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The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Division of ABC or, simply, ABC) is an agency of the government of the state of New Jersey that regulates commerce in alcoholic beverages in that state. The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ended the Prohibition, permitted the states to regulate matters related to ...
This category includes New Jersey municipalities governed under the Borough form of government.Municipalities using the "borough" type of government may use the borough form or the other modern forms available under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law, Walsh Act, the variations of the Faulkner Act or operate under a Special Charter granted by the New Jersey Legislature.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates 13 major correctional or penal institutions, including seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception and intake unit; and stabilization and reintegration programs for released inmates.
Its session laws are published in the Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, commonly known as the Laws of New Jersey, [4] which are codified in the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S.), [5] also referred to as the Revised Statutes (R.S.), [5] which are in turn published in the New Jersey Statutes Annotated (N.J.S.A.). [6]
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
The Walsh Act is a piece of legislation in the U.S. state of New Jersey that permits municipalities to adopt a non-partisan commission form of government. The legislation was signed by Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson on April 25, 1911. The commissions in Walsh Act municipalities are composed of either three or five members elected for ...
Newly proposed rules are published for comment in the New Jersey Register, which is published twice a month. Once the new rules are officially adopted, they are published in the Code. [1] Responsibility for the compilation, publication, and updating of the Code lies with the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law (OAL). [2]
The Honig Act updated and reformed the program, and created the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission. (In 2019, when this Act was signed into law, the state had not yet approved the sale of recreational marijuana). Prior to the law, the program was run by the Division of Medicinal Marijuana at the New Jersey Department of Health. [4]