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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:13-7 - Rules, regulations

39:13-7. Rules, regulations
The director shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L. 1983, c. 360, s. 7. Amended by L. 1985, c. 148, s. 28, eff. April 24, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:14-1 - Definitions relative to motor carrier transportation contracts.

39:14-1 Definitions relative to motor carrier transportation contracts.
1. For the purposes of P.L.2015, c.112 (C.39:14-1 et seq.):
"Motor carrier" means a person contracted to transport goods or property by motor vehicle.
"Motor carrier transportation contract" means a contract, agreement, or understanding concerning: (1) the transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier; (2) the entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire; or (3) a service incidental to the transportation of property for compensation or hire by a motor carrier, or to the entrance on property by a motor carrier for the purpose of loading, unloading, or transporting property for compensation or hire, including, but not limited to, the storage of property. "Motor carrier transportation contract" shall not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use, or possession of intermodal chassis, containers, or other intermodal equipment.
"Promisee" means a promisee who is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract and includes any agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to the promisee, except for a motor carrier who is a party to a motor carrier transportation contract with the promisee, and the motor carrier's agents, employees, servants, or independent contractors directly responsible to the motor carrier.
L.2015, c.112, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation › Section 39:14-2 - Certain provisions, clauses, covenants, agreements deemed void, unenforceable.

39:14-2 Certain provisions, clauses, covenants, agreements deemed void, unenforceable.
2. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract entered into on or after the effective date of P.L.2015, c.112 (C.39:14-1 et seq.) that purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless the promisee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from the negligence, intentional acts, or omissions of the promisee is against the public policy of this State and is void and unenforceable.
L.2015, c.112, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-1 - Definitions

40:3-1. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, bonds which are payable in installments in successive years during at least three-quarters of the period covered by the term of the whole issue, shall be known as "serial bonds" . All other bonds shall be known as "term bonds" .
The term "governing body" as used in this chapter means the board or body having charge and control of the finances of the municipality, county or school district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-2 - Contracts as to bonds, notes not impaired

40:3-2. Contracts as to bonds, notes not impaired
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any sinking fund commission to do any act in violation of the contractual obligations of the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, in respect to any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of such municipality, county or school district for the payment of which a sinking fund shall have been or may hereafter be created.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-3 - When sinking fund commission to determine requirements

40:3-3. When sinking fund commission to determine requirements
In the event of the failure of the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance to certify the requirements or other matters required by this chapter to be certified by him the sinking fund commission shall itself determine such requirements and other matters.
Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 570, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-5 - Commission to supersede all commissions; body corporate; disbursements; investments

40:3-5. Commission to supersede all commissions; body corporate; disbursements; investments
The organization of the sinking fund commission, as herein provided, shall be universally applicable and shall supersede all other sinking fund commissions whatsoever. The members of the sinking fund commission shall, together, constitute and be denominated "the sinking fund commission of the " (giving corporate name of municipality, county or school district, as the case may be). The sinking fund commission shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, with power and liability to sue and be sued in such corporate name in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The members of the sinking fund commission shall meet annually during the first week in January to organize the sinking fund commission as herein provided. They shall elect a president, a secretary and a treasurer, and they may elect a vice president and assistant treasurer. A person not a member of the commission may be elected secretary. One person, if a member of the commission, may hold the office of secretary and of treasurer, or of vice president and of assistant treasurer, but no ex-officio member of the commission shall be elected as president or vice president.
All disbursements, investments, sale or transfer of securities shall be by resolution of the sinking fund commission. When funds are disbursed the same shall be by check signed by the president, or, if one be elected by the commission, a vice president, and treasurer, or, if one be elected by the commission, by the assistant treasurer, of such commission, but the same person shall not sign in two official capacities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-6 - Certain officers to act when commission not functioning

