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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:7-4 - Transcript; fees.

2B:7-4 Transcript; fees.
2B:7-4. Transcript; Fees. a. When a transcript of a stenographic record or other recording in any court or in any other proceeding recorded at the direction of the Supreme Court is made, at the request of any person, the original and copies thereof shall be prepared in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Court of the State of New Jersey and the standards fixed by the Administrative Director of the Courts and paid for at the rate of $3.00 for each page of an original standard delivery transcript and $0.50 for each of the copies thereof. If the transcript is furnished to a judge of the court, by court order, the reporter shall be paid at the same rates, and in the same manner and from the same sources as the reporter's salary or per diem fees are paid.
b. Beginning on the first day of July 2005, and on the first day of each fifth July thereafter, the rates and fees set forth in subsection a. of this section shall be increased to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as follows: the foregoing fees and rates shall be multiplied by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be the CPI for March 2000 and the numerator of which shall be the CPI for the March immediately preceding the applicable July 1.
For the purposes of this subsection, "CPI" shall mean that table in the Consumer Price Index published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, now known as the "Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items, New York-Northern New Jersey (index: 1982-1984 equals 100)." If this CPI shall be discontinued, then the Administrative Director of the Courts shall designate any successor Consumer Price Index of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, or any successor agency thereto, for the New York-Northern New Jersey area.
c. Except as to transcripts that are to be paid for by the State or county, the person preparing the transcripts may require any person requesting a transcript to prepay the estimated fee therefor in advance of delivery of the transcript.
d. The Supreme Court may adopt Rules of Court and the Administrative Director of the Courts may issue directives to implement the purposes of this act.
L. 1991, c.119, s.1; amended 2000, c.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:7-5 - Employment of court reporters

2B:7-5. Employment of court reporters
2B:7-5. Employment of Court Reporters. a. Except as provided in this section, court reporters appointed to serve on a full-time basis pursuant to this chapter shall receive an annual salary to be fixed from time to time by the Supreme Court.
b. In lieu of an annual salary, a reporter employed on a part-time or temporary basis as provided in this chapter may be paid such a per diem fee rate as may be fixed from time to time by the Supreme Court. Such per diem fees shall be paid by the State upon certification of the Administrative Director of the Courts.
c. In addition to salary or per diem fees, a reporter may, upon the certification of the Director, be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses when assigned to serve in a county other than the one in which the reporter resides.
d. Each county shall pay annually to the State Treasurer, in equal quarterly installments, as its share of reporter expenses for the State fiscal year an amount equal to the net cost to such county for such expenses for each preceding fiscal year. Such net cost shall include only the amount paid for salaries and expenses of court reporters in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, transcripts furnished to a judge pursuant to N.J.S.2B:7-4 and employer's contribution to the Public Employees' Retirement System and social security paid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, which net cost shall be certified by the Director.
e. Every reporter shall be entitled to retain the fees collected for transcripts. All transcript supplies and equipment shall be furnished by the reporter at his or her own expense.
f. Reporters appointed to serve on a full-time basis shall be deemed to be State employees eligible for membership in the Public Employees' Retirement System; except, however, that reporters who prior to July 1, 1966, were members of any county employees' retirement system pursuant to P.L.1943, c.160 (C.43:10-18.1 et seq.) shall continue therein as county employees for the purposes of that enactment. Source: N.J.S.2A:11-16
L.1991,c.119,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:7-6 - Records and reports

2B:7-6. Records and reports
2B:7-6. Records and Reports. The Administrative Director of the Courts, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice, shall prescribe records which shall be maintained and reports to be filed by the reporter. These records shall be open to inspection by the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice and the Director, and may include records showing: a. the quantity of transcripts prepared, b. the fees charged and the fees collected for transcripts, c. any expenses incurred by the reporter in connection with transcripts, d. the amount of time the reporter is in attendance upon the court for the purpose of recording proceedings, and e. other information as the Director may determine. Source: N.J.S.2A:11-17
L.1991,c.119,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:8-1 - Interpreters

