Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:14B-13. Dissolution of authority The governing body of any local unit which has created or caused the organization of a municipal authority pursuant to section 4 or section 6 of this act may, in the case of a county by resolution duly adopted or in the case of a municipality b…

40:14B-13.1. New sewerage system authorized Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1957, c. 183 (C. 40:14B-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, the governing body of any municipality located in a county of the third class having a county population of at least 80,000 pers…

40:14B-14 Powers vested in members, quorum; minutes, approval. 14. a. The powers of a municipal authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. A majority of the entire authorized membership of the municipal authority shall constitute a quorum at any…

40:14B-15. Conflicting interests No member, officer or employee of a municipal authority shall have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in the utility system or in any property included or planned to be included in the utility system or in any contract or proposed contra…

40:14B-16. Term of member; removal; hearing Each member of a municipal authority shall hold office for the term for which he was appointed and until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A member of a municipal authority may be removed only by the governing body by …

40:14B-17. Compensation to members A municipal authority may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The resolution, ordinance or parallel ordinances for the creation of a municipal authority or for the reorganization of a sewerage …

40:14B-18. Employees of municipal authorities Every municipal authority, upon the first appointment of its members and thereafter on or after February 1 in each year, shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall hold office until February …

40:14B-18.1 Residency requirements for employees of municipal authority operating certain water system. 1. Any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive establishing, as may be permitted by law, a residency requirement for employees of a municipal authority ope…

40:14B-19 Purposes, acquisition of facilities; alternative electrical energy. 19. (a) The purposes of every municipal authority shall be (1) the provision and distribution of an adequate supply of water for the public and private uses of the local units, and their inhabitants, wi…

40:14B-2. Policy It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the provision and distribution of an adequate supply of water for the public and private uses of counties and municipalities and the…

40:14B-20 Powers. 20. Every municipal authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare and…

40:14B-20.1. Interest on deposits with municipal authorities Whenever a municipal authority requires a person to deposit an amount of money exceeding $5,000.00 for professional services employed by the municipal authority, for municipal authority inspection fees or to satisfy any…

40:14B-20.2. Service charge by utility authority for returned check 2. a. A utilities authority created pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.) may, by resolution, provide for the imposition of a service charge to be added to any account owing to the au…

40:14B-20.3 Use of municipal utilities authority funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes. 1. a. A municipal utilities authority may expend any of its funds for the joint acquisition of land for recreation and conservation purposes with a municipa…

40:14B-21 Water service charges. 21. a. Every municipal authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees, or other charges (in this act sometimes referred to as "water service charges") for direct or indirect connection with, or the use, products, or servic…

40:14B-21.1. Hydroelectric power; sale at wholesale; authority to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges Every municipal authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges for sale of hydroelectric power at wholesale. L.1980, …

40:14B-22 Sewerage service charges. 22. Every municipal authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges (in this act sometimes referred to as "sewerage service charges") for direct or indirect connection with, or the use or services of, th…

40:14B-22.1. Solid waste service charges 15. Every municipal authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges (in this act sometimes referred to as "solid waste service charges") for the use or services of the solid waste system. Such solid…

40:14B-22.2 Reduced, abated rents, rates, fees by municipal authority providing electricity. 1. Any municipal or county authority, including any municipal authority which provides electricity to a single municipality, may establish within its district rates or schedules which pro…

40:14B-22.3 Utilities authority, reduced fees for certain affordable housing projects. 5. a. A county, regional or municipal utilities authority shall establish within its rates or schedules a 50% reduction in the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 21 of P…

40:14B-22.4 Credit provided by utilities authority for damage caused by catastrophic event. 5. a. For a unit damaged by a catastrophic event, a county, regional or municipal utilities authority shall provide, within two years after the date of the catastrophic event, a credit for…

40:14B-22.5 Credit toward certain fees provided by municipal authority. 5. a. A municipal authority shall provide a credit applicable toward a connection or tapping fee to be charged for a reconnection of a disconnected property that was previously connected to the water or sewer…

40:14B-22a Municipal authority may charge certain additional fees. 4. a. For a property connected to the water or sewerage system for less than 20 years, a municipal authority may charge an additional connection or tapping fee for an addition, alteration, or change in use that ma…

40:14B-23 Municipal authorities; public notice, utility charges, adjustments. Every municipal authority shall prescribe and from time to time when necessary revise a schedule of all its service charges, which may provide a single rent, rate, fee or charge for any of its utility c…

40:14B-23.1 Definitions; host community benefit. 2. a. As used in this section: "Residential property" means any building or part of a building used, to be used or held for use as a home or residence, together with the land upon which it is situate. A residential property shall i…

40:14B-24. Appropriation of funds by local unit; construction, financing and operation of facilities by local unit a. Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the municipal authority, and to loan or donate…

40:14B-25. Bond resolution For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of any part of its utility system or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds, a municipal authority shall have power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act. Such …

40:14B-26. Issuance of bonds Upon adoption of a bond resolution, a municipal authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. Such bonds shall be aut…

40:14B-27. Sale of bonds Bonds of a municipal authority may be sold by the municipal authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as the municipal authority shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue o…

40:14B-28. Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions Any municipal authority may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of clerk of the governing body of the local unit or units and may there…

40:14B-29. Negotiability of bonds Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder o…

40:14B-3 Definitions. 3. As used in P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-1 et seq.), unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "Municipality" shall mean any city of any class, any borough, village, town, township, or any other municipality other than a county or a sch…

40:14B-30. Agreements with holders of bonds Any bond resolution of a municipal authority providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and such municipal authority, in order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, …

40:14B-31. Bond provisions (a) If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of this section, then in the…

40:14B-32. Receivers If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 31 of this act and shall fu…

40:14B-33. Liability on bonds Neither the members of the municipal authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be i…

40:14B-34. Eminent domain Every municipal authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within or without the district, which may be deemed by the municipal a…

40:14B-4. Utilities authorities a. Any governing body may, in the case of a county by resolution or ordinance duly adopted, or in the case of a municipality by ordinance duly adopted, create a public body corporate and politic under the name and style of "the ................. mu…

40:14B-4.1. Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a utilities authority created pursuant to sections 4, 5 or 6 of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-4 et seq.) by ordinance or resolution, as …

40:14B-40 Additional powers. 40. a. In addition to other powers conferred by this act or by any other law, and not in limitation thereof, every municipal authority, in connection with construction or operation of any part of a utility system, shall have power to make reasonable r…

40:14B-40.1 Findings, declarations relative to infrastructure maintenance. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: Infrastructure maintenance and repair are vital to the economy and quality of life in the State of New Jersey. Infrastructure maintenance and repair continue to …

40:14B-40.2 Pilot program to allow county utilities authorities to fund infrastructure improvements. 2. a. There is established a pilot program to evaluate the efficiency and functionality of allowing county utilities authorities in certain counties, through the use of their unde…

40:14B-41 Interest on unpaid service charges. 41. a. In the event that a service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the municipal authority on the unpaid balance at th…

40:14B-42 Lien for service charge. 42. a. In the event that a service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property owned by any person other than the State or an agency or subdivision thereof shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance th…

40:14B-43. Failure to pay service charge; shut off of service In the event that any service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, the municipal authority, may, in its discretion, enter upon such parcel and …

40:14B-44. Failure to pay sewer service charge; shut off of water In the event that a sewer service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, the municipal authority may, in accordance with section 57 of this a…