N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 151

N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 151
in effect

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-41 Records of creation of fire district lost or destroyed; existence recognized

L.1930, c. 96, p. 339, entitled "An act prescribing the method of proof of the creation of a fire district where the record of such creation has been lost, destroyed or mislaid," approved April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, saved from repeal. [This act prescribes the method of recognizing the existence of certain fire districts created before April 14, 1930, the records of the creation of which have been lost.]

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-48 Fire districts created by legislature; assets and debts of old district distributed

Whenever any fire district shall have been created by any act of the legislature defining the territory to be comprised in said fire district such fire district shall have and own all the property and assets used for fire purposes which at the time of its incorporation belonged to or was vested in any other fire district existing within its limits. It shall also be liable to pay its proportionate amount of property, assets or indebtedness which shall be ascertained in the manner hereinafter in sections 40:151-49 to 40:151-53 of this title provided.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-49 Joint committee to divide property; appointment

Whenever such fire district shall have been created from another fire district as provided in section 40:151-48 of this title after the first election of fire commissioners therein a committee of three shall be appointed from and by the members of the board of fire commissioners of each of said districts, and the said committees shall meet on the first Monday succeeding the first election of fire commissioners in the said district so created from another district. The said committees together shall be termed a joint committee, but no such joint committee shall function in case either of said fire districts shall proceed to have commissioners appointed under the provisions of section 40:151-53 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-50 Joint meeting; property and indebtedness apportioned

Whenever a joint committee is created as provided by section 40:151-49 of this title, the governing body of the township in which such district is situated shall appoint a time and place on the first Monday succeeding the first election of fire commissioners in said new district for a meeting of the joint committee. At the appointed time and place the joint committee shall meet, and shall then and there, or as soon thereafter as may be, proceed to appraise, state an account of, allot and divide between the old and new fire districts all the moneys on hand, property, assets and liens, and all the indebtedness of said district in proportion to the taxable property and ratables within the respective limits of such districts as the same shall remain. Such apportionment shall be based upon the last abstract of ratables made for the purpose of levying taxes in each of said fire districts. Any real estate belonging to the old fire district acquired and held for public use shall be and remain the property of the fire district within whose limits it may lie after separation, and any indebtedness then existing incurred for or on account of such property, shall be and remain the indebtedness of the fire district which retains said property, and neither said property nor said indebtedness shall be included or taken into account in making the apportionment and division herein provided for.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-51 Quorum; procedure; clerk appointed

In effecting such division a decision of the majority of those present of the committee of the newly created fire district, concurred in by a majority of those present and of the committee of the fire district the assets and debts of which are being divided, shall be final and conclusive. If any of the members of said committees shall fail to attend such meeting, those assembled may act, and a majority of the whole number of such joint committee may adjourn the meeting from time to time not exceeding one week. The joint committee shall appoint a clerk from their own number who shall keep a record of their proceedings and certify to each fire district affected the apportionment of assets and debts so made.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-52 Powers; examine witnesses; subpoenas

Such joint committee shall have power to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of any of the officers of the fire districts affected, compel the production of all books and papers relating to the subject matter under consideration, administer oaths or affirmations to any person appearing before it to testify, and shall have the same power to enforce its process of subpoena and to compel any person to attend and testify as is given to committees appointed by the common council of any city under the provisions of sections 40:48-25 to 40:48-28 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-53 Commissioners appointed where no agreement reached

40:151-53. If the joint committee herein provided for should be unable to agree upon a division of the assets or debts of said fire districts, or if either of said fire districts desires to have such allotment and division made by commissioners appointed by the Superior Court, then the commissioners of either of said fire districts may apply to the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall make the above appraisement and apportionment in the manner hereinbefore provided. Their determination in writing, signed by any two of them, shall be binding and conclusive upon each of said districts. Such commissioners shall receive for their services such compensation as the court may think proper, to be paid for by said fire districts equally. Amended 1953,c.37,s.288; saved from repeal N.J.S.40A:14-102; amended 1991,c.91,s.391.

N.J. Stat. § 40:151-54 Bonds to pay water bills in arrears prior to 1935

L.1935, c. 135, p. 347 entitled "An act concerning the payment of past due water service charges of fire districts in townships of this state," approved March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the payment by township fire districts of arrearages for water service where such arrearages existed before 1935. It provides the rate of interest, maturity dates and amount of the annual installments for amortization.]
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