Title 40A, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:65-34 PERC rules, regulations, fee schedule, grievances, appeals. 34. a. Any shared service agreement, joint contract, or municipal consolidation shall be deemed in furtherance of the public good and presumed valid, subject to a rebuttable presumption of good faith on the par…

40A:65-35 Repealer. 35. The following sections of law are repealed: N.J.S.11A:9-8; N.J.S.18A:46-25 through 18A:46-28; R.S.27:14-33 through 27:14-34; Section 12 of P.L.1947, c.62 (C.27:15-1.11); R.S.27:16-22; R.S.27:16-24; R.S.27:16-40; R.S.27:16-69 and 27:16-70; R.S.27:16-72 thro…

40A:65-4 Agreements for shared services. 4. a. (1) Any local unit may enter into an agreement with any other local unit or units to provide or receive any service that each local unit participating in the agreement is empowered to provide or receive within its own jurisdiction, i…

40A:65-4.1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act." L.2013, c.166, s.1.

40A:65-4.2 Definitions relative to shared services agreements; pilot program established. 3. a. As used in this section: "Local employee" means a tenured municipal clerk, assessor, collector, chief financial officer, municipal treasurer, or principal public works manager who is a…

40A:65-5 Adoption of resolution to enter into agreement. 5. a. A local unit authorized to enter into an agreement under section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) may do so by the adoption of a resolution. In the case of a shared service agreement between pilot municipalities, no a…

40A:65-6 Local units sharing services, designation of primary employer; rules, regulations. 6. a. In the case of an agreement for the provision of services by an officer or employee of a local unit who is required to comply with a State license or certification requirement as a c…

40A:65-6.1 Information technology, cybersecurity professionals, hiring, shared services. 1. a. The Department of Community Affairs shall not exclude the hiring of information technology or cybersecurity professionals pursuant to a shared services agreement from any program, activ…

40A:65-7 Specific services delineated in agreement; conditions. 7. a. An agreement made pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4) shall specify: (1) the specific services to be performed by one or more of the parties as agent for any other party or parties; (2) standar…

40A:65-8 Preservation of seniority, tenure, pension rights for law enforcement officers. 8. a. Whenever two or more local units enter into an agreement, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-4), for the shared provision of law enforcement services within their respect…

40A:65-9 Awarding of public contracts. 9. If any local unit performs a service on behalf of one or more other local units that are parties to an agreement that utilizes a private contractor to perform all or most of that service, or all or most of a specific and separate segment …

40A:66-1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Shared Services Energy Authority Act." L.2015, c.129, s.1.

40A:66-10 Powers upon adoption of bond resolution. 10. Upon adoption of a bond resolution, the municipal shared services energy authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money, and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing a project to meet the electric power ne…

40A:66-11 Sale of bonds. 11. Bonds of the municipal shared services energy authority may be sold by the municipal shared services energy authority at public or private sale, and at a price or prices the municipal shared services energy authority shall determine subject to the pro…

40A:66-12 Filing of copy of bond resolution for public inspection, publication. 12. The municipal shared services energy 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 the clerk of the governing…

40A:66-13 Bond, obligation, coupon fully negotiable. 13. The provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be fully negotiable for the purposes of the negotiabl…

40A:66-14 No liability for bonds, obligations, certain. 14. Neither the members of the municipal shared services energy authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuanc…

40A:66-15 Provisions, covenants with bond holders. 15. Any bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and the municipal shared services energy authority shall, in order to secure…

40A:66-16 Trustee to represent bond holders; powers. 16. a. If the bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of the series shall be …

40A:66-17 Appointment of receiver. 17. If the bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide that the holders of the bonds of the series shall be entitled to the benefits of sectio…

40A:66-18 Guaranty of bonds. 18. For the purpose of aiding the municipal shared services energy authority in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of any electric supply project authorized pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.), a …

40A:66-19 Wholesale power supply contract. 19. a. The municipal shared services energy authority may enter into a wholesale power supply contract with any person to meet the electric power or energy needs of its members, for the purchase or sale of electric power or energy, or bo…

