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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-21 - Lease of premises for contests and exhibitions

40:61-21. Lease of premises for contests and exhibitions
The commission may lease, let, rent or hire to any person the lands and buildings, or any part thereof, acquired by it, together with the privilege of using the same for the giving of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, games, contests and sporting events, for such periods of time, and upon such terms and conditions, as the commission may prescribe.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22 - Rules and regulations; quorum

40:61-22. Rules and regulations; quorum
The commission may make all the necessary rules for its regulation and to generally supervise and control all activities sponsored or arranged and provided for by it under sections 40:61-17 to 40:61-21 of this title. Two commissioners shall constitute a quorum and may do all necessary and proper acts with the same force and effect as if the entire commission so acted.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.1 - Conveyance of land to county park commission

40:61-22.1. Conveyance of land to county park commission
When a municipality shall have purchased or otherwise acquired land for park use, or for other public use or uses, which, in the opinion of the governing body of such municipality, is no longer required for the public use of such municipality, such governing body may, by ordinance, authorize and direct its proper officers to grant and convey by deed, under the corporate seal of the municipality, said land or any part thereof with an absolute and unrestricted title thereto, and for a nominal consideration, to any county park commission established by law within the county wherein said land is situate; provided, however, such county park commission shall consent to such grant and conveyance, which consent such county park commission is hereby authorized to give.
Amended by L.1966, c. 224, s. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.2 - Sale of reclaimed lands abutting park lands

40:61-22.2. Sale of reclaimed lands abutting park lands
Whenever a municipality has reclaimed lands under water, fronting or abutting park lands and such reclaimed lands have been bulkheaded and filled and are now used for park purposes, the municipality may sell any part or parts, parcel or parcels of park lands not so reclaimed whether contiguous or not contiguous to such reclaimed park lands; provided, that the total area of park land so sold shall not exceed in area the area of such reclaimed lands.
L.1938, c. 87, p. 205, s. 1. Amended by L.1938, c. 203, p. 484, s. 2, eff. May 18, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.3 - Public sale to highest bidder; advertisement; minimum price; adjournment

40:61-22.3. Public sale to highest bidder; advertisement; minimum price; adjournment
All such sales shall be by public sale to the highest bidder, after public advertisement thereof in a newspaper circulating in the municipality in which such lands are situated, by two insertions at least once a week during two consecutive weeks, the last publication to be not more than seven days prior to the sale. The governing body of the municipality may by resolution fix a minimum price at which any such land may be sold at public sale, said minimum price to be included in the advertisement of sale of said lands, and public notice thereof given at the time of sale. Such sales may be adjourned at the time advertised, for not more than one week, without readvertising.
L.1938, c. 87, p. 205, s. 2, eff. April 4, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.4 - Lease of lands when fixed minimum price not bid

40:61-22.4. Lease of lands when fixed minimum price not bid
In the event that there shall be no bids or the amount bid at such public sale shall not equal the minimum price fixed by resolution of the governing body, then the municipality in lieu of making sale thereof is authorized to lease said lands for a term not exceeding thirty years, at such rental and upon such conditions, terms and limitations as shall be determined upon by resolution of the governing body of such municipality.
L.1938, c. 87, p. 206, s. 3, eff. April 4, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.5 - Use of proceeds of sale or lease

40:61-22.5. Use of proceeds of sale or lease
The proceeds of the sale or leasing of any property under this act shall be used for the retiring of any bonds issued for the purchase or improvement of such property or to reduce taxes.
L.1938, c. 87, p. 206, s. 4, eff. April 4, 1938.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.6 - Public golf course and other recreational facilities; acquisition of property

40:61-22.6. Public golf course and other recreational facilities; acquisition of property
1. The governing body of any municipality may lease, or may acquire, in fee or less estate, by gift, devise, grant or purchase any land or real estate and rights therein, improved or unimproved, within or without the municipality, for use as a public golf course, and for such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 830, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.7 - Maintenance, improvement and operation; buildings, structures and equipment

40:61-22.7. Maintenance, improvement and operation; buildings, structures and equipment
The governing body of any municipality may preserve, care for, lay out, construct, maintain, improve, and operate any land or real estate it may acquire for use as a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground, or entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith. It may construct, reconstruct, alter, provide, renew, and maintain such buildings or other structures and equipment as it may determine, and provide for the care, custody, and control thereof.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 830, s. 2, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.8 - Taxes and bonds

40:61-22.8. Taxes and bonds
The money necessary to pay for the lands, rights, or interest therein acquired for a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as the governing body of the municipality may determine, and for improving and equipping the same may be raised by taxation or by the issuance of permanent or temporary loan bonds, or by both taxation and the issuance of bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article one of chapter one of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (s.s. 40:1-1 et seq.). Such bonds may be regarded as having been authorized for a self-liquidating purpose, and the provisions of sections 40:1-77, 40:1-78 and 40:1-79 of the Revised Statutes shall apply to such bonds, except that the Local Government Board shall make the determinations therein required of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 831, s. 3, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.9 - Commission to supervise and control

40:61-22.9. Commission to supervise and control
The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance for the appointment of a board of commissioners to consist of not more than five residents of the municipality who shall have general supervision and control over the maintenance, operation, and regulation of any such public golf course, and of all forms of recreation, playground, and public entertainment activities carried on in connection therewith. The members of such commission shall serve without compensation but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid by the municipality.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 831, s. 4, eff. May 2, 1945
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.10 - Appropriation by governing body

40:61-22.10. Appropriation by governing body
The governing body of any municipality may annually appropriate money to be raised by taxation to develop, maintain, and operate a public golf course and all forms of recreation, playground, and public entertainment activities carried on in connection therewith.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 831, s. 5, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.11 - Fees, rents and charges

40:61-22.11. Fees, rents and charges
The governing body of any municipality may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for admission to, use or enjoyment of any property developed or used in whole or in part for a public golf course. And it may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for any recreational privilege, entertainment, or other activity conducted on said premises or any part thereof.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 6, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.11a - Municipal golf courses

40:61-22.11a. Municipal golf courses
Any municipality which has received federal or State funds for the acquisition or development of public golf courses and which offers reduced senior citizen rates to its residents may allow any resident of the State 62 years of age or older to use these golf courses at the reduced rate.
L. 1988, c. 178, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.12 - Rules and regulations

40:61-22.12. Rules and regulations
The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the supervision, regulation and control of all activities carried on, conducted, sponsored, arranged, or provided for in connection with a public golf course, and for the protection of property, and may prescribe and enforce fines and penalties for the violation of any such rule or regulation.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 7, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.13 - Actions for violations; enforcement of rules

40:61-22.13. Actions for violations; enforcement of rules
The magistrate having jurisdiction over actions for the violation of other municipal ordinances shall have jurisdiction in actions for the violation of any such rule or regulation. The rules and regulations shall be enforced by the same proceedings and processes, and the practice for the enforcement thereof shall be the same as that provided by law for the enforcement of other ordinances of the municipality.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 8, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.14 - Fines and penalties; part of municipal funds

40:61-22.14. Fines and penalties; part of municipal funds
All moneys collected either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation shall become part of the funds of the municipality.
L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 9, eff. May 2, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.15 - Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational uses

40:61-22.15. Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational uses
Whenever any municipality has acquired by purchase any land within or without the municipality for use as a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground or public entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, and the governing body of such municipality has abandoned such use of the same and shall deem it not to be to the advantage of the municipality that the same shall be operated by the municipality, said governing body may, pursuant to ordinance, lease all or any portion of such land with any buildings erected thereon for use as a public golf course and for such other public recreational, playground or public entertainment purposes and activities, as it may determine the same may be used for in connection with such use as a public golf course, for a term not to exceed twenty years.
L.1952, c. 320, p. 1042, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.16 - Bids for leases

40:61-22.16. Bids for leases
Any lease executed hereunder shall be upon competitive bids following public advertisement therefor, in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, at least once, not less than twenty days prior to the receipt of bids. The advertisement shall designate the time and place of a meeting of the governing body at which the bids shall be received. At such time and place, the governing body, or any committee thereof having authority to do so, shall receive sealed bids and immediately proceed to unseal them and publicly announce the contents thereof. A record of the rentals, other consideration and terms offered shall be made in the minutes of the governing body for each bid. No bid shall be received previous to the hour designated in the advertisement and none shall be received thereafter. The lease shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder.
L.1952, c. 320, p. 1043, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.17 - Power conferred is additional

40:61-22.17. Power conferred is additional
The power conferred in this act is in addition to those given by any other law or laws.
L.1952, c. 320, p. 1043, s. 3, eff. June 18, 1952.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.18 - Cities within first class counties; streets through public parks; widening streets

40:61-22.18. Cities within first class counties; streets through public parks; widening streets
In any city located within the territorial limits of a county of the first class the governing body of such city is authorized by ordinance to establish, lay out and open a public street through any public park located in a business area of, and belonging to, such city, and to appropriate and make use of any portion of such public park for the widening of existing streets adjoining the same in order to provide an additional space for the operation and parking of vehicles, or other highway use, whenever the said governing body shall determine that traffic conditions in the said area warrant the establishment of such new street or the widening of an existing street.
L.1954, c. 269, p. 995, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.19 - Rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements in park; acquisition by city

40:61-22.19. Rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements in park; acquisition by city
In the event that the said public park should be subject to any rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements, the governing body is hereby authorized to acquire the same or the title in fee by purchase, gift or eminent domain, in the name of the city and the procedure for condemnation thereof shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1, Title 20, of the Revised Statutes.
L.1954, c. 269, p. 995, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1955.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.21 - Swimming pools and other recreational facilities

40:61-22.21. Swimming pools and other recreational facilities
The governing body of any municipality may acquire, establish, construct, own or lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate one or more public swimming pools and such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith, and for any such purpose or purposes may construct, reconstruct, alter, provide, renew and maintain such buildings or other structures and equipment as it may determine, and provide for the care, custody and control thereof.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 596, s. 1, eff. July 22, 1957. Amended by L.1971, c. 334, s. 2, eff. Dec. 6, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.22 - Acquisition of property

40:61-22.22. Acquisition of property
The governing body of any municipality may lease, or may acquire, in fee or less estate, by gift, devise, grant or purchase, any land or real estate and rights therein, improved or unimproved, within the county in which such municipality is located, for use as a public swimming pool and for such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as it may determine to provide in connection therewith.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 596, s. 2, eff. July 22, 1957. Amended by L.1971, c. 334, s. 3, eff. Dec. 6, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.23 - Taxation and bonds

40:61-22.23. Taxation and bonds
The money necessary to pay for the lands, rights, or interest therein acquired for a public swimming pool and for such other recreational, playground, or public entertainment purposes and activities as the governing body of the municipality may determine, and for improving and equipping the same, may be raised by taxation or by the issuance of permanent or temporary loan bonds, or by both taxation and the issuance of bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (s.s. 40:1-1 et seq.). Such bonds may be regarded as having been authorized for a self-liquidating purpose, and the provisions of sections 40:1-77, 40:1-78 and 40:1-79 of the Revised Statutes shall apply to such bonds, except that the Local Government Board shall make the determinations therein required of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, upon application to said board, notice and public hearing.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 596, s. 3, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.24 - Supervision, maintenance, operation and regulation

40:61-22.24. Supervision, maintenance, operation and regulation
The governing body of any municipality may assign the general supervision and control over the maintenance, operation and regulation of any such public swimming pool and all forms of recreation, playground, and public entertainment activities carried on in connection therewith, to the board or body, if any, in charge of recreation in said municipality, or may provide, by ordinance, for the appointment of a board of commissioners to consist of not more than 5 residents of the municipality who shall have such general supervision and control. The members of such commission shall serve without compensation, but their necessary expenses shall be allowed and paid by the municipality.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 597, s. 4, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.25 - Annual appropriation

40:61-22.25. Annual appropriation
The governing body of any municipality may annually appropriate money to be raised by taxation to develop, maintain and operate a public swimming pool and all forms of recreation, playground, and public entertainment activities carried on in connection therewith.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 597, s. 5, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.26 - Fees, rents or other charges

40:61-22.26. Fees, rents or other charges
The governing body of any municipality may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for admission to, use or enjoyment of any property now or hereafter developed or used in whole or in part for a public swimming pool. And it may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for any recreational privilege, entertainment or other activity conducted on said premises or any part thereof. The municipality shall keep the accounts thereof separate and distinct from any other accounts of the municipality.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 597, s. 6, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.27 - Rules and regulations

