Title 13, Title 13: CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS

13:17-35. Regulations for installation, construction, maintenance, etc., of public utility equipment and appliances (a) In addition to the other powers conferred upon it by this act or by any other law and not in limitation thereof, the commission, in connection with construction…

13:17-36. Tax exemption Since the exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, all projects, lands and other property of the commission are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the St…

13:17-37. Exemption from levy and sale on execution All projects and property of the commission 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 the commission be a …

13:17-38. Agreements for payments in lieu of taxes To the end that municipalities and counties may not suffer undue loss of tax revenue by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by the commission, the commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to…

13:17-39. Formation of improvement districts; levy of special assessments The commission may form within the district, improvement districts for any authorized purpose in order to levy special assessments against real estate located within such districts for benefits rendered. Al…

13:17-4. Boundaries (a) Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall be authorized to carry out the purposes of this act within the following district: All that certain area bounded as described therein, excepting therefrom the area described in subsections (b) and (c) of t…

13:17-40. Division of land into classes All land within the district shall be divided by the commission into 3 classes as follows: Class 1--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the pri…

13:17-41. Certification whether public land in class 1 or 2 and nature of present or ultimate use; approval; request for reclassification The owners of all public land in the district shall be required to certify to the commission, by a date established by the commission, whether…

13:17-42. Change in classification of class 3 land passing to state In the case that the title of lands designated to be in class 3 passes to the State of New Jersey, the commission shall change the designation of the class of such land to reflect the use to which such land shall…

13:17-43. Improvements; resolution of intention; notice and hearing; resolution of determination If in its judgment, public necessity or interest demands the construction of improvements which would benefit lands within improvement district, the commission shall pass a resolution…

13:17-44. Statement of cost of improvement; maximum amount of levy Upon the completion of any improvement, the appropriate officer of the commission shall prepare a statement showing in detail the cost of the improvement. Such statement shall also show the proportion of the amoun…

13:17-45. Hearing on assessment; notice; making of assessment The appropriate officer of the commission shall examine the work of any improvement and view all lands benefited thereby and shall thereupon fix the time and place for hearing all persons interested. Notice of the time…

13:17-46. Assessments to be proportionate to increase in benefit or value All assessments levied under this article for any improvement shall in each case be as nearly as may be in proportion to and not in excess of the benefit, advantage or increase in value which respective lot…

13:17-47. Assessment of damages incurred by improvement; payments to owner; appeal In addition to the making of assessments for benefits, the appropriate officer of the commission shall fix and determine the amount, if any, the property is damaged incidentally to the making of th…

13:17-48. Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to this act, and such award has been or shall have been duly confirmed, the amoun…

13:17-49. Report certifying assessments and awards of damages; map Assessments for benefits for any improvement together with any accompanying awards for incidental damages and all awards of damages for land or interests therein taken from any improvement, shall be certified by t…

13:17-5. Establishment and organization (a) There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission." The commission shall con…

13:17-50. Consideration of report; notice; adoption and confirmation; appeal The report may be considered by the commission at any meeting, notice whereof shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the district, once each week for 2 weeks prior to said meeting, and also by …

13:17-51. Bills for assessment; record and books of assessments Immediately after the confirmation of any assessment, a duplicate thereof duly certified by the commission shall be delivered to the appropriate officer of the commission, who shall immediately thereafter send out by…

13:17-52. Levy and payment of special assessments; establishment and administration of revolving fund (a) Special assessments levied against land in class 1 shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district and shall be included as a charge against general reven…

13:17-53 Lien of assessment; confirmation of amount. 53. Every assessment for any improvement together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith shall be upon authorization of the assessment by ordinance or resolution a first lien on the land described i…

13:17-54. New assessments; lien In all cases in which any assessment incident to any improvement has been set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the improvement shall have been actually made in the manner provided by law, the officer charged with the duty of making a…

13:17-55. Refund of amount of illegal assessments When any court of competent jurisdiction shall decide that any assessment has been illegally made, the commission shall refund the amount thereof, if the same has been paid, and if a new assessment of less amount is to be made, th…

13:17-56. Installment payments The commission may by resolution provide that the owner of any land upon which any assessments for any improvement shall have been made may pay such assessments in such equal yearly installments, for such number of years as may be provided by rules …

