[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Rockaway 4-25-2019 by Ord. No. 04-19.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 17, Joint Municipal Court, adopted 3-12-2009 by Ord. No.
03-09.
A Municipal Court is hereby established under the authority
of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq. The name of the Court shall be "Shared
Courts of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Town of Boonton,
and Borough of Rockaway" ("Shared Courts"), and the operations of
the Shared Courts shall be governed by the said statutes and by a
certain Shared Services Agreement between the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills and the Borough of Rockaway and by a certain Shared Services
Agreement between the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills and Town of
Boonton for shared Municipal Court facilities, personnel and resources
(referred to in this Chapter as the "Municipal Court Shared Services
Agreements"), as may be amended from time to time.
The Municipal Court established in this chapter shall have and
exercise the limited civil and criminal jurisdiction prescribed by
N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.
The parties to the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreements
may provide for a clerk and other necessary clerical and other assistants
for the Shared Courts pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court
Shared Services Agreements.
The Shared Courts shall have a Judge who shall be known as the
"Judge of the Shared Courts of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills,
Town of Boonton, and Borough of Rockaway." The Judge shall be appointed
pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreements.
A.Â
The Shared Courts shall have a prosecutor who shall be known as the
"Prosecutor of the Shared Courts of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills, Town of Boonton, and Borough of Rockaway." He shall be appointed
pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreements
and shall be an attorney at law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-27.
B.Â
The Clerk of the Shared Courts shall advise the Chief of the Prosecutors
and Police Bureau, Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law
and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey on an annual basis of:
(1)Â
The name of the individual appointed as Prosecutor of the Shared
Courts;
(2)Â
The name of any other individual appointed to serve as an assistant
or deputy to the Prosecutor of the Shared Courts;
(3)Â
A copy of the resolution making the appointment; and
(4)Â
A complete mailing address of the Prosecutor of the Shared Courts,
including a telephone number, facsimile transmission number, and e-mail
address if applicable.
A.Â
The Shared Courts shall have a Public Defender of the Shared Courts
of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Town of Boonton, and Borough
of Rockaway. The Public Defender shall be appointed pursuant to the
terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreements.
B.Â
The Public Defender shall be compensated pursuant to the terms of
the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreements.
C.Â
The Public Defender appointed hereunder shall perform the duties
set forth at N.J.S.A. 2B:24-6, as well as any other duties now or
hereafter required by law.
Any person applying for representation by a Public Defender
before the Shared Courts or for court-approved counsel shall pay an
application fee as established by the Judge of the Shared Courts,
provided that such amount shall not exceed the amount necessary to
pay the cost of the Public Defender's services.