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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-81 - Director to appoint members of committees

40:20-81. Director to appoint members of committees
The director of the board of chosen freeholders shall name the members of all committees of the board, except where otherwise provided by law. He may, with the consent of a majority of the members of the board, but not otherwise, discharge any member of any committee from further service thereon.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-82 - Investigations by committees; member may administer oath

40:20-82. Investigations by committees; member may administer oath
Whenever the board of chosen freeholders shall have appointed a committee of its members upon any matter within its jurisdiction, or to examine any officer of said board, or holding an appointment from said board in relation to the discharge of his official duties or conduct, or to the receipt or disbursement by him of any moneys in the discharge of said duties, or concerning the possession or disposal by him, in his official capacity of any property belonging to said board or to the county, or to inspect or examine any book, account, voucher or document in the possession or under the control of such officer, relating to the affairs or interest of said county, the chairman of the committee, or any member thereof, may administer an oath to any person attending as a witness before that committee.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-83 - Subpoenas; testimony

40:20-83. Subpoenas; testimony
The board of chosen freeholders and any committee thereof may subpoena witnesses and take testimony with respect to any lawful matter of inquiry by such board or committee. Any such subpoena shall be enforceable, and misconduct of a witness may be dealt with, in the manner provided by the County and Municipal Investigations Law (1952).
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 639, s. 26, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-2 - Printing for county superintendent of schools

40:23-2. Printing for county superintendent of schools
The printing required in the office of the county superintendent of schools shall be paid for as other county printing, but the sum expended for this purpose in any county shall be determined by the board of chosen freeholders.
Amended by L.1946, c. 24, p. 64, s. 1, eff. March 22, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-4 - Acceptance of contributions for county improvements; agreements for

40:23-4. Acceptance of contributions for county improvements; agreements for
The board of chosen freeholders, when contemplating the making of any improvement or the doing of any work, may accept any sum contributed by any person towards the cost or expense thereof, which sum shall be used only for the purpose for which it was accepted.
The board may also agree in writing with any person that he shall pay such sum towards, or proportion of the cost or expense of such improvement or work as may be specified in the agreement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-5.1 - Office or department to study economic resources and encourage economic development of county; establishment

40:23-5.1. Office or department to study economic resources and encourage economic development of county; establishment
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may, by resolution, establish an appropriate office, department, committee, board or other agency having the following purposes:
a. Research and study of the county economics of every nature.
b. Develop, assemble and distribute information to assist present and prospective business and industry.
c. Develop, assemble and distribute pertinent information to county and municipal planning boards to encourage and assist comprehensive economic development.
d. Hold public meetings, release information, and encourage public interest in county economic development.
e. Promote, in any authorized manner, county economic development.
f. Co-operate with any other interested public or private entities for authorized purposes.
L.1962, c. 124, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-5.2 - Assignment of activities and functions

40:23-5.2. Assignment of activities and functions
When created, the board of chosen freeholders shall assign such activities and functions to whatever county office, board, department or agency it deems feasible, whether previously existing or not.
L.1962, c. 124, s. 2, eff. July 25, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-5.3 - Appropriation

40:23-5.3. Appropriation
The board of chosen freeholders is authorized to appropriate, at its discretion, in any authorized manner, sufficient money to permit the activities and functions authorized by this act, including the engagement of staff and consultants, office space, equipment, supplies and other facilities required.
L.1962, c. 124, s. 3, eff. July 25, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-5.4 - Appointment of advisory committee

40:23-5.4. Appointment of advisory committee
The board of chosen freeholders is authorized to appoint an advisory committee or commission composed of residents of New Jersey representative of various county economic and governmental interests, and to seek its advice on matters of economic development.
L.1962, c. 124, s. 4, eff. July 25, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-5.5 - Conduct of activities requiring real estate broker's license prohibited

40:23-5.5. Conduct of activities requiring real estate broker's license prohibited
This act shall not authorize any county agency to conduct activities requiring a license as a real estate broker.
L.1962, c. 124, s. 5, eff. July 25, 1962.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6 - Membership in New Jersey Association of Counties and County Officers Association of New Jersey