2B:8-1. Interpreters
2B:8-1. Interpreters. Each county shall provide interpreting services necessary for cases from that county in the Law Division and the Family Part of the Chancery Division. A county may provide interpreting services through the use of persons hired for that purpose. If interpreters are employed, they shall be appointed and shall perform their duties in the manner established by the Chief Justice, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. For the purpose of determining their compensation, these employees shall be considered county employees.
As used in this section "interpreting services" shall include the provision of services to assist a developmentally disabled person, as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1977, c.82 (C.30:6D-3), and to assist a hearing impaired person to understand questions and to frame and express answers in a criminal proceeding; provided that the person is not otherwise disqualified as a witness.
L. 1991, c.119, s.1; amended 1995,c.98,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:9-1 - Effect of abolition of particular courts

2B:9-1. Effect of abolition of particular courts
2B:9-1. Effect of Abolition of Particular Courts. a. Where any court has been or is abolished:
1. Its property shall be the property of the court succeeding to its jurisdiction;
2. Its pending cases shall be cases of the court succeeding to its jurisdiction and thereafter shall be treated in the same manner as if originally brought in the court to which they are transferred;
3. Its records shall be disposed of in the manner determined by the Supreme Court.
b. A judgment of a court which has been abolished may be enforced in the court to which its jurisdiction has been transferred, but no abolition of any court or transfer to another court shall change the effect of a judgment of that court in any way.
c. No abolition of any court or any transfer of operations, management, or recordkeeping duties shall affect the position, title, compensation or rights under Civil Service laws of any employee of the courts or of any other government employee whose position included performance of work for the courts. To the extent compatible with efficient administration of the courts, employees who performed work for abolished courts shall be transferred to perform equivalent functions in existing courts.
d. Any reference in a statute, ordinance or regulation to a court which has been abolished shall be given effect as if the reference were to the court to which the jurisdiction of the abolished court has been transferred. Source: N.J.S.2A:2-16; N.J.S.2A:1-17; N.J.S.2A:2-18; C.2A:6-1a (P.L.1983, c.405, s.7); N.J.S.2A:6-37; N.J.S.2A:11-57; N.J.S.2A:11-58
L.1991,c.119,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-2 - Findings, declarations

2B:10-2. Findings, declarations
2. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. The current method of financing the State's judicial system has created undue hardship for both the counties and the courts.
b. The counties have had to balance the financial needs of the judicial system with the need to provide essential county services and have been denied any oversight over court operations.
c. As a result of the differing funding bases among the counties, the courts have varying levels of resources available in order to fulfill their responsibilities.
d. Those differing bases and varying levels of available resources have significantly hindered the development and implementation of a unified administrative system for the courts.
e. If the State were to assume the administrative costs of the judicial system, resources would be provided on a more equitable basis and a central management system could be established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
f. Furthermore, significant property tax relief would be afforded to the citizens of this State since the counties would no longer need to generate tax revenues currently required to finance the judicial system.
g. It is, therefore, altogether fitting and proper for the State to assume the cost of the judicial system in order to unify the administrative system and to provide property tax relief.
L.1993,c.275,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-3 - Definitions

2B:10-3. Definitions
3. As used in this act:
a. "Base year amount" means the total local fiscal year 1993 expenditures for judicial costs and probation costs excluding the amount paid and charged in full in 1993 for equipment for court or probation purposes; less the realized revenue for judicial fees and probation fees;
b. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs;
c. "Judicial costs" means the costs incurred by the county for funding the judicial system, including but not limited to the following: salaries, health benefits and pension costs of all judicial employees, juror fees, library material costs, and centrally-budgeted items such as printing, supplies, and mail services, except that judicial costs shall not include costs incurred by employees of the surrogate's office or the sheriff's office;
d. "Judicial employee" means any person employed by the county prior to January 1, 1995 to perform judicial functions, including but not limited to employees working for the courts and the law library, employees who act as court aides and employees of the county clerk judicial function and those involved in bail processing and any person employed by a county probation office, except that employees of the surrogate's office and employees of the sheriff's office shall not be construed to be judicial employees;
e. "Judicial fees" means any fees or court costs collected by the judiciary including bail forfeitures and interest earned on bail deposits for bail deposited after January 1, 1995 but shall not include sheriff's or surrogate's fees or fines otherwise allocated by law to counties or municipalities for offenses within the jurisdiction of municipal courts;
f. "Judicial functions" means any duties and responsibilities performed in providing any services and direct support necessary for the effective operation of the judicial system;
g. "Probation costs" means any costs incurred by the county for the operation of the county probation department, including but not limited to centrally-budgeted items such as printing, supplies and mail services;
h. "Probation fees" means any fees or fines collected in connection with the probation of any person.
L.1993,c.275,s.3; amended 1994,c.162,s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-4 - State costs, employees, and fees after 1994

