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  1. Atlantic County
  2. Bergen County
  3. Burlington County
  4. Camden County
  5. Cape May County
  6. Cumberland County
  7. Essex County
  8. Gloucester County
  9. Hudson County
  10. Hunterdon County
  11. Mercer County
  12. Middlesex County
  13. Monmouth County
  14. Morris County
  15. Ocean County
  16. Passaic County
  17. Salem County
  18. Somerset County
  19. Sussex County
  20. Union County
  21. Warren County

  1. Atlantic County

    Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders
    File Date 01/14/06      File No. 25476          Ordinance No. 10

    Margate
    File Date 02/14/06      File No. 24688      Ordinance No. 36-2005

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  2. Bergen County

    Emerson Borough
    File Date 11/20/07 File No. 24526     Ordinance No. 1320-07 

    Englewood
    File Date 6/09/08   File No. 25573 Ordinance No. 07-31

    Fair Lawn Borough
    File Date 07/12/06 File No. 24888 Ordinance No. 2056-2006

    Franklin Lakes Borough
    File Date 10/25/07 File No. 25407 Ordinance No. 1370-R 

    Hasbrouck Heights Borough
    File Date 03/14/07 File No. 25125 Ordinance No. 2150

    Hillsdale Borough
    File Date 10/23/07 File No. 25405 Ordinance No. 04-13
    File Date 10/23/07 File No. 25405 Ordinance No. 04-14

    Ho-Ho-Kus Borough
    File Date 04/11/07 File No. 25172 Ordinance No. 924 

    Little Ferry Borough
    File Date 10/05/07 File No. 25380 Resolution No. 357

    Lodi Housing Authority
    File Date 07/16/07 File No. 25292 Resolution No. 06-12

    New Milford Borough
    File Date 05/21/07 File No. 25206 Resolution No. 2007-02 

    River Vale Township
    File Date 08/10/06 File No. 24929 Ordinance No. 161-2006 

    Teaneck Township
    File Date 09/24/07 File No. 25363 Ordinance No. 4029 

    Westwood Borough
    File Date 11/25/08 File No. 25685 Ordinance No. 08-15


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  3. Burlington County

    Bordentown Township
    File Date 07/18/07      File No. 25296          Ordinance No. 2006-29

    Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders
    File Date 10/17/06      File No. 24993      Resolution No. 553

    Burlington Township
    File Date 01/13/06      File No. 24606      Ordinance 05-OR-041 

    Burlington Township Schools
    File Date 08/16/06      File No. 24932      Policy No. 3320.2

    Cinnaminson Township
    File Date 06/08/07      File No. 25225      Ordinance No. 2005-16

    Delran Sewage Authority
    File Date 02/16/06      File No. 24691      Resolution No. 2006-10 
    File Date 02/16/06      File No. 24691      Resolution No. 2006-11

    Delran Township 
    File Date 02/16/06      File No. 24646      Ordinance No. 2005-35

    Edgewater Park Sewerage Authority
    File Date 01/18/06      File No. 24627      Resolution No. 2005-14 

    Evesham Towndhip
    File Date 08/20/08      File No. 25618      Ordinance No. 8-6-2005
    File Date 08/20/08      File No. 25618      Ordinance No. 20-9-2007
    File Date 08/20/08      File No. 25618      Ordinance No. 23-10-2007

    Edgewater Park Township 
    File Date 02/16/06      File No. 24692      Resolution No. 182-2005

    Florence Township 
    File Date 02/09/06      File No. 24675      Resolution No. 2005-227

    Mansfield Township
    File Date 06/11/07      File No. 25239      Ordinance No. 2005-8

    Moorestown Township
    File Date 12/01/08      File No. 25692      Ordinance No. 32-2008

    Mount Holly Township
    File Date 01/09/06      File No. 24594      Ordinance No. 2005-27 

    Mount Laurel Township
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24719      Ordinance No. 2005-15
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24719      Ordinance No. 2005-16
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24719      Ordinance No. 2005-17
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24719      Ordinance No. 2005-18
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24719      Ordinance No. 2005-19 

    Riverton Board of Education
    File Date 07/13/06      File No. 24892      Policy No. 9272

    Shamong Township
    File Date 12/01/06      File No. 25014      Ordinance No. 2006-09-01

    Westampton Township
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 21-2005
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 22-2005
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 23-2005
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 24-2005
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 25-2005
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24772      Ordinance No. 26-2005

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  4. Camden County

    Cherry Hill
    File Date 09/26/08      File No. 25625          Ordinance No. 2007-21
    File Date 09/26/08      File No. 25625      Ordinance No. 2008-9
    File Date 09/26/08      File No. 25625      Ordinance No. 2008-13

    Lawnside Borough
    File Date 02/24/06      File No. 24699      Resolution No. 56-FY2006

    Waterford Township
    File Date 06/14/07      File No. 25251      Ordinance No. 2006-15

    Winslow Township
    File Date 00/29/08      File No. 25654      Ordinance No. 0-09-08

