City of Bordentown, NJ
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2023-11-13
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 7 Attorney, Prosecutor and Public Defender
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Article III Municipal Public Defender
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrator, City
- Ch 7 Attorney, Prosecutor and Public Defender
- Ch 7 Art III Municipal Public Defender
- § 7-5 Appointment and qualifications.
- § 7-6 Powers and duties.
- Ch 11 Bills and Claims, Payment of
- Ch 16 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 17 Clerk, Deputy
- Ch 19 Community Development and Municipal Affairs Coordinator
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25 Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Ch 27 Election Districts
- Ch 31 Engineer, City
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Escrow
- Ch 36 Ethics
- Ch 37 Fees and Licenses
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 45 Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 47 Interlocal Services Agreements
- Ch 51 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 55 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 60 Open Meetings; Communications
- Ch 64 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 66 Police Department
- Ch 68 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 74 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 78 Sewer Rebate Program
- Ch 80 Substance Abuse Policy
- Ch 82 Tax Collector
- Ch 90 Water Advisory Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 96 Alarm Systems
- Ch 100 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 104 Amusement Devices and Arcades
- Ch 112 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 116 Boats
- Ch 120 Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 124 Buildings, Change in Ownership or Occupancy
- Ch 130 Building Repair, Maintenance and Inspection
- Ch 138 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 139 Cannabis
- Ch 141 Construction Code Enforcing Agency
- Ch 142 Curfew
- Ch 145 Displays and Sales, Outdoor
- Ch 148 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 150 Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Ch 152 Drug-Free Zone Map
- Ch 155 Facilities Use Regulations
- Ch 156 Facility Use Policy for Old City Hall
- Ch 157 Farmers' Market
- Ch 162 Fire Safety
- Ch 166 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 174 Garbage and Bulk Trash Collection, Recycling and Enforcement
- Ch 180 Historic Preservation
- Ch 183 Hotel Use and Occupancy Tax
- Ch 187 Landlord and Rental Property Registration
- Ch 190 Littering
- Ch 195 Mosquito and West Nile Virus Control
- Ch 198 Newspaper Vending Boxes
- Ch 201 Noise
- Ch 202 Nuisances
- Ch 206 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 210 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 213 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 216 Property Maintenance
- Ch 220 Property, Numbering of
- Ch 228 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 229 Sewers
- Ch 230 Shade Trees; Shade Tree Committee
- Ch 233 Skateboarding
- Ch 236 Storage and Trash Containers, Temporary
- Ch 237 Stormwater Management
- Ch 240 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 244 Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Approval
- Ch 250 Taxicabs
- Ch 258 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 259 Towing of Vehicles
- Ch 264 Water
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-9]
There shall be a Municipal Public Defender of the City of Bordentown
who shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey and shall
be appointed by the Board of Commissioners for a period of one year
from the first day of January of the year of his appointment and until
his successor has been duly appointed and qualified. The appointment
of the Municipal Public Defender shall be by resolution duly adopted
pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.
The Municipal Public Defender shall represent those defendants
in the Municipal Court of the City of Bordentown whom the Judge of
the Municipal Court has determined are indigent and constitutionally
or otherwise entitled by law to have counsel furnished without cost.
The Municipal Public Defender shall not represent those defendants
who are indigent and are constitutionally or otherwise entitled by
law to counsel if such defendants affirmatively and with an understanding
of the waiver of such right to counsel state an intention to proceed
without counsel. The representation of the defendant by the Municipal
Public Defender shall continue through trial and, in the event of
a conviction, shall continue through sentencing and shall include
advising the defendant with respect to his right of appeal but shall
not include the preparation and filing of the notice of appeal or
any other application for postconviction relief.
