Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:14B-49. Contracts for treatment and disposal of sewage or solid waste Any municipal authority for the carrying out and effectuation of its purposes, and (a) any of the local units (b) any other municipality whether within or without the district and (c) any other municipal aut…

40:14B-5. Membership of joint municipal utilities authorities; staggered terms; vacancies 5. The governing bodies of any two or more municipalities, the areas of which together comprise an integral body of territory, may, by parallel ordinances duly adopted by each of such govern…

40:14B-50. Effectuating terms of contracts In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, any municipal authority, subject to its contracts with the holders of any bonds, is hereby empowered to provide, construct, maintain and operate facilities for the treatment and disposal…

40:14B-51. Connections with or closing off other public facilities In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, every municipal authority is hereby authorized to enter upon and connect with any existing public drains, sewers, conduits, pipelines, pumping and ventilating sta…

40:14B-52. Use of public places In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, every municipal authority is hereby authorized to construct, maintain and operate its utility system along, over, under and in any streets, alleys, highways and other public places within or withou…

40:14B-53. Availability of maps, plans, specifications, records, books and accounts Each county and municipality within the district, and every person owning or operating any sewer or drain or any system of water distribution serving 3 or more parcels of real property in the dist…

40:14B-54. Payment of service charges owed by public bodies Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to any municipal authority all service charges which the municipal authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property, in accordance w…

40:14B-55. Connections with sewerage system required Each county, municipality and other person owning or operating any sewer or drain which serves 3 or more parcels of real property in the district and which discharges or is designed to discharge sewage into waters in or borderi…

40:14B-56. Reports by water distributors within district Each county, municipality and other person owning or operating any system of water distribution serving 3 or more parcels of real property in the district shall, from time to time after request therefor by the municipal aut…

40:14B-57. Stoppage of water by water distributor Each county and municipality owning or operating any system of water distribution serving 3 or more parcels of real property in the district shall, and every other person owning or operating any such system may and is hereby autho…

40:14B-58. Disposal or encumbrance of utility Neither the municipal authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the utility system, except that the municipal authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as…

40:14B-59. Exemption from levy All property of a municipal authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a municipal authority be a charge or lien upon …

40:14B-6. Reorganization of sewerage authority a. The governing body of any municipality which shall have created a sewerage authority may, by ordinance duly adopted, provide and determine that said sewerage authority shall be reorganized as a municipal authority and thereupon an…

40:14B-60. Discharge of sewage; discharges into sewage, solid waste or water systems; violations; injunction (a) No county, municipality or person shall discharge or suffer to be discharged directly or indirectly into any waters in or bordering a district any sewage which may or …

40:14B-61. Approval of sewage disposal plants within district No sewage disposal plant or other facilities for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage arising within a district shall be constructed unless the municipal authority shall give its consent thereto and approve …

40:14B-62. Investment in bonds of authority Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks …

40:14B-63. Tax exemptions Every utility system and all other property of a municipal authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and, other than lands subject …

40:14B-64. Guarantee of vested rights of bondholders The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of a municipal authority that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in…

40:14B-65. Undertakings for deposits of municipal authority All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any municipal authority a good and sufficient undertaking with su…

40:14B-66. Annual audit Each municipal authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose it shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed wit…

40:14B-67. Filing of copy of bond resolution Each municipal authority shall file a copy of each bond resolution adopted by it with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury, together with a summary of the dates, amounts, maturities and int…

40:14B-68 Construction of act. 68. This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and a municipal authority shall not be subject to regulat…

40:14B-69. Severability If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no oth…

40:14B-7. Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution A copy of each resolution or ordinance for the creation of a municipal authority or resolution or ordinance for the reorganization of a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority as a municipal authority adopted pursuant…

40:14B-71. Findings, declarations relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements 9. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. It is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety that municipal authorities review and approve plans …

40:14B-72. Definitions relative to municipal review, approval of plans for utility improvements 10. As used in sections 11 through 16 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73 through C.40:14-B-78), "developer" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed t…

40:14B-73. Conditions of final site plan approval 11. a. Before recording of final subdivision plats or as a condition of final site plan approval, the municipal authority may require and shall accept in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to sections 11 through 16 of …

40:14B-74. Payments to professionals for services rendered to municipal authority 12. a. The chief financial officer of a municipal authority shall make all of the payments to professionals for services rendered to the municipal authority for review of applications for developmen…

40:14B-75. Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement 13. A municipal authority shall not require that a maintenance guarantee required pursuant to section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73) be in cash or that more than 10% of a performance guarantee pursuant to that se…

40:14B-76. Disputes by applicant of charges made by professional; appeal 14. a. An applicant shall notify in writing the municipal authority with copies to the chief financial officer and the professional whenever the applicant disputes the charges made by a professional for serv…

40:14B-77. Estimate of cost of installation of improvements 15. The cost of the installation of improvements for the purposes of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73) shall be estimated by the municipal authority engineer or by the applicant's engineer based on documented co…

40:14B-78. Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit 16. The municipal authority shall, for the purposes of section 11 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14B-73), accept a performance guarantee or maintenance guarantee which is an irrevocable let…

40:14B-8. Filing of resolution appointing authority member A copy of each resolution appointing any member of a municipal authority adopted pursuant to this act, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A c…

40:14B-9. Single authority No governing body of any county which may create any municipal authority pursuant to this act or which records the reorganization of any preexisting sewerage authority or county sewer authority as a municipal authority pursuant to this act, shall therea…