N.J. Stat. tit. 40A, ch. 9
N.J. Stat. tit. 40A, ch. 9
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section9-1.1. Director of safety; appointment of non-resident; ordinancesection9-1.2. Municipal treasurer; appointment of nonresident; ordinancesection9-1.3. Bona fide residents of local unit; officers and employees; resolution or ordinancesection9-1.4. Eligibility of applicants in local units subject to civil servicesection9-1.5. Nonresident appointees to become bona fide residents; failure to maintain; grounds for removal or dischargesection9-1.6. Unavailability of qualified residents for available specific positions or employments; appointment of other qualified applicants; preference schedule; conditions of employment; notice to and classification by civil service commissionsection9-1.7. Specific positions and employments requiring special talents or skills; filling without reference to residencysection9-1.8. Preference in promotionsection9-1.9. Application of act on and after effective datesection9-1.10. Preemption of order of court or of state or federal agency to eliminate discriminationsection9-1.11. Definitionssection9-1.12. Local elective office; residency requirement; vacancy upon cessation of residencysection9-1.13. Eligibility for candidacy or appointment to local elective officesection9-1.14. Inapplicability of s. 40A:9-1.13 to special municipal charterssection9-1.15. Residency requirement waiver.section9-1.16. Hiring preferences for veterans.section9-2. Appointees to have the required qualifications in cases of scientific engineering skillsection9-2.1. Criminal history record background checks for certain employees of local government agencies.section9-3. Discrimination by reason of age; exceptionssection9-4. Dual office holding.section9-5. Rights of certain employees transferred to other positionssection9-6. De facto officers and employees; right to compensationsection9-7. Leaves of absence with pay to certain officers and employeessection9-7.1. Leaves of absence; athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by statesection9-7.2. Leave of absence for members of legislaturesection9-7.3. Unpaid leaves of absence for union officers, representatives of certain public employees.section9-8. Salaries; power of Civil Service Commissionsection9-9. Appointments; permanent and temporarysection9-9.1. Oath of office administered.section9-9.2. Directory of local authorities, boards, commissions.section9-10. Compensation; exceptionssection9-10.1. Contracts for lesser salaries, wages or compensationsection9-10.2. Payment for accumulated sick leave by political subdivision, noncivil service.section9-10.3. Use of accumulated vacation leave by political subdivision, noncivil service.section9-10.4. Cap on compensation for unused sick leave not covered by Title 11A.section9-10.5. Use of accrued vacation leave by employee not covered under Title 11A.section9-10.6. Leave of absence for employee of political subdivision for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow.section9-11. Vacancy due to change to nonresident status or upon resignation; filling; municipal offices open to nonresidentssection9-12. Vacancy from any cause other than expiration of term or filing of petition for recallsection9-12.1. Vacancy deemed on resignation, incapacity, death, residence, absence, or removal; filling unexpired term.section9-17. Deductions for payment to credit unions, or to insurance companies or banks, savings banks or savings and loan associations for individual retirement annuity or accountsection9-17.1. Individual retirement accounts; establishment for employees and their spousessection9-17.2. Transmittal, crediting of funds to purchase annuity for employees.section9-18. Awards program; appropriationssection9-19. Section 40:11-17 of the Revised Statutes saved from repealsection9-20. Chapter 181 of the laws of 1940 saved from repealsection9-22. Statutes repealedsection9-22.1. Short titlesection9-22.2. Findings, declarationssection9-22.3. Definitions.section9-22.4. Local Finance Board to have jurisdictionsection9-22.5. Provisions requiring compliance by local government officers, employeessection9-22.6. Annual financial disclosure statement.section9-22.7. Powers of Local Finance Boardsection9-22.8. Request for advisory opinion from Local Finance Boardsection9-22.9. Response by Local Finance Board to written complaintsection9-22.10. Violations, penalties.section9-22.11. Disciplinary