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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-11 - Method of voting; results returned

40:20-11. Method of voting; results returned
The ballot of each legal voter who shall desire to vote hereunder as well as for presidential delegates, shall be deposited in the primary box in which he is qualified to vote after his primary ballot shall have been cast.
The ballot of every voter who shall not desire to vote in any of the primary boxes, or who is not qualified to vote in any of the primary boxes, shall be placed in the nonpartisan box and counted by the members of the board of registry and election.
The ballots in all the primary boxes and in the nonpartisan box, upon the question of the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be counted by the members of the board of registry and election, who shall also ascertain the number of votes in all the boxes in the election district, the number in favor of acceptance, and the number in favor of rejection, and shall place these facts in their return of the result of the election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-12 - Ballots; form and content; sample ballots

40:20-12. Ballots; form and content; sample ballots
The ballots to be used for the submission of this question at the presidential primaries shall be provided by the same officer and in the same manner as the primary ballots and shall be distributed to the different election boards in the same manner and by the same officials. Sample copies thereof shall be distributed at the same time as the sample presidential delegate ballots but of a different color.
The ballots to be used in voting for the acceptance or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be numbered from one upward, and there shall be provided twice the number as shall be deemed to be necessary, and the ballots to be used shall be distributed in the polling place, and in no other place and at no other time, and shall conform as nearly as possible with the ballot to be used at the primary election, except as to size. They shall contain the question in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the county of ........
[ ] YES reorganize its board of chosen freeholders
under the provisions of sections 40:20-2
[ ] NO to 40:20-19 of the title Municipalities
and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
If no mark is placed in either square, the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as the other ballots.
Sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall be construed to permit every legal voter of the county, irrespective of his party or lack of party affiliations, to cast a vote upon the question of the adoption or rejection of the provisions of said sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-13 - Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered

40:20-13. Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered
There shall be provided for the use of the boards of registry and election an additional book, to be known as the "nonpartisan book" , and a record shall be kept therein of each voter who votes in the nonpartisan box, with the number of the ballot cast by him, and in the different primary books there shall be kept a record of the voters voting in the primary boxes, with a record of the numbers of their ballots.
The numbers on the ballots shall be placed in the same place as the numbers on the primary ballots, and shall be torn off in the same manner as they are required to be torn from the primary ballots.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-14 - Submission at general election

40:20-14. Submission at general election
The question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title may be submitted to the voters at an election for members of the general assembly, on petition signed by at least one thousand legal voters of the county filed with the county clerk at least twenty days before the election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-15 - Ballot; form and content; counting

40:20-15. Ballot; form and content; counting
The county clerk shall cause the public question to be printed on the official and sample ballots for the general election, in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof, mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the county of ........ reorganize its
[ ] YES board of chosen freeholders under the provisions
of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of the title
[ ] NO Municipalities and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
If no mark is placed in either square the ballot shall not be counted for or against the proposition, but a note thereof shall be made upon the return, and the ballot shall be preserved in the same manner as other ballots.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-16 - Notice of election

40:20-16. Notice of election
The county clerk and the various municipal clerks shall give notice of the election by posting and publishing notice thereof in the manner required for posting and publishing notices of general elections.
Amended by L.1948, c. 5, p. 51, s. 1, eff. April 5, 1948.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-18 - Results of election; return and canvassing.

40:20-18 Results of election; return and canvassing.
40:20-18. The district boards of registry and elections shall make returns of the election held under sections 40:20-8 to 40:20-13 of this Title in the case of elections held on primary election for the general election day, in the manner provided by law for making returns in cases of special elections, and in the case of elections held on the day of a general election, in the manner provided by law for making returns of general elections.
The statements of the results of each election held hereunder shall be transmitted by the district boards of registry and elections to the officers designated by law for the purpose, and the votes shall be canvassed and determined by the county board of elections in the manner provided by law, and it shall certify the result to the county clerk.
amended 1948, c.5, s.2; 2011, c.134, s.59.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-19 - Certain counties governed hereby

40:20-19. Certain counties governed hereby
Any county that shall have heretofore adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to reorganize the government of counties of the first class in this state," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and is now governed thereby shall hereafter be governed by the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-18 of this title and the members of its board of chosen freeholders shall be elected as therein provided. Nothing herein contained shall require a reorganization of such board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-20 - Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date

