§ 40:20-1 Board of county commissioners
§ 40:20-1.1 Quarterly fiscal reports
§ 40:20-1.2 Grant of powers
§ 40:20-1.3 Administrative code
§ 40:20-1.4 Additional powers
§ 40:20-2 Membership; number and term; first election
§ 40:20-3 Organization
§ 40:20-5 Extension of terms
§ 40:20-6 Law applicable
§ 40:20-7 Referendum; procedure
§ 40:20-8 Submission at presidential primary
§ 40:20-9 Nonpartisan ballot box; transfers
§ 40:20-10 Superior Court judge to resolve doubt on right to vote
§ 40:20-11 Method of voting; results returned
§ 40:20-12 Ballots; form and content; sample ballots
§ 40:20-13 Nonpartisan poll book; ballots numbered
§ 40:20-14 Submission at general election
§ 40:20-15 Ballot; form and content; counting
§ 40:20-16 Notice of election
§ 40:20-17 Eligibility of voters
§ 40:20-18 Results of election; return and canvassing
§ 40:20-19 Certain counties governed hereby
§ 40:20-20 Membership; number; increase or decrease; proposition; submission to voters; petition; effective date
§ 40:20-20a Terms of additional members
§ 40:20-20.4 Proposition to change term of office
§ 40:20-20.5 Election under adopted proposition
§ 40:20-21 First election; terms of members first elected
§ 40:20-22 Additional members in certain cases
§ 40:20-23 Election; term; organization
§ 40:20-25 Expiration of terms of existing members
§ 40:20-26 Terms of officers; exceptions
§ 40:20-27 Existing laws continued
§ 40:20-28 Referendum; submission to voters
§ 40:20-29 Petition for submission; sufficiency; filing
§ 40:20-30 Petition; time for filing; notice of election
§ 40:20-31 Ballot; form and content
§ 40:20-32 Conduct of election
§ 40:20-33 Vote required for adoption
§ 40:20-34 Resubmission
§ 40:20-35 Certain counties governed hereby
§ 40:20-35.1 Number of members; election; terms
§ 40:20-35.2 Organization
§ 40:20-35.3 Expiration of terms of existing members; filling of existing vacancies
§ 40:20-35.4 Compensation
§ 40:20-35.11a Vacancy on board of chosen freeholders eligible to be filled by election; exceptions
§ 40:20-35.11b Selection of interim successor
§ 40:20-35.11c Nomination of candidate from floor
§ 40:20-35.12 Vacancy in offices of all or majority of members
§ 40:20-35.13 Appointees; qualifications
§ 40:20-71 Director; selection; substitute
§ 40:20-71.1 Designation of another freeholder
§ 40:20-71.2 Appointments by county executive
§ 40:20-71.3 Veto power of director of board of chosen freeholders, certain
§ 40:20-72 Members of boards of chosen freeholders not governed by optional county charter law; director
§ 40:20-73 Compensation of freeholders not paid an annual salary
§ 40:20-74 Salaries of freeholders not paid on per diem basis
§ 40:20-74.1 Resolution fixing compensation; publication before passage
§ 40:20-74.2 Hearing on resolution
§ 40:20-74.3 Second reading or amendment
§ 40:20-74.4 Publication of resolution upon passage
§ 40:20-74.5 Majority required for passage
§ 40:20-74.6 Compensation not changed unless fixed by resolution
§ 40:20-75 Annual meetings
§ 40:20-76 Regular meetings
§ 40:20-77 Special meetings; how called; notice
§ 40:20-78 Penalty for clerk’s failure to call meeting
§ 40:20-79 Adjournment of meeting
§ 40:20-80 Committees designated
§ 40:20-81 Director to appoint members of committees
§ 40:20-82 Investigations by committees; member may administer oath
§ 40:20-83 Subpoenas; testimony
§ 40:20-84 Penalty for perjury

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 20 - Board of Chosen Freeholders

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Budget resolution: Legislation in the form of a concurrent resolution setting forth the budget. The budget resolution establishes various budget totals, divides spending totals into functional categories (e.g., transportation), and may include reconciliation instructions to designated committees.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.