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

52:27B-66. Sales of personal property; claims The director may, with the approval of the commissioner, sell any personal property in the possession of the State which is perishable in character and from which no revenue is derived, at public sale, after the same shall have been a…

52:27B-67. Transfer of personal property to departments, etc. Whenever, in the opinion of the director, any personal property in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State is deemed surplus, obsolete or not …

52:27B-67.1 Distribution of surplus computer equipment. 1. a. (1) Whenever any computer, computer equipment, or portable communication device in the custody and control of any State department, institution, commission, board, body, or other agency of the State is deemed by that S…

52:27B-67.2 Definitions relative to the disposition of certain State computers, other electronic devices. 1. a. As used in this section: "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high speed data processing device or another similar device capable…

52:27B-68 Director to provide rules and regulations. 16. The director shall provide by rule and regulation, subject to the commissioner's approval, for the use and disposal of property which, pursuant to any law of this State, has been seized and forfeited and which has been turn…

52:27B-68.1. Purchasing Federal surplus property The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property of the Department of Taxation and Finance is hereby empowered to use the facilities of the State Purchase Revolving Fund in the acquisition of Federal surplus property for State…

52:27B-68.2. Appropriation There is hereby appropriated out of the earnings derived from the Federal surplus transactions to the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property such sums as may be necessary to defray the administrative cost and expenses incident to the acquisit…

52:27B-69.1. Authority to hold office as member of local government board and municipal office It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the Treasury who has been or shall be selected by reason of …

52:27B-69.2. Authority to hold office as member of local government board and county office It shall be lawful for a member of the Local Government Board in the Division of Local Government in the State Department of the Treasury who has been or shall be selected by reason of his…

52:27B-69.3. Conflict of interest; abstention from voting; challenge of right to vote Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to prevent a member of the said local government board who is also a municipal or county officer, from abstaining from voting in any matter in which…

52:27B-69.4. Applicability of act This act shall be applicable to persons now holding membership in the said local government board as well as to members of the said board heretofore or hereafter appointed and qualified into the said office of member of the said local government …

52:27B-7. Transfer of personnel The commissioner may, in consultation with the heads of other departments or branches of the State Government, and subject to section six, article eight, of this act, arrange for the interdepartmental and intradepartmental transfer of personnel wit…

52:27B-70. Director; appointment; removal The administrative head of the Division of Local Government shall be the director who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve until the next Governor shall be elected and qualified and…

52:27B-71. Compensation of director The director shall receive an annual compensation, fixed by the commissioner, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p. 311, s. 3.

52:27B-72. Compensation of members of Local Government Board The members of the Local Government Board shall each receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. L.1944, c. 112, art. 7, p. 311, s. 4. Amended by L.1962, c. 65, s. 13, eff. July 1, 1962.

52:27B-73. Powers and duties The powers and duties of the Local Government Board shall be the same as heretofore, and the powers and duties of the director shall be the same as those heretofore vested in the Commissioner of Local Government, except that the board and the director…

52:27B-74. Reports The director and the board shall make an annual report to the commissioner of the work of the division and the financial condition of counties and municipalities. The report shall include such recommended changes and legislation pertaining to local government a…

52:27B-75. Assistants The director of each division in the Department of Taxation and Finance shall have authority to appoint such clerical and other assistants as he may deem necessary to the division's work and to fix their duties, all of whom shall be subject to the provisions…

52:27B-76. Commissioner may exercise powers of directors Any power which may be vested in a director of any division in the Department of Taxation and Finance may be exercised by the commissioner. To the extent that the commissioner exercises such power the power of the director …

52:27B-77. Oath of commissioner and directors; bond Before entering upon his duties, the commissioner and each division director shall make and subscribe an oath, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, that he will faithfully, impartially and without fear, favor or …

52:27B-78. Reports and certifications Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports and certifications are required to be made to a department, board or officer whose powers and duties are herein transferre…

52:27B-79. Transfer of employees to Department of Taxation and Finance All persons employed, when this act takes effect, in a department or other agency which is transferred, or whose powers, duties and functions are transferred, to the Department of Taxation and Finance by this …

52:27B-8. Administrative Division authorized The commissioner shall have authority to organize and maintain in his offices an Administrative Division and to employ therein such secretarial, clerical and other assistants as his office and the internal operations of the department …

52:27B-80. Rights under other acts Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any persons of any rights or protection provided them by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or by any pension law or retirement system or any other law. L.1944, c. 112, art. 8, p. 313, s. 6.

52:27B-81. Transfer of files, etc., to Department of Taxation and Finance All files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of departments or other agencies which are transferred to the Department of Taxation and Finance by this act shall, to the extent that the pow…

52:27B-82. Transfers of appropriations To the extent necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this act, the commissioner, with the approval of the Governor, may make transfers of appropriations, in whole or in part, made to any department, board, officer or other agenc…

52:27B-83. Reduction of salary where commissioner holds other office In the event that a person appointed and serving as commissioner or as a director shall hold another State office or position, his salary as commissioner or director shall be reduced by the amount paid to him as…

52:27B-84. Repeals The following sections of the Revised Statutes, as amended, are repealed: 52:18-22, 52:18-23; 52:19-16 to 52:19-36, inclusive; 52:20-3, 52:20-8, 52:20-9, 52:20-10, 52:20-11, 52:20-12, 52:20-16; 52:22-1 to 52:22-22, inclusive; 52:23-1 to 52:23-16, inclusive; 52:…

52:27B-85. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Any appointment and any confirmation of any appointment permitted by this act may be made after the enactment thereof. L.1944, c. 112, art. 8, p. 314, s. 11.

52:27B-9. Deputy commissioner The commissioner shall designate as deputy commissioner one of the directors who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the commissioner during his disability or absence, which designation, in writing, shall be filed with the Secretary o…

52:27B-9.1. Cancellation of uncollectible claims of state for grant or rental of riparian lands Where any institution, department, commission, officer or other agency charged with the receipt and collection of any moneys due the State, for the grant, lease or rental of riparian l…

52:27BB-1. Short title This act may be cited as the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)." L.1947, c. 151, p. 647, s. 1.

52:27BB-10. Powers and duties of the board The board shall have the following powers and duties: To (1) Study the entire field of local government in New Jersey. (2) Promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the interpretation and administration of State laws included withi…

52:27BB-100. Effective date of act This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. L.1947, c. 151, p. 682, s. 100.

52:27BB-11. Continuation of powers The division, the board and the director shall have and shall continue to have all the powers, duties and functions which, under any law, could be exercised by the division, the board and the director at the time this act takes effect. L.1947, c…

52:27BB-12. Legal assistance The Attorney-General of the State shall render, without additional compensation, such legal services as the director or the board may request for the discharge of their duties. L.1947, c. 151, p. 650, s. 12.

52:27BB-13. Meetings; proceedings The board shall hold regular meetings each year, as follows: On the third Monday in January, April, July and October. Special meetings may be convened at the call of the director or a majority of the members. The director and a majority of the me…

52:27BB-14 Hearings; rules of procedure. 14. The board shall adopt rules of procedure to govern hearings and other proceedings before the board. The board may hold hearings at the office of the director, or any other place convenient to the parties. The rules of procedure adopted…

52:27BB-15. Appeals from determinations of the director A person, including a taxpayer or citizen, aggrieved by a determination made or an order issued by the director may apply to the board for a review and redetermination. Application for review and redetermination shall be fil…

52:27BB-16. Compulsory process The director or the board, as the case may be, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, accounts or other documents, in any hearing, investigation or other proceeding. A subpoena ma…

52:27BB-17. Enforcement of process If a person subpoenaed or ordered under the provisions of section sixteen fails to obey the subpoena, submit to examination, answer legal and pertinent questions, or produce books, papers, accounts or other documents when ordered, the director m…

52:27BB-18. Issuance of orders; compliance The director may issue instructions and orders to a sinking fund commission of a political subdivision or governing body, as the case may be, requiring compliance with the requirements of law and the regulations of the board. Each order …

52:27BB-19. Enforcement of orders Orders of the director may be enforced by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or by an action for injunctive relief in appropriate cases, or by an action to compel the specific performance by the officers or governing bodies of political sub…

52:27BB-2. Definitions As used in this act, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Department" means the State Department of Community Affairs. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner and head of the State Department of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division of Local Fi…

52:27BB-20. Judicial review The provisions of this act shall not be construed to prevent the judicial review of an order of the director after exhaustion of the remedy provided by section fifteen. L.1947, c. 151, p. 653, s. 20. Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 888, s. 54.

52:27BB-21. Certifications as evidence The official documents, orders and proceedings when certified to by the director shall be evidence in the courts of the State. The director may make a reasonable charge for copies of such records. L.1947, c. 151, p. 653, s. 20.