Title 52, Title 52: STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

52:27BB-58. Limitation upon appropriations and expenditures The board may require that any or all expenditures and appropriations of a municipality subject to this article and sections 20 and 21 of this amendatory and supplementary act be expressly authorized by the director. Thi…

52:27BB-59. Limitations upon counties The provisions of section fifty-seven of this act (for the purpose of limiting the issuance of county obligations bonded or otherwise) and of section fifty-eight of this act (for the purpose of limiting the amount to be raised by taxation for…

52:27BB-6. Division to supervise local government The division shall exercise State regulatory and supervisory powers over local government, assist local government in the solution of its problems, and plan and guide needed readjustments for effective local self-government. L.194…

52:27BB-60. Compliance with requirements of law The director may order the governing body or an officer of a municipality subject to this article to perform any duty prescribed by law whether or not a specific penalty or enforcement procedure is provided by such law. The orders m…

52:27BB-61. Liquidation of debt The board may, under this section, authorize or direct a municipality subject to this act to liquidate or refinance its current debt pursuant to a plan. Liquidations under this section shall be in accordance with a plan of liquidation adopted by th…

52:27BB-62. Analysis of financial conditions The director may at any time, and shall if the governing body so requests, make a special analysis of the financial conditions of a municipality subject to this article. The analysis shall extend to all factors and circumstances contri…

52:27BB-63. Consultation and assistance The director shall extend all possible consultation and assistance to municipalities subject to this article to assist in the improvement of local financial conditions. L.1947, c. 151, p. 668, s. 63.

52:27BB-65. Municipalities under the Municipal Finance Commission If a municipality subject to this act is placed under the supervision of the Municipal Finance Commission in accordance with section 52:27-2 or section 52:27-3 of the Revised Statutes, the application of this artic…

52:27BB-66. Additional powers of the board For the purpose of this article the board shall have, in addition to its other powers, authority to (1) Promulgate rules and regulations for the interpretation and administration of this article. (2) Require, and prescribe the form of, s…

52:27BB-66.1. Collective bargaining agreements; review and approval; arbitration awards; exclusion; appointment or dismissal of managers; authority of director The board may provide that all collective bargaining agreements entered into during the time the municipality is subject…

52:27BB-67. Additional powers of the director For the purposes of this article, the director shall have, in addition to his other powers, authority to issue and enforce orders as authorized by law for other orders issued by him. L.1947, c. 151, p. 670, s. 67.

52:27BB-68. Construction This article shall be construed liberally to give effect to its intent that unsound financial conditions in municipalities shall be forestalled and corrected. L.1947, c. 151, p. 670, s. 68.

52:27BB-7. Director's office at Capitol The director shall have his office at the State Capitol. L.1947, c. 151, p. 649, s. 7.

52:27BB-73. Supervision of revenue administration If the board finds that tax assets are not being realized upon because of weak or inadequate revenue administration, it may have the director supervise and control the methods and procedures used for the assessment, collection, an…

52:27BB-74. Separation of assessment lists If the board finds that unsound fiscal conditions result in whole or in part from the continued treatment of taxes levied upon delinquent property as liquid tax assets, it may order that tax lists be prepared and used in accordance with …

52:27BB-75. Preparation of assessment lists The board may require that two separate assessment lists, an active list and an inactive list, be prepared: (1) The inactive list shall include all property on which taxes levied during the three years immediately preceding have not bee…

52:27BB-76. Inactive lists; preparation and effect (a) After the board orders the preparation of tax lists pursuant to its powers under sections seventy-four and seventy-five of this act, the collector shall for each year prepare and certify to the county board of taxation a list…

52:27BB-77 Apportionment of receipts from inactive properties. 77. The local governing body shall cause to be paid to the county treasurer and to the secretary of the school board, or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, at such time and in such manner as the director may …

52:27BB-78. Rate of tax collections The rate of tax collections for whatever purpose used, shall be computed as the percentage that all tax collections were of amounts levied against both active and inactive lists. L.1947, c. 151, p. 673, s. 78.

