Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

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…

40:60-51.5. Waiver, release or modification of covenants, conditions or limitations as to erection of buildings or use of land in conveyances Any municipality is authorized and empowered, by resolution of the governing body thereof, to waive, release or modify any covenants, cond…

40:60-51.7. Sale of lands acquired for places of resort and recreation Whenever any municipality in this State shall heretofore have acquired lands for public purposes and for places of resort for public health and recreation and to improve the same, and shall thereafter have acq…

40:60-51.8. Burial grounds for indigents; removal and reinterment of bodies; sale of land Whenever a municipality owns lands which have been used for the burial of indigents but have not been used for such purposes for 20 or more years, the governing body of the municipality may,…

40:60-51.9. Cost of removal and reinterment The cost of the removal of the bodies and of the acquisition of the lands wherein the bodies shall be reinterred shall be deemed to be a municipal expense and municipal funds may be appropriated to provide for the payment of the said ex…

40:61-1. General powers; acquisition of property The governing body of any municipality may: Parks, playgrounds, beaches and resorts. a. Acquire, lay out, improve, embellish and maintain, within and without the municipality, such public parks, squares, open spaces, playgrounds, b…

40:61-10. Ballot; form and content; ordinance adopted The proposition shall be printed upon the official ballots in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the…

40:61-11. Relocation of streets or railways; cost; exchange of lands Wherever any highway, railroad or street railway runs through or across any public park, or public place for resort or recreation of any municipality, or any lands of any municipality acquired therefor, the body…

40:61-12. Ordinances regulating railways in and through parks No steam, or other railroad or railway, shall be laid, or maintained or operated upon or over any part of any of the parks, open spaces, public squares, beach fronts, water fronts, playgrounds, and other places for res…

40:61-13. Park lands held by trustees; agreement with trustees; enforcement When a park or public place, the title of which is in trustees, is within the corporate limits of a municipality, the governing body of such municipality may enter into an agreement with such trustees, as…

40:61-14. Contribution to maintenance of park lands held by trustees Any such municipality, without taking title to such park may appropriate such sum or sums of money as the governing body shall think proper for the maintenance of roads, paths, lakes, bridges, planting of trees,…

40:61-15. Conveyances of burial grounds to municipalities for parks Any religious corporation which prior to July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and five, had acquired lands in this state on condition that the same be used for burial or cemetery purposes and for no other purpo…

40:61-16. Burial grounds conveyed; acceptance and use by municipality Any municipality may receive, hold and maintain any lands so conveyed, and embellish and improve the same, from time to time, for the purposes of a public park or parks.

40:61-17. Recreation commission; creation The governing body of any municipality may create a commission of three persons to be known and designated as the recreation commission of (name of municipality) with power and authority to arrange and provide for the giving of indoor and…

40:61-18. Commissioners; term and compensation The commissioners appointed to the recreation commission in any municipality shall hold office for such period of time and receive such compensation as may be prescribed by the governing body of the municipality.

40:61-19. Recreation commissioners; powers For the purpose of arranging and providing for the things enumerated in section 40:61-17 of this title, the commission may: a. Purchase or otherwise acquire, in its own name, such lands either improved or unimproved, in fee or otherwise,…

40:61-2. Sale or donation of park lands to state; reversion by nonuse; provisos The governing body may sell, or give to the state of New Jersey, for military or armory purposes, or both, any real estate heretofore or hereafter acquired by the municipality for park purposes, and i…

40:61-20. Bond issue; state and federal aid The commission may, in the manner provided by article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), borrow money and incur other indebtedness and issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out the objects of sections 40:61-17 to 40…

40:61-21. Lease of premises for contests and exhibitions The commission may lease, let, rent or hire to any person the lands and buildings, or any part thereof, acquired by it, together with the privilege of using the same for the giving of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, games, …

40:61-22. Rules and regulations; quorum The commission may make all the necessary rules for its regulation and to generally supervise and control all activities sponsored or arranged and provided for by it under sections 40:61-17 to 40:61-21 of this title. Two commissioners shall…

40:61-22.1. Conveyance of land to county park commission When a municipality shall have purchased or otherwise acquired land for park use, or for other public use or uses, which, in the opinion of the governing body of such municipality, is no longer required for the public use o…

40:61-22.10. Appropriation by governing body The governing body of any municipality may annually appropriate money to be raised by taxation to develop, maintain, and operate a public golf course and all forms of recreation, playground, and public entertainment activities carried …

40:61-22.11. Fees, rents and charges The governing body of any municipality may establish, charge, and collect reasonable fees, rents or other charges for admission to, use or enjoyment of any property developed or used in whole or in part for a public golf course. And it may est…

40:61-22.11a. Municipal golf courses Any municipality which has received federal or State funds for the acquisition or development of public golf courses and which offers reduced senior citizen rates to its residents may allow any resident of the State 62 years of age or older to…

40:61-22.12. Rules and regulations The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the supervision, regulation and control of all activities carried on, conducted, sponsored, arranged, or provided for in connection …

40:61-22.13. Actions for violations; enforcement of rules The magistrate having jurisdiction over actions for the violation of other municipal ordinances shall have jurisdiction in actions for the violation of any such rule or regulation. The rules and regulations shall be enforc…

40:61-22.14. Fines and penalties; part of municipal funds All moneys collected either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation shall become part of the funds of the municipality. L.1945, c. 282, p. 832, s. 9, eff. May 2, 1945.

40:61-22.15. Lease of lands and buildings acquired for public golf course and other recreational uses Whenever any municipality has acquired by purchase any land within or without the municipality for use as a public golf course and for such other recreational, playground or publ…

40:61-22.16. Bids for leases Any lease executed hereunder shall be upon competitive bids following public advertisement therefor, in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, at least once, not less than twenty days prior to the receipt of bids. The advertisement shall designa…