New Jersey Statutes

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• Chapter 3

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Contracts as to bonds, notes not impaired
  
  
• 3
  When sinking fund commission to determine requirements
  
  
• 4
  Sinking fund commissions; appointment, duties and powers.
  
  
• 5
  Commission to supersede all commissions; body corporate; disbursements; investments
  
  
• 6
  Certain officers to act when commission not functioning
  
  
• 7
  Foreclosure of mortgages; municipal sinking fund for school district bonds
  
  
• 8
  Commissioners not to receive compensation; bonds; secretary and assistants
  
  
• 9
  Custodian of moneys and securities; investments; accounts
  
  
• 10
  Sinking fund moneys; investment of
  
  
• 11
  Annual report; publication
  
  
• 12
  Accounts; how kept; classification of bonds; accretions; interest; losses
  
  
• 13
  When commission may sell bonds of county, school district or municipality
  
  
• 14
  Bonds falling due; funds transmitted for payment
  
  
• 15
  Commissioners may enforce payment to sinking fund of sums due
  
  
• 16
  Annual sinking fund requirements; amortization basis
  
  
• 17
  Sinking fund requirements for year; how calculated
  
  
• 18
  When contributions to cease
  
  
• 19
  Excess accumulations, to reduce requirements of sinking fund; deficiency
  
  
• 20
  Outstanding term bonds tabulated; adjustment of excesses and deficits; surpluses
  
  
• 21
  Deficiency in sinking funds; how raised
  
  
• 22
  Special sinking fund requirements additional to annual requirements
  
  
• 23
  Special sinking fund; distribution of
  
  
• 24
  Interest on surplus; use of
  
  
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• Chapter 5

• 2
  Contributions to first aid, ambulance and rescue squads.
  
  
• 2.1
  General conflagration; appropriations to relieve loss from
  
  
• 2.2
  Prerequisites to county's expending money to relieve losses from general conflagration
  
  
• 2.3
  Boroughs, townships, cities, villages, etc., prerequisites to expending money to relieve loss from general conflagration
  
  
• 2.4
  "General conflagration" defined
  
  
• 2.5
  Raising and appropriating money to relieve loss from general conflagration by resolution
  
  
• 2.6
  Notes or other obligations; raising funds to relieve loss from general conflagration
  
  
• 2.7
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 2.8
  Inapplicable to conflagration occurring before April 1, 1941
  
  
• 2.10
  Appropriations to carry out program
  
  
• 2.10a
  Rate for diagnostic services and treatment; payments to county; reimbursement
  
  
• 2.10b
  Runaway or homeless youth; services by private, nonprofit organization; appropriations
  
  
• 2.10c
  Nonprofit hospital for health related community services; voluntary contributions
  
  
• 2.11
  Use of parking meter revenues for off-street parking facilities.
  
  
• 18
  Service charge for NSF checks; collection
  
  
• 19
  Service charge on checks returned for insufficient funds; county imposition, fee, collection
  
  
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• Chapter 6A

• 1
  Costs of assignment of counsel or other related costs for defense of indigent person; notice; filing; duration of lien; service on defendant
  
  
• 2
  Recordation
  
  
• 3
  Remedies and collection of moneys due
  
  
• 4
  Compromise and settlement of claim
  
  
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• Chapter 7

• 1
  Liability of county or municipality; negligence of driver
  
  
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• Chapter 8

• 2
  Municipal airports; general powers.
  
  
• 2.1
  Operation of airports as public utilities by municipalities
  
  
• 3
  County airports; general powers.
  
  
• 4
  Condemnation; power of
  
  
• 5
  Condemnation; law applicable; bonds; law applicable
  
  
• 6
  Control of airports; regulations; fees.
  
  
• 7
  Annual expenditures; taxation for
  
  
• 8
  Airport security officers
  
  
• 9
  Applications
  
  
• 10
  Police training course
  
  
• 11
  Powers of airport security officers
  
  
• 12
  Name plate and shields
  
  
• 13
  Traffic laws; enforcement
  
  
• 14
  Airport security officers; weapons
  
  
• 15
  Construction of act
  
  
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• Chapter 8C

• 1
  Biotechnology defined
  
  
• 2
  Development of biotechnology, not regulated; nonapplicability of act
  
  
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• Chapter 9

• 2.1
  Acquisition, improvement, operation and equipment of public transportation passenger or freight rail line
  
  
• 2.2
  Lease or sale of space and facilities for conduct of carrier's business; contracts for conduct of other commercial activities
  
  
• 2.3
  Appropriation of funds; bonds or notes
  
  
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• Chapter 9A

• 1
  Federation of city-county libraries
  
  
• 2
  Costs; management
  
  
• 3
  Interlibrary loan services; free use by residents
  
  
• 4
  Standards for libraries.
  
  
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• Chapter 9B

• 1
  Establishment and maintenance of narcotic treatment programs and centers
  
  
• 2
  Appropriation of funds
  
  
• 3
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 4
  Counties or municipalities; annual appropriations for private centers
  
  
• 5
  Ratification, validation and confirmation of prior appropriations
  
  
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• Chapter 9C

• 1
  Mass transit or freight line services; counties and municipalities; subsidies; appropriations
  
  
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• Chapter 9D

• 2
  Authority of local unit.
  
  
• 3
  Responsibilities of local unit relative to provision of broadband telecommunications service.
  
  
• 4
  Plan for proposed activities.
  
  
• 5
  Authority to issue revenue bonds.
  
  
• 6
  Due diligence required prior to contract.
  
  
• 7
  Additional competitive contracting provisions; terms; negotiations.
  
  
• 8
  Payment of prevailing wage rate.
  
  
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• Chapter 10

• 1
  Acceptance of monuments; may provide site; becomes public property.
  
  
• 11
  County, municipal appropriations for veterans' memorials
  
  
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• Chapter 10A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 3
  Public policy
  
  
• 4
  Local historian; establishment of position by local government; reimbursement of expenses; appointment; term
  
  
• 5
  Vesting duties and responsibilities of local historian in chairperson of county cultural and heritage commission
  
  
• 6
  Local historian of county; assistance to municipalities
  
  
• 7
  Powers and responsibilities of local historian; annual report
  
  
• 8
  Employment of clerical assistants
  
  
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• Chapter 10B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Historic cemeteries; restoration, maintenance or preservation by county or municipality; appropriations
  
  
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• Chapter 10C

• 1
  Establishment of municipal or county Hispanic advisory commission.
  
  
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• Chapter 10D

• 2
  Archaeological findings on lands owned by political subdivision protected.
  
  
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• Chapter 11

• 17
  Salaries not affected by 1930 census or reclassification act; exceptions
  
  
• 17.1
  Salaries not affected by 1940 census or reclassification act; exceptions
  
  
• 22
  Pensions on death of policemen or firemen killed in line of duty; amounts
  
  
• 23
  Manner of payment
  
  
• 24
  Prospective payment with respect to members killed after January 1, 1956
  
  
• 25
  Inclusion of necessary amounts in budget
  
  
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• Chapter 11A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Declaration of necessity of legislation
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Creation of parking authorities
  
  
• 5
  Authority; commissioners; misconduct; removal
  
  
• 6
  Powers and purposes of authority
  
  
• 6.1
  Audit of accounts of parking authority annually; filing
  
  
• 6.2
  Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing
  
  
• 7
  Right of eminent domain
  
  
• 7.1
  Relocation or removal of public utility facilities
  
  
• 8
  Bonds; power to issue.
  
  
• 9
  Bonds; liability
  
  
• 10
  Bonds; provisions
  
  
• 11
  Bonds; validity
  
  
• 12
  Bonds; powers of authority
  
  
• 13
  Rights of obligees
  
  
• 14
  Securing bonds by mortgage or trust indenture; powers of authority after default; pledge of revenue
  
  
• 15
  Real property exempt from levy
  
  
• 16
  Bonds; legal investment for banks and trustees
  
  
• 17
  Contracts respecting labor and materials
  
  
• 18
  Powers of authority pertaining to other governmental agencies
  
  
• 19
  Taxation exemption
  
  
• 20
  Restriction on alteration of powers
  
  
• 21
  Municipal and county co-operation
  
  
• 22
  Municipal parking authorities
  
  
• 22.1
  Parking enforcement officer
  
  
• 22.2
  Qualifications
  
  
• 22.3
  Fingerprinting
  
  
• 22.4
  Eligibility determination
  
  
• 22.5
  Firearms banned
  
  
• 22.6
  Training course
  
  
• 22.7
  Waiver
  
  
• 22.8
  Uniform
  
  
• 22.9
  Insignia
  
  
• 22.10
  Fees
  
  
• 22.11
  Redesignation
  
  
• 23
  Aid by public bodies
  
  
• 24
  Termination of authority
  
  
• 25
  Validity of chapter
  
  
• 26
  Inconsistent laws
  
  
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• Chapter 12

• 1
  Board of recreation commissioners; appointment, terms.
  
  
• 1.1
  Appointment of alternate members to local boards of recreation commissioners
  
  
• 2
  Additional commissioners in certain municipalities
  
  
• 3
  Acquisition of property; costs estimated and determined
  
  
• 4
  Acquisition of property; authorization; condemnation
  
  
• 5
  Games and exhibitions; admission fee; no charge for children
  
  
• 6
  Powers of board of recreation commissioners.
  
  
• 7
  Appropriation for current expenses; office
  
  
• 8
  Costs and expenses; bonds; special fund
  
  
• 9
  Joint action by municipalities or by municipality and school district or county
  
  
• 14
  Joint municipal action
  
  
• 15
  Forest reserve as public park
  
  
• 15.1
  Definitions relative to recreation, conservation, farmland and historic preservation
  
  
• 15.2
  Submission by county of proposition authorizing annual levy.
  
  
• 15.3
  Propositions deemed approved by voters of county
  
  
• 15.4
  Lands acquired by county held in trust
  
  
• 15.5
  Apportionment by county of amounts raised by taxation
  
  
• 15.6
  Adoption by county of resolution authorizing distribution of monies
  
  
• 15.7
  Submission by municipality of proposition authorizing annual levy.
  
  
• 15.8
  Propositions deemed approved by voters of municipality
  
  
• 15.9
  Lands acquired by municipality held in trust
  
  
• 15.10
  Agreement with charitable conservancy, non-profit organization.
  
  
• 16.1
  Adoption of prioritized list of eligible farmland
  
  
• 20
  Findings, declarations relative to county, municipal parks
  
  
• 21
  Definitions relative to county, municipal parks
  
  
• 22
  Agreements to provide for maintenance, operation or improvement
  
  
• 23
  Provision of equipment, materials, supplies, services
  
  
• 24
  Advertising, promotion
  
  
• 25
  Public recognition of participating entity
  
  
• 26
  No liability in civil actions, insurance
  
  
• 27
  Participating entity, not public, State employees
  
  
• 28
  Applicable laws, regulations
  
  
• 29
  Donations, solicitation authorized
  
  
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• Chapter 13

• 1
  Contracts for public health service
  
  
• 2
  Contract; contents
  
  
• 3
  Health society recognized as regular health organization
  
  
• 4
  Contract not to exceed three years; advertisement for bids unnecessary
  
  
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• Chapter 14

• 1
  Opening and keeping open waterways; bonds; control
  
  
• 2
  County or municipal appropriations to port or harbor commission
  
  
• 3
  Improvement of waterways; joint contracts.
  
  
• 4
  Joint action; authorization; plans and specifications.
  
  
• 5
  Work done as local or general improvement; notice.
  
  
• 6
  Work done by contract.
  
  
• 7
  Bonds; law applicable
  
  
• 8
  Assessments for benefits
  
  
• 9
  Individual powers of county or municipality unaffected
  
  
• 10
  Freeholders may appropriate money for digging channels; bulkheads
  
  
• 11
  Municipalities may contribute to expense
  
  
• 12
  Money voted contingently
  
  
• 13
  Borrowing money appropriated; expenditure
  
  
• 14
  Money raised by taxation
  
  
• 15
  Erosion prevention; bulkheads and structures; expense; resolution
  
  
• 16
  Authorization to establish; policy
  
  
• 17
  Establishment by ordinance or resolution; terms
  
  
• 18
  Members; appointment; term of office; alternate representatives; compensation
  
  
• 19
  Organization; chairman; rules; records
  
  
• 20
  Advisory members
  
  
• 21
  Appropriations; application for and acceptance of grants in aid; surveys and studies
  
  
• 22
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 23
  Unauthorized powers
  
  
• 24
  Individual flood control action by county or municipality
  
  
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• Chapter 14A

• 1
  Citation of act
  
  
• 2
  Declaration of policy; purpose
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Creation of sewerage authorities
  
  
• 4.1
  Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted
  
  
• 5
  Powers of sewerage authority.
  
  
• 6
  Sewers; acquisition; operation
  
  
• 7
  Sewerage authority a public body corporate; powers.
  
  
• 7.1
  Audit of accounts of sewerage authority annually; filing
  
  
• 7.2
  Certified copies of bond resolutions and proceedings; filing
  
  
• 7.3
  Interest on deposits with sewerage authorities
  
  
• 7.4
  Service charge by sewerage authority for returned check
  
  
• 8
  Service charges authorized.
  
  
• 8.1
  Definitions; host community benefit
  
  
• 8.2
  Establishment of rates or schedules for senior citizens, disabled
  
  
• 8.3
  Reduction in fees by sewerage authority for certain affordable housing projects.
  
  
• 8.4
  Credit provided by sewerage authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.
  
  
• 9
  Appropriations by local unit to sewerage authority; construction, financing and operation of sewage facilities by local unit
  
  
• 10
  Bonds; issuance authorized
  
  
• 11
  Resolution for issuance of bonds; ordinance; sale of bonds
  
  
• 12
  Funding or refunding bonds
  
  
• 13
  Interim certificates or bonds
  
  
• 14
  Filing copy of bond resolution; publication of notice; objections
  
  
• 15
  Negotiability of bonds
  
  
• 16
  Provisions authorized in bond resolution
  
  
• 17
  Series of bonds; default; trustee for holders
  
  
• 18
  Receiver; powers
  
  
• 19
  Liability on bonds; exemptions
  
  
• 20
  Real property; acquisition
  
  
• 21
  Interest on service charges; liens; enforcement
  
  
• 22
  Sale or lease of property by county or municipality to sewerage authority
  
  
• 23
  Contracts for collection, treatment or disposal of sewage; powers of sewage authority
  
  
• 24
  Sewage and industrial wastes
  
  
• 25
  Connections with existing drains and pumping stations
  
  
• 26
  Connections with drains serving county and other property; service charges
  
  
• 27
  Mortgage or sale of property of authority; limitations; exemption
  
  
• 28
  Pollution prohibited; prevention of violations
  
  
• 29
  Construction of other disposal plants prohibited
  
  
• 30
  Investments in sewerage authority bonds authorized
  
  
• 31
  Taxation exemption
  
  
• 31.1
  Eligibility for annual host municipality benefit; calculation
  
  
• 31.2
  Payment of benefit
  
  
• 31.3
  Benefit constitutes personal obligation of authority
  
  
• 32
  Pledge of State to bondholders
  
  
• 33
  Depositary bonds required of banking institutions
  
  
• 34
  Repeal section
  
  
• 35
  Liberal construction; independent authority
  
  
• 36
  Jurisdiction, rights of State agencies unaffected.
  
  
• 37
  Severability clause
  
  
• 38
  Findings, declarations relative to utility improvements for sewers
  
  
• 39
  Definitions relative to utility improvements for sewers
  
  
• 40
  Conditions of final site plan approval
  
  
• 41
  Payments to professionals for services rendered to sewerage authority
  
  
• 42
  Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement
  
  
• 43
  Disputes by applicant of charges made by professional; appeal
  
  
• 44
  Estimate of cost of installation of improvements
  
  
• 45
  Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit
  
  
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• Chapter 14B

• 1
  Citation
  
  
• 2
  Policy
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Utilities authorities
  
  
• 4.1
  Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted
  
  
• 5
  Membership of joint municipal utilities authorities; staggered terms; vacancies
  
  
• 6
  Reorganization of sewerage authority
  
  
• 7
  Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution
  
  
• 8
  Filing of resolution appointing authority member
  
  
• 9
  Single authority
  
  
• 10
  Limited area
  
  
• 11
  Election of municipalities within county to become part of county district
  
  
• 12
  Separations from districts
  
  
• 13
  Dissolution of authority
  
  
• 13.1
  New sewerage system authorized
  
  
• 14
  Powers vested in members, quorum; minutes, approval.
  
  
• 15
  Conflicting interests
  
  
• 16
  Term of member; removal; hearing
  
  
• 17
  Compensation to members
  
  
• 18
  Employees of municipal authorities
  
  
• 19
  Purposes, acquisition of facilities; alternative electrical energy.
  
  
• 20
  Powers.
  
  
• 20.1
  Interest on deposits with municipal authorities
  
  
• 20.2
  Service charge by utility authority for returned check
  
  
• 20.3
  Use of municipal utilities authority funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.
  
  
• 21
  Water service charges.
  
  
• 21.1
  Hydroelectric power; sale at wholesale; authority to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges
  
  
• 22
  Sewerage service charges.
  
  
• 22.1
  Solid waste service charges
  
  
• 22.2
  Reduced, abated rents, rates, fees for senior citizens, disabled
  
  
• 22.3
  Utilities authority, reduced fees for certain affordable housing projects.
  
  
• 22.4
  Credit provided by utilities authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.
  
  
• 23
  Municipal authorities
  
  
• 23.1
  Definitions; host community benefit.
  
  
• 24
  Appropriation of funds by local unit; construction, financing and operation of facilities by local unit
  
  
• 25
  Bond resolution
  
  
• 26
  Issuance of bonds
  
  
• 27
  Sale of bonds
  
  
• 28
  Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions
  
  
• 29
  Negotiability of bonds
  
  
• 30
  Agreements with holders of bonds
  
  
• 31
  Bond provisions
  
  
• 32
  Receivers
  
  
• 33
  Liability on bonds
  
  
• 34
  Eminent domain
  
  
• 40
  Additional powers
  
  
• 41
  Interest on unpaid service charges
  
  
• 42
  Lien for service charge
  
  
• 43
  Failure to pay service charge; shut off of service
  
  
• 44
  Failure to pay sewer service charge; shut off of water
  
  
• 45
  Enforcement of service charges
  
  
• 46
  Civil action to recover unpaid service charge
  
  
• 47
  Cumulative and concurrent rights and remedies
  
  
• 48
  Grant of utilities to authority
  
  
• 49
  Contracts for treatment and disposal of sewage or solid waste
  
  
• 50
  Effectuating terms of contracts
  
  
• 51
  Connections with or closing off other public facilities
  
  
• 52
  Use of public places
  
  
• 53
  Availability of maps, plans, specifications, records, books and accounts
  
  
• 54
  Payment of service charges owed by public bodies
  
  
• 55
  Connections with sewerage system required
  
  
• 56
  Reports by water distributors within district
  
  
• 57
  Stoppage of water by water distributor
  
  
• 58
  Disposal or encumbrance of utility
  
  
• 59
  Exemption from levy
  
  
• 60
  Discharge of sewage; discharges into sewage, solid waste or water systems; violations; injunction
  
  
• 61
  Approval of sewage disposal plants within district
  
  
• 62
  Investment in bonds of authority
  
  
• 63
  Tax exemptions
  
  
• 64
  Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders
  
  
• 65
  Undertakings for deposits of municipal authority
  
  
• 66
  Annual audit
  
  
• 67
  Filing of copy of bond resolution
  
  
• 68
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 69
  Severability
  
  
• 71
  Findings, declarations relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements
  
  
• 72
  Definitions relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements
  
  
• 73
  Conditions of final site plan approval
  
  
• 74
  Payments to professionals for services rendered to municipal authority
  
  
• 75
  Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement
  
  
• 76
  Disputes by applicant of charges made by professional; appeal
  
  
• 77
  Estimate of cost of installation of improvements
  
  
• 78
  Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit
  
  
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• Chapter 16

• 1
  Construction of subtitle favorably to counties
  
  
• 2
  Tenure of office unaffected
  
  
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• Chapter 18

• 1
  Corporate title; boundaries unaffected
  
  
• 2
  County vested with all property; proceedings unaffected
  
  
• 3
  Corporate powers; acquisition and sale of property
  
  
• 4
  Acts creating counties and affecting the boundaries thereof
  
  
• 4.1
  Camden, Atlantic and Gloucester counties; boundary lines
  
  
• 4.2
  Annexation to borough of Matawan, Monmouth county, of part of township of Madison, Middlesex county
  
  
• 4.3
  Monmouth and Middlesex counties; boundary lines
  
  
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• Chapter 19

• 1
  Change of county seat
  
  
• 2
  Resolution; submission to voters
  
  
• 3
  Petition for resolution; resolution on initiative of board
  
  
• 4
  Referendum
  
  
• 5
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 6
  Submission at general election; law applicable
  
  
• 7
  Vote required for adoption; board to provide accommodations
  
  
• 8
  Courts and county officers established in new county seat
  
  
• 9
  Resubmission
  
  
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• Chapter 19A

• 1
  Counties of third class; establishment of offices outside county seat and county jail
  
  
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• Chapter 20

• 1.1
  Quarterly fiscal reports
  
  
• 1.2
  Grant of powers
  
  
• 1.3
  Administrative code
  
  
• 1.4
  Additional powers
  
  
• 2
  Membership; number and term; first election
  
  
• 3
  Organization
  
  
• 5
  Extension of terms
  
  
• 6
  Law applicable
  
  
• 7
  Referendum; procedure
  
  
• 8
  Submission at presidential primary
  
  
• 9
  Nonpartisan ballot box; transfers
  
  
• 10
  Superior Court judge to resolve doubt on right to vote
  
  
• 11
  Method of voting; results returned
  
  
• 12
  Ballots; form and content; sample ballots
  
  
• 13
  Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered
  
  
• 14
  Submission at general election
  
  
• 15
  Ballot; form and content; counting
  
  
• 16
  Notice of election
  
  
• 17
  Eligibility of voters
  
  
• 18
  Results of election; return and canvassing
  
  
• 19
  Certain counties governed hereby
  
  
• 20
  Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date
  
  
• 20a
  Terms of additional members
  
  
• 20.4
  Proposition to change term of office
  
  
• 20.5
  Election under adopted proposition
  
  
• 21
  First election; terms of members first elected
  
  
• 22
  Additional members in certain cases
  
  
• 23
  Election; term; organization
  
  
• 25
  Expiration of terms of existing members
  
  
• 26
  Terms of officers; exceptions
  
  
• 27
  Existing laws continued
  
  
• 28
  Referendum; submission to voters
  
  
• 29
  Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing
  
  
• 30
  Petition; time for filing; notice of election
  
  
• 31
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 32
  Conduct of election
  
  
• 33
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 34
  Resubmission
  
  
• 35
  Certain counties governed hereby
  
  
• 35.1
  Number of members; election; terms
  
  
• 35.2
  Organization
  
  
• 35.3
  Expiration of terms of existing members; filling of existing vacancies
  
  
• 35.4
  Compensation
  
  
• 35.11a
  Vacancy on board of chosen freeholders eligible to be filled by election; exceptions.
  
  
• 35.11b
  Selection of interim successor
  
  
• 35.11c
  Nomination of candidate from floor
  
  
• 35.12
  Vacancy in offices of all or majority of members
  
  
• 35.13
  Appointees; qualifications
  
  
• 71
  Director; selection; substitute
  
  
• 71.1
  Designation of another freeholder
  
  
• 71.2
  Appointments by county executive
  
  
• 71.3
  Veto power of director of board of chosen freeholders, certain.
  
