N.J.S.A.
40:69A-26.
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2-1. Upon the adoption by the qualified voters of any municipality of any of the
optional forms of government set forth in this act, the municipality shall thereafter
be governed by the plan adopted, by the provisions of this act common to optional
plans and by all applicable provisions of general law, subject to the transitional
provisions of article 17 of this act, unless and until the municipality should adopt another form of government
as provided by law.
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N.J.S.A.
40:69A-27.
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2-2. Upon such adoption of a plan under this act, the inhabitants of any municipality
or municipalities within the corporate limits as now or hereafter established shall
be and remain a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, and with such
corporate name as it has heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt.
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N.J.S.A.
40:69A-28.
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2-3. For the purposes of this act, a "general law" shall be deemed to be any law
or provision of law, not inconsistent with this act, heretofore or hereafter enacted
which is by its terms applicable or available to all municipalities, and the following
additional laws whether or not such additional laws are so applicable or available
to all municipalities: legislation relating to taxation, local courts, educational,
health, public authorities serving more than one municipality, and municipalities
in unsound financial condition.
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N.J.S.A.
40:69A-29.
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2-4. Each municipality governed by an optional form of government pursuant to this
act shall, subject to the provisions of this act or other general laws, have full
power to:
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(a) organize and regulate its internal affairs, and to establish, alter, and abolish
offices, positions and employments and to define the functions, powers and duties
thereof and fix their term, tenure and compensation;
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(b) adopt and enforce local police ordinances of all kinds and impose penalties of
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for any term not
exceeding ninety days or both for the violation thereof; to construct, acquire, operate
or maintain any and all public improvements, projects or enterprises for any public
purpose, subject to referendum requirements otherwise imposed by law, and to exercise
all powers of local government in such manner as its governing body may determine;
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(c) sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, to contract, and be contracted with,
to buy, sell, lease, hold and dispose of real and personal property, to appropriate
and expend moneys, and to adopt, amend and repeal such ordinances and resolutions
as may be required for the good government thereof;
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(d) exercise powers of condemnation, borrowing and taxation in the manner provided
by general law.
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N.J.S.A.
40:69A-30.
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2-5. The general grant of municipal power contained in this article is intended to
confer the greatest power of local self-government consistent with the Constitution
of this State. Any specific enumeration of municipal powers contained in this act
or in any other general law shall not be construed in any way to limit the general
description of power contained in this article, and any such specifically enumerated
municipal powers shall be construed as in addition and supplementary to the powers
conferred in general terms by this article. All grants of municipal power to municipalities
governed by an optional plan under this act, whether in the form of specific enumeration
or general terms, shall be liberally construed, as required by the Constitution of
this State, in favor of the municipality.
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