40:20-20. Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date
The board of chosen freeholders in each county shall consist of that number of members authorized for the county immediately prior to the effective date of this 1981 amendatory act. At any time after that date, a proposition may be submitted to the voters of the county to increase or decrease the number of members of the board of chosen freeholders to three, five, seven or nine. The proposition shall be submitted either upon adoption of a resolution by the county governing body after a public hearing thereon, or upon submission to the county clerk of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any 3 year period.
A petition submitted pursuant to this section shall be verified, inspected and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission, and shall be submitted at the next general election occurring at least 40 days after certification.
The question of the increase or decrease in the number of members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be submitted to the voters at the election in substantially the following form:
"Shall the membership of the board of chosen freeholders of be from (insert name of county) (insert "increased" or "decreased" as appropriate) to members?" (insert current number) (insert proposed number)
A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change.
When the voters shall have voted to increase or decrease the membership of the board of chosen freeholders as provided in this section, the increase or decrease shall take effect for the next general election of chosen freeholders.
Nothing in this section shall apply to any county that has adopted a charter pursuant to the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.).
Amended by L.1952, c. 55, p. 375, s. 1; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 442, p. 2421, s. 1; L.1954, c. 82, p. 463, s. 1; L.1958, c. 39, p. 128, s. 1; L.1961, c. 14, p. 90, s. 1; L.1964, c. 36, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1964; L.1969, c. 248, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1981, c. 462, s. 34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-20a - Terms of additional members

40:20-20a. Terms of additional members
In any county in which 2 additional members are to be elected to the board of chosen freeholders as required by this amendatory and supplementary act, the terms of office of said additional members shall be 3 years, except that of said additional members first to be elected, one shall be for a term of 2 years and one shall be for a term of 3 years. L. 1964, c. 36, s. 2, eff. May 5, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-20.4 - Proposition to change term of office

40:20-20.4. Proposition to change term of office
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in any county, other than a county having adopted a form of government authorized under the provisions of P.L. 1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), a proposition may be submitted to the voters of the county to change the term of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders from three to four years, to provide for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and to provide for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders.
The proposition shall be submitted either upon the adoption of a resolution of the governing body of the county after public hearing thereon, or upon submission to the county clerk of a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected. The proposition shall not be submitted more than once in any three year period.
A petition submitted pursuant to this section shall be verified, inspected and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission, and shall be submitted at the next general election occurring at least 40 days after certification.
The question of increasing the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders, providing for staggered terms of office for the members of the board of chosen freeholders, and providing for biennial elections of members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be submitted to the voters of the election in substantially the following form:
"Shall the term of office of the members of the board of chosen freeholders of .................... (insert name of county) be increased from three to four years and shall members of the board of chosen freeholders serve for staggered terms and be elected at biennial elections?"
A canvass and return of the vote upon the proposition shall be made by the election officers in the same manner as for officers voted for at the election, and a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition in favor of the proposition shall be sufficient to make the change.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-20.5 - Election under adopted proposition

40:20-20.5. Election under adopted proposition
In the event of a favorable vote on a proposition submitted pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the first election of members of the board of chosen freeholders under that adopted proposition shall take place at the next general election immediately following that adoption.
In November of the first general election following the adoption of the proposition, the terms of all incumbent members of the board of chosen freeholders shall be deemed terminated at noon on the first Monday following the election of the new board of chosen freeholders. On that date, the newly elected freeholders shall take office and the new board shall organize itself accordingly, but their terms of office shall expire as if they had taken office on January 1 in the year following their election and in accordance with the following terms:
a. If there be three members to be elected, two shall be elected for two years and one for four years.
b. If there be five members to be elected, three shall be elected for two years and two for four years.
c. If there be seven members to be elected, four shall be for two years and three for four years.
d. If there be nine members to be elected, five shall be elected for two years and four for four years.
The length of the terms specified in subsections a. through d. of this section shall be determined by a drawing to be conducted by the county clerk 60 days prior to the first general election.
In all elections after the first election, all members shall be elected for four year terms beginning on January 1 in the year following their election.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an incumbent freeholder from becoming a candidate for the new board, even if his present term on the board has not yet expired.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-21 - First election; terms of members first elected

