Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:56A-11. Functions, duties and powers A commission created pursuant to this supplementary act shall have, with respect to all the participating municipalities, and to each of them, all the functions, duties and powers of an environmental commission established in a single munic…

40:56A-12. Succession of established commission by joint commission; transfers If any municipality which has heretofore established an environmental commission under the act to which this act is a supplement shall enter into participation in a joint environmental commission, such…

40:56A-2. Powers of commission An environmental commission organized under this act shall have power to conduct research into the use and possible use of the open land areas of the municipality and may coordinate the activities of unofficial bodies organized for similar purposes,…

40:56A-3. Acquisitions by commission An environmental commission may, subject to the approval of the governing body, acquire property, both real and personal, in the name of the municipality by gift, purchase, grant, bequest, devise or lease for any of its purposes and shall admi…

40:56A-4. Records and annual report An environmental commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities and shall make an annual report to the governing body of the municipality. L.1968, c. 245, s. 4, eff. Aug. 6, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 35, s. 5, eff. May 25, 1972.…

40:56A-4.1 Definitions relative to authorities, boards, commissions. 9. a. As used in this section: "Environmental authority, board, or commission" means an authority, board, commission, or other public body authorized by law to provide water, sewer, or other utility services, or…

40:56A-5. Appropriation The governing body of a municipality may appropriate funds for the expenses incurred by the environmental commission. The commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may from time to time require and as shall be within the limits of funds …

40:56A-6. Studies and recommendations An environmental commission shall have power to study and make recommendations concerning open space preservation, water resources management, air pollution control, solid waste management, noise control, soil and landscape protection, enviro…

40:56A-7. Conservation commission as environmental commission Any conservation commission established pursuant to this act shall be an environmental commission. L.1972, c. 35, s. 8, eff. May 25, 1972.

40:56A-8. Joint environmental commission; creation by ordinance; members; compensation a. The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may, by adoption of substantially similar ordinances, create a joint environmental commission for the protection, development or use of nat…

40:56A-9. Chairman; qualifications; term of office A joint environmental commission shall elect its chairman, who shall hold no other public office or position, except that he may be a member of a municipal or other planning board. The term of the chairman shall be 1 year, and he…

40:58-1. Municipal forestry; establishment The governing body of any municipality may use any of its lands for forest growth, and may cut and sell any timber found or grown upon such land, and may enter into contracts with the board of conservation and development for the control…

40:58-2. Land used for forestry Any and all lands of any municipality used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed to be used for public purposes and devoted to public uses.

40:59-1. Acquisition of lands and buildings; construction The governing body may acquire and maintain market buildings and market facilities, or additional market buildings or market facilities, and may erect such building or buildings, and acquire such lands by purchase, gift or…

40:59-2. Rents; use of revenues; deficiencies met by taxation The body or board having charge of such market or markets may charge and collect reasonable fees for the use thereof and the revenue derived therefrom shall be paid into the municipal treasury and applied: first, to th…

40:59-3. Regulation of market In any municipality where no board or body is provided by statute for the management of a public market, the governing body shall provide by ordinance for the government and regulation of any public market that may be established under this chapter.

40:59-4. Market commissioner; appointment, term and compensation There may be created in each such municipality the office of market commissioner. The market commissioner shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality and shall hold his office for a term of one year…

40:59-5. Market commissioner; duties The market commissioner shall gather data, make investigations and obtain information as to prevailing prices of food-stuffs and shall daily publish in the municipality a fair price list, giving in detail what, in his opinion, as a result of h…

40:60-10. Property of certain societies transferred in trust to municipality; purposes Whenever any school society or religious organization of this state owns real or personal property and, owing to the establishment and existence of free schools and other public institutions, t…

40:60-11. Acceptance of property in trust; appointment of trustees The governing body of any municipality which is or shall be the beneficiary of such a trust may accept it for the purposes set forth in section 40:60-10 of this title and may appoint any number of trustees designa…

40:60-12. Purchase of lands adjoining trust lands; bonds; use of income and proceeds Any society or organization designated in section 40:60-10 of this title may sell to the municipality any lands owned by it and adjoining the lands conveyed in trust as provided in said section 4…

40:60-13. Municipality not liable for misappropriation of funds Nothing in sections 40:60-10 to 40:60-12 of this title contained shall be construed to make any municipality liable for the misappropriation of the funds created by the trust, nor to make good any diminution thereof …

40:60-14. Property held in trust for municipality; appointment of new trustee L.1900, c. 21, p. 37 (C.S. p. 3508, s. 211), entitled "An act relating to property held in trust for municipal corporations," approved March seventh, one thousand nine hundred, saved from repeal. [This …

