Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:37-233. Appropriations; action by freeholders On requisition of the park commission the board of chosen freeholders may appropriate for the park commission such sums as the board of chosen freeholders may deem advisable subject to the limitation provided in section 40:37-231 o…

40:37-234. Appropriations for current expenses included in county budget Appropriations for current expenses of the park commission and any other expenses which the board of chosen freeholders may deem proper, shall from time to time be included in the county budget.

40:37-235. Bond issues; law applicable; deductions from debt statement Appropriations for other than current expenses, including, however, all expenses of the board of park commissioners incurred prior to the establishment of a park, may be provided for by the issuance of bonds o…

40:37-236. Certain expenses replaced by bond issue; limitation In the discretion of the board of chosen freeholders, budget appropriations not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in aggregate amount for the expenses of the park commission made prior to the establishment of a p…

40:37-237. Amount collected from benefit assessments applied to payment of bonds Upon the receipt of moneys collected from benefit assessments the park commissioners shall turn over the sum so collected to the officer, board or body charged by law with the care, custody and contr…

40:37-238. Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions Except as hereinafter in section 40:37-239 of this title provided, all real estate taken or held under the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title for the purpose of public parks shal…

40:37-239. Sale of real estate in certain cases; vacation of roadways If the commission shall by resolution determine that any real estate, or part thereof, acquired under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, is no longer required for park purposes, it may sell and conv…

40:37-240. Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of The commission may make rules and regulations for the government and use of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways and roadways, and enforce the same by prescribing and fixing for the violation thereof suit…

40:37-241. Transfer of municipal parks and streets to county park commission Any municipality within the county and any board in such municipality, having control of the parks or streets therein may, with the consent of the park commission, transfer the care, custody and control …

40:37-242. Referendum; submission at general election; notice The question of the adoption of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 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 leas…

40:37-243. Ballot, form and content The county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the sample and official ballots for the general election in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below if in favor thereof, mark a cross (X) or …

40:37-244. Vote required for adoption All ballots so cast for or against the question shall be counted and the result thereof returned by the election officers, and the acceptance or rejection thereof shall be determined by the result thereof. If upon the canvass of all the votes…

40:37-245. Results returned and certified; record of The votes cast for and against the adoption of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall be counted, returned, certified and canvassed in the manner provided by the laws relating to elections, and the county clerk sha…

40:37-246. Clerk to deliver copy to freeholders; appointment of commissioners If the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall have been adopted at such election the county clerk shall, within five days after the filing of his tabulated statement and certi…

40:37-247. Election expenses; payment by county All expenses incident to the election, properly certified by the county judge or if there are two or more county judges by all or a majority of them, of the county shall be paid by the county wherein the election is held in the same…

40:37-248. Petition for submission When in any county there has or shall have been submitted to the voters thereof at any election, the question of the establishment of a county park system or county park commission under the provisions of any law, and the question shall have fai…

40:37-249. Petition; contents The petition shall request the board of chosen freeholders to submit again to the voters of the county, a proposition for the establishment of a county park system or county park commission in that county, and shall further request the board of chose…

40:37-250. Freeholders choose law to be submitted; notice to county clerk If the board of chosen freeholders shall find the petition to be in proper form and signed by the required number of legal voters of the county, it shall determine what law for the establishment of a county…

40:37-251. Ballot; law applicable The county clerk shall cause to be printed on the sample and official ballots to be used at such general election in the manner required by Title 19, Elections, the public question in relation to the establishment of a county park system or count…

40:37-252. Maintenance; annual appropriation In any county of the second class in which county lands have been or may be developed or improved for use as a public park or public recreation place with funds made available by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof, t…

40:37-253. Acquisition and improvement of other lands In any county of the second class wherein lands have been acquired, developed or improved, the board of chosen freeholders may acquire, in fee or otherwise, by gift, grant or devise, other lands and rights in lands for public …

40:37-254. Purchase and condemnation of contiguous lands The board of chosen freeholders of any such county wherein land has been acquired, improved, maintained and developed, as provided in this article, may, if such board shall so determine it to be proper and necessary for the…

40:37-255. Surveys and maps The board of chosen freeholders before proceeding to acquire by purchase or condemnation lands contiguous to any such public park or recreation ground shall first determine the quantity of land to be acquired and shall cause a survey and map to be made…

40:37-256. General powers The board of chosen freeholders of any such county wherein lands have been improved, developed and maintained as aforesaid, may: a. Take or acquire in fee or otherwise by gift, grant, purchase, devise or condemnation, any lands or rights in lands, or eas…