40:23-6. Membership in New Jersey Association of Counties and County Officers Association of New Jersey
A county may agree to contribute and expend in any 1 year, for membership in and the service of the New Jersey Association of Counties and the County Officers Association of New Jersey, such sums as said county may determine.
Amended by L.1947, c. 214, p. 876, s. 1; L.1951, c. 106, p. 516, s. 1; L.1960, c. 129, p. 634, s. 1, eff. Sept. 29, 1960; L.1973, c. 296, s. 1, eff. Dec. 6, 1973; L.1977, c. 134, s. 1, eff. June 29, 1977; L.1979, c. 159, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.1 - Summer camps for children in populous counties

40:23-6.1. Summer camps for children in populous counties
The provisions of this section 40:23-6.1 of this Title shall apply to counties which have or may hereafter have a population, as ascertained by the most recent State or Federal census, of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants.
In any such county, the board of chosen freeholders shall have the power, whenever in its judgment the public need requires it, to use land now or hereafter in its possession, to acquire land and buildings, by purchase, condemnation, gift or otherwise, anywhere in the county, and to erect thereon suitable structures and buildings, and to furnish, operate and maintain the same, for the purpose of establishing and operating a summer camp for undernourished and under-privileged children of the county, and children of the county whose health may be benefited by it and advancing public recreation and the public health and welfare.
In any such county, the board of chosen freeholders shall have the power, whenever in its judgment the public need requires it, to conduct and operate a summer camp for under-nourished and under-privileged children of the county, and children of the county whose health may be benefited by it, and to establish rules and regulations for admission to the same.
Amended by L.1938, c. 33, p. 109, s. 1, eff. March 23, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.2 - Camp for undernourished and underprivileged children; commission or board

40:23-6.2. Camp for undernourished and underprivileged children; commission or board
When the board of chosen freeholders has determined to establish a camp for undernourished and underprivileged children of the county and has acquired a site therefor and has awarded contracts for the necessary buildings and improvements thereon, or has resolved to maintain, establish a camp for undernourished and underprivileged children of the county, as provided in this chapter, a commission or board shall be constituted and appointed.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 1, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.3 - County camp commission and managers of camp

40:23-6.3. County camp commission and managers of camp
The commission shall be composed of five citizens of the county, at least two of whom shall be women, to be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders, who, with two designated members of the board of chosen freeholders and the county adjuster, as ex-officio member, shall constitute the county camp commission and managers of the camp. The holding of any other office by a member of the commission shall not constitute such holding as incompatible with his office as member of the commission.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 2, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.4 - Members of commission; terms; vacancy

40:23-6.4. Members of commission; terms; vacancy
Members shall hold their offices for five years except that the first appointments shall be respectively for one, two, three, four and five years, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 3, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.5 - No compensation to members; expenses

40:23-6.5. No compensation to members; expenses
Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the commission, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses are paid in and for the county.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 4, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.7 - Powers and duties of board of managers

40:23-6.7. Powers and duties of board of managers
The board of managers of the camp shall have charge of all matters relating to the government, discipline, contracts, and fiscal concerns of the camp, and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the camp.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 6, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.8 - Equipment and maintenance of camp

40:23-6.8. Equipment and maintenance of camp
The commission shall so equip and maintain the camp as to provide proper heat and all furniture, materials and supplies, recreational, medical and otherwise, as may be necessary for the adequate maintenance of the camp.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 7, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.9 - Meetings of commission; budget

40:23-6.9. Meetings of commission; budget
The commission shall meet regularly once each month and at other times as may be necessary or as may by rule be provided. The commission shall hold its annual meeting before the first day of December of each year, at which time amongst other things there shall be prepared the annual budget for presentation to the board of chosen freeholders.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 8, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.10 - Appropriations

40:23-6.10. Appropriations
All appropriations for the expenditure of money as set forth in this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 9, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.11 - Bills and accounts including salaries and wages

