Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:37-137. Return of control of streets to county or municipality When any county or municipal board having control of any street, avenue or road within the county has, prior to April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, transferred to the park commission the care…

40:37-138. Return of park lands to city of the first class When any city of the first class has, prior to March twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, transferred to the county park commission the care, custody and control of any real estate within the boundari…

40:37-139. Dedication of park lands for public street in certain cases When, in any city of the first class, any real estate owned by or under the care, custody and control of the county park commission is included within or adjoins the location of an existing public road or stre…

40:37-14. Amount to be raised annually; determination The board of chosen freeholders in any county in which a county park system shall have been adopted or created, and in which the provisions of sections 40:37-12 to 40:37-15 of this title shall have been adopted, shall annually…

40:37-140. Dedication of lands for street upon request When the governing body of any county or municipality shall request the park commission to dedicate real estate owned by, or under the care, custody and control of such park commission, to public use as a public street, road …

40:37-141. Copy of resolution and a map filed A copy of the resolution of the park commission and of the resolution of the county or municipality, and a map of so much of the real estate owned by, or under the care, custody and control of the park commission as may be necessary t…

40:37-142. Conveyance of park lands for school purposes in certain cases When land acquired prior to April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, for a public park by the commission surrounds on three sides land of the board of education of any town in which the pub…

40:37-143. Improvement and care of connecting parkways When a portion of a contemplated parkway for the connection of two established parks or reservations is already a street, avenue or way, the care, custody and control of which has been transferred to a park commission, and a …

40:37-144. Contracts for elimination of grade crossings The commission may enter into contracts with any municipality within which are located lands of the commission, and with any railroad company whose road divides such lands, to permit and facilitate the construction and maint…

40:37-145. Use of park property for sewers and wells; contracts The county park commission may contract with any county, municipality, joint outlet sewerage commission, district sewerage board or district water supply commission for the crossing, use and occupancy of any lands ow…

40:37-146. Exchange of real estate for park improvement For the purpose of straightening or rendering symmetrical the boundary or boundaries of any park or parkway owned by, or under the care, custody or control of, or laid out by it, the county park commission may dispose of and…

40:37-146.1. Sale of real estate at private sale Any real estate or part thereof heretofore or hereafter acquired by a county park commission governed by sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes may be sold at private sale by such county park commission to the State…

40:37-146.2. Sale of real estate separated by highway construction from main park; option to purchase by political entities Whenever a tract of land not exceeding 2 acres and comprised within the established limits of any one county park under the supervision and control of a cou…

40:37-146.3. Leases of lands or concessions to highest responsible bidder; term; conditions a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, a county park commission established pursuant to R.S. 40:37-96 et seq. may lease park lands or concessions therein to the high…

40:37-147. Use of parks for games and other purposes It shall be lawful to be present at and take part in, in county parks owned, maintained and operated by counties under authority of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this Title, on any day in the week, any law to the contrary n…

40:37-147.1. Charges for admission to or use of recreational facilities Whenever any county park commission shall have constructed and maintained, or shall construct and maintain, an indoor or outdoor recreation center or centers and other special facilities for the use, recreati…

40:37-148. Officers and employees; appointment and compensation The commission shall annually choose from among its members a president, vice president and treasurer, and appoint a clerk or secretary and such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary. It may also dete…

40:37-148.1. Allocation of offices, positions or employments to classified service without examination; exceptions All offices, positions or employments held with any county park commission in a county of the first class created or existing pursuant to sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-…

40:37-148.2. Passaic county; tenure of employees Any full-time employee appointed to office, position or employment, pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:37-148, by a county park commission in any county of the second class having a population of more than 460,000 and less that …

40:37-15. Money paid to park authorities The amount so declared and raised by taxation shall be paid over to and expended by the commission, board, or other authority in the county, which shall, at the time of taxation, be duly authorized to control and maintain such public parks…

40:37-15.2. Counties having park system established by referendum pursuant to section 40:37-96 The board of chosen freeholders in any county having a county park system established by referendum pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:37-96, and in which, heretofore, the amount to …

40:37-151. Office; records; open to public inspection The commission shall have a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, open to public inspection at such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission may determine.

