Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:66A-51. Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection (a) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue a…

40:66A-52. Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit Any county, by resolution of its board of chosen freeholders, or any municipality, by ordinance of its governing body, or any other person is hereby empowered, without any referendum and…

40:66A-53. Contracts Any solid waste management authority and any municipality within the district by ordinance of its governing body may enter into a contract or contracts providing for or relating to the collection or treatment and disposal of garbage, solid wastes and refuse o…

40:66A-54. Public bodies to pay service charges Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to a solid waste management authority all service charges which the solid waste management authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property and …

40:66A-55. Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions Neither the solid waste management authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal…

40:66A-56. Bonds as legal investments 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 and in…

40:66A-57. Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation Every garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other property of a solid waste management authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political …

40:66A-58. Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this act that the State will not authorize or permit the construction or maintenance…

40:66A-59. Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any solid waste management authority a good and sufficient undertak…

40:66A-6 Acquisition of facilities. 6. Every incinerator or environmental services authority is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the limitations of this act, to acquire, in its own name but for the local unit or units, by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, and, …

40:66A-60. Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services After the creation of a solid waste management authority as provided herein, no municipality within the district shall have p…

40:66A-61. Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized. L.1968, c. 249, s. 28, eff…

40:66A-62. Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage and solid wastes disposal plants Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent or prohibit any municipality from erecting, constructing, operating and maintaining an incinerator or garbage and solid wastes dispos…

40:66A-63. Partial invalidity 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 …

40:66A-64. Dissolution The governing body of any local unit which has created a solid waste management authority or the governing bodies of any two or more local units which have joined in the formation of such an authority, by ordinance, or parallel ordinances, as the case may b…

40:66A-7 Incinerator, environmental services authority as political subdivision; powers. 7. Every incinerator or environmental services authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exerc…

40:66A-7.1 Audit of accounts annually; filing. 1. It shall be the duty of every "incinerator or environmental services authority," created pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the authority to be made and filed with th…

40:66A-7.2 Certified copy of bond resolution proceedings; filing. 2. Every such "incinerator or environmental services authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Departmen…

40:66A-8 Incinerator, environmental services authority charges. 8. (a) Every incinerator or environmental services authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect rents, rates, fees or other charges (in this act sometimes referred to as "service charges") for the services an…

40:66A-9 Local unit may appropriate moneys. 9. Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the incinerator or environm…

40:67-1. Municipal ordinances The governing body of every municipality may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to: a. Ascertain and establish the boundaries of all streets, highways, lanes, alleys and public places in the municipalities, and prevent and remove all encroach…

40:67-10. Franchises and rights of owners unaffected by relocation When any tracks, poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other structures shall have been relocated as provided in this article the person owning the same shall have the same right to maintain and operate the same in the…

40:67-11. Street improvements; house connections by owner Whenever any municipality shall have determined to pave, repave or otherwise improve any street or other public highway, or any portion thereof, wherein sewers, gas or water mains or pipes, or conduits for wires are locate…

40:67-12. Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs All owners of real estate upon the line of the proposed improvement when ordered to make such connections shall do so within the time prescribed. If the owner or owners of any real estate for which connections…

40:67-12.1. Taking land for improving roads or streets; procedure When a street or highway in any municipality has become closed or impassable, thus necessitating, in the opinion of the governing body of such municipality, the forthwith laying out, opening, widening or otherwise …

40:67-12.2. Time for fixing value of property; payment into court In fixing the compensation for any property taken in pursuance of section 40:67-12.1, the value of such property shall be fixed as of the date of the entry thereon by the municipality and the owner shall be entitle…

40:67-12.3. Compensation for private structure or building maintained within boundaries of street Whenever a structure or building has been erected or maintained as private property within the limits or boundaries of a public street or highway for such a long period of time that …

40:67-13. Street lighting; land, buildings and equipment The governing body may by ordinance cause the streets, highways, parks and public places of the municipality to be lighted, and erect and maintain on and in such streets, highways, parks and public places, all proper poles,…

40:67-14. Contracts for street lighting; exception The governing body may contract with any persons for the lighting of the streets, highways, parks and public places for any term not exceeding five years. The contract may provide for the erection and maintenance of the necessary…

40:67-15. Contract with county for street lighting; terms; powers conferred additional The governing body of every municipality may enter into contract in writing with the county park commission of the county in which it is situated to contribute to the cost of lighting any stree…

40:67-16. Safety zones and other structures for traffic regulations; exceptions The governing body may establish safety zones, erect, construct and maintain platforms, commonly called "safety aisles" ; standards commonly called "silent policemen" , beacon lights, guide posts and …

40:67-16.1. System of truck routes; establishment; exclusion of trucks from other streets The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, establish a system of truck routes in such municipality, subject to the provisions of this act. Any such ordinance may provide that …

40:67-16.10. Ordinances and regulations; approval No ordinance or regulation adopted thereunder pursuant to this act shall become effective unless and until it shall have been approved by the Commissioner of Transportation of the Department of Transportation. L.1971, c. 408, s. 2…

40:67-16.2. Exceptions Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent such trucks from making deliveries of merchandise or other property along streets from which such trucks are excluded or to authorize the exclusion from any street in any municipality of trucks used by publi…

40:67-16.3. State highway routes; county roads Any system of truck routes established pursuant to any such ordinance shall provide suitable connection with all State routes entering and leaving such municipality. No State highway route shall be designated as part of such system o…

40:67-16.4. Marking routes Any such ordinance shall provide for the conspicuous marking of the streets forming the truck routes. The marking shall be by signs so placed and maintained as to clearly show the truck routes by both day and night, and shall designate the weight of the…

40:67-16.5. Enforcement; penalties Any such ordinance shall provide for its enforcement and prescribe the penalties for violations within the limitations imposed by law. L.1953, c. 354, p. 1930, s. 5, eff. Aug. 8, 1953.

40:67-16.5a Fines for violation of certain truck route ordinances; required signage. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a municipality with a system of truck routes established by ordinance pursuant to P.L.1953, c.354 (C. 40:67-16.1 et seq.) that …

40:67-16.6. Limiting use of streets to certain classes of vehicles Nothing in this act shall be deemed to be a limitation upon the authority of any such municipality to limit the use of streets to certain classes of vehicles pursuant to section 39:4-197 of the Revised Statutes. L…

40:67-16.7. Temporary closing of streets for ingress and egress to school or for provision of recreational facilities The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or the officer, in charge of s…

40:67-16.8. Approval of regulation by director of division of motor vehicles No such regulation shall become effective unless and until it shall have been approved by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety. L.1964, c. 158, s. 2, …

40:67-16.9. Closing of street for preservation of public safety, health or welfare; authorization by governing body by ordinance; regulations The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, authorize the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, or the…

40:67-17. Statues and memorials erected upon public streets The governing body may construct and maintain upon the public streets and places thereof, statues, monuments, tablets, fountains and memorials, commemorative of any person or public event; accept and maintain any statue,…

40:67-18. Spanish American war monuments; municipal contribution The body having control of the finances of any municipality may appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the pedestal and foundation of a monument commemorating the services of the soldiers and sailors of the…

40:67-19. Vacation of streets and places dedicated but not accepted; ordinance; notice and hearing Whenever there shall have been a dedication of lands as a public street or highway or a public square or public place, and the same has not been accepted or opened by the municipali…

40:67-2. Ordinances and resolutions filed A copy of any ordinance or resolution ascertaining and establishing the boundaries, laying out, accepting the dedication of, widening, straightening, extending or changing in any manner the location of any street or highway, or portion th…