40:3-6. Certain officers to act when commission not functioning
Until the members of the sinking fund commission have been appointed and the organization of the commission has been perfected, the comptroller, or in municipalities which have no comptroller, the treasurer, or in municipalities governed by a commission, the director of the department of revenue and finance, or in counties the county treasurer, or in school districts the custodian of school moneys shall be the sinking fund commissioner of the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, and shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the sinking fund commission provided for under this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-7 - Foreclosure of mortgages; municipal sinking fund for school district bonds

40:3-7. Foreclosure of mortgages; municipal sinking fund for school district bonds
Where the funds in the custody of any sinking fund commission superseded and terminated as provided in this chapter, are invested in mortgages upon real estate, the sinking fund commission herein provided for may prosecute, in its own name, foreclosure proceedings for the foreclosure of such mortgages, and where necessary for the preservation of the fund invested, purchase at foreclosure sale the real estate foreclosed upon. All such real estate shall be sold as speedily as reasonably may be.
Whenever any school district is situated wholly within a municipality, in which there is, or should be, a sinking fund commission having charge of the sinking fund of the municipality, such commission shall be the sinking fund commission of such school district and shall have the same powers and be charged with the same duties in connection with the bonded indebtedness of the school district as are conferred or imposed upon it with regard to the bonded indebtedness of the municipality in which such school district shall be situated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-8 - Commissioners not to receive compensation; bonds; secretary and assistants

40:3-8. Commissioners not to receive compensation; bonds; secretary and assistants
The members of the sinking fund commission shall receive no compensation, and shall give bond with corporate security to the municipality, county, or school district, as the case may be, for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as shall from time to time be fixed by the governing body of the municipality, county or school district.
When authorized by the governing body the sinking fund commission may employ a secretary and other assistants at such salary as the governing body may fix, or may appoint one of its members as secretary, and one as treasurer, or one of its members to fill both offices, and allow such appointee or appointees such compensation as may be fixed by the governing body.
All surety bond premiums, compensations and all expenses necessarily incurred by the sinking fund commission in the discharge of its duties shall be paid from general funds, and not from the sinking fund accounts.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-9 - Custodian of moneys and securities; investments; accounts

40:3-9. Custodian of moneys and securities; investments; accounts
The sinking fund commissioners shall have sole custody and control of all sinking fund moneys, securities, books, papers and records appertaining thereto. They shall deposit all moneys which shall come into their hands in a depository or depositories selected by them. They shall invest, reinvest and keep invested all moneys coming into their hands in the securities or forms of investment authorized by this chapter and in none other. They may sell or convert into cash such investments or property as may be necessary from time to time to provide funds from which to pay bonds or the municipality, county or school district, upon maturity, or sell such securities or forms of investment for the purpose of protecting the sinking fund from loss or for bettering the investment.
The commission shall keep accurate and detailed books of account covering all moneys coming into its custody, and the investment, return on investment, increase or loss thereof and the expenditure thereof, in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, make the reports and certificates as and when required, and permit access to and inspection of its accounts and records, at all reasonable hours, by any person duly authorized by the governing body of the municipality, county, school district or the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance, or his agents or any interested citizen taxpayer.
Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 570, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-10 - Sinking fund moneys; investment of

40:3-10. Sinking fund moneys; investment of
Investment of sinking fund moneys shall be restricted to unlimited obligations issued by the United States of America, or bonds of the State of New Jersey, or bonds of any county, school district or municipality of this State, or the negotiable notes of any county, municipality or school district of this State, but except as herein otherwise provided the date of maturity of such investments shall be such that with subsequent accretions to the fund there shall be moneys on hand to pay the several issues of bonds as they fall due.
If in the judgment of the majority of the sinking fund commissioners it is inexpedient and not to the best interests of the sinking fund to sell such securities held in the fund, the commission may borrow funds to meet maturing bonds, using as collateral for such loans any of the securities held in the fund.
Amended by L.1943, c. 48, p. 91, s. 1, eff. March 27, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-11 - Annual report; publication