40:20-21. First election; terms of members first elected
At the first election in each county adopting sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title the members of the boards of chosen freeholders shall be elected as follows:
a. In counties having a population of more than three hundred thousand, three shall be elected for one year, three for two years, and three for three years;
b. In counties having a population between one hundred and fifty thousand and three hundred thousand, two shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three years;
c. In counties having a population between seventy thousand and one hundred and fifty thousand, one shall be elected for one year, two for two years and two for three years;
d. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, in counties having a population of less than seventy thousand, one shall be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years; and,
e. In counties of the sixth class having a population of less than thirty thousand one shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years.
The ballots voted at such elections shall designate which are to serve for one year, which for two years and which for three years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-22 - Additional members in certain cases

40:20-22. Additional members in certain cases
If any county shall become entitled to a board of chosen freeholders consisting of more members than that to which it is at the time entitled, the board then in office shall continue to hold office and the additional members shall be elected at the next ensuing general election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-23 - Election; term; organization

40:20-23. Election; term; organization
The chosen freeholders shall be elected by the voters of each county at the general election therein and, except as otherwise provided as to those first elected, shall hold office for three years from the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding their election and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
The boards of chosen freeholders elected under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall organize at the annual stated meeting of the board next succeeding the election of its members and at the annual stated meeting each year thereafter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-25 - Expiration of terms of existing members

40:20-25. Expiration of terms of existing members
The terms of office of all chosen freeholders in any county then in office shall expire at the annual stated meeting next succeeding the election of chosen freeholders in such county under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title notwithstanding that the members of such previous boards may have been elected or appointed for a longer term.
The members of such boards whose offices shall be so terminated shall be paid as compensation for their services only that part of the annual salary or emolument then provided by law calculated to the date of such termination.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-26 - Terms of officers; exceptions

40:20-26. Terms of officers; exceptions
40:20-26. The terms of office of all officers then holding office under appointment by the board of chosen freeholders existing in any county at the time of reorganization thereof under sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title in such county, shall not be affected thereby but the officers then holding office shall continue in office during the terms for which they were originally appointed or elected and until their successors shall have been appointed or elected and shall have duly qualified. Thereafter all offices to be filled by the board of chosen freeholders shall be for the term of three years.
Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the United States, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, or the widow of such soldier, sailor, marine or member of the American Merchant Marine, in office at the time of the adoption of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 by any county. All such persons shall continue and remain in their respective offices during good behavior, and shall be removed only for cause.
Nothing in this section contained shall apply to or affect any officer coming within the provisions of section 51:1-53 of the title Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers.
Amended 1991,c.389,s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-27 - Existing laws continued

40:20-27. Existing laws continued
All laws, public, general, special or private, relating to boards of chosen freeholders in force in any county at the time sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title take effect therein shall apply to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions thereof, so far as they shall not be inconsistent with the provisions thereof and the boards of chosen freeholders elected thereunder shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall have imposed upon them all the duties which are vested in or imposed upon the boards of chosen freeholders then existing.
All such laws in force or in anywise applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders existing at the time such change takes effect shall be continued in force and made applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 except so far as they may be inconsistent with the meaning thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-29 - Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing

40:20-29. Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing
In order to require the submission of the question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title at a general election, a petition therefor signed by at least ten per cent of the qualified voters of the county, as evidenced by the total number of votes cast in the county at the next preceding general election, shall be filed with the county clerk.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-30 - Petition; time for filing; notice of election

40:20-30. Petition; time for filing; notice of election
The petition shall be so filed at least ninety days before the general election. Notice of the submission of the question shall be included in, form a part of and shall be given in the same manner as the notice required for the general election.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-31 - Ballot; form and content

40:20-31. Ballot; form and content
The question shall be printed upon the official ballots to be used at the general election in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the county of ......... reorganize
[ ] YES its board of chosen freeholders under
the provisions of sections 40:20-20
[ ] NO to 40:20-35 of the title Municipalities
and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-32 - Conduct of election

40:20-32. Conduct of election
All elections held under the provisions of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall be conducted in accordance with the laws relating to elections, and the votes shall be counted, returned, certified, canvassed and declared in the manner provided by such laws for elections for county officers.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-34 - Resubmission

