N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-128
Whenever a municipality or several municipalities decide not to administer and enforce the code and request the commissioner to assume that task, the commissioner shall by regulation provide for the enforcement of the code and this act in said municipality or municipalities and for payment to the State of fees necessary to defray the expenses in furtherance of that end and the commissioner shall have all the powers conferred by this act upon any municipal governing body, chief executive, or enforcing agency and all other powers necessary and convenient to that end, provided that the commissioner shall provide a departmental appeal in lieu of an appeal to a municipal or joint construction board of appeals.
The commissioner shall hold hearings pursuant to section 6c. of this act in order to establish regulations defining the operation of this section.
N.J.S. § 52:27D-128