2B:10-4. State costs, employees, and fees after 1994
4. On and after January 1, 1995:
a. The State is required to pay for judicial costs and probation costs;
b. All judicial employees shall be employees of the State; and
c. Any judicial fees or probation fees collected shall be paid to the State Treasury.
L.1993,c.275,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-5 - Certification of base year amount

2B:10-5. Certification of base year amount
5. a. On or before February 28, 1994, the chief financial officer of the county shall certify the actual base year amount to the designee of the Administrative Office of the Courts who may then accept the amount. If accepted, a copy of the certification and acceptance shall immediately be provided to the Administrative Office of the Courts, the county Board of Chosen Freeholders, and to the director.
b. If the amount provided in subsection a. of this section has not been certified or accepted by June 1, 1994, the parties shall immediately notify the director that the matter is submitted to the director for the director to make the determination.
c. Upon submission to the director, he may require the submission of any additional documentation necessary for determination of the amount. He may also determine that a hearing be conducted if necessary before either the director or his designee. Nothing herein shall prevent the parties from continuing to negotiate a settlement up until the time the director makes a final determination.
d. If the hearing on the amount provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section extends beyond April 1, 1995, the director shall, by April 10, 1995, require such submissions as he deems necessary to set an interim base year amount to serve as the basis for the calculations described in section 6 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-6). The calculation for 1995 and subsequent years shall be adjusted to reflect the difference between the final determination and the interim base year amount. A decision of the director may be appealed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1947, c.151 (C.52:27BB-15).
L.1993,c.275,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-6 - Schedule for payment of county share

2B:10-6. Schedule for payment of county share
6. a. Except as provided in subsection e., in local fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 1997, each county shall pay a share of its base year amount as determined by the director based on the following schedule:
(1) 1995...... 87.5% of the base year amount;
(2) 1996...... 62.5% of the base year amount;
(3) 1997..... 50.0% of the base year amount.
b. Except as provided in subsection e., each county shall pay the respective amounts established in subsection a. to the State Treasurer on the following schedule:
(1) 1995....... On May 15, 50.0% of the base year amount, and on
October 1, 37.5% of the base year amount;
(2) 1996....... On May 15, 37.5% of the base year amount, and on
October 1, 25.0% of the base year amount;
(3) 1997....... On May 15, 25.0% of the base year amount, and on
October 1, 25.0% of the base year amount.
c. In local budget year 1998 and thereafter, no county shall be required to pay judicial costs or probation costs unless a county elects to proceed under subsection e. of this section in which case the county shall not be required to pay judicial costs or probation costs in local budget year 1999 and thereafter.
d. No county shall be required to pay the employer pension contribution on behalf of any employee who becomes an employee of the State under this act after the date the person becomes an employee of the State. However, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections b. and c. above, it shall continue to be the responsibility of each county to pay any additional liability for any employee who would have become an employee of the State under this act but who retired and received a benefit under P.L.1993, c.138 as provided under that act, and the liability for late enrollment of an employee in the Public Employees' Retirement System, whose date of compulsory enrollment is prior to the date the person becomes an employee of the State under this act, as provided under section 48 of P.L.1971, c.213 (C.43:15A-7.1).
e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, a county may elect in local fiscal year 1997 to pay its share of its base year amount in 1997 and 1998 as follows: in 1997 25.0% of its base year amount on May 15, 1997 and in 1998 25.0% of its base year amount on May 15, 1998.
L.1993,c.275,s.6; amended 1997, c.58.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-7 - Disposition of furnishings, office equipment; service agreements; provision of claim, insurance information

