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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-46 - Legislative findings

52:27D-46. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that there exist in many municipalities in this State blighted areas by reason of hazardous, unsafe, unsanitary, dilapidated or overcrowded conditions and other conditions constituting a serious and growing menace, injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the State, which conditions are more fully enumerated and specified in section 1 of chapter 187 of the laws of 1949, as amended by section 1 of chapter 248 of the laws of 1951. The Legislature further finds that the widespread character of blight, the difficulty of eliminating such conditions, the enormous cost thereof and the limited resources available for this purpose to the municipalities in which such conditions exist, render it essential that this State aid and assist such municipalities by making capital grants available to encourage municipalities to initiate urban renewal programs and to expand existing urban renewal programs.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 3, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-47 - Definitions

52:27D-47. Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this act have the following respective meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) The term "act" shall mean this act, and amendments and supplements thereto, and rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) The term "commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
(c) The term "department" shall mean the Department of Community Affairs.
(d) The term "fund" shall mean the State Urban Renewal Assistance Fund established pursuant to section 10 of this act.
(e) The term "local grants-in-aid" shall mean the local assistance required, whether by appropriation, cash grant, municipal services and facilities or otherwise, in connection with any urban renewal project as provided for and determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States governing such project and any contract between the municipality or local public agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States.
(f) The term "local public agency" shall mean any agency authorized by a municipality, or by one or more municipalities acting jointly pursuant to law, to undertake a redevelopment project either in accordance with chapter 306 of the laws of 1949, as amended and supplemented or chapter 300 of the laws of 1949, as amended and supplemented.
(g) The term "municipality" shall mean any political subdivision of the State other than a county or a school district, and shall include 2 or more municipalities acting jointly pursuant to law.
(h) The term "urban renewal project" shall mean a project as defined by section 5, chapter 306 of the laws of 1949, as supplemented by section 2 of chapter 212 of the laws of 1956, as amended by section 1, chapter 64 of the laws of 1957, and also a redevelopment project as defined by section 4 of chapter 300 of the laws of 1949, as amended by section 1, chapter 86 of the laws of 1951, as supplemented by section 2, chapter 211 of the laws of 1956, and shall include those programs, projects, tests and demonstrations authorized by and to effectuate the purposes of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954, Title VII of Public Law 87-70 (the Housing Act of 1961), and Public Law 89-754 (the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966), and all laws amendatory and supplementary thereto.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 4, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-48 - Application for capital grant; factors considered

52:27D-48. Application for capital grant; factors considered
(a) The commissioner may make, or contract to make, a State capital grant to a municipality or to a local public agency to assist said municipality or local public agency in carrying out one or more urban renewal projects. Any municipality or local public agency desiring a State capital grant for an urban renewal project may apply to the commissioner therefor; provided, that the application has been authorized by resolution of the governing body of the municipality in which the project is or will be located; and provided further, that any such project has been determined by any department or agency of the United States to be eligible for assistance therefrom for such project and the municipality or the local public agency has executed a contract with any department or agency of the United States for planning advances for such project or has secured a letter from any department or agency of the United States authorizing it to proceed with the project. The municipality or local public agency shall submit a copy of the plan for any urban renewal project for which a State capital grant is sought and such other detailed information concerning the project, including maps, data, plans, estimated costs, method of financing and evidence of local approval, as the commissioner may require by rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(b) The commissioner shall review and evaluate all applications submitted to him pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall establish such priorities for making grants pursuant to this act as shall give due regard to the following factors:
(1) the degree to which the municipality needs urban renewal assistance, in view of its financial condition, available financial resources, tax rate, debt limit and other economic factors;
(2) the extent of blight in the municipality and the extent to which the municipality has evidenced a readiness to utilize available resources to curtail the spread of blight and eliminate existing blighted areas and conditions; and
(3) the degree to which the urban renewal project for which a State capital grant is sought will have a beneficial effect on the over-all economy and needs of the area or region in which it is located or on other programs or policies of this State.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 5, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-49 - Approval of applications

