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.
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.