N.J. Stat. § 40A:5-23: Costs, taxation and payment bond

The judge, if he deems it advisable, may require the applicants to furnish a bond to be filed with the county clerk for the payment of the costs and expenditures of the investigation.

The costs, including witness fees and mileage, shall, by his order, be taxed to and paid by the local unit whose expenditures have been investigated.

L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.