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NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-120 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-120 - Assessments for connecting sewers; abutting property

40:63-120. Assessments for connecting sewers; abutting property  In the case of sewers or drains constructed in any street or road dividing the municipalities, to connect with joint outlet or trunk sewers or disposal plants, the assessment upon all lands and real estate which at the time of making such assessment front or abut on or are situate in the vicinity of the line of such sewer or any other sewer already constructed and connected directly or indirectly therewith, whereby a direct tapping or drainage benefit is or may be secured, shall be collectible at once, and where such benefit is prospective only, depending upon the construction of any other and connecting sewer not yet built, such assessment shall be collectible and bear interest only from the time when the assessment to be made for benefits conferred upon such land and real estate by the construction of such other sewer along the line of which such lands and real estate fronting or abutting or in the vicinity of, shall be confirmed and collectible.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-121 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-121 - Assessments on property not directly affected

40:63-121. Assessments on property not directly affected  In the case of sewers or drains constructed in any street or road dividing the municipalities, to connect with joint outlet or trunk sewers or disposal plants, in ascertaining and estimating the proportion of the cost of such sewer or public improvement which may be assessed upon lands and real estate not fronting or abutting upon or in the vicinity thereof or having no immediate tapping or drainage benefit, the benefit conferred upon the lands and real estate so fronting or abutting thereon or in the vicinity thereof, and having an immediate tapping or drainage benefit, shall be ascertained, and after deducting the amount thereof from the entire cost, the balance, or so much thereof as may be applied, shall be assessed upon such other lands and real estate not having an immediate tapping or drainage benefit, but which shall be situate in such sewerage area or district to the extent that the same is benefited by such sewer or public improvement and to be benefited thereby when the sewer in front of or in the vicinity of such property shall be constructed and connected therewith and in which the said property may secure a direct or tapping benefit.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-122 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-122 - Report of commissioners; hearing; report final when confirmed by court

40:63-122. Report of commissioners; hearing; report final when confirmed by court  The commissioners shall make a report, in writing, of their assessment, signed by them, or any two of them, to the Superior Court and apply to it for confirmation thereof. The court shall either confirm the report or refer it to the same commissioners for revision or correction, or to new commissioners to be appointed by it, or it may itself, upon a hearing had before it, modify or alter the report, and any assessment of benefits made therein, in such manner as to it may seem just. The commissioners to whom the report may be so referred shall return it corrected and revised, or make a new report, and the same on being so returned shall be confirmed or again referred, or may be modified or altered by the court as aforesaid, and so from time to time until a report shall be made or returned which the court shall, with or without alteration, confirm. The report when confirmed shall be final and conclusive upon the municipality and upon the owner or owners of any land affected thereby. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 723, s. 229, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-123 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-123 - Compensation of commissioners; costs of proceedings

40:63-123. Compensation of commissioners; costs of proceedