§ 40:41A-1 Submission of charter study question
§ 40:41A-2 Election of charter study commission
§ 40:41A-3 Nominating petitions
§ 40:41A-4 Canvass of returns
§ 40:41A-5 Organization meeting of commission
§ 40:41A-6 Vacancies
§ 40:41A-7 Duties of commission
§ 40:41A-8 Advisors to the charter study commission
§ 40:41A-9 State participation in charter studies
§ 40:41A-10 Expenses and compensation of the commission
§ 40:41A-11 Dissemination of information
§ 40:41A-12 Report and publication of findings
§ 40:41A-13 Recommendations
§ 40:41A-14 Additional recommendations
§ 40:41A-15 Date of charter referendum
§ 40:41A-16 Form of the referendum question
§ 40:41A-17 Petition for special charter
§ 40:41A-18 Discharge of commission
§ 40:41A-19 Adoption of optional plan
§ 40:41A-20 Petition; contents; filing; election; ballot
§ 40:41A-21 Election; time; ballot
§ 40:41A-22 Moratorium on other petitions
§ 40:41A-23 After adoption or rejection, no vote on change for 3 years
§ 40:41A-24 Incorporation
§ 40:41A-25 Government of county after adoption of optional plan
§ 40:41A-26 General law
§ 40:41A-27 County powers generally
§ 40:41A-28 Municipal powers
§ 40:41A-29 Municipal or regional advisory councils
§ 40:41A-30 Grant of powers to county
§ 40:41A-31 Form; designation
§ 40:41A-32 Elected officers; governing body defined; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county executive
§ 40:41A-33 Qualifications, election, term
§ 40:41A-34 Salary
§ 40:41A-35 County executive, filling of vacancy in office; procedure
§ 40:41A-35.1 Filling of vacancy, interim selection pending election of successor
§ 40:41A-36 Duties
§ 40:41A-37 Powers of county executive
§ 40:41A-38 Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
§ 40:41A-39 Chairman and vice-chairman; selection
§ 40:41A-40 County executive at meetings
§ 40:41A-41 Board powers
§ 40:41A-42 Appointment
§ 40:41A-43 Qualifications
§ 40:41A-44 Duties
§ 40:41A-45 Form; designation
§ 40:41A-46 Officers
§ 40:41A-47 Qualifications, appointment, term
§ 40:41A-48 Salary
§ 40:41A-49 Vacancies
§ 40:41A-50 Duties
§ 40:41A-51 Powers
§ 40:41A-52 Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
§ 40:41A-53 Chairman and vice-chairman; election; duties
§ 40:41A-54 County manager; rights at meetings
§ 40:41A-55 Board powers
§ 40:41A-56 Appointment
§ 40:41A-57 Qualifications
§ 40:41A-58 Duties
§ 40:41A-59 Form; designation
§ 40:41A-60 Elected officers; governing body; definition; exercise of administrative or executive functions by county supervisor
§ 40:41A-61 Qualifications, election, term
§ 40:41A-62 Salary
§ 40:41A-63 Vacancies
§ 40:41A-64 Duties
§ 40:41A-65 Powers
§ 40:41A-66 Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
§ 40:41A-67 Board powers
§ 40:41A-68 Appointment
§ 40:41A-69 Qualifications
§ 40:41A-70 Duties
§ 40:41A-71 Powers
§ 40:41A-72 Form; designation
§ 40:41A-73 Elected officers
§ 40:41A-74 Qualifications, election, term
§ 40:41A-75 Salary
§ 40:41A-76 Vacancies
§ 40:41A-77 Duties
§ 40:41A-78 Powers
§ 40:41A-79 Legislative power; exercise by ordinance; exceptions; exercise by resolution
§ 40:41A-80 President and vice-president; election
§ 40:41A-81 Board powers
§ 40:41A-82 Appointment
§ 40:41A-83 Qualification
§ 40:41A-84 Duties
§ 40:41A-85 Powers
§ 40:41A-86 Separation of powers
§ 40:41A-87 Appointments and dismissal; suspension procedure
§ 40:41A-88 Elective officers; removal by recall petition and vote
§ 40:41A-89 Recall petition
§ 40:41A-90 Signatures to recall petition
§ 40:41A-91 Notice to officer; recall election; notice of filing of petition
§ 40:41A-92 Ballots
§ 40:41A-93 Removal of more than one officer
§ 40:41A-94 Election of successor; use of recall ballot
§ 40:41A-95 Laws governing recall elections; selection of candidate for successor of recalled incumbent
§ 40:41A-96 Publication of notices of arrangements for recall elections; conduct
§ 40:41A-97 Results of elections
§ 40:41A-98 Successor where incumbent resigns or is recalled
§ 40:41A-99 Meetings of board; journal
§ 40:41A-100 Rules of procedure; quorum; resolutions; compensation
§ 40:41A-101 Ordinances
§ 40:41A-102 Recording of ordinances and resolutions
§ 40:41A-103 Rules and regulations; filing; publication
§ 40:41A-104 Petition; percentage of registered voters required
§ 40:41A-105 Power of referendum; time for filing petition
§ 40:41A-106 Petition papers; affidavits
§ 40:41A-107 Filing of petition papers; examination; certification of result
§ 40:41A-108 Amendment of initiative or referendum petition
§ 40:41A-109 Suspension of ordinance
§ 40:41A-110 Submission to board of freeholders
§ 40:41A-111 Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition
§ 40:41A-112 Referendum election
§ 40:41A-113 Number of proposed ordinances voted upon; time between special elections
§ 40:41A-114 Publication of ordinance
§ 40:41A-115 Ballots
§ 40:41A-116 Results of election; conflicting measures
§ 40:41A-117 Division of county adopting a district representation system under section 40:41A-14c into districts
§ 40:41A-118 District commissioners; certification of boundaries
§ 40:41A-119 Meeting of district commissioners; division into districts
§ 40:41A-120 Boundaries of districts; population difference
§ 40:41A-121 Report, certificate, ESRI Shapefile
§ 40:41A-122 Notice of district boundaries; publication
§ 40:41A-123 Adjustments in district boundaries following census
§ 40:41A-124 Schedule of installation of optional plan adopted
§ 40:41A-125 Adoption of the administrative code
§ 40:41A-126 Effective date of administrative code
§ 40:41A-127 Existing resolutions remain in force where not inconsistent
§ 40:41A-128 Appointments between election and time of taking office under optional plan; pending actions and proceedings
§ 40:41A-129 Employees in the classified service
§ 40:41A-129.1 Counties of first class; appointment of aides; unclassified service
§ 40:41A-130 County administration of civil service
§ 40:41A-131 Procedures for establishment of county department of civil service
§ 40:41A-132 Fiscal year
§ 40:41A-133 Preparation and submission of budget; budgetary process
§ 40:41A-134 Scope of budget and message
§ 40:41A-138 Appropriation requests; allotments
§ 40:41A-142 Person charged; newspapers; qualifications
§ 40:41A-143 Partial invalidity
§ 40:41A-144 Short title
§ 40:41A-145.1 Election to fill vacancy on board of chosen freeholders; exception
§ 40:41A-145.2 Interim successor selected by appropriate political party
§ 40:41A-145.3 Selection from floor by county committee
§ 40:41A-146 Vacancy of all or majority of offices of members of board; certification to and appointments to temporarily fill by Governor
§ 40:41A-147 Appointees; qualifications
§ 40:41A-148 Voters empowered to change term of office
§ 40:41A-149 First election of board under adopted proposition

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 41A - Submission of Charter Study Question

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • registered mail: include "certified mail". See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.