  
• 72
  Members of boards of chosen freeholders not governed by optional county charter law; director
  
  
• 73
  Compensation of freeholders not paid an annual salary
  
  
• 74
  Salaries of freeholders not paid on per diem basis
  
  
• 74.1
  Resolution fixing compensation; publication before passage
  
  
• 74.2
  Hearing on resolution
  
  
• 74.3
  Second reading or amendment
  
  
• 74.4
  Publication of resolution upon passage
  
  
• 74.5
  Majority required for passage
  
  
• 74.6
  Compensation not changed unless fixed by resolution
  
  
• 75
  Annual meetings
  
  
• 76
  Regular meetings
  
  
• 77
  Special meetings; how called; notice
  
  
• 78
  Penalty for clerk's failure to call meeting
  
  
• 79
  Adjournment of meeting
  
  
• 80
  Committees designated
  
  
• 81
  Director to appoint members of committees
  
  
• 82
  Investigations by committees; member may administer oath
  
  
• 83
  Subpoenas; testimony
  
  
• 84
  Penalty for perjury
  
  
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• Chapter 23

• 1
  Books and stationery for county officers
  
  
• 2
  Printing for county superintendent of schools
  
  
• 3
  Exhibition of county products
  
  
• 4
  Acceptance of contributions for county improvements; agreements for
  
  
• 5
  Advertise advantages of county
  
  
• 5.1
  Office or department to study economic resources and encourage economic development of county; establishment
  
  
• 5.2
  Assignment of activities and functions
  
  
• 5.3
  Appropriation
  
  
• 5.4
  Appointment of advisory committee
  
  
• 5.5
  Conduct of activities requiring real estate broker's license prohibited
  
  
• 5.6
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 6
  Membership in New Jersey Association of Counties and County Officers Association of New Jersey
  
  
• 6.1
  Summer camps for children in populous counties
  
  
• 6.2
  Camp for undernourished and underprivileged children; commission or board
  
  
• 6.3
  County camp commission and managers of camp
  
  
• 6.4
  Members of commission; terms; vacancy
  
  
• 6.5
  No compensation to members; expenses
  
  
• 6.6
  Officers
  
  
• 6.7
  Powers and duties of board of managers
  
  
• 6.8
  Equipment and maintenance of camp
  
  
• 6.9
  Meetings of commission; budget
  
  
• 6.10
  Appropriations
  
  
• 6.11
  Bills and accounts including salaries and wages
  
  
• 6.12
  Employees and assistant employees
  
  
• 6.13
  Employees subject to rules and regulations
  
  
• 6.14
  Tenure of employees
  
  
• 6.15
  Salaries of employees
  
  
• 6.16
  Secretary to commission
  
  
• 6.17
  Care and treatment of veterans in county hospitals
  
  
• 6.18
  Necessary funds; appropriation
  
  
• 6.19
  Use of funds not otherwise dedicated; borrowing money
  
  
• 6.20
  Counties over 400,000 other than counties of first class; no fee for building permit for county buildings
  
  
• 6.22
  Museum facilities and services; maintenance and support
  
  
• 6.23
  Distribution of federal surplus food commodities; contracts for sharing cost
  
  
• 6.24
  Appropriating or raising funds for surplus food distribution
  
  
• 6.25
  Payment of costs of surplus food distribution by board of freeholders
  
  
• 6.26
  Contracts with municipalities for services or facilities by counties over 500,000 population
  
  
• 6.27
  Term of contract; advertisement for bids
  
  
• 6.28
  Contract; required provisions
  
  
• 6.29
  Appropriation of funds; purchase or lease of machinery and equipment; acquisition of lands
  
  
• 6.30
  Establishment and maintenance of program for rehabilitation of youthful offenders in counties of first class over 800,000 population
  
  
• 6.31
  Appropriation of funds
  
  
• 6.32
  Construction of additional entrances and exits to highway projects
  
  
• 6.33
  Appropriation of funds to pay for additional entrances and exits to highway projects
  
  
• 6.38
  Legislative intent
  
  
• 6.39
  Establishment of county office on aging by resolution
  
  
• 6.40
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 6.41
  Executive director; appointment; qualifications
  
  
• 6.42
  Receipt and expenditure of moneys
  
  
• 6.43
  Appropriations and payments of state aid
  
  
• 6.44
  Rules and regulations by director of division on aging
  
  
• 6.45
  Lands of county or county park commission; use as training grounds for firemen or police
  
  
• 6.46
  Operation and improvement of properties for training purposes; appropriation and expenditure of funds
  
  
• 6.47
  Office of consumer affairs; establishment by county or municipality; employees
  
  
• 6.48
  Powers
  
  
• 6.49
  Office of consumer affairs in county or municipality established prior to and in conformity with this act; validation of acts and proceedings
  
  
• 6.50
  Surplus and surface waters on railroad property; construction of works to control by county
  
  
• 6.52
  Acceptable forms of payment for road opening permits.
  
  
• 6.53
  Contracts for collection of delinquent fees, fines.
  
  
• 7
  Power to raise money by taxation
  
  
• 8
  Appropriations to Civil War organizations; purposes
  
  
• 8.1
  Appropriations for observance of Memorial Day
  
  
• 8.2a
  Junior college; appropriations in counties over 300,000
  
  
• 8.3
  Protecting roads against erosion by tidewater
  
  
• 8.4
  Blood and its derivatives; contributions for collection and distribution authorized
  
  
• 8.5
  Appropriations for blood collection purposes; borrowing money
  
  
• 8.6
  Appropriations annually for expenses
  
  
• 8.7
  Appropriations during year when blood collection act is adopted--borrowing money
  
  
• 8.8
  Appropriations annually for children's homes, etc.
  
  
• 8.9
  Volunteer fire companies; appropriation to aid; uniforms
  
  
• 8.11
  Appropriations for services for certain persons.
  
  
• 8.13
  County firemen's association; contribution
  
  
• 8.14
  Nonprofit child care centers or committees or councils coordinating child care; annual appropriation of funds by counties or municipalities
  
  
• 8.15
  Contract as basis for appropriation
  
  
• 8.16
  County facilities leased by nonprofit or charitable association; reimbursement of costs of renovation
  
  
• 8.17
  Private nonprofit camps for emotionally maladjusted or physically undernourished children; authorization for appropriations
  
  
• 8.18
  Community action programs defined
  
  
• 8.19
  Appropriation and distribution by county or municipality to agency or organization maintaining community action programs
  
  
• 8.20
  Continuance after expiration of authorizing legislation
  
  
• 8.21
  Cooley's anemia; promotion of public awareness, referral service for testing and expenses incidental to diagnosis and treatment; appropriations
  
  
• 8.22
  National burn victim foundation; contributions by counties or municipalities
  
  
• 8.23
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 8.24
  Burn prevention and treatment, private, nonprofit organizations; contributions
  
  
• 8.25
  Center for performing and visual arts; appropriation of funds
  
  
• 8.26
  Tay-Sachs disease; county aid
  
  
• 8.27
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 8.28
  County aid to health, welfare councils
  
  
• 8.29
  Appropriations by county authorized
  
  
• 9
  Depositories for moneys
  
  
• 11
  Judiciary fund for salaries of court and probate clerks
  
  
• 12.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 12.2
  Farm loan program
  
  
• 12.3
  Bonds authorized
  
  
• 13
  Official newspapers
  
  
• 14
  Public works jointly constructed and maintained; county and municipal co-operation
  
  
• 15
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 16
  Contents of joint contract; amendments
  
  
• 17
  Acquisition of property; officers and employees
  
  
• 18
  Costs and expenses; appropriations; bond issues
  
  
• 19
  Use of municipal sewer by county
  
  
• 20
  Resolution by board of freeholders; exceptions
  
  
• 21
  Contents of resolution; fees fixed
  
  
• 22
  Inspectors; appointment, compensation and qualifications
  
  
• 23
  Inspection; certificate by inspector
  
  
• 24
  Companies to supply current upon certificate; enforcement
  
  
• 25
  Article inapplicable in certain cases
  
  
• 26
  Sale of personal property and surplus output of county institutions
  
  
• 27
  Advertisement for bids where value exceeds $1,000
  
  
• 27.3
  Sale of unneeded building to municipality for municipal purposes
  
  
• 28
  Freeholders to furnish crushed stone to municipalities
  
  
• 29
  Maximum amount to be furnished by county
  
  
• 30
  Stone furnished on request
  
  
• 31
  Reapportionment of unclaimed stone
  
  
• 32
  Purposes for which stone may be used
  
  
• 33
  Selling or otherwise disposing of stone a misdemeanor; exception
  
  
• 47
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 48
  Definitions
  
  
• 49
  9-1-1 locatable mailing address system
  
  
• 50
  Guidelines for implementation of act
  
  
• 51
  Completion of review required
  
  
• 52
  Use of municipal names
  
  
• 53
  Report
  
  
• 54
  Criminal history record check requested by county, authority for.
  
  
• 55
  Definitions; impoundment of shopping carts by county.
  
  
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• Chapter 24

• 1
  Ordinances in effect in 1918 to continue until altered
  
  
• 1.1
  Members of board in military service; vote required for adoption
  
  
• 2
  Penalties for violation of resolutions
  
  
• 3
  Resolutions providing penalty; publication
  
  
• 4
  Proceedings against persons violating resolutions
  
  
• 5
  Who may serve warrant or other process
  
  
• 6
  Arrest without warrant
  
  
• 7
  Conviction; penalty; imprisonment on default of fine
  
  
• 8
  Fines paid to county treasurer
  
  
• 9
  Court defined; jurisdiction
  
  
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• Chapter 27

• 1
  Planning board; members; appointment and term; expenses
  
  
• 1.1
  Alternate members; appointment; resolution
  
  
• 2
  Duties of board; master plan; municipal co-operation
  
  
• 3
  Employees; experts; master plan part of improvement; bonds
  
  
• 4
  Hearing before plan adopted; notice of hearing; resolution; vote required; municipal master plan, official map or ordinance
  
  
• 5
  Adding to county map; changes submitted to board; map considered binding
  
  
• 6
  Buildings and highways; permits; hearing; penalty; enjoining construction
  
  
• 6.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 6.2
  Review and approval of all subdivisions of land; procedures; engineering and planning standards
  
  
• 6.3
  Submission of subdivision application to board for review and approval; report to municipal authority
  
  
• 6.4
  Review of subdivision application; withholding of approval
  
  
• 6.5
  Certification of subdivision plat; acceptance for filing
  
  
• 6.6
  Review and approval of site plans for land development along county roads or affecting county drainage facilities.
  
  
• 6.7
  Report of approval or disapproval to local authority; time limit; extension
  
  
• 6.8
  Resolution vesting power to review and approve subdivisions and site plans with director
  
  
• 6.9
  Appeal by aggrieved persons; hearing; decision
  
  
• 6.10
  Filing copy of planning and zoning ordinances with boards; notice of proposed revision of ordinance
  
  
• 6.11
  Application to board of adjustment involving land fronting county road, adjoins other county lands or is within 200 feet of municipal boundary; notice
  
  
• 6.12
  Continuation of board's authority to review and approve land subdivision
  
  
• 6.13
  Notice of hearing on granting variance or establishing or amending official municipal map; contents
  
  
• 8
  Existing boards continued in conformity with this chapter
  
  
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• Chapter 28

• 1
  Lands and buildings for airport purposes; acquisition
  
  
• 2
  Lease of airport to state
  
  
• 3
  Power to construct, operate, lease and regulate airports
  
  
• 4
  Bonds for airport purposes; maturity
  
  
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• Chapter 29

• 1
  Appropriation to assist federal government in building bulkheads
  
  
• 10
  Beach protection; municipal co-operation
  
  
• 11
  Approval of plans; county to control work
  
  
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• Chapter 32

• 2.1
  Acquisition and maintenance of lands and interests for park, recreation, welfare and hospital purposes
  
  
• 2.2
  Resolution of board; title
  
  
• 2.3
  Lands, buildings and structures
  
  
• 2.4
  Budget; limitations on appropriation
  
  
• 2.5
  Use of federal funds
  
  
• 2.6
  Constabulary; establishment; members
  
  
• 2.7
  Arrests without warrant
  
  
• 6
  Acquisition and preservation of historical buildings and data
  
  
• 7.6
  Counties not having park commission; acquisition of golf course and other recreational facilities
  
  
• 7.7
  Maintenance, improvement and operation; buildings, structures and equipment
  
  
• 7.8
  Taxes and bonds
  
  
• 7.9
  Supervision and control
  
  
• 7.10
  Appropriation by board of chosen freeholders
  
  
• 7.11
  Fees, rents and charges
  
  
• 7.12
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 7.13
  Actions for violations; enforcement of rules
  
  
• 7.14
  Fines and penalties; disposition
  
  
• 7.15
  Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational purposes
  
  
• 7.16
  Bids for leases
  
  
• 7.17
  Power conferred as additional
  
  
• 7.18
  County golf courses
  
  
• 14
  Veterans' housing projects; acquisition and use
  
  
• 15
  Resolution; title
  
  
• 16
  Operation and use of veterans' housing projects
  
  
• 17
  Leases
  
  
• 18
  Disposition of property when no longer needed for housing purposes
  
  
• 19
  Appropriation for operating
  
  
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• Chapter 33

• 1
  County library; establishment
  
  
• 2
  Referendum
  
  
• 3
  Petition for submission
  
  
• 4
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 5
  Results canvassed and returned; vote required for adoption
  
  
• 5.1
  Establishment by resolution in counties under 150,000
  
  
• 6
  Establishment, maintenance of libraries.
  
  
• 7
  County library commission
  
  
• 8
  County library commission.
  
  
• 8.1
  Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids
  
  
• 8.2
  Free county library administrators, duties
  
  
• 9
  Appropriations for establishment and maintenance; amount
  
  
• 10
  Borrowing money in anticipation of library taxes; tax notes
  
  
• 11
  Tax revenue notes or bonds for delinquent taxes
  
  
• 12
  County treasurer custodian of library funds; payment of bills
  
  
• 13
  Participation by municipalities
  
  
• 13a
  Withdrawal from county system
  
  
• 13b
  Withdrawal from county library system
  
  
• 13.1
  Contracts with other municipalities for additional library service
  
  
• 13.2
  Use of money received under contract
  
  
• 13.2a
  Authority to acquire real property or other interest; maintaining facilities; bonds; ad valorem taxes
  
  
• 13.2b
  Agreements with respect to provision, leasing, use, operation or maintenance; payments on account
  
  
• 13.2c
  Employee of county library system formerly employee of municipal free public library; classified service
  
  
• 13.2d
  Short title
  
  
• 13.2e
  County library study commission; establishment; petition; members; chairman; reimbursement of expenses
  
  
• 13.2f
  County library commission; duties
  
  
• 13.2g
  Offices; expenses; payment; employees, consultants and clerical staff; report of findings and recommendations; referendum question on reorganization of system
  
  
• 13.2h
  Question of reorganization; form on ballot; publication of report; vote necessary
  
  
• 13.2i
  "Branch Development Option."
  
  
• 13.2j
  "Service Contract Option."
  
  
• 13.2k
  "Tax Base Sharing Option."
  
  
• 13.2l
  . County with tax base sharing option; exclusion of appropriations as county tax levy under Cap Law
  
  
• 13.2m
  Evaluation of county library system after rejection by voters or after reorganization; time interval after election
  
  
• 13.2n
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 13.3
  Establishment by joint agreement
  
  
• 13.4
  Provisions of agreement
  
  
• 13.5
  Amendment of regional library agreement; filing copy.
  
  
• 13.6
  Resolution; public inspection; publication
  
  
• 13.7
  Board of trustees; membership; appointment; vacancies; compensation
  
  
• 13.8
  Organization of board; officers; term of office
  
  
• 13.9
  Boards as body public and corporate; powers
  
  
• 13.9a
  Regional library administrators, duties
  
  
• 13.10
  Annual reports
  
  
• 13.11
  Proposal of sum required for operation and expenses; objections; determination
  
  
• 13.12
  Assessment and levy of taxes
  
  
• 13.13
  Duties of treasurer; annual audit
  
  
• 13.14
  Agreements with municipalities not served by regional library.
  
  
• 13.15
  Disposition of revenues
  
  
• 13.16
  County library commission; termination; assets and obligations
  
  
• 13.17
  Regional library as "public agency or organization" within Public Employees' Retirement Act
  
  
• 13.18
  Withdrawal of participating county
  
  
• 14
  Law library; maintenance; purchase of books; annual expenditures limited
  
  
• 15
  Morris County; reorganization of free county library; resolution
  
  
• 16
  Definitions
  
  
• 17
  County library commission; members
  
  
• 18
  Proposal of operational amount for ensuing calendar year
  
  
• 19
  Funding county library services
  
  
• 20
  Municipalities; continuation of receipt of services from free county library; exceptions
  
  
• 21
  Report on effectiveness of second level services
  
  
• 22
  Application of provisions on free county libraries
  
  
• 23
  Consideration of increase in county tax levy to fund second level services for purposes of calculating permissible expenditures
  
  
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• Chapter 33A

• 1
  Creation; membership; terms; vacancies; compensation
  
  
• 2
  Organization; chairman
  
  
• 3
  Responsibility of commission
  
  
• 4
  Museum and cultural programs; exhibits and displays
  
  
• 5
  Funds
  
  
• 6
  Gifts, grants and bequests; solicitation and acceptance; deposit; budgeting, expenditure and accounting
  
  
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• Chapter 33B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  County historical commission
  
  
• 5
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 6
  Appeal
  
  
• 7
  Bonds; revenue
  
  
• 8
  Application for funds
  
  
• 9
  Powers to county cultural and heritage commission
  
  
• 10
  Approval of commissioner
  
  
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• Chapter 34

• 1
  Erection and maintenance
  
  
• 2
  Referendum
  
  
• 3
  Proposition printed on ballot; ballot; form and content
  
  
• 4
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 5
  Powers conferred deemed additional
  
  
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• Chapter 34A

• 1
  Counties; authorizations; acquisition of property; construction of facility; raising money; issuance of debt obligations; operation of facility
  
  
• 2
  Establishment as part of county's public parking system; municipal public utility of county
  
  
• 3
  Limitation on period of usefulness
  
  
• 4
  Exemption from taxes and special assessments
  
  
• 5
  Municipalities; powers
  
  
• 6
  Municipalities; authorization; validity and binding effect of obligations and pledges; use by county as security for its bonds or notes
  
  
• 7
  Municipalities; cooperation with county; acquisition of property; provision of services
  
  
• 8
  Authority of municipality to incur expense
  
  
• 9
  Counties; authorization and power for agreements with other governmental agencies
  
  
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• Chapter 35

• 1
  Purposes for which plants may be erected
  
  
• 2
  Operation and supervision
  
  
• 3
  Contracts for services instead of building plants
  
  
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• Chapter 35A

• 1
  Establishment of service and operation of system; resolution or ordinance
  
  
• 2
  Contract with public or private entity
  
  
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• Chapter 37

• 1
  Shade tree commission; freeholders' powers
  
  
• 2
  Commissioners' term lengths; alternates
  
  
• 3
  Organization; officers; salary of secretary
  
  
• 4
  Commissioners serve without compensation; expenses
  
  
• 5
  Powers; regulations; trees on highways; parks
  
  
• 6
  Regulations for protection of trees and shrubbery; penalties
  
  
• 7
  Enforcement of rules and regulations; jurisdiction of courts
  
  
• 8
  Copy of rules as evidence
  
  
• 9
  Disposition of fines
  
  
• 10.1
  Estimated expenditures; purposes; annual appropriation
  
  
• 10.2
  Immunity from liability for death, injury
  
  
• 11
  Limitation of powers
  
  
• 11.1
  Contract with federal agency for occupation and use of property by federal government or agency
  
  
• 11.2
  Contract with municipality or administrator of Public Housing and Development Authority for use of lands for veterans' emergency housing
  
  
• 11.3
  Gifts or trust funds for park purposes; investment
  
  
• 11.4
  Capital improvement fund; investment of moneys
  
  
• 11.5
  Indemnification of park police for costs of defense of civil and criminal actions
  
  
• 11.6
  Abolition of county park police force
  
  
• 12
  Appropriations for park purposes; referendum; petition
  
  
• 13
  Certain counties governed hereby
  
  
• 14
  Amount to be raised annually; determination
  
  
• 15
  Money paid to park authorities
  
  
• 15.2
  Counties having park system established by referendum pursuant to section 40:37-96
  
  
• 16
  Money for construction or improvement of county parks
  
  
• 17
  Acquisition of lands in adjoining county contiguous to county park
  
  
• 17.1
  Joint development and operation of park and recreational facilities by adjoining counties
  
  
• 18
  Rules and regulations effective throughout park; arrests; prosecutions
  
  
• 19
  Commissioners; terms; powers and duties; vacancies
  
  
• 20
  Assistants; limitation of expenditures
  
  
• 21
  Commissioners; appointment; terms; powers and duties; vacancies
  
  
• 22
  Assistants; compensation and expenses
  
  
• 23
  Recreation building
  
  
• 95.1
  Applicable to all counties; inoperative until approved by voters
  
  
• 95.2
  Park commission
  
  
• 95.3
  Commissioners; term
  
  
• 95.4
  Officers; appointees; term; compensation
  
  
• 95.4a
  Counties of second class between 460,000 and 525,000; tenure of employees
  
  
• 95.5
  Powers of commission; records; meetings
  
  
• 95.6
  President; vice-president; secretary; duties; disbursements
  
  
• 95.7
  Appointments of commission; approval by board of chosen freeholders
  
  
• 95.8
  Adverse interest of officer or employee; misdemeanor
  
  
• 95.9
  Office; expenditures; limitation; appropriation of moneys from revenue producing facilities
  
  
• 95.10
  Moneys required to be raised by taxation; bonds
  
  
• 95.10a
  Issuance of bonds or other obligations of county pursuant to Local Bond Law; limitation on amount
  
  
• 95.10b
  Submission of act to voters
  
  
• 95.10c
  Ballots
  
  
• 95.10d
  Operative upon approval of voters by majority vote
  
  
• 95.10e
  Issuance of bonds or other obligations of county pursuant to Local Bond Law; limitation on amount
  
  
• 95.10f
  Submission of act to voters
  
  
• 95.10g
  Ballots
  
  
• 95.10h
  Operative upon approval of voters by majority vote
  
  
• 95.10i
  Bonds or other obligations; issuance; amount
  
  
• 95.10j
  Additional bonds or obligations; issuance for land, improvements or payment of notes; limitations
  
  
• 95.10k
  Submission to and approval by voters
  
  
• 95.10l
  Public question; submission to voters
  
  
• 95.10m
  Majority vote to adopt; operative effect
  
  
• 95.10n
  Additional bonds, obligations for land and improvements for county parks
  
  
• 95.10o
  Submission of question to voters
  
  
• 95.10p
  Adoption of law
  
  
• 95.11
  Depositories
  
  
• 95.12
  Records; annual statements; audits
  
  
• 95.13
  Powers of commission.
  
  
• 95.13a
  County park commissions
  
  
• 95.14
  Right to acquire real estate and other property; grants by franchise, lease or contract
  
  
• 95.15
  Power of eminent domain
  
  
• 95.16
  Surveys; maps
  
  
• 95.17
  Real estate owned by municipality; conveyance to county
  
  
• 95.18
  Roadways; parkways; grade; alteration
  
  
• 95.19
  Sale of land not required for park purposes; auction
  
  
• 95.20
  Vacation of roadways and other ways
  
  
• 95.21
  Rules and regulations; protection of parks; penalties
  
  
• 95.22
  Adoption of act; referendum; notice
  
  
• 95.23
  Ballots
  
  
• 95.24
  Adoption by majority vote; commissioners appointed within 90 days
  
  
• 95.25
  Existing laws relating to county park systems, etc., not repealed
  
  
• 95.26
  Office and expenses of commission
  
  
• 95.27
  Application of act
  
  
• 95.28
  Submission of adoption of act to voters
  
  
• 95.29
  Ballots
  
  
• 95.30
  Adopted law immediately operative
  
  
• 95.31
  Funds for land and improvements; limitation upon obligations
  
  
• 95.32
  Application of act
  
  
• 95.33
  Submission of adoption of act to voters
  
  
• 95.34
  Ballots
  
  
• 95.35
  Adopted act immediately operative
  
  
• 95.36
  Disposition of lands by county park commission; resolution
  
  
• 95.37
  Certification of resolution
  
  
• 95.38
  Use of proceeds
  
  
• 95.39
  Effective date
  
  
• 95.40
  Park police system
  
  
• 95.41
  Powers of park police.
  
  
• 95.42
  Governing body control of county parks
  
  
• 95.43
  Advisory commission
  
  
• 95.44
  Former commissioners
  
  
• 95.45
  Property transfers
  
  
• 95.46
  Employee rights unimpaired
  
  
• 95.47
  Succession of rights, duties
  
  
• 95.48
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 95.49
  Limited applicability
  
  
• 96
  Counties governed hereby; referendum; exception
  
  
• 97
  Commission; appointment; number
  
  
• 97.1
  Continuation of incumbent commissioners in office
  
  
• 98
  Commissioners; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 99
  Commission a body politic; compensation and expenses; oaths
  
  
• 100
  Powers of other park commissioners cease on appointment of commissioners
  
  
• 101
  Establishment and location of parks; acquisition of property; rules and regulations
  
  
• 101.1
  Counties over 200,000 having park commission; annual appropriation for maintenance of parks in certain cases; limitation
  
  
• 101.2
  Manner of appropriating, paying over and expending funds
  
  
• 101.3
  Adoption of sections 40:37-12, 40:37-14 and 40:37-15 not to be submitted within five years after rejection
  
  
• 101.4
  Additional lands; acquisition after lands valued at 35% of tax ratables have been acquired
  
  
• 101.5
  Assessor's certificate that value of lands acquired exceeds 35% value of ratables
  
  
• 101.6
  Appropriation to municipality in lieu of taxes
  
  
• 102
  Surveys and maps of parks; records
  
  
• 103
  Condemnation for parks; law applicable
  
  
• 104
  Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate; exemption from taxation
  
  
• 105
  Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records
  
  
• 106
  Construction and improvement of roadways and paths
  
  
• 107
  Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways
  
  
• 108
  Lines of frontage on new parkways
  
  
• 109
  Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed
  
  
• 110
  Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths
  
  
• 111
  Hearing and notice; view premises; report
  
  
• 112
  Court to hear objections to report; confirmation
  
  
• 113
  Rules of procedure
  
  
• 114
  Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement
  
  
• 115
  Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded
  
  
• 116
  Award collected by suit
  
  
• 117
  Assessments a lien; collection; action at law
  
  
• 118
  Improvement of parkways and boulevards already established; assessments for benefits; appointment of commissioners
  
  
• 119
  Assessments a lien until paid
  
  
• 120
  Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication
  
  
• 121
  Sale for term of years
  
  
• 122
  Adjournment of sale; notice
  
  
• 123
  Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording
  
  
• 124
  Redemption of property sold
  
  
• 125
  Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing
  
  
• 126
  Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste
  
  
• 127
  Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption
  
  
• 128
  Unsold land struck off to commission
  
  
• 129
  Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation
  
  
• 130
  Additional bond issues
  
  
• 130.1
  Additional bond issue for county parks and parkways; total amount; disposition of proceeds
  
  
• 130.2
  Additional bond issue; parks and parkways
  
  
• 131
  Bond; issuance; law applicable; how paid
  
  
• 131.1
  Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds
  
  
• 131.2
  Additional bonds; issuance; maximum amount; proceeds
  
  
• 132
  Amount collected from benefit assessment applied to payment of bonds
  
  
• 132.1
  Moneys received for lands transferred by counties of first class for state highway purposes
  
  
• 132.2
  Moneys received for lands transferred by counties for state highway purposes; release for specific purposes
  
  
• 133
  Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions
  
  
• 134
  Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of
  
  
• 135
  Control of streets or parks transferred to county park commission
  
  
• 136
  Return of control of street to municipality; consent required
  
  
• 137
  Return of control of streets to county or municipality
  
  
• 138
  Return of park lands to city of the first class
  
  
• 139
  Dedication of park lands for public street in certain cases
  
  
• 140
  Dedication of lands for street upon request
  
  
• 141
  Copy of resolution and a map filed
  
  
• 142
  Conveyance of park lands for school purposes in certain cases
  
  
• 143
  Improvement and care of connecting parkways
  
  
• 144
  Contracts for elimination of grade crossings
  
  
• 145
  Use of park property for sewers and wells; contracts
  
  
• 146
  Exchange of real estate for park improvement
  
  
• 146.1
  Sale of real estate at private sale
  
  
• 146.2
  Sale of real estate separated by highway construction from main park; option to purchase by political entities
  
  
• 146.3
  Leases of lands or concessions to highest responsible bidder; term; conditions
  
  
• 147
  Use of parks for games and other purposes
  
  
• 147.1
  Charges for admission to or use of recreational facilities
  
  
• 148
  Officers and employees; appointment and compensation
  
  
• 148.1
  Allocation of offices, positions or employments to classified service without examination; exceptions
  
  
• 148.2
  Passaic county; tenure of employees
  
  
• 151
  Office; records; open to public inspection
  
  
• 152
  Rules and regulations; penalties for violations
  
  
• 153
  Enforcement of rules and regulations; jurisdiction
  
  
• 154
  Park police; establishment; rules and regulations
  
  
• 154.1
  Vacancies in park police system caused by entry into armed forces during war; substitutes
  
  
• 155
  Powers of park police.
  