40:61-22.27. Rules and regulations
The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the supervision, regulation and control of all activities carried on, conducted, sponsored, arranged or provided for in connection with a public swimming pool, and for the protection of property, and may prescribe and enforce fines and penalties for the violation of any such rule or regulation.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 598, s. 7, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.28 - Violations of rules and regulations

40:61-22.28. Violations of rules and regulations
The magistrate having jurisdiction over actions for the violation of other municipal ordinances shall have jurisdiction in actions for the violation of any such rule or regulation. The rules and regulations shall be enforced by the same proceedings and processes, and the practice for the enforcement thereof shall be the same as that provided by law for the enforcement of other ordinances of the municipality.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 598, s. 8, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.29 - Fines or penalties, disposition

40:61-22.29. Fines or penalties, disposition
All moneys collected either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation shall become part of the funds of the municipality.
L.1957, c. 166, p. 598, s. 9, eff. July 22, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-22.30 - Agreements for construction of facilities; approval of plans, specifications and location

40:61-22.30. Agreements for construction of facilities; approval of plans, specifications and location
The body or authority having control of any public park, playground or other public place or property in any municipality may enter into an agreement with any person for the construction by said person of any facility within said public park, playground or other public place that said body or authority is itself authorized by any law to construct, subject to the approval by said body or authority of the plans, specifications and location of such facility, and may accept as a gift any such facility.
L.1968, c. 286, s. 1, eff. Sept. 6, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-23 - Sale or lease of park lands to adjoining municipalities; joint ownership

40:61-23. Sale or lease of park lands to adjoining municipalities; joint ownership
Any municipality owning park lands adjoining park lands of another municipality, may convey to such other municipality any or all of its lands so adjoining, for such consideration and upon such terms, conditions and covenants as shall be mutually agreed upon and expressed in the conveyance, or may lease such adjoining lands to the other municipality for such period and upon such terms, conditions, covenants and rental as may be mutually agreed upon. Any lands so conveyed or leased shall be used only for park and recreation purposes.
Any such two or more municipalities may convey one to the other, any undivided right, title or interest in such several park lands of each so that all of such adjoining park lands shall be owned jointly by the municipalities party to such conveyance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-24 - Contracts relative to contiguous parks

40:61-24. Contracts relative to contiguous parks
In case any part of any park, heretofore or hereafter established by any municipality under this chapter, shall be or shall become contiguous to any part of any park, heretofore or hereafter so established by any other municipality in the same or adjoining counties, the several municipalities may contract with each other for the development, improvement, control or management of both or all of said public parks, or any parts thereof, either jointly or by any one or more of the municipalities. In case any two or more such municipalities shall contract for the joint control and management of any such parks or places, the same shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted pursuant to law by the ordinance of the governing body of one of the municipalities and approved by the ordinance of the governing body or bodies of the other interested municipality or municipalities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-25 - Parks wholly or partly within other municipalities; regulation of

40:61-25. Parks wholly or partly within other municipalities; regulation of
Should any park or place of public resort and recreation, now or hereafter established by any municipality under this chapter, be situated partly within and partly without, or wholly without the municipality, all ordinances, rules and regulations ordained and enacted for the use, government and policing thereof, by the municipality owning or controlling the park, public resort and recreation place shall be valid and in full force and effectual throughout the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-26 - Power of police to arrest

40:61-26. Power of police to arrest
Every police official of any municipality, whether a park policeman or otherwise, shall have the same powers of arrest in all parts of any park or place of public resort and recreation of such municipality, or in the joint park or place of public resort and recreation of 2 or more municipalities, whether such park or place of public resort and recreation or the part thereof, in which the arrest is made be within or without the municipality or municipalities controlling the park, or place of public resort and recreation, but the person arrested shall be brought and prosecuted before, and if convicted, sentenced by a magistrate in the municipality or county, in which the offense charged was committed, or in the municipality, or 1 of the municipalities, controlling the park or place of public resort and recreation.
Amended by L.1957, c. 143, p. 544, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1957.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-27 - Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract

40:61-27. Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract
Any municipality may contract with any other municipality for the improvement of the banks and shores of waters as places of public resort and recreation. Such contracts shall specify the portion of the work to be done by each municipality, or the proportion of the total cost to be paid by each municipality, and all other provisions necessary to carry out the work of joint improvement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-28 - Joint parks along lakes; establishment

40:61-28. Joint parks along lakes; establishment
Any two or more municipalities lying within adjacent counties, may acquire by lease, gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights and may erect, construct and maintain dams or other means of impounding water, which lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights shall be maintained by them as public parks and places of public resort for health and recreation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-29 - Adopting ordinance

40:61-29. Adopting ordinance
In order to acquire lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights for use for public park purposes, the governing bodies of the several municipalities may, by a majority vote, pass an ordinance adopting the provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-35 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-31 - Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies

40:61-31. Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies
The persons appointed under the provisions of section 40:61-30 of this title shall be known and designated as the (name to be chosen by the commissioners) intermunicipal park commission. Such commissioners shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified and shall serve without compensation. Within thirty days after their appointment the commissioners shall take an oath faithfully to perform their duties. They shall select one of their number as president, one as clerk or secretary and one as treasurer.
In case of the death, resignation or disability of any member of the commission, the municipality from which he was appointed shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-32 - Commission; general powers; bond issues; officers and employees

40:61-32. Commission; general powers; bond issues; officers and employees
The commissioners shall be a body politic and corporate and shall have power to sue and be sued, complain or defend in any court, use a common seal and shall have all such other corporate power as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. The commission shall have control of the park or parks acquired by the municipalities and may make and amend rules regulating the use thereof.
It may, from time to time borrow, on temporary loans, such money as may be necessary, but such loans shall not run for a longer period than one year from their date.
In addition to the officers herein above specified, the commission may appoint such other agents and employees as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-33 - Condemnation proceedings

40:61-33. Condemnation proceedings
If it shall become necessary to take condemnation proceedings to acquire any lands, lakes, ponds, streams, flowage and other rights the procedure shall be that provided in chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), and all such proceedings shall be in the name of the intermunicipal park commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-34 - Costs apportioned; annual report; money turned over to commission

40:61-34. Costs apportioned; annual report; money turned over to commission
The cost of acquiring any lands, lakes, ponds, streams, flowage and other rights, as well as the cost of the maintenance thereof as a public park, shall be borne ratably by the municipalities adopting the provisions of this article, according to the then last preceding tax levy in each of the municipalities. The commission shall on or before August first in each year certify to the various municipalities the money which they are severally required to raise for the current year as their pro rata share of the cost of acquiring or maintaining such public park, and the various assessors shall include that amount in their tax levy for that year. The amount due from each municipality shall be paid over to the treasurer of the commission on or before January first following the levy and assessment and shall be applied by the commission to the payment of any debts incurred by it under the provisions of this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-35 - Authority here conferred deemed additional

40:61-35. Authority here conferred deemed additional
The provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-34 of this title shall not repeal any other legislation or affect any proceedings thereunder for the purchase or condemnation of lands for park purposes, the improvement thereof or the raising of funds therefor; but shall be deemed to be additional legislation for such purposes and independent of all powers and authority conferred by any other law and not subject to any limitation contained in any other law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-36 - Leasing of parks, etc. authorized; period of leases

40:61-36. Leasing of parks, etc. authorized; period of leases
The governing body of every municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean may lease, rent or hire, the whole or any part of any public parks, recreation grounds or places of public resort, owned by it and not presently needed by the municipality for municipal purposes, or any building or portion thereof located therein for any period not exceeding 10 years.
Amended by L.1959, c. 6, p. 47, s. 1, eff. Feb. 11, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:61-38 - Lease voided upon violation of terms

40:61-38. Lease voided upon violation of terms
Upon the violation of the terms upon which any lease or privilege is granted, the same shall become void and such governing body shall have power to so declare and may re-enter any place so leased and prevent the exercise of any privilege so forfeited.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-1 - Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissioners

40:62-1. Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissioners
Every municipality operating any form of public utility service shall keep the accounts thereof in the manner prescribed by the board of public utility commissioners for the accounting of similar public utilities, and shall file with the board such statements thereof as may be directed by the board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-2 - Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and service