13:17-57. Enforcement of lien When any unpaid assessment, interest thereon or other charges for collection thereof, remains in arrears on July 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the same became in arrears, the appropriate officer of the commission shall enfor…

13:17-58. Deposit of funds in improvement assessment account All assessments as collected shall be immediately placed in an account to be known as "improvement assessment account." Such moneys shall be used only to pay the cost of such improvements or indebtedness incurred for su…

13:17-59. Appeal from assessment or award; enforcement of order or judgment The owner of any property assessed for benefits or awarded damages incident to any improvement under this act may, within 30 days after confirmation of such assessment or award, appeal from the same to th…

13:17-6. Powers The commission shall have perpetual succession and shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt and from time to time amend and repeal suitable by-laws for the management of its affairs; (b) To adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure; (c…

13:17-6.1 Purchases, contracts, or agreements over threshold amount; public bids. 6. a. All purchases, contracts, or agreements where the cost or contract price exceeds the sum of $25,000 or, after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.440, the amount determined pursuant to subsectio…

13:17-6.2. Consultation with governing body 1. Whenever the commission prepares plans for the development, improvement, redevelopment or rezoning of, or for the construction or reconstruction of buildings or structures on, land in the district, the commission shall notify within …

13:17-60. Purpose; report to legislature (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a vital component of any comprehensive plan for the development of the meadowland district, is a program whereby the financial benefits and liabilities of each constituent municipality, ar…

13:17-61 Definitions As used in this article, unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: (a) "Adjustment year" means the year in which the respective obligations of the intermunicipal account and the constituent municipalities of the district are due and payable. (b)…

13:17-62. Applicability of laws relating to assessment and taxation of real and personal property The laws relating to the assessment and taxation of real and personal property shall apply to all constituent municipalities unless otherwise specifically provided in this act. L.196…

13:17-63. Assessor's list (a) In preparing the list of owners of taxable property pursuant to Revised Statutes 54:4-24, the assessor of each constituent municipality shall indicate in the list for each parcel of property whether or not it is located within the district boundaries…

13:17-65. Resident enrollment certification On or before November 15, 1969, and on or before November 15 of each year thereafter, the secretary, superintendent or a person designated by the school board of each school district of each constituent municipality shall certify to the…

13:17-66. Establishment of intermunicipal account; computation of amount payable by or due to each constituent municipality In the adjustment year 1973, and in each adjustment year thereafter, the commission shall establish an intermunicipal account and shall compute the amount p…

13:17-67. Aggregate true value (a) As used in this section, except as otherwise specifically provided: (1) The increase or decrease in aggregate true value of taxable real property for any adjustment year shall be the difference between: (i) The aggregate true value of that porti…

13:17-67.1. Adjustment payment exclusion Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no constituent municipality shall pay out or receive a meadowlands adjustment payment for any adjustment year in which its municipal equalized valuation per capi…

13:17-68. Computation of guarantee payment payable by intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality (a) The guarantee payment payable by the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be computed as follows: (1) If there is a de…

13:17-7. Establishment and organization (a) There is hereby established a Hackensack Meadowlands Municipal Committee, the membership of which shall consist of the mayor or elected chief executive, or his designated alternate, of each constituent municipality. (b) A majority of th…

13:17-70. School district services; determination of service payment For school district services, the service payment payable by the intermunicipal account to any constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be found by dividing: (a) The total local school tax levy, as …

13:17-72. Apportionment of balance among constituent municipalities; prohibition of payments to commission (a) If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and school district service payment…

13:17-73. Payment of excessive funds to constituent municipalities; reduction of service payments If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and service payments exceeds the amount payable …

13:17-74. Meadowlands adjustment payment; determination and payment. 72. (a) On or before February 1, 1973 and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall certify to the chief financial officer of each constituent municipality an amount, known as the mea…

13:17-74.1. Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund established 2. There is established the Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund in the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. The fund shall be comprised of revenues made available from intere…

13:17-75. Comparable services; withholding of payments to noncomplying municipalities (a) Services provided in the district shall be comparable to those provided elsewhere in each constituent municipality. (b) If, after public hearing, the commission shall determine that a consti…