Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:14-13. Borrowing money appropriated; expenditure When such appropriations shall be made and the money voted, the boards of chosen freeholders and the governing bodies of the municipalities appropriating the same may borrow the money so appropriated upon the obligations of thei…

40:14-14. Money raised by taxation The moneys so appropriated with a sum sufficient to meet the interest thereon shall be included in the next annual tax levy of the county or municipality which shall have appropriated such moneys and shall be raised in the same manner and at the…

40:14-15. Erosion prevention; bulkheads and structures; expense; resolution Any county or municipality bordering on the Delaware river may, subject to the provisions of section 12:5-3 of the Revised Statutes, erect and construct bulkheads and structures to prevent erosion by said…

40:14-16. Authorization to establish; policy a. Any two or more municipalities within this State, alone, or together with one or more counties, may establish a joint commission for the alleviation of flood conditions within such participating municipalities and counties. b. A com…

40:14-17. Establishment by ordinance or resolution; terms The establishment of such joint commission shall be by ordinance, in the case of a municipality, and by resolution, in the case of a county. Each such ordinance or resolution shall incorporate therein the basic terms under…

40:14-18. Members; appointment; term of office; alternate representatives; compensation a. Each municipality and county shall have two members on the commission. b. Each member shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality or county represented by such member, unle…

40:14-19. Organization; chairman; rules; records a. The commission shall organize annually and shall elect one of its members to be its chairman. The chairman may be reelected. It may also elect such other officers as it may deem necessary for the carrying on of its purposes. b. …

40:14-2. County or municipal appropriations to port or harbor commission The governing body of any county or municipality may raise, appropriate, set aside and devote money or property to the use of any port, harbor, bridge, or river commission created by the legislature and the …

40:14-20. Advisory members A commission may invite, as advisory members, representatives of the Department of Environmental Protection, representatives of any county park commission of any participating county, and such other persons as the commission may desire to invite. Such a…

40:14-21. Appropriations; application for and acceptance of grants in aid; surveys and studies a. Participating municipalities and counties are hereby authorized to make such appropriations to the commission as may be necessary for the carrying on of the work of the commission up…

40:14-22. Powers and duties a. Within the limits of the funds available to it, the commission shall have the power to employ the services of such agents, employees, workmen and servants as it may deem necessary or proper, including legal and engineering services; to fix and deter…

40:14-23. Unauthorized powers Nothing herein contained shall authorize the acquisition by any commission organized in accordance with this act of any property or interests therein, by condemnation or right of eminent domain but such rights of acquisition shall remain in the respe…

40:14-24. Individual flood control action by county or municipality The establishment of any commission in accordance with this act shall in no way impair or diminish the powers of any municipality or county to act individually or severally in preventing or alleviating floods. L.…

40:14-3 Improvement of waterways; joint contracts. 40:14-3. Whenever any one or more counties and municipalities shall have flowing through their respective boundaries and borders, any inland waterways or navigable stream, and it shall be deemed to the advantage of any two or mor…

40:14-4 Joint action; authorization; plans and specifications. 40:14-4. Whenever the work of increasing the depth or width or both of such inland waterways or navigable stream is contemplated, each county and municipality desiring to enter into the project shall, by its board or …

40:14-5 Work done as local or general improvement; notice. 40:14-5. The work authorized and mentioned in chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (R.S.40:14-1 et seq.) may be done either as a local or general improvement, and notice of all proceedings shall be given as is r…

40:14-6 Work done by contract. 40:14-6. All work to be done pursuant to the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (R.S.40:14-1 et seq.), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids in accordance with the provisions…

40:14-7. Bonds; law applicable Bonds and temporary improvement notes may be issued by each or any of the counties or municipalities joining in such agreement and work, to be issued in accordance with article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).

40:14-8. Assessments for benefits If the work herein provided for is done as a local improvement, assessment of benefits shall be made in accordance with the provisions of chapter 56 of this title (s. 40:56-1 et seq.).

40:14-9. Individual powers of county or municipality unaffected Nothing in this article contained shall deprive any county or municipality, from doing any of the work herein provided for, without joining with any other county or municipality.