2B:10-7. Disposition of furnishings, office equipment; service agreements; provision of claim, insurance information
7. a. By September 1, 1994, a list shall be jointly developed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the governing body of each county of the furnishings and office equipment currently used by the courts which shall become the property of the State on January 1, 1995.
b. (1) The Administrative Office of the Courts and the individual county governments may enter into service agreements for:
(a) Those services the Administrative Office of the Courts determines are necessary for the county to provide for the operations of the courts in each county;
(b) The portion of the base year amount comprising debt service or lease payments for furnishings and office equipment; and
(c) Any other services or costs jointly agreed upon by the parties as necessary to the smooth transition or continued operation of the court system.
(2) If the services referred to in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section had been previously provided by the county, it shall be in the sole discretion of the Administrative Office of the Courts that the services be continued, and that the county shall provide the services for a cost in approximate proportion to the cost determined in the base year amount, subject to annual cost increases negotiated by the parties.
(3) Disputes as to continuance of service and charges by the county for such services may be determined by the director and made in a manner similar to that described in section 5 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-5).
(4) Revenue received by the county for the service agreement shall be appropriated in accordance with the "Local Budget Law," N.J.S.40A:4-1 et seq.
c. (1) By September 1, 1994 the counties shall provide to the Administrative Office of the Courts the following:
(a) a listing of all Notices of Claims which were filed after January 1, 1994;
(b) a loss history for all lines of insurance or self insurance for the past five years;
(c) a listing of all worker's compensation, occupational, ongoing medical and dependency claims prior to January 1, 1995;
(d) a listing of all outstanding claims with insurance carriers or against third parties;
(e) a listing of all vehicles with accident damage that will be transferred pursuant to this section;
(f) plans for all facilities and construction and age information on the facilities required by the companies currently insuring the contents.
(2) Any workers' compensation claim filed by a judicial employee of a county, any tort claim, or any auto liability claim arising out of the maintenance, operation or use of any vehicle by a judicial employee of a county where the date of loss was prior to January 1, 1995 shall be the liability of the county.
L.1993,c.275,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-8 - Determination of county tax levy

2B:10-8. Determination of county tax levy
8. For the purpose of determining the county tax levy upon which a county shall calculate its permissible tax levy, any amounts appropriated for the purposes described in section 6 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-6), shall be an exception pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.4). For the calculation of the local fiscal year 1995 permissible tax levy, the 1994 county tax levy prior to modification pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.4) shall be reduced by the base year amount calculated pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-5). The director is also authorized to make such adjustments to county budget cap calculations for matters unforeseen by this act, in a manner not inconsistent with the constitutional amendment authorizing this act, and section 4 of P.L.1976, c.68 (C.40A:4-45.1).
L.1993,c.275,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10-9 - Certification of payroll record information

2B:10-9. Certification of payroll record information
9. a. To facilitate the transfer of judicial employees from county payroll processing to the State's payroll processing system the chief financial officer of each county shall certify payroll record information on each judicial employee to the Administrative Office of the Courts according to a standard record format, procedure, and schedule collectively agreed to by representatives of the chief financial officers of the counties and the Administrative Director of the Courts and shall include the use of computer readable media in the transfer of payroll record information where applicable.
b. On December 31, 1994 the county shall issue a final paycheck which is complete and full, up to and including December 31, 1994 and satisfies all salary obligations due by the county to the judicial employees, and all deductions related to calendar year 1994 obligations of the judicial employees.
L.1993,c.275,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10A-1 - Findings, declarations relative to probation officers

2B:10A-1. Findings, declarations relative to probation officers
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. The enforcement of probation sentences is crucial to the public safety;
b. Despite a drop in the overall crime rate, the number of dangerous and repeat offenders who are serving probation sentences has continued to rise in New Jersey;
c. The number of probationers who have violated the conditions of probation and have a warrant issued for their arrest has reached 15,000;
d. Probation officers working in the New Jersey State courts are not currently permitted to enforce these warrants;
e. Probation officers in other states are permitted to act as law enforcement officers.
L.2001,c.362,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10A-2 - "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit"

