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40:48-9. Appropriations to civil war organizations; purposes
Any municipality may make appropriations to a post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and if there be no such post in the municipality it may make appropriations to any camp of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for the proper observance of memorial and other patriotic holidays.
40:48-9.1. Appropriations for expenses of war price and rationing boards; validation of appropriations made
It shall be lawful for any municipality to appropriate moneys for the expenses of any rationing board or local war price and rationing board; such moneys shall be appropriated and disbursed in the same manner as other moneys are appropriated and disbursed. All appropriations and expenditures heretofore made, incurred or paid by any municipality for the operation of any rationing board or local war price and rationing board are hereby validated and confirmed.
L.1943, c. 183, p. 514, s. 1, eff. April 9, 1943.
40:48-9.4. Contributions to nonprofit corporation operating senior citizens center
Any municipality or county may make an annual, voluntary contribution to any nonprofit corporation, which operates a senior citizens@ center anywhere in the State, in support of the educational, cultural, recreational and personal assistance programs conducted by it for senior citizens of such municipality or county.
L.1964, c. 126, s. 1; L.1965, c. 190, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1965. Amended by L.1982, c. 138, s. 1, eff. Sept. 16, 1982.
40:48-9.4a. Annual appropriation to nonprofit organizations for treatment and rehabilitation of mentally or physically handicapped persons
The governing body of any municipality may appropriate annually to any approved, privately operated, nonprofit organization whose services are nonsectarian, funds for the purpose of defraying the necessary expense incident to the diagnosis, treatment, training and rehabilitation of mentally-retarded, brain-injured, mentally-ill or otherwise mentally or physically handicapped persons who are residents of the municipality, at suitable homes, schools, hospitals, day-care centers, residential treatment centers, rehabilitation centers or sheltered workshops anywhere in the State supported by public funds or private charity, including the cost of transporting such persons to and from, and their support and maintenance at, such homes, schools, hospitals, day-care centers, residential treatment centers, rehabilitation centers or sheltered workshops for the purpose of diagnosis or while undergoing treatment, training and rehabilitation, or for the purpose of maintaining an extended employment program.
L.1975, c. 141, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1975.
40:48-9.4b. Account of expenditure of funds
The governing body of any municipality adopting the provisions of this act may require organizations receiving funds so appropriated by the municipality to fully account for the expenditure of such funds.
L.1977, c. 303, s. 1, eff. Dec. 21, 1977.
40:48-9.10. Snow and ice removal; first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association or volunteer fire companies premises
The governing body of any municipality may, at the expense of said municipality, remove or provide for the removal of snow and ice from the premises whereon are housed the apparatus and equipment of any duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association, or any duly incorporated volunteer fire company, rendering services generally throughout said municipality.
L.1967, c. 6, s. 1, eff. Feb. 3, 1967.
40:48-9.11. Cost of snow and ice removal; option of municipality
The cost of the removal of such snow and ice may, at the option of the municipality removing, or providing for the removal of such snow and ice, be additional to any other contribution which said municipality may be legally empowered to make to said duly incorporated first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad association, or any duly incorporated volunteer fire company.
L.1967, c. 6, s. 2, eff. Feb. 23, 1967.
40:48-9.12. Historic place or site; expenditure of federal aid to preserve or rehabilitate
Any municipality may expend public funds received by the municipality under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5303-5317 (1974), as amended, for, or in aid of, the preservation, restoration, improvement, or rehabilitation of a historic place or site owned by a nonprofit corporation or association organized pursuant to Title 15 or 16 of the Revised Statutes, if the historic place or site has been approved for inclusion in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in the Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation of the Department of Environmental Protection under P.L.1970, c. 268 (C. 13:1B-15.128 et seq.).
L.1977, c. 303, s. 1, eff. Dec. 21, 1977.
