{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:43-17","heading":"Joint committee to divide property;  appointment","body":"If the newly created municipality includes a portion of any other municipality, the governing body of the newly created municipality shall forthwith appoint from among its members a committee of three, and a like committee shall be appointed by the governing bodies of each of the municipalities a portion of which has been included in the newly created municipality.  The committees together shall be termed a joint committee, but no such joint committee shall function in case any of the municipalities shall proceed to have commissioners appointed under the provisions of section 40:43-21 of this title.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"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":"4e8704b19a1d6cddfda43fbcf724d36b76ab84371d1ad99771e488dc9f2a9d8c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-43-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}