  
• 156
  Park police; removal; trial; proceedings
  
  
• 156a
  Review of conviction
  
  
• 157
  Park police pension fund; establishment
  
  
• 158
  Control of fund; bond of treasurer; investments
  
  
• 159
  Source of pension fund; assessment of members of force
  
  
• 160
  Additional annual payment to fund
  
  
• 161
  Return of assessments in certain cases; widow's pension
  
  
• 162
  Beneficiaries; amount of pension
  
  
• 163
  Persons entitled to pension; permanent disability; amount
  
  
• 164
  Persons entitled to pension; age and years of service
  
  
• 165
  Widow's pension
  
  
• 166
  Pension of children
  
  
• 167
  Pension to parents
  
  
• 168
  Pensions paid monthly; rules and regulations
  
  
• 168.1
  Group insurance; deductions from salaries
  
  
• 168.2
  Group insurance; payment of part of premiums by commission
  
  
• 168.3
  Exclusion of new members from park police pension or retirement fund by resolution
  
  
• 169
  Referendum; submission at general election; notice
  
  
• 170
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 171
  Results returned and certified; record of
  
  
• 172
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 173
  Delivery of copy of statement and certificate to board of freeholders; appointment of commissioners
  
  
• 174
  Election expenses; payment by county
  
  
• 195
  Counties governed hereby; referendum; exception
  
  
• 196
  Commissioners; appointment, number and qualifications
  
  
• 197
  Commissioners; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 198
  Commission a body politic; compensation and expenses; oaths
  
  
• 199
  Officers and employees; appointment and compensation
  
  
• 200
  Office; records; open to public inspection
  
  
• 201
  Rules and regulations; penalties for violations
  
  
• 201.1
  Powers of commission as to use and enjoyment of parks; franchises; use of proceeds from operation
  
  
• 202
  Park police; establishment; rules and regulations
  
  
• 202.1
  Referendum to determine hours or salaries of county park police
  
  
• 203
  Powers of park police.
  
  
• 204
  Establishment and location of parks; acquisition of property
  
  
• 205
  Lands for parks; lease with option to purchase
  
  
• 206
  Surveys and maps of parks; records
  
  
• 207
  Condemnation for parks; law applicable
  
  
• 208
  Construction of roadways; acquisition of real estate
  
  
• 209
  Survey and map of roadways and boulevards; records
  
  
• 210
  Commission may establish grades; pavement and improvement of roadways
  
  
• 211
  Condemnation for roadways; commissioners appointed; benefits assessed
  
  
• 212
  Commissioners; appointment; duties; oaths
  
  
• 213
  Hearing and notice; view premises; report
  
  
• 214
  Court to hear objections to report; confirmation
  
  
• 215
  Rules of procedure
  
  
• 216
  Compensation of commissioners; expenses; inclusion in cost of improvement
  
  
• 217
  Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded
  
  
• 218
  Award collected by suit
  
  
• 219
  Assessments a lien; collection; action at law
  
  
• 220
  Assessments for benefits; disposition of funds; payment of bonds
  
  
• 221
  Assessments a lien until paid
  
  
• 222
  Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication
  
  
• 223
  Sale for term of years
  
  
• 224
  Adjournment of sale; notice
  
  
• 225
  Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording
  
  
• 226
  Redemption of property sold
  
  
• 227
  Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing
  
  
• 228
  Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste
  
  
• 229
  Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption
  
  
• 230
  Unsold lands struck off to board
  
  
• 231
  Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation
  
  
• 232
  Additional bond issues
  
  
• 233
  Appropriations; action by freeholders
  
  
• 234
  Appropriations for current expenses included in county budget
  
  
• 235
  Bond issues; law applicable; deductions from debt statement
  
  
• 236
  Certain expenses replaced by bond issue; limitation
  
  
• 237
  Amount collected from benefit assessments applied to payment of bonds
  
  
• 238
  Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions
  
  
• 239
  Sale of real estate in certain cases; vacation of roadways
  
  
• 240
  Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of
  
  
• 241
  Transfer of municipal parks and streets to county park commission
  
  
• 242
  Referendum; submission at general election; notice
  
  
• 243
  Ballot, form and content
  
  
• 244
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 245
  Results returned and certified; record of
  
  
• 246
  Clerk to deliver copy to freeholders; appointment of commissioners
  
  
• 247
  Election expenses; payment by county
  
  
• 248
  Petition for submission
  
  
• 249
  Petition; contents
  
  
• 250
  Freeholders choose law to be submitted; notice to county clerk
  
  
• 251
  Ballot; law applicable
  
  
• 252
  Maintenance; annual appropriation
  
  
• 253
  Acquisition and improvement of other lands
  
  
• 254
  Purchase and condemnation of contiguous lands
  
  
• 255
  Surveys and maps
  
  
• 256
  General powers
  
  
• 257
  Condemnation procedure; assessments for benefits; award of damages
  
  
• 258
  Construction of casino, stadium and other structures
  
  
• 259
  Rules and regulations; penalties
  
  
• 260
  Bond issues
  
  
• 261
  Establishment of park police system; composition; rules and regulations
  
  
• 262
  Powers of park police.
  
  
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• Chapter 37A

• 44
  Short title
  
  
• 45
  Definitions.
  
  
• 46
  Creation of authority
  
  
• 47
  Dissolution of authority
  
  
• 47.1
  Legislative determination
  
  
• 48
  Appointment of members; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 49
  Election of officers; terms; appointment of agents and employees
  
  
• 50
  Powers vested in members, quorum; minutes, approval.
  
  
• 51
  Compensation of members; reimbursement for expenses
  
  
• 52
  Ex officio member
  
  
• 53
  Removal of members of authority
  
  
• 54
  Purposes.
  
  
• 55
  Body politic and corporate; powers and duties.
  
  
• 55.1
  Power of authority for purposes of redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas
  
  
• 55.2
  Prevailing wage rate for workers employed on projects with county improvement authority involvement.
  
  
• 55.3
  Exercise of rights, powers or duties.
  
  
• 55.4
  Prevailing wage rules, regulations, adoption by county improvement authority.
  
  
• 55.5
  Inapplicability of C.40:37A-55.2 through C.40:37A-55.4.
  
  
• 56
  Report to governing body; powers limited
  
  
• 57
  Facility charges
  
  
• 58
  Compliance of facility charges with terms of lease or other agreement regarding facility; adjustment of charges
  
  
• 60
  Purpose of issuance; bonds authorized; pledge of contributions or revenue, or real or personal property
  
  
• 61
  Sale of bonds
  
  
• 62
  Filing copy of bond resolution; publication; effect
  
  
• 63
  Covenants and agreements with holders of bonds
  
  
• 64
  Bond provisions
  
  
• 65
  Receivers
  
  
• 66
  Liability on bonds
  
  
• 67
  Negotiability of bonds
  
  
• 68
  Act as complete authority for issuance of bonds
  
  
• 68.1
  Contract or agreement to meet deficiency in revenues; approval
  
  
• 69
  Eminent domain
  
  
• 70
  Declaration of taking; effect
  
  
• 71
  Deposit of estimated compensation
  
  
• 72
  Right of entry and use of land
  
  
• 73
  Service of notice; payment
  
  
• 74
  Abandonment of condemnation proceedings
  
  
• 75
  Additional powers
  
  
• 76
  Actions by municipalities or county
  
  
• 77
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance of, or permit to use, real or personal property of county or municipality
  
  
• 78
  Lease or other agreement with authority to use public facilities
  
  
• 79
  Appropriations by county or municipality
  
  
• 80
  Guaranty of bonds
  
  
• 81
  Pledge or assignment of lease or other agreement to secure bonds of authority
  
  
• 82
  Exemption of property of authority from levy and sale
  
  
• 83
  Payments to municipalities or political subdivisions in lieu of taxes
  
  
• 84
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 85
  Tax exemptions
  
  
• 86
  Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders
  
  
• 87
  Undertakings for deposits of authority
  
  
• 88
  Annual audit
  
  
• 89
  Filing of copy of bond resolution
  
  
• 90
  Construction of act
  
  
• 91
  Severability
  
  
• 92
  Public transportation facility; employees; self-organization
  
  
• 93
  Representation of majority of employees; election
  
  
• 94
  Acquisition of privately-owned transportation system; transfer of employees
  
  
• 95
  Protective conditions and benefits for employees
  
  
• 96
  Labor disputes; arbitration
  
  
• 97
  Authority and power
  
  
• 98
  Authorization to engage in public transportation within and beyond county limits
  
  
• 99
  Authority deemed a public utility; powers and operations
  
  
• 100
  Solid waste disposal systems; applicability of Solid Waste Management Act
  
  
• 101
  Selection of site location for disposal system
  
  
• 102
  Responsibility for selection of final site; approval required
  
  
• 103
  Classification of solid waste facility as public utility
  
  
• 104
  Municipalities; use of facilities
  
  
• 105
  Exclusion of alternate method of solid waste disposal by municipality with contract with county
  
  
• 106
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 107
  Definitions
  
  
• 108
  Powers of authority
  
  
• 109
  Application for loan; forms; contents
  
  
• 110
  Priority in grant of loans; considerations
  
  
• 111
  Terms and conditions of loans
  
  
• 112
  Additional conditions; powers of authority
  
  
• 113
  Eligibility for admission to housing projects; periodic examination of income; removal due to excessive income
  
  
• 114
  Priorities in eligibility for admission
  
  
• 115
  Actions or proceedings; standing of authority; jurisdiction and venue; receiver; reorganizations
  
  
• 116
  Foreclosure action; parties; powers of court; sales
  
  
• 117
  Judgment against qualified housing sponsor not pertaining to foreclosure; written notice to authority
  
  
• 118
  Bonds, bond anticipation notes and other notes and obligations
  
  
• 119
  Resolution authorizing issuance; provisions; inclusion in contract
  
  
• 120
  Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property; validity; lien; recordation
  
  
• 121
  Members of authority or persons executing; nonliability
  
  
• 122
  Purchase; power of authority
  
  
• 123
  Housing finance funds; limitations on issuance of bonds or other obligations
  
  
• 124
  Pledge and agreement of state not to impair rights or remedies of bondholders
  
  
• 125
  Bonds as legal investment and authorized security for public deposits
  
  
• 126
  Tax exemptions; property and revenues of authority; interest and income of bonds
  
  
• 127
  Exemption from execution or other judicial process
  
  
• 128
  Insurance or guarantee of loan; agreement with department or agency of federal government
  
  
• 129
  Insurance or guarantee of bonds or other obligations; agreement with department or agency of federal government
  
  
• 130
  Annual report; audit; contents
  
  
• 131
  Powers of authority
  
  
• 131.1
  Payment in lieu of taxes not to exceed 20% of annual gross revenue; determination of assumed assessed value
  
  
• 132
  Services to authority by units of state and county governments
  
  
• 133
  Discrimination; prohibition; violations; penalty
  
  
• 134
  Broad construction of powers
  
  
• 135
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 37B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Creation of authority; membership; filing and publication of resolution
  
  
• 4
  Dissolution of authority; grounds; filing of resolution
  
  
• 5
  Appointment of members; terms; filling of vacancies
  
  
• 6
  Election of chairman and vice-chairman; appointment of other officers, agents and employees
  
  
• 7
  Vesting of powers; quorum
  
  
• 8
  Compensation and expenses
  
  
• 9
  Unlawful interest in contracts
  
  
• 10
  Purpose of authority
  
  
• 11
  Creation of other authority for same or similar purposes prohibited
  
  
• 12
  Body politic and corporate; powers and duties
  
  
• 13
  Facility charges
  
  
• 14
  Compliance of facility charges with terms of lease or other agreement; adjustment of charges
  
  
• 15
  Issuance of bonds and notes; contents of bond resolution
  
  
• 16
  Purpose of issuance; series bonds; maturity; interest; denominations; execution; redemption; types of bonds
  
  
• 17
  Act as sole authority for issuance of bonds; inapplicability of other laws
  
  
• 18
  Sale of bonds and notes
  
  
• 19
  Bond anticipation notes; sale; report
  
  
• 20
  Public sale of bonds upon sealed proposals; exceptions; deposit; confirmation of private sale
  
  
• 21
  Notice of public bond sale; contents; publication
  
  
• 22
  Terms and conditions of sale
  
  
• 23
  Sale of bonds by treasurer; report
  
  
• 24
  Unlawful acts in issuance or sale of obligations
  
  
• 25
  Failing copy of bond resolution; publication of notice
  
  
• 26
  Covenants with bondholders
  
  
• 27
  Default by authority; appointment of trustee; powers and duties
  
  
• 28
  Appointment of receiver
  
  
• 29
  Negotiability of bonds or other obligations
  
  
• 30
  Liability on bonds
  
  
• 31
  Acquisition of property; eminent domain
  
  
• 32
  Additional powers
  
  
• 33
  Aid and co-operation of counties or municipalities; powers
  
  
• 34
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance of, or permit to use, real or personal property of county or municipality
  
  
• 35
  Appropriation of money by counties or municipalities; loans or donations to authority
  
  
• 36
  Lease by county or municipality for use of public facilities
  
  
• 37
  Mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or other disposal of public facilities
  
  
• 38
  Exemption of property of authority from levy and sale
  
  
• 39
  Annual payments to municipalities in lieu of taxes
  
  
• 40
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 41
  Tax exemption
  
  
• 42
  Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders
  
  
• 43
  Undertaking for deposits of authority
  
  
• 44
  Annual audit
  
  
• 45
  Filing of copy of bond resolution
  
  
• 46
  Construction of act
  
  
• 47
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 37C

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings and declaration
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Industrial pollution control financing authority; purposes; creation by counties; approval; dissolution; filing of resolutions; members; organization
  
  
• 5
  Powers
  
  
• 6
  Sale or lease of facilities; minimum amount of payments or rentals
  
  
• 7
  Inapplicability of chapters 32 to 36 of Title 52
  
  
• 8
  Bonds; issuance; redemption; terms; sale; refunding bonds
  
  
• 9
  Security for principal, interest and premiums
  
  
• 10
  Nonliability of state, political subdivision thereof, county or municipality; guarantee of rights and remedies of bondholders
  
  
• 11
  Certification of facilities; condition precedent to adoption of resolution for authorization for bonds
  
  
• 12
  Tax exemptions
  
  
• 13
  Disposition of facilities after payment and retirement of bonds
  
  
• 14
  Independence of authority
  
  
• 15
  Legal investments; security for public deposits
  
  
• 16
  Powers conferred by act as additional and supplementary
  
  
• 17
  Severability
  
  
• 18
  Annual audit of accounts; filing
  
  
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• Chapter 37D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Creation of county food distribution authority
  
  
• 5
  Powers of authority, general
  
  
• 6
  County food processing and distribution center
  
  
• 7
  Powers of authority relative to highways and lands
  
  
• 8
  Exercise of power of eminent domain
  
  
• 9
  Issuance of bonds, notes
  
  
• 10
  Additional powers of authority relative to bond covenants
  
  
• 11
  Pledges by authority immediately valid, binding
  
  
• 12
  Establishment of additional reserves, funds, accounts
  
  
• 13
  Pledge of State
  
  
• 14
  Investment of funds, moneys in authority bonds
  
  
• 15
  Conveyance of governmental real property to authority
  
  
• 16
  Tax treatment of authority facilities, property, bonds
  
  
• 17
  Annual report to Local Finance Board
  
  
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• Chapter 38

• 6.17
  Repealer
  
  
• 28.1
  Cost of living bonus or longevity program; participation
  
  
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• Chapter 40

• 28.9
  Repeal
  
  
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• Chapter 41A

• 1
  Submission of charter study question
  
  
• 2
  Election of charter study commission
  
  
• 3
  Nominating petitions
  
  
• 4
  Canvass of returns
  
  
• 5
  Organization meeting of commission
  
  
• 6
  Vacancies
  
  
• 7
  Duties of commission
  
  
• 8
  Advisors to the charter study commission
  
  
• 9
  State participation in charter studies
  
  
• 10
  Expenses and compensation of the commission
  
  
• 11
  Dissemination of information
  
  
• 12
  Report and publication of findings
  
  
• 13
  Recommendations
  
  
• 14
  Additional recommendations
  
  
• 15
  Date of charter referendum
  
  
• 16
  Form of the referendum question
  
  
• 17
  Petition for special charter
  
  
• 18
  Discharge of commission
  
  
• 19
  Adoption of optional plan
  
  
• 20
  Petition; contents; filing; election; ballot
  
  
• 21
  Election; time; ballot
  
  
• 22
  Moratorium on other petitions
  
  
• 23
  After adoption or rejection, no vote on change for 3 years
  
  
• 24
  Incorporation
  
  
• 25
  Government of county after adoption of optional plan
  
  
• 26
  General law
  
  
• 27
  County powers generally
  
  
• 28
  Municipal powers
  
  
• 29
  Municipal or regional advisory councils
  
  
• 30
  Grant of powers to county
  
  
• 31
  Form; designation
  
  
• 32
  Elected officers; governing body defined; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county executive
  
  
• 33
  Qualifications, election, term
  
  
• 34
  Salary
  
  
• 35
  County executive, filling of vacancy in office; procedure.
  
  
• 35.1
  Filling of vacancy, interim selection pending election of successor.
  
  
• 36
  Duties
  
  
• 37
  Powers of county executive
  
  
• 38
  Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
  
  
• 39
  Chairman and vice-chairman; selection
  
  
• 40
  County executive at meetings
  
  
• 41
  Board powers
  
  
• 42
  Appointment
  
  
• 43
  Qualifications
  
  
• 44
  Duties
  
  
• 45
  Form; designation
  
  
• 46
  Officers
  
  
• 47
  Qualifications, appointment, term
  
  
• 48
  Salary
  
  
• 49
  Vacancies
  
  
• 50
  Duties
  
  
• 51
  Powers
  
  
• 52
  Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
  
  
• 53
  Chairman and vice-chairman; election; duties
  
  
• 54
  County manager; rights at meetings
  
  
• 55
  Board powers
  
  
• 56
  Appointment
  
  
• 57
  Qualifications
  
  
• 58
  Duties
  
  
• 59
  Form; designation
  
  
• 60
  Elected officers; governing body; definition; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county supervisor
  
  
• 61
  Qualifications, election, term
  
  
• 62
  Salary
  
  
• 63
  Vacancies
  
  
• 64
  Duties
  
  
• 65
  Powers
  
  
• 66
  Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
  
  
• 67
  Board powers
  
  
• 68
  Appointment
  
  
• 69
  Qualifications
  
  
• 70
  Duties
  
  
• 71
  Powers
  
  
• 72
  Form; designation
  
  
• 73
  Elected officers
  
  
• 74
  Qualifications, election, term
  
  
• 75
  Salary
  
  
• 76
  Vacancies
  
  
• 77
  Duties
  
  
• 78
  Powers
  
  
• 79
  Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
  
  
• 80
  President and vice-president; election
  
  
• 81
  Board powers
  
  
• 82
  Appointment
  
  
• 83
  Qualification
  
  
• 84
  Duties
  
  
• 85
  Powers
  
  
• 86
  Separation of powers
  
  
• 87
  Appointments and dismissal; suspension procedure
  
  
• 88
  Elective officers; removal by recall petition and vote
  
  
• 89
  Recall petition
  
  
• 90
  Signatures to recall petition
  
  
• 91
  Notice to officer; recall election; notice of filing of petition
  
  
• 92
  Ballots
  
  
• 93
  Removal of more than one officer
  
  
• 94
  Election of successor; use of recall ballot
  
  
• 95
  Laws governing recall elections; selection of candidate for successor of recalled incumbent
  
  
• 96
  Publication of notices of arrangements for recall elections; conduct
  
  
• 97
  Results of elections
  
  
• 98
  Successor where incumbent resigns or is recalled
  
  
• 99
  Meetings of board; journal
  
  
• 100
  Rules of procedure; quorum; resolutions; compensation
  
  
• 101
  Ordinances
  
  
• 102
  Recording of ordinances and resolutions
  
  
• 103
  Rules and regulations; filing; publication
  
  
• 104
  Petition; percentage of registered voters required
  
  
• 105
  Power of referendum; time for filing petition
  
  
• 106
  Petition papers; affidavits
  
  
• 107
  Filing of petition papers; examination; certification of result
  
  
• 108
  Amendment of initiative or referendum petition
  
  
• 109
  Suspension of ordinance
  
  
• 110
  Submission to board of freeholders
  
  
• 111
  Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition
  
  
• 112
  Referendum election
  
  
• 113
  Number of proposed ordinances voted upon; time between special elections
  
  
• 114
  Publication of ordinance
  
  
• 115
  Ballots
  
  
• 116
  Results of election; conflicting measures
  
  
• 117
  Division of county adopting a district representation system under section 40:41A-14c into districts
  
  
• 118
  District commissioners; certification of boundaries
  
  
• 119
  Meeting of district commissioners; division into districts
  
  
• 120
  Boundaries of districts; population difference
  
  
• 121
  Report and certificate; map
  
  
• 122
  Notice of district boundaries; publication
  
  
• 123
  Adjustments in district boundaries following census
  
  
• 124
  Schedule of installation of optional plan adopted
  
  
• 125
  Adoption of the administrative code
  
  
• 126
  Effective date of administrative code
  
  
• 127
  Existing resolutions remain in force where not inconsistent
  
  
• 128
  Appointments between election and time of taking office under optional plan; pending actions and proceedings
  
  
• 129
  Employees in the classified service
  
  
• 129.1
  Counties of first class; appointment of aides; unclassified service
  
  
• 130
  County administration of civil service
  
  
• 131
  Procedures for establishment of county department of civil service
  
  
• 132
  Fiscal year
  
  
• 133
  Preparation and submission of budget; budgetary process
  
  
• 134
  Scope of budget and message
  
  
• 138
  Appropriation requests; allotments
  
  
• 142
  Person charged; newspapers; qualifications
  
  
• 143
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 144
  Short title
  
  
• 145.1
  Election to fill vacancy on board of chosen freeholders; exception.
  
  
• 145.2
  Interim successor selected by appropriate political party.
  
  
• 145.3
  Selection from floor by county committee
  
  
• 146
  Vacancy of all or majority of offices of members of board; certification to and appointments to temporarily fill by Governor
  
  
• 147
  Appointees; qualifications
  
  
• 148
  Voters empowered to change term of office
  
  
• 149
  First election of board under adopted proposition
  
  
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• Chapter 42

• 1
  Municipality; municipal corporation
  
  
• 2
  Governing body
  
  
• 3
  Construction
  
  
• 4
  Municipalities given fullest powers
  
  
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• Chapter 43

• 1
  Every municipality a body corporate
  
  
• 2
  Records of municipal incorporations prior to March 28, 1930
  
  
• 3
  Records of municipal incorporations after March 28, 1930
  
  
• 4
  Petition for; referendum
  
  
• 5
  Adoption of changed name; copies filed
  
  
• 6
  Effect of change on charter; ordinances
  
  
• 7
  Actions and liabilities unaffected
  
  
• 8
  Corporate title shortened
  
  
• 9
  When effective; actions and liabilities unaffected; resolution published
  
  
• 9.1
  No proceedings for new charter or form of government while other proceedings pending
  
  
• 10
  Acquisition of property and liabilities; apportionment
  
  
• 11
  Officers continued; new government established
  
  
• 12
  Substitution of parties in legal action
  
  
• 13
  Taxes and assessments; enforcement and collection
  
  
• 14
  Election districts; election procedure
  
  
• 15
  Division into wards
  
  
• 16
  Organization of newly elected officers
  
  
• 17
  Joint committee to divide property; appointment
  
  
• 18
  Joint meeting; property and indebtedness apportioned
  
  
• 19
  Quorum; procedure; clerk appointed
  
  
• 20
  Joint committee; powers; subpoenas
  
  
• 21
  Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached
  
  
• 21.1
  Refunding pro rata share of indebtedness
  
  
• 22
  Dissolution of municipality
  
  
• 23
  Officers of old municipality residing in new municipality; how affected
  
  
• 24
  Special acts repealed on incorporation; rights thereunder unaffected
  
  
• 25
  Real estate includes sewers; indebtedness for; neither considered in apportionment
  
  
• 25.1
  Newly created municipalities may adopt by reference ordinances of municipality of which it was a part
  
  
• 25.2
  Adoption of ordinances by reference; procedure
  
  
• 64.1
  Consolidation of borough under jurisdiction of Local Government Board with township not so functioning; release
  
  
• 64.2
  Release of consolidating borough from liability to county for delinquent taxes; approval
  
  
• 64.3
  Transfer of property and rights to township; liabilities; offices; adjustments
  
  
• 65
  Consolidation of boroughs or other municipalities with cities lying in different counties
  
  
• 66.35
  Short title
  
  
• 66.36
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 66.37
  Definitions
  
  
• 66.38
  Authorization
  
  
• 66.39
  Proposal for formation of joint municipal consolidation study commission.
  
  
• 66.40
  Petition for formation of joint municipal consolidation study commission; certification of sufficiency; transmittal
  
  
• 66.41
  Question of forming consolidation commission submitted to voters; alternative methods.
  
  
• 66.42
  Election of members of consolidation commission.
  
  
• 66.43
  Qualifications of candidates of consolidation commission.
  
  
• 66.45
  Membership of joint municipal consolidation study commission.
  
  
• 66.46
  Certification of election results
  
  
• 66.47
  Appointment of commissioner's representative.
  
  
• 66.48
  Organization, meeting of consolidation commission.
  
  
• 66.49
  Vacancies
  
  
• 66.50
  Duties and function; report of findings and recommendations
  
  
• 66.51
  Meetings and hearings; application of Open Public Meetings Act; subpenas
  
  
• 66.52
  Compensation of members; reimbursement of expenses
  
  
• 66.53
  Budget; apportionment among municipalities; acceptance of aid; facilities and employees; audit
  
  
• 66.54
  Study of fiscal aspects of proposed consolidation.
  
  
• 66.56
  Filing of final report, recommendations.
  
  
• 66.57
  Discharge of commission
  
  
• 66.58
  Recommendations in final report
  
  
• 66.59
  Referendum
  
  
• 66.60
  Special charter; petition to legislature upon approval of plan by voters
  
  
• 66.61
  Prohibition on creation of joint municipal consolidation study commission while proceedings pending.
  
  
• 66.62
  Vote necessary
  
  
• 66.63
  Consolidation of municipalities; election of officers; date of consolidation; ward boundaries; election district boundaries
  
  
• 66.64
  New corporate entity; adoption of ordinances by resolution; notice; publication; application of general laws of state
  
  
• 66.65
  Succession in government
  
  
• 66.66
  Cooperation of officers and employees of participating municipalities
  
  
• 66.67
  Transfer of funds and property; tax levy for property subject to separate taxation
  
  
• 66.68
  Officers and appointees of governing body of participating municipalities; termination of office
  
  
• 66.69
  Legal proceedings
  
  
• 66.70
  Debt obligations and bond issues
  
  
• 66.71
  Permits, licenses and franchises
  
  
• 66.72
  Succession in school districts
  
  
• 66.73
  Principals, teachers and employees in public schools
  
  
• 66.74
  Members of school boards of education
  
  
• 66.75
  Officers and employees
  
  
• 66.76
  Joint service program grant; application; limitations
  
  
• 66.77
  Liberal construction of act; severability
  
  
• 66.78
  Findings, declarations relative to consolidation of sparsely populated municipalities
  
  
• 66.79
  Definitions
  
  
• 66.80
  Ordinance proposing municipality's consolidation; consent
  
  
• 66.81
  Question of consolidation submitted to voters
  
  
• 66.82
  Meeting with mayors; timetable of consolidation
  
  
• 66.83
  Effects of consolidation
  
  
• 66.84
  Tuition, transportation costs of students on federal property
  
  
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• Chapter 44

• 9
  Short title
  
  
• 10
  Application to and governance of municipalities divided into wards
  
  
• 11
  Division into wards by ward commissioners
  
  
• 12
  Compensation of ward commissioners, assistance
  
  
• 13
  Meetings; oath; division into wards or change in boundaries
  
  
• 14
  Boundaries; requirements
  
  
• 15
  Report on ward boundaries; certification; filing
  
  
• 16
  Publication of notice of ward boundaries.
  
  
• 17
  Adjustment of boundaries; continuance in office of elected officers
  
  
• 18
  Inapplicability of act to wards or ward boundaries existing on January 12, 1982
  
  
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• Chapter 45

• 1
  When held; law applicable
  
  
• 2
  Section 40:45-1 inapplicable in certain cases
  
  
• 3
  Time for holding; publication and notice; procedure
  
  
• 4
  Time for holding district elections; school districts unaffected
  
  
• 5
  Short title
  
  
• 6
  Application of act.
  
  
• 7
  Regular municipal elections; date; place; conduct; change; election officers.
  
  
• 7.1
  Municipal elections, certain, change of date permitted.
  
  
• 7.2
  Arranging ballots for general election.
  
  
• 8
  Petitions of nomination.
  
  
• 9
  Individual certificates of nomination.
  
  
• 10
  Designation of candidate on ballot
  
  
• 10.1
  Designation of committee on vacancies
  
  
• 11
  Nomination for one office only
  
  
• 12
  Order of names of candidates on ballot; drawing lots
  
  
• 13
  Publication of names of candidates
  
  
• 14
  Persons with same name; statement of identification on ballot
  
  
• 15
  Ballots; printing and authentication; contents; delivery.
  
  
• 16
  Count of ballots; statement of returns; canvass
  
  
• 17
  Number of votes for election; commencement of term of office.
  
  
• 18
  Municipalities with run-off elections; election of councilmen-at-large or commissioners or village trustees with less than majority of votes
  
  
• 19
  Run-off elections; votes necessary for election.
  
  
• 20
  Continuation of provisions for run-off elections
  
  
• 21
  Run-off elections; adoption or abandonment of provisions; submission by ordinance or petition to voters; vote necessary
  
  
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• Chapter 45A

• 1
  Date, time of annual organization, reorganization meeting.
  
  
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• Chapter 46

• 39
  Optional Municipal Key Positions Law; short title
  
  
• 40
  Adoption of act
  
  
• 41
  Definitions
  
  
• 42
  Certificate of qualification
  
  
• 43
  Committee on Certification of Local Officers
  
  
• 44
  Duties; standards of proficiency; certificates of qualification; training programs
  
  
• 45
  Examination of applicants; certificates of qualification
  
  
• 46
  Powers of committee
  
  
• 47
  Delegation of powers and duties; information and assistance; examination fees
  
  
• 48
  Form of tests
  
  
• 49
  Offenses
  
  
• 50
  Exemption of positions from provisions of act
  
  
• 51
  Retirement at 70 or for disability
  
  
• 52
  Adoption of act
  
  
• 53
  Act operative on favorable vote
  
  
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• Chapter 47

• 4.6
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 4.7
  Temporary appointment; maximum period; qualifications
  
  
• 4.8
  Nature of act; limitation on appointments
  
  
• 11.1
  Reappointment of former member
  
  
• 11.2
  Reinstatement into pension system
  
  
• 12
  Effect of annexation in certain cases on tenure
  
  
• 20.9
  Validation of appointment of policemen appointed when less than 21 years of age
  
  
• 20.10
  Validation of appointment of policemen exceeding maximum age
  
  
• 20.11
  Eligibility of appointee, after confirmation of appointment, to police and firemen's retirement system
  
  
• 20.12
  Appointment of chief of police exceeding maximum age and lacking residence qualifications
  
  
• 51
  Paid fire departments in certain municipalities; fire commissioners
  
  
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• Chapter 47A

• 1.1
  Emergency; definition
  
  
• 5.1
  Reimbursement; amount
  
  
• 7
  Rules and regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 48

• 1
  Ordinances; general purpose.
  
  
• 1.1
  Removal or demolition of hazardous buildings; recovery of costs
  
  
• 1.2
  Enactment of ordinance prohibiting possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages by underaged person on private property, permitted.
  
  
• 1.2a
  Immunity from prosecution; certain circumstances.
  
  
• 1.3
  Holding DUI arrestees in protective custody, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 1.4
  Criminal history record check requested by municipality, authority for.
  
  
• 2
  Other necessary and proper ordinances
  
  
• 2.1
  Opening and closing of beauty parlors; penalties
  
  
• 2.2
  Beauty culture, what included in term
  
  
• 2.3
  Unfit buildings in municipalities; exercise of police power authorized
  
  
• 2.3a
  Repair, demolition of damaged buildings
  
  
• 2.4
  Terms defined
  
  
• 2.5
  Repair, closing or demolition; ordinance; authorization for order of public officer; summary proceedings to demolish unsafe building
  
  
• 2.5a
  Building deemed unfit for human habitation, occupancy, use; repairing, demolition
  
  
• 2.5b
  Designation of "Emergency Demolition Fund", acceptance of funds therefor
  
  
• 2.6
  Standards
  
  
• 2.7
  Service of complaints and orders
  
  
• 2.8
  Remedies
  
  
• 2.9
  Additional powers of public officer
  
  
• 2.10
  Administration of ordinance
  
  
• 2.11
  Supplemental nature of act
  
  
• 2.12
  Severability
  
  
• 2.12a
  Authority of municipality to regulate buildings and structures and their use and occupancy
  
  
• 2.12a1
  Inspection of buildings; ordinance; inapplicability of exemption in Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law
  
  
• 2.12b
  Additional authority
  
  
• 2.12c
  Registration of owners of buildings and structures occupied by two or more families
  
  
• 2.12d
  Service of notices
  
  
• 2.12e
  Collection of fines and penalties
  
  
• 2.12f
  Abatement of nuisance, correction of defect, etc., by municipality; lien against premises
  
  
• 2.12g
  Appointment of custodian by municipality; powers and duties; compensation
  
  
• 2.12m
  Residential rental property; certificate of inspection or occupancy prior to new occupancy; authorization for ordinance
  
  
• 2.12n
  Findings, determinations, declarations.
  
  
• 2.12o
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2.12p
  Ordinance holding landlords to standards of responsibility.
  
  
• 2.12q
  Provisions of ordinance on rentals.
  
  
• 2.12r
  Complaints, proceedings against landlord, recovery from tenant.
  
  
• 2.13
  Removal, destruction of brush, weeds, debris, etc.; ordinance authorized
  
  
• 2.13a
  Municipal ordinance requiring solid waste removal
  
  
• 2.14
  Cost for removal; lien
  
  
• 2.16
  Monument, memorial to commemorate service of armed forces.
  
  
• 2.17
  Expenditures; duly sworn claim required
  
  
• 2.26
  Brush and hedges near roadways and intersections, cutting of
  
  
• 2.27
  Cost of cutting brush and hedges; charging against lands; lien
  
  
• 2.28
  Fire prevention ordinances authorized
  
  
• 2.29
  Designation of enforcement officials; right of entry for inspection purposes; educational program relating to space heaters
  
  
• 2.30
  Ordinance to provide what constitutes a nuisance.
  
  
• 2.31
  Discovery of nuisances; written notice to remove or abate
  
  
• 2.32
  Inspection contracts with volunteer fire companies; agents of municipality
  
  
• 2.33
  Refusal to permit inspection; continuance of nuisances; penalties
  
  
• 2.39
  Licensed premises for retail sale of alcoholic beverages; purchase or condemnation; retirement of license
  
  
• 2.40
  Alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses; reduction of number
  
  
• 2.41
  Maximum amount payable for transfer to municipality; limitation on reduction; reissuance
  
  
• 2.42
  Increase in annual license fees; disposition of proceeds
  
  
• 2.43
  Indebtedness to finance retirement of licenses
  
  
• 2.45
  Effect of act upon section 40:48-2.39
  
  
• 2.46
  Traffic and parking of vehicles in public parking yards and parking places; regulation
  
  
• 2.47
  Snow and ice removal from private street open to public; penalties; taxation of costs of removal by municipality; lien
  
  
• 2.48
  Real property of camp meeting association; sanitary sewerage facilities; assessment
  
  
• 2.49
  Regulation of operators engaged in removal of motor vehicles.
  
  
• 2.50
  Fee limits
  
  
• 2.51
  Penalty for violation of fee limits
  
  
• 2.52
  Definitions relative to adoption of curfew ordinances for juveniles.
  
  
• 2.53
  Address registration by certain property owners required; "real property" defined
  
  
• 2.54
  Model schedule of towing, storage services adopted by municipality, county.
  
  
• 2.56
  Recreation trust fund, creation, use
  
  
• 2.57
  Municipal remediation ordinances, inapplicability to sites under DEP oversight.
  
  
• 2.58
  Municipality prohibited from limiting, prohibiting display of U.S. flag, yellow ribbons, signs in support of troops
  
  
• 2.59
  Municipal powers to abate graffiti.
  
  
• 2.60
  Definitions relative to charitable clothing bins.
  
  
• 2.61
  Requirements for placement, use of clothing bin for solicitation purposes.
  
  
• 2.62
  Receipt, investigation of complaints relative to donation clothing bin.
  
  
• 2.63
  Additional penalties, remedies.
  
  
• 2.64
  Effective date; applicability.
  
  
• 2.65
  Definitions; impoundment of shopping carts by municipalities.
  
  
• 3
  Power to do work where owner refuses; procedure
  
  
• 4
  Plants or facilities for public use or benefit
  
  
• 4.1
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 4.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 4.3
  Municipalities between 200,000 and 300,000; contracts with motor bus carriers; reduced fares for senior citizens
  
  
• 4.4
  Contracts; conditions, terms and provisions
  
  
• 4.5
  Payments to motor bus carrier
  
  
• 4.6
  Rules and regulations; investigations; access to property, books, records, or documents
  
  
• 4.7
  Appropriations by municipality; application for and receipt of grants from other sources
  
  
• 4.8
  Exemption from regulation and jurisdiction of board of public utility commissioners
  
  
• 4.9
  Municipalities between 103,000 and 125,000; grants for ambulance or emergency rescue services
  
  
• 4.10
  Findings, declarations.
  
  
• 4.11
  Senior, handicapped citizens defined
  
  
• 4.12
  Municipalities to provide service
  
  
• 4.13
  Not used for hire
  
  
• 5
  Private contracts generally
  
  
• 5a
  Contract for collection services between municipality, private entity.
  
  
• 5.1
  Contracts with humane societies where no pound established; advertisement unnecessary
  
  
• 5.2
  Contracts for separation of grades at railroad crossings
  
  
• 5.3
  Exhibitions of products and industries; poultry or agricultural exhibitions
  
  
• 5.4
  Celebration of public event, anniversary or holiday
  
  
• 5.9
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 5.10
  Amendment of permission granted by municipality to comply with federal regulations
  
  
• 5.11
  Right of municipality to grant permission for interconnection of systems in operation prior to June 17, 1971
  
  
• 6
  Records kept and business conducted in municipal building; vaults
  
  
• 7
  Power of taxation; generally
  
  
• 7.1
  Tax credit for properties with service charges payable to other municipality
  
  
• 8.15
  Retail sales tax in fourth class cities
  
  
• 8.16
  Tax act definitions
  
  
• 8.16a
  Definitions
  
  
• 8.17
  Maximum tax rates
  
  
• 8.18
  Exemptions from sales tax
  
  
• 8.19
  Collection of sales tax; penalties
  
  
• 8.20
  Ordinance; provisions required
  
  
• 8.21
  Disposition of sales taxes
  
  
• 8.21a
  Convention hall facility; operating deficiency; payment from tax revenues; limitations; conditions
  
  
• 8.22
  Territorial limits of sales tax
  
  
• 8.23
  Sales originating or consummated outside city
  
  
• 8.24
  Nonresidents
  
  
• 8.25
  Referendum
  
  
• 8.25a
  Ordinance to adopt provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act; referendum not necessary
  
  
• 8.25b
  Ordinance and referendum adopting provisions of act; approval by voters
  
  
• 8.26
  Ballots for referendum election
  
  
• 8.27
  Duration of sales tax ordinance
  
  
• 8.28
  Cost of referendum election
  
  
• 8.29
  Ordinance operative without referendum; validity of ordinance to protect bondholders
  
  
• 8.29a
  Ordinances; adoption of supplementary act; operative without voter approval; covenant not to reduce or repeal tax
  
  
• 8.30
  Fund for repository of moneys paid to state treasurer
  
  
• 8.30a
  Use of revenues
  
  
• 8.31
  Deposit of revenues; dedication and pledge
  
  
• 8.32
  Deposit of revenues in fund; disposition
  
  
• 8.33
  Issuance of notes or bonds for authorized facility in eligible municipality or revolving fund by county improvement authority; review and approval by local finance board; filing; conditions; report on tax revenues
  
  
• 8.33a
  Bonds, notes, or lease for convention hall facility; report after issuance; notice to director of division of local government services; certification; payment
  
  
• 8.34
  Resolution of county improvement authority; certification by endorsement by director of division of local government services
  
  
• 8.35
  Approval and resolution; submission to state treasurer
  
  
• 8.36
  Application for change in maturity schedule of bonds
  
  
• 8.37
  Recitals in bonds and notes; limitation on maturity
  
  
• 8.38
  Issuance of notes in anticipation of issuance of permanent bonds
  
  
• 8.39
  Certification of amounts for annual debt service and reserve fund and paying agent; conclusiveness; payment of deficiency
  
  
• 8.40
  Payments from fund to paying agents; limitations on use
  
  
• 8.42
  Bank or trust company as paying agent
  
  
• 8.43
  Pledge or dedication of revenues, moneys or funds held by state treasurer; validity; lien
  
  
• 8.44
  Eligible municipality defined
  
  
• 8.45
  Definitions
  
  
• 8.46
  Promotional fees
  
  
• 8.47
  Proceeds from promotional fees
  
  
• 8.48
  Fees adopted by resolution
  
  
• 8.49
  Fees; collection, administration
  
  
• 9
  Appropriations to civil war organizations; purposes
  
  
• 9.1
  Appropriations for expenses of war price and rationing boards; validation of appropriations made
  
  
• 9.4
  Contributions to nonprofit corporation operating senior citizens center
  
  
• 9.4a
  Annual appropriation to nonprofit organizations for treatment and rehabilitation of certain persons.
  
  
• 9.4b
  Account of expenditure of funds
  
  
• 9.10
  Snow and ice removal; first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association or volunteer fire companies premises
  
  
• 9.11
  Cost of snow and ice removal; option of municipality
  
  
• 9.12
  Historic place or site; expenditure of federal aid to preserve or rehabilitate
  
  
• 9.13
  Municipality with nuclear-powered electric generating facility; appropriation and grant to county or other municipality
  
  
• 9.14
  Appropriations by municipality authorized
  
  
• 9.15
  Findings, declarations relative to disaster relief funding programs; authorization of grant programs.
  
  
• 17.1
  Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts; use for school purposes; budget
  
  
• 17.2
  Repeal
  
  
• 17.3
  Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts; use for school purposes; budget
  
  
• 17.5
  Financing project; bonds; use of proceeds to repay federal advances
  
  
• 17.6
  Definitions
  
  
• 17.7
  Establishment of special reserve accounts for school building construction; transfer of funds
  
  
• 17.8
  Transfer of funds to school district
  
  
• 18
  Joint municipal and county work; referendum when a public utility
  
  
• 19
  Joint contract for work; amendments
  
  
• 20
  Joint acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment; officers and employees
  
  
• 21
  Financing joint project
  
  
• 22
  Organization of municipalities for mutual welfare; officers
  
  
• 23
  Representation in joint organization; contribution to support; representative's expenses
  
  
• 24
  Special meetings of governing body
  
  
• 25
  Municipal investigation committees; power to issue subpoenas; service of
  
  
• 26
  Refusal of witness to testify; punishment by Superior Court
  
  
• 28
  Oaths administered; perjury
  
  
• 29
  Fees and mileage
  
  
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• Chapter 48A

• 1
  Acquisition, construction and maintenance of public improvements, works, etc. within grounds of certain camp meeting associations
  
  
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• Chapter 48B

• 1.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2.1
  Joint meetings; powers and authority
  
  
• 4.1
  Contracts for joint provision of law enforcement services
  
  
• 4.2
  Merging of bargaining units
  
  
• 14
  Office of joint municipal tax assessor; establishment
  
  
• 15
  Appointment of joint municipal tax assessor, personnel; apportionment of operating costs
  
  
• 16
  Term; reappointment; removal
  
  
• 17
  Assessors holding office on effective date of this act
  
  
• 18
  Employees deemed employees of municipality having largest apportionment valuation on effective date of act
  
  
• 19
  Function of assessor; records
  
  
• 20
  Termination of joint agreement
  
  
• 21
  Applicability of Consolidated Municipal Service Act
  
  
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• Chapter 48C

• 1
  Imposition of taxes
  
  
• 1.2
  Imposition of tax, surcharge by certain municipalities.
  
  
• 1.3
  Parking tax, surcharge, certain municipalities.
  
  
• 2
  Short title
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Authorization; rate
  
  
• 5
  Alcoholic beverage tax
  
  
• 6
  Parking tax; special event parking tax surcharge.
  
  
• 7
  Collection of taxes, surcharges, liability of collector; payment to municipality.
  
  
• 14
  Definitions; employer; payroll
  
  
• 15
  Authorization; rate
  
  
• 16
  Ordinance; contents
  
  
• 17
  Exemption of non-profit corporations or associations
  
  
• 18
  Liability of employer to only one municipality
  
  
• 19
  Imposition of municipal payroll tax.
  
  
• 34
  Ordinances; contents; payment to municipality; use of funds; effective date of imposition of tax
  
  
• 35
  Tax as debt of taxpayer; action for collection; limitation of action
  
  
• 36
  Issuance of certificate of indebtedness
  
  
• 37
  Interest and penalties on unpaid tax
  
  
• 38
  Appeal of determination of liability
  
  
• 39
  Failure to make report or allow inspection; failure to disclose amount due
  
  
• 40
  Copy of ordinance to state officers
  
  
• 41
  Tax exemption; religious, charitable or educational institutions or organizations
  
  
• 42
  Inapplicability of exemption for parking taxes to certain State entities
  
  
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• Chapter 48E

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Hotel defined
  
  
• 3
  Additional tax may be imposed
  
  
• 4
  Collection; personal liability of collector; no separate charge or statement to customer of refund; prohibition; remission to chief fiscal officer; enforcement
  
  
• 5
  Hotel owners, tax payments; calculation, refund.
  
  
• 6
  Tax in addition to sales and use tax
  
  
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• Chapter 48F

• 1
  Hotel, motel tax authorized, certain.
  
  
• 2
  Provisions contained in ordinance.
  
  
• 3
  Collection of tax.
  
  
• 4
  Forwarding of tax collected.
  
  
• 5
  Collection, administration of tax.
  
  
• 6
  Written notification of nonpayment of taxes; actions of municipality.
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 48G

• 1
  Definitions relative to surcharge on admission charges at certain major places of amusement; authorization, contents of ordinance.
  
  
• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
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• Chapter 48H

• 1
  Tax on motor vehicle rentals to finance redevelopment activities.
  
  
• 2
  Municipalities permitted to impose tax on rental of motor vehicles; definitions.
  
  
• 3
  Tax proceeds anticipated as dedicated revenues; appropriation.
  
  
• 4
  Noncompliance; disorderly person.
  
  
• 5
  Assignment of proceeds to trustee.
  
  
• 6
  Issuance of bonds.
  
  
• 7
  Bond proceeds, certain, exempt from taxation.
  
  
• 8
  Covenant of State with bondholders.
  
  
• 9
  Bonds, notes, obligations presumed fully authorized.
  
  
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• Chapter 49

• 1
  "Ordinance" and "resolution" defined
  
  
• 2
  Procedure for passage; "governing body" defined
  
  
• 2.1
  Land use ordinances; publication; transmittal to tax assessor
  
  
• 3
  Ordinances in effect in 1917 unaffected
  
  
• 4
  Revision and codification of ordinances
  
  
• 5
  Penalties for violations of municipal ordinances.
  
  
• 5.1
  Enactment of code by reference
  
  
• 5.2
  Publication of rules and regulations unnecessary, when
  
  
• 5.3
  Copy of code annexed to ordinance considered part of ordinance
  
  
• 6
  Publication and notice
  
  
• 7
  Objections to improvement; passage over protest
  
  
• 8
  Review
  
  
• 9
  When operative; objections to passage; referendum and notice thereof
  
  
• 10
  Time of election; special election; ballot
  
  
• 11
  Result of election; resolution; publication
  
  
• 12
  Referendum unnecessary in certain cases
  
  
• 13
  Alternative procedure
  
  
• 14
  Reference to officer making assessments; map prepared
  
  
• 15
  Estimate of damages and expenses
  
  
• 16
  Hearing and notice; assessments proportionate to benefits
  
  
• 17
  Assessors' report; filing
  
  
• 18
  Filing of report; hearing; notice of hearing
  
  
• 19
  Publication; notice mailed to owners
  
  
• 20
  Hearing to persons interested
  
  
• 21
  Awards for damages readjusted; ordinance amended
  
  
• 22
  Corrections to report; entry on minutes; certification
  
  
• 23
  Republication of ordinance
  
  
• 24
  Objections to street improvement; passage over objections
  
  
• 25
  Review
  
  
• 26
  Procedure after passage of ordinance
  
  
• 27
  Debt-authorization referendum procedure
  
  
• 27a
  Signatures
  
  
• 27b
  Certification of petition
  
  
• 27c
  Notice of election.
  
  
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• Chapter 50

• 14
  Water supply and sewerage contracts; abrogation by ordinance
  
  
• 15
  Purchases approved by voters
  
  
• 16
  Host community benefit agreements.
  
  
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• Chapter 52

• 1
  Power to license and regulate
  
  
• 1.1
  Proof of compliance with section 34:15-71 required; revocation of license for failure
  
  
• 1.2
  Delinquent property taxes; revocation, suspension of license
  
  
• 1.3
  Sales tax certificate required for licensing of certain vendors
  
  
• 2
  License fees fixed; penalties
  
  
• 4
  Licensing persons selling produce at public markets; fee for producers
  
  
• 7
  Additional assessments
  
  
• 8
  Creation of fund
  
  
• 9
  Definitions
  
  
• 10
  Licensing of rooming, boarding houses.
  
  
• 11
  Operation of rooming, boarding house, license required
  
  
• 12
  Application for license; fees
  
  
• 13
  Conditions for licensure.
  
  
• 14
  Conditions for refusing license, public hearing
  
  
• 15
  Issuance, renewal of license
  
  
• 16
  Revocation, non-renewal of license.
  
  
• 17
  Refusal to grant, renew license; appeal
  
  
• 18
  Licensing authority, establishment of rooming and boarding house site licensing board
  
  
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• Chapter 53

• 1
  Official newspaper designated
  
  
• 2
  Public notices generally; publication
  
  
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• Chapter 54

• 1
  Establishment; chapter applicable to libraries established under other laws
  
  
• 2
  Referendum
  
  
• 3
  Referendum; notice
  
  
• 4
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 5
  Election returns
  
  
• 6
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 7
  Rejection of proposition; second election
  
  
• 8
  Library tax.
  
  
• 8.1
  Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.
  
  
• 9
  Trustees; number, appointment and term; alternates
  
  
• 10
  Vacancies; how filled
  
  
• 11
  Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing
  
  
• 12
  Powers of board.
  
  
• 12.1
  Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids
  
  
• 12.2
  Free public library administrators, duties
  
  
• 13
  Trustees; treasurer; bond and duties
  
  
• 14
  Trustees; compensation; limitation on amount of indebtedness
  
  
• 15
  Annual report, identification of excess funds to municipality, transfer procedure.
  
  
• 16
  Appropriation for furnishing
  
  
• 17
  Fines expended for library purposes
  
  
• 17.1
  Moneys from operation of photocopy machines
  
  
• 18
  Use of money paid by library to municipal treasury
  
  
• 19
  Devises and bequests to trustees
  
  
• 19.1
  Loan of funds received as gift or bequest
  
  
• 19.2
  Strict compliance with law in making loans required
  
  
• 19.3
  Investment of funds; regulation of bonds or securities
  
  
• 19.4
  Custody of securities; report; minutes
  
  
• 19.5
  Income from investments
  
  
• 20
  Gifts of works of art; acceptance and maintenance
  
  
• 21
  Acceptance of conditional gifts generally
  
  
• 22
  Custodian of gifts; expenditure
  
  
• 23
  Municipalities may furnish site where buildings are offered; amount
  
  
• 24
  Purchase of site; title
  
  
• 25
  Lands and buildings; purchase and alteration; financing; title
  
  
• 26
  Bond issues
  
  
• 27
  Redemption of bonds
  
  
• 28
  Acquisition of lands by condemnation
  
  
• 29
  Transfer of books to library
  
  
• 29.3
  Joint free public libraries
  
  
• 29.4
  Apportionment of appropriations
  
  
• 29.5
  Joint library agreement, filing.
  
  
• 29.6
  Notification of governing bodies after adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters
  
  
• 29.7
  Form of ballot
  
  
• 29.8
  Approval of resolution
  
  
• 29.9
  Amendment of joint library agreement; approval by ordinance
  
  
• 29.10
  Joint library trustees
  
  
• 29.11
  Termination of boards of trustees of free public libraries of participating municipalities; assets and obligations
  
  
• 29.12
  Board of trustees as body corporate; name
  
  
• 29.13
  Board of trustees
  
  
• 29.13a
  Joint free public library administrators, duties
  
  
• 29.14
  Disbursing officer
  
  
• 29.15
  Employees
  
  
• 29.16
  Certification of sum needed for operation of joint library; apportionment.
  
  
• 29.17
  Raising of sum needed, quarterly payments.
  
  
• 29.18
  Capital improvements; certification of sums needed; apportionment of costs
  
  
• 29.19
  Appropriation for capital improvements; borrowing
  
  
• 29.20
  Consent to capital improvements; expenditures
  
  
• 29.21
  Title to realty
  
  
• 29.22
  Discontinuance of participation in joint library; notice; joint meeting of governing bodies
  
  
• 29.23
  Discontinuance.
  
  
• 29.24
  Discontinuance; form of ballot
  
  
• 29.25
  Discontinuance; effect of majority approval; participation in joint library by remaining municipalities
  
  
• 29.26
  Repeal
  
  
• 35
  Library funds
  
  
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• Chapter 54A

• 1
  Authorization to create seaquarium authority; name
  
  
• 2
  Appointment of members; qualifications; terms; vacancies; conflict of interest; oath; compensation; officers; quorum; bonds
  
  
• 3
  Employees and assistants; compensation; selection; civil service; offices; records
  
  
• 4
  Duty of authority
  
  
• 5
  General powers
  
  
• 6
  Resolution of governing body; investigation and report by authority
  
  
• 7
  Tolls, rents, fees, etc.
  
  
• 8
  Compliance of charges with terms of lease or other agreement; adjustment of rates; basis
  
  
• 9
  Acquisition of realty; manner; eminent domain
  
  
• 10
  Competition with public utility prohibited
  
  
• 11
  Annual report of authority; rights and powers of municipality; appropriations; use of funds; budget; record of accounts
  
  
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• Chapter 54C

• 1
  Tourist development commission; creation by ordinance; members; term of office; vacancies; service without compensation
  
  
• 2
  Organization, regulation of commission
  
  
• 3
  Disbursement authority
  
  
• 4
  Records; reports; disbursements not in accordance with purpose of act
  
  
• 4.1
  Custodian
  
  
• 5
  Joint action with other commission
  
  
• 6
  Advertisements exempt from public bidding
  
  
• 7
  Authority of commission
  
  
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• Chapter 54D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, determinations relative to tourism improvement and development
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to tourism improvement and development.
  
  
• 4
  Tourism improvement and development districts
  
  
• 5
  Exemptions from taxation
  
  
• 6
  Collection, administration of tax, assessment; determination, certification of revenues
  
  
• 7
  Contents of ordinance
  
  
• 8
  Applicability of tax imposed
  
  
• 9
  Forwarding of tax, assessment collected, filing returns; vendor liability.
  
  
• 10
  "State Tax Uniform Procedure Law" applicable
  
  
• 11
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 12
  Revenues deposited in funds
  
  
• 13
  Reserve fund created.
  
  
• 14
  Application of fund.
  
  
• 14.1
  Tourism assessment funds; use
  
  
• 15
  Imposition of tourism development fee
  
  
• 16
  Payment of fee
  
  
• 17
  Remitting, reporting of fees paid, appropriation to authority
  
  
• 18
  "The Tourism Improvement and Development Authority."
  
  
• 19
  Dissolution of authority.
  
  
• 20
  Appointment of members.
  
  
• 21
  Public purpose of authority.
  
  
• 21.1
  Entrance into a marketing partnership; qualified business, authority
  
  
• 22
  Applicability of "Local Public Contracts Law."
  
  
• 23
  Maintenance of projects.
  
  
• 24
  Eminent domain
  
  
• 25
  Issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 25.1
  Transfer of assets, obligations, etc. to the sports authority.
  
  
• 26
  Application for proposed project financing
  
  
• 27
  Report filed with Local Finance Board.
  
  
• 28
  Pledges
  
  
• 29
  Pledge of State to bondholders.
  
  
• 30
  Immunity from personal liability on bonds.
  
  
• 31
  Authorization to collect rates, charges, fees for use of projects
  
  
• 32
  Additional powers
  
  
• 33
  Government entity may convey property
  
  
• 34
  Cooperation of county, municipality
  
  
• 35
  Property exempt from levy, sale.
  
  
• 36
  Exemption from taxes, special assessments
  
  
• 37
  Depositories
  
  
• 38
  Investment of bond, note funds
  
  
• 39
  Audit
  
  
• 40
  Construction of act
  
  
• 41
  Access by authority
  
  
• 42
  Contracts, etc. with municipal governments
  
  
• 43
  Supplemental powers
  
  
• 44
  Prior obligations unaffected
  
  
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• Chapter 55

• 21.15
  Municipalities qualified to receive certain state aid; urban growth zones; determination by ordinance; exemption of projects from land use ordinances
  
  
• 52
  Authentication before filing
  
  
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• Chapter 55B

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Legislative finding; purpose of chapter
  
  
• 3
  Creation; official title
  
  
• 4
  Body corporate; number of members
  
  
• 5
  Members and officers
  
  
• 6
  Employees; offices
  
  
• 7
  General powers
  
  
• 8
  Purposes, functions, and additional powers
  
  
• 8.1
  Contracts relating to transfer of interest in real estate; veto by mayor
  
  
• 8.2
  Restrictions or conditions on real property sold or leased by commission
  
  
• 9
  Study of tax structure
  
  
• 10
  Limitations on powers; appropriations; records and reports
  
  
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• Chapter 55D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Purpose of the act
  
  
• 3
  Definitions; shall, may; A to C.
  
  
• 4
  Definitions; D to L.
  
  
• 5
  Definitions; M to O.
  
  
• 6
  Definitions; P to R.
  
  
• 7
  Definitions; S to Z.
  
  
• 8
  Municipal fees; exemptions.
  
  
• 8.1
  Short title.
  
  
• 8.2
  Findings, declarations relative to Statewide non-residential development fees.
  
  
• 8.3
  Definitions relative to Statewide non-residential development fees.
  
  
• 8.4
  Fee imposed on construction resulting in non-residential development; exemptions.
  
  
• 8.5
  Regulations.
  
  
• 8.6
  Inapplicability of certain provisions of law imposing fee upon developer of certain non-residential property.
  
  
• 8.7
  Certain local ordinances void.
  
  
• 8.8
  Applicability of section.
  
  
• 9
  Meetings; municipal agency
  
  
• 10
  Hearings.
  
  
• 10.1
  Informal review
  
  
• 10.2
  Voting conditions.
  
  
• 10.3
  Completion of application for development; certification; completion after 45 days if no certification; exception; waiver of requirements for submission
  
  
• 10.4
  Default approval
  
  
• 10.5
  Development regulations, certain, govern review of application.
  
  
• 11
  Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or adoption of master plan
  
  
• 12
  Notices of application, requirements.
  
  
• 12.1
  Registration for notice to utility, CATV company
  
  
• 12.2
  Local utility notice of applications
  
  
• 12.3
  Application of subsection h.
  
  
• 12.4
  Notice to military facility commander from municipality.
  
  
• 13
  Notice concerning master plan
  
  
• 14
  Effect of mailing notice
  
  
• 15
  Notice of hearing on ordinance or capital improvement program; notice of action on capital improvement or official map
  
  
• 16
  Filing of ordinances
  
  
• 17
  Appeal to the governing body; time; notice; modification; stay of proceedings
  
  
• 18
  Enforcement.
  
  
• 19
  Appeal or petition in certain cases to the Board of Public Utilities
  
  
• 20
  Exclusive authority of planning board and board of adjustment
  
  
• 21
  Tolling of running of period of approval
  
  
• 22
  Conditional approvals
  
  
• 23
  Planning board membership.
  
  
• 23.1
  Alternate members
  
  
• 23.2
  Members of board of adjustment may serve as temporary members of planning board
  
  
• 23.3
  Preparation, offering of basic course in land use law and planning; requirement.
  
  
• 23.4
  Exemptions from educational requirements.
  
  
• 24
  Organization of planning board.
  
  
• 25
  Powers of planning board.
  
  
• 26
  Referral powers
  
  
• 27
  Citizens advisory committee; environmental commission
  
  
• 28
  Preparation; contents; modification.
  
  
• 29
  Preparation of capital improvement program.
  
  
• 30
  Adoption of capital improvement program
  
  
• 31
  Review by planning board.
  
  
• 32
  Establish an official map
  
  
• 33
  Change or addition to map
  
  
• 34
  Issuance of permits for buildings or structures
  
  
• 35
  Building lot to abut street
  
  
• 36
  Appeals
  
  
• 37
  Grant of power; referral of proposed ordinance; county planning board approval
  
  
• 38
  Contents ordinance
  
  
• 38.1
  Solar panels not included in certain calculations relative to approval of subdivisions, site plans.
  
  
• 39
  Discretionary contents of ordinance.
  
  
• 40
  Discretionary contents of subdivision ordinance
  
  
• 40.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 40.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 40.3
  Site Improvement Advisory Board
  
  
• 40.4
  Submission of recommendations for Statewide site improvement standards for residential development
  
  
• 40.5
  Supersedure of site improvement standards
  
  
• 40.6
  Municipal zoning power not limited
  
  
• 40.7
  Construction of act
  
  
• 41
  Contents of site plan ordinance
  
  
• 42
  Contribution for off-tract water, sewer, drainage, and street improvements.
  
  
• 43
  Standards for the establishment of open space organization
  
  
• 44
  Reservation of public areas
  
  
• 45
  Findings for planned developments
  
  
• 45.1
  General development plan
  
  
• 45.2
  Contents of general development plan
  
  
• 45.3
  Submission of general development plan
  
  
• 45.4
  Modification of timing schedule
  
  
• 45.5
  Variation approval
  
  
• 45.6
  Revision of general development plan
  
  
• 45.7
  Notification of completion
  
  
• 45.8
  Approval terminated upon completion
  
  
• 46
  Procedure for preliminary site plan approval
  
  
• 46.1
  Minor site plan; approval
  
  
• 47
  Minor subdivision
  
  
• 48
  Procedure for preliminary major subdivision approval
  
  
• 48.1
  Application by corporation or partnership; list of stockholders owning 10% of stock or 10% interest in partnership
  
  
• 48.2
  Disclosure of 10% ownership interest of corporation or partnership which is 10% owner of applying corporation or partnership
  
  
• 48.3
  Failure to comply with act; disapproval of application
  
  
• 48.4
  Concealing ownership interest; fine
  
  
• 49
  Effect of preliminary approval
  
  
• 50
  Final approval of site plans and major subdivisions
  
  
• 51
  Exception in application of subdivision or site plan regulation; simultaneous review and approval
  
  
• 52
  Effect of final approval of a site plan or major subdivision
  
  
• 53
  Guarantees required; surety; release
  
  
• 53a
  Standardized form for performance guarantee, maintenance guarantee, letter of credit
  
  
• 53b
  Acceptance of standardized form
  
  
• 53.1
  Interest on deposits with municipalities
  
  
• 53.2
  Municipal payments to professionals for services rendered; determination
  
  
• 53.2a
  Applicant notification to dispute charges; appeals; rules, regulations
  
  
• 53.3
  Maintenance, performance guarantees
  
  
• 53.4
  Municipal engineer to estimate cost of installation of improvements
  
  
• 53.5
  Performance of maintenance guarantee, acceptance
  
  
• 53.6
  Municipality to assume payment of cost of street lighting
  
  
• 54
  Recording of final approval of major subdivision; filing of all subdivision plats
  
  
• 54.1
  Notification to tax assessor of municipality
  
  
• 55
  Selling before approval; penalty; suits by municipalities
  
  
• 56
  Certificates showing approval; contents
  
  
• 57
  Right of owner of land covered by certificate
  
  
• 58
  Condominiums and cooperative structures and uses
  
  
• 60
  Planning board review in lieu of board of adjustment
  
  
• 61
  Time periods
  
  
• 62
  Power to zone
  
  
• 62.1
  Notice of hearing on amendment to zoning ordinance.
  
  
• 63
  Notice and protest
  
  
• 64
  Referral to planning board
  
  
• 65
  Contents of zoning ordinance.
  
  
• 65.1
  Zoning ordinance may designate, regulate historic sites, districts
  
  
• 66
  Miscellaneous provisions relative to zoning.
  
  
• 66.1
  Community residences, shelters, adult family care homes; permitted use in residential districts.
  
  
• 66.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 66.3
  Severability
  
  
• 66.5a
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 66.5b
  Family day care homes permitted use in residential districts; definitions
  
  
• 66.6
  Child care centers located in nonresidential municipal districts; permitted
  
  
• 66.7
  Child care center excluded in calculation of density of building
  
  
• 66.7a
  Child care programs, exemption from local zoning restrictions
  
  
• 66.8
  Siting of structure, equipment for groundwater remedial action
  
  
• 66.9
  Variance for remedial action
  
  
• 66.10
  Methadone clinic deemed business for zoning purposes
  
  
• 66.11
  Wind and solar facilities permitted in industrial zones.
  
  
• 66.12
  Municipal ordinances relative to small wind energy systems.
  
  
• 66.13
  Issuance of technical bulletin.
  
  
• 66.14
  Compliance.
  
  
• 66.15
  Conditions for deeming abandoned; legal action.
  
  
• 67
  Conditional uses; site plan review
  
  
• 68
  Nonconforming structures and uses
  
  
• 68.1
  Year-round operation
  
  
• 68.2
  Determination of eligibility
  
  
• 68.3
  Penalty for violation
  
  
• 68.4
  Certain senior citizens permitted to rent, lease rooms.
  
  
• 68.5
  "Senior citizen" defined.
  
  
• 68.6
  Powers of municipality intact.
  
  
• 69
  Zoning board of adjustment.
  
  
• 69.1
  Members of planning board may serve temporarily on the board of adjustment
  
  
• 70
  Powers.
  
  
• 70.1
  Annual report
  
  
• 70.2
  Board of adjustment, determination; reasons
  
  
• 71
  Expenses and costs
  
  
• 72
  Appeals and applications to board of adjustment
  
  
• 72.1
  Continuation of application
  
  
• 73
  Time for decision
  
  
• 74
  Modification on appeal
  
  
• 75
  Stay of proceedings by appeal; exception
  
  
• 76
  Other powers
  
  
• 77
  Generally
  
  
• 78
  Terms of joint agreement
  
  
• 79
  Membership of regional boards
  
  
• 80
  Organization of regional boards; rules and procedures
  
  
• 81
  Expenses; staff and consultants
  
  
• 82
  Sharing of costs and expenses
  
  
• 83
  Termination of agreement
  
  
• 84
  Regional planning board; powers
  
  
• 85
  Regional board of adjustment
  
  
• 85.1
  Appeal to municipality of final decision on application for development by regional planning board or zoning board of adjustment
  
  
• 86
  Appointment of joint building officials, zoning officers and planning administrative officers
  
  
• 87
  Joint administrative functions
  
  
• 88
  Delegation to county, regional and interstate bodies
  
  
• 88.1
  Short title.
  
  
• 88.2
  Findings, declarations relative to the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area.
  
  
• 88.3
  Definitions relative to the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area.
  
  
• 88.4
  Dismal Swamp Preservation Commission.
  
  
• 88.5
  Powers, duties of commission.
  
  
• 88.6
  Master plan for physical, economic and social development of Dismal Swamp.
  
  
• 88.7
  No approval extended, tolled within Dismal Swamp.
  
  
• 89
  Periodic examination.
  
  
• 89.1
  Rebuttable presumption
  
  
• 90
  Moratoriums; interim zoning
  
  
• 91
  Severability of provisions
  
  
• 92
  Construction
  
  
• 93
  Preparation; storm water control ordinances to implement; date of completion; reexamination
  
  
• 94
  Integral part of master plan; coordination with soil conservation district and other storm water management plans
  
  
• 95
  Storm water management plan, ordinance; requirements.
  
  
• 95.1
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 96
  Exceptions, permitted
  
  
• 97
  Submission of storm water management plan, ordinances; approval
  
  
• 98
  Grants for preparation of storm water management plans
  
  
• 99
  Technical assistance and planning grants for municipalities from counties and county planning agencies and water resources associations
  
  
• 100
  Short title
  
  
• 101
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 102
  Definitions
  
  
• 103
  Manufactured homes on land with title in owner
  
  
• 104
  Prohibition of use by municipal agency of discriminatory development regulations to exclude or restrict
  
  
• 105
  Review and approval of development regulations by municipal agency; determination of mobile home parks as means of affordable housing
  
  
• 106
  Trailers; inapplicability of act
  
  
• 107
  Historic preservation commission
  
  
• 108
  Historic preservation commission funded by governing body
  
  
• 109
  Responsibilities of commission
  
  
• 110
  Applications for development referred to historic preservation commission
  
  
• 111
  Issuance of permits pertaining to historic sites referred to historic preservation commission
  
  
• 112
  "Landmark" as substitute
  
  
• 113
  Short title
  
  
• 114
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 115
  Definitions
  
  
• 116
  Development transfers
  
  
• 117
  Report; infrastructure plan; amendment of master plan, land use regulations
  
  
• 118
  Designation of sending, receiving zones
  
  
• 119
  Development transfer ordinance
  
  
• 120
  Review of ordinance
  
  
• 121
  Review, recommendations by county planning board, CADB, Office of State Planning
  
  
• 122
  Recording of transfer; record to assessor; taxation
  
  
• 123
  3-year, six-year reviews; prevention of repeal
  
  
• 124
  Repeal of development transfer ordinance
  
  
• 125
  Development transfer bank
  
  
• 125.1
  Solid waste facility buffer zone; definitions
  
  
• 126
  Sale of development potential
  
  
• 127
  Right to bargain for equitable interest
  
  
• 128
  Farm benefits rights
  
  
• 129
  Reports; analysis
  
  
• 130
  Short title
  
  
• 131
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 132
  Definitions
  
  
• 133
  Extension of approval; exceptions
  
  
• 134
  Extension of project exemption
  
  
• 135
  Notice
  
  
• 136
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 136.1
  Short title.
  
  
• 136.2
  Findings, declarations relative to extension of certain permits and approvals.
  
  
• 136.3
  Definitions relative to extension of certain permits and approvals.
  
  
• 136.4
  Existing government approval; extension period.
  
  
• 136.5
  Notice.
  
  
• 136.6
  Liberal construction.
  
  
• 137
  Short title.
  
  
• 138
  Findings, declarations relative to transfer of development rights by municipalities.
  
  
• 139
  Transfer of development potential within jurisdiction.
  
  
• 140
  Actions prior to adoption, amendment.
  
  
• 141
  Development transfer plan element, required inclusions.
  
  
• 142
  Procedure for municipality located in pinelands area.
  
  
• 143
  Preparation, amendment of development transfer ordinance.
  
  
• 144
  Characteristics of sending zone.
  
  
• 145
  Characteristics of receiving zone.
  
  
• 146
  Provisions of development transfer ordinance.
  
  
• 147
  Issuance of instruments, adoption of procedures relative to land use.
  
  
• 148
  Real estate market analysis.
  
  
• 149
  Submission by municipality prior to adoption of ordinance to county planning board.
  
  
• 150
  Formal comments, recommendation of county planning board.
  
  
• 151
  Review by Office of Smart Growth.
  
  
• 152
  Approval of municipal petition; appeal.
  
  
• 153
  Transmission of record of transfer; assessment; taxation.
  
  
• 154
  Rebuttable presumption that development transfer ordinance is no longer reasonable.
  
  
• 155
  Review by planning board, governing body after three years.
  
  
• 156
  Review after five years.
  
  
• 157
  Periodic reviews.
  
  
• 158
  Provision for purchase, sale, exchange of development potential.
  
  
• 159
  Purchase by development transfer bank.
  
  
• 160
  Sale of development potential associated with development easement.
  
  
• 161
  Right to farm benefits.
  
  
• 162
  Annual report by municipality to county; county to State.
  
  
• 163
  Construction of act relative to Burlington County municipalities.
  
  
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• Chapter 56

• 1
  Local improvements; definition and enumeration; doing work as general improvement
  
  
• 1.1
  Parking facilities
  
  
• 1.2
  Parking facilities as distinct work or in connection with parking authority
  
  
• 1.3
  Laws applicable
  
  
• 2
  Connecting streets with streets in adjoining municipality; considered a local improvement
  
  
• 3
  Improvement at request and expense of petitioners; improvement by owners; cash deposit
  
  
• 4
  Rejection of ordinance; new ordinance
  
  
• 5
  Single ordinance for several improvements; advertisement
  
  
• 6
  Further proceedings by resolution
  
  
• 7
  Acquisition of lands; condemnation; engineers, officers and employees
  
  
• 8
  Acquisition of private works and property; condemnation; assessment for benefits
  
  
• 9
  Condemnation; ordinance and map; abandonment of improvement; payment into Superior Court
  
  
• 10
  Copy of award filed; title vested; right of entry
  
  
• 11
  Work done by municipality or by contract
  
  
• 12
  Part of cost paid by municipality; ordinance
  
  
• 13
  Appropriations for local improvements; amount; bonds and notes; fund
  
  
• 14
  General appropriations; contents of ordinance or resolution
  
  
• 15
  Completion of improvements already begun
  
  
• 16
  Choice of paving materials; advertisement for bids; hearing
  
  
• 17
  Joint municipal improvements; agreement; contracts with county
  
  
• 18
  Notice of intention to make contract
  
  
• 19
  Apportionment of cost; assessments for benefits; procedure
  
  
• 20
  Abandonment of improvement; reimbursement of costs to participants
  
  
• 20.1
  Limitation on proceedings to review or restrain ordinance
  
  
• 21
  Assessments; by whom made; board of assessments
  
  
• 22
  Assessment commissioners; when necessary; appointment
  
  
• 23
  Assessment officer or members of board or commission; oath; vacancies; compensation
  
  
• 24
  Costs certified to assessors; contents of statement; contributions; total assessment
  
  
• 25
  Assessors to view improvement; notice of hearing
  
  
• 26
  Hearing; quorum; amount of assessments determined
  
  
• 27
  Assessments proportionate to benefits; not to exceed benefits
  
  
• 28
  Incidental damages; amount determined and deducted; damages exceeding benefits; appeal
  
  
• 29
  Incidental damages; award tendered; payment into court in certain cases
  
  
• 30
  Report of assessors; hearing; final report; confirmation; appeal
  
  
• 31
  Duty of collector; books and records
  
  
• 32
  Interest on unpaid assessments
  
  
• 33
  Assessment as continuous lien; informalities not to invalidate proceedings.
  