40:3-11. Annual report; publication
The sinking fund commission shall report annually, on or before January fifteenth, to the governing body of the municipality, county or school district fully and in detail with reference to the amount, investment and sufficiency of the sinking funds in their hands, as of December thirty-first of the previous year. Such report shall be published for distribution by the sinking fund commission during the month of January of each year. In addition, the commission shall make such other and further reports as shall be required by the governing body of the municipality, county or school district or by any state authority pursuant to law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-12 - Accounts; how kept; classification of bonds; accretions; interest; losses

40:3-12. Accounts; how kept; classification of bonds; accretions; interest; losses
The sinking fund commission shall cause to be kept a separate account for each issue of term bonds and under at least the following classifications: namely, school bonds, water bonds, and general bonds. It may invest all funds under one account and shall distribute and credit to each account the proper proportion of the annual sinking fund appropriation, and also make among such accounts a proportionate distribution of all accretions and interest earned by the sinking fund investment and a like distribution of losses, which distribution shall be made as of December thirty-first of each year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-13 - When commission may sell bonds of county, school district or municipality

40:3-13. When commission may sell bonds of county, school district or municipality
When any sinking fund commission shall purchase any bonds of the municipality, county or school district for which it is constituted, as the result of its bid for such bonds or in exercise of the preferential right of purchase, as granted by law, the bonds so purchased shall not be sold within ten months after the time of purchase.
No sinking fund commission shall sell any of the bonds of the municipality, county or school district for which it is constituted, which it may own, except for the purpose of raising funds with which to pay maturing bonds of the municipality, county or school district which are a proper charge against the sinking fund.
If the sinking funds for the several issues of term bonds of any municipality, county or school district are equal to or in excess of the requirements as set forth in this chapter for the uncanceled bonds of such issues, then the sinking fund commission of the municipality, county or school district may cancel the bonds of any issue for which the sinking fund is in excess of such requirements to an amount not greater than such excess, and the sinking fund for that issue shall be reduced by the par value of the bonds as canceled.
When the sinking fund for any issue of term bonds shall be equal to the principal of the uncanceled bonds of that issue, the sinking fund commission may cancel any or all of such bonds and the sinking fund for that issue shall be reduced by the par value of the bonds so canceled.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-14 - Bonds falling due; funds transmitted for payment

40:3-14. Bonds falling due; funds transmitted for payment
At least three days previous to the time when any bonds shall fall due, for which there are funds to the credit of such bonds in the custody of the sinking fund commission, the commission shall transmit to the chief financial officer of the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, the funds on hand to the credit of such bond issue, providing such funds are not in excess of the amount of bonds falling due, in which case only an amount sufficient to retire such bonds shall be transmitted.
Should there be a surplus in any account, after the payment of all the bonds of such issue, then such surplus shall be placed in the special sinking fund account, if such shall exist in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and if there be no special sinking fund account, such surplus shall be distributed among the other bond accounts in the sinking fund, and credited to the principal thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-15 - Commissioners may enforce payment to sinking fund of sums due

40:3-15. Commissioners may enforce payment to sinking fund of sums due
The sinking fund commission shall have power and authority to demand and enforce by appropriate legal proceedings the appropriation, collection and payment to the sinking fund of the proper amounts due thereto, as provided by this chapter or any other law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-16 - Annual sinking fund requirements; amortization basis

40:3-16. Annual sinking fund requirements; amortization basis
The annual sinking fund requirements for the uncanceled bonds of any issue of term bonds issued by any municipality, county or school district, shall not be less than an amount, which, figured at the time of the issuance of such bonds, would if thereafter annually contributed to such fund, with the fund and with the accumulations thereon, and the contributions thereto, computed at the rate of three and one-half per cent per annum, produce at the date of maturity an amount equal to the amount of the bonds, which shall be known as the "amortization basis" .
Any part of the sinking fund for an issue of bonds, which arises from other sources than the tax levy, shall be deducted from the sinking fund requirements to be placed in the tax levy and the balance only raised by taxation.
Moneys accruing to the sinking fund from the payment of assessments, or the receipts from utilities dedicated to bond payments, shall be credited as principal and not as earnings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-18 - When contributions to cease