52:27BB-79. Notice of proceedings of county tax board The county board of taxation shall not revise, correct or equalize the assessed value of property in a municipality to which the provisions of sections sixty-nine to ninety-one, inclusive, of this act, apply, nor shall the cou…

52:27BB-8. Powers and duties of the director The director, in addition to powers and duties specifically granted shall have the following general powers and duties: To (1) Administer the work of the division. (2) Keep and preserve all papers and records pertaining to the division…

52:27BB-80. Fiscal control officer The board may recommend to the local governing body that a fiscal control officer be appointed. If the board recommends the appointment of an officer, it shall submit to the governing body the names of not less than three persons who are found b…

52:27BB-81. Fiscal control officer; powers and duties An officer shall have such of the powers and duties of the director in sections 57 and 58 and 82 to 87 inclusive, of this act, as are specifically assigned to him by the board. An officer shall exercise his powers and perform …

52:27BB-82. Administration of assets and liabilities If the board finds the unsound financial conditions in the municipality are due in whole or in part to failure to liquidate old liabilities, excluding those covered by section 61 (C. 52:27BB-61), it may authorize the director t…

52:27BB-83. Liquidation fund In a municipality not operating on a full cash basis, the treasurer shall place such moneys, paid to him pursuant to section 82 of this act, in a separate "liquidation fund." The director may apply the proceeds of the "liquidation fund" to the payment…

52:27BB-84. Study of cooperative agreements The director when so instructed by the board shall fully investigate and determine the possibilities of maintaining the services of the municipality at lower cost through the use of contractual agreements with other municipalities or wi…

52:27BB-85. Director may act as controller If the board finds that sound fiscal conditions will be promoted by the exercise of a control function in the municipality and that the function is not, or cannot be, maintained in a practical manner by regular local officers, the board …

52:27BB-86. Procedure of control The board may prescribe the procedure to be followed in each municipality in which the director is authorized and directed to exercise the control function. The board shall prescribe a procedure that so far as possible will restrict expenditures a…

52:27BB-87. Preparation of budgets The director shall fix a date for the municipal governing body to submit its proposed annual budget to the board. The board may approve the budget, modify it or instruct the director to prepare an alternative budget to be submitted to the board …

52:27BB-88. Fiscal control officer agent of board The fiscal control officer appointed pursuant to section 80 shall perform as the agent of the director such duties with respect to the fiscal affairs of the municipality as the director in the exercise of his powers, may require. …

52:27BB-89. General duties of board The board shall exercise its powers, shall offer guidance and assistance, and shall in every other respect promote the rehabilitation of the financial affairs of the municipality. L.1947, c. 151, p. 677, s. 89. Amended by L.1981, c. 211, s. 17,…

52:27BB-9. Delegation of authority All powers, duties and functions vested in the director, including the making of inspections, examinations, audits and investigations and the conducting of hearings, may be delegated to, and exercised by, his duly authorized deputies, agents, ap…

52:27BB-90. Delegation of powers to director The powers and duties vested by this act in the board may be exercised by the director under the supervision of the board when so authorized by resolution of the board. L.1947, c. 151, p. 677, s. 90. Amended by L.1981, c. 211, s. 18, e…

52:27BB-91. Termination of supervision State supervision of a municipality pursuant to this act shall cease if: (1) the resolution placing the municipality under State supervision has not been renewed in accordance with section 56, or (2) the conditions listed in section 55 of th…

52:27BB-95.1. Reimbursement of state by municipality for reasonable value of services Subject to the inclusion in the annual State appropriations act of an amount of anticipated revenues from that source, the State shall be reimbursed by the municipality for the reasonable value …

52:27BB-96. Application of act This act shall not be deemed to affect any provision of chapter one hundred twelve of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, nor any matter or proceeding pending before the director or the board at the time this act takes effect. This…

52:27BB-97. Repeal of sections of the Revised Statutes Sections 52:24-11, 52:24-19 and 52:24-19.1 of the Revised Statutes are repealed. L.1947, c. 151, p. 680, s. 97.

52:27BB-98. Repeal of acts; proviso The following parts of acts, acts, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto are repealed: Sections one to sixteen, inclusive, and sections eighteen to thirty-four, inclusive, of "An act creating a State Department of Local Government…

52:27BB-99. Severability clause The provisions of this act shall be construed as severable and if any part is held unconstitutional, or for any other reason invalid, the remaining parts shall not be affected thereby. L.1947, c. 151, p. 682, s. 99.