40A:66-2 Findings, declarations relative to municipal shared services energy authority. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that for many years, municipalities in the State have had the power to construct and maintain facilities for the generation and distribution of electricit…

40A:66-20 Compliance. 20. The authority formed pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall comply with the provisions of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) and all applicable federal and State laws. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be construed to r…

40A:66-21 Exemption from levy, sale. 21. All property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution of a court of competent jurisdiction and no execution or other judicial process shall…

40A:66-22 Investment of funds. 22. Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions of public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and instit…

40A:66-23 Public property; tax exemption. 23. Every electric supply project or facility within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority, including any pro rata share of any property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of t…

40A:66-24 Pledge, covenant with bond holders. 24. 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 the authority, that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the munic…

40A:66-25 Payment of funds to authority. 25. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to the municipal shared services energy authority a good and sufficient undertakin…

40A:66-26 Annual audit. 26. The municipal shared services energy authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose shall employ a certified public accountant licensed pursuant to the laws of the State. The audit shall be completed and filed wi…

40A:66-27 Filing of copy of bond resolution. 27. The municipal shared services energy authority shall file a copy of each bond resolution adopted by it with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, together with a summary o…

40A:66-28 Certain municipal powers unaffected. 30. The powers granted under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall not limit the powers of a municipality to enter into a shared service agreement or contract, or to establish a separate legal entity pursuant to State law or othe…

40A:66-3 Definitions relative to municipal shared services energy authority. 3. As used in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.): "Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other obligations issued by the municipal shared services energy authority pursuant…

40A:66-4 "Municipal shared services energy authority." 4. a. Any combination of three or more municipalities that, on the effective date of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.), operate retail electric distribution systems pursuant to R.S.40:62-12 et seq. may, by adoption of paral…

40A:66-5 Provision of inter-municipal agreement. 5. The inter-municipal agreement establishing the municipal shared services energy authority pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall provide: a. The name and purpose of the authority and the functions or services to b…

40A:66-6 Construction of act. 6. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be construed to restrict the right of a person to form a rural electric cooperative or a municipality to engage in functions authorized pursuant to R.S.40:62-12 et seq. L.2015, c.129, s.6.

40A:66-7 Certain interest in contracts prohibited. 7. A commissioner, officer, or employee of the municipal shared services energy authority shall not have or acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract or property related to the provision of wh…

40A:66-8 Municipal shared services energy authority to be public body politic and corporate; powers. 8. The municipal shared services energy authority shall be a public body politic and corporate, established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental func…

40A:66-9 Issuance of bonds. 9. a. In order to meet the electric power needs of its members, the municipal shared services energy authority shall have the power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) for the purpose of rai…

40A:67-1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Rehabilitation and Reentry Center Authority Act." L.2023, c.346, s.1.

40A:67-10 Authority, file copies of bond resolutions, management committee. 10. An authority shall file a copy of a bond resolution adopted by the board of authority commissioners in its office and in the office of the clerk of the board of commissioners, and may publish, in a ne…

40A:67-11 Bond, other obligation, fully negotiable, regional rehabilitation, reentry center. 11. A bond or other obligation issued pursuant to P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.) shall be fully negotiable for the purposes of the negotiable instruments law under Title 12A of the …

40A:67-12 Committee members, others executing bonds, State, not to be liable personally. 12. Neither the members of the board nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to P.L.2023, c.346 (C.40A:67-1 et seq.) shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance…

40A:67-13 Authority, bond resolution, securing payment of bonds, power to covenant. 13. A bond resolution of an authority providing for or authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain provisions, and the authority shall, in order to secure the payment of the bonds in addition to…

40A:67-14 Bond resolution, holders of series, entitled to benefits, event of default, appointing a representing trustee. 14. a. If the bond resolution of an authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds provides that the bond holders of the series a…

40A:67-15 Bond resolution, trustee, entitled, appointment of a receiver of assets, rights. 15. If the bond resolution of an authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds provides that the bond holders of the series are entitled to the benefits of se…