Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2

  • check: means the instrument by which moneys of any local unit are disbursed. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • chief executive officer: means the county executive, county manager, county supervisor or president of the board of chosen freeholders, as appropriate to the form of government of a county, or the mayor, manager or commissioner, as appropriate to the form of government of a municipality, or the chairman, president, director or other chief executive officer of any other local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • chief financial officer: means , except in the case of a municipality, the director of revenue and finance, comptroller, treasurer, collector or other financial officer of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • collector: when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • director: means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • governing body: means the governing body of a county or the commission, council, board or body having control of the finances of a municipality or any other local unit as defined herein. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • local unit: means any county, municipality, special district or any public body corporate and politic created or established under any law of this State by or on behalf of any one or more counties or municipalities, or any board, commission, department or agency of any of the foregoing having custody of funds, but shall not include a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • warrant: means the draft or check of any local unit used in warranting disbursement of moneys and shall, in every instance, be evidenced by the issuance of a check of the local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:5-2
40A:5-2. As used in this chapter and any act amendatory to and supplementary thereto unless the context indicates otherwise: “local unit” means any county, municipality, special district or any public body corporate and politic created or established under any law of this State by or on behalf of any one or more counties or municipalities, or any board, commission, department or agency of any of the foregoing having custody of funds, but shall not include a school district;

“governing body” means the governing body of a county or the commission, council, board or body having control of the finances of a municipality or any other local unit as defined herein;

“chief financial officer” means, except in the case of a municipality, the director of revenue and finance, comptroller, treasurer, collector or other financial officer of a local unit. In the case of a municipality, the chief financial officer means the person appointed pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1988, c.110 (C. 40A:9-140.10); in the case of a county, the chief financial officer means the person appointed pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1993, c.87 (C. 40A:9-28.4);

“chief executive officer” means the county executive, county manager, county supervisor or president of the board of chosen freeholders, as appropriate to the form of government of a county, or the mayor, manager or commissioner, as appropriate to the form of government of a municipality, or the chairman, president, director or other chief executive officer of any other local unit;

“warrant” means the draft or check of any local unit used in warranting disbursement of moneys and shall, in every instance, be evidenced by the issuance of a check of the local unit. In no instance shall it be necessary for the local unit to refer to, or issue, a check separate and distinct from the warrant;

“check” means the instrument by which moneys of any local unit are disbursed.

Amended 1983,c.8,s.1; 1991,c.175,s.15; 1993,c.87,s.8.

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