[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of South Hackensack 12-2-1976 as Ch. 10 of the 1976
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Municipal Court, to be known as the "Municipal
Court of the Township of South Hackensack," is hereby established
in and for the Township of South Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey,
with the jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred by statute and
the rules of the Supreme Court of this state.
Said Municipal Court shall have a Judge, who
shall be appointed by the Township Committee for a term of three years
and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Said
Judge shall receive an annual salary to be provided for in the Annual
Salary Ordinance and to be paid to him at the same time and in the
same manner as other Township officers are now paid.
Said Municipal Court shall be held at the Municipal
Building of the Township of South Hackensack and at such other places
in the said Township as the Judge may from time to time order.
[Added 5-19-1994]
A.
The position of Public Defender to serve in the Municipal
Court of the Township of South Hackensack is hereby established.
B.
Such Public Defender shall perform such duties as
may be required by law and the Rules of Court, and he or she shall
serve in such position under the specific direction and orders of
the Township Judge.
C.
Said Public Defender shall be appointed by the Township
Committee annually for a term ending December 31. He or she shall
receive a salary in such amount as may be determined and paid by the
Annual Salary Ordinance of the Township.
D.
Any person applying for representation by the said
Public Defender shall be required to pay to the Township through the
Municipal Court Clerk a fee in the sum of $50 unless the Judge of
the Municipal Court shall waive the said fee requirement upon good
reason having been shown by the applicant.
[Added 7-11-2002 by Ord. No. 12-02]
A.
There are hereby established the offices of Township
Prosecutor and Alternate Township Prosecutor, each of whom shall be
an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey in good standing, each
of whom shall be appointed by the Township Committee and each of whom
shall serve for a term commencing on the date of appointment and ending
on the 31st day of December of each year.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Township Prosecutor and,
in his or her absence, the Alternate Township Prosecutor, to represent
the State of New Jersey, the County of Bergen or the Township of South
Hackensack in the prosecution of all offenses within the statutory
jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the Township of South Hackensack,
all as is more specifically set forth in N.J.S.A. 2B:25-5.
[Added 5-10-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-06]
A.
The Township
Committee shall hire as required by law a Court Administrator who
meets and maintains the legal qualifications as set forth in N.J.S.A.
2B:12-11, as may be amended from time to time, and performs the duties
as established by said statute, ordered by the Municipal Judge, the
Administrative Office of the Courts or other court order.
B.
The Township
Committee shall hire as required by law a Violations Clerk, whose
duties shall include serving as an assistant to the Municipal Court
Judge and Court Administrator, receiving fines and registering collection
of the same upon the books and records of the court, producing court
notices and correspondence and doing such other tasks as may be set
by statute, court order or direction of the Administrative Office
of the Courts.
C.
Compensation.
The Court Administrator and Violations Clerk shall receive for their
services such salary or compensation as shall be provided for in the
Annual Salary Ordinance.