40:3-18. When contributions to cease
When the sinking fund of any issue of term bonds shall equal the amount of the uncanceled bonds of such issue, no further contributions shall be required to be made thereto, except to make good any losses which may occur, and the earnings of such sinking fund may be used to reduce the total annual sinking fund requirements, as provided in section 40:3-16 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-19 - Excess accumulations, to reduce requirements of sinking fund; deficiency

40:3-19. Excess accumulations, to reduce requirements of sinking fund; deficiency
When the accumulation of the sinking fund for any year shall be more than three and one-half per cent, then the amount in excess of three and one-half per cent may be applied to reduce the sinking fund requirements for the succeeding year, and if the accumulations of the sinking fund for any year are less than three and one-half per cent, then an amount sufficient to make up the deficit in accumulations for that year shall be added to the sinking fund requirements for the succeeding year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-20 - Outstanding term bonds tabulated; adjustment of excesses and deficits; surpluses

40:3-20. Outstanding term bonds tabulated; adjustment of excesses and deficits; surpluses
If upon any tabulation heretofore made of outstanding term bonds and the calculation to determine whether the sinking fund for each issue is equal to the amortization basis set forth in section 40:3-16 of this Title, or upon any subsequent tabulation and calculation ordered by the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance, the sinking fund for any issue of term bonds of any municipality, county or school district shall be found to be in excess of the proper amortization basis, and any other sinking fund shall be found to be deficient, such excess shall be transferred and credited to the deficient sinking funds.
Where a distribution of surpluses is made, it must be first made to the sinking funds for bonds within the classification as defined in section 40:3-12 of this Title, and then to the sinking funds for other bonds in the order of their maturities.
Should there be a surplus in the sinking fund after the distribution herein directed, the same may be transferred to a surplus account, and the principal thereof shall be distributed only as provided in sections 40:3-13 and 40:3-24 of this Title.
Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 573, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-21 - Deficiency in sinking funds; how raised

40:3-21. Deficiency in sinking funds; how raised
In order to bring the sinking fund for each issue of term bonds up to the proper amortization basis, the deficiency as shown by the final tabulation and calculation shall be raised and paid into a fund, to be known as the special sinking fund, in annual installments at the rate of not less than one-fifth of a mill on the dollar of the last corrected valuation of taxable property in the municipality, county or school district, as the case may be, until the deficiency with interest compounded annually at three and one-half per cent from January first, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, is accumulated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-22 - Special sinking fund requirements additional to annual requirements

40:3-22. Special sinking fund requirements additional to annual requirements
The special sinking fund requirements, as provided in section 40:3-21 of this title shall not take the place of the proper annual sinking fund requirements for any issue of term bonds, but shall be in addition thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-23 - Special sinking fund; distribution of

40:3-23. Special sinking fund; distribution of
The special sinking fund shall be held intact, as such, until it shall have accumulated an amount sufficient to create or equalize the sinking fund for each issue of term bonds in accordance with the standard as defined in section 40:3-16 of this Title. Then the special sinking fund shall be distributed to the several sinking fund accounts, and the special sinking fund shall be retired.
If during the process of accumulation of the special sinking fund there shall fall due any bonds for whose payment no sinking fund has been accumulated, or the sinking fund for which is insufficient for the payment thereof, then the amount of the deficiency for the payment of such bonds shall be taken from the special sinking fund and the yearly installment shall continue to be raised and set aside until the sinking fund, with its accumulations, shall be equal to the deficiency of the sinking fund for all term bonds.
The annual requirements for the distribution of, and the discontinuance of the special sinking funds shall be subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance.
Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 573, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:3-24 - Interest on surplus; use of

40:3-24. Interest on surplus; use of
The surplus in the sinking fund of any municipality, county or school district, as provided in section 40:3-20 of this Title, shall be held in the sinking fund, but the estimate of the annual earnings of such surplus figured on a three and one-half per centum (3 1/2 %) basis may be used as a credit or offset to the annual requirements for the sinking fund, but the principal of the surplus may be used to reduce the appropriation for the annual sinking fund requirements as set forth in section 40:3-16 of this Title.
The fund so used in any one year shall not be in excess of fifty per centum (50%) of the requirements for the sinking fund for that year, but in no case shall such credit or offset be used unless a certificate of approval shall first have been obtained from the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance.
Amended by L.1947, c. 117, p. 574, s. 6, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2 - Contributions to first aid, ambulance and rescue squads.

