Township of Byram, NJ
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2023-08-15
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 3 Administration of Government
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Article V Township Attorney
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 3 Art V Township Attorney
- § 3-14 Appointment; qualifications.
- § 3-15 Duties.
- § 3-16 Special counsel.
- § 3-17 Documents and records.
- Ch 7 Claims Approval
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 16 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 18 Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 19 Environmental Commission
- Ch 22 Fire Department
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board
- Ch 32 Emergency Management
- Ch 34 Local Public Assistance Board
- Ch 42 Open Space, Recreation, Farmland Preservation and Historic Preservation Committee
- Ch 45 Planning Board
- Ch 48 Police Department
- Ch 53 Public Defender
- Ch 55 Purchasing
- Ch 58 Rescue Squad
- Ch 60 Residency Preferences
- Ch 64 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 67 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 80 Alarm Systems
- Ch 82 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 85 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Animals
- Ch 93 Boats and Boating
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 104 Campgrounds and Trailers
- Ch 107 Checks, Returned
- Ch 112 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 116 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 125 Excavations
- Ch 131 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 133 Fire Prevention
- Ch 136 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 142 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 148 Housing
- Ch 150 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 153 Indecency and Obscenity
- Ch 156 Junk and Junkyard Keepers
- Ch 160 Lakes and Waterways
- Ch 164 Licensing
- Ch 167 Littering and Dumping
- Ch 169 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 171 Noise
- Ch 176 Numbering of Buildings and Lots
- Ch 179 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 182 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 185 Properties, Abandoned
- Ch 186 Property Maintenance
- Ch 187 Public Records
- Ch 188 Public Utility Poles and Underground Facilities
- Ch 189 Quarries
- Ch 190 Rental Property
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 Sewers
- Ch 203 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
- Ch 208 Soil Removal
- Ch 210 Soil/Fill Placement
- Ch 211 Stormwater Control
- Ch 213 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 214 Right-Of-Way Strip
- Ch 215 Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 222 Taxicabs
- Ch 230 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 245 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 248 Administration
- Ch 251 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 254 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 257 Food Establishments
- Ch 263 Lawn Fertilizer
- Ch 264 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy
- Ch 266 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 267 Nuisances, Animal
- Ch 272 Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 274 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 277 Swimming Pools
- Ch 283 Water Supplies
- Appendix
- Ch A286 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A287 Fees
- Ch A288 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Council shall appoint the Township Attorney
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-139. Prior to appointment, he/she shall
have been admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey.
The Attorney shall be legal counsel to the Council,
the Manager and all other departments and agencies except those for
which alternate counsel is required by law. He/she shall:
A.
Handle all legal actions and proceedings by the Township,
including appeals, and defend the Township and its employees against
adverse litigation, provided that cases in which the Police Department
is complainant may be handled by a separate prosecutor.
B.
Approve all ordinances as to form and defensibility,
before their introduction, and all contracts, deeds and other instruments
that may be binding on the Township, before their approval and execution,
and give written opinions on questions of law.
C.
Attend Council and other meetings on behalf of the
Township, at the request of the Council or the Manager.
D.
Perform such other services as the Council or Manager
may direct.
Whenever the Attorney deems the interests of
the Township to so require, he may, with the approval of the Manager
and Council and within the limits of available appropriations, appoint
special counsel to assist him in the preparation, trial or argument
of such legal matters or proceedings as he may determine. Should the
Attorney be disqualified with respect to any matter, the Manager,
with the approval of the Council, shall appoint special counsel to
represent the Township therein.
All papers, documents, memoranda, reports and other materials prepared on behalf of the Township shall be and remain the property of the Township. If filed for convenience at the office of the Attorney, they shall be furnished or returned on request. Upon termination of services, they shall be delivered in accordance with § 3-59 hereof, together with a written consent to substitution of a successor in all legal actions and proceedings then pending to which the Township is a party.
