Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:33-8.1. Purchases not requiring advertisements for bids The county library commission of any county or the board of trustees of any regional library established by 2 or more counties may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the commission or …

40:33-8.2. Free county library administrators, duties 36. The director or other chief administrative officer of each free county library shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-…

40:33-9. Appropriations for establishment and maintenance; amount Upon the adoption of the provisions of this article, the board of chosen freeholders shall determine a sum sufficient for the establishment and, annually thereafter, for the maintenance of the library. The sum so t…

40:33A-1. Creation; membership; terms; vacancies; compensation The board of chosen freeholders of any county is authorized to create, by resolution, a county cultural and heritage commission to be composed of not less than five residents and not more than nine residents of the co…

40:33A-2. Organization; chairman The commission shall organize as soon as may be following appointment of its members, and annually thereafter, by election of a chairman from among its members. L.1968, c. 31, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1968.

40:33A-3. Responsibility of commission A county cultural and heritage commission shall be responsible for the development of county programs to promote public interest in local and county history, in the arts, and in the cultural values, goals and traditions of the community, the…

40:33A-4. Museum and cultural programs; exhibits and displays The commission, as from time to time authorized by the board, may establish museum and cultural programs, exhibits and displays including the fine and performing arts, engage in archaeological, genealogical and histori…

40:33A-5. Funds The board is authorized to include funds for the work of the commission in its annual budget and to make appropriations to the commission therefor. L.1968, c. 31, s. 5, eff. May 6, 1968.

40:33A-6. Gifts, grants and bequests; solicitation and acceptance; deposit; budgeting, expenditure and accounting a. A county cultural and heritage commission created pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1968, c. 31 (C. 40:33A-1 et seq.) may, in the name of the county and with the a…

40:33B-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Historical Commission Act." L. 1987, c. 255, s. 1.

40:33B-10. Approval of commissioner Any rule, regulation, ordinance, resolution or standard adopted or promulgated pursuant to this act and applying to an historic building which is included in the National Register of Historic Places or the New Jersey Register of Historic Places…

40:33B-2. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that this generation is obligated to future generations to maintain our historical and cultural heritage by preserving historic buildings which exemplify that heritage. L. 1987, c. 255, s. 2.

40:33B-3. Definitions As used in this act: a. "Commission" means a county historical commission established pursuant to this act. b. "Historic building" means a building or complex of buildings significant to the history of the municipality, county, State or nation. c. "Preserve …

40:33B-4. County historical commission a. The governing body of any county, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, may establish a county historical commission. b. The commission shall consist of not fewer than five nor more than nine members appointed by the governing body.…

40:33B-5. Powers of commission The commission has the power to: a. Develop standards for the designation of any property, or improvement thereto, as an historic building; b. Designate any appropriate parcel of real property located in the county, or any improvement to that proper…

40:33B-6. Appeal Any designation effectuated or regulation promulgated pursuant to this act shall be subject to an appeal thereof to the governing body of the county by the owner of the property involved. L. 1987, c. 255, s. 6.

40:33B-7. Bonds; revenue The governing body of any county in which a county historical commission is established pursuant to this act is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the commission in acquiring in its name or the name of the county and preserving histori…

40:33B-8. Application for funds a. A county historical commission may, in the name of the county and with the approval of the county governing body, apply for and accept any gifts, grants or bequests, including any grants from the federal government or any agency thereof, the gov…

40:33B-9. Powers to county cultural and heritage commission The governing body of any county in which there is established a county cultural and heritage commission pursuant to P.L. 1968, c. 31 (C. 40:33A-1 et seq.), and in which no county historical commission is established pur…

40:34-1. Erection and maintenance The board of chosen freeholders may construct and maintain, or contribute funds towards the construction and maintenance of such statues, monuments or other memorials in any public place in the county as it may deem advisable and suitable for the…

40:34-2. Referendum The board of chosen freeholders may, at any general election, submit the question of whether or not it shall appropriate funds towards the construction of any statue, monument or other memorial in the county.

40:34-3. Proposition printed on ballot; ballot; form and content Upon the adoption of a resolution for the submission of the question at such election the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders shall certify the same to the county clerk, who shall, in the manner provided by law…

40:34-4. Vote required for adoption If a majority of the legal voters voting on the question shall vote YES, the board of chosen freeholders may proceed to accept the same and make the appropriation therein proposed, and thereafter maintain the same.

40:34-5. Powers conferred deemed additional Nothing in sections 40:34-2 to 40:34-5 of this title contained shall limit or restrict any power conferred upon the board of chosen freeholders by any other law, and the powers thereby conferred shall be deemed to be additional.

40:34A-1. Counties; authorizations; acquisition of property; construction of facility; raising money; issuance of debt obligations; operation of facility Every county is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the municipality in which the parking facility is …

40:34A-2. Establishment as part of county's public parking system; municipal public utility of county Said board by resolution may determine and establish that any one or more or all of such off-street parking facilities shall be part of the county's public parking system which s…

40:34A-3. Limitation on period of usefulness The period of usefulness of every off-street parking facility for any purpose under the local bond law, whether with respect to original acquisition or construction or subsequent reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, improvement, fu…

40:34A-4. Exemption from taxes and special assessments Every off-street parking facility is hereby declared to be devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereo…

40:34A-5. Municipalities; powers Every municipality shall have the power from time to time, by or pursuant to ordinance duly adopted or by instruments or other action authorized by such ordinance and for such period and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as may be pr…

40:34A-6. Municipalities; authorization; validity and binding effect of obligations and pledges; use by county as security for its bonds or notes Every municipality which shall make any contract, covenant or agreement with a county or pledge to a county pursuant to this act is he…

40:34A-7. Municipalities; cooperation with county; acquisition of property; provision of services For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of an off-street parking facility of a county, any municipality in which such facili…

40:34A-8. Authority of municipality to incur expense In connection with any public improvements made by any municipality in exercising the powers herein granted or referred to, such municipality may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstand…

40:34A-9. Counties; authorization and power for agreements with other governmental agencies Every county is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements of any nature whatsoever with the United States of America or the State of New Jersey or agencies of departments th…

40:35-1. Purposes for which plants may be erected The board of chosen freeholders may erect, equip and maintain plants for lighting county roads, and supplying light, heat and general power for buildings and institutions owned or controlled by the county.

40:35-2. Operation and supervision Such plants shall be operated and maintained at the expense of the county, and shall be supervised by a committee consisting of members of the board of chosen freeholders.

40:35-3. Contracts for services instead of building plants If the board of chosen freeholders shall deem it more advantageous to the county, it may contract with any person for the lighting of any roads owned or controlled by the county, or any of the public places of the county,…

40:35A-1. Establishment of service and operation of system; resolution or ordinance The governing body of any county may by resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, provide for the establishment of a public transportation service and the operation of a public transportation s…

40:35A-2. Contract with public or private entity Any county operating or providing for the operation of a transportation service and system pursuant to this act may contract with any public or private entity or corporation for the operation, in whole or part, of the service and s…

40:37-1. Shade tree commission; freeholders' powers 40:37-1. The board of chosen freeholders of any county may, by resolution, establish and appoint a board of shade tree commissioners to consist of not more than five residents of the county, and to be known as the "shade tree co…

40:37-10.1. Estimated expenditures; purposes; annual appropriation During the month of December in each year the commission shall certify to the board of chosen freeholders of the county the estimated sum necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year…

40:37-10.2. Immunity from liability for death, injury 7. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to make any shade tree commission or a member thereof, or any volunteer participating in a community forestry program as provided for by section 4 of P.L.1996, c.135 (C.1…

40:37-100. Powers of other park commissioners cease on appointment of commissioners Upon the appointment of commissioners in any county under sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title the commissioners appointed in any such county under section 40:37-21 of this title shall tur…

40:37-101. Establishment and location of parks; acquisition of property; rules and regulations The commission may acquire, maintain and make available to the inhabitants of the county wherein it is appointed, and to the public, parks and open spaces for public resort and recreati…

40:37-101.1. Counties over 200,000 having park commission; annual appropriation for maintenance of parks in certain cases; limitation In any county having a population of more than two hundred thousand and having a county park commission, the members of which shall be appointed, …

40:37-101.2. Manner of appropriating, paying over and expending funds The funds so raised and appropriated shall be raised and appropriated in the same manner as the funds for any other department of government in said county and after the funds shall have been raised and appropr…

40:37-101.3. Adoption of sections 40:37-12, 40:37-14 and 40:37-15 not to be submitted within five years after rejection The question of the adoption or rejection of sections 40:37-12, 40:37-14 and 40:37-15 of the Revised Statutes shall not be submitted to the voters of any county…