Acciones para recuperar bienes de municipios y distritos escolares en NJ

Explicación Simple

Si un municipio o una escuela pierde dinero o propiedades de manera equivocada, un grupo de ciudadanos puede demandar para recuperarlos. Deben hacerlo dentro de un año y presentar un respaldo económico para cubrir gastos legales.

Es como si en una fiesta alguien toma sin permiso el pastel que preparaste. Si tienes un grupo de amigos que también lo vieron, pueden unirse para pedir que te devuelvan tu pastel.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en la ciudad de San Pedro, unos fondos destinados a reparar parques fueron mal utilizados. Un grupo de diez ciudadanos que viven allí y han pagado impuestos decide demandar para recuperar ese dinero. Ellos presentan un respaldo ante el municipio y, si ganan, recuperan los fondos para el uso correcto.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

2A:49-1. Action for recovery; jurisdiction; bond for costs If moneys, funds or other property held or owned by any municipality or school district, or held or owned officially or otherwise for or on behalf thereof, have been or shall be, without right, obtained, received, paid, converted or disposed of, action for the recovery thereof or to recover damages or other compensation for such wrongful obtaining, receiving, paying, conversion or disposition, or both, may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction thereof, by 10 freeholders of such municipality or district who have paid taxes on real estate in such municipality or school district, within 1 year, in the name of and for and on behalf of such municipality or school district. Before any such action shall be maintained, such freeholders shall file with the clerk of such municipality or school district, a bond to the municipality or school district conditioned for the payment of the costs, if any, assessed against such municipality or school district, in said action, approved as to form and amount by a judge of the court in which such action is brought. 2A:49-2. Limitation of action No action under this chapter shall lie unless the cause thereof shall have accrued within 6 years before its commencement. 2A:49-3. Disposition of recovery Out of any recovery had in an action under this chapter, the expenses incurred in the action by the freeholders, including payments made or to be made for legal services in an