[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.