[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 606

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblyman LUSTBADER and Bagger

An Act concerning the office of register of deeds and mortgages ¹[,] in certain counties and¹ amending N.J.S.40A:9-80 ¹[, and repealing N.J.S.40A:9-81 through N.J.S.40A:9-93]¹.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. N.J.S.40A:9-80 is amended to read as follows:

    40A:9-80. The office of register of deeds and mortgages heretofore established and now in existence in any county is [confirmed and shall be continued until altered or abolished as provided by law] ¹[abolished, except that any such office of register of deeds and mortgages shall continue, and the individual holding the office on the effective date of P.L. ,c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall continue in office and in the exercise of the powers, functions, and duties of the office, until either the expiration of the current term of office or a vacancy shall occur other than by expiration of term.

    Upon either the expiration of the current term of office or the occurrence of a vacancy other than by expiration of term, the office of register of deeds and mortgages shall be consolidated with the office of county clerk and the powers, functions, and duties of the register of deeds and mortgages shall pertain to the county clerk.] confirmed and shall be continued until altered or abolished as provided by law¹, except that¹:

    a.¹ in a county in which the office of register of deeds and mortgages initially was established pursuant to P.L.1875, c.CXXXV (c.135), the office of register of deeds and mortgages shall be consolidated with the office of county clerk¹[. In any such county, the statutory provisions applicable to the powers, functions and duties of the register of deeds and mortgages shall pertain to the county clerk, pursuant to N.J.S.40A:9-87] , and

    b. in a county of the second class with a population density greater than 4,500 persons per square mile and a population between 490,000 and 505,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, the office of register of deeds and mortgages shall be consolidated with the office of county clerk upon the expiration of the term of office of the current register of deeds and mortgages or the occurrence of a vacancy prior to the expiration of the term of the current register of deeds and mortgages, whichever occurs first.

    Upon the consolidation of the office of register of deeds and mortgages as provided herein, the office of register of deeds and mortgages in those counties shall be abolished, and the powers, functions, and duties of the register of deeds and mortgages shall pertain to the county clerk¹.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.90, s.1)

    ¹[2. N.J.S.40A:9-81 through N.J.S.40A:9-93 of the New Jersey Statutes are repealed.]¹

    ¹[3.] 2.¹ This act shall take effect immediately.

Eliminates office of register of deeds and mortgages in Union County and consolidates register's powers and duties in county clerk.