40:20-34. Resubmission
In any county where the adoption of sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 of this title shall have been submitted to the voters for acceptance or rejection, and shall have been rejected, they shall not be submitted to a vote again for a period of five years from the date of their rejection.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35 - Certain counties governed hereby

40:20-35. Certain counties governed hereby
Nothing in sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-34 of this title contained shall be construed to require a reorganization of the board of chosen freeholders of any county in accordance with the provisions of such sections when such county has heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act to reduce the number of members of the boards of chosen freeholders in counties of this state, and to fix the salaries and provide for the election of the members of said boards," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and two, either as originally passed or as amended, and which has effected a reorganization of its board of chosen freeholders in pursuance thereof. In such counties the members of such reorganized boards of freeholders shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, and such boards so reorganized shall be subject to and be governed by the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-34.
In all counties in which there has heretofore been held an election for the acceptance or rejection of the act entitled "An act to reduce the number of members of the boards of chosen freeholders in counties of this state, and to fix the salaries and provide for the election of the members of said boards," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and two, either as originally passed or as amended, at which election a majority of the votes cast for or against the law reducing the number of freeholders were in favor of the adoption of that act, the board of chosen freeholders shall consist of the number of members, according to population, as provided for herein, and where no election for members of the board of chosen freeholders has been held in such county, subsequent to the adoption of that act, the board of freeholders of such county shall be elected at the next general election held in such county, in the manner herein set forth, and such boards of chosen freeholders shall be subject to and be governed by the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-34.
The boards of chosen freeholders in counties which have heretofore adopted the provisions of the act entitled "An act to reorganize the boards of chosen freeholders of the several counties of this state, reducing the membership thereof, fixing the salaries and providing for the election and terms of office of the members, and also for the appointment and terms of office of officers appointed by such boards (Revision 1912)," approved April first, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, either as originally enacted or as amended, shall be continued under the provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-34 and nothing in such sections contained shall require the submission of the question of the adoption of such sections to the voters of such counties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.1 - Number of members; election; terms

40:20-35.1. Number of members; election; terms
The board of chosen freeholders in all counties governed by article 3, chapter 20 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes as of January 1, 1966, shall consist of 7 members to be elected by the voters of the county at the general election next following the effective date of this act. At the said election there shall be elected 2 members for 1 year, 2 members for 2 years and 3 members for 3 years and the ballots shall designate which members are to serve for the terms of 1, 2, and 3 years respectively. At succeeding elections, all members shall be elected for a term of 3 years.
L.1966, c. 62, s. 1, eff. June 6, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.2 - Organization

40:20-35.2. Organization
(a) Each board of chosen freeholders constituted and elected under the provisions of section 1 of this act, shall organize at the first annual stated meeting of the board next after the election of the members thereof, and at the annual stated meeting in each year thereafter.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, each such board of chosen freeholders shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of article 2, chapter 20 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1966, c. 62, s. 2, eff. June 6, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.3 - Expiration of terms of existing members; filling of existing vacancies

40:20-35.3. Expiration of terms of existing members; filling of existing vacancies
(a) All members of existing boards of chosen freeholders in counties subject to the provisions of this act shall hold office until 12 o'clock noon of the day of the first annual stated meeting of the newly constituted board next after the election of the members thereof at which time the terms of office of such existing members shall expire and they shall be discharged from office.
(b) No elections to existing boards of chosen freeholders in counties subject to the provisions of this act shall be held after the effective date of this act unless such elections are necessary to insure a quorum of members for the board in which case all existing vacancies may be filled in accordance with the provisions of article 3, chapter 20 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes for the term specified in subsection (a) hereof.
L.1966, c. 62, s. 3, eff. June 6, 1966.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.4 - Compensation

40:20-35.4. Compensation
Each member of a board of chosen freeholders in counties subject to the provisions of this act shall receive an annual salary in an amount within the limits prescribed by law for members of boards of chosen freeholders in counties governed by small boards under the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-35 of the Revised Statutes. Such salaries, including any additional compensation to directors, shall be in lieu of all fees or other compensation, excepting additional compensation for premiums on group insurance authorized under P.L.1960, chapter 180, and shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the county treasurer. The salaries to be paid to the members of each board, including any additional compensation to the director, shall, within the limits prescribed pursuant to this section, be fixed by the respective boards referred to herein by resolution.
L.1966, c. 62, s. 4, eff. June 6, 1966. Amended by L.1969, c. 133, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.11b - Selection of interim successor