40:23-6.11. Bills and accounts including salaries and wages
The commission shall certify all bills and accounts including salaries and wages and transmit them to the board of chosen freeholders of the county which shall make payment out of the appropriations, therefore in the same manner as any other charges against the county.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 10, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.12 - Employees and assistant employees

40:23-6.12. Employees and assistant employees
The commission shall appoint such employees and assistant employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 11, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.13 - Employees subject to rules and regulations

40:23-6.13. Employees subject to rules and regulations
Employees shall be subject to such rules and regulations in the discharge of their duties as may be made by the commission.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 12, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.15 - Salaries of employees

40:23-6.15. Salaries of employees
The commission shall fix the salaries of all employees within the limits of the appropriation made therefor by the board of chosen freeholders and such salaries shall be compensation in full for services rendered.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 14, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.16 - Secretary to commission

40:23-6.16. Secretary to commission
The commission may appoint a secretary who shall be responsible for the keeping of all minutes and records of the commission. The secretary shall also assist in whatever capacity she is assigned to by the commission.
L.1940, c. 24, s. 15, eff. March 30, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.17 - Care and treatment of veterans in county hospitals

40:23-6.17. Care and treatment of veterans in county hospitals
Boards of chosen freeholders are authorized to enter into contracts with the United States Government, or any of its agencies through the proper Federal officials, for the care and treatment in any county hospital, including clinic or out-patient service, of any soldier, sailor, marine or nurse under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration of the United States Government, without regard to his legal settlement, and to receive and care for such soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses upon such terms and conditions, and upon such payments by the United States Government, as shall be mutually agreed upon between any such board of chosen freeholders and the proper officials of the United States Government.
L.1946, c. 73, p. 262, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.18 - Necessary funds; appropriation

40:23-6.18. Necessary funds; appropriation
To meet any necessary expenses incurred by any board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of this act, it shall be lawful for such board to appropriate and raise funds annually in the same manner as appropriations are made for county purposes.
L.1946, c. 73, p. 263, s. 2, eff. April 12, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.19 - Use of funds not otherwise dedicated; borrowing money

40:23-6.19. Use of funds not otherwise dedicated; borrowing money
If, during the fiscal year in which this act shall be adopted, upon the commencement of the care and treatment of such soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses, any board of chosen freeholders shall have made no provision in its annual budget for the necessary expense thereof during such fiscal year, said board may appropriate and use any county funds not otherwise appropriated or dedicated, or may appropriate and raise such funds as may be necessary for such purpose during such fiscal year, and may borrow the same, or any part thereof, on the credit of the county, and may issue obligations therefor in the same manner as other similar obligations are issued under the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement.
L.1946, c. 73, p. 263, s. 3, eff. April 12, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.20 - Counties over 400,000 other than counties of first class; no fee for building permit for county buildings

40:23-6.20. Counties over 400,000 other than counties of first class; no fee for building permit for county buildings
No county having a population in excess of four hundred thousand inhabitants other than a county of the first class, or the board of chosen freeholders thereof or any of its contractors, shall be required to pay any municipal fee or charge in order to secure a building permit for the erection or alteration of any county building or part thereof from the municipality wherein such building may be located.
L.1948, c. 413, p. 1633, s. 1, eff. Sept. 22, 1948.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.22 - Museum facilities and services; maintenance and support

40:23-6.22. Museum facilities and services; maintenance and support
The board of chosen freeholders of any county or the governing body of any municipality may provide by contract, and appropriate funds for the support and maintenance of existing museum facilities and services for the educational or recreational use and benefit of the public.
Such museum facilities and services may include exhibition in a museum building or elsewhere of subjects of natural, historical, educational, scientific, industrial or cultural nature; operation of arts, crafts and other hobby workshops; conduct of field trips and other projects of an educational or recreational nature and provision for the personal services required in connection with any of the foregoing.
L.1956, c. 34, p. 77, s. 1, eff. May 14, 1956. Amended by L.1969, c. 34, s. 1, eff. May 9, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.23 - Distribution of federal surplus food commodities; contracts for sharing cost