actions against officer, employee found guilty of violationsection9-22.12. Conducting of hearingssection9-22.13. Establishment of county ethics boardsection9-22.14. Provision of offices to county ethics boardsection9-22.15. County code of ethics establishedsection9-22.16. Powers of county ethics boardsection9-22.17. Request for advisory opinion from county ethics boardsection9-22.18. Response by county ethics board to written complaintsection9-22.19. Establishment of municipal ethics boardsection9-22.20. Provision of offices to municipal ethics boardsection9-22.21. Municipal code of ethics establishedsection9-22.22. Powers of municipal ethics boardsection9-22.23. Request for advisory opinion from municipal ethics boardsection9-22.24. Response by municipal ethics board to written complaintsection9-22.25. Written materials to be preserved for at least five yearssection9-23. Eligibility of members of the board of chosen freeholders for other offices or positions; conditions; exceptionssection9-23.1. Term of appointment of member of county governing body to other public entitysection9-24. Resignation of officerssection9-25. Removal of officers and employees; procedure; reviewsection9-26. Clerk of board of chosen freeholders; term; duties; tenure; removalsection9-27. Treasurer; term; dutiessection9-28. Comptroller; term; dutiessection9-28.1. Definitionssection9-28.2. Annual examinations; certificates; feessection9-28.3. Renewal of certificates; fee; continuing education; mitigating circumstances.section9-28.4. Appointment of chief financial officer.section9-28.5. Interim officers appointed by directorsection9-28.6. Revocation, suspension of certificatesection9-28.7. Regulations, forms, proceduressection9-29. Auditor; term; dutiessection9-30. Purchasing agent; term, duties.section9-30.1. Definitionssection9-30.2. Certified county purchasing official; application for certificationsection9-30.3. Certificate; issuance; feesection9-30.4. Revocation or suspension of certificate; request for review by board of chosen freeholders or executivesection9-31. General storekeeper; term; dutiessection9-32. Superintendent of buildings and grounds; appointment; bondsection9-34. Superintendent of child welfare; tenure of office in certain casessection9-35. Executive director of department of institutions of county of fifth class; tenuresection9-42. County administratorsection9-43. Counsel; engineer; appointment; termsection9-44. Road supervisor; appointment; termsection9-46. Medical examiners.section9-47. Assistant medical examiners.section9-48. Appointment of licensed physician to act in certain cases.section9-49. Payment for burial of unidentified, unclaimed bodies.section9-49.1. Burial expenses of indigentssection9-51. Morgues, morgue keepers; appointments.section9-52. Morgue keepers; duties; burial certificates; fees and expenses.section9-53. Delivery of unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies for placing in the morguesection9-54. Unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies in morgues; disposition.section9-55. Delivery of identified dead bodies to proper persons; records.section9-56. Disposition of unidentified, unclaimed dead bodies, no morgue keeper.section9-57. Police to report finding of dead body.section9-58. Disposition of personal property of unknown decedent.section9-63. County clerk; bondsection9-63.1. Commission; effective date; term of officesection9-64. County clerk's oathsection9-65. Performance of duties before giving bond; misdemeanorsection9-66. Seals of county clerkssection9-67. Supreme Court rules governing county clerks who are attorneys at lawsection9-68. Duties of county clerk for the courtssection9-69. Temporary clerks of courtssection9-70. Vacancy in office of county clerk other than by expiration of termsection9-71. Moneys received by county clerk; depositoriessection9-72. Transfer of records and moneys of county clerk to successor in officesection9-73. Powers of county clerk.section9-74. Personnel in office of county clerksection9-75. County clerk in certain counties may establish court division and registry divisionsection9-76. Salary of county clerk in certain counties.section9-77. Compensation of deputy county clerks; chief clerks and other personnelsection9-77.1. Chapter 260 of the laws of 1969 saved from repealsection9-77.2. Preparation of annual budget request by county clerk.section9-78. Section 