2B:10A-2. "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit"
2. a. There shall be established within the Administrative Office of the Courts a "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit." The "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" shall consist of no less than 200 probation officers, duly appointed pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2A:168-5, who shall be authorized to carry a firearm provided the carrying is in accordance with the authority provided in paragraph (17) of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:39-6 and such rules as are adopted by the Supreme Court regarding the carrying of a firearm by a probation officer. The probation officer shall undergo a course of law enforcement training as administered by the Police Training Commission which training shall be subject to and in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court. A probation officer in the "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" shall have the authority to arrest, detain and transport probationers and enforce the criminal laws of this State in accordance with such conditions and guidelines as set forth in rules adopted by the Supreme Court and shall be empowered to enforce warrants for the apprehension and arrest of probationers who violate the conditions of their probation sentence.
b. A "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" shall be assigned to every county and consist of no less than five probation officers.
c. Prior to being permitted to carry a firearm, a probation officer assigned to the "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" shall take and successfully complete a firearms training course administered by the Police Training Commission, pursuant to P.L.1961, c.56 (C.52:17B-66 et seq.), and shall annually qualify in the use of a revolver or similar weapon prior to being permitted to carry a firearm.
L.2001,c.362,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:10A-3 - Self-defense training for probation officers

2B:10A-3 Self-defense training for probation officers
3. Any probation officer, duly appointed pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2A:168-5, including probation officers assigned to the "Probation Officer Community Safety Unit" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2001, c.362 (C.2B:10A-2), shall undergo a basic course of self-defense training administered by the Police Training Commission which training shall be subject to and in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court.
L.2001,c.362,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-2 - Findings, declarations

2B:11-2. Findings, declarations
2. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. As a result of voter approval in November of 1992 of a constitutional amendment and pursuant to the provisions of the "State Judicial Unification Act," P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-1 et seq.), the State is to assume certain costs of the judicial system;
b. The most important resource of the judicial system is its personnel;
c. State assumption of the costs of the judicial system offers the opportunity to bring judicial employees, whose positions were previously funded by the 21 counties, into a truly unified judiciary;
d. Both the representatives of the judiciary and the majority representative of the employees of the judiciary have freely and voluntarily entered into a letter of agreement, not part of this act, concerning certain aspects, as described therein, of the employer-employee relations process in the judiciary, which letter is enforceable in accordance with its terms;
e. It is, therefore, altogether fitting and proper to ensure fair treatment of county judicial employees upon their transfer to State service and in the process effectuate a unified judiciary so that its more than 7,800 trial court employees, together with the 1,500 State-level judicial employees, will provide greater effectiveness in the trial court operations, greater accountability in the courts and greater flexibility in meeting the demands placed on the State's judiciary.
L.1994,c.162,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-3 - Definitions

2B:11-3. Definitions
3. As used in this act,
a. "Transferred employee" means any person employed by a county on December 31, 1994 who becomes an employee of the State pursuant to the provisions of the "State Judicial Unification Act," P.L.1993, c.275 (C.2B:10-1 et seq.).
b. "State judicial employee" means any person, including but not limited to transferred employees, employed by the State on or after January 1, 1995, to provide any services and direct support necessary for the effective operation of the judicial system, including but not limited to employees working for the courts and the law library, employees who act as court aides and those involved in bail processing and probation, and excluding justices and judges as defined in N.J.S.2B:2-4.
c. "Department" means the Department of Personnel.
d. "Medicare" means the coverage provided under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act as amended in 1965 or its successor plan or plans.
L.1994,c.162,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-4 - Elections for majority representatives

2B:11-4. Elections for majority representatives
4. Elections to establish majority representatives in new Statewide collective negotiations units will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) with such elections to be conducted by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). As soon after the enactment of this act as is practicable, there shall be a 30-day open period during which representation petitions may be filed to determine statewide negotiations units and majority representatives of judicial employees. PERC shall conduct elections as soon thereafter as is practicable. Judges' secretaries, law clerks and Central Appellate Research staff shall not be eligible for representation by employee organizations under provisions of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) nor shall those employees who are confidential employees or managerial executives under that act. Notwithstanding any representation proceedings which occur pursuant to this section, the judiciary shall continue to negotiate in good faith in county-based negotiations units where collective negotiations agreements for 1994 have not been executed.
L.1994,c.162,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-6 - Seniority, benefits, etc. tranferred

