2B:12-18.1 Complaints, county, State Police, Statewide, county law enforcement agency, heard in municipal court.
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3. All complaints issued in the county on or after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.) by the State Police or any Statewide law enforcement agency, or by any county law enforcement agency, any county code enforcement entity, or by any other non-municipal law enforcement agency, shall be heard in the municipal court of the municipality from which the complaint originates, consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.2B:12-17 and N.J.S.2B:12-18. A regional municipal court established prior to the enactment of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.) shall retain jurisdiction over all matters pending as of the effective date of P.L.2023, c.284 (C.2B:12-18.1 et al.).
The assignment judge of the vicinage shall have the authority to transfer matters between the municipal courts of the county consistent with the provisions of this section.
L.2023, c.284, s.3.