Township of Independence, NJ
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2023-03-14
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Part I Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 51 Officers and Employees
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Article IV Municipal Public Defender
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Claims, Approval of
- Ch 14 Court, Municipal
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Environmental Commission
- Ch 30 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 51 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Art IV Municipal Public Defender
- § 51-15 Position established.
- § 51-16 Duties.
- § 51-17 Term.
- § 51-18 Compensation.
- Ch 59 Personnel Policies
- Ch 63 Police Department
- Ch 72 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 76 Recreation Committee
- Ch 80 Residency Requirements
- Ch 85 Road Names
- Ch 89 Salaries and Compensation
- General Legislation
- Ch 112 Affordable Housing
- Ch 117 Alarm Systems
- Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 126 Animals
- Ch 130 Architectural Review
- Ch 142 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 149 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 155 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 160 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 186 Driveways
- Ch 191 Drug-Free Areas
- Ch 203 Farming
- Ch 206 Fees
- Ch 215 Fire Prevention
- Ch 222 Floodplain Management
- Ch 228 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 250 Junkyards
- Ch 255 Land Development
- Ch 261 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 266 Littering
- Ch 273 Municipal Services, Reimbursement for
- Ch 284 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 289 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 293 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Property Maintenance
- Ch 307 Recycling
- Ch 315 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual Subsurface
- Ch 320 Sewers
- Ch 329 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 333 Soil Removal
- Ch 337 Stormwater Control
- Ch 339 Stormwater Management
- Ch 341 Stream Buffers
- Ch 342 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 354 Taxicabs
- Ch 356 Taxation
- Ch 361 Trailers
- Ch 365 Trees
- Ch 375 Wood Furnaces, Outdoor
- Ch 380 Vacant and Abandoned Structures
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 390 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 401 Heating of Residences
- Ch 407 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 415 Swine
- Ch 420 Water Supply System Connections
- Ch 426 Wells
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-10-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1
(Ch. 42 of the 1984 Code)]
There is hereby established in and for the Township of Independence
the position of Municipal Public Defender.
The Municipal Public Defender shall undertake representation of those
individuals as deemed indigent and qualified for such representation by the
sitting Judge of Independence Township Municipal Court.
The term of office of the Municipal Public Defender shall be for a period
of one year, to commence on January 1 of the year in which the appointment
is made and shall be subject to appoint annually by the Township Committee
for each year thereafter.
The Municipal Public Defender shall receive compensation on a per-case
basis at a rate set annually by the Township Committee. This fee shall be
paid by the defendant.