2B:11-6. Seniority, benefits, etc. tranferred
6. a. Transferred employees who become State judicial employees shall receive State credit for years of employment service retroactive to the date utilized by the county of employment as of December 31, 1994, to determine credit for employment service and computation of Supplemental Compensation on Retirement (SCOR).
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.13 and C.2A:17-56.14), beginning January 1, 1995, the State shall honor and accept all wage garnishment and child support orders entered against all transferred employees at the time of the transfer. Judgment creditors and county probation departments with wage garnishments and child support orders in place against transferred employees will not be required to re-serve the State with the appropriate order or notice to maintain the garnishment or child support order in place at the time of the transition. Each county shall be required 45 days before the transition to provide the State with the names of those transferred employees subject to garnishments, either under court order or by notice of the county probation department, and copies of each order or notice to enable the State to honor the garnishment or child support order. The State shall be required to withhold only 50% of the amount due under the wage garnishment or child support order in effect at the time of transfer for the first pay period under which the transferred employees are placed onto the State payroll. Furthermore, each county shall be solely responsible for complying fully with the terms of all wage garnishment and child support orders in effect up until and through December 31, 1994.
c. Accumulated vacation leave and sick leave for transferred employees shall be transferred and credited to their State leave accounts immediately upon their becoming State judicial employees, but no employee may bring to State service more vacation leave time than that amount normally allotted to that employee in that county in calendar year 1994. Compensatory time and personal or administrative leave as well as accumulated vacation leave in excess of time earned in calendar year 1994 in county-funded employment shall not be transferable to State service but shall remain a county obligation. The determination of how to satisfy this obligation, whether to be granted by the judiciary as paid time off during 1994 or paid to the employee by the county by December 31, 1994, consistent with their policies or contractual obligations, shall be made by the assignment judge. Transferred employees who become State judicial employees pursuant to this act shall not be considered new employees, and any legislation requiring State residency of new State employees or which limits any benefits of new State employees shall not apply to them.
L.1994,c.162,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-7 - Transfer to the Public Employees' Retirement System

2B:11-7. Transfer to the Public Employees' Retirement System
7. a. Any transferred employee who is a member of a county pension fund or retirement system shall become a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) on January 1, 1995, subject to the same conditions and entitled to the same rights and benefits applicable to other employees of the State. Any credit for public service which has been established in the county pension fund or retirement system for the transferred employee shall be credited to the transferred employee under PERS. The contribution rate of the member of PERS shall be determined in the manner set forth in section 25 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-25), except that the number of years of service under the county pension fund or retirement system credited under PERS shall be deducted from the member's age in determining the age upon which the contribution rate is based.
b. No later than May 1, 1995, the county pension fund or retirement system in which a transferred employee is a member shall remit to PERS the accumulated deductions of the transferred employee to the county pension fund or retirement system, and a pro rata part of the employer contributions to the fund or system constituting the employer's obligation to the fund or system for the transferred employee. The actuary of PERS shall determine the liability for service under a county pension fund or retirement system credited under PERS under this act. If the sum of the accumulated transferred employee deductions and the pro rata part of the employer contributions are less than the liability determined by the actuary, the difference shall be paid by the county in the same manner and over the remaining time period for the accrued liability of PERS as provided in section 24 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-24). The county and the county pension fund or retirement system shall provide the Division of Pensions and Benefits any information it may require to administer this act.
L.1994,c.162,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-8 - Temporary disablity, unemployment insurance benefits

2B:11-8. Temporary disablity, unemployment insurance benefits
8. Immediately upon becoming State judicial employees, all transferred employees shall become eligible for New Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance benefits consistent with the regulations of those programs. Employment service with the county shall be credited toward any waiting periods for coverage or eligibility for benefits under New Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance.
L.1994,c.162,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-9 - Health, medical benefits

