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USA Statutes : new_jersey
Title : TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Chapter : 40:20-1
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40:20-1. Board of chosen freeholders
The property, finances and affairs of every county shall be managed, controlled and governed by a board elected therein, to be known as ~the board of chosen freeholders of the county of ..................... (specifying name of county)~, and the executive and legislative powers of the county shall be vested in that board of chosen freeholders, except where by law any specific powers or duties are imposed or vested in a Constitutional officer.
The board of chosen freeholders of any county which has created the office of county administrator, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 40A:9-42, may, by resolution, delegate to that office such executive and administrative powers, duties, functions and responsibilities as the board may deem appropriate.
Amended by L. 1987, c. 236, s. 1.
40:20-1.1. Quarterly fiscal reports
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, all boards, bodies or commissions appointed by the board of chosen freeholders of a county and receiving funds or using funds made available by said freeholder board, shall render quarterly fiscal reports covering both operating and capital construction and improvement funds, or operating and capital construction or improvement funds, on a calendar basis, to said freeholder board.
L.1968, c. 332, s. 1, eff. Nov. 13, 1968.
40:20-1.2. Grant of powers
The grant of powers under this amendatory and supplementary act is intended to be as broad as is consistent with the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and with general law relating to local government. The grant of powers shall be construed as liberally as possible in regard to the county@s right to reorganize its structure and to alter or abolish its agencies, subject to the general mandate of performing services, whether they be performed by the agency previously established or by a new agency or another department of county government. All county offices, boards, commissions, and authorities authorized or established by statute, other than those boards and offices which are subject to the provisions of subsection b. of section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, and other than educational institutions authorized or established pursuant to Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall be considered to be county agencies for the purposes of this section.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 3.
40:20-1.3. Administrative code
a. The board of chosen freeholders may adopt an administrative code organizing the administration of the county government, setting forth the duties and responsibilities and powers of all county officials and agencies, and the manner of performance needed.
b. The administrative code may require that the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate and sheriff be subject to such annual budgetary procedures and requirements as may be specified therein. These procedures and requirements may include, but shall not be limited to, the preparation and submission of an annual budget in accordance with the provisions of the administrative code, and the submission of such periodic budget reports as may be provided therein. The administrative code may further provide that the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate and sheriff shall be subject to such accounting controls, central purchasing practices, personnel procedures, and central data processing services as are specified in the code, or in administrative orders adopted pursuant thereto; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or limit the authority of the county board of taxation, county board of elections, jury commissioners of the county, county register of deeds, county clerk, surrogate, and sheriff as the appointing authority of their respective offices.
c. Nothing in the administrative code shall change the duties or powers of county officers whose existence is mandated by the Constitution or shall diminish the duties, responsibilities or powers of those county officers.
d. An administrative code adopted pursuant to this section shall enter into effect 30 days after its adoption, and all theretofore existing agencies shall assume the form, perform the duties, and exercise the powers granted them under the administrative code and shall do so in the manner prescribed therein.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 4.
40:20-1.4. Additional powers
In addition to the powers set forth in sections 3 and 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act, the board of chosen freeholders is authorized and empowered to make policy and management decisions related to those activities of any independent boards of county government or State appointed officials of county government, which are duplicative in nature or which duplicate the activities, responsibilities or duties of any other agency or department of county government.
L. 1987, c. 236, s. 5.
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