52:27D-49. Approval of applications
The commissioner may issue commitments for, and may make or contract to make, capital grants pursuant to section 5 of this act, upon his approval of any application submitted to him therefor and the finding that:
(a) the municipality or local public agency has entered into a contract with any department or agency of the United States providing for the receipt therefrom of capital grants or loans for an urban renewal project, pursuant to which contract the municipality in which the project is or will be located is obligated to make local grants-in-aid; or, in the alternative, all conditions required by any department or agency of the United States for approval of any such capital grant or loan and grant contract have been met and final application has been made therefor, or all such conditions could have been met and the said final application could have been made but for the temporary unavailability of unencumbered funds for any such capital grant or loan and grant contract, in which latter 2 instances any commitment issued or contract thereupon executed by the commissioner shall be conditioned upon approval of a capital grant or loan and grant contract by any department or agency of the United States;
(b) the proposed State capital grant will not exceed the amounts authorized by section 8 of this act;
(c) the proposed plan for the urban renewal project is consistent with any area, regional or State plan of development or any existing State program affecting land use and has been approved by the local governing body of the municipality in which the project is or will be located;
(d) the estimated funds available to the municipality and the local public agency for the urban renewal project, including loans and grants from any department or agency of the United States, local grants-in-aid and the proposed State capital grant, will be sufficient to meet all the probable costs of the project and assure its completion; and
(e) there is no legal impediment or bar to the implementation and completion of the urban renewal project.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 6, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-50 - Temporary advances; repayment

52:27D-50. Temporary advances; repayment
(a) The commissioner may make temporary advances to a municipality or local public agency in anticipation of a grant to assist the municipality or local public agency in the preparation of its plans for any urban renewal project. Such temporary advances shall be repaid out of any State capital grant which may become payable to the municipality or local public agency when the urban renewal project involved is initiated; provided, that any such planning advance may be treated by the commissioner as a grant to the extent that a State capital grant is not payable to any municipality or local public agency because the urban renewal project is not initiated; and provided further that any such advance shall be repaid in cash if the project is terminated by the municipality or local public agency without the consent of the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner may also make temporary advances to a municipality or local public agency to permit the acquisition of real property in an urban renewal project area, subsequent to the surveying and planning therefor but prior to the final approval of the urban renewal project plan and the execution of a contract with any department or agency of the United States for a capital grant or a loan and grant; provided, that no such advance shall be made unless such acquisition has been approved by the governing body of the municipality in which such project is or will be located; and provided further, that no sale, lease or other disposition of such land may be made without the prior written approval of the commissioner. When the urban renewal project involved is undertaken such advances shall be repaid out of any funds, including State capital grants, becoming payable to the municipality or local public agency in connection with said project. In the event such urban renewal project is not undertaken, the commissioner may require the sale of such land by the municipality or local public agency and reimbursement of such advances out of the proceeds of such sale.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 7, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-52 - Inspections by commissioner; examination of books, records and other documents

52:27D-52. Inspections by commissioner; examination of books, records and other documents
The commissioner shall be entitled to make such inspections of any project, and lands, buildings, improvements or facilities thereon, to request and secure the submission of certifications, data, maps, documents and other information by the municipality or the local public agency, to audit and examine any books and records of the municipality and local public agency, and to require such periodic reports as shall be necessary to ascertain the progress of any urban renewal project assisted with a capital grant pursuant to this act and the extent of compliance with the contract for capital grants.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 9, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-53 - State renewal assistance fund; creation

52:27D-53. State renewal assistance fund; creation
(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special account which shall be known as the State Urban Renewal Assistance Fund. There shall be included in said fund all moneys appropriated by the Legislature of this State for inclusion therein. The State Treasurer, with the advice of the commissioner, may invest and reinvest any moneys in said fund, or any portion thereof, in legal obligations of the United States or this State or any political subdivision thereof. Any income or interest on, or increment to, moneys so invested or reinvested shall be included in said fund.
(b) Upon the approval by the commissioner of any application for a capital grant pursuant to this act, the commissioner may requisition and warrant, and the State Treasurer shall pay over, the moneys in said fund, or any portion thereof, to the contracting municipality or local public agency in accordance with commitments made and contracts executed pursuant to this act.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 10, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-54 - Administration of act by commissioner

