Bill Text: NJ A2667 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for 30-day period for filing notice of appeal on matters adjudicated in municipal courts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-20 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A2667 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2667-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman L. GRACE SPENCER
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Provides for 30-day period for filing notice of appeal on matters adjudicated in municipal courts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning appeals of matters adjudicated in municipal courts and supplementing Title 2B of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A party to a matter or any other person aggrieved by a judgment or a final post-judgment order issued by a municipal court shall make an appeal therefrom by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the municipal court within 30 days after entry of the court's action being appealed, and thereafter filing a copy of the notice of appeal with the Superior Court.
b. The Supreme Court may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this act by the courts of this State.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to any matter adjudicated in a municipal court beginning on or after the effective date.
STATEMENT
This bill provides for a 30-day period for filing a notice of appeal on matters adjudicated in municipal courts. The appealing party would present a copy of the notice to the Superior Court after the filing of the notice, within the 30-day period, with the clerk of the municipal court whose action is being appealed.
Currently, under Court Rule 3:23-2 as adopted by the New Jersey Supreme Court, the period for filing such notice is 20 days. According to the bill, the Supreme Court may adopt new rules as necessary for the implementation of the bill's 30-day period.
