Title 5, Title 5: AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS

5:10A-38 Award for damages. 38. When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), and such award has been or shall have been duly…

5:10A-39 Certification of benefits, awards. 39. 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 the officer making th…

5:10A-4 References mean and refer to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. 4. On and after the effective date of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), any reference in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, or document to the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commiss…

5:10A-40 Consideration of report, map; adoption. 40. The report submitted pursuant to section 39 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-39) 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 two…

5:10A-41 Bills for assessment. 41. 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 mail, or deliver, to owner…

5:10A-42 Special assessments. 42. a. Special assessments levied against land in class one shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district and areas outside of the district, as it relates to flood control projects, and shall be included as a charge against gene…

5:10A-43 Assessment for improvement first lien on land. 43. Every assessment for any improvement, together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith, shall be, upon authorization of the assessment by resolution of the commission, a first lien on the land…

5:10A-44 New assessment. 44. 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 asse…

5:10A-45 Refund of illegally made assessment. 45. 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…

5:10A-46 Payment of assessment in installments. 46. The commission may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any land, upon which any assessments for any improvement shall have been made, pay such assessments in equal yearly installments, for a number of years as may be provi…

5:10A-47 Sale of property to enforce lien. 47. 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 comm…

5:10A-48 Appeal. 48. The owner of any property assessed for benefits, or awarded damages incident to any improvement under sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), may, within 30 days after confirmation of such assessment or award, appeal the determ…

5:10A-49 Report to Governor, Legislature. 49. The commission shall, in 2017, and every year thereafter, submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) relating to the operation of the intermunicipal account in the prior…

5:10A-5 Districts delineated. 5. a. Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall carry out the purposes of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et seq.) within the following district: Beginning at a point on Hendricks Causeway at its junction with the tracks o…

5:10A-50 Laws applicable. 50. Except as provided in sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), the laws relating to the assessment and taxation of real and personal property shall apply to all constituent municipalities. L.2015, c.19, s.50.

5:10A-51 List of owners of taxable property; locations. 51. a. In preparing the list of owners of taxable property pursuant to R.S.54:4-24, the assessor of each constituent municipality shall indicate in the list for each parcel of property whether it is located within the distri…

5:10A-52 School district to certify resident enrollment. 52. On or before November 15 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), and on or before November 15 of each year thereafter, the secretary, superintendent, or a person designated by the school board of …

5:10A-53 Establishment of intermunicipal account. 53. a. In the adjustment year of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), and in each adjustment year thereafter, the commission shall establish an intermunicipal account and shall compute the amount payable to …

5:10A-54 Conditions for nonpayment of adjustment. 54. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no constituent municipality shall pay out, or receive an adjustment payment for any adjustment year in which its municipal equalized valuation per …

5:10A-55 Computation of guarantee payment. 55. a. The guarantee payment payable by the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be computed as follows: If there is a decrease in the aggregate true value of taxable real property of any c…

5:10A-56 Service payment for school district services. 56. For school district services, the service payment payable by the intermunicipal account to a constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be found by dividing the total local school tax levy, as shown on the Tabl…

5:10A-57 Apportionment of balance of payments. 57. a. If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and school district service payments is less than the amount payable to the intermunicipal a…

5:10A-58 Reduction of total service payment. 58. 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 to said account pursuant to section 53 of P.L.201…

5:10A-59 Meadowlands adjustment payment. 59. a. On or before February 1 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.) and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall certify to the chief financial officer of each constituent municipality …

5:10A-6 New Jersey Meadowlands Commission dissolved. 6. The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1968, c.404 (C.13:17-5) is dissolved. All property, funds, and assets of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission are vested in and belong to the N…

5:10A-60 Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund. 60. There is established the Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund in the commission. The fund shall be comprised of revenues made available from interest payments on sanitary landfill closure account…

5:10A-61 Adoption of annual budget. 61. On or before January 1 of each year, the commission shall adopt an annual budget for the year, which shall include the following items of expenditure: a. An operating budget covering administrative, operating, and maintenance expenses of ea…

5:10A-62 Actions by public bodies to aid, cooperate. 62. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the commission, including the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of its activities, any public body may, with or without consideration, as it may determine: a. D…

5:10A-63 Contracts, apportionment of costs and expenses. 63. a. The commission may enter into contracts with one or more municipalities, counties, or other public agencies for the operation of public improvements, works, facilities, services, or undertakings of the municipalities…

5:10A-64 Examination by State Auditor. 64. The State Auditor and his legally authorized representatives may, at any time, examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, sinking funds, investments, and any other matters relating…

5:10A-65 Additional powers of commission. 65. The commission may call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State department or agency, as it may require, and as may be available to it for said purpose. The commission may enter into an agreem…

5:10A-66 Addition, alternate method. 66. Sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for effectuating the purposes authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional t…

5:10A-67 Severability. 67. If the provisions of any section or clause of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) or the application thereof to any person shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be c…

5:10A-68 Payment of expenses. 68. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) shall be payable from funds provided the commission therefor, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the c…

5:10A-69 Short title. 69. Sections 69 through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69 through C.5:10A-81) shall be known and may be cited as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2015." L.2015, c.19, s.69.

5:10A-7 Additional powers of commission. 7. In addition to any powers established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5), the commission, as defined by section 4 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-4), shall have the following powers: a. To enter upon any building or property…

5:10A-70 Findings, declarations relative to the "Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2015." 70. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Every day, residents of New Jersey confront congestion in some part of their day as they commute to work, recreat…

5:10A-71 Definitions relative to the transportation planning district. 71. As used in sections 69 through 81 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-69 through C.5:10A-81): "Allowable administrative costs" means expenses incurred by the commission or the board in developing a district transpo…

5:10A-72 Establishment of transportation planning district. 72. a. There is hereby established a transportation planning district which shall consist of those lands which comprise the Meadowlands District. The Meadowlands Transportation Planning Board, created pursuant to subsect…

5:10A-73 District transportation plan goals, policies, needs, improvement priorities. 73. a. The district transportation plan shall establish goals, policies, needs, and improvement priorities for all modes of transportation, including walking and bicycling, within the district f…

5:10A-74 Assessment, collection of development fees. 74. a. After the adoption of the plan by the commission pursuant to subsection f. of section 73 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-73), the commission may, by resolution, provide for the assessment and collection of development fees on…

5:10A-75 Assessment of development fee at time of issuance of zoning approval. 75. a. A development fee shall be assessed on a development at the time the applicable zoning approval is issued. Any development for which a zoning approval has been issued prior to the adoption of th…

5:10A-76 Enforcement of payments due. 76. a. The payments due to the commission, whether as a lump sum or as balances due when a series of payments is to be made, shall be enforceable by the commission as a lien on the land and any improvements thereon. The lien shall be recorded…

5:10A-77 Transportation planning district fund. 77. a. A resolution adopted by the commission pursuant to section 74 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-74) shall provide for the establishment of a transportation planning district fund under the control of the chief fiscal officer. All mo…

5:10A-78 Refund of certain fees. 78. a. Any fees collected, plus earned interest, not committed to a transportation project under a project agreement entered into under section 77 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-77) within 10 years of the date of collection, or not used for other allo…

5:10A-79 Appeal. 79. A person may appeal to the commission any decision made in connection with the reconsideration of a fee as authorized pursuant to subsection b. of section 78 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-78). The commission shall review the record of the hearing and render its …