4 of chapter 96 of the laws of 1959 saved from repealsection9-78.1. Short title.section9-78.2. "Veteran" defined.section9-78.3. Veteran identification card program.section9-78.4. Issuance of card.section9-78.5. Violations relative to veteran identification card.section9-78.6. Card not deemed proof of status.section9-78.7. Violations, disorderly persons offense.section9-78.8. Short title.section9-78.9. "Gold Star Parent" defined.section9-78.10. Gold Star Parent identification card program.section9-78.11. Issuance of Gold Star Parent identification card.section9-78.12. Application for issuance.section9-78.13. Unlawful actions.section9-78.14. Identification card not deemed official for certain purposes.section9-78.15. Violations, disorderly persons offense.section9-80. Existing offices of register of deeds and mortgages, confirmed, continued; exceptionssection9-81. Establishment of office of register of deeds and mortgages in certain counties; referendumsection9-82. Transfer of records and papers upon the establishment of office of register of deeds and mortgagessection9-83. Term of office of register of deeds and mortgagessection9-84. Register of deeds and mortgages; bondsection9-85. Register of deeds and mortgages; oathsection9-86. Performance of duties before giving bond; misdemeanorsection9-87. Certain statutory provisions applicable to county clerk where no register of deeds and mortgagessection9-88. Vacancy in office of register of deeds and mortgages other than by expiration of termsection9-89. Board of chosen freeholders to furnish accommodations and equipment for register of deeds and mortgagessection9-89.1. Preparation of annual budget request by county register of deeds and mortgages.section9-90. Register of deeds and mortgages is the county recording officersection9-91. Personnel in the office of register of deeds and mortgagessection9-92. Salary of register of deeds and mortgages.section9-93. Compensation of deputy register of deeds and mortgages, chief clerks and employeessection9-94. Eligibility for office of sheriffsection9-95. Sheriff's bondsection9-96. Sheriff's oathsection9-97. Certificate for commissionsection9-98. Sheriff not to perform duties of office before giving bond and taking oath; misdemeanorsection9-99. Sheriff may act in certain cases where commission delayedsection9-100. Effective date of commission and expiration of term of officesection9-101. Failure of sheriff elect to qualify; effectsection9-102. Vacancy in office, other than by expiration of termsection9-103. Bond and oath of appointee to fill vacancysection9-104. Salary of sheriff.section9-105. Expenses payable to sheriffssection9-106. Uncollected fees credited to account of former sheriffsection9-107. Sheriff to deliver to his successor moneys and paperssection9-108. Sheriff not to hold other civil office; exceptionssection9-109. Amercement of sheriff, acting sheriffsection9-110. Amercement; court to designate enforcement officersection9-111. Bonds taken by sheriffssection9-113. Acting sheriff or newly appointed or elected sheriff to execute uncompleted writs and processessection9-114. Exercise of office pending new appointment or electionsection9-115. Undersheriffs; appointments; oathssection9-116. Limitations on number of undersheriffssection9-117. Undersheriffs, chief clerks and other personnel; compensationsection9-117a. Sheriff's investigatorssection9-117b. Appointment, transfer of certain law enforcement officers permitted.section9-117.1. Retirement upon pension; certain sheriff's secretariessection9-117.2. Appointment of unpaid deputy sheriffs.section9-117.3. Deputy sheriffs; rights, privileges and immunitiessection9-117.4. Deputy sheriffs; identification and badgessection9-117.5. Chief warrant officersection9-117.5a. Inapplicability of act to tenure attained prior to effective datesection9-117.6. Sheriff's officers; appointment; dutiessection9-117.6a. Applicability of "45-day" rule for violation of internal rules to sheriff's officers.section9-117.7. Person appointed to perform duties listed in s. 40A:9-117.6 as sheriff's officersection9-117.8. Court attendants; application for appointment as sheriff's officersection9-117.9. Seniority; inclusion of permanent time in grade in former titles; reclassification of provisional civil service statussection9-117.10. Duties, benefits and powers; compensationsection9-117.11. Decrease of compensation on appointment; prohibitionsection9-117.12. Person