There is hereby established a single Intermunicipal Court for the Township of Lower Alloways Creek and the Township of Elsinboro which is named the "Municipal Court of Lower Alloways Creek and Elsinboro Township."
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Elsinboro 12-5-1983 by Ord. No. 83-3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The Judge of the Intermunicipal Court shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, and shall serve for a term of three years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-4.
The jurisdiction of said Intermunicipal Court shall be coextensive with the territories of the Township of Lower Alloways Creek and the Township of Elsinboro in Salem County, New Jersey.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Said Intermunicipal Court shall become effective and commence on December 27, 1983, and on that date the Municipal Court heretofore existing in the Township of Elsinboro shall be abolished and its functions, powers and duties, records, property, and pending cases shall be transferred to the Intermunicipal Court established by this chapter, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1.
The Township of Lower Alloways Creek shall furnish all facilities, appoint and pay all personnel, and provide such other requirements necessary for the proper administration of justice in the Intermunicipal Court, and shall also establish the times and place when such court shall be convened.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The Intermunicipal Court prosecutor, Court Administrator, Deputy Administrators and all other personnel shall be appointed by the Lower Alloways Creek Township Committee. The Township of Lower Alloways Creek shall pay the salaries of all of the foregoing.
All fines, costs, fees, penalties and forfeitures, including forfeitures of bail, imposed by the Intermunicipal Court which are distributable to local municipalities shall be paid over and forwarded to the Municipal Treasury of Lower Alloways Creek Township regardless of the nature of the offense or where the offense was committed. If by law, rule or regulation, any such fines, costs, fees, penalties or forfeitures are required to be paid to the Township of Elsinboro, the Township of Elsinboro shall, after receipt of same, pay to the Township of Lower Alloways Creek an equal sum of money to that so received, within two weeks of such receipt by the Township of Elsinboro.
Said Intermunicipal Court is established for a minimum period of three years ending December 27, 1986, after which it shall continue unless terminated by either the Township of Lower Alloways Creek or the Township of Elsinboro adopting an ordinance withdrawing its municipality from said Intermunicipal Court.