40:23-6.23. Distribution of federal surplus food commodities; contracts for sharing cost
Every board of chosen freeholders is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts with the municipalities within such county for sharing the cost of distribution by such municipalities, of Federal surplus food commodities to the recipients of old age assistance, permanent and total disability assistance, and blind assistance on the rolls of the county welfare board of such county, resident in such municipalities, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between such board of chosen freeholders and such municipality or municipalities. Such board of chosen freeholders may designate the county welfare board of its county as agent for the purpose of negotiating and carrying out the terms of such contract or contracts.
L.1957, c. 119, p. 495, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.24 - Appropriating or raising funds for surplus food distribution

40:23-6.24. Appropriating or raising funds for surplus food distribution
It shall be lawful for each such board of chosen freeholders to appropriate and raise funds annually for the purposes aforesaid in the same manner as appropriations are made for other county purposes. In the event that any such board of chosen freeholders shall designate the county welfare board as its agent, it may turn such moneys over to such county welfare board to meet the costs incurred under any such contracts. If, during the fiscal year in which this act shall be adopted, any board of chosen freeholders shall have made no provision in its annual budget for the necessary funds for the aforesaid purposes during such fiscal year, said board may appropriate and use any county funds not otherwise appropriated or dedicated, or may appropriate and raise such funds as may be necessary for such purpose during such fiscal year, and may borrow the same, or any part thereof, on the credit of the county, and may issue obligations therefor in the same manner as other similar obligations are issued under the provisions of the Title to which this act is a supplement.
L.1957, c. 119, p. 495, s. 2, eff. July 3, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.25 - Payment of costs of surplus food distribution by board of freeholders

40:23-6.25. Payment of costs of surplus food distribution by board of freeholders
Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring, in the absence of any such contract, any such board of chosen freeholders to pay any part of the cost of the distribution of such Federal surplus food commodities to such persons on the rolls of the county welfare board.
L.1957, c. 119, p. 496, s. 3, eff. July 3, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.26 - Contracts with municipalities for services or facilities by counties over 500,000 population

40:23-6.26. Contracts with municipalities for services or facilities by counties over 500,000 population
The board of chosen freeholders of any county having a population in excess of 500,000, by resolution, may provide for the entering into a contract by the said county with any municipality located in such county, or with 2 or more such municipalities acting jointly to provide for the furnishing by the county to such municipality or municipalities with any service or facility which the said municipality or municipalities may otherwise lawfully furnish or provide to the inhabitants thereof or to others. The entering into any such contract by the municipality or municipalities shall be authorized by an ordinance or ordinances adopted by the governing body or bodies of said municipality or municipalities.
L.1958, c. 121, p. 601, s. 1. Amended by L.1959, c. 59, p. 168, s. 1; L.1961, c. 57, p. 547, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1961.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.27 - Term of contract; advertisement for bids

40:23-6.27. Term of contract; advertisement for bids
Any such contract shall be and remain in force for such term not exceeding 10 years as shall be provided therein and no provision of any law requiring advertisement for bids before the making of any contract involving the expenditure of money shall be applicable to the making of any such contract between the county and the municipality or municipalities, but any contract entered into by the county for services or facilities to be provided to a municipality or municipalities shall be advertised and awarded in accordance with chapter 25 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1958, c. 121, p. 601, s. 2. Amended by L.1971, c. 307, s. 1, eff. Sept. 2, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.28 - Contract; required provisions

40:23-6.28. Contract; required provisions
Any such contract by any county and 1 or more municipalities shall provide in detail the extent, manner and type of services or facilities to be furnished or performed thereunder by the county and shall specify the cost thereof to the municipality or municipalities and the manner in which it shall be paid to the county.
L.1958, c. 121, p. 602, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.29 - Appropriation of funds; purchase or lease of machinery and equipment; acquisition of lands

