This section of the site provides instructions regarding the steps required to file a Complaint with the Council.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to file a Complaint, you must be an attorney or other authorized representative of a county, municipality, school board, a county executive or a mayor directly elected by the voters of the municipality.
- Consult the Council's recently revised Rules of Procedure, including
- Rule 5, which describes the substantive requirements for Complaints, and the new requirement that filers use a Complaint form that the Council has developed; and
- Rules 3 (a) and 3 (b), which describes the procedural requirements for filing the Complaint with the Council.
- Access the Complaint form (PDF 327 K) and read the instructions for completing it in paragraph 3 below. The Complaint form is a PDF document that identifies and provides for all required elements of a Complaint, including the new requirement that Claimants provide an estimate of additional direct expenditures required to implement the alleged unfunded mandate.
The Complaint form is a PDF document that may be filed out on a computer, printed out and saved to the computer's local drive (with Acrobat Reader 8 or above), OR it may be printed out as a blank form to be filled in by typewriter or by hand.
To obtain additional information about PDF documents and to download a copy of the free software that permits you to view, save and print the Complaint form, please consult Document Format.
- Follow these instructions to complete the Complaint form:
a. Sections I(A) and I(B): Both sections must be completed using business contact information only. If you do not have a business fax or e-mail address, enter "none" in the appropriate box.
b. Section II (body of complaint):
- Enter information under each numbered paragraph.
- Identify any attachments that are continuations of Paragraphs II(3), II(4), and II(5) by noting the related paragraph at the top of each attached page.
- Information entered under Paragraph II(3) and any continuation page(s) will be posted "as is" on this website as the Pleading Summary.
- Include a resolution of the governing body (or a letter of intent to file if a county executive or directly-elected mayor).
- Enter the total number of attached pages in the box below the signature line.
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Sign and date the Complaint.
- Choose from among the methods or procedures described in Rules 3 (a) and 3 (b) to file the Complaint with the Council:
- by hand delivery, US mail, or overnight mail service of the original and two copies to the address shown;
- by e-mail, following the instructions under Filing Complaints by e-mail, followed by mail or delivery of the original and two copies to the Council office within two business days; or
- by fax to 609-984-9737, followed by mail or delivery of the original and two copies to the Council office within two business days.
QUESTIONS? - Contact the Council office by mail, e-mail or phone, as described under Address, E-mail & Telephone.