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  5. Cape May County

    Lower Township Clerk's Office
    File Date 02/28/06      File No. 24718          Ordinance No. 2004-10

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  6. Cumberland County

    Downe Township Board of Education
    File Date 04/05/06      File No. 24771          Board Policy 9272

    Vineland
    File Date 02/09/06      File No. 24676      Ordinance No. 2005-7

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  7. Essex County

    Bloomfield Township
    File Date 03/15/06      File No. 24733          Chapter 10

    Cedar Grove Township
    File Date 04/06/06      File No. 24773      Ordinance No. 06-643

    East Orange
    File Date 01/27/06      File No. 24647      Ordinance No. 34 of 2005

    Newark
    File Date 06/15/07      File No. 25253      Executive Order No. MEO-07-0001

    South Orange Village Township
    File Date 12/04/08      File No. 25697      Ordinance No. Chapter 27



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  8. Gloucester County

    Deptford Township Municipal Utilities Authority
    File Date 12/21/06      File No. 25050          Resolution No. 114-2006

    East Greenwich Township
    File Date 06/11/07      File No. 25238      Ordinance No. 21-2005

    Franklin Township
    File Date 07/30/07      File No. 25315      Resolution No. R-122-07

    Glassboro Borough
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24721      Ordinance No. 05-40

    Gloucester County
    File Date 02/08/06      File No. 24665      Administrative Code Section PUR-7

    Gloucester County Improvement Authority
    File Date 07/16/07      File No. 25291      Resolution No. 91-06

    Logan Township
    File Date 06/20/06      File No. 24837      Ordinance No. O-06-8

    Mantua Township
    File Date 11/30/06      File No. 25013      Ordinance No. O-16-2005

    Paulsboro Township
    File Date 12/19/06      File No. 25038      Ordinance No. 21.05

    Swedesboro Borough
    File Date 06/01/07      File No. 21221      Ordinance No. 12-2005

    Washington Township
    File Date 01/23/06      File No. 24639      Ordinance No. 22-2005 

    Wenonah Borough
    File Date 12/14/07      File No. 25450      Ordinance No. O-06-08

    West Deptford Township
    File Date 06/12/07      File No. 25246      Ordinance No. O.16.05

    Westville Borough
    File Date 08/31/07      File No. 25343      Ordinance No. 11-06 

    Woodbury
    File Date 01/10/08      File No. 25475      Ordinance No. 2060-07

    Woolwich Township
    File Date 06/21/07      File No. 25261      Ordinance No. 2005-38 

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  9. Hudson County

    Jersey City
    File Date 09/25/08      File No. 25649          Ordinance No. 08-128

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  10. Hunterdon County

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  11. Mercer County

    East Windsor Township
    File Date 01/31/06      File No. 24651          Ordinance No. 2004-21

    Ewing Township
    File Date 09/22/06      File No. 24970      Ordinance No. 06-19
    File Date 09/22/06      File No. 24970      Ordinance No. 06-26

    Hamilton Township
    File Date 01/23/06      File No. 24637      Ordinance No. 03-037

    Hightstown Borough
    File Date 05/15/07      File No. 25203      Ordinance No. 2004-25
    File Date 05/15/07      File No. 25203      Ordinance No. 2004-26
    File Date 05/15/07      File No. 25203      Ordinance No. 2004-27

    Hopewell Township
    File Date 06/06/07      File No. 25224      Ordinance No. 02-1255

    Lawrence Township
    File Date 07/10/06      File No. 24882      Ordinance No. 1817-04
    File Date 07/10/06      File No. 24882      Ordinance No. 1892-06

    Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders
    File Date 05/05/06      File No. 24801      Ordinance No. 2004-13
    File Date 05/05/06      File No. 24801      Ordinance No. 2004-14

    Princeton Township
    File Date 06/28/07      File No. 25274      Ordinance No. 2007-11

    Washington Township
    File Date 01/13/06      File No. 24608      Ordinance No. 2002-7
    File Date 01/13/06      File No. 24608      Ordinance No. 2002-10
    File Date 07/18/07      File No. 25298      Chapter No. 48

    West Windsor Township
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24636      Ordinance No. 2003-09

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  12. Middlesex County

    Carteret Borough
    File Date 01/23/06      File No. 24638          Ordinance No. 05-67

    East Brunswick Township
    File Date 06/21/07      File No. 25262      Ordinance No. 06-13

    Edison Township
    File Date 01/13/06      File No. 24607      Municipal Code Chapter 2.81

    Metuchen Borough
    File Date 05/05/06      File No. 24782      Ordinance No. 2006-6

    Monroe Township
    File Date 06/19/07      File No. 25259      Ordinance No. 0-4-2007-008
    File Date 06/19/07      File No. 25259      Ordinance No. 0-4-2007-009
    File Date 06/19/07      File No. 25259      Ordinance No. 0-4-2007-010

    Old Bridge Township
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25200      Ordinance No. 02-2006
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25200      Ordinance No. 001-2006
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25200      Ordinance No. 004-2006
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25200      Ordinance No. 005-2006