52:27D-54. Administration of act by commissioner
The commissioner shall administer this act with such flexibility as will permit full co-operation between State, Federal and local public agencies and governments as well as private persons, associations or corporations, it being the intent and purpose of this act, and this section thereof, to facilitate and expedite the progress of urban renewal and redevelopment in this State. In order to eliminate the duplication of effort, the commissioner may adopt by reference, and accept to the extent feasible, any procedures and techniques undertaken or implemented by any department or agency of the United States responsible for the administration of urban renewal and redevelopment programs of the United States. When acting in good faith, the commissioner shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions by any such department or agency of the United States arising out of any procedures and techniques so adopted or accepted. The commissioner may enter into any administrative agreement with any appropriate State, Federal or local public agency or government for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 11, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-55 - Prohibited interest in projects

52:27D-55. Prohibited interest in projects
(a) Neither the commissioner nor any officer or employee of the department shall acquire or hold any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project assisted pursuant to this act or in any property included therein, nor retain any interest, direct or indirect, in any property acquired prior to his appointment or employment which is later included, or to his knowledge planned to be included, in any such State-assisted urban renewal project. Neither the commissioner nor any officer or employee of the department shall acquire or hold or retain any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for the provision of materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any such State-assisted urban renewal project.
(b) Where any officer or employee of the department other than the commissioner shall hold any interest, direct or indirect, in any such State-assisted urban renewal project as described in subsection (a) of this section, the said officer or employee, upon learning of any application or intent to make application, shall report the said interest in writing to the commissioner and the same shall be entered into the official record of the department, and the said officer or employee shall be relieved of any duties relating to the said project until the said officer or employee has disposed of such interest. If the commissioner shall hold any such interest, direct or indirect, the same shall be reported in writing to the Governor, entered upon the official records of the department and the commissioner shall dispose of the said interest prior to the issuance of any commitment, the execution of any contract, or the payment of any advance pursuant to this act.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 12, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-56 - Rules and regulations; filing

52:27D-56. Rules and regulations; filing
The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, and may revise, repeal or amend said rules and regulations from time to time as the commissioner may deem necessary. Any rules and regulations issued and promulgated pursuant to this act shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 13, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-57 - Partial invalidity

52:27D-57. Partial invalidity
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1967, c. 80, s. 14, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-59 - Short title

52:27D-59. Short title
This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Department of Community Affairs Demonstration Grant Law of 1967."
L.1967, c. 82, s. 1, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-60 - Declaration of necessity; liberal construction

52:27D-60. Declaration of necessity; liberal construction
This act being deemed and hereby declared remedial legislation necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the residents of this State by encouraging nonprofit and mutual housing sponsors to construct or rehabilitate housing for families of moderate income, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 2, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-61 - Legislative findings

52:27D-61. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that there is an extreme shortage of safe and sanitary accommodations in this State available to families with moderate incomes, and that the ordinary operations of private, profit-making enterprises alone cannot satisfy the demand for such dwelling accommodations. The Legislature finds further that there are in this State many slums and blighted areas which are injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of this State, and that existing programs and technology have not as yet developed techniques for the elimination of such slums and blighted areas.
The Legislature hereby finds that various nonprofit corporations and associations and mutual housing associations are desirous of organizing to construct or rehabilitate housing units for families of moderate income, but that those corporations and associations require development funds and technical assistance in the organization and management of nonprofit corporations and mutual housing associations, and that the provision of such development funds and technical assistance to those corporations and associations will maximize the availability of Federal funds and credits which may be used for the construction or rehabilitation of housing units for residents of this State.
Further, the Legislature finds that housing development and demonstration programs conducted by the Department of Community Affairs, whether singly or in participation and co-operation with Federal, State or local agencies or with private enterprise, will accelerate the pace of research into, and the development of, techniques for the provision of better, faster and more economical methods of constructing and rehabilitating housing units for families of moderate income, and of eliminating the slums and blighted sections of the urban and nonfarm rural areas of this State.
The Legislature further finds that the authority and powers conferred under this act constitute and serve a valid public purpose.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 3, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-63 - Revolving housing development and demonstration grant fund

