§ 10:4-6 “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act.”
§ 10:4-7 Legislative findings and declaration
§ 10:4-8 Definitions
§ 10:4-9 Meeting of public body; adequate notice to public; necessity; exceptions
§ 10:4-9.1 Electronic notice of meeting of public body; terms defined
§ 10:4-9.2 Construction of act
§ 10:4-9.3 Conduct of public meetings during periods of emergency
§ 10:4-10 Statement in minutes of meeting on adequate notice
§ 10:4-11 Failure to invite portion of members to circumvent provisions of act; prohibition
§ 10:4-12 Meetings open to public; exceptions
§ 10:4-13 Exclusion of public; resolution; adoption; contents
§ 10:4-14 Minutes of meetings; availability to public
§ 10:4-15 Proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to void action at nonconforming meeting; parties; limitation; corrective or remedial action
§ 10:4-16 Injunctive orders or other remedies to insure compliance
§ 10:4-17 Penalty; enforcement
§ 10:4-18 Schedule of regular meetings of public body; publicity; revision; procedure
§ 10:4-19 Requests for notices of meetings; annual renewal
§ 10:4-20 Severability
§ 10:4-21 Liberal construction
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 4 - Legislative Findings and Declaration

  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.