    South Brunswick Township
    File Date 06/28/07      File No. 25275      Article No. XIV
    File Date 06/28/07      File No. 25275      Ordinance No. 30-04
    File Date 06/28/07      File No. 25275      Ordinance No. 46-04
    File Date 06/28/07      File No. 25275      Ordinance No. 68-04

    Woodbridge Township
    File Date 02/14/06      File No. 24690      Ordinance No. 2-94

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  13. Monmouth County

    Atlantic Highlands Borough
    File Date 01/27/06      File No. 24645          Ordinance No. 05-2005
    File Date 01/27/06      File No. 24645      Ordinance No. 06-2005
    File Date 01/27/06      File No. 24645      Ordinance No. 07-2005

    Eatontown Borough
    File Date 06/12/07      File No. 25242      Ordinance No. 35-2006

    Freehold Township
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24632      Ordinance No. 0-03-8
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24632      Ordinance No. 0-03-22

    Hazlet Township
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24633      Township Code Chapter 56

    Holmdel Township
    File Date 02/06/06      File No. 24659      Ordinance No. 2-79

    Howell Township
    File Date 10/23/07      File No. 25406      Ordinance No. O-05-20
    File Date 10/23/07      File No. 25406      Ordinance No. O-05-27

    Long Branch
    File Date 01/31/06      File No. 24652      Ordinance No. 18-05

    Marlboro Township
    File Date 09/27/07      File No. 25368     Ordinance No. 2007-18

    Middletown Township
    File Date 10/30/07      File No. 25413     Ordinance No. 2007-2926

    Millstone Township
    File Date 02/06/06      File No. 24660      Ordinance No. 05-09

    Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders
    File Date 08/15/07      File No. 25327      Resolution No. 07-677

    Ocean Township
    File Date 12/11/07      File No. 25446      Ordinance No. 1845
    File Date 12/11/07      File No. 25445      Ordinance No. 1952

    Sea Bright Borough
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24723      Ordinance No. 16-2004

    South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority
    File Date 01/25/06      File No. 24643      Resolution No. 09-06

    Upper Freehold Township
    File Date 01/31/06      File No. 24653      Ordinance No. 136-04

    West Long Branch Borough
    File Date 08/28/06      File No. 24944      Ordinance No. 0-06-9

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  14. Morris County

    Boonton
    File Date 07/20/07      File No. 25302          Resolution No. 07-158

    Morristown Parking Authority
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24634      Resolution No. 6-2006

    Mount Olive Township
    File Date 06/11/07      File No. 25241      Ordinance No. 42-2004
    File Date 06/11/07      File No. 25241      Ordinance No. 58-2005

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  15. Ocean County

    Barnegat Township Board of Education
    File Date 04/05/06      File No. 24772          Policy No. 6350
    File Date 04/05/06      File No. 24772      Policy No. 6360

    Berkeley Township
    File Date 06/13/07      File No. 25247      Ordinance No.04-26-OAB

    Long Beach Township
    File Date 02/02/06      File No. 24655       Ordinance No.04-34C

    Plumsted Township
    File Date 01/19/06      File No. 24635      OrdinanceNo. 2005-11

    Stafford Township
    File Date 03/03/06      File No. 24720      Ordinance No. 2006-15
    File Date 03/03/06      File No. 24720      Ordinance No. 2006-16

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  16. Passaic County

    Ringwood Borough
    File Date 05/15/07      File No. 25202          Ordinance No. 2007-05

    Wanaque Borough
    File Date 02/24/06      File No. 24696      Ordinance No. 1-0-06
    File Date 02/24/06      File No. 24696      Ordinance No. 4-0-06

    West Milford Township
    File Date 12/20/06      File No. 25043      Ordinance No. 2006-020

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  17. Salem County

    Pennsville Sewerage Authority
    File Date 03/07/06      File No. 24726          Resolution No. 06-28-SA

    Pennsville Township
    File Date 02/14/06      File No. 24682      Resolution No. 315-2005
    File Date 10/11/06      File No. 24987      Ordinance No. A-9-2006

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  18. Somerset County

    Bedminster Township
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25199          Ordinance No. 07-005

    Bernards Township
    File Date 05/14/07      File No. 25201      Ordinance No. 1854

    Montgomery Township
    File Date 01/17/06      File No. 24612      Ordinance No. 03-1084
    File Date 01/17/06      File No. 24612      Ordinance No. 03-1111
    File Date 06/11/07      File No. 25240      Ordinance No. 06-1234

    North Plainfield Borough
    File Date 07/05/07      File No. 25284      Ordinance No. 06-27
    File Date 07/05/07      File No. 25284      Ordinance No. 06-28

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  19. Sussex County

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  20. Union County

    New Providence Borough
    File Date 06/12/07      File No. 25245          Ordinance No. 2004-14

    Summit
    File Date 04/18/06      File No. 24782      Ordinance No. 05-2653
    File Date 04/18/06      File No. 24782      Ordinance No. 06-2707

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  21. Warren County

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