40:5-2 Contributions to first aid, ambulance and rescue squads.
40:5-2. Any county or municipality may make a voluntary contribution of not more than $125,000 annually to any duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association of the county, or of any municipality therein, rendering service generally throughout the county, or any of the municipalities thereof. In addition, if any such associations experience extraordinary need, the county or municipality may contribute an additional amount of not more than $70,000 annually; provided, however, that the need for such additional funds is established by the association and is directly related to the performance of said association's duties. Whenever the total annual county or municipal contribution to an association exceeds $70,000, the chief financial officer of the county or municipality shall receive an audit performed by a certified public accountant or a registered municipal accountant of each association's financial records for the current year which shall certify to the governing body of the county or municipality that such records are being maintained in accordance with sound accounting principles.
Any county or municipality may appropriate such additional sums as it may deem necessary for the purchase of first aid, ambulance, rescue or other emergency vehicles, equipment, supplies and materials for use by these associations, the title to which shall remain with the county or municipality, provided that the funds are controlled and disbursed by the county or municipality.
In the case of a joint purchase made by the governing bodies of two or more local units pursuant to the provisions of the "Consolidated Municipal Services Act," P.L.1952, c.72 (C.40:48B-1 et seq.), the title to the purchase shall be held by the joint meeting formed by the contracting governing bodies.
Amended 1941, c.236; 1951, c.298, s.1; 1960, c.36; 1966, c.290; 1974, c.122; 1978, c.115; 1983, c.520; 1983, c.544; 1985, c.19, s.2; 1986, c.120, s.1; 1987, c.31; 2001, c.403; 2022, c.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.1 - General conflagration; appropriations to relieve loss from

40:5-2.1. General conflagration; appropriations to relieve loss from
Whenever a general conflagration shall have taken place in any county, and in one or more municipalities thereof, such county shall be and is hereby authorized to appropriate, raise and expend a sum of money, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), to relieve the loss, damage, distress and suffering caused by said general conflagration.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 128, s. 1 eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.2 - Prerequisites to county's expending money to relieve losses from general conflagration

40:5-2.2. Prerequisites to county's expending money to relieve losses from general conflagration
No county shall raise or expend any moneys for the purpose aforesaid unless and until:
(a) The borough, township, city, village or other municipality in which such loss, damage, distress and suffering has occurred shall appropriate and raise a like sum for the same purpose.
(b) A joint commission has been established by and between such county and municipality, on which commission the county and municipality shall have equal representation and which commission shall, after proper investigation, recommend, in writing, to the county and municipality the expenditure of the funds so raised; neither said county nor any municipality shall expend all or any part of said funds, unless and until such recommendation is received and followed.
(c) A resolution making an appropriation of the necessary funds by the board of chosen freeholders of such county, by at least a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members thereof.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 128, s. 2, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.3 - Boroughs, townships, cities, villages, etc., prerequisites to expending money to relieve loss from general conflagration

40:5-2.3. Boroughs, townships, cities, villages, etc., prerequisites to expending money to relieve loss from general conflagration
No borough, township, city, village or other municipality shall expend any moneys for the purpose aforesaid unless and until:
(a) The county in which such loss, damage, distress and suffering has occurred shall appropriate a like sum for the same purpose.
(b) The joint commission aforesaid has been created and its recommendation or recommendations as to the expenditure of such funds has been made.
(c) A resolution making an appropriation of the necessary funds by the borough, township, city, village or other municipality has been passed by the governing body thereof, by at least a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of such governing body.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 129, s. 3, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.4 - "General conflagration" defined