40:48-9.13. Municipality with nuclear-powered electric generating facility; appropriation and grant to county or other municipality
The governing body of any municipality wherein is located a nuclear-powered electric generating facility is hereby authorized to appropriate and grant to the governing body of the county wherein such municipality is situate, and to the governing body of any other county or municipality, which, in the judgment of the granting municipality, would be affected by an emergency at such facility, funds which shall be used for the preparation, testing and implementation of nuclear emergency response plans designed to prevent or minimize the loss of life or property resulting from an accident, malfunction, act of sabotage act of God, or any other condition or circumstance occurring at such facility. Such funds shall be taken from any amount received by such municipality pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 30A of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes, and the total appropriations therefor by any one municipality shall not exceed $250,000.00 annually.
L.1979, c. 231, s. 1, eff. Oct. 22, 1979.
40:48-9.14. Appropriations by municipality authorized
2. The governing body of any municipality may annually appropriate funds in support of the Vietnam Veterans@ Memorial Foundation in support of the development, construction and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans@ Memorial at the Garden State Arts Center.
L.1992,c.50,s.2.
40:48-9.15 Findings, declarations relative to disaster relief funding programs; authorization of grant programs.
2. a. The Legislature finds and declares that there may be circumstances when it is desirable for municipalities to supplement federal and State disaster relief programs for its residents whose real property was damaged by flood, hurricane or other natural disaster. It is therefore in the public interest to permit municipalities to provide limited grants to certain persons who require relief in addition to insurance or from federal or State loan programs in order to assure that those people are able to remain in the community and rebuild in order to rapidly return their real property to the tax rolls at its full and fair value prior to the disaster.
b. Following a flood, hurricane or other natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency, a municipality in the affected area may establish, by resolution, a Municipal Natural Disaster Relief Grant Program pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Community Affairs. Under such program the municipality may give grants of up to $5,000 to persons owning real property in the municipality who are without insurance that adequately covers the real property damage inflicted by the natural disaster and for whom the repayment of a low-interest loan under any federal or State program would constitute an extreme hardship based on their income and such other financial circumstances as are deemed relevant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Community Affairs. Grant money received pursuant to a municipal program under this section shall be used solely for the repair and reconstruction of the owner@s damaged real property situated within the municipality.
c. A municipality may not implement a Municipal Natural Disaster Relief Grant Program without submitting its resolution and a plan to implement the program to the Department of Community Affairs. A municipality shall not implement its plan, and shall not distribute grants pursuant to that plan without receiving written approval from the Department of Community Affairs. The Department of Community Affairs shall develop criteria for approval of a municipality@s plan. Any criteria developed by the department shall include, but not be limited to, provisions which (1) limit the financial burden of the program on taxpayers of the municipality and State; and (2) ensure that the program does not result in the duplication of benefits of applicable State or Federal programs.
d. Monies granted by a municipality pursuant to a Municipal Disaster Relief Grant Program may not be used for any damage or loss which is met by any other source.
e. The Department of Community Affairs shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations within 120 days of enactment of P.L.1999, c.366 (C.40:48-9.15 et al.) pursuant to the ~Administrative Procedure Act,~ P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this section. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, criteria for approval of a municipality@s plan, eligibility requirements for determining financial hardship, and procedures for approval and administration of grants.
L.1999,c.366,s.2.
40:48-17.1. Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts; use for school purposes; budget
When any municipality, the boundaries of which are identical with the boundaries of the local school district, shall have on hand surplus revenue unappropriated or anticipated receipts unappropriated for municipal purposes, the governing body may, in its discretion, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting thereof, authorize the transfer of and cause to be transferred all or any such part of unappropriated surplus revenue or unappropriated anticipated receipts as the governing body shall deem advisable to the board of education of the school district of the municipality; provided, however, no transfer of surplus revenue or anticipated receipts by a governing body to the board of education of the local school district, under the authority conferred by this section, shall be made unless and until such proposed transfer or appropriation shall have been included in the local municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make such transfer available from a prior year@s appropriation reserve and shall have been regularly approved, advertised and adopted as a part of such local municipal budget.
L.1941, c. 14, p. 26, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1941.
40:48-17.2. Repeal
Section 40:148-4 of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed.
L.1941, c. 14, p. 26, s. 2, eff. Feb. 28, 1941.
