[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Harmony 3-1-2016 by Ord. No. 16-2 (Ch. 14 of the 1990 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Under the powers and authority granted to the Township by N.J.S.A.
2B:12-1 et seq., a Municipal Court is hereby established for the Township
of Harmony, in the County of Warren, to be known as "Municipal Court
of the Township of Harmony."
The territorial jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the Township
shall be that territory embraced within the municipal boundaries of
the Township and as provided in N.J.S.A.2B:12-16.
The Municipal Court of the Township and the Judge thereof shall
have jurisdiction over all of the offenses set forth in N.J.S.A. 2B:12-17,
together with any other matter concerning which jurisdiction shall
by statute be conferred upon municipal courts of this state.
All administrative matters, fees, costs and all procedural rules
and regulations shall be governed and controlled by the provisions
of appropriate statutes in such case made and provided by and prescribed
by the New Jersey Superior Court governing the courts of the State
of New Jersey, and the regulations and directives of the administrative
office of the courts of New Jersey, regarding procedures of municipal
courts.
The Municipal Court shall have a Municipal Judge, Prosecutor,
Public Defender and Court Administrator. The aforesaid parties shall
have such qualifications, be appointed and serve such term as provided
by law.
The salary of the Municipal Judge, Prosecutor, Public Defender,
Court Administrator, staff and the other costs of operating the Municipal
Court shall be shared between any municipalities with which the Township
Committee has executed an interlocal agreement, as provided for in
such interlocal agreement. Any costs and fines collected from defendants
and any other costs or amounts collected or received by the Court
operated pursuant to the interlocal agreement shall be divided between
such municipalities as provided for in the interlocal agreement unless
otherwise provided by law.
Before entering upon the duties of the respective offices, the
Judge and Court Administrator and Violations Clerk thereof shall enter
into a bond to the Township of Harmony and the County of Warren and
State of New Jersey in such amount and with such surety as the Township
Committee may fix, conditioned upon the faithful performance of its
respective duties of such officers.
The Mayor, on behalf of the Township Committee, is authorized
to enter into and execute an interlocal agreement with another municipality
for the appointment of persons to serve as the Judge, Prosecutor,
Public Defender and administrative staff of the Municipal Court of
the Township of Harmony.