40:23-6.29. Appropriation of funds; purchase or lease of machinery and equipment; acquisition of lands
Any county and municipality entering into a contract authorized by this act may appropriate the necessary funds to provide for the carrying out thereof. Any such county entering into any such contract may purchase or lease all machinery and equipment and may acquire by gift, purchase, lease or condemnation all such lands as may be necessary in order to perform the terms thereof.
L.1958, c. 121, p. 602, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.30 - Establishment and maintenance of program for rehabilitation of youthful offenders in counties of first class over 800,000 population

40:23-6.30. Establishment and maintenance of program for rehabilitation of youthful offenders in counties of first class over 800,000 population
The board of chosen freeholders of any county of the first class having a population in excess of 800,000 may establish and maintain a program for the rehabilitation of youthful offenders by the operation or the support of centers which provide treatment for persons under 18 years of age adjudged delinquents or convicted of crime, whether public or operated privately by a nonprofit organization, and which provide work projects, training, therapy or other rehabilitation treatment for youthful offenders. Such program may be carried on by the establishment and operation of separate facilities, by conducting the same as a separate program in connection with an existing county or municipal facility or institution or by contract with such a nonprofit organization.
L.1964, c. 263, s. 1, eff. Dec. 30, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.31 - Appropriation of funds

40:23-6.31. Appropriation of funds
The board of chosen freeholders of such county may appropriate funds to carry out a program established and maintained pursuant to this act.
L.1964, c. 263, s. 2, eff. Dec. 30, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.32 - Construction of additional entrances and exits to highway projects

40:23-6.32. Construction of additional entrances and exits to highway projects
The board of chosen freeholders of a county or the governing body of a municipality is authorized to contract with the New Jersey Highway Authority for the construction by the authority of additional entrances and exits, to a highway project operated by the authority, which entrances or exits the authority refuses to construct at its own expense on the basis of financial feasibility studies. Any entrance or exit constructed pursuant to this act shall become the property of, and a part of the highway project of the authority.
L.1966, c. 294, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.33 - Appropriation of funds to pay for additional entrances and exits to highway projects

40:23-6.33. Appropriation of funds to pay for additional entrances and exits to highway projects
The board of chosen freeholders or the governing body of a municipality entering into a contract pursuant to section 1 of this act is authorized to appropriate and pay to the New Jersey Highway Authority such sums as shall be called for under such contract.
L.1966, c. 294, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.38 - Legislative intent

40:23-6.38. Legislative intent
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) There are nearly 700,000 people over the age of 65 in this State, and that these citizens, now numbering almost 10% of the State's population, are of special concern because their numbers are growing faster than the rest of the population and because, increasingly there is no room for them in the labor market.
(b) During the last century life expectancy has been lengthened by 20 years. Since 1900 the total population of New Jersey has doubled but our senior population has quadrupled. With the lengthening of life expectancy has come the impact of technology which permits earlier retirement and makes employment opportunities unavailable for much of the older population.
(c) The result of these changes is that many older people are socially isolated and economically deprived. Lack of preparation for changed family relationships and social situations create crises for which assistance is not readily available. Many such crises can be averted if the problems of aging are anticipated and made the subject of prior planning.
(d) A central place is needed, therefore, where older citizens facing such situations can turn for assistance through information on community resources. Those who need such information vary from the middle-aged unemployed to the recent retiree and the helpless aged, from the affluent to the very poor, from the rural citizen to the urban and suburban resident, from the learned to the uneducated.
(e) Efforts to avert crises among this expanding segment of the population must have two major goals; the development of an understanding of the nature of aging so that people may grow old with dignity and independence; and, the ready identification and availability of community resources for older people, to whom they are often inaccessible or nonexistent. These resources need to be identified, expanded and made more immediately available to those who need them.
(f) While the Government of the State of New Jersey has recognized some of its special responsibilities in this area by creating the State Division on Aging, it has become apparent that this agency will function more effectively by providing a means by which it can achieve a closer relationship with the people it seeks to help, and through which it can increase access to desirable programs.
(g) It is apparent, therefore, that channels for the distribution of information on the resources available to older people, should be established throughout the State so as to be conveniently available to all segments of our older population, and that they should be maintained by county governments.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.39 - Establishment of county office on aging by resolution

