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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-14-002379
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140507

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTER BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000712771
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				521273725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 SYLVAN AVENUE
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07632
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2018168900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 SYLVAN AVENUE
		CITY:			ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07632

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTER BANCORP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CENTER BANCORP, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">2455 Morris Avenue</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">May 7, 2014</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">Re:&#9;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 91%"><B>Center Bancorp, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)</B><BR>
    <B>Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-194348)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In connection with
the above-captioned registration statement, and pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;),
the Company hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned registration statement be accelerated to 10:00 a.m.
New York time on Friday, May 9, 2014, or as soon thereafter as practicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company hereby
acknowledges that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&#9;1.&#9;should the Commission or the staff,
acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&#9;2.&#9;the action of the Commission or the
staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&#9;3.&#9;the Company may not assert staff
comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 56%">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>CENTER BANCORP, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 54%"><U>/s/Anthony C. Weagley</U><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3in"> <U></U></P>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Anthony C. Weagley<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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