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New Jersey's Municipal Services Act Becomes an Adult: Only act in the union that requires municipalities to provide services to private communities

David J. Byrne, Shareholder and Co-Chair of Stark & Stark's Community Associations group, authored the article New Jersey's Municipal Services Act Becomes an Adult: Only act in the union that requires municipalities to provide services to private communities for the June 23, 2008 edition of the New Jersey Law Journal.

The article discusses New Jersey’s Municipal Services Act as it turned 18 earlier this year. The Act states that a municipality must either provide certain services to a private community or reimburse that particular private community the cost of those services, including snow removal, collection of trash or recyclables, and the lighting of roads. Currently, New Jersey remains the only state in the union with such a statute. Mr. Byrne discusses the history of The Act, the effects The Act has had on community associations in New Jersey and how The Act relates to the New Jersey’s Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act.

You can read the full article here (PDF).

Full post as published by New Jersey Law Blog on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).