40:62-2. Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and service
Any municipality engaged in the business of operating any light, heat or power plant or works or engaged in the business of transportation, shall, with respect to such business and the property and plant used by it: a. keep its books, records and accounts in the same manner as provided by statute for keeping other books, records and accounts of a municipality, and file with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners a copy of its Annual Report of Audit by a registered municipal accountant if the municipality provides light, heat or power only within the limits of the municipality;
b. keep its books, records and accounts and make reports to the board in a manner and form and to the same extent as the board shall from time to time require of other public utilities in similar businesses in all other situations;
c. comply with all rules, regulations and recommendations as to reasonable standards and service to the same extent as the board shall from time to time require of other public utilities engaged in other similar businesses. The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall have power and authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
Amended by L.1973, c. 277, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-3 - Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.

40:62-3 Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.
40:62-3. Any municipality owning a sewer plant, water plant, heat, light or power plant, system of transportation, or other public utility plant or system, may long-term lease or sell such plant or system. Such a long-term lease or sale to another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as said ordinance shall provide and the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. Such a long-term lease or sale to any person except another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be made only upon compliance with the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 and after the same is authorized by the legal voters of the municipality in accordance with said sections, or upon compliance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.16 (C.40:62-3.1) or the "Water Infrastructure Protection Act," sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2015, c.18 (C.58:30-1 et seq.).
amended 1948, c.232, s.1; 1948, c.397; 1981, c.16, s.1; 2015, c.18, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-3.1 - Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval

40:62-3.1. Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval
If the governing body of any municipality shall deem it advisable in the interests of public health and safety to transfer a municipal water utility system serving less than 5% of the population of that municipality, to any person or another municipality or any authority, commission or other public body, the transfer shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as the ordinance shall provide, and the provisions of R.S. 40:62-4 and R.S. 40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. The terms of such sale and the ordinance authorizing same shall be subject to review by the Board of Public Utilities and shall provide that the purchaser shall have the privilege to operate the system within the area of the municipality covered.
L.1981, c. 16, s. 2, eff. Feb. 3, 1981.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-4 - Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids

40:62-4. Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids
If the governing body of any such municipality shall deem it advisable to lease or sell any such plant or system it shall by resolution so determine and shall set forth therein a general description of the property, and such terms and conditions as it shall deem advisable, and shall advertise for bids for the rental or sale. The advertisement shall be published at least six times, once a week, in one or more newspapers circulating in the municipality, and at least once, not less than thirty days prior to the date advertised for the receipt of bids, in a newspaper or magazine devoted wholly or partly to municipal matters. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, or a sufficiently secured bond of the bidder, to be approved by the governing body, guaranteeing the fulfillment of the contract if the bid is accepted. The bids shall be in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of the charter or other law relating thereto effective in such municipality. All advertisements for bids shall plainly state the amount of check or bond required and that such plant or system will not be leased or sold, as the case may be, until the legal voters of the municipality shall authorize the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-5 - Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content

40:62-5. Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content
Upon the receipt of bids the governing body may adopt an ordinance providing for the lease or sale of the property. The ordinance shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be leased or sold; the name, address and amount of bid of the highest responsible bidder therefor; a general description of the property to be leased or sold, and any other matters and things deemed necessary. The clerk of the governing body shall cause a certified copy of the ordinance to be served upon the officer charged with the duty of preparing election ballots, with a request that the question of the lease or sale as shown by the ordinances shall be placed upon the ballots used at the next succeeding general election in such municipality. Such officer shall have the question printed on the election ballots in substantially one of the following forms: "Shall the plant be sold for the sum of ?" "Yes." "No." "Shall the plant be leased for a term of years for the sum of annual rental?" "Yes." "No."
If a majority of the legal voters voting at such election shall vote "Yes," the governing body may accept the bid of the highest responsible bidder and carry out such lease or sale as authorized by the election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-6 - Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending use