40:60-15. Public buildings as memorials; subscriptions The governing body may by ordinance provide for the construction within the limits of the municipality, under the direction of a commission as hereinafter constituted, with the aid of gifts by subscription or otherwise, of ho…

40:60-16. Ordinance for construction; contributions to be paid before contract executed When the governing body shall determine by ordinance to erect any such public memorial building, provision therein shall be made for the acceptance by the municipality of gifts of real or pers…

40:60-17. Bonds; annual appropriation; care and maintenance The memorial building shall be erected upon the land or site determined upon in all other respects in the same manner and with the same authority as is otherwise provided by law for the erection and maintenance of public…

40:60-18. Commission to supervise; constituted; powers and duties The governing body of any municipality undertaking such memorial construction shall include in such ordinance the names of five citizens thereof, one of whom shall be the mayor or other chief executive officer who …

40:60-19. Treasurer of commission; selection and duties The commission so appointed shall elect a treasurer, who shall be constituted the temporary depository of all funds raised by subscription or contribution. He shall, on the thirtieth day of each month, pay over to the treasu…

40:60-20. Treasurer's bond The treasurer shall give bond to the municipality, with a surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety, in the amount of the proportionate cost of the memorial to be raised other than by the appropriation, and the premium therefor sh…

40:60-21. Title; funds kept separate; disbursements The site shall be acquired in the name of the municipality, and all funds appropriated or contributed for the purpose shall be paid into its treasury and kept as a separate fund to be expended by the treasurer of the municipalit…

40:60-22. Expenses of commissioners The personal expenses of the commissioners in the work herein authorized shall be paid on the certification of the mayor or other chief executive officer and the two members designated by the commission, that the commission has approved the pay…

40:60-23. Plans and specifications; approval by architect or engineer The commission shall, if necessary, be authorized to employ the services of an architect or engineer, or both, to supervise the drawing of maps, plans and specifications for such grounds, building and its fixtu…

40:60-24. Existing buildings for public memorials; acquisition The governing body may also provide by ordinance for the purchase of a building already erected within the limits of the municipality, together with the site whereon it is situated, if it deems such building and site …

40:60-25. Buildings for museum of arts and sciences, etc.; federal grants for community centers The governing body may acquire by lease, gift, purchase or condemnation, or erect, maintain and equip such building or buildings as may be suitable for use as a museum of arts and scie…

40:60-25.1. Public parking lots; acquisition of land; use of land; leases (A) Every municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation or in any other lawful manner, lands, buildings or other property, or interests therein, for t…

40:60-25.10. Encumbrances Any municipality purchasing property pursuant to this act, may take such property subject to leases, mortgages, liens, easements, agreements, covenants, servitudes, liabilities or other encumbrances or claims, and may thereafter settle, adjust and discha…

40:60-25.11. Appropriations; bonds and notes For the purpose of financing the acquisition of property pursuant to this act and the settlement, adjustment and discharge of leases, mortgages, liens, easements, agreements, covenants, servitudes, liabilities or other encumbrances or …

40:60-25.12. Intent of act; validity of bonds and notes It is the intent of this act that the power to issue bonds and notes under this act and the validity of the bonds and notes so issued shall not be dependent in any manner on the power to acquire property or to settle, adjust…

40:60-25.13. Disposition of property; repairs and maintenance The governing body of such municipality may apply to public use so much of the property acquired by it hereunder as may be needed for public use, and shall sell and dispose of the property not needed for public use as …

40:60-25.14. Surrender of tax exemption Any municipality purchasing or intending to purchase tax exempt property as provided in this act, may, by the same or a separate instrument, contract with the owner of such tax exempt property for the surrender and extinguishment in perpetu…

40:60-25.15. Incidental powers of municipality As incidental to the purpose for which the tax exempt property is acquired, if any part of the tax exempt property to be acquired by a municipality pursuant to this act is used or is susceptible of use for furnishing a utility servic…

40:60-25.16. Partial invalidity The sections and parts of sections included in this act are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections; if any such section or part of section shall be held invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this act, nor…

40:60-25.17. Inconsistent acts superseded With respect to the subject matter of this act, this act shall supersede any other act or part of act inconsistent with any provision of this act, to the extent of such inconsistency. L.1944, c. 206, p. 733, s. 11, eff. April 21, 1944.

40:60-25.18. Industrial property; management In any municipality which shall have heretofore purchased or shall hereafter purchase property pursuant to the provisions of chapters two hundred six or two hundred seven of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, and all…

40:60-25.19. Plant management commission; members The commission which shall be called the "Plant Management Commission" of the municipality, shall be composed of five members appointed respectively for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, computed, however from noon of…

40:60-25.2. Lease of land for parking lot Any municipality may acquire by lease or leases any land or lands therein, and entrances to and exits from any such lands, for the purpose of making the same available to the public for the parking of vehicles. Any such lease shall be for…