40:5-2.4. "General conflagration" defined
The term "general conflagration" as used herein shall be construed, for the purposes hereof, to mean and include: any monetary damage to the improved property of or physical suffering to twenty-five or more families, or both, in any county, whether in one or more municipalities in such county.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 129, s. 4, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.5 - Raising and appropriating money to relieve loss from general conflagration by resolution

40:5-2.5. Raising and appropriating money to relieve loss from general conflagration by resolution
Any county, borough, township, city, village or other municipality may raise and appropriate said moneys by resolution as aforesaid, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 40:1-14 and 40:1-15 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey; provided, that in the next annual budget of such county and borough, township, city, village or other municipality a similar amount shall be included to retire and pay off the obligation or obligations so incurred.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 130, s. 5, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.6 - Notes or other obligations; raising funds to relieve loss from general conflagration

40:5-2.6. Notes or other obligations; raising funds to relieve loss from general conflagration
Any county, borough, township, city, village or other municipality is hereby authorized to execute and deliver its note or other obligation to raise the funds contemplated herein, which note or other obligation shall recite:
(a) The general nature of the purpose of raising said moneys.
(b) That the note or other obligation is in the nature of an emergency and shall be retired within one year from its issuance.
(c) That said note or other obligation is issued pursuant to this law.
(d) That such note or obligation is an exception to the general laws of this State relative to limitation on county and municipal indebtedness.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 130, s. 6, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.7 - Liberal construction

40:5-2.7. Liberal construction
This act shall be liberally construed to enable the several counties and municipalities to expeditiously relieve the loss, damage, distress and suffering caused by a general conflagration.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 130, s. 6, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.8 - Inapplicable to conflagration occurring before April 1, 1941

40:5-2.8. Inapplicable to conflagration occurring before April 1, 1941
This act shall not apply to any general conflagration which occurred before April first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.
L.1941, c. 48, p. 130, s. 7, eff. April 23, 1941.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.10 - Appropriations to carry out program

40:5-2.10. Appropriations to carry out program
The board of chosen freeholders of such county or the governing body of such municipality may appropriate sufficient funds to carry out said program, when established and maintained pursuant to this act.
L.1952, c. 120, p. 461, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.10a - Rate for diagnostic services and treatment; payments to county; reimbursement

40:5-2.10a. Rate for diagnostic services and treatment; payments to county; reimbursement
The board of chosen freeholders of any county which has established and maintains a center or institution for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in persons shall, in November of each year, compute and determine the rate per day to be paid for maintaining, treating and diagnosing a person for whom diagnosis is sought in such center or institution, as the result of confinement of any type, whether voluntary or involuntary, or by criminal or other process, such rate to become effective on January 1, next following, and the person, court or agency requesting the diagnostic services and treatment shall be required to pay such rate to the county. Any funds expended by such county, any court, or agency for diagnostic services and treatment, shall be a proper charge against the person diagnosed or his estate or his legal responsible relatives and may be recovered and reimbursed to the board of chosen freeholders, said court or agency by the entry of an appropriate order of reimbursement by said court or any court having jurisdiction, or by any other legal process available for the recovery of just debts and legal obligations.
L.1964, c. 189, s. 1, eff. Oct. 2, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.10b - Provision of services to runaway, homeless youths, families.