40:62-6. Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending use
All rentals received under any such lease shall be applied by the municipality in the same manner as provided by law for the application of income from such plant while operated by the municipality. The proceeds from any sale shall be used for the retirement of bonds issued for the purposes of such plant, if any, or in case no such bonds are outstanding, then to the retirement of other bonds of the municipality. If no such bonds are outstanding the proceeds or any balance thereof may be used for the general purposes of the municipality. Such proceeds may, pending their use for the retirement of such bonds, be invested in bonds of the Government of the United States or bonds of the State of New Jersey or bonds or notes of such municipality.
Amended by L.1941, c. 412, p. 1059, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-7 - Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulation

40:62-7. Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulation
The governing body may establish, maintain and operate a municipal abattoir, and for that purpose may acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, condemnation or lease, all necessary lands and buildings therefor, or may acquire, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, lands and erect thereon suitable buildings, and, from time to time, alter and improve the same, and equip all such buildings with proper apparatus and machinery.
The governing body may also make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances, rules and regulations for the control, management and use of any abattoir so established, and fixing the rental and other charges for its use.
No abattoir shall be established by any municipality within any other municipality except with the consent of the governing body and board of health of that municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-8 - Joint municipal airports

40:62-8. Joint municipal airports
In addition to any and all other powers, the governing bodies of any two or more municipalities may acquire jointly by gift, purchase, condemnation, or any other manner, lands and interest therein for airport purposes, and at the joint expense of such municipalities erect thereon and maintain buildings for these purposes.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-9 - Bonds to be obligations of single municipality

40:62-9. Bonds to be obligations of single municipality
To meet the cost of such acquisition and construction such municipalities are severally authorized to incur indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
The obligations so incurred shall be the several obligations of each municipality entering into the joint proposal authorized by this article notwithstanding the title to the land so acquired, and the buildings thereon erected shall be held under the joint ownership of such municipalities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-10 - Establishment; appropriation; lands, buildings and equipment

40:62-10. Establishment; appropriation; lands, buildings and equipment
Any municipality may, after making the necessary appropriation therefor, acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or lease, such lands and buildings as may be needed for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a municipal ice plant or a municipal coal and wood depot, and may acquire such additional lands, acquire or construct such additional buildings and equipment and purchase such supplies as may be necessary for properly conducting such business. It may acquire any and all horses and vehicles necessary in such business and may from time to time replace and repair the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-11 - Management; prices fixed; ordinances and resolutions

40:62-11. Management; prices fixed; ordinances and resolutions
The governing body may make, enforce, amend or repeal ordinances providing for the establishment, control and regulation of either or both such businesses, and may by resolution provide rules for the management of any such business and establish the prices to be charged for the commodities dealt in.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:62-12 - Municipal gas, steam and electricity plants; establishment and equipment; consent of other municipalities; procedure on refusal

40:62-12. Municipal gas, steam and electricity plants; establishment and equipment; consent of other municipalities; procedure on refusal
Any municipality may purchase, condemn, take, have and hold all real or personal property, within or without the corporate limits of the municipality, necessary for the manufacture, generation, accumulation, storage, transmission and distribution of gas, electricity, steam or other product, or all of them, for supplying light, heat or power, or any two or all of them, for its own public purposes, and for the purpose of selling and supplying the same to its own inhabitants or to any other municipality, or both.
Any municipality may purchase, condemn, take, construct, maintain and operate a plant or plants for producing and distributing, or either, gas, electricity, steam, or other product, or all of them, for supplying light, heat or power, or any two or all of them, and all buildings, stations, machinery, apparatus, wires, poles, pipes, subways or conduits and appurtenances of every kind that may be necessary and useful for such purposes, with full power and authority to erect and maintain poles and string wires for the transmission of electric currents on any and all streets, avenues and highways of the municipality, or any other municipality.
Any municipality may string electric wires or lay gas or steam pipes, or other heat, light or power conductors therein, but one municipality shall not erect poles, string wires, lay pipes or other heat, light or power conductors in any other municipality until the governing body of such other municipality shall, by resolution, consent thereto, or until an order is made as hereinafter in this article provided. If the governing body of such other municipality shall refuse or neglect to give such consent, the Superior Court in an action by the municipality so applying for such consent may direct the terms on which such poles may be erected, wires strung, pipes or other heat, light or power conductors may be laid. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Upon the entry of the order or judgment of the court the municipality may in accordance therewith proceed with the work in the other municipality.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 713, s. 210, eff. March 19, 1953.