2B:11-9. Health, medical benefits
9. a. Immediately upon becoming a State judicial employee, all transferred employees shall receive all the health and medical benefits, including dental and prescription drug plans, on the same basis as other State judicial employees. Employment service with the county shall be credited toward any waiting periods for coverage or eligibility for benefits under the State program and plans for transferred employees who elect coverage at the time they become State judicial employees.
b. All health and medical benefits otherwise provided for in either county-negotiated collective negotiations agreements or in accordance with county past practice or individual county policies or both shall be pre-empted for transferred employees effective January 1, 1995.
L.1994,c.162,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-10 - Reimbursement for premium charges for Part A of Medicare

2B:11-10. Reimbursement for premium charges for Part A of Medicare
10. Any transferred employee who:
a. was a member of a county pension fund or retirement system on December 31, 1994;
b. retires from employment as a State judicial employee;
c. is eligible for and receives State payment of the premium or periodic charges for health care benefits after retirement; and
d. pays the premium charges under Part A and Part B of the federal Medicare program covering the retirant and the retirant's spouse,
hall be reimbursed by the State for the premium charges under Part A.
L.1994,c.162,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:11-12 - Right to review, void certain adjustments

2B:11-12. Right to review, void certain adjustments
12. For the purposes of application of all provisions of this act, the judiciary shall review and may void as against public policy any extraordinary adjustments made during 1994 in employee salary, other compensation or benefits or computation of years of credit of employment services, except that this shall not apply to any collectively negotiated agreement.
L.1994,c.162,s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-1 - Establishment of municipal courts.

2B:12-1 Establishment of municipal courts.
2B:12-1. Establishment of municipal courts.
a. Every municipality shall establish a municipal court. If a municipality fails to maintain a municipal court or does not enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this section, the Assignment Judge of the vicinage shall order violations occurring within its boundaries heard in any other municipal court in the county until such time as the municipality establishes and maintains a municipal court. The municipality without a municipal court shall be responsible for all administrative costs specified in the order of the Assignment Judge pending the establishment of its municipal court.
b. Two or more municipalities, by ordinance, may enter into an agreement establishing a single joint municipal court and providing for its administration. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the Administrative Director of the Courts. As used in this act, "municipal court" includes a joint municipal court.
c. Two or more municipalities, by ordinance or resolution, may agree to provide jointly for courtrooms, chambers, equipment, supplies and employees for their municipal courts and agree to appoint judges and administrators without establishing a joint municipal court. Where municipal courts share facilities in this manner, the identities of the individual courts shall continue to be expressed in the captions of orders and process.
d. An agreement pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this section may be terminated as provided in the agreement. If the agreement makes no provision for termination, it may be terminated by any party with reasonable notices and terms as determined by the Assignment Judge of the vicinage.
e. Any county of the first class with a population of over 900,000 and a population density of less than 4,000 persons per square mile according to the 2010 federal decennial census may establish, by ordinance, a central municipal court, which shall be an inferior court of limited jurisdiction, to adjudicate cases filed by agents of the county health department, agents of the county office of consumer affairs, members of the county police department and force, county park police system, or sheriff's office, or other cases within its jurisdiction referred by the vicinage Assignment Judge pursuant to the Rules of Court, and provide for its administration. A copy of that ordinance shall be filed with the Administrative Director of the Courts. As used in this act, "municipal court" includes a central municipal court.
f. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.103 shall require a county that has established and maintained a central municipal court in accordance with subsection e. of N.J.S.2B:12-1 prior to the date of the enactment of P.L.2015, c.103 to re-establish that court.
amended 1996, c.95, s.1; 2008, c.2; 2011, c.181, s.1; 2015, c.103, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-2 - Name of court

2B:12-2. Name of court
2B:12-2. Name of court. The name of a municipal court of a single municipality shall be the "Municipal Court of (insert name of municipality)." The name of a joint municipal court shall be specified in the ordinances establishing the court. The name of a central municipal court shall be the "Central Municipal Court of the County of (insert name of county)" and shall be specified in the ordinance establishing the court.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-3 - Place of court

2B:12-3. Place of court
2B:12-3. Place of court. Courtrooms and sessions of a municipal court need not be in the municipality for which the court has jurisdiction. If the same person is serving as judge of more than one municipal court, sessions of the respective courts may be combined.
Source: C.2A:8-18.1 (P.L.1957, c.167).
L.1993,c.293,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-4 - Judge of municipal court; term of office appointment