  
• 34
  Assessment set aside; new assessment a lien; refund
  
  
• 35
  Assessments, payment in installments; delinquent installments
  
  
• 36
  Separate account for assessments; sinking fund
  
  
• 37
  Municipality to pay excess over assessments; taxation to meet excess; report to auditor
  
  
• 38
  Assessments for benefits not affected by annexation or consolidation
  
  
• 39
  Mortgaged lands officially held treated as other property
  
  
• 40
  Limitation on proceedings to restrain or review assessment or award
  
  
• 41
  Former actions not impaired
  
  
• 41.1
  Farmland or other open space defined
  
  
• 41.2
  Deferral of payment of assessment against farmland or other open space; exception; duration of deferral; interest
  
  
• 41.3
  Lien; filing of record
  
  
• 41.4
  Nonenlargement of time of appeal due to deferral
  
  
• 41.5
  Burden of cost of local improvement subject to deferral by municipality
  
  
• 42
  Power of assessment
  
  
• 43
  Proceedings deemed a local improvement; procedure in certain cases
  
  
• 44
  Benefits exceeding award and vice versa; excess a lien.
  
  
• 45
  Payment of award; payment into court in certain cases
  
  
• 46
  Title to vest in municipality upon payment; copy of award recorded; map filed
  
  
• 47
  Appeal from award; procedure
  
  
• 48
  Contracts with county for road improvements; assessments for benefits
  
  
• 49
  Improvement of streets part of highway
  
  
• 50
  Contract with state and county for road improvement
  
  
• 51
  Payment of cost; assessments for benefits
  
  
• 52
  Power to assess
  
  
• 53
  House connections; cost assessed
  
  
• 54
  Appeals from assessments and awards of incidental damages; procedure.
  
  
• 55
  Correction without appeal.
  
  
• 56
  Appeal from award in condemnation proceedings; notice.
  
  
• 57
  Condemnation appeal; procedure; further appeal
  
  
• 58
  Condemnation; ordinance and map; abandonment of improvement; payment of award into court
  
  
• 59
  Copy of award recorded; title vested; right of entry
  
  
• 60
  Award; collection
  
  
• 61
  Incidental damages ascertained and certified; payment into court
  
  
• 62
  Assessments and awards certified to Superior Court; confirmation of report.
  
  
• 63
  Collection of assessments
  
  
• 64
  Every assessment for local improvements of any kind, together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith, shall upon the effective date of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the assessment be a first lien upon the real estate
  
  
• 65
  Legislative findings; public policy
  
  
• 66
  Definitions
  
  
• 67
  Pedestrian mall or special improvement district as local improvement
  
  
• 68
  Findings necessary for adoption of ordinance
  
  
• 69
  Ordinance; provisions; limitations
  
  
• 70
  Resolution of governing body of municipality; feasibility study
  
  
• 71
  Adoption of ordinances
  
  
• 71.1
  Definitions relative to downtown business improvement zones.
  
  
• 71.2
  "Downtown business improvement zone" designation.
  
  
• 71.3
  Loan fund created.
  
  
• 71.4
  Loan purposes, application, requirements, review.
  
  
• 71.5
  Assessments to repay loan.
  
  
• 71.6
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 71.7
  Study of effects.
  
  
• 72
  Financing and assessment to properties especially benefited; list
  
  
• 73
  Operation and maintenance; assessment or taxation of costs to benefited properties; name as improvement district
  
  
• 74
  Specifications for construction
  
  
• 75
  Police powers and other rights and powers of municipality over pedestrian mall or special improvement district
  
  
• 76
  Condemnation; procedures incident to development and maintenance
  
  
• 77
  Uses of mall or special improvement district; control and regulation
  
  
• 78
  Limitation on liability for injury to person or property due to movable structures, appurtenances, etc.
  
  
• 79
  Advisory board; members; duties; district management corporation
  
  
• 80
  Annual report; costs of operation and maintenance and annual improvements; hearing on and approval of estimates; assessments; disposition of funds
  
  
• 81
  Additional powers
  
  
• 82
  Severability
  
  
• 83
  District management corporation; powers.
  
  
• 84
  Annual budget; public hearing; amendment; adoption by municipal governing body
  
  
• 85
  Annual licenses for business within special improvement district; fees; special account
  
  
• 86
  Delegation of work by municipality; approval of work
  
  
• 87
  Inclusion of pedestrian mall or special improvement district in other improvement or rehabilitation district
  
  
• 88
  District management corporation; annual audit
  
  
• 89
  Annual report to municipal governing body
  
  
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• Chapter 56A

• 1
  Commission; appointment; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 2
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 3
  Acquisitions by commission
  
  
• 4
  Records and annual report
  
  
• 5
  Appropriation
  
  
• 6
  Studies and recommendations
  
  
• 7
  Conservation commission as environmental commission
  
  
• 8
  Joint environmental commission; creation by ordinance; members; compensation
  
  
• 9
  Chairman; qualifications; term of office
  
  
• 10
  Expenses; apportionment; appropriation
  
  
• 11
  Functions, duties and powers
  
  
• 12
  Succession of established commission by joint commission; transfers
  
  
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• Chapter 58

• 1
  Municipal forestry; establishment
  
  
• 2
  Land used for forestry
  
  
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• Chapter 59

• 1
  Acquisition of lands and buildings; construction
  
  
• 2
  Rents; use of revenues; deficiencies met by taxation
  
  
• 3
  Regulation of market
  
  
• 4
  Market commissioner; appointment, term and compensation
  
  
• 5
  Market commissioner; duties
  
  
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• Chapter 60

• 10
  Property of certain societies transferred in trust to municipality; purposes
  
  
• 11
  Acceptance of property in trust; appointment of trustees
  
  
• 12
  Purchase of lands adjoining trust lands; bonds; use of income and proceeds
  
  
• 13
  Municipality not liable for misappropriation of funds
  
  
• 14
  Property held in trust for municipality; appointment of new trustee
  
  
• 15
  Public buildings as memorials; subscriptions
  
  
• 16
  Ordinance for construction; contributions to be paid before contract executed
  
  
• 17
  Bonds; annual appropriation; care and maintenance
  
  
• 18
  Commission to supervise; constituted; powers and duties
  
  
• 19
  Treasurer of commission; selection and duties
  
  
• 20
  Treasurer's bond
  
  
• 21
  Title; funds kept separate; disbursements
  
  
• 22
  Expenses of commissioners
  
  
• 23
  Plans and specifications; approval by architect or engineer
  
  
• 24
  Existing buildings for public memorials; acquisition
  
  
• 25
  Buildings for museum of arts and sciences, etc.; federal grants for community centers
  
  
• 25.1
  Public parking lots; acquisition of land; use of land; leases
  
  
• 25.2
  Lease of land for parking lot
  
  
• 25.3
  Improvement and maintenance; employees
  
  
• 25.4
  Operating expenses; parking fees
  
  
• 25.5
  Liability of municipality for damages
  
  
• 25.6
  Validation
  
  
• 25.7
  Definitions
  
  
• 25.8
  Municipality may purchase property exempt from taxation because of state contract
  
  
• 25.9
  Other property may also be purchased
  
  
• 25.10
  Encumbrances
  
  
• 25.11
  Appropriations; bonds and notes
  
  
• 25.12
  Intent of act; validity of bonds and notes
  
  
• 25.13
  Disposition of property; repairs and maintenance
  
  
• 25.14
  Surrender of tax exemption
  
  
• 25.15
  Incidental powers of municipality
  
  
• 25.16
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 25.17
  Inconsistent acts superseded
  
  
• 25.18
  Industrial property; management
  
  
• 25.19
  Plant management commission; members
  
  
• 25.20
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 25.21
  Revenue from plant operations; dedicated funds
  
  
• 25.22
  Sale of plants; proceeds pledged to payment of bonds issued
  
  
• 25.23
  Annual reports by commission
  
  
• 25.24
  Terms and conditions of leases or sales of plants; approval of contracts
  
  
• 25.25
  Employment of manager, engineers, etc.; civil service applicable to employees
  
  
• 25.26
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 25.27
  Autobus terminals; power to establish; leases; conditions
  
  
• 25.28
  Use of municipal property
  
  
• 25.29
  Lands declared to be acquired and used for a public purpose; eminent domain
  
  
• 25.30
  Private property; purchase or condemnation; bonds; construction cost a municipal charge; fees; rules and regulations
  
  
• 25.31
  Property acquired to be self-supporting and taxable
  
  
• 25.32
  Annual appropriations
  
  
• 25.33
  Cemeteries which are public nuisances; acquisition by municipalities and boards of education
  
  
• 25.34
  Cemeteries detrimental to public health or morals; possession by municipality
  
  
• 25.35
  Investigation
  
  
• 25.36
  Use for park, school purposes or other public uses
  
  
• 25.37
  Proceedings where church or other corporation controlling cemetery is unable or refuses to convey
  
  
• 25.39
  Determination
  
  
• 25.40
  Removal of bodies and reburial; records and maps
  
  
• 25.41
  Taking of possession
  
  
• 25.42
  Commissioners to appraise land; notice
  
  
• 25.43
  Cost of removal of bodies and of new site; lien; payment of difference to lot owners
  
  
• 25.44
  Report; objections; notice
  
  
• 25.45
  Objections to report
  
  
• 25.46
  Borrowing money; bonds
  
  
• 25.51
  Acquisition of land and buildings for use by municipality, county, State or United States; courts; lease
  
  
• 25.52
  Financing of acquisition and improvement; acquisition of facilities for use by county or courts
  
  
• 25.53
  Historic sites; acquisition and maintenance
  
  
• 25.54
  Acquisition of lands for future school sites; approval
  
  
• 25.55
  Future school sites; use for public purpose pending conveyance to board of education
  
  
• 25.56
  Consideration for conveyance to board of education
  
  
• 25.57
  Acquisition of real property for use by State-operated college of medicine or college of medicine and dentistry
  
  
• 25.58
  Declaration of taking; filing; deposit of estimated value; surrender of possession; notice; amount of compensation
  
  
• 25.59
  Relocation assistance program; services
  
  
• 25.60
  Payments to displaced persons, business concern or nonprofit organization
  
  
• 25.61
  Abandoned burying ground or cemetery; application for order vesting title in municipality
  
  
• 25.62
  Inquiry to locate owner; certification
  
  
• 25.63
  Vesting of title in municipality
  
  
• 25.64
  Maintaining and preserving burying ground or cemetery; interments; disinterments
  
  
• 28
  Sale of vacated street land; advertisement unnecessary
  
  
• 28.1
  Riparian lands purportedly dedicated as street; sale when not needed
  
  
• 32
  Vacation of lands dedicated to public use other than a public street; referendum
  
  
• 33
  Referendum; notice and publication
  
  
• 34
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 35
  Fee restored to owner to be absolute
  
  
• 36.1
  Lands restricted to beach and park purposes; retention or disposition; referendum; optional courses
  
  
• 36.2
  Lands conveyed with conditions, limitations and restrictions; election on retention
  
  
• 36.3
  Offer of reconveyance of lands conveyed with conditions and restrictions
  
  
• 36.4
  Use of lands conveyed with conditions on refusal of offer of reconveyance
  
  
• 40.6
  Reconveyance of unneeded lands to nonprofit hospital association
  
  
• 40.7
  Persons whose residential improved property is to be acquired for highway or other public purposes; application to buy unneeded lands
  
  
• 40.8
  Ordinance authorizing sale; price; terms and conditions
  
  
• 40.9
  Contents of notice of pendency of ordinance resolution authorizing sale and conveyance; reversion of title
  
  
• 41
  Public burial grounds devoted to other public uses; disinterment of bodies
  
  
• 46
  Leasing municipally owned and operated casino and bathing establishment; referendum
  
  
• 47
  Petition; sufficiency
  
  
• 48
  Lease; term
  
  
• 49
  Advertisement for bids; award
  
  
• 49.1
  Lease of cultural centers; exemption of leasehold interest from taxation
  
  
• 50
  Transfer of municipal property to federal government for national park
  
  
• 51
  National park; referendum if voters protest
  
  
• 51.2
  Power to waive restrictions.
  
  
• 51.5
  Waiver, release or modification of covenants, conditions or limitations as to erection of buildings or use of land in conveyances
  
  
• 51.7
  Sale of lands acquired for places of resort and recreation
  
  
• 51.8
  Burial grounds for indigents; removal and reinterment of bodies; sale of land
  
  
• 51.9
  Cost of removal and reinterment
  
  
• 51.10
  Applicability of act to sales of land previously made
  
  
• 51.12
  Leasing of municipal real estate to nonprofit entities
  
  
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• Chapter 61

• 1
  General powers; acquisition of property
  
  
• 2
  Sale or donation of park lands to state; reversion by nonuse; provisos
  
  
• 3
  Return of certain unused lands to municipality by park commissions
  
  
• 4
  Entertainments to raise funds for improvement and maintenance; no charge for children
  
  
• 5
  Use by school children; admission fee; exceptions
  
  
• 6
  Library, art gallery and museum in parks; site; control
  
  
• 7
  Memorial buildings in parks; ordinance authorizing; referendum
  
  
• 8
  Referendum; notice and publication
  
  
• 9
  Conduct of election
  
  
• 10
  Ballot; form and content; ordinance adopted
  
  
• 11
  Relocation of streets or railways; cost; exchange of lands
  
  
• 12
  Ordinances regulating railways in and through parks
  
  
• 13
  Park lands held by trustees; agreement with trustees; enforcement
  
  
• 14
  Contribution to maintenance of park lands held by trustees
  
  
• 15
  Conveyances of burial grounds to municipalities for parks
  
  
• 16
  Burial grounds conveyed; acceptance and use by municipality
  
  
• 17
  Recreation commission; creation
  
  
• 18
  Commissioners; term and compensation
  
  
• 19
  Recreation commissioners; powers
  
  
• 20
  Bond issue; state and federal aid
  
  
• 21
  Lease of premises for contests and exhibitions
  
  
• 22
  Rules and regulations; quorum
  
  
• 22.1
  Conveyance of land to county park commission
  
  
• 22.2
  Sale of reclaimed lands abutting park lands
  
  
• 22.3
  Public sale to highest bidder; advertisement; minimum price; adjournment
  
  
• 22.4
  Lease of lands when fixed minimum price not bid
  
  
• 22.5
  Use of proceeds of sale or lease
  
  
• 22.6
  Public golf course and other recreational facilities; acquisition of property
  
  
• 22.7
  Maintenance, improvement and operation; buildings, structures and equipment
  
  
• 22.8
  Taxes and bonds
  
  
• 22.9
  Commission to supervise and control
  
  
• 22.10
  Appropriation by governing body
  
  
• 22.11
  Fees, rents and charges
  
  
• 22.11a
  Municipal golf courses
  
  
• 22.12
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 22.13
  Actions for violations; enforcement of rules
  
  
• 22.14
  Fines and penalties; part of municipal funds
  
  
• 22.15
  Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational uses
  
  
• 22.16
  Bids for leases
  
  
• 22.17
  Power conferred is additional
  
  
• 22.18
  Cities within first class counties; streets through public parks; widening streets
  
  
• 22.19
  Rights, liens, interests, reversionary claims or easements in park; acquisition by city
  
  
• 22.20
  Municipal control over beaches, etc.; fees
  
  
• 22.21
  Swimming pools and other recreational facilities
  
  
• 22.22
  Acquisition of property
  
  
• 22.23
  Taxation and bonds
  
  
• 22.24
  Supervision, maintenance, operation and regulation
  
  
• 22.25
  Annual appropriation
  
  
• 22.26
  Fees, rents or other charges
  
  
• 22.27
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 22.28
  Violations of rules and regulations
  
  
• 22.29
  Fines or penalties, disposition
  
  
• 22.30
  Agreements for construction of facilities; approval of plans, specifications and location
  
  
• 23
  Sale or lease of park lands to adjoining municipalities; joint ownership
  
  
• 24
  Contracts relative to contiguous parks
  
  
• 25
  Parks wholly or partly within other municipalities; regulation of
  
  
• 26
  Power of police to arrest
  
  
• 27
  Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract
  
  
• 28
  Joint parks along lakes; establishment
  
  
• 29
  Adopting ordinance
  
  
• 30
  Commissioners; appointment; number
  
  
• 31
  Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies
  
  
• 32
  Commission; general powers; bond issues; officers and employees
  
  
• 33
  Condemnation proceedings
  
  
• 34
  Costs apportioned; annual report; money turned over to commission
  
  
• 35
  Authority here conferred deemed additional
  
  
• 36
  Leasing of parks, etc. authorized; period of leases
  
  
• 37
  Leasing of privileges
  
  
• 38
  Lease voided upon violation of terms
  
  
• 39
  Letting to highest bidder
  
  
• 40
  Advertisement for bids
  
  
• 41
  Power deemed additional
  
  
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• Chapter 62

• 1
  Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissioners
  
  
• 2
  Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and service
  
  
• 3
  Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing
  
  
• 3.1
  Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval
  
  
• 4
  Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids
  
  
• 5
  Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content
  
  
• 6
  Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending use
  
  
• 7
  Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulation
  
  
• 8
  Joint municipal airports
  
  
• 9
  Bonds to be obligations of single municipality
  
  
• 10
  Establishment; appropriation; lands, buildings and equipment
  
  
• 11
  Management; prices fixed; ordinances and resolutions
  
  
• 12
  Municipal gas, steam and electricity plants; establishment and equipment; consent of other municipalities; procedure on refusal
  
  
• 13
  Officers and employees; ordinances to regulate use of facilities; rate fixing
  
  
• 14
  Rents a lien; collection and enforcement
  
  
• 15
  Referendum; petition; submission by governing body
  
  
• 16
  Copy of resolution; service
  
  
• 17
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 18
  Notice and conduct of election
  
  
• 19
  Procedure after adoption
  
  
• 20
  Second election
  
  
• 21
  Contracts to supply light, heat and power
  
  
• 22
  Extension of plants
  
  
• 23
  Municipality serving county or other municipality treated as private corporation
  
  
• 24
  Municipality serving others deemed public utility; control by board of public utilities; rate structure
  
  
• 25
  Contracts for supply of light, heat and power; duration
  
  
• 25.1
  Joint acquisition, maintenance and operation of electrical generation facilities; contracts
  
  
• 25.2
  Duration of contract; ownership and control of facilities
  
  
• 25.3
  Bonds or anticipation notes to finance
  
  
• 25.4
  Construction of act; application of laws on public contracts
  
  
• 25.5
  Severability
  
  
• 25.6
  Municipality providing heat, light or power, electronic billing, payment, permitted.
  
  
• 26
  Municipal radio broadcasting stations; bonds
  
  
• 27
  Separate fund for radio stations or convention halls in certain municipalities
  
  
• 28
  Income placed in separate fund; control of fund
  
  
• 29
  Use of income; reserves
  
  
• 30
  Surplus used to meet bonds
  
  
• 31
  Accounts and audits
  
  
• 32
  Income defined
  
  
• 33
  Expenditures defined; payment of debts in instalments
  
  
• 34
  Income not part of municipal funds; management; inapplication of "local budget law"
  
  
• 34.1
  "Municipal convention hall budget" and "municipal radio broadcasting station budget" in municipalities of 60,000 or over
  
  
• 34.2
  Objections to and hearing on budgets
  
  
• 34.3
  Time and place of hearing; notice
  
  
• 34.4
  Adjournment of hearing; adoption of budget; alteration or amendment; notice
  
  
• 34.5
  Time limit for adoption
  
  
• 34.6
  Contents of budget
  
  
• 34.7
  Appropriations to be itemized
  
  
• 34.8
  Emergency appropriations
  
  
• 34.9
  Improvement of convention hall by municipalities bordering on ocean; issuance of special emergency notes
  
  
• 34.10
  Filing of ordinance and statement of financing plan with Division of Local Government
  
  
• 34.11
  Special emergency notes as general obligation of municipality; tax levy
  
  
• 34.12
  Sale of notes; interest rate
  
  
• 35
  May carry goods and passengers; acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment
  
  
• 36
  Referendum; petition; submission by governing body
  
  
• 37
  Copy of ordinance served; ballot; form and content
  
  
• 38
  Notice and conduct of election
  
  
• 39
  Procedure after adoption
  
  
• 40
  Second election
  
  
• 41
  Officers and employees; duties, compensation and removal; rates and regulations
  
  
• 42
  Contract for work and materials; requirements
  
  
• 43
  Contracts for power
  
  
• 44
  Extension of system; referendum; when necessary
  
  
• 45
  Lease of system; term; referendum
  
  
• 46
  Joint municipal transportation system; contracts
  
  
• 46.1
  Cities of second class in counties of second class; public transportation service
  
  
• 46.2
  Contracts for operation of public transportation service
  
  
• 46.3
  Employees
  
  
• 46.4
  Approval of contracts; filing; term
  
  
• 46.5
  Contracts with other municipalities; ratification; approval
  
  
• 46.6
  Effective date; duration of act
  
  
• 61.1
  Extension of existing water system by municipality not owning system
  
  
• 83.1
  Discontinuance of water or sewerage service where charges not paid
  
  
• 96
  Water districts; establishment; works and pumping stations; contracts for supply
  
  
• 97
  Notice to owners of lands affected; publication
  
  
• 98
  Objections to ordinance; filing
  
  
• 99
  Copy of ordinance filed with map
  
  
• 100
  Bonds and other obligations
  
  
• 101
  Water district assessments; exemption
  
  
• 102
  Tax collection
  
  
• 103
  Expenses of operation and maintenance; first year's expenses; notes issued
  
  
• 104
  Supervision, operation and maintenance; collection of charges; contracts.
  
  
• 105
  Necessary powers conferred
  
  
• 105.1
  Water commissioners; election; to perform duties exercised by township committee
  
  
• 105.2
  Commissioners to be body corporate; name; general powers
  
  
• 105.3
  Determination of amount to be raised for ensuing year; election of water commissioners
  
  
• 105.4
  Terms of members of board of water commissioners
  
  
• 105.5
  Vacancies
  
  
• 105.6
  Annual election in water districts
  
  
• 105.7
  Nomination of candidates for members of board
  
  
• 105.8
  Nominating petition; certificate of person indorsed
  
  
• 105.9
  One candidate's name on petition; number of petitions
  
  
• 105.10
  Verification of petition
  
  
• 105.11
  Filing of petition
  
  
• 105.12
  Defective nominating petitions
  
  
• 105.13
  Ballots; arrangement of candidate's names
  
  
• 105.14
  Ballots, specifications
  
  
• 105.15
  Form of ballot
  
  
• 105.16
  Paper on which ballots to be printed
  
  
• 105.17
  Registry list of preceding general election; persons becoming of age after preceding general election
  
  
• 105.18
  Advertisement of election
  
  
• 105.19
  Polling places
  
  
• 105.20
  Opening and closing of polls; books for names of voters
  
  
• 105.21
  Proclamation of opening of election; judge and tellers
  
  
• 105.22
  Counting of votes
  
  
• 105.23
  Announcement of results of election
  
  
• 105.24
  Appropriations voted on, form of question
  
  
• 105.25
  Payment of taxes
  
  
• 105.26
  Borrowing for current expenses and repairs
  
  
• 105.27
  Rights and powers of water commissioners
  
  
• 105.28
  Money for waterworks and appurtenances; vote; limitation
  
  
• 105.29
  Meeting to determine amount to be raised; notice
  
  
• 105.30
  Water accumulation, supply or distribution facilities; acquisition or construction
  
  
• 105.31
  Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; time and place of meeting; notices
  
  
• 105.32
  Conduct of election
  
  
• 105.33
  Bonds; form; issuance
  
  
• 105.34
  Payment of principal, interest on bonds
  
  
• 105.35
  Custodian of moneys; disbursements; bond of treasurer
  
  
• 105.36
  Auditing of books of treasurer; publication of audit
  
  
• 105.37
  Enlargement of water district
  
  
• 105.38
  Lands included in district after enlargement
  
  
• 105.39
  Effect of enlargement upon terms of officers and obligations of district
  
  
• 105.40
  Dissolution of water district
  
  
• 105.41
  Application for resolution dissolving district; notice; hearing
  
  
• 105.42
  Refund of tax paid upon property in district abolished
  
  
• 105.43
  Refund of taxes paid where no recital of laying off of water district appears upon records
  
  
• 105.44
  Water district deemed abandoned when territory formed into two or more new municipalities
  
  
• 105.45
  Allotment and division of property and money between new municipalities; "municipality" defined
  
  
• 106
  Consolidation of water and sewer systems
  
  
• 107
  Service shut off for nonpayment of rent
  
  
• 107.1
  Sale of municipal water plant; deficit; amortization
  
  
• 107.2
  Application to state auditor
  
  
• 107.3
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 107.4
  Purchase of water distribution system of adjoining municipality
  
  
• 107.5
  Bond issue
  
  
• 107.6
  Operation of system; rates, rents, etc.
  