40:37-257. Condemnation procedure; assessments for benefits; award of damages When the board of chosen freeholders shall deem it proper and necessary to acquire lands or rights in lands for the extension or enlargement of any developed park or recreation ground or site for such p…

40:37-258. Construction of casino, stadium and other structures Every such board of chosen freeholders authorized and empowered by the provisions of this article to acquire, develop, care for and maintain any public park or recreation ground, may construct and maintain a pavilion…

40:37-259. Rules and regulations; penalties Every such board of chosen freeholders may make rules and regulations for the government and supervision of all such parks and recreation grounds and all boulevards, parkways and roadways located therein or leading thereto and may presc…

40:37-260. Bond issues To defray any expense incurred under the provisions of this article the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may, from time to time, borrow money by issuing bonds of the county, which bonds shall run for a term not exceeding twenty years and bear …

40:37-261. Establishment of park police system; composition; rules and regulations The board of chosen freeholders of any county having control of a public park or public recreation place which is governed by the provisions of article 6 of chapter 37 of Title 40 of the Revised St…

40:37-262 Powers of park police. 2. The members and officers of the park police may arrest on view and without warrant, and conduct before the municipal court of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or the municipal court of a neighboring municipality, any persons found …

40:37-3. Organization; officers; salary of secretary The shade tree commission shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its total membership for the remainder of the then current calendar year, and thereafter annually, by the election of 1 of its members as chairman…

40:37-4. Commissioners serve without compensation; expenses The shade tree commissioners shall serve without compensation, but with the consent of the board of chosen freeholders, shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their necessary expenses, and, with the consent of the board,…

40:37-5. Powers; regulations; trees on highways; parks Except as hereinafter provided, the shade tree commission may exercise exclusive control over the regulation, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery now situate or which may hereafter be planted in any …

40:37-6. Regulations for protection of trees and shrubbery; penalties The shade tree commission, with the consent of the board of chosen freeholders may make rules and regulations for the protection and care of the trees, shrubbery or ornamental material planted or growing natura…

40:37-7. Enforcement of rules and regulations; jurisdiction of courts Any court within the county having jurisdiction over proceedings for the violation of municipal ordinances in any municipality within the county, shall have jurisdiction in proceedings for the violation of the …

40:37-8. Copy of rules as evidence A copy of any rule or regulation of the shade tree commission, certified to under the hand of the secretary or chairman, shall be taken in all courts as full and legal proof of the existence of the rule or regulation, and of compliance with the …

40:37-9. Disposition of fines All moneys collected by the county shade tree commission, either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation of the commission, shall be forthwith paid over to the treasury of the county and shall become part of the funds of the count…

40:37-95.1. Applicable to all counties; inoperative until approved by voters The provisions of this act shall apply to all counties, but shall remain inoperative in any county until submitted to and approved by the voters thereof in the manner provided in sections twenty-two, twe…

40:37-95.10. Moneys required to be raised by taxation; bonds The commission may draw the moneys provided and made available by the board of chosen freeholders for the purposes of this act on requisition duly signed and approved by its president and secretary. In addition to any o…

40:37-95.10a. Issuance of bonds or other obligations of county pursuant to Local Bond Law; limitation on amount In any county which has adopted the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement, the board of chosen freeholders, in addition to any other funds or moneys p…

40:37-95.10b. Submission of act to voters The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the legal voters of the county as hereinafter provided. L.1966, c. 144, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.

40:37-95.10c. Ballots Whenever the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall pass a resolution authorizing the submission of the question of the adoption or rejection of this act to the voters of the county, the county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the s…

40:37-95.10d. Operative upon approval of voters by majority vote If at such election a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the adoption of such law shall be cast in favor of the adoption thereof, the same shall immediately become operative in the county voting the…

40:37-95.10e. Issuance of bonds or other obligations of county pursuant to Local Bond Law; limitation on amount In any county which has adopted the provisions of the act of which this act is a supplement and in which bonds for county park purposes shall have been authorized and i…

40:37-95.10f. Submission of act to voters The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any such county until submitted to and approved by the legal voters of the county as hereinafter provided. L.1970, c. 148, s. 2. eff. July 22, 1970.

40:37-95.10g. Ballots Whenever the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall pass a resolution authorizing the submission of the question of the adoption or rejection of this act to the voters of the county, the county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the s…