40:23-6.39. Establishment of county office on aging by resolution
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may be resolution establish a county office on aging.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.40 - Powers and duties

40:23-6.40. Powers and duties
Each county office on aging shall have the power and duty and it shall be the function of said office to:
(a) Maintain a central source of information on programs and services for older people;
(b) Circulate current knowledge related to aging to the public at large and to individuals and groups to which such knowledge would be of benefit;
(c) Stimulate expansion of existing services to more adequately meet the needs of older people and, where desirable, encourage new programs to meet these needs.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.41 - Executive director; appointment; qualifications

40:23-6.41. Executive director; appointment; qualifications
The board of chosen freeholders shall appoint an executive director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such office, to administer the work of the county office on aging.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.42 - Receipt and expenditure of moneys

40:23-6.42. Receipt and expenditure of moneys
The board of chosen freeholders may receive and expend moneys from the State, Federal Government or private individuals, corporations or associations thereof, to meet the expenses of the county office on aging.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.43 - Appropriations and payments of State aid.

40:23-6.43 Appropriations and payments of State aid.
6. There shall be appropriated and paid annually to each county office on aging, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Human Services, an amount equal to one-half of the amount of annual expense of the county office on aging; provided, however, that no county shall receive more than $20,000 in State aid hereunder in any calendar year. Payments shall be made by the State Treasurer, upon certificate of the Commissioner of Human Services and warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, on or before December 31 of each calendar year. This payment shall constitute reimbursement to the county for the State aid portion of the annual expense of each county office on aging during the year in which the payment is made.
L.1970, c.248, s.6; amended 2012, c.17, s.408.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.44 - Rules and regulations by director of division on aging

40:23-6.44. Rules and regulations by director of division on aging
The Director of the Division on Aging shall issue and promulgate rules and regulations for the proper control and management of activities of the county offices on aging, for the certification of persons to hold the position of executive director and for the administration of grant funds available for the purposes of this act, and may issue and promulgate such other rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
L.1970, c. 248, s. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.45 - Lands of county or county park commission; use as training grounds for firemen or police

40:23-6.45. Lands of county or county park commission; use as training grounds for firemen or police
The board of chosen freeholders of any county or county park commission may, by resolution, make available any lands owned or leased by said county or county park commission, or otherwise under its control, to be used as training grounds for paid, part-paid or volunteer fire companies and for police departments and forces located in any municipality or fire district in such county or adjoining counties.
L.1973, c. 215, s. 1, eff. Aug. 23, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.46 - Operation and improvement of properties for training purposes; appropriation and expenditure of funds

40:23-6.46. Operation and improvement of properties for training purposes; appropriation and expenditure of funds
The board of chosen freeholders or county park commission may from time to time raise, appropriate and expend such sums of money as it may deem expedient for operating and improving any such properties for training purposes, including construction of buildings, installation of water mains and hydrants, and the construction on said lands of drill towers and training equipment, in order to instruct members of fire companies in the latest methods, procedures and techniques of fire fighting, to instruct members of police departments and forces in the latest methods, procedures and techniques of police work, and for the purpose of testing apparatus and equipment.
L.1973, c. 215, s. 2, Aug. 23, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.47 - Office of consumer affairs; establishment by county or municipality; employees

40:23-6.47. Office of consumer affairs; establishment by county or municipality; employees
A county, by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, or a municipality, by ordinance, may create and establish an office of consumer affairs to be administered by a county or municipal director of consumer affairs who shall be appointed by the governing body thereof. In addition, the governing body may provide for the employment of such other officers and employees as may be necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the affairs of the office. The qualifications of the director and other officers and employees shall be established by the Attorney General.
L.1975, c. 376, s. 1. Amended by L.1981, c. 178, s. 2, eff. June 19, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.48 - Powers