40:20-35.11b. Selection of interim successor
In the case of a vacancy occurring with respect to a member of the board of chosen freeholders who was elected as the candidate of a political party which at the last preceding general election held received the largest number of votes or the next largest number of votes in the county for members of the board of chosen freeholders, for the interim period pending the election and qualification of a permanent successor to fill the vacancy, or for the interim period constituting the remainder of the term in the case of a vacancy occurring which cannot be filled pursuant to section 2 of this act at a general election, the vacancy shall be filled within 35 days by a member of the political party of which the person who vacated the office was the candidate at the time of his election thereto. The interim successor shall be selected by the appropriate political party's county committee in the same manner prescribed in subsections a. and b. of R.S.19:13-20 for selecting candidates to fill vacancies among candidates nominated at primary elections, and a statement of the selection of that successor shall be certified to and filed with the county clerk in the same manner prescribed by subsection d. of that section for certifying statements concerning the selection of such candidates.
L.1990,c.33,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.11c - Nomination of candidate from floor

40:20-35.11c. Nomination of candidate from floor
Members of the political party's county committee who are empowered to select a candidate for the vacated office shall only nominate a candidate from the floor during the selection meeting called under R.S.19:13-20 by the chairman or chairmen of the committee and shall present written evidence of the nominee's acceptance of the nomination.
L.1990,c.33,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.12 - Vacancy in offices of all or majority of members

40:20-35.12. Vacancy in offices of all or majority of members
Whenever the offices of all or a majority of the members of the board of chosen freeholders shall become vacant for any reason, the existence of the vacancies shall be immediately certified to the Governor by any remaining member of the board of chosen freeholders or by the county clerk. The Governor upon receipt of the certification shall forthwith fill the vacancies temporarily by appointment until successors are elected and certified for the unexpired terms at the next general election occurring not less than 60 days subsequent to the certification of the existence of the vacancies. Any appointment made pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy occurring in the next to the last year of the term and certified any time after 60 days prior to the holding of the general election, shall be made for the remainder of the term.
L.1979, c. 340, s. 3, eff. Jan. 23, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-35.13 - Appointees; qualifications

40:20-35.13. Appointees; qualifications
Any person appointed by the board of chosen freeholders or the Governor to fill a vacancy either for the unexpired term or temporarily, shall have all the qualifications required by statute to qualify for election to the office. If the previous incumbent had been elected to office as the nominee of a political party as defined in Title 19 of the Revised Statutes, the person so appointed shall be of the same political party as the preceding incumbent.
L.1979, c. 340, s. 4, eff. Jan. 23, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-71 - Director; selection; substitute

40:20-71. Director; selection; substitute
Every board of chosen freeholders shall, at each annual meeting, elect one of its members to preside at its meetings. He shall be called the director of the board and in case of his absence or temporary disability the board shall select another of its members to preside at any meeting.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-71.1 - Designation of another freeholder

40:20-71.1. Designation of another freeholder
Whenever the director, president or chairperson, as the case may be, of the board of chosen freeholders in any county is specified as a member of any county board, such as the county planning board or county welfare board, he may designate another member of the board of chosen freeholders to serve in his place. The term of the designated member of the board shall expire with his term as freeholder, with the term, as presiding member, of the director, president or chairperson, as the case may be, of the board of chosen freeholders appointing him or with the term specified by law for the position filled pursuant to this act, whichever occurs first.
L. 1985, c. 448, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-71.2 - Appointments by county executive

40:20-71.2. Appointments by county executive
Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify the authority of any county executive to make any appointment to any county board.
L. 1985, c. 448, s. 2, eff. Jan. 14, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-71.3 - Veto power of director of board of chosen freeholders, certain.

