such accounting controls, central purchasing practices, personnel procedures, and central data processing services as are specified in the code, or in administrative orders adopted pursuant thereto; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or limit the authority of the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate, county superintendent of elections, and sheriff as the appointing authority of their respective offices.
c. Nothing in the administrative code shall change the duties or powers of county officers whose existence is mandated by the Constitution or shall diminish the duties, responsibilities or powers of those county officers.
d. An administrative code adopted pursuant to this section shall enter into effect 30 days after its adoption, and all theretofore existing agencies shall assume the form, perform the duties, and exercise the powers granted them under the administrative code and shall do so in the manner prescribed therein.
L.1987, c.236, s.4; amended 2015, c.250, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-1.4 - Additional powers

40:20-1.4. Additional powers
In addition to the powers set forth in sections 3 and 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the board of chosen freeholders is authorized and empowered to make policy and management decisions related to those activities of any independent boards of county government or State appointed officials of county government, which are duplicative in nature or which duplicate the activities, responsibilities or duties of any other agency or department of county government.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-2 - Membership; number and term; first election

40:20-2. Membership; number and term; first election
Boards of chosen freeholders in counties of the first class governed by sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall consist of nine members.
They shall be elected by the voters of the county at the general election and shall hold office for three years from the annual stated meeting of the board next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
The first election under this section shall be held at the general election next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the board in office at the time when said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 take effect in any county.
At the first election in counties where the terms of office of all the members of the board expire at the same time, there shall be elected three members for one year, three members for two years and three members for three years, and the ballots shall designate which members are to serve for the terms of one, two and three years respectively.
At the first election in counties where the terms of office of the members of the board expire at different times, there shall be elected three members for three years, and at succeeding elections there shall be elected three members for the term of three years.
The members so elected from time to time, together with the members of the board whose terms shall not have expired, shall constitute the board of chosen freeholders until all the members thereof are elected under this section.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-5 - Extension of terms

40:20-5. Extension of terms
When the terms of office of the members of the board in any county affected by sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title expire on any day other than at the annual stated meeting of the board the terms of office of such members are hereby extended to the annual stated meeting following the date when their terms would otherwise expire.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-6 - Law applicable

40:20-6. Law applicable
All laws, public, general, special or private, relating to the board of chosen freeholders in any county in force when sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title become operative in such county, shall apply to the board of chosen freeholders constituted or elected under the provisions of said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 so far as the same shall not be inconsistent with the provisions thereof, and the board of chosen freeholders of any county constituted or elected hereunder shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall have imposed upon it all the obligations and duties which are vested in or imposed upon the board of chosen freeholders of such county when said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 take effect therein, except where inconsistent with the provisions thereof.
All such laws in force or in anywise applicable to the board of chosen freeholders of such county when said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 take effect therein are hereby continued in force and made applicable to the board of chosen freeholders of such county constituted or elected hereunder except so far as the same may be inconsistent with the terms and meaning hereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-7 - Referendum; procedure

40:20-7. Referendum; procedure
The provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall remain inoperative in any county of the first class until assented to by a majority of the legal voters thereof voting for and against the same, at an election to be held in such county as hereinafter in sections 40:20-8 to 40:20-18 of this title provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-8 - Submission at presidential primary

40:20-8. Submission at presidential primary
The question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title may be submitted to the voters at a primary election for presidential delegates to be held as provided by Title 19, Elections, when a petition therefor, signed by at least one thousand legal voters of the county, shall have been filed with the county clerk at least twenty days before the election. The general laws relating to elections shall be applicable, as far as practicable, to this election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-9 - Nonpartisan ballot box; transfers.

40:20-9 Nonpartisan ballot box; transfers.
40:20-9. The election provided for in section 40:20-8 of this title shall be deemed, so far as the question of the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title is concerned, to be a special election, and shall be conducted by the county and district boards of registry and election in the same manner as other elections.
Notice of the election shall be given at the time and in the manner required for the primary election held on the same day, and the same boxes shall be used for the purposes of this election as are to be used for the purposes of the primary election, except that there shall be provided in each polling place, in addition to the boxes provided by law, a box to be known as the "nonpartisan box".
Any person entitled to vote at the primary election for the general election, and any person who would be entitled to vote at the primary if he were a member of one of the two political parties for which primary boxes are provided, may vote hereunder on that day.
Transfers shall be issued as provided by the laws relating to elections.
amended 2011, c.134, s.58.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-10 - Superior Court judge to resolve doubt on right to vote

40:20-10. Superior Court judge to resolve doubt on right to vote
40:20-10. If any voter is not entitled or doubts his right to vote under sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this Title he may apply to a judge of the Superior Court for a certificate entitling him to vote.
The judge shall hear the matter in a summary manner and if he finds that the applicant is a legal voter of the county, he shall issue a certificate under his hand, addressed to the board of registry and election of the election district in which the voter resides, directing it to permit the applicant to vote hereunder.
The certificate shall be returned by the board with its other returns.
Amended 1953,c.37,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.377.