40:5-2.10b Provision of services to runaway, homeless youths, families.
1. The governing body of a county or municipality annually may appropriate funds to a private, nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families. The services may include temporary shelter, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, individual and family counseling, and any other service necessary to provide adequate temporary, protective care for runaway or homeless youths, or to aid in reuniting the youths with their parents or guardians. On or before December 31 of each year, the governing body of a municipality shall provide to the Office of Homelessness Prevention in the Department of Community Affairs a list of nonprofit organizations to which the governing body appropriated funds pursuant to this section and any available information in the possession of the governing body concerning persons who are homeless or at risk for homelessness in accordance with any applicable privacy, security, and data quality standards. For the purposes of this section, "runaway or homeless youth" means a person under the age of 18, who is absent from his legal residence without the consent of his parents or legal guardian, or who is without a place of shelter where supervision and care are available.
L.1982, c.56, s.1; amended 2019, c.73, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.10c - Nonprofit hospital for health related community services; voluntary contributions

40:5-2.10c. Nonprofit hospital for health related community services; voluntary contributions
The governing body of a county or municipality may make voluntary contributions to a public or private nonprofit hospital for any health related service contributing to the health, education, welfare, or safety of the community.
L. 1985, c. 79, s. 1, eff. March 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-2.11 - Use of parking meter revenues for off-street parking facilities.

40:5-2.11 Use of parking meter revenues for off-street parking facilities.
1. The board of chosen freeholders of any county and the governing body of any municipality may by resolution appropriate and dedicate all or any portion of the revenues which it derives from parking meters in excess of the cost of purchase, installation, maintenance and operation of said parking meters, to the purposes of creation, purchase, construction and maintenance of off-street parking facilities.
L.1952,c.195,s.1; amended 2001, c.342, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-18 - Service charge for NSF checks; collection

40:5-18. Service charge for NSF checks; collection
a. The governing body of a municipality may provide, by resolution or ordinance, for the imposition of a service charge to be added to any account owing to the municipality, if payment tendered on the account was by a check or other written instrument which was returned for insufficient funds.
b. Whenever an account owing to a municipality is for a tax or special assessment, the service charge authorized by this section shall be included on whatever list of delinquent accounts is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.
c. The service charge for a check or other written instrument returned for insufficient funds shall be determined and set by resolution or by ordinance of the governing body, from time to time, as appropriate, but shall not exceed $20 per check or other written instrument.
d. Any service charge authorized by this section shall be collected in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the check or other written instrument was tendered. In addition, the governing body may require future payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
L.1990,c.105,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:5-19 - Service charge on checks returned for insufficient funds; county imposition, fee, collection

40:5-19. Service charge on checks returned for insufficient funds; county imposition, fee, collection
1. a. The governing body of a county may provide, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, for the imposition of a service charge to be added to any account owing to the county, if payment tendered on the account was by a check or other written instrument which was returned for insufficient funds.
b. The service charge for a check or other written instrument returned for insufficient funds shall be determined and set by resolution or by ordinance of the governing body, as appropriate, from time to time, but shall not exceed $20 per check or other written instrument.
c. Any service charge authorized by this section shall be collected in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the check or other written instrument was tendered. In addition, the governing body may require future payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
L.1991,c.339.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:6A-1 - Costs of assignment of counsel or other related costs for defense of indigent person; notice; filing; duration of lien; service on defendant

40:6A-1. Costs of assignment of counsel or other related costs for defense of indigent person; notice; filing; duration of lien; service on defendant
Whenever a county or municipality is required to pay the costs of the assignment of counsel and other related costs for the defense of an indigent person pursuant to R. 3:27-2 of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey or pursuant to any rule or law subsequently enacted, the amount paidby the county or municipality for the defense of the indigent shall be a lien on any and all property which the defendant shall have or in which he shall acquire an interest. The county or municipal counsel shall effectuate such lien whenever the costs of the defense exceed $150.00. To effectuate the lien, the county or municipal counsel shall file a notice setting forth the amount which was paid for the defense of the indigent with the clerk of the superior court. The filing of said notice with the clerk of the superior court shall from the date thereof constitute a lien on said property for a period of 10 years, unless sooner discharged and except for such time limitations shall have the force and effect of a Judgment at Law. Within 10 days of the filing of the Notice of Lien, the county or municipal counsel shall send by certified mail, or serve personally a copy of such notice with a statement of the date of the filing thereof to or upon the defendant at his last known address.
L.1981,c.364,s.1; amended 1991,c.337.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:6A-2 - Recordation