over 35 appointed as sheriff's officer; continuance as member of retirement systemsection9-117.13. Person under 35; transfer of membership in public employees' retirement system or county pension fund to police and firemen's retirement systemsection9-117.14. Sheriff's officers; eligibility for permanent appointment without civil service open competitive examinationsection9-117.15. Sheriff's officer chief; creation of position permittedsection9-117.16. Candidates for sheriff's officer chief; requirementssection9-117.17. Appointment, termsection9-117.18. Sheriff to prescribe dutiessection9-117.19. Continuation of position of sheriff's officer chief, reappointmentsection9-118. Compensation of criminal identification bureau personnelsection9-119. Status of criminal identification bureau personnelsection9-119.1. Field representative of narcotic education; permanent appointment with competitive examinationsection9-119.2. Director of bureau of narcotics; appointmentsection9-127. Actions for money payable to or by constables; jurisdictionsection9-127.1. Functions, powers, duties, constable, abolished.section9-127.2. Validity, compensation provisions, municipal employment contract, appointed constable prior; powers, duties, null and void.section9-128. Statutes repealedsection9-128.1. County not to issue badge to elected official which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.section9-129. Officials; facsimile of signatures; seal; statement of terms of office to be filed with Secretary of Statesection9-130. Mayor; term; town certain, mayor, council termssection9-131. Acting mayorsection9-132. Mayor to vote in certain casessection9-133. Municipal clerk, appointment, duties.section9-133.1. Municipal clerks, appointment, continuation, tenuresection9-133.2. Application for examination; qualificationssection9-133.3. Certification; feesection9-133.5. Revocation, suspension.section9-133.6. Certificate necessary for reappointmentsection9-133.7. Reappointment, removal, dismissal.section9-133.8. Tenure starting in 1986section9-133.10. Renewal of certificates; conditions; fee.section9-133.11. Rules, regulationssection9-133.12. Costs of complying with requirements; "costs" definedsection9-134. Tenure for municipal clerks.section9-134.1. Municipality to provide clerk with means of defense in certain actions, legal proceedingssection9-135. Deputy municipal clerksection9-136. Administrator; powers and dutiessection9-137. Administrator; appointment; term of officesection9-138. Administrator; removal from officesection9-139. Attorney; appointment; termsection9-140. Engineer; appointment; compensation; termsection9-140.1. Definitions.section9-140.2. Certification as municipal finance officersection9-140.3. Issuance of certificate; feesection9-140.4. Issuance of certificate to registered municipal accountant; feesection9-140.6. Membership on governing body prohibitedsection9-140.8. Tenure of office.section9-140.9. Complaint; filing; hearing; representation; jurisdiction of Superior Courtsection9-140.10. Municipality required to have chief financial officer; exceptions.section9-140.11. Issuance of municipal finance officer certificate, interim basissection9-140.12. Revocation, suspension of municipal finance officer certificatesection9-140.13. Municipal finance officer certificate required; tenure; vacancies.section9-140.14. Prior holders of municipal finance officer certificate continue to hold certificate, issuance of certificate to newly-qualified applicantssection9-140.15. Renewal of municipal finance officer certificates.section9-140.16. Regulationssection9-141. Appointment of tax collector; compensation; work hours.section9-142. Tax collector; term of officesection9-143. Collector of arrears of taxessection9-144. Tenure of tax collector; grant prior to December 31, 1981section9-145. Tenure for tax collectors completing certain courses of instruction; inapplicability after December 31, 1981section9-145.1. Definitionssection9-145.2. Certification as tax collector.section9-145.3. Tax collector certificate; issuance; additional feesection9-145.3a. Uncertified tax collector, application for certificate; issuancesection9-145.3b. Expiration, renewal of outstanding, lapsed certificates; fee.section9-145.3c. Regulations, forms, proceduressection9-145.5. Revocation, suspension of certificatesection9-145.6. Prohibitionssection9-145.7. Appointment or