There shall be a department known as the "Fair
Lawn Municipal Court."
The head of the Department of the Municipal
Court shall be the Judge of the Municipal Court appointed by the Council
for a term of three years. The Judge of the Municipal Court shall
be an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey and shall be paid
an annual salary as established by the salary ordinance. The Judge
of the Municipal Court shall be admitted to practice in this state
for a period of no less than five years.
Under N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq., the Municipal
Court Judge may designate another approved Municipal Court Judge as
Acting Judge, regulated only by that which is consonant with health,
normal vacations and any necessary personal disqualifications. Compensation
for such substitute service shall be a matter between the Judge of
the Municipal Court and his/her designee.
The Manager shall appoint a Municipal Court
administrator and such additional personnel, as required, who shall
serve according to law, as the Municipal Court staff.
A.
Establishment of a Municipal Court. A Municipal Court
for the Borough is established, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
2B:12-1, as amended and supplemented.
B.
Name of Court. The name of the Municipal Court shall
be the "Municipal Court of the Borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey."
C.
Seal. The Municipal Court shall have a seal which
shall bear the impress of the name of the court.
D.
Powers, duties and jurisdiction of Court. The Municipal
Court and the Municipal Judge thereof shall have, possess and exercise
all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred by the
provisions of N.J.S.A 2B:12-1, as amended and supplemented, and by
"Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey", the amendments
thereof and supplements thereto.
E.
Location of Court; time of holding Court. The Municipal
Court shall be held in the municipal building. The Municipal Judge
shall sit at least once weekly and at such other times as the business
of the Court may require, subject to the rules applicable to municipal
courts as established by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey
and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
[Added 1-20-2004 by Ord. No. 1966-2004]
The Model Order of the Fair Lawn Municipal Court
entitled, "Local Supplemental Violations Bureau Schedule," attached
hereto and made a part hereof as Schedule A, is hereby amended and
adopted in its entirety.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is included at the
end of this chapter.