40:23-6.48. Powers
Offices created hereunder shall have the following powers:
a. Those powers granted to the Attorney General by P.L.1960, c. 39 (C. 56:8-1 et seq.) and all supplements thereto, which he may from time to time by rule or regulation delegate to them; provided, however, that the following powers shall not be delegable: the power to promulgate substantive regulations as authorized by P.L.1960, c. 39, s. 4 (C. 56:8-4); the power to conduct administrative hearings and other powers connected therewith as authorized by P.L.1967, c. 97, s. 1 (C. 56:8-3.1) and by P.L.1971, c. 247, s.s. 3 through 6, inclusive (C. 56:8-15 through 56:8-18); and the power to grant immunity as authorized by P.L.1960, c. 39, s. 7 (C. 56:8-7).
b. Such other powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or any other act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder which may from time to time be assigned to such offices by the governing body of the county or municipality which created them.
L.1975, c. 376, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.49 - Office of consumer affairs in county or municipality established prior to and in conformity with this act; validation of acts and proceedings

40:23-6.49. Office of consumer affairs in county or municipality established prior to and in conformity with this act; validation of acts and proceedings
All acts and things done or authorized by any county or municipality within the powers granted by this act prior to its enactment are hereby ratified and confirmed. Where any office of consumer affairs has heretofore been established in substantial conformity with the provisions of this act under and by virtue of a county resolution or municipal ordinance which may be invalid by reason of lack of power in the county or municipality to pass such resolution or ordinance, such resolution or ordinance and all acts and proceedings thereunder are hereby validated and confirmed, including any proceeding initiated within 90 days of the effective date of this act to compel compliance with or prevent the violation of such resolution or ordinance; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall validate or authorize any act or thing which is expressly prohibited by the provisions of this act, or of any other statute of this State.
L.1975, c. 376, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.50 - Surplus and surface waters on railroad property; construction of works to control by county

40:23-6.50. Surplus and surface waters on railroad property; construction of works to control by county
Whenever a railroad company shall not properly construct and maintain on its property in any county any structures, ditches, watercourses, dykes, dams, and such other works and such filling and excavating necessary to control the flow of surplus and surface waters for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, the governing body of such county may, after notice to the company and approval of the construction plans and specifications by the company within 90 days of their submission, enter upon such property and construct and maintain such works, fillings and excavations.
The county shall not be required to make compensation to such railroad for entering upon such property and constructing and maintaining such works, fillings and excavations.
L.1977, c. 71, s. 1, eff. April 21, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.52 - Acceptable forms of payment for road opening permits.

40:23-6.52 Acceptable forms of payment for road opening permits.
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever the governing body of any county shall require the provision of a deposit as a condition of granting a road opening permit, the county shall accept as a deposit from the permit applicant either cash, or in lieu of cash, bonds, or a combination of cash and bonds, as determined by the permit applicant. Whenever bonds are used, the bonds may consist of registered book bonds, entry municipal bonds, State bonds or other appropriate bonds of the State of New Jersey, or negotiable bearer bonds or notes of any political subdivision of the State, the value of which is equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the amount that otherwise would be required to be deposited pursuant to the terms of the permit application and such requirements as set forth. The nature and amount of the bonds or notes to be deposited shall be subject to the approval by the governing body of the county. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. For purposes of this section, "value" shall mean par value or current market value, whichever is lower.
If the permit applicant deposits cash for granting a road opening permit, such deposit shall be placed with a banking institution or savings and loan association insured by an agency of the Federal government, in an account bearing interest at the rate currently paid by such institutions or associations on time or savings deposits. Any interest accruing on cash deposits shall be credited to the governing body of the county. If the permit applicant deposits bonds for granting a road opening permit, the bonds shall be deposited with the county. The amount of any interest accruing on such bonds shall be returned to the bond applicant upon fulfillment of the terms of the permit application.
L.1999,c.196,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-6.53 - Contracts for collection of delinquent fees, fines.