52:27D-63. Revolving housing development and demonstration grant fund
(a) There is hereby created and established in the department a revolving and demonstration grant fund to be known as the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund, which fund shall consist of:
(1) All moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature of this State for inclusion therein;
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other act or part thereof, any moneys which the department shall receive in repayment of advances from the fund; and
(3) Any other moneys made available to the department from any source or sources, which the commissioner shall determine to use for the purposes authorized by this act.
(b) Any moneys held in such fund not required or permitted to be disbursed immediately by this act may be invested or reinvested, at the discretion of the commissioner, in legal obligation of this State or the United States. Any income or interest earned by, or increment to, moneys so invested or reinvested shall be added to the moneys held in such fund for the purposes authorized by this act.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 5, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-64.2 - New Jersey housing finance agency; purchase of notes, bonds and other obligations by fund

52:27D-64.2. New Jersey housing finance agency; purchase of notes, bonds and other obligations by fund
The commissioner is hereby authorized to use the moneys held in the fund, or any portion thereof, to purchase notes, bonds or other obligations of the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency and to make grants to the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency so that it may establish a fund or funds to secure notes, bonds or other obligations issued by it.
L.1976, c. 4, s. 2, eff. Feb. 6, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-65 - Advisory, consultative, training and educational services to assist nonprofit or mutual housing sponsors

52:27D-65. Advisory, consultative, training and educational services to assist nonprofit or mutual housing sponsors
The commissioner is hereby authorized to provide nonprofit or mutual housing sponsors with such advisory, consultative, training and educational services as will assist them to plan, construct, rehabilitate and operate housing projects for families of moderate income, including but not limited to assistance in community development and organization, home management and advisory services for the residents of such projects, and to encourage community organizations to assist in developing such projects.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 7, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-66 - Demonstration programs; grants; preference to certain programs; reports

52:27D-66. Demonstration programs; grants; preference to certain programs; reports
(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to conduct demonstration programs, to participate in any public or private program, and to make grants from the fund to any person, association or corporation (subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act), for the purpose of developing, testing and reporting methods and techniques, and carrying out, demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and elimination of slums and blight in urban and nonfarm rural areas, as well as the development of new or improved means of constructing or rehabilitating housing for families of moderate income.
(b) The commissioner, in exercising the powers and authority vested in him by subsection (a) of this section, shall give preference to those programs, activities, undertakings, and applications for grants which the commissioner shall determine, in the exercise of his discretion, have the greatest potentiality for (1) significant contributions to the elimination and prevention of slums and blight areas, and (2) accelerated development of the best and most economical methods and techniques of constructing or rehabilitating housing for families of moderate income.
(c) The commissioner may make advances and grants from the fund to any municipality for the preparation and submission by any municipality of an initial application or any amendments or supplements thereto for a planning grant under Title I of Public Law 89-754 (The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966).
(d) The commissioner is hereby authorized to pay for the cost of (1) writing and publishing reports on demonstration programs conducted by the department, activities and undertakings in which the department participated, or which were financed by grants made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, as well as reports on similar activities and undertakings, not so financed, which are of significant value in furthering the purposes of this act, and (2) writing and publishing summaries and other informational material on such reports.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 8, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-67 - Rules and regulations

52:27D-67. Rules and regulations
The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act, and to revise, repeal or amend said rules and regulations from time to time as the commissioner may deem necessary. Any rules and regulations issued and promulgated pursuant to this act shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 9, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-68 - Examination of books and accounts

52:27D-68. Examination of books and accounts
The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to, and shall, examine, from time to time, the books and accounts of the department relating to the fund.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 10, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-70 - Partial invalidity

