STATE STATUTES & CODES

NEW JERSEY STATUTES AND CODES

Section 40:48

• 40:48-1 - Ordinances; general purpose
• 40:48-1.1 - Removal or demolition of hazardous buildings; recovery of costs 
• 40:48-1.2 - Enactment of ordinance prohibiting possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages by underaged person on private property, permitted
• 40:48-1.2a - Immunity from prosecution; certain circumstances
• 40:48-1.3 - Holding DUI arrestees in protective custody, certain circumstances
• 40:48-1.4 - Criminal history record check requested by municipality, authority for
• 40:48-2 - Other necessary and proper ordinances
• 40:48-2.1 - Opening and closing of beauty parlors;  penalties
• 40:48-2.2 - Beauty culture, what included in term
• 40:48-2.3 - Unfit buildings in municipalities;  exercise of police power authorized
• 40:48-2.3a - Repair, demolition of damaged buildings
• 40:48-2.4 - Terms defined
• 40:48-2.5 - Repair, closing or demolition;  ordinance;  authorization for order of public officer;  summary proceedings to demolish unsafe building
• 40:48-2.5a - Building deemed unfit for human habitation, occupancy, use; repairing, demolition 
• 40:48-2.5b - Designation of "Emergency Demolition Fund", acceptance of funds therefor 
• 40:48-2.6 - Standards 
• 40:48-2.7 - Service of complaints and orders
• 40:48-2.8 - Remedies
• 40:48-2.9 - Additional powers of public officer 
• 40:48-2.10 - Administration of ordinance
• 40:48-2.11 - Supplemental nature of act
• 40:48-2.12 - Severability
• 40:48-2.12a - Authority of municipality to regulate buildings and structures  and their use and occupancy
• 40:48-2.12a1 - Inspection of buildings;  ordinance;  inapplicability of exemption in Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law
• 40:48-2.12b - Additional authority
• 40:48-2.12c - Registration of owners of buildings and structures occupied by  two or more families
• 40:48-2.12d - Service of notices
• 40:48-2.12e - Collection of fines and penalties
• 40:48-2.12f - Abatement of nuisance, correction of defect, etc., by municipality;  lien against premises
• 40:48-2.12g - Appointment of custodian by municipality;  powers and duties;   compensation
• 40:48-2.12m - Residential rental property;  certificate of inspection or occupancy prior to new occupancy;  authorization for ordinance
• 40:48-2.12n - Findings, determinations, declarations
• 40:48-2.12o - Definitions
• 40:48-2.12p - Ordinance holding landlords to standards of responsibility
• 40:48-2.12q - Provisions of ordinance on rentals
• 40:48-2.12r - Complaints, proceedings against landlord, recovery from tenant
• 40:48-2.13 - Removal, destruction of brush, weeds, debris, etc.; ordinance authorized 
• 40:48-2.13a - Municipal ordinance requiring solid waste removal 
• 40:48-2.14 - Cost for removal; lien 
• 40:48-2.16 - Monument, memorial to commemorate service of armed forces
• 40:48-2.17 - Expenditures;  duly sworn claim required
• 40:48-2.26 - Brush and hedges near roadways and intersections, cutting of
• 40:48-2.27 - Cost of cutting brush and hedges;  charging against lands; lien
• 40:48-2.28 - Fire prevention ordinances authorized
• 40:48-2.29 - Designation of enforcement officials;  right of entry for inspection purposes;  educational program relating to space heaters
• 40:48-2.31 - Discovery of nuisances;  written notice to remove or abate
• 40:48-2.32 - Inspection contracts with volunteer fire companies;  agents of  municipality
• 40:48-2.33 - Refusal to permit inspection;  continuance of nuisances; penalties
• 40:48-2.39 - Licensed premises for retail sale of alcoholic beverages; purchase or condemnation;  retirement of license
• 40:48-2.40 - Alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses;  reduction of number
• 40:48-2.41 - Maximum amount payable for transfer to municipality; limitation on reduction;  reissuance
• 40:48-2.42 - Increase in annual license fees;  disposition of proceeds
• 40:48-2.43 - Indebtedness to finance retirement of licenses
• 40:48-2.45 - Effect of act upon section 40:48-2.39
• 40:48-2.46 - Traffic and parking of vehicles in public parking yards and parking places;  regulation
• 40:48-2.47 - Snow and ice removal from private street open to public; penalties;  taxation of costs of removal by municipality;  lien
• 40:48-2.48 - Real property of camp meeting association;  sanitary sewerage facilities;  assessment
• 40:48-2.49 - Regulation of operators engaged in removal of motor vehicles
• 40:48-2.50 - Fee limits
• 40:48-2.51 - Penalty for violation of fee limits
• 40:48-2.52 - Definitions relative to adoption of curfew ordinances for juveniles
• 40:48-2.53 - Address registration by certain property owners required; "real property" defined
• 40:48-2.54 - Model schedule of towing, storage services adopted by municipality, county
• 40:48-2.55 - Model schedule of towing, storage services adopted by Division of Consumer Affairs
• 40:48-2.56 - Recreation trust fund, creation, use
• 40:48-2.57 - Municipal remediation ordinances, inapplicability to sites under DEP oversight
• 40:48-2.58 - Municipality prohibited from limiting, prohibiting display of U.S. flag, yellow ribbons, signs in support of troops
• 40:48-2.59 - Municipal powers to abate graffiti
• 40:48-2.60 - Definitions relative to charitable clothing bins
• 40:48-2.61 - Requirements for placement, use of clothing bin for solicitation purposes
• 40:48-2.62 - Receipt, investigation of complaints relative to donation clothing bin
• 40:48-2.63 - Additional penalties, remedies
• 40:48-2.64 - Effective date; applicability
• 40:48-2.65 - Definitions; impoundment of shopping carts by municipalities
• 40:48-3 - Power to do work where owner refuses;  procedure
• 40:48-4 - Plants or facilities for public use or benefit
• 40:48-4.1 - Legislative findings
• 40:48-4.2 - Definitions
• 40:48-4.3 - Municipalities between 200,000 and 300,000;  contracts with motor bus carriers;  reduced fares for senior citizens
• 40:48-4.4 - Contracts;  conditions, terms and provisions
• 40:48-4.5 - Payments to motor bus carrier
• 40:48-4.6 - Rules and regulations;  investigations;  access to property, books, records, or documents
• 40:48-4.7 - Appropriations by municipality;  application for and receipt of  grants from other sources
• 40:48-4.8 - Exemption from regulation and jurisdiction of board of public utility commissioners
• 40:48-4.9 - Municipalities between 103,000 and 125,000;  grants for ambulance or emergency rescue services
• 40:48-4.10 - Findings, declarations
• 40:48-4.11 - Senior, handicapped citizens defined
• 40:48-4.12 - Municipalities to provide service
• 40:48-4.13 - Not used for hire
• 40:48-5 - Private contracts generally
• 40:48-5a - Contract for collection services between municipality, private entity
• 40:48-5.1 - Contracts with humane societies where no pound established; advertisement unnecessary
• 40:48-5.2 - Contracts for separation of grades at railroad crossings
• 40:48-5.3 - Exhibitions of products and industries;  poultry or agricultural  exhibitions
• 40:48-5.4 - Celebration of public event, anniversary or holiday
• 40:48-5.9 - Legislative findings
• 40:48-5.10 - Amendment of permission granted by municipality to comply with  federal regulations
• 40:48-5.11 - Right of municipality to grant permission for interconnection of systems in operation prior to June 17, 1971
• 40:48-6 - Records kept and business conducted in municipal building; vaults
• 40:48-7 - Power of taxation;  generally
• 40:48-7.1 - Tax credit for properties with service charges payable to other  municipality
• 40:48-8.15 - Retail sales tax in fourth class cities
• 40:48-8.16 - Tax act definitions
• 40:48-8.16a - Definitions
• 40:48-8.17 - Maximum tax rates
• 40:48-8.18 - Exemptions from sales tax
• 40:48-8.19 - Collection of sales tax;  penalties
• 40:48-8.20 - Ordinance;  provisions required
• 40:48-8.21 - Disposition of sales taxes
• 40:48-8.21a - Convention hall facility;  operating deficiency;  payment from  tax revenues;  limitations;  conditions
• 40:48-8.22 - Territorial limits of sales tax
• 40:48-8.23 - Sales originating or consummated outside city
• 40:48-8.24 - Nonresidents
• 40:48-8.25 - Referendum
• 40:48-8.25a - Ordinance to adopt provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act;  referendum not necessary
• 40:48-8.25b - Ordinance and referendum adopting provisions of act; approval  by voters
• 40:48-8.26 - Ballots for referendum election
• 40:48-8.27 - Duration of sales tax ordinance
