STATE STATUTES & CODES

NEW JERSEY STATUTES AND CODES

Section 40:56

• 40:56-1 - Local improvements;  definition and enumeration;  doing work as general improvement
• 40:56-1.1 - Parking facilities
• 40:56-1.2 - Parking facilities as distinct work or in connection with parking authority
• 40:56-1.3 - Laws applicable
• 40:56-2 - Connecting streets with streets in adjoining municipality; considered a local improvement
• 40:56-3 - Improvement at request and expense of petitioners; improvement by  owners;  cash deposit
• 40:56-4 - Rejection of ordinance;  new ordinance
• 40:56-5 - Single ordinance for several improvements;  advertisement
• 40:56-6 - Further proceedings by resolution
• 40:56-7 - Acquisition of lands;  condemnation;  engineers, officers and employees
• 40:56-8 - Acquisition of private works and property;  condemnation; assessment for benefits
• 40:56-9 - Condemnation;  ordinance and map;  abandonment of improvement; payment into Superior Court
• 40:56-10 - Copy of award filed;  title vested;  right of entry
• 40:56-11 - Work done by municipality or by contract
• 40:56-12 - Part of cost paid by municipality;  ordinance
• 40:56-13 - Appropriations for local improvements;  amount;  bonds and notes;   fund
• 40:56-14 - General appropriations;  contents of ordinance or resolution
• 40:56-15 - Completion of improvements already begun
• 40:56-16 - Choice of paving materials;  advertisement for bids; hearing
• 40:56-17 - Joint municipal improvements;  agreement;  contracts with county
• 40:56-18 - Notice of intention to make contract
• 40:56-19 - Apportionment of cost;  assessments for benefits;  procedure
• 40:56-20 - Abandonment of improvement;  reimbursement of costs to participants
• 40:56-20.1 - Limitation on proceedings to review or restrain ordinance
• 40:56-21 - Assessments;  by whom made;  board of assessments
• 40:56-22 - Assessment commissioners;  when necessary;  appointment
• 40:56-23 - Assessment officer or members of board or commission;  oath; vacancies;  compensation
• 40:56-24 - Costs certified to assessors;  contents of statement; contributions;  total assessment
• 40:56-25 - Assessors to view improvement;  notice of hearing
• 40:56-26 - Hearing;  quorum;  amount of assessments determined
• 40:56-27 - Assessments proportionate to benefits;  not to exceed benefits
• 40:56-28 - Incidental damages;  amount determined and deducted;  damages exceeding benefits;  appeal
• 40:56-29 - Incidental damages;  award tendered;  payment into court in certain cases
• 40:56-30 - Report of assessors;  hearing;  final report;  confirmation; appeal
• 40:56-31 - Duty of collector;  books and records
• 40:56-32 - Interest on unpaid assessments
• 40:56-33 - Assessment as continuous lien; informalities not to invalidate proceedings
• 40:56-34 - Assessment set aside;  new assessment a lien;  refund
• 40:56-35 - Assessments, payment in installments; delinquent installments
• 40:56-36 - Separate account for assessments;  sinking fund
• 40:56-37 - Municipality to pay excess over assessments;  taxation to meet excess;  report to auditor
• 40:56-38 - Assessments for benefits not affected by annexation or consolidation
• 40:56-39 - Mortgaged lands officially held treated as other property
• 40:56-40 - Limitation on proceedings to restrain or review assessment or award
• 40:56-41 - Former actions not impaired
• 40:56-41.1 - Farmland or other open space defined
• 40:56-41.2 - Deferral of payment of assessment against farmland or other open space;  exception;  duration of deferral;  interest
• 40:56-41.3 - Lien;  filing of record
• 40:56-41.4 - Nonenlargement of time of appeal due to deferral
• 40:56-41.5 - Burden of cost of local improvement subject to deferral by municipality
• 40:56-42 - Power of assessment
• 40:56-43 - Proceedings deemed a local improvement;  procedure in certain cases
• 40:56-44 - Benefits exceeding award and vice versa; excess a lien
• 40:56-45 - Payment of award;  payment into court in certain cases
• 40:56-46 - Title to vest in municipality upon payment;  copy of award recorded;  map filed
• 40:56-47 - Appeal from award;  procedure
• 40:56-48 - Contracts with county for road improvements;  assessments for benefits
• 40:56-49 - Improvement of streets part of highway
• 40:56-50 - Contract with state and county for road improvement
• 40:56-51 - Payment of cost;  assessments for benefits
• 40:56-52 - Power to assess
• 40:56-53 - House connections;  cost assessed
• 40:56-54 - Appeals from assessments and awards of incidental damages; procedure
• 40:56-55 - Correction without appeal
• 40:56-56 - Appeal from award in condemnation proceedings; notice
• 40:56-57 - Condemnation appeal;  procedure;  further appeal
• 40:56-58 - Condemnation;  ordinance and map;  abandonment of improvement; payment of award into court
• 40:56-59 - Copy of award recorded;  title vested;  right of entry
• 40:56-60 - Award;  collection
• 40:56-61 - Incidental damages ascertained and certified;  payment into court
• 40:56-62 - Assessments and awards certified to Superior Court; confirmation of report
• 40:56-63 - Collection of assessments
• 40:56-64 - Assessments a lien
• 40:56-65 - Legislative findings;  public policy
• 40:56-66 - Definitions 
• 40:56-67 - Pedestrian mall or special improvement district as local improvement
• 40:56-68 - Findings necessary for adoption of ordinance
• 40:56-69 - Ordinance;  provisions;  limitations
• 40:56-70 - Resolution of governing body of municipality;  feasibility study
• 40:56-71 - Adoption of ordinances
• 40:56-71.1 - Definitions relative to downtown business improvement zones
• 40:56-71.2 - "Downtown business improvement zone" designation
• 40:56-71.3 - Loan fund created
• 40:56-71.4 - Loan purposes, application, requirements, review
• 40:56-71.5 - Assessments to repay loan
• 40:56-71.6 - Rules, regulations
• 40:56-71.7 - Study of effects
• 40:56-72 - Financing and assessment to properties especially benefited; list
• 40:56-73 - Operation and maintenance;  assessment or taxation of costs to benefited properties;  name as improvement district
• 40:56-74 - Specifications for construction
• 40:56-75 - Police powers and other rights and powers of municipality over pedestrian mall or special improvement district
• 40:56-76 - Condemnation;  procedures incident to development and maintenance
• 40:56-77 - Uses of mall or special improvement district;  control and regulation
• 40:56-78 - Limitation on liability for injury to person or property due to movable structures, appurtenances, etc
• 40:56-79 - Advisory board;  members;  duties;  district management corporation
• 40:56-80 - Annual report;  costs of operation and maintenance and annual improvements;  hearing on and approval of estimates;  assessments; disposition of funds
• 40:56-81 - Additional powers
• 40:56-82 - Severability
• 40:56-83 - District management corporation; powers
• 40:56-84 - Annual budget;  public hearing;  amendment;  adoption by municipal governing body
• 40:56-85 - Annual licenses for business within special improvement district;   fees;  special account
• 40:56-86 - Delegation of work by municipality;  approval of work
• 40:56-87 - Inclusion of pedestrian mall or special improvement district in other improvement or rehabilitation district
• 40:56-88 - District management corporation;  annual audit
• 40:56-89 - Annual report to municipal governing body

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