[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Egg Harbor City 1-23-2020 by Ord. No. 1-2020.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 30,
Municipal Court, which consisted of Art. I, Court Established, adopted 11-14-1974 as Ch. 27,
Art. I, of the 1974 Code, as amended; Art. II, Prosecutor, adopted 5-8-1975, as amended;
Art. III, Public Defender, adopted 3-16-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989,
as amended; Art. IV, Municipal Court Administrator, adopted 6-6-1991 by Ord. No. 13-1991, as amended; and Art .V, Court Attendant, adopted 2-23-1995 by Ord. No.
2-1995.
A Joint Municipal Court is hereby established pursuant to the
provisions of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-l(b), et seq., as amended and supplemented,
consisting of the Town of Hammonton and Egg Harbor City (the "participating
municipalities"). The Joint Municipal Court is created in accordance
with a certain agreement for Joint Municipal Court for the municipalities
of the Town of Hammonton and Egg Harbor City dated January 2, 2020,
and executed by the participating municipalities in January of 2020.
The name of the Joint Municipal Court shall be the "Joint Municipal
Court of the Town of Hammonton."
This chapter shall take effect following adoption and approval
in the time and manner prescribed by law. All summons, warrants and
other matters issuing, arising from or within the jurisdiction of
the Egg Harbor City Municipal Court shall be within the jurisdiction
of the Joint Municipal Court of the Town of Hammonton on and after
the aforesaid adoption and approval of the chapter, including those
matters arising prior to such date which have not been completed.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a single Joint Municipal
Court to be located in the Town of Hammonton at 100 Central Avenue,
Hammonton, New Jersey 08037.
The City Council of the City of Egg Harbor hereby approves the
terms and conditions of the agreement for a Joint Municipal Court
for the municipalities of the Town of Hammonton and Egg Harbor City
to establish the "Joint Municipal Court of the Town of Hammonton"
such agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The Mayor and Clerk of Egg Harbor City are hereby expressly authorized
to execute and deliver the aforesaid agreement on behalf of the City.
The jurisdiction of the Joint Municipal Court of the Town of
Hammonton shall be coextensive with the municipal territory of the
participating municipalities.