40:6A-2. Recordation
The clerk of the superior court may provide separate books for the filing of said liens indexed in the name of the judgment debtor, or he may record the liens in the books used for filing liens incurred for the services of the Public Defender.
L.1981, c. 364, s. 2, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:6A-3 - Remedies and collection of moneys due

40:6A-3. Remedies and collection of moneys due
The county or municipal counsel shall have all the remedies and may take all the proceedings for the collection of moneys due the county or municipality for the costs incurred in the defense of an indigent which may be had or taken for or upon the recovery of a judgment in a civil action, and may institute and maintain any action or proceeding in the court necessary therefor. In any such proceeding or action, the costs paid by the county or municipality shall be presumed to represent the true and reasonable value of the services rendered to the defendant.
L.1981, c. 364, s. 3, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:6A-4 - Compromise and settlement of claim

40:6A-4. Compromise and settlement of claim
The county or municipal counsel may recommend to their respective governing bodies a compromise and settlement of any claim for payment of costs incurred by the county or municipality in defense of an indigent whenever it appears in his judgment to be in the best interests of the county or municipality. The compromise or settlement may be approved by resolution of the governing body.
L.1981, c. 364, s. 4, eff. Dec. 30, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:7-1 - Liability of county or municipality; negligence of driver

40:7-1. Liability of county or municipality; negligence of driver
A county or municipality shall be liable in damages when an officer of the county or municipality shall command the operator of a motor vehicle to pursue an alleged violator of law, and in the pursuit personal injury shall be inflicted or damage to property shall be caused by the motor vehicle, provided the operator of the motor vehicle has not been negligent in the operation thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:8-1 - Acquisition and use of lands for airports; lease to others

40:8-1. Acquisition and use of lands for airports; lease to others
The governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality, or either of them, may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or in any other lawful manner real estate or any right or interest therein for airport purposes and so use lands theretofore acquired for other public purposes and being used for airport purposes and erect thereon and maintain buildings for the airport purposes.
Upon such acquisition or use, the governing body of any county and the governing body of any municipality, or either of them, may lease the real estate, so acquired, with or without consideration to the state of New Jersey, or any agency thereof, or may lease it to any person for such consideration and for such term of years as may be agreed upon.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:8-2 - Municipal airports; general powers.

40:8-2 Municipal airports; general powers.
40:8-2. The governing body of any municipality may acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within or without the limits of such municipality and may use for such purpose or purposes any property, owned or controlled by such municipality, suitable therefor, provided that the provision or performance of goods or services in connection with the operation, management or administration of an airport shall be done pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and any supplements thereto.
Amended 1947, c.85; 1999, c.440, s.41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:8-2.1 - Operation of airports as public utilities by municipalities.

40:8-2.1. Operation of airports as public utilities by municipalities.
Any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain, operate and manage an airport as a public utility, and for that purpose keep the accounts thereof separate and distinct from any other accounts of the municipality.
L.1946, c. 12, p. 33, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1946.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:8-3 - County airports; general powers.

40:8-3 County airports; general powers.
40:8-3. a. The governing body of any county may acquire, by lease or purchase, and establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft within the limits of such counties, and may use for such purpose or purposes any property, owned or controlled by such county, suitable therefor, provided that the provision or performance of goods or services in connection with the operation, management, or administration of an airport shall be done pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and any supplements thereto.
b. A county may maintain, operate, and manage an airport or landing field as a public utility of the county and, for that purpose, shall keep the accounts of the airport separate and distinct from any other accounts of the county.
Amended 1999, c.440, s.42; amended 2022, c.93, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:8-4 - Condemnation; power of.

40:8-4. Condemnation; power of.
Any real estate acquired, owned, controlled or occupied by such municipality for the purposes enumerated in section 40:8-2 of this title shall be acquired, owned, controlled and occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity, and such municipality may acquire property for such purpose or purposes under the power of eminent domain as and for a public necessity.