52:27D-70. Partial invalidity
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1967, c. 82, s. 12, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-99 - Transfer of functions, powers and duties of bureau of recreation and board of recreation examiners to department of community affairs

52:27D-99. Transfer of functions, powers and duties of bureau of recreation and board of recreation examiners to department of community affairs
a. The Bureau of Recreation established pursuant to P.L.1950, c. 338, as amended and supplemented (C. 13:1B-15.1), together with all its functions, powers and duties, is continued, transferred and constituted in the Department of Community Affairs, subject to the reorganization powers of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
b. The Board of Recreation Examiners, established pursuant to P.L.1966, c. 291 (C. 13:1C-1 et seq.) together with all of its functions, powers and duties, is continued and transferred to the Department of Community Affairs. This act shall not affect the terms of office of the present members of the board. The members of the board shall continue to be appointed as provided by existing law.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-100 - Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys available to bureau and board

52:27D-100. Transfer of appropriations, grants and other moneys available to bureau and board
All appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the bureau and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, are hereby transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or Federal law.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-101 - Transfer of employees of bureau and board

52:27D-101. Transfer of employees of bureau and board
a. Such employees of the bureau and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs or to any agency designated, continued or constituted therein, are hereby transferred to the department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been herein assigned or transferred.
b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, or under any pension law or retirement system.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-102 - Transfer of files, property, etc.

52:27D-102. Transfer of files, property, etc.
All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the bureau, and the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, shall upon the effective date of this act be transferred to the department to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-103 - Effect of transfer on prior orders, rules and regulations of bureau or board

52:27D-103. Effect of transfer on prior orders, rules and regulations of bureau or board
This act shall not affect the orders, rules and regulations heretofore made or promulgated by the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs; but such orders, rules and regulations shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-104 - Civil or criminal actions or proceedings brought by or against bureau or board; effect of transfer

52:27D-104. Civil or criminal actions or proceedings brought by or against bureau or board; effect of transfer
This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs and pending on the effective date of this act, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or recommendation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, the bureau or the board, the functions, powers and duties of which have been assigned or transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, and all such matters or proceedings pending before such bureau or board, on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has not been made hereunder, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-105 - Reports, certifications, applications or requests required to be made to bureau or board; effect of transfer

52:27D-105. Reports, certifications, applications or requests required to be made to bureau or board; effect of transfer
Unless specifically otherwise provided in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications or requests are required or permitted to be made to the bureau or the board, whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred, such reports and certifications shall hereafter be required to be filed with, and such applications or requests shall hereafter be made to, the department or agency to which such assignment or transfer has been made hereunder.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-106 - Reference to bureau of recreation in department of environmental protection to mean in department of community affairs

52:27D-106. Reference to bureau of recreation in department of environmental protection to mean in department of community affairs
With respect to the functions, powers and duties hereby transferred to the Department of Community Affairs, whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Bureau of Recreation in the Department of Environmental Protection, the same shall mean and refer to the Bureau of Recreation in the Department of Community Affairs.
L.1971, c. 411, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-117 - Transfer of New Jersey mortgage finance agency to department of community affairs

52:27D-117. Transfer of New Jersey mortgage finance agency to department of community affairs
The New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency as established in the Department of Banking by P.L.1970, c. 38 (C. 17:1B-4 et seq.) is continued and transferred to the Department of Community Affairs.
L.1973, c. 291, s. 1, eff. Dec. 6, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118 - Application of State Agency Transfer Act

52:27D-118. Application of State Agency Transfer Act
The transfer directed by this act shall be effected pursuant to the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.).
L.1973, c. 291, s. 2, eff. Dec. 6, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.1 - Definitions

52:27D-118.1. Definitions
As used in this act:
a. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs;
b. "Qualifying municipality" means each municipality in the State which received State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 14;
c. "Approved program" means a program, project, or municipal services approved by the director pursuant to the Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Program established by this act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 1, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.2 - Short title