40:20-71.3 Veto power of director of board of chosen freeholders, certain.
1. a. The director of the board of chosen freeholders is authorized and empowered, with the consent of a majority of the members of the board, but not otherwise, to veto any action taken by any county authority or any member thereof at a meeting of a county authority. No action taken at a meeting by members of any county authority shall be effective if the director of the board of chosen freeholders returns to the authority a copy of the minutes with a veto of any action taken by the authority or any member thereof at a meeting of the authority or until 10 days after a copy of the minutes shall have been delivered to each member of the board of chosen freeholders.
b. "County authority" in this section means a body, public and corporate, created by a county pursuant to any law authorizing that creation, which law provides that the public body so created has at least the following powers:
(1) To adopt and use a corporate seal;
(2) To sue and be sued;
(3) To acquire and hold real or personal property for its purposes; and
(4) To provide for and secure the payment of its bonds or other obligations, or to provide for the assessment of a tax on real property within its district, or to impose charges for the use of its facilities or any combination thereof.
L.2010, c.52, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-72 - Members of boards of chosen freeholders not governed by optional county charter law; director

40:20-72. Members of boards of chosen freeholders not governed by optional county charter law; director
The salaries of the members of the boards of chosen freeholders in counties not governed by the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c. 154 (C. 40:41A-1 et seq.), shall be fixed by the respective boards by resolution as follows:
a. The procedure for introduction, publication, hearing and adoption of said resolution shall be the same as the procedure established by N.J.S. 40A:4-4 for the adoption of a county budget resolution. No such resolution shall take effect earlier than 20 days from the time of adoption;
b. If within 20 days after the adoption of the resolution, a petition, signed by the registered voters of the county, equal in number to at least 15% of the total votes cast in the county at the last election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, protesting against the adoption of the resolution, shall be presented to the county clerk, the resolution shall remain inoperative unless a proposition for the ratification of the resolution shall be adopted at an election by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition. A petition submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be inspected, verified and certified as to the authenticity of the signatures attached thereto by the county clerk within 20 days of submission. The question shall be submitted at the next general election, occurring not less than 40 days after the date of the certification of the petition; and
c. The director of the board of chosen freeholders shall receive, in addition to his salary as a member, a sum not to exceed $1,000.00 per annum as fixed by resolution of the board.
The salaries of members of boards of chosen freeholders referred to in this section, including any additional compensation to directors thereof, shall be in lieu of all fees or other compensation, excepting additional compensation for premiums on group insurance authorized under N.J.S. 40A:10-21, and shall be paid in equal installments by the county treasurer as in the case of other county salaries.
Amended by L.1944, c. 63, p. 122, s. 1; L.1947, c. 302, p. 1015, s. 1; L.1959, c. 95, p. 231, s. 1; L.1965, c. 160, s. 1, eff. July 22, 1965; L.1969, c. 133, s. 2, eff. July 3, 1969; L.1970, c. 61, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1970; L.1974, c. 156, s. 1, eff. Nov. 11, 1974; L.1981, c. 462, s. 35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-73 - Compensation of freeholders not paid an annual salary

40:20-73. Compensation of freeholders not paid an annual salary
In counties where the members of the board of chosen freeholders are not paid an annual salary, each member shall receive not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifteen dollars ($15.00), and the director the total sum of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00), for each day he is actually and necessarily employed in discharging his duties, and the further sum of not more than ten cents ($0.10) per mile for each mile he shall necessarily travel in going to and returning from the sessions of the board by the nearest route, upon filing with the county treasurer an itemized bill therefor, verified by affidavit, and the same being ordered paid by the board of chosen freeholders. The per diem salaries to be paid to the members and director may, within the limits prescribed in this section, be fixed by the respective boards referred to herein by resolution.
No other allowance or emolument shall be received by any such officer, directly or indirectly.
Amended by L.1945, c. 152, p. 539, s. 1; L.1947, c. 302, p. 1017, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74 - Salaries of freeholders not paid on per diem basis

40:20-74. Salaries of freeholders not paid on per diem basis
In counties where the members of the board of chosen freeholders are not compensated upon a per diem basis, and in counties not governed by small boards of chosen freeholders under any of the provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-35 of this Title, the members of the board shall each receive a salary of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $1,500.00 per annum and the director shall receive a salary of not less than $1,500.00 nor more than $2,500.00 per annum, to be paid by the county treasurer out of the county treasury in equal quarterly payments. The salaries to be paid to the members and director may, within the limits prescribed in this section, be fixed by the respective boards by resolution.
No other compensation shall be allowed or paid to any such member or director.
Amended by L.1947, c. 302, p. 1017, s. 3; L.1964, c. 108, s. 1, eff. June 8, 1964.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.1 - Resolution fixing compensation; publication before passage

