[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
A Municipal Court for the Township of Union
in the County of Union is established as of January 1, 1949, pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1993 (N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1
et seq.), as amended and supplemented.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the
"Municipal Court of Township of Union in the County of Union."
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which
shall bear the impress of the name of the court.
[Amended 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 4028; 1-27-2009 by Ord. No.
5081; 1-23-2018 by Ord. No. 5553]
There shall be three Municipal Judges of said Municipal Court,
one of whom shall be named Municipal Judge (supervising), who shall
be appointed by the Township Committee of the Township of Union in
the County of Union and who shall serve for a term of three years
from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed
and qualified; provided, however, that the recorder who shall be in
office upon adoption of this section shall be a Municipal Judge and
shall continue to be Municipal Judge for a term equal to the balance
of the term for which he was originally appointed. With the written
consent of the Superior Court of New Jersey Assignment Judge of Union
County, a temporary judge of the Municipal Court may be appointed
by the Township Committee to meet a special need of limited duration
for a term not to exceed one year.
[Amended 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3879; 12-23-1991 by Ord. No.
4174]
A. The salary and
compensation of the Municipal Judge shall be provided by ordinance
of the Township of Union. The sum shall be paid in equal installments
as other salaries in the Township are paid.
B. The Municipal Judge
shall not receive sick, vacation or personal leave.
C. The Municipal Judge
shall be entitled to the medical benefits package plan. Effective
January 1, 1992, any municipal judge shall pay via payroll deduction
25% of the medical package increase, if any, for the current year,
not to exceed $100.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
Said Municipal Court and the Municipal Judge
thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers,
duties and jurisdiction conferred by the provisions of Chapter 293
of the Laws of 1993 (N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented,
or by any other law.
[Amended 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 4028]
The Municipal Court shall be held at police
headquarters in the Township of Union in the County of Union, or in
the District Courtroom, located at 981 Caldwell Avenue, Union, New
Jersey, as the Judges may determine and in such other locations as
may be announced by them, as the business of the Court may require,
subject to the rules applicable to Municipal Courts.