52:27D-118.2. Short title
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Act of 1979."
L.1979, c. 118, s. 2, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.3 - Funds; apportionment; uses; application; qualifications

52:27D-118.3. Funds; apportionment; uses; application; qualifications
The funds appropriated pursuant to this act shall be apportioned among the qualifying municipalities for the purpose of enabling such municipalities to upgrade and augment certain municipal services and programs relating to safe and clean neighborhoods, by providing for additional policemen regularly assigned uniformed patrol duties, additional firemen, their related expenses, supervisors and other neighborhood improvements, in the following manner:
a. In order to receive aid under this act, each qualifying municipality shall apply to the director for matching funds equal in value to $1.00 for each dollar appropriated for an approved municipal program designed to upgrade and augment certain municipal services and programs relating to safe and clean neighborhoods;
b. Each qualifying municipality shall be limited in applying for matching funds equal in value to such amount as the qualifying municipality was entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c. 56, as certified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services;
c. A qualifying municipality that did not receive State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, and that is eligible for such aid is entitled to participate in this act in an amount not to exceed an amount equal to that which the qualifying municipality would have received pursuant to P.L.1973, c. 46, as supplemented, if it had been eligible at that time, as certified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services;
d. If additional funds are appropriated, a qualifying municipality may apply to the director for an increase in matching funds equal in value to a sum in proportion to that received pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section;
e. If funds remain unapportioned, as certified by the director, after a qualifying municipality has had an opportunity to apply, there shall be established a discretionary fund, and participating municipalities may make application for such funds as still remain unapportioned, as determined by the director;
f. The number of policemen employed in 1982 with funds appropriated pursuant to this act shall not be reduced in any subsequent year in order to employ additional firemen pursuant to this amendatory act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 3, eff. June 28, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 527, s. 1; L.1983, c. 64, s. 1, eff. Feb. 9, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.4 - Annual appropriation

52:27D-118.4. Annual appropriation
There shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify for State aid under the provisions of this act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 4, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.5 - Additional apportionment

52:27D-118.5. Additional apportionment
In addition to any amount so apportioned there shall be added to the amount to be paid and distributed to a qualifying municipality which is entitled to State aid pursuant to this act such amount as may be necessary so that the amount to which the municipality is entitled to receive in any year shall not be less than the amount which municipality received in the preceding year pursuant to this act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 5, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.6 - Distribution of funds

52:27D-118.6. Distribution of funds
Moneys appropriated to fund this act shall be distributed as follows:
a. Payments shall first be apportioned so that a municipality which received payments in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, receives the same amount which it received in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56, even if after these payments are made, insufficient funds remain for increased distributions to municipalities which already are qualifying municipalities or for new distribution to municipalities which become qualifying municipalities;
b. Any municipality in the first year it qualifies for said State aid payments shall receive payments pursuant to this act before municipalities which had received such State aid in the preceding year;
c. Any provisions herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a municipality which has received State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 14, but which is no longer a qualifying municipality pursuant to that act shall receive, in any year in which it has qualified bonds outstanding pursuant to P.L.1976, c. 38 (C. 40A:3-1 et seq.) and which were issued prior to the effective date of this act, the amount which it received in 1978 pursuant to P.L.1978, c. 56.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 6, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.7 - Appropriation of funds by municipality; anticipation of receipt in budget

52:27D-118.7. Appropriation of funds by municipality; anticipation of receipt in budget
Such funds as a qualifying municipality shall acquire pursuant to this act shall be appropriated by said municipality in compliance with the "Local Budget Law," P.L.1960, c. 169 (N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq.). Notwithstanding any provisions of the Local Budget Law, any municipality qualifying for State aid under the provisions of this act may anticipate the receipt of the amount of State aid certified to it by the director and may file such amendments or corrections in its local budget as may be required to properly reflect such amount in its budget for the year 1979.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 7, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.8 - Rules and regulations; accountability of municipality