40:20-74.1. Resolution fixing compensation; publication before passage
In any case where permitted pursuant to the provisions of sections 40:20-72, 40:20-73 or 40:20-74 of the Revised Statutes, any resolution fixing the salary or other compensation of the members of a board of chosen freeholders or the director thereof, shall, after being introduced and having first reading, be published at least once in two newspapers circulating in the county, one of which shall be a newspaper published at the county seat, if there be such newspaper, together with a notice of the introduction thereof and the time and place when and where it will be further considered for final passage. If there be only one such publication, the same shall be at least one week prior to the time fixed for further consideration for final passage. If there be more than one such publication, the first shall be at least one week prior to the time fixed for further consideration for final passage.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1018, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.2 - Hearing on resolution

40:20-74.2. Hearing on resolution
At the time and place so stated in such publication, or at any other time and place to which the meeting for the further consideration of the resolution shall from time to time be adjourned, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the resolution. Final passage thereof shall be at least ten days after the first reading.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1018, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.3 - Second reading or amendment

40:20-74.3. Second reading or amendment
At or after the hearing, the board of chosen freeholders may proceed to give the resolution a second reading or amend it, and thereupon pass or reject it with or without amendment.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1018, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.4 - Publication of resolution upon passage

40:20-74.4. Publication of resolution upon passage
Upon passage, every such resolution, together with a notice of the date of passage or approval, or both, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county, or, if there be no newspaper published in such county, then in a newspaper of general circulation, circulated in such county.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1018, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.5 - Majority required for passage

40:20-74.5. Majority required for passage
No such resolution shall be passed or approved unless a majority of all the members of the board of chosen freeholders vote in favor of such passage or approval.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1019, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-74.6 - Compensation not changed unless fixed by resolution

40:20-74.6. Compensation not changed unless fixed by resolution
Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect or change the amount of salary or other compensation paid, pursuant to the provisions of law in effect on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, to any member of any board of chosen freeholders, or any director thereof, unless such salary or other compensation be fixed, where permitted pursuant to the provisions of sections 40:20-72, 40:20-73 or 40:20-74 of the Revised Statutes as amended herein, by resolution in the manner herein prescribed.
L.1947, c. 302, p. 1019, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-75 - Annual meetings

40:20-75. Annual meetings
40:20-75. The stated annual meeting of the boards of chosen freeholders shall be held at the place of holding the Superior Court in the respective counties at 12 noon on either the first or second day of January or on some other hour on any day during the first week in January, annually, as the board, by resolution passed before said meeting, may determine. If the date so fixed shall fall upon a Sunday the meeting shall be held the following day, unless said resolution authorizes the meeting to be held on a Sunday.
Amended 1953,c.37,s.25; 1974,c.154; 1977,c.394; 1991,c.91,s.378.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-77 - Special meetings; how called; notice

40:20-77. Special meetings; how called; notice
Special meetings shall be held on the written or printed order of the director, or of any three members of the board, specifying the business and object thereof, and the place where the meeting shall be held.
The clerk of the board shall call any such special meeting upon receipt of such order, by written notice directed to the respective members of the board, and left at their respective places of abode, or mailed to the post office nearest thereto, at least five days before the day of the meeting. The notices shall state the business and object of the meeting and the place where the meeting is to be held.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-78 - Penalty for clerk's failure to call meeting

40:20-78. Penalty for clerk's failure to call meeting
If the clerk upon receipt of a proper order shall refuse or neglect to call or convene any special meeting of the board, he shall forfeit twenty-five dollars, to be recovered, with costs, in an action in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name and for the use of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:20-79 - Adjournment of meeting

40:20-79. Adjournment of meeting
In case a sufficient number of the members of the board of chosen freeholders to constitute a quorum shall not attend at the time and place of the annual or any other meeting of the board, the members attending may adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they shall think proper.