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Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions of Ordinance Nos. 92-15, 92-19, 93-06, 98-03 and 2007-04.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
A Municipal Court is hereby established under the authority of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1, et seq. The name of the Court shall be the “Municipal Court of the Township of Frelinghuysen” and the operations of the Court shall be governed by the said statutes and by a certain “Shared Services Agreement for Shared Municipal Court Between the Township of Frelinghuysen and the Town of Belvidere” (referred to in §§  2-25.1 through 2-25.8 as the “Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement”), as may be amended from time to time.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
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.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
The parties to the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement may provide for a clerk and other necessary clerical and other assistants for the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
The Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall have a Judge who shall be known as the “Judge of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township.” The Judge shall be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
a. 
The compensation of the Judge of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall be governed by the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
b. 
The compensation of the clerk, clerical and other assistants of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall be governed by the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
a. 
The Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall have a prosecutor who shall be known as the “Prosecutor of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township.” The prosecutor shall be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement and shall be an attorney at law pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-27.
b. 
The Clerk of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township 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. 
The name of the individual appointed as Prosecutor of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township;
2. 
The name of any other individual appointed to serve as an assistant or deputy to the Prosecutor of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township;
3. 
A copy of the resolution making the appointment; and
4. 
A complete mailing address of the Prosecutor of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township, including a telephone number and facsimile transmission number.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
a. 
The Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall have a Public Defender of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township. The Public Defender of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall be appointed pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
b. 
The Public Defender of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township shall be compensated pursuant to the terms of the Municipal Court Shared Services Agreement.
c. 
The Public Defender of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township 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.
[Ord. #2009-04 § 1; amended 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
Any person applying for representation by a Public Defender before the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township or for court-approved counsel shall pay an application fee as established by the Judge of the Municipal Court of Frelinghuysen Township, provided that such amount shall not exceed the amount necessary to pay the cost of the Public Defender’s services.
[Ord. #2005-05; Ord. #09-04 § 2]
a. 
All requests for discovery submitted to Frelinghuysen Township in matters pending in the Municipal Court of Knowlton Township and Frelinghuysen Township shall be submitted through the Municipal Clerk.
b. 
The following fees shall be payable by the requestor to the Township of Frelinghuysen for the discovery provided:
1. 
Seventy-five ($.75) cents per page for each of the first ten (10) pages photocopied.
2. 
Fifty ($.50) cents per page for each of the next ten (10) pages photocopied.
3. 
Twenty-five ($.25) cents per page for each of the pages photocopied thereafter.
4. 
Actual postage for any discovery sent by mail.
5. 
Twenty-five ($.25) cents for the envelope for any discovery sent by mail.
6. 
Photographs will be photocopied at the rates established herein. If requests are made for duplicate photographs, the actual cost of making the photographs shall be charged.
7. 
Duplication of videotapes constitute an extraordinary duplication process and will be charged at the rate of five ($5.00) dollars per videotape.
8. 
On any item that cannot be photocopied on the Township copy machine or not otherwise provided for in this schedule, the actual cost incurred in making the copy shall be charged.
c. 
Where the discovery must be obtained from an entity other than the Township of Frelinghuysen, e.g. another police department, the actual costs paid to the other entity shall be paid by the requestor.