reappointmentsection9-145.8. Tenure; removal from office; dismissal; procedure.section9-145.9. Acquisition of tenure after Jan. 1, 1982section9-145.10. Holding office after effective date of act; appointmentsection9-145.11. Continuation in office of persons in office on effective date of actsection9-145.12. Right to tenure of tax collector in office prior to and appointment after effective date of actsection9-146. Appointment of tax assessor, deputies.section9-146.1. Boards of assessors; abolishment; secretary and members to be municipal tax and deputy assessors; salary and tenure rightssection9-146.2. Reference to board of assessors or assessment to mean and refer to municipal tax assessorsection9-146.3. Municipal tax assessors; appointment; terms of office; powers and dutiessection9-146.4. Appointment in more than one municipalitysection9-146.5. Inapplicability of act to agreements on hours of worksection9-147. Chapter 205 of the laws of 1968 saved from repealsection9-148. Tax and deputy assessors; term of office; vacanciessection9-148.1. Tax and deputy assessors; qualifications and dutiessection9-149. Tax assessors; appointment by Governor in certain casessection9-150. Chapter 211 of the laws of 1966 saved from repealsection9-152. Tenure of municipal treasurer.section9-152.1. Removal of municipal treasurer; complaint; hearing; reviewsection9-153. Chapter 190 of the laws of 1943 saved from repealsection9-154. Poundkeeperssection9-154.1. Adult school crossing guards; appointment; term; revocation; qualifications; supervision and directionsection9-154.2. Training of adult school crossing guardssection9-154.3. Uniform provided to adult school crossing guard; exemptionsection9-154.4. Stations; time periodsection9-154.5. Municipal superintendent of public works; definedsection9-154.6. Tenure of office; continuous holding of office for 5 years; ordinance; dismissal.section9-154.6a. Definitionssection9-154.6b. Public Works Advisory Board, appointment, terms; certification requirements for managerssection9-154.6c. Issuance of public works manager certificate without examination; requirementssection9-154.6d. Application fee, examinationsection9-154.6e. Application for certificatesection9-154.6f. Revocation, suspension of certificate.section9-154.6g. Certificate required after January 1, 1997; exemptions, penalties.section9-154.6h. Renewal of certificates.section9-154.6i. Fees establishedsection9-154.7. Parking enforcement officerssection9-154.8. Limitationssection9-154.9. Minimum qualifications for appointment as parking enforcement officer.section9-154.10. Fingerprints; investigationsection9-154.11. Training coursesection9-154.12. Uniform; insigniasection9-154.13. Feessection9-154.14. Designationsection9-154.15. Exclusionsection9-155. Members of governing body eligible for certain offices; exceptionssection9-156. Elective and appointive officers; commencement of term of office; exceptionssection9-157. Temporary appointmentssection9-158. Temporary leave of absence; substitutesection9-159. Leave of absence for certain officers and employees entering the armed forces of the United Statessection9-160.1. Compensatory time off for employees who are members of certain volunteer organizationssection9-161. Removal of officers and employees; procedure; exceptionssection9-163. Change in government; effect on officerssection9-164. Delegates to certain conventionssection9-165. Salaries, wages or compensation of mayor or other chief executive; officers and employees; exceptions; referendumsection9-165.1. Compensation of members of governing body and chief executive; determination; effective date and procedure for protestsection9-167. Referendum on ordinance fixing salaries, wages or compensationsection9-168. Petition for referendum on salaries, wages or compensationsection9-171. Compensation for services notwithstanding statute declared unconstitutionalsection9-172. Judicially determined illegal suspension or dismissal; officer or employee entitled to recover salary; provisosection9-173. Hospital service or medical service group insurance; authorization for deductions from salariessection9-174. Compensation for injury or death to member of governing body or other officer in performance of dutysection9-175. Statutes repealedsection9-176. Municipality not to issue badge to elected official which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.
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