{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-18a-6","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 13:18A-6","heading":"Powers.","body":"6.\tThe Pinelands Commission shall have the following powers:\na.\tTo adopt and from time to time amend and repeal suitable bylaws for the  management of its affairs;\nb.\tTo adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure;\nc.\tTo maintain an office at such place or places in the pinelands area as it may designate;\nd.\tTo sue and be sued in its own name;\ne.\tTo appoint, retain and employ, without regard to the provisions of Title  11A of the New Jersey Statutes but within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes, such officers, agents, employees  and experts as it may require, and to determine the qualifications, terms of  office, duties, services and compensation therefor;\nf.\tTo apply for, receive, and accept, from any federal, State, or other public or private source, grants or loans for, or in aid of, the commission's authorized purposes;\ng.\tTo enter into any and all agreements or contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purposes of the commission or to carry out any  power expressly given in this act;\nh.\tTo conduct examinations and investigations, to hear testimony, taken under oath at public or private hearings, on any material matter, and to require attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers;\ni.\tTo prepare and transmit to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection  such recommendations for water quality standards for surface and ground waters  in the pinelands area, or in tributaries and watersheds thereof, as the  commission deems appropriate;\nj.\tTo prepare, promulgate, adopt, amend or repeal, pursuant to the provisions of the  \"Administrative Procedure Act,\"  P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as are necessary in order to implement the provisions of this act;\nk.\tTo appoint advisory boards, commissions, or panels to assist in its activities;\nl.\tTo identify any lands in which the public acquisition of a fee simple or lesser interest therein is necessary or desirable in order to insure the preservation thereof, or to provide sites for public recreation, as well as  any lands the beneficial use of which are so adversely affected by the restrictions imposed pursuant to this act as to require a guarantee of just compensation therefor, and to transmit such identifications to the affected local governments, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the United States Department of Interior;\nm.\tTo call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, commission or agency as may be required and made available for such purposes;\nn.\tTo establish and change, in accordance with a fee schedule to be set forth by regulation adopted pursuant to the \"Administrative Procedure Act,\" P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), reasonable fees for services performed relating to development review applications filed with the commission as required by the Comprehensive Management Plan.\nL.1979,c.111,s.6; amended 2003, c.117, s.30.","path":["TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"0a9471822c333a004df0d404a7cf74a5f72418f5a1709417a44408491d57b0f7","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-18a-5.2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-18a-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}