• 40:48-8.28 - Cost of referendum election
• 40:48-8.29 - Ordinance operative without referendum;  validity of ordinance  to protect bondholders
• 40:48-8.29a - Ordinances;  adoption of supplementary act;  operative without  voter approval;  covenant not to reduce or repeal tax
• 40:48-8.30 - Fund for repository of moneys paid to state treasurer
• 40:48-8.30a - Use of revenues
• 40:48-8.31 - Deposit of revenues;  dedication and pledge
• 40:48-8.32 - Deposit of revenues in fund;  disposition
• 40:48-8.33 - Issuance of notes or bonds for authorized facility in eligible  municipality or revolving fund by county improvement authority; review and  approval by local finance board;  filing;  cond
• 40:48-8.33a - Bonds, notes, or lease for convention hall facility; report after issuance;  notice to director of division of local government services; certification;  payment
• 40:48-8.34 - Resolution of county improvement authority;  certification by endorsement by director of division of local government services
• 40:48-8.35 - Approval and resolution;  submission to state treasurer
• 40:48-8.36 - Application for change in maturity schedule of bonds
• 40:48-8.37 - Recitals in bonds and notes;  limitation on maturity
• 40:48-8.38 - Issuance of notes in anticipation of issuance of permanent bonds
• 40:48-8.39 - Certification of amounts for annual debt service and reserve fund and paying agent;  conclusiveness;  payment of deficiency
• 40:48-8.40 - Payments from fund to paying agents;  limitations on use
• 40:48-8.42 - Bank or trust company as paying agent
• 40:48-8.43 - Pledge or dedication of revenues, moneys or funds held by state  treasurer;  validity;  lien
• 40:48-8.44 - Eligible municipality defined
• 40:48-8.45 - Definitions 
• 40:48-8.46 - Promotional fees 
• 40:48-8.47 - Proceeds from promotional fees
• 40:48-8.48 - Fees adopted by resolution 
• 40:48-8.49 - Fees; collection, administration 
• 40:48-9 - Appropriations to civil war organizations;  purposes
• 40:48-9.1 - Appropriations for expenses of war price and rationing boards; validation of appropriations made
• 40:48-9.4 - Contributions to nonprofit corporation operating senior citizens  center
• 40:48-9.4a - Annual appropriation to nonprofit organizations for treatment and rehabilitation of certain persons
• 40:48-9.4b - Account of expenditure of funds
• 40:48-9.10 - Snow and ice removal;  first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association or volunteer fire companies premises
• 40:48-9.11 - Cost of snow and ice removal;  option of municipality
• 40:48-9.12 - Historic place or site;  expenditure of federal aid to preserve  or rehabilitate
• 40:48-9.13 - Municipality with nuclear-powered electric generating facility;   appropriation and grant to county or other municipality
• 40:48-9.14 - Appropriations by municipality authorized 
• 40:48-9.15 - Findings, declarations relative to disaster relief funding programs; authorization of grant programs
• 40:48-17.1 - Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts;  use for school purposes;  budget
• 40:48-17.2 - Repeal
• 40:48-17.3 - Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts;  use for school purposes;  budget
• 40:48-17.5 - Financing project;  bonds;  use of proceeds to repay federal advances
• 40:48-17.6 - Definitions
• 40:48-17.7 - Establishment of special reserve accounts for school building construction;  transfer of funds
• 40:48-17.8 - Transfer of funds to school district
• 40:48-18 - Joint municipal and county work;  referendum when a public utility
• 40:48-19 - Joint contract for work;  amendments
• 40:48-20 - Joint acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment; officers and employees
• 40:48-21 - Financing joint project
• 40:48-22 - Organization of municipalities for mutual welfare;  officers
• 40:48-23 - Representation in joint organization;  contribution to support; representative's expenses
• 40:48-24 - Special meetings of governing body
• 40:48-25 - Municipal investigation committees;  power to issue subpoenas; service of
• 40:48-26 - Refusal of witness to testify;  punishment by Superior Court
• 40:48-28 - Oaths administered;  perjury
• 40:48-29 - Fees and mileage

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