2B:12-4. Judge of municipal court; term of office appointment
2B:12-4. Judge of municipal court; term of office; appointment. a. Each judge of a municipal court shall serve for a term of three years from the date of appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any appointment to fill a vacancy not caused by the expiration of term shall be made for the unexpired term only. However, if a county or municipality requires by ordinance that the judge of the municipal court devote full time to judicial duties or limit the practice of law to non-litigated matters, the first appointment after the establishment of that requirement shall be for a full term of three years.
b. In municipalities governed by a mayor-council form of government, the municipal court judge shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. Each judge of a joint municipal court shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In all other municipalities, the municipal judge shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality.
c. In a county that has established a central municipal court, the judge of the central municipal court shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In those counties having a county executive, the county executive may submit the names of judicial candidates for judge of the central municipal court to the Governor. In all other counties, the governing body may submit the names of judicial candidates for judge of the central municipal court to the Governor.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-5 - Additional municipal judges.

2B:12-5 Additional municipal judges.
2B:12-5. Additional municipal judges. a. With the written consent of the Assignment Judge of the vicinage, a county or municipality may:
(1) increase the number of judgeships of the municipal court, or
(2) appoint one or more temporary municipal judges.
b. A temporary judge is an additional judge of the municipal court appointed to meet a special need of limited duration. The procedure for appointment of temporary municipal judges shall be the same as that for other municipal judges, but each term of a temporary judge shall not exceed one year.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-6 - Designation of acting judges

2B:12-6. Designation of acting judges
2B:12-6. Designation of acting judges. Subject to the Rules of Court, the Assignment Judge of the vicinage may appoint an acting judge of each of the municipal courts in the vicinage to serve as judge temporarily when the judge of that court is unable to hold the municipal court or for other cause. A person appointed as an acting judge shall be a judge of another municipal court or an attorney-at-law. A copy of the appointment of an acting judge for a municipal court shall be sent to the judge of that court and to the Administrative Director of the Courts.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-7 - Qualifications of judges; compensation

2B:12-7. Qualifications of judges; compensation
2B:12-7. Qualifications of judges; compensation. a. Every judge, temporary judge and acting judge of a municipal court shall be a resident of this State and an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in this State for at least five years provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to any attorney-at-law serving as a judge of a municipal court on the effective date of this act.
b. In lieu of any other fees, judges of municipal courts shall be paid annual salaries set by ordinance or resolution of the counties or municipalities establishing the court.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-8 - Chief judge

2B:12-8. Chief judge
2B:12-8. Chief judge. Where there is more than one judge of a municipal court, the county or municipality may designate one of the judges as the chief judge of the court. The chief judge shall designate the time and place of court and assign cases among the judges, pursuant to the Rules of Court.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-9 - Presiding judge of the municipal courts

2B:12-9. Presiding judge of the municipal courts
2B:12-9. Presiding judge of the municipal courts. If the Chief Justice designates a judge of the Superior Court or a judge of one of the municipal courts in a vicinage to serve as presiding judge of the municipal courts for that vicinage, that judge may exercise powers delegated by the Chief Justice or established by the Rules of Court.
If the presiding judge is a municipal court judge, the presiding judge shall be paid by the State for the time devoted to duties as Presiding Judge, unless that judge is also assigned duties at the request of a county, in which case compensation, pension and other benefits shall be as determined by the Assignment Judge and the governing body of the county, with the approval of the Chief Justice.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 2B - Court Organization and Civil Code › Section 2B:12-10 - Municipal court administrator and personnel

2B:12-10. Municipal court administrator and personnel
2B:12-10. Municipal court administrator and personnel. a. A county or municipality shall provide for an administrator and other necessary employees for the municipal court and for their compensation. With approval of the Supreme Court, an employee of the county or municipality, in addition to other duties, may be designated to serve as administrator of the municipal court.
b. The judge of a municipal court may designate in writing an acting administrator or deputy administrator to serve temporarily for an absent administrator or deputy administrator until the absent administrator or deputy administrator returns or a new administrator or deputy administrator is appointed. The acting administrator or acting deputy administrator shall be paid at a rate established by the judge but not exceeding that established for the administrator or deputy administrator.
L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.9.