40:23-6.53 Contracts for collection of delinquent fees, fines.
37. The governing body of any county may enter into a contract with a private agency or firm for the purpose of collecting delinquent fees, fines, costs, surcharges, and other penalties or assessments imposed, after a final determination of guilt, by a central municipal court established pursuant to subsection e. of N.J.S.2B:12-1. The use of private agencies or firms to collect delinquent fees, fines, costs, surcharges and other penalties or assessments imposed by a central municipal court shall be in accordance with rules or procedures adopted by the Supreme Court. Any such contract shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). The governing body of any county may authorize the assessment of a fee by a private agency or firm not to exceed 22% of the amount collected to be paid by the debtor to the private agency or firm to pay for the costs of collection.
L.2000, c.126, s.37; amended 2009, c.233, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-7 - Power to raise money by taxation

40:23-7. Power to raise money by taxation
The board of chosen freeholders may raise by taxation, in the method prescribed by law, all money necessary to pay for any improvement or property which it is authorized to make or acquire, and to pay the current expenses of maintaining the same, and for the execution and performance of any power or authority given to the county or the board of chosen freeholders thereof, and to pay the principal of and interest upon all obligations and debts of the county, for the maintenance of county parks, and for the fulfillment of all obligations imposed by law upon the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8 - Appropriations to Civil War organizations; purposes

40:23-8. Appropriations to Civil War organizations; purposes
Any county may make appropriations to a post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and if there be no such post in the county it may make appropriations to any camp of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for the proper observance of memorial and other patriotic holidays.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8.1 - Appropriations for observance of Memorial Day

40:23-8.1. Appropriations for observance of Memorial Day
It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county, and they are hereby authorized and empowered so to do, to make appropriations for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8.2a - Junior college; appropriations in counties over 300,000

40:23-8.2a. Junior college; appropriations in counties over 300,000
It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of a county having a population in excess of 300,000 and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations for and pay to any accredited nonprofit junior college established and located in said county for the maintenance, support and operation of said educational institution.
L.1962, c. 42, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8.3 - Protecting roads against erosion by tidewater

40:23-8.3. Protecting roads against erosion by tidewater
Any county of the sixth class may expend any sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), in any one year, for the protection of county roads from erosion by tidewater; provided, that no part of such sum shall be used for any work, labor or materials upon any structure or work located more than two thousand feet from the road to be protected.
L.1942, c. 198, p. 570, s. 1, eff. May 13, 1942.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8.4 - Blood and its derivatives; contributions for collection and distribution authorized

40:23-8.4. Blood and its derivatives; contributions for collection and distribution authorized
Boards of chosen freeholders are authorized to contribute funds, in amounts to be determined by such boards, for the establishment, equipment, maintenance and conduct of suitable programs for the collection, processing, storing and public distribution of human blood, and the various human blood derivatives, including special therapeutic and diagnostic serums, which are deemed of value in the treatment of sick and injured persons, and the prevention of certain diseases. Such contributions of funds may be made to public and private institutions, hospitals, societies and organizations for such purposes, on such terms as may be agreed upon.
L.1946, c. 22, p. 61, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:23-8.5 - Appropriations for blood collection purposes; borrowing money

40:23-8.5. Appropriations for blood collection purposes; borrowing money
It shall be lawful for such boards to appropriate and raise funds annually for the purposes aforesaid, in the same manner as appropriations are made for other county purposes. If, during the fiscal year in which this act shall be adopted, any board of chosen freeholders shall have made no provision in its annual budget for the necessary funds for the aforesaid purposes during such fiscal year, said board may appropriate and use any county funds not otherwise appropriated or dedicated, or may appropriate and raise such funds as may be necessary for such purpose during such fiscal year, and may borrow the same, or any part thereof, on the credit of the county, and may issue obligations therefor in the same manner as other similar obligations are issued under the provisions of the title to which this act is a supplement.
L.1946, c. 22, p. 61, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1946.