52:27D-118.8. Rules and regulations; accountability of municipality
The director is authorized to make and issue such rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) and to require such facts and information from the municipalities and any agencies thereof as he may deem necessary. An application approved by the director shall provide for the accountability of a municipality for the expenditure of funds as allocated in its approved application and performance evaluations of programs to be provided by the Department of Community Affairs in carrying out the provisions of this act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 8, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.9 - Employees

52:27D-118.9. Employees
The director is authorized to hire, employ or assign such secretarial, clerical and other technical or professional personnel as shall be required for the purposes of providing technical assistance, conducting performance evaluations and otherwise securing the accountability of the municipalities for complying with the provisions of this act.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 9, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.10 - Conclusiveness of allocation by director

52:27D-118.10. Conclusiveness of allocation by director
Any determination of the director pursuant to this act as to the amount of matching funds allocable to each qualifying municipality shall be final and conclusive, and no appeal shall be taken therefrom or any review therefor, except in the case of an arithmetical or typographical error in the calculation of any distribution of funds.
L.1979, c. 118, s. 10, eff. June 28, 1979.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.12 - Discretionary fund

52:27D-118.12. Discretionary fund
In the event that any funds remain undistributed after all eligible municipalities have had an opportunity to enter into a contract pursuant to P.L. 1985, c. 170 (C. 52:27D-118.11 et seq.), there shall be established a discretionary fund, and eligible municipalities may make application for such funds as still remain undistributed as determined by the director. Any funds paid pursuant to this section shall be available to all eligible municipalities for the purposes of augmenting or upgrading patrol activities or to qualifying municipalities for the costs of salaries and other related expenses of existing full-time police officers assigned to uniformed patrol duty, including payments for pensions, health benefits and uniforms. Qualifying municipalities shall not be required to provide matching funds in order to receive funds pursuant to this section.
L. 1985, c. 170, s.2; amended by L. 1987, c. 90, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.13 - Indicia of State support

52:27D-118.13. Indicia of State support
Each police officer employed under this act shall wear the uniform of the municipality that appointed him and shall wear a shoulder patch of a kind approved by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, containing an insignia indicative of the State's support of the program.
L. 1985, c. 170, s. 3, eff. May 23, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.14 - Regulations governing assistance

52:27D-118.14. Regulations governing assistance
In addition to the other powers and duties expressed in P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.1 et seq.), the Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall adopt specific regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to govern provision of assistance under this act to qualifying and nonqualifying municipalities for the employment of appropriate police officers in addition to the number of such police officers employed on January 31, 1985. In addition to such other matters as the director may find appropriate, the regulations shall:
a. Require the municipality to enter into a contract in a form prescribed by the director. Each non-qualifying municipality shall agree to provide its share of the costs of employing additional police officers or providing additional overtime activities, as appropriate. If a nonqualifying municipality has received funds to employ additional police officers, that municipality further shall agree to maintain its police force at an expanded level over that as of January 31, 1985 as a condition of continued assistance. If a nonqualifying municipality receives funds to provide additional overtime activities, that municipality further shall agree to maintain the number of full-time police officers employed and assigned uniformed patrol duties as of January 1, 1986, less the number of officers who retired, resigned or separated from the force involuntarily for reasons other than layoffs. Each qualifying municipality shall agree to maintain its police force as required in subsection c. of section 1 of P.L. 1985, c. 170 (C. 52:27D-118.11);
b. Identify the particular costs of employing additional police officers, generally limited to training, salary, benefits and equipment (exclusive of motor vehicles), for which assistance may be provided;
c. Contain the design of the shoulder patch that additional police officers employed under this act are required to wear under section 2 of this act.
L. 1985, c. 170, s.4; amended by L. 1987, c. 90, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:27D-118.15 - Additional appropriation

52:27D-118.15. Additional appropriation
In addition to the appropriations required under section 4 of P.L. 1979, c. 118 (C. 52:27D-118.4), there shall be annually appropriated a sum which shall be apportioned among municipalities which qualify under the provisions of this supplementary act.
L. 1985, c. 170, s. 5, eff. May 23, 1985.