  
• 107.7
  Customers of municipal water district, electronic billing, payment permitted.
  
  
• 108
  "Waterworks" defined
  
  
• 109
  Commission to acquire water system; appointment; notice to other municipalities
  
  
• 110
  Commission; composition; organization and compensation; treasurer's bond
  
  
• 110.1
  Waterworks or water commission, membership, salaries
  
  
• 111
  Vacancies
  
  
• 112
  Joining after commission named
  
  
• 113
  Negotiations; contract served on each municipality
  
  
• 113.1
  Nonapplicability to Passaic Valley Water Commission
  
  
• 114
  Condemnation; two or more plants; procedure if in different counties
  
  
• 115
  Municipality may withdraw; expenses apportioned; no withdrawals after bonds issued
  
  
• 116
  Joint ownership
  
  
• 117
  Expenses prior and subsequent to acquisition of plant
  
  
• 118
  Property acquired by owner pending proceedings; acquisition; contract
  
  
• 119
  After acquired property; condemnation
  
  
• 120
  Removal of encumbrances; ascertainment of value of debt
  
  
• 121
  Acquisition subject to encumbrances; bond issues; apportionment of indebtedness
  
  
• 122
  Commission as fiscal agent; duties
  
  
• 122.1
  Issuance of notes in anticipation of water rents
  
  
• 123
  Apportionment of water rents; collection of prior arrearages
  
  
• 124
  Collection of prior arrearages; water shut off
  
  
• 125
  Supply of water to old customers; rates
  
  
• 126
  Enlargement and extension of works; contracts for operation
  
  
• 127
  Water rates and regulations.
  
  
• 128
  Sale of property and distributing system; sale of water to purchaser
  
  
• 129
  Commission to operate works and manage supply; agreement for
  
  
• 130
  Organization; commission for acquisition of works dissolved
  
  
• 131
  Consent of state
  
  
• 132
  Commission cannot incur debts for municipality; appropriations for expenses
  
  
• 133
  Acquisition of additional property, water rights and waterworks; bonds; proceeds
  
  
• 133.1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 133.2
  Commission empowered to issue bonds
  
  
• 133.3
  Issuance of bonds by the commission
  
  
• 133.4
  Sale of bonds, price
  
  
• 133.5
  Bond resolution, publication
  
  
• 133.6
  Negotiability of bonds
  
  
• 133.7
  Provisions permitted in bond resolution
  
  
• 133.8
  Appointment of trustee in event of default
  
  
• 133.9
  Appointment of receiver
  
  
• 133.10
  Commission members, State, county or local units not liable on bonds
  
  
• 133.11
  Commission property exempt from levy, sale
  
  
• 133.12
  Investment of sinking funds, other moneys, funds
  
  
• 133.13
  Waterworks public property, bonds exempt from taxation
  
  
• 133.14
  State shall not alter commission's, bond holders' rights
  
  
• 133.15
  Agreements between commission and bank or banking institution
  
  
• 133.16
  Filing of copy of bond resolution
  
  
• 134
  Sale of surplus water; laying of pipes; consent required
  
  
• 135
  Contracts; engineers and assistants
  
  
• 136
  Contracts in excess of $2,500; advertisement for bids; exceptions
  
  
• 137
  Execution of contract
  
  
• 138
  Control, regulation and protection of water supply system
  
  
• 139
  Furnishing water for special purposes.
  
  
• 140
  Right of entry for inspection; penalty for obstructing inspectors
  
  
• 141
  Liability for water rent; payment in advance
  
  
• 142
  Water shut off for nonpayment of charges
  
  
• 143
  Rebate for prompt payment; amount
  
  
• 144
  Increase of capacity of plant; additional pipe lines
  
  
• 145
  Contracts for additional supply of water
  
  
• 146
  Supplying water to other municipalities; consent required
  
  
• 147
  Supplying water to dwellers along line; rates; consent required
  
  
• 148
  General powers to carry out objective
  
  
• 148.1
  Water commission customers, option for electronic billing, payment.
  
  
• 149
  Powers of condemnation
  
  
• 150
  Certain boards and commissions unaffected
  
  
• 150.1
  Names of employees of water commissions established by two or more municipalities in second class counties between 300,000 and 325,000
  
  
• 150.2
  Classification, without examination in classified service
  
  
• 151
  Annual standby or ready-to-serve charge upon unoccupied lots.
  
  
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• Chapter 62A

• 1
  Definition
  
  
• 2
  Establishment and maintenance of commissary; cost; profits
  
  
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• Chapter 63

• 31.1
  Sale or lease of municipal facilities to privately-owned utility; conditions
  
  
• 31.2
  Construction of incidental facilities for sale or lease to privately-owned utility; assessment of cost
  
  
• 31.3
  Refund or credit to property owners
  
  
• 40
  Purchase of lateral sewers by municipality; contracts validated; bonds
  
  
• 68
  Contracts with other municipalities generally
  
  
• 69
  Definitions; "joint meeting" ; "improvement or works"
  
  
• 70
  Construction of improvements or works; sewers connecting therewith
  
  
• 71
  Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect
  
  
• 72
  Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated
  
  
• 73
  Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality
  
  
• 74
  Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities
  
  
• 75
  Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities
  
  
• 76
  Notice of intention to make
  
  
• 77
  Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure
  
  
• 78
  When failure of notice not to invalidate proceedings
  
  
• 79
  Joint contract; ordinances authorizing
  
  
• 80
  Contents of ordinance; capacity, use, cost and expense apportioned
  
  
• 81
  Joint contract; execution; recording
  
  
• 82
  Proceedings after joint contract to be by resolution
  
  
• 83
  Joint contract; modification; supplemental contract for future management
  
  
• 84
  Separate municipal action relative to joint system; local connecting sewers
  
  
• 85
  Joint meeting; organization; officers; vacancies; duration of power
  
  
• 86
  Officers; oaths and bonds
  
  
• 87
  Voting by municipalities, quorum; specific concurrence required
  
  
• 88
  Exclusive powers except in money matters; actions by joint committee; benefits to accrue to all
  
  
• 89
  Joint meeting; rooms and buildings
  
  
• 90
  Reorganization when work completed; maintenance and operation
  
  
• 91
  Acquisition of land; purchase
  
  
• 92
  Condemnation of lands; procedure
  
  
• 93
  Condemnation; right of entry upon appointment of commissioners
  
  
• 94
  Contracts for improvements or works
  
  
• 95
  Joint meeting
  
  
• 96
  Repair, rebuilding and operation; cost; provisions in contract for
  
  
• 97
  Increase in capacity before or during construction
  
  
• 98
  Sewers; disposal plants enlarged; approval of department of health; contract for; cost
  
  
• 99
  Construction in other municipalities; sewers to tidewater
  
  
• 100
  Discharge in tidewater; consent of department of health
  
  
• 101
  Use of streets in other municipalities
  
  
• 102
  Agreement as to terms; procedure where parties cannot agree
  
  
• 103
  Change of grade of streets in other municipalities; regulation of work; restoration of pavements
  
  
• 104
  Location of disposal plants in other municipalities; application
  
  
• 105
  Rejection of application; appeal
  
  
• 106
  Remedy of dissenting citizens if application granted
  
  
• 106.1
  Contracts with Passaic valley sewerage commissioners for sewage disposal
  
  
• 107
  Use of improvements or works by other municipalities; contracts; terms
  
  
• 108
  Contracts authorized
  
  
• 109
  Supplemental contract to secure additional accommodations
  
  
• 110
  Payment for use of joint systems; bonds
  
  
• 111
  Participating municipalities may be admitted to membership in joint meeting
  
  
• 112
  Joint meeting to designate portion of system each may use
  
  
• 113
  Disposal of sewage for others; contracts
  
  
• 114
  Financial records; monthly statements to participating municipalities
  
  
• 115
  Cost and expenses of improvements or works apportioned
  
  
• 116
  Annual expenses; estimated and apportioned; additional payments if necessary
  
  
• 117
  Assessment for benefits; commissioners; appointment and powers; vacancies
  
  
• 118
  Assessment for benefits; limitation on extent
  
  
• 119
  Commissioners; oath and duties; assessment proportionate to benefits; excess apportioned between municipalities
  
  
• 120
  Assessments for connecting sewers; abutting property
  
  
• 121
  Assessments on property not directly affected
  
  
• 122
  Report of commissioners; hearing; report final when confirmed by court
  
  
• 123
  Compensation of commissioners; costs of proceedings
  
  
• 124
  Maps and proceedings valid despite misrecitals or other mistakes
  
  
• 125
  Assessment for benefits; in each municipality; provision for in joint contract; procedure
  
  
• 126
  Assessments to be a lien; collection
  
  
• 127
  Assessments for benefits need not be made; municipality to pay whole amount
  
  
• 128
  Bonds where no assessment for benefits
  
  
• 129
  Injuries to adjacent land owners from joint sewage disposal plant; action for damages
  
  
• 130
  Temporary obligations to finance work; renewal
  
  
• 131
  Renewal of temporary obligations; assessments paid in; disposition; bonds for amount unpaid
  
  
• 132
  Bonds and temporary obligations; general provisions; amount limited
  
  
• 133
  Excess of cost over assessments for benefits; bonds; proceeds
  
  
• 134
  Bonds for construction and maintenance
  
  
• 135
  Bonds; general provisions
  
  
• 136
  Bonds and other obligations; payment of principal and interest
  
  
• 137
  Provisions for payment in lieu of bond issue
  
  
• 138
  Actions brought by joint meeting; benefits to accrue to all municipalities
  
  
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• Chapter 64

• 1
  Shade tree commission; members; appointment
  
  
• 2
  Commissioners' term lengths; alternates
  
  
• 3
  Organization; salaries of officers and employees
  
  
• 4
  Vacancies
  
  
• 5
  Powers of commission
  
  
• 6
  Performance of duties of shade tree commission by park commission
  
  
• 7
  Existing commissioners continued; duties and powers; funds, contracts and employees
  
  
• 8
  Cost of trees and improvements; charge and lien on property; exceptions
  
  
• 9
  Planting and removal of trees; notice and hearing; emergencies
  
  
• 10
  Public improvements affecting trees; consent of commission; county park commissions unaffected
  
  
• 11
  Annual appropriation; estimate; amount
  
  
• 12
  Penalty; jurisdiction of courts; copy of ordinance as evidence
  
  
• 13
  Disposition of penalties
  
  
• 14
  No liability for death or injury
  
  
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• Chapter 65

• 1
  Ordinances for cost; conformance to grade; exception
  
  
• 2
  Notice of improvement; contents
  
  
• 3
  Service of notice
  
  
• 4
  Publication of notice where service impossible
  
  
• 5
  Proof of service
  
  
• 6
  Notice of improvement unnecessary where notice of ordinance given
  
  
• 7
  Municipality to make improvement on neglect of owner; contracts
  
  
• 8
  Costs; record filed; apportionment and assessment; notice to owners
  
  
• 9
  Assessments a lien; collection and enforcement; installments; errors immaterial
  
  
• 9.1
  Repair or reconstruction of sidewalks at public expense
  
  
• 9.2
  Resolution
  
  
• 9.3
  Appropriations and procedure
  
  
• 9.4
  Repair or reconstruction of curbs at public expense
  
  
• 9.5
  Resolution
  
  
• 9.6
  Appropriations and procedure
  
  
• 10
  Crosswalks
  
  
• 11
  Municipality may make annual contract for sidewalks
  
  
• 12
  Removal of grass, weeds, snow and ice; procedure upon failure
  
  
• 13
  Sidewalks on land under control of county; cost; assessments and collection
  
  
• 14
  Sidewalks in municipalities; ordinances for imposition on abutting landowners of expense of construction, repair, alteration or maintenance; procedure
  
  
• 15
  Reimbursement of account used to pay costs connected with sidewalk improvement
  
  
• 16
  Application of act
  
  
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• Chapter 66

• 1
  Street cleaning; solid waste disposal; ordinances, rules, and regulations
  
  
• 1.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 1.2
  Definitions relative to solid waste collection services for multifamily dwellings.
  
  
• 1.3
  Reimbursement of multifamily dwelling.
  
  
• 1.4
  Written agreement, use of reimbursement.
  
  
• 1.5
  Reimbursement schedule.
  
  
• 1.6
  Limits on solid waste collection; operating hours
  
  
• 2
  Buildings, appliances for solid waste disposal; acquisition of lands
  
  
• 3
  Lands in other municipalities; consent required
  
  
• 4
  Contracts; bid specification, advertising, renegotiations
  
  
• 5
  Cost of solid waste collection, disposal; ordinance
  
  
• 5.1
  Municipality to adopt proof of service ordinance for solid waste generators
  
  
• 5.2
  Solid waste generators provided opportunity to contract for collection services
  
  
• 5.3
  Solid waste facility may establish hours for direct transport of solid waste for disposal
  
  
• 8
  Creation of solid waste collection district
  
  
• 9
  Provision for collection, disposal of solid waste
  
  
• 10
  Funding for cost of solid waste collection
  
  
• 11
  Funding for cost of solid waste collection, disposal
  
  
• 12
  Moneys assessed, levied, lien upon the land
  
  
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• Chapter 66A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Public interest and policy declared
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Creation of incinerator authorities
  
  
• 5
  Incinerator authority; powers to be vested in members; membership; reimbursement for expenses; election
  
  
• 6
  Acquisition of incinerators; treatment plants or works
  
  
• 7
  Incinerator authority as political subdivision; powers
  
  
• 7.1
  Audit of accounts of incinerator authority annually; filing
  
  
• 7.2
  Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing
  
  
• 8
  Incinerator authority charges
  
  
• 9
  Local unit may appropriate money.
  
  
• 10
  Revenue bonds authorized, purpose, issuing details.
  
  
• 11
  Rights of holders of temporary bonds.
  
  
• 12
  Publication of bond proceedings.
  
  
• 13
  Negotiability of bonds or obligations
  
  
• 14
  Provisions of bond resolutions
  
  
• 15
  Default in payment of bonds; trustee; appointment; powers; receiver
  
  
• 16
  Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit
  
  
• 17
  Real property, acquisition of; condemnation
  
  
• 18
  Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection
  
  
• 19
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to incinerator authority; permit
  
  
• 20
  Contracts
  
  
• 21
  Public bodies to pay service charges
  
  
• 22
  Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage disposal system; exemptions
  
  
• 23
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 24
  Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation
  
  
• 25
  Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders
  
  
• 26
  Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
  
  
• 27
  Municipalities' powers respecting garbage disposal limited after creation of incinerator authority; use of services
  
  
• 28
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 29
  Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage disposal plants
  
  
• 30
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 31
  Disposal of trash and garbage by sanitary landfill or incinerator method in accordance with state sanitary code
  
  
• 31.1
  Short title
  
  
• 31.2
  Public policy
  
  
• 31.3
  Definitions
  
  
• 31.4
  Powers of county
  
  
• 31.4a
  Condemnation; declaration of taking; deposit in court; vesting title; transfer of possession; service of notice of filing; determination of compensation
  
  
• 31.5
  Resolution to exercise powers by board of chosen freeholders; approval by commissioner; replacement or repair of damaged property
  
  
• 31.6
  Bonds; ordinance; issuance; use of proceeds; pledge of revenue for repayment
  
  
• 31.7
  Contracts
  
  
• 31.8
  Rates or rentals
  
  
• 31.9
  Financing by county pursuant to agreement with municipality, joint meeting or authority
  
  
• 31.10
  Power of municipality, joint meeting or authority or private company to enter contract with county
  
  
• 31.11
  Bonds as legal investment; tax exemption
  
  
• 31.12
  Payments to county and ad valorem tax by municipality, joint meeting or authority
  
  
• 31.13
  Payments to county by private companies; lien of unpaid amount; priority
  
  
• 31.14
  Construction of act; severability
  
  
• 31.15
  Preemption of solid waste disposal system by incinerator authority
  
  
• 32
  Short title
  
  
• 33
  Public interest and policy declared
  
  
• 34
  Definitions
  
  
• 35
  Solid waste management authority may be created by municipalities; filing of ordinance or resolution
  
  
• 36
  Solid waste management authority; powers to be vested in members; membership; reimbursement for expenses; election
  
  
• 37
  Acquisition of incinerators; treatment plants or works
  
  
• 38
  Solid waste management authority as political subdivision; powers
  
  
• 39
  Audit of accounts of solid waste management authority annually; filing
  
  
• 40
  Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing
  
  
• 41
  Rents, rates, fees or other charges
  
  
• 42
  Appropriation of moneys for purpose of solid waste management authority
  
  
• 43
  Revenue bonds
  
  
• 44
  Interim certificates; temporary bonds or other instruments
  
  
• 45
  Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity
  
  
• 46
  Negotiability of bonds or obligations
  
  
• 47
  Provisions of bond resolutions
  
  
• 48
  Default in payment of bonds; trustee; appointment; powers; receiver
  
  
• 49
  Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit
  
  
• 50
  Real property, acquisition of; condemnation
  
  
• 51
  Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection
  
  
• 52
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit
  
  
• 53
  Contracts
  
  
• 54
  Public bodies to pay service charges
  
  
• 55
  Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions
  
  
• 56
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 57
  Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation
  
  
• 58
  Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders
  
  
• 59
  Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
  
  
• 60
  Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services
  
  
• 61
  Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities
  
  
• 62
  Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage and solid wastes disposal plants
  
  
• 63
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 64
  Dissolution
  
  
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• Chapter 67

• 1
  Municipal ordinances
  
  
• 2
  Ordinances and resolutions filed
  
  
• 3
  Hack or cab stands at hotels
  
  
• 4
  Materials for street improvements
  
  
• 5
  Streets occupied by railroad; improvement of; cost apportioned
  
  
• 6
  Conduits for wires; rental; construction by utility corporation
  
  
• 6.1
  Permits to United States; conduits; manholes or other appurtenances
  
  
• 6.2
  Liability of municipality for injuries or damage as result of permits to United States
  
  
• 7
  Change or improvement of streets; removal and relocation of tracks, poles and other property
  
  
• 8
  Municipal improvements affecting private structures
  
  
• 9
  Municipality may do work if owner fails; recovery of cost
  
  
• 10
  Franchises and rights of owners unaffected by relocation
  
  
• 11
  Street improvements; house connections by owner
  
  
• 12
  Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs
  
  
• 12.1
  Taking land for improving roads or streets; procedure
  
  
• 12.2
  Time for fixing value of property; payment into court
  
  
• 12.3
  Compensation for private structure or building maintained within boundaries of street
  
  
• 13
  Street lighting; land, buildings and equipment
  
  
• 14
  Contracts for street lighting; exception
  
  
• 15
  Contract with county for street lighting; terms; powers conferred additional
  
  
• 16
  Safety zones and other structures for traffic regulations; exceptions
  
  
• 16.1
  System of truck routes; establishment; exclusion of trucks from other streets
  
  
• 16.2
  Exceptions
  
  
• 16.3
  State highway routes; county roads
  
  
• 16.4
  Marking routes
  
  
• 16.5
  Enforcement; penalties
  
  
• 16.5a
  Fines for violation of certain truck route ordinances; required signage.
  
  
• 16.6
  Limiting use of streets to certain classes of vehicles
  
  
• 16.7
  Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities
  
  
• 16.8
  Approval of regulation by director of division of motor vehicles
  
  
• 16.9
  Closing of street for preservation of public safety, health or welfare; authorization by governing body by ordinance; regulations
  
  
• 16.10
  Ordinances and regulations; approval
  
  
• 17
  Statues and memorials erected upon public streets
  
  
• 18
  Spanish American war monuments; municipal contribution
  
  
• 19
  Vacation of streets and places dedicated but not accepted; ordinance; notice and hearing
  
  
• 20
  Abandonment of plans to open or widen streets; disposition of lands
  
  
• 21
  Vacation of streets and places; recording; copy as evidence
  
  
• 22
  Vacation of streets and public places between March 11, 1920, and March 11, 1922; recording; copy as evidence
  
  
• 22.1
  Payment for vacating street
  
  
• 23
  Return of taxes paid on certain streets
  
  
• 23.1
  Road, street services
  
  
• 23.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 23.3
  Municipality to reimburse private community for services or provide services
  
  
• 23.4
  Private community to pay insurance riders
  
  
• 23.5
  Use of municipal reimbursement to pay for services
  
  
• 23.6
  Schedule for reimbursement for portion of cost
  
  
• 23.7
  Acceptance for public use if conforms to municipal specifications
  
  
• 23.8
  Additional services; repeal of ordinance; prior agreements to remain in effect
  
  
• 26
  Passage of ordinances; subsequent proceedings by resolution; supervision by county
  
  
• 27
  Contract with county; advertisement for bids unnecessary
  
  
• 28
  Assessment for benefits; bonds and improvement certificates
  
  
• 29
  Highways may be connected by tunnels; approaches
  
  
• 30
  Use of state land
  
  
• 31
  Location of tunnel and approaches; right of entry upon lands
  
  
• 32
  Acquisition of necessary land; damages to land compensated
  
  
• 33
  Contract with landowners to build tunnel; contribution by; streets vacated
  
  
• 34
  Statement of cost and damages filed
  
  
• 35
  Tunnel considered general improvement
  
  
• 47
  Release or extinction of public right in canal or canal bed not used for twenty years
  
  
• 48
  Filing copy of ordinance; evidence
  
  
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• Chapter 68

• 1
  Acquisition of land; reclamation and improvement of land
  
  
• 2
  Contracts; plans, specifications, advertisement and bids
  
  
• 3
  Lease of improvements; terms; lessee's bond; use of improvement by others
  
  
• 4
  Ordinances relating to water fronts
  
  
• 5
  Acquisition of railroads and equipment connecting with water front improvements
  
  
• 6
  Operation of railroad by municipality; lease to corporation
  
  
• 7
  Income from improvements and railway; use of; annual deficits
  
  
• 8
  Funds for supervision and control of improvements and ferries
  
  
• 9
  Officers, agents and employees
  
  
• 10
  Annual report; contents; filing
  
  
• 11
  Powers conferred deemed additional
  
  
• 12
  Private wharves or other improvements; license for construction; application; procedure
  
  
• 13
  Failure to obtain license; effect; penalty; duration of license
  
  
• 14
  Removal of obstruction from wharves; procedure on failure of owner
  
  
• 15
  Persons aggrieved may petition court; procedure
  
  
• 16
  Municipal appropriation to assist federal government in protecting water front
  
  
• 17
  "Port authority" defined
  
  
• 18
  "Marine terminal" defined
  
  
• 19
  "Property" defined
  
  
• 20
  Powers appurtenant to establishment and maintenance of marine terminals
  
  
• 21
  Use of income; issuance of bonds and other obligations
  
  
• 22
  Local harbor and water front commission; creation; members; appointment; term
  
  
• 23
  Powers and duties.
  
  
• 24
  Governing body approval required
  
  
• 25
  Dedicated revenues; applicability of section 40:2-18
  
  
• 26
  Repeals
  
  
• 27
  Establishment of district; ordinance; special election
  
  
• 28
  Beach erosion control commission; establishment
  
  
• 29
  Election of commissioners; term
  
  
• 30
  Vacancies; special election; term
  
  
• 31
  Petition for nomination
  
  
• 32
  Verification of petition
  
  
• 33
  Filing of petition
  
  
• 34
  Ballots; form and content; advertisement of election
  
  
• 35
  Judge of election; teller; compensation
  
  
• 36
  Registry list; persons entitled to vote
  
  
• 37
  Polls; hours open; record of persons voting
  
  
• 38
  Counting of votes; certification of results; forwarding to municipal clerk; announcement of results
  
  
• 39
  Oaths; meeting; election of officers; acts of majority
  
  
• 40
  Powers
  
  
• 41
  Entry upon lands or waters to make surveys, borings, sounding and examinations; condemnation; compensation
  
  
• 42
  Bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness; issuance; limitation
  
  
• 43
  Guaranty of bonds
  
  
• 44
  Issuance of notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness according to Local Bond Law; purchase of bonds by municipality
  
  
• 45
  Appropriation of moneys; loans or donations to district
  
  
• 46
  Budget; adoption
  
  
• 47
  Payment of moneys to district treasurer
  
  
• 48
  District contracts
  
  
• 49
  Annual audit
  
  
• 50
  Dissolution of district; debts and obligations; property; resolution as evidence
  
  
• 51
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 52
  Removal of district members; grounds; hearing
  
  
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• Chapter 68A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Declaration of public interest and policy of state
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Port authority; creation by municipalities; membership, filing of ordinances and resolutions
  
  
• 5
  Members of port authority; powers; terms; expenses; officers, agents and authorities; civil service
  
  
• 6
  Acquisition of property
  
  
• 7
  Port authority as political subdivision; powers
  
  
• 7.1
  Audit of accounts of port authority annually; filing
  
  
• 7.2
  Certified copies of bond resolutions and bond proceedings; filing
  
  
• 8
  Service charges
  
  
• 9
  Appropriations by local units
  
  
• 10
  Revenue bonds
  
  
• 11
  Interim certificates; temporary bonds or other instruments
  
  
• 12
  Notice as to time for bringing actions questioning validity
  
  
• 13
  Negotiability of bonds or obligations
  
  
• 14
  Provisions of bond resolutions
  
  
• 15
  Default in payment of bonds; trustees; appointment; powers; receiver
  
  
• 16
  Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of state or local unit
  
  
• 17
  Real property; acquisition; condemnation
  
  
• 18
  Service charge with regard to real property; interest; lien; enforcement; collection
  
  
• 19
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to port authority; permit
  
  
• 20
  Public bodies to pay service charges
  
  
• 21
  Mortgage, pledge or disposal of port facilities; exemptions
  
  
• 22
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 23
  Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation
  
  
• 24
  Pledge of State to bondholders
  
  
• 25
  Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
  
  
• 26
  Competitive activities
  
  
• 27
  Liberal construction; regulation of port authorities
  
  
• 28
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 29
  Short title
  
  
• 30
  Declaration of public interest and policy
  
  
• 31
  Definitions
  
  
• 32
  Municipal port authority; creation by municipalities; membership; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 33
  Officers, agents and employees; civil service
  
  
• 34
  Powers vested in members; quorum
  
  
• 35
  Reimbursement for expenses; compensation for services
  
  
• 36
  Interest of members, officers or employees in property or contracts
  
  
• 37
  Removal of members
  
  
• 38
  Dissolution of municipal port authority; vesting of property in municipality
  
  
• 39
  Purpose of municipal port authority
  
  
• 40
  Municipal port authority as political subdivision; powers
  
  
• 41
  Facility charges
  
  
• 42
  Schedule of facility charges
  
  
• 43
  Powers of municipalities; finances; ordinance
  
  
• 43.1
  Annual budget, and financial obligations and leases, sales or dispositions of realty; approval of local finance board
  
  
• 44
  Authority to issue bonds; bond resolution
  
  
• 45
  Issuance of bonds
  
  
• 46
  Sale of bonds; interest
  
  
• 47
  Filing copy of bond resolution; publication of notice; limitation of actions
  
  
• 48
  Agreements with bondholders
  
  
• 49
  Default in payment of series bonds; appointment of trustee; powers
  
  
• 50
  Appointment of receiver; powers and duties
  
  
• 51
  Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of state, county or municipality
  
  
• 52
  Negotiability of bonds
  
  
• 53
  Real property; acquisition; condemnation
  
  
• 54
  Construction or operation of port system; additional powers; relocation of facilities
  
  
• 55
  Aid and co-operation of local units
  
  
• 56
  Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to municipal port authority
  
  
• 57
  Appropriation of money by local unit
  
  
• 58
  Contracts for use or lease of port system
  
  
• 59
  Mortgage, pledge or disposal of port system; exceptions
  
  
• 60
  Exemption from execution
  
  
• 61
  Payments in lieu of taxes
  
  
• 62
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 63
  Tax exemptions
  
  
• 64
  Pledge of state to bondholders
  
  
• 65
  Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits
  
  
• 66
  Annual audit
  
  
• 67
  Filing certified copies of bond resolutions and annual budgets
  
  
• 68
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 69
  Partial invalidity
  
  
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• Chapter 69A

• 1
  Election on question whether charter commission shall be elected
  
  
• 2
  Election of charter commission members at same time public question is submitted
  
  
• 3
  Candidates for charter commission
  
  
• 4
  Canvass of election
  
  
• 5
  Organization of charter commission; quorum; majority required for effective recommendations
  
  
• 6
  Vacancies in charter commission
  
  
• 7
  Duties of charter commission
  
  
• 8
  No compensation; expenses of commission members; consultants and assistants
  
  
• 9
  Hearings; public forums
  
  
• 10
  Report of charter commission; copies
  
  
• 11
  Discharge of charter commission; change of recommendation; amended report
  
  
• 12
  Report and recommendations
  
  
• 13
  Number of council members and wards; recommendations
  
  
• 14
  Form of question submitted to voters
  
  
• 15
  Ballots; submission of question of adoption of optional plan of government
  
  
• 16
  Special charter or specific amendments of charters; petition to legislature
  
  
• 17
  Other proceedings pending; no new resolution or petition within 4 years
  
  
• 18
  Adoption of optional plan without charter commission
  
  
• 19
  Petition for election upon adoption of optional plan of government
  
  
• 20
  Submission of question
  
  
• 21
  Other proceedings pending; no new petition within 4 years
  
  
• 22
  Vote in favor of change in form of government
  
  
• 23
  Optional form of government; adoption, no vote for 10 years thereafter to change.
  
  
• 24
  Each optional plan declared complete form of government
  
  
• 25
  Reversion to prior law.
  
  
• 25.1
  Amendment of charter to include alternative under plan of government; referendum; ballot; form of question
  
  
• 25.2
  Alternative under 40:69A-25.1, transition provisions
  
  
• 25.3
  Group C alternative; adoption; transitional provisions
  
  
• 25.4
  Group D alternative; adoption; transitional provisions
  
  
• 25.5
  Group E alternative; adoption; transitional provisions
  
  
• 26
  Laws governing after adoption of optional form of government
  
  
• 27
  Municipality remains body corporate and politic; name
  
  
• 28
  "General law" defined
  
  
• 29
  Powers of municipality.
  
  
• 30
  Power of local self-government conferred; construction of grants of power
  
  
• 31
  Applicable laws
  
  
• 32
  Mayor-council plan
  
  
• 33
  Mayor; election; term
  
  
• 34
  Council members; number; term
  
  
• 34.1
  Mayor-council plan; election of mayor and council; regular municipal or general election
  
  
• 34.2
  Council members; election at large or by ward
  
  
• 34.3
  First council members; terms of office
  
  
• 36
  Legislative power
  
  
• 37
  Investigative, removal powers
  
  
• 37.1
  Mayoral control of administration
  
  
• 38
  Municipal clerk; duties
  
  
• 39
  Executive power
  
  
• 40
  Mayoral duties
  
  
• 41
  Approval or veto of ordinances; attending meetings
  
  
• 42
  Acting mayor
  
  
• 43
  Municipal departments, number.
  
  
• 43a
  Administrative department salaries
  
  
• 43.1
  Deputy director of department
  
  
• 43.2
  Powers and duties of deputy
  
  
• 44
  Department of administration; director; qualifications; powers and duties
  
  
• 45
  Preparation of budget
  
  
• 46
  Budget submitted to council
  
  
• 46.1
  Mayor-council plan deadline
  
  
• 47
  System of work programs and quarterly allotments
  
  
• 48
  Control functions
  
  
• 60.1
  Mayoral appointees
  
  
• 60.2
  Powers and duties of deputies, secretaries and aides
  
  
• 60.3
  Municipalities over 300,000; department of administration; assistant business administrator
  
  
• 60.4
  Powers and duties of assistant business administrator
  
  
• 60.5
  Appointment of executive secretary, aides for council member; terms; compensation
  
  
• 60.6
  Powers and duties of aides
  
  
• 60.7
  City of first class under Mayor-Council Plan C; police chief; appointment; term of office; removal
  
  
• 67.1
  Municipality with Mayor-Council Plan D; housing counsellor; duties
  
  
• 67.2
  Appointment; removal; salary
  
  
• 81
  Applicable laws
  
  
• 82
  Government by elected council and appointed manager and other officers and employees
  
  
• 83
  Council
  
  
• 83.1
  Council-manager plan; charter provision; regular municipal or general election; term of office
  
  
• 83.2
  Election at large or by wards
  
  
• 83.3
  Terms of first council members
  
  
• 86
  Mayor; election by council or by voters; charter provision
  
  
• 87
  Duties of mayor
  
  
• 88
  Powers of municipality vested in council; exceptions
  
  
• 89
  Appointment of municipal manager and clerk and others
  
  
• 90
  Departments, boards and offices; deputy manager
  
  
• 91
  Municipal council to act as a body; administrative service to be performed through manager; committees or commissions
  
  
• 92
  Qualifications of municipal manager
  
  
• 93
  Term of municipal manager; removal; suspension
  
  
• 94
  Absence or disability of manager
  
  
• 95
  Powers and duties of manager
  
  
• 96
  Budget; preparation by manager
  
  
• 97
  Submission of budget to council
  
  
• 97.1
  Council-manager plan deadline
  
  
• 98
  Laws conferring powers upon mayor or other executive head construed as meaning municipal manager
  
  
• 115
  Adoption by municipalities under 12,000; applicable laws
  
  
• 116
  Government by elected council and mayor and appointed officers
  
  
• 117
  Composition of council
  
  
• 117.1
  Small municipality plan; members of council; election at regular municipal or general election
  
  
• 117.2
  First members of council; terms of office
  
  
• 117.3
  Mayor; election by council or by voters; charter provision
  
  
• 120
  Legislative power; quorum; mayor's duties; president of council
  
  
• 121
  Executive power; mayor's duties
  
  
• 122
  Assessor; tax collector; attorney; clerk; treasurer; other officers; appointment
  
  
• 123
  Finance committee and other committees of council
  
  
• 124
  Appointment of officers and employees by mayor
  
  
• 125
  Residence in municipality not required
  
  
• 126
  Municipal clerk
  
  
• 127
  Duties of municipal clerk
  
  
• 128
  Annual budget
  
  
• 129
  Treasurer's duties
  
  
• 130
  Disbursement of municipal funds
  
  
• 131
  Tax collector; duties
  
  
• 132
  Bond of treasurer and collector
  
  
• 149.1
  Adoption by voters; applicable laws
  
  
• 149.2
  Government by elected mayor and council, and appointed municipal administrator and other officers and employees
  
  
• 149.3
  Council; composition; mayor and councilmen; election; terms of office
  
  
• 149.4
  Election at large; terms of office of first elected
  
  
• 149.5
  Council; legislative power; status of mayor; quorum; president; special meetings
  
  
• 149.6
  Mayor; powers and duties
  
  
• 149.7
  Ordinances; approval by mayor
  
  
• 149.8
  Mayoral appointments; municipal departments
  
  
• 149.8a
  Ordinances validated
  
  
• 149.9
  Municipal administrator
  
  
• 149.10
  Officers and employees; appointment and recruitment by mayor
  
  
• 149.11
  Clerk
  
  
• 149.12
  Annual budget; preparation
  
  
• 149.13
  Treasurer
  
  
• 149.14
  Municipal funds; disbursement
  
  
• 149.15
  Tax collector
  
  
• 149.16
  Bond; treasurer and collector
  
  
• 150
  Municipal elections; time.
  
  
• 152
  Terms of municipal officers
  
  
• 153.1
  Dual candidacy; prohibition
  
  
• 162
  Candidates elected in municipalities adopting article 13 or 14
  
  
• 163
  Interest in contracts or jobs forbidden
  
  
• 164
  Franks, free passes, tickets or services; acceptance forbidden
  
  
• 165
  Promise of office, position, employment or benefits forbidden
  
  
• 167
  Failure to appear or testify before court, legislative committee or Governor
  
  
• 168
  Elective officers; removal by recall petition and vote
  
  
• 169
  Recall petition
  
  
• 170
  Signatures to recall petition
  
  
• 171
  Notice to officer; recall election; notice of filing of petition
  
  
• 172
  Ballots
  
  
• 173
  Removal of more than one officer
  
  
• 174
  Election of successor; use of recall ballot
  
  
• 175
  Laws governing recall elections; selection of candidate for successor of recalled incumbent
  
  
• 176
  Publication of notices of arrangements for recall elections; conduct
  
  
• 177
  Results of election
  
  
• 178
  Successor where incumbent resigns or is recalled
  
  
• 179
  Meetings of council; journal
  
  
• 180
  Rules of procedure; quorum; ordinances and resolutions; presiding officer; compensation
  
  
• 182
  Recording of ordinances and resolutions
  
  
• 183
  Rules and regulations; filing; publication
  
  
• 184
  Petition; percentage of legal voters required
  
  
• 185
  Power of referendum; time for filing petition
  
  
• 186
  Petition papers; affidavits
  
  
• 187
  Filing of petition papers; examination; certification of result
  
  
• 188
  Amendment of initiative or referendum petition
  
  
• 189
  Suspension of ordinance
  
  
• 190
  Submission to municipal council
  
  
• 191
  Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition
  
  
• 192
  Timing of election at which submitted to voters
  
  
• 193
  Number of proposed ordinances voted upon; time between special elections
  
  
• 194
  Publication of ordinance
  
  
• 195
  Ballots
  
  
• 196
  Repeal, amendment of ordinances.
  
  
• 205
  Adoption of schedule of installation of optional plan.
  
  
• 206
  Charters, amendments and supplements superseded; existing ordinances and resolutions remain in force where not inconsistent
  
  
• 207
  Offices abolished on effective date of plan; administrative code
  
  
• 207.1
  Local industrial commissions; continuance or reestablishment
  
  
• 208
  Appointments between election and time of taking office under optional plan; pending actions and proceedings
  
  
• 208.1
  Continuance of charter adopted prior to Jan. 9, 1982 of municipality with mayor-council plan
  
  
• 208.2
  Continuance of charter adopted prior to Jan. 9, 1982 of municipality with council-manager plan
  
  
• 208.3
  Continuance of charter adopted prior to Jan. 9, 1982 of municipality with small municipality plan
  
  
• 209
  Partial invalidity
  
  
• 210
  Short title
  
  
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• Chapter 70

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definition of terms.
  
  
• 3
  Municipalities governed hereby
  
  
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• Chapter 71

• 1
  Election; notice
  
  
• 2
  Clerk to call election; notice
  
  
• 3
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 4
  Conduct of election; results certified to clerk
  
  
• 5
  Clerk to certify results; contents of certificate
  
  
• 6
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 7
  If majority against adoption no petition for certain period
  
  
• 8
  Corporate existence and name continued
  
  
• 9
  Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; boards abolished; exception
  
  
• 9.1
  Boards of fire commissioners in townships
  
  
• 10
  Inconsistent laws inapplicable; laws relating to municipal courts unaffected
  
  
• 11
  Educational system unaffected
  
  
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• Chapter 72

• 1
  Commissioners; number
  
  
• 1.1
  Municipality with board of three commissioners; additional commissioners; petition, ordinance and referendum
  
  
• 1.2
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 1.3
  Vote required for adoption; amendment and repeal
  
  
• 2
  All powers vested in board of commissioners
  
  
• 3
  General powers; power to pass ordinances for specific purposes
  
  
• 4
  Department; distribution of powers
  
  
• 5
  Jurisdiction of commission over departments and officers thereof
  
  
• 6
  Commissioners assigned to departments
  
  
• 6.1
  Assignment of departmental powers and duties in counties of first and second class
  
  
• 7
  Subordinate boards and officers; appointment and removal
  
  
• 9
  Appointment of deputy by director in second class cities and certain fourth class cities
  
  
• 10
  Mayor; selection; no veto power
  
  
• 11
  Mayor; duties
  
  
• 12
  Director of finance; when to act as mayor
  
  
• 13
  Regular and special meetings; open to public; minutes
  
  
• 14
  Quorum; voting; vote recorded in minutes
  
  
• 16
  Board first elected may revise and add to appropriations
  
  
• 18
  Use of fees received from water rents
  
  
• 19
  Power to construct convention halls in cities
  
  
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• Chapter 73

• 1
  Qualifications sole test for election, appointment
  
  
• 2
  No officer or employee to be interested in contracts
  
  
• 3
  No officer or employee to receive free service; exceptions
  
  
• 4
  Certain acts forbidden; penalties
  
  
• 5
  Appointments in second-class cities in certain years; restriction
  
  
• 6
  Salaries of officers and employees; exceptions
  
  
• 8
  Application of laws relating to municipal boards of recreation commissioners
  
  
• 9
  Borough under 5000; tax collector or treasurer; waiver of residency requirements
  
  
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• Chapter 74

• 1
  Certain ordinances and resolutions filed upon passage; ordinance required in certain cases
  
  
• 2
  Enacting clause; suits for penalties
  
  
• 3
  Record of ordinances; commissioners to sign record
  
  
• 4
  Effective date of ordinances; emergency ordinances excepted
  
  
• 5
  Remonstrance against ordinance; petition; reconsideration; referendum; vote required for adoption
  
  
• 6
  Petition; law applicable
  
  
• 7
  Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted
  
  
• 8
  When submission unnecessary
  
  
• 9
  Ordinances proposed by petition; procedure
  
  
• 10
  Petition; filing
  
  
• 11
  Petition; signatures; verification
  
  
• 12
  Clerk to examine petition; notice of insufficiency; amendment and refiling
  
  
• 13
  Clerk to examine amended petition; new petition; submission to board
  
  
• 14
  Duty of board on submission of ordinance; submission to voters; withdrawal of petition
  
  
• 15
  Several ordinances submitted together; number of elections limited
  
  
• 16
  Notice of election when ordinance or proposition submitted to voters
  
  
• 17
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 18
  Ordinances; adoption, submission to voters.
  
  
• 19
  Submission of amendments or repeals to voters by board of commissioners
  
  
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• Chapter 75

• 1
  Members of first commission; election and terms
  
  
• 2
  Subsequent commissioner; election and terms.
  
  
• 2.1
  Change of form of government--Continuation of commissioners and others in office
  
  
• 25
  Definitions
  
  
• 26
  Construction of article
  
  
• 27
  Recall procedure
  
  
• 28
  Clerk to examine petition; amendment and refiling
  
  
• 29
  Clerk to call election; notice of election
  
  
• 30
  Notice of election served on commissioners; publication
  
  
• 31
  Time for holding recall election; arrangements; expenses
  
  
• 32
  Petition nominating successor; form and content; filing
  
  
• 33
  Clerk to examine petition; if defective clerk to return petition
  
  
• 34
  Procedure where incumbent resigns; where incumbent contests recall; incumbent's petition
  
  
• 35
  Clerk to examine incumbent's petition; amendment and refiling
  
  
• 36
  Failure to file incumbent's petition deemed resignation
  
  
• 37
  Several recall petitions may be consolidated
  
  
• 38
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 39
  Adding names to registry list; no primary election
  
  
• 40
  Conduct of election; duties of clerk and election officers
  
  
• 41
  Conduct of election; laws applicable
  
  
• 42
  Result of election determined; vote required
  
  
• 43
  Successor to incumbent; eligibility, election, powers and duties
  
  
• 44
  Clerk to present objections to Superior Court judge
  
  
• 45
  Superior Court assignment judge to sit on election day; action to insure fair election
  
  
• 46
  Election not to be restrained or delayed; effect of writs
  
  
• 47
  Petitions need not be on single paper; minor defects immaterial
  
  
• 48
  Reorganization of board after recall
  
  
• 49
  Certain acts prohibited; penalties.
  
  
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• Chapter 76

• 1
  After six years may resume charter
  
  
• 2
  Petition for submission; proposition stated
  
  
• 3
  Petition; form and content
  
  
• 4
  Petition need not be on single paper; affidavit annexed
  
  
• 5
  Clerk to examine petition; minor deviations permissible
  
  
• 6
  Defective petitions; clerk to notify agent
  
  
• 7
  Determination of validity of clerk's objections
  
  
• 8
  If petitioners prevail clerk to call election
  
  
• 9
  If clerk prevails petition returned to agent
  
  
• 10
  Petition amended; refiling
  
  
• 11
  Clerk to examine amended petition; procedure same as with original
  
  
• 12
  When petition finally accepted clerk to call election; procedure
  
  
• 13
  Clerk to fix date for election; how fixed
  
  
• 14
  Election not to be held in year of regular election
  
  
• 15
  Notice of election; form and content
  
  
• 16
  Copy of notice filed with board of commissioners
  
  
• 17
  Copies of notice posted and published
  
  
• 18
  Arrangements for election; expenses
  
  
• 19
  Time and place of election; conduct of election
  
  
• 20
  Addition of names to registry books; county board to sit
  
  
• 21
  Ballot; number, form and content
  
  
• 22
  Results canvassed and certified; contents of certificate
  
  
• 23
  Vote required for adoption; effect of adoption; exceptions
  
  
• 24
  Application and operation of certain laws not affected
  
  
• 25
  Educational system unaffected
  
  
• 26
  Proposition not adopted, resubmission to voters.
  
  
• 27
  Certain acts prohibited; penalties
  
  
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• Chapter 78

• 1
  Villages coextensive with township; certain township offices abolished
  
  
• 2
  Clerk to turn over records; village clerk to act
  
  
• 3
  Village assessor succeeds township assessor
  
  
• 4
  Village collector to succeed township collector
  
  
• 5
  Salaries of assessor and collector
  
  
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• Chapter 79

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definition of terms
  
  
• 3
  Municipalities governed by this subtitle; exception
  
  
• 4
  Additional powers
  
  
• 5
  Other laws applicable
  
  
• 6
  Liberal construction
  
  
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• Chapter 80

• 1
  Special election; petition
  
  
• 2
  Clerk to call election; notice
  
  
• 3
  Ballot; number, form and content
  
  
• 4
  Place of holding election
  
  
• 5
  Election agents; designated by petition
  
  
• 6
  Time polls to be open; election officers; report
  
  
• 7
  Clerk to certify result
  
  
• 8
  Vote required for adoption
  
  
• 9
  If majority against adoption no petition for two years
  
  
• 10
  Corporate existence and name continued
  
  
• 11
  Elective and appointive officers' terms cease; exceptions
  
  
• 12
  Inconsistent laws inapplicable; law relating to municipal courts unaffected
  
  
• 13
  Educational system unaffected
  
  
• 14
  Sinking fund commissions unaffected
  
  
• 15
  No proceedings to adopt other government within four years
  
  
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• Chapter 81

• 1
  Members; number; increase or decrease by initiative and referendum.
  
  
• 3
  Members elected at large
  
  
• 4
  Members of first council; election and terms
  
  
• 5
  Time of annual election; terms.
  
  
• 5.1
  Staggered terms for municipal council members under municipal manager form of government.
  
  
• 6
  Councilmen; removal from office
  
  
• 7
  Organization; mayor chosen
  
  
• 8
  Mayor; powers and duties
  
  
• 9
  Council to be governing body
  
  
• 10
  Council may create and abolish boards and departments
  
  
• 11
  Appointment of municipal manager and other officers; qualifications of attorney; terms of office
  
  
• 11a
  Offices of tax collector and treasurer held by same persons; residence
  
  
• 11.1
  Appointments to water commission by municipal council
  
  
• 11.2
  Termination of present members' term of office for failure to be appointed as provided by this act; vacancy
  
  
• 13
  Advisory boards
  
  
• 14
  Control of funds; disbursements
  
  
• 15
  Examination of accounts
  
  
• 16
  Council to act as body; investigating committees
  
  
• 17
  Certain persons ineligible for appointments
  
  
• 19
  Regular and special meetings; open to public; minutes
  
  
• 20
  Quorum; procedure at meetings
  
  
• 21
  Emergency ordinances
  
  
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• Chapter 82

• 1
  Municipal manager; appointment; salary
  
  
• 2
  Qualifications
  
  
• 3
  Term of office; removal
  
  
• 4
  Duties of municipal manager
  
  
• 5
  Power of appointment
  
  
• 6
  Council to appoint person to act during manager's absence
  
  
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• Chapter 83

• 1
  Selection of officers and employees
  
  
• 2
  No officer or employee to be interested in contracts
  
  
• 3
  No officer or employee to receive free service; exceptions
  
  
• 4
  Unlawful methods for securing political support
  
  
• 5
  Certain acts misdemeanors
  
  
• 6
  Tenure of veterans in office of city engineer
  
  
• 7
  Complaint for removal; hearing
  
  
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• Chapter 84

• 2
  First election; when held.
  
  
• 2.1
  Adoption of other form of government by municipality with manager form of government
  
  
• 6.1
  Order of names of candidates on ballot; draw of lots to determine
  
  
• 9
  Councilmen may be elected for terms of three years in certain cases
  
  
• 10
  Terms of councilmen first elected
  
  
• 11
  Elections; when held; term of office.
  
  
• 12
  Recall of councilmen; petition
  
  
• 13
  Notice of recall served; order for recall election
  
  
• 14
  Ballot; form and content
  
  
• 15
  Removal of more than one councilman
  
  
• 16
  Ballot for election of successor of recalled councilman
  
  
• 17
  Notice of recall election
  
  
• 18
  Vote required for recall
  
  
• 19
  Councilmen to continue in office if recall lost
  
  
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• Chapter 85

• 1
  After four years may abandon this form of government; procedure
  
  
• 2
  Petition for submission; proposition stated
  
  
• 3
  Petition; form and content
  
  
• 4
  Petition; affidavit annexed
  
  
• 5
  Petition need not be on single paper; affidavit annexed
  
  
• 6
  Minor deviations permissible
  
  
• 7
  Clerk to examine petitions; amendments
  
  
• 8
  Municipal council to pass resolution to place question on ballot
  
  
• 9
  County clerk to place question on ballot
  
  
• 10
  Vote required for adoption; effect of adoption; certain officers unaffected
  
  
• 11
  Nomination, election of officers for new government.
  
  
• 12
  If rejected no petition for two years
  
  
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• Chapter 103

• 5(71)
  Incorporation; corporate name
  
  
• 5(97)
  Establishment, abolition, merger of commissions
  
  
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• Chapter 108

• 1
  Referendum act; mayor and council; wards; councilmen at large; boards and officers; improvements; beach protection; public utility plants
  
  
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• Chapter 109

• 3
  Referendum act; mayor and council; boards and officers; public utility plants and improvements; ordinances and finance
  
  
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• Chapter 141

• 1
  Waterworks; water for fire and other purposes
  
  
• 1(1)
  Board of Water Commissioners
  
  
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• Chapter 151

• 41
  Records of creation of fire district lost or destroyed; existence recognized
  
  
• 48
  Fire districts created by legislature; assets and debts of old district distributed
  
  
• 49
  Joint committee to divide property; appointment
  
  
• 50
  Joint meeting; property and indebtedness apportioned
  
  
• 51
  Quorum; procedure; clerk appointed
  
  
• 52
  Powers; examine witnesses; subpoenas
  
  
• 53
  Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached
  
  
• 54
  Bonds to pay water bills in arrears prior to 1935
  
  
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• Chapter 160

• 2
  Villages separated from townships; autonomy of local government
  
  
• 3
  Elections in villages set off from townships