40:48-17.3. Surplus revenues or anticipated receipts; use for school purposes; budget
When any municipality, whose territory is included in a school district composed of two or more municipalities, shall have on hand surplus revenue unappropriated or anticipated receipts unappropriated for municipal purposes, the governing body may, in its discretion, by resolution adopted at a regular or special meeting thereof, authorize the transfer of and cause to be transferred all or any such part of unappropriated surplus revenue or unappropriated anticipated receipts, as the governing body shall deem advisable, to the board of education of such school district and the governing body may, as a condition upon such transfer, require the board of education of such school district to give credit to such municipality on account of the amount of school tax due or to become due from such municipality in any year; provided, however, no transfer of surplus revenue or anticipated receipts by a governing body to the board of education of such school district, under the authority conferred by this section, shall be made unless and until such proposed transfer or appropriation shall have been included in the local municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make such transfer available from a prior year@s appropriation reserve and shall have been regularly approved, advertised and adopted as a part of such local municipal budget.
L.1942, c. 221, p. 599, s. 1, eff. May 14, 1942.
40:48-17.5. Financing project; bonds; use of proceeds to repay federal advances
Before undertaking any public project for which plans are prepared in accordance with such an agreement, the municipality shall, either by an appropriation lawfully made or by an authorization of bonds, make available the funds necessary to make any repayment required by such agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, moneys raised for such public project by the issuance of bonds duly authorized at any time prior to the undertaking of such public project may, if the bond ordinance authorizing the bonds shall so provide, be used to make any such repayment.
L.1946, c. 101, p. 324, s. 2.
40:48-17.6. Definitions
As used in this act, ~municipality~ shall mean any city, borough, village, town, township or other municipality other than a county or a school district, and ~Federal Government~ shall mean the United States of America or any department, agent, agency or officer thereof or any corporation created thereby, and ~public project~ shall mean the construction, reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any physical public betterment or improvement and the construction, reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any public building or structure, and ~plans~ shall mean architectural, engineering, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, estimates of costs, procedures and other planning activities in advance of undertaking a public project.
L.1946, c. 101, p. 325, s. 3.
40:48-17.7. Establishment of special reserve accounts for school building construction; transfer of funds
Any municipality may by ordinance establish a special reserve account for the construction of new school buildings by the board of education of the school district coextensive with the municipality or of which the municipality comprises a part. There may be paid into such special reserve account surplus revenues, in whole or in part, derived from licensing or permit fees as designated by resolution of the governing body of the municipality.
The said governing body may, by resolution, authorize the transfer of and cause to be transferred all or such part of such special reserve account as it shall deem advisable, to the board of education of the school district coextensive with the municipality or of which the municipality comprises a part to be used for the construction of new school buildings but no such transfer of funds from any such special reserve account, under the authority conferred by this section, shall be made unless and until such proposed transfer shall have been included in the local annual municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make such transfer available.
In any case in which the municipality establishing such special reserve account is in a school district of which the municipality comprises a part, the governing body may as a condition upon such transfer, require the board of education of such school district to give credit to such municipality on account of the amount of school tax, for the construction of new school buildings, due or to become due from such municipality in any year.
L.1955, c. 169, p. 717, s. 1, eff. July 26, 1955.
40:48-17.8. Transfer of funds to school district
When any municipality having a tax levy for municipal purposes of $0.10 or less per $100.00 of equalized valuation and in which the board of education sends pupils to another district pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:38-8 has on hand surplus revenues unappropriated or anticipated receipts unappropriated for municipal purposes, the governing body may: a. pursuant to ordinance, authorize the donation to the board of education of the receiving district of any items which can be used for school purposes; or b. by resolution, authorize the transfer and cause to be transferred any part of the revenues or the receipts to that board of education; provided that any items donated must be used by the receiving district for school purposes and that any funds transferred must be included in the receiving district@s current expense budget. No transfer of revenues or receipts by a governing body shall be made unless the proposed transfer or appropriation is included in the local municipal budget for the year in which it is intended to make the transfer available from a prior year@s appropriation reserve and has been regularly approved and adopted as part of the budget.
Any amounts transferred pursuant to this act shall be considered miscellaneous revenue and shall be deducted for the purposes of calculating tuition rates between sending and receiving school districts pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6:20-3.1.
L. 1985, c. 54, s. 1, eff. Feb. 21, 1985.
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