Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:60-25.45. Objections to report In case the owner of any lot or plot or other lands within said burying ground or cemetery shall feel aggrieved by the report of said commissioners he may object thereto to the court in the proceeding or by action within twenty days after the con…

40:60-25.46. Borrowing money; bonds The board or body having charge or control of the finances of such municipality or the board of education, as the case may be, may from time to time borrow the money necessary for the acquisition of said burying grounds or cemeteries as aforesa…

40:60-25.5. Liability of municipality for damages No municipality shall, by virtue of its operation or maintenance of any such public parking area, be liable in damages to any person, firm, corporation or association for the loss of or for any damage to any vehicle while parked i…

40:60-25.51. Acquisition of land and buildings for use by municipality, county, State or United States; courts; lease The governing body of any municipality, in the name and on behalf of the municipality, may acquire, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, or as lessee may le…

40:60-25.52. Financing of acquisition and improvement; acquisition of facilities for use by county or courts The governing body of the municipality may finance the acquisition and improvement of real estate for the purposes of this act by the adoption of a bond ordinance or other…

40:60-25.53. Historic sites; acquisition and maintenance Any municipality may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, and maintain and improve any real estate or any interest therein, together with any and all buildings thereon, located within the municipality, as a historic s…

40:60-25.54. Acquisition of lands for future school sites; approval The governing body of any municipality may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation lands for use as future sites for public schools provided that such lands shall have theretofore been designated with the appro…

40:60-25.55. Future school sites; use for public purpose pending conveyance to board of education Any lands acquired by a municipality pursuant to section 1 may, pending subsequent conveyance to a board of education, be used for any public purpose. L.1966, c. 298, s. 2, eff. Dec.…

40:60-25.56. Consideration for conveyance to board of education The governing body may convey such lands to the board of education of the school district for such nominal or other consideration as shall be agreed upon between the governing body and the board of education. L.1966,…

40:60-25.57. Acquisition of real property for use by State-operated college of medicine or college of medicine and dentistry Any municipality in which a State-operated college of medicine or college of medicine and dentistry, is located, or proposed to be located, is hereby empow…

40:60-25.58. Declaration of taking; filing; deposit of estimated value; surrender of possession; notice; amount of compensation On or after the institution of an action by the municipality for condemnation of property and to fix the compensation to be paid for such property, the …

40:60-25.59. Relocation assistance program; services (a) Any municipality which acquires, or seeks to acquire, real property pursuant to the provisions of this act for the purposes authorized herein shall do any and all things necessary to assure that a workable relocation assist…

40:60-25.6. Validation All leases for the purpose of providing areas for the public parking of vehicles, the acquisition of lands by gift, devise, condemnation or purchase, for such purpose, all expenditures incident thereto for the payment of rents or the cost of lighting, impro…

40:60-25.60. Payments to displaced persons, business concern or nonprofit organization Any municipality which acquires, or seeks to acquire, real property pursuant to the provisions of this act for the purposes authorized herein shall provide for: (a) the payment by the municipal…

40:60-25.61. Abandoned burying ground or cemetery; application for order vesting title in municipality The governing body of a municipality may apply, in accordance with the provisions of this act, to the Superior Court for an order vesting title in the municipality to any abando…

40:60-25.62. Inquiry to locate owner; certification An application for an order vesting title to the abandoned burying ground or cemetery in the municipality shall include a certification by the clerk of the municipality that a diligent inquiry has been conducted to locate the pe…

40:60-25.63. Vesting of title in municipality The Superior Court may vest title to the burying ground or cemetery in the municipality upon its satisfaction that the person owning or controlling the burying ground or cemetery cannot be located through diligent inquiry for the purp…

40:60-25.64. Maintaining and preserving burying ground or cemetery; interments; disinterments This act shall apply only to the acquisition of an abandoned burying ground or cemetery for the purpose of restoring, maintaining and preserving it as a burying ground or cemetery. No fu…

40:60-25.7. Definitions The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) "Governing body" shall mean that governmental board or body of a municipality havi…

40:60-25.8. Municipality may purchase property exempt from taxation because of state contract Any municipality in this State may purchase property exempt from local taxation because the owner enjoys the privilege of exemption from local taxation arising out of a contract with the…

40:60-25.9. Other property may also be purchased In order to effect the purchase of the tax exempt property and, with the owner's consent, the extinguishment in perpetuity of the owner's privilege of exemption from local taxation as provided in section one of this act, any munici…

40:60-28. Sale of vacated street land; advertisement unnecessary Whenever any road, street, highway, lane or alley has been or shall hereafter be lawfully altered or relocated in such manner as to leave a portion of the original road, street, highway, lane or alley not needed for…

40:60-28.1. Riparian lands purportedly dedicated as street; sale when not needed Whenever any municipality has received, or shall hereafter receive, title to riparian lands of which there has been a purported dedication as a public street and said lands have not been dedicated or…