40:37-152. Rules and regulations; penalties for violations The commission may: a. Make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of the parks and parkways, and the roads, driveways, sidewalks, paths, lakes, pools, ponds, fountains, …

40:37-153. Enforcement of rules and regulations; jurisdiction 40:37-153. The rules and regulations provided for in section 40:37-152 of this Title shall be enforced in the same manner as municipal ordinances, in a municipal court of any municipality in the county. On the convicti…

40:37-154. Park police; establishment; rules and regulations The commission may appoint and establish a constabulary to preserve order in the parks and parkways under its control, and to secure the enforcement of the rules and regulations passed and enacted by it, and may organiz…

40:37-154.1. Vacancies in park police system caused by entry into armed forces during war; substitutes Whenever one or more vacancies occur in the park police system established by the park commission of any county having a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants now governed…

40:37-155 Powers of park police. 40:37-155. The members and officers of the park police may arrest on view and without warrant, and take before a court having local criminal jurisdictions of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or of a neighboring municipality, any perso…

40:37-156. Park police; removal; trial; proceedings 40:37-156. No member or officer of the police force or police department shall be removed except after trial and conviction by the park commission, or a member or members thereof, of the violation of proper rules and regulations…

40:37-156a. Review of conviction 40:37-156a. Any member or officer of any such police force or police department not operating under the provisions of subtitle three of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes who has been convicted of any violation of any of the rules or regulations of …

40:37-157. Park police pension fund; establishment In all counties governed by sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title, there may be established a park police pension or retirement fund, which shall be constituted, managed and distributed as hereinafter in sections 40:37-158…

40:37-158. Control of fund; bond of treasurer; investments The park police pension fund in each county shall be managed and controlled by the park commission of that county. The secretary of the commission shall be treasurer, ex officio, of the fund, and all moneys of the fund sh…

40:37-159. Source of pension fund; assessment of members of force The commission shall monthly pay to the treasurer of the fund all moneys collected in payment of fines imposed upon members of the police force, who are members of said fund, and all moneys deducted or withheld fro…

40:37-16. Money for construction or improvement of county parks In ordering in each year the amount of money to be raised for county purposes the boards of chosen freeholders may, in their discretion, order money to be raised for the construction or permanent improvement of parks…

40:37-160. Additional annual payment to fund On January 1 each year there shall also be added to the fund such sum as the commission shall determine, on the basis of actuarial surveys made as of January 1, 1956, and of every third year thereafter, will be sufficient, if added ann…

40:37-161. Return of assessments in certain cases; widow's pension If any member of the police force, who is a member of said fund, in good standing shall voluntarily retire therefrom and his resignation be accepted, the commission shall return to him all the assessments which he…

40:37-162. Beneficiaries; amount of pension Each of the persons hereinafter specified shall be entitled to receive a pension for life from the fund established under section 40:37-157 of this Title, equal to 1/2 of his average salary for the last 3 years of his employment. Amende…

40:37-163. Persons entitled to pension; permanent disability; amount Every member of the county park police force or department having paid into the fund the full amount of the annual assessments or contributions required of him and who shall have received permanent disability fr…

40:37-164. Persons entitled to pension; age and years of service Every member of the county park police force or department having paid into the fund the full amount of the annual assessments or contributions required of him and who shall have attained the age of 60 years and hav…

40:37-165. Widow's pension The widow of every member of the county police force or department having paid into the fund the full amount of the annual assessments or contributions required of him and who shall have lost his life in the performance of duty, and the widow of every m…

40:37-166. Pension of children At the death of the widow unmarried, or in case such deceased member leaves no widow then at his death, his minor children who shall not have attained the age of 18 years, shall receive such pension in equal shares, until they respectively attain su…

40:37-167. Pension to parents In case such deceased member leave no widow and no children under the age of 18 years him surviving, the pension shall be paid to his dependent parent or parents. Amended by L.1955, c. 195, p. 773, s. 9, eff. Aug. 4, 1955.

40:37-168. Pensions paid monthly; rules and regulations The pensions hereby authorized shall be paid monthly by the treasurer. The commission in each county shall regulate the pensions and other matters hereinbefore provided for, and make all rules and regulations necessary there…

40:37-168.1. Group insurance; deductions from salaries Whenever the employees of any county park commission governed by and acting under the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of the Revised Statutes have formed or may hereafter form themselves into groups for the purpo…

40:37-168.2. Group insurance; payment of part of premiums by commission Whenever a group has been or may hereafter be established in accordance with the provisions heretofore set forth, it shall be lawful for the commission, except in counties where a county employees' pension fu…

40:37-168.3. Exclusion of new members from park police pension or retirement fund by resolution In any county in which a park police pension or retirement fund shall have been established, pursuant to the provisions of section 40:37-157 of the Revised Statutes, the park commissio…

40:37-169. Referendum; submission at general election; notice The question of the adoption of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of this title shall be submitted to the voters of any county having the necessary population at the next general election. The county clerk shall, at least…