40:60-32. Vacation of lands dedicated to public use other than a public street; referendum Whenever within any municipality any lands dedicated or devoted, wholly or partially, to public use other than a public street, highway, lane, alley, square or place shall be considered by …

40:60-33. Referendum; notice and publication Public notice of the submission of the proposition shall be given by advertisements signed by the municipal clerk of and posted in at least ten public places in the municipality and also published in at least two newspapers printed or …

40:60-34. Ballot; form and content The proposition to be submitted shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used at such election in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the s…

40:60-35. Fee restored to owner to be absolute After the adoption of the ordinance and proposition such vacation or extinguishment shall be and remain valid, and such lands shall, thereafter, be the property of the owner of the fee thereof, free, clear and entirely discharged of …

40:60-36.1. Lands restricted to beach and park purposes; retention or disposition; referendum; optional courses In any municipality where lands have been conveyed to a municipality, and a valuable consideration has been paid therefor, with conditions, limitations and restrictions…

40:60-36.2. Lands conveyed with conditions, limitations and restrictions; election on retention In any municipality where lands have been conveyed to a municipality and no consideration has been paid therefor, with conditions, limitations and restrictions contained in such convey…

40:60-36.3. Offer of reconveyance of lands conveyed with conditions and restrictions If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of retaining said lands with said conditions, limitations and restrictions thereon, the said lands shall be so retained; but, if a ma…

40:60-36.4. Use of lands conveyed with conditions on refusal of offer of reconveyance If the person who conveyed the lands to the municipality refuses or neglects, for ninety days after tender of conveyance from the municipality, to accept said conveyance, as described in the pre…

40:60-40.6. Reconveyance of unneeded lands to nonprofit hospital association Whenever any municipality shall have acquired any lands for any public use from any duly incorporated nonprofit hospital association and the governing body of such municipality shall thereafter determine…

40:60-40.7. Persons whose residential improved property is to be acquired for highway or other public purposes; application to buy unneeded lands Any person who owns and resides in improved real property which is to be acquired by the Federal Government, the State, a county, muni…

40:60-40.8. Ordinance authorizing sale; price; terms and conditions When the governing body of the municipality shall determine that such an owner or owners are qualified to make application pursuant to this act and that the municipality has a parcel or parcels of land not needed…

40:60-40.9. Contents of notice of pendency of ordinance resolution authorizing sale and conveyance; reversion of title The published notice of the pendency of the ordinance shall contain the sale prices fixed for the parcels of real estate therein described and that, in the event…

40:60-41. Public burial grounds devoted to other public uses; disinterment of bodies The governing body of any municipality, wherein any lands are held by the municipality for burial purposes in trust for such use, may by ordinance devote such lands to any other public purpose or…

40:60-46. Leasing municipally owned and operated casino and bathing establishment; referendum Whenever in any municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean, owning and operating a public casino, playground and bathing establishment, the owners of property therein, representing two…

40:60-47. Petition; sufficiency The question as to whether the signatures of the necessary two-thirds in amount of ratables have joined in the petition shall be determined by the governing body, which shall use for that purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxa…

40:60-48. Lease; term If the proposition shall be approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at the election, the governing body shall forthwith, upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, lease the public casino, playgrounds and bathing es…

40:60-49. Advertisement for bids; award The letting thereof shall be advertised in a newspaper circulating in the municipality at least ten days prior to the receipt of bids, and shall be to the highest responsible bidder therefor.

40:60-49.1. Lease of cultural centers; exemption of leasehold interest from taxation The governing body of any city of the first class may lease any cultural center to a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes, Corporations and Associations no…

40:60-50. Transfer of municipal property to federal government for national park Any municipality owning or holding lands devoted to or used for public recreation ground or park purposes or set apart and designated as a public recreation ground or park, or devoted to or used for …

40:60-51. National park; referendum if voters protest The ordinance provided in section 40:60-50 of this title shall become operative ten days after the publication thereof after its final passage, unless within said ten days a protest or protests against making such conveyance o…

40:60-51.10. Applicability of act to sales of land previously made The provisions of this act shall be applicable to sales of such lands heretofore made as well as to those hereafter made and the governing body of the municipality may, by resolution, supplement the previous sale …

40:60-51.12. Leasing of municipal real estate to nonprofit entities 1. The governing body of any municipality may lease any real estate owned or controlled by it or any interest therein when, and to the extent that, it is not required for municipal purposes, to any not-for-profit…

40:60-51.2 Power to waive restrictions. 1. Any municipality is authorized and empowered, by resolution of the governing body thereof, to waive, release, modify or subordinate any terms, covenants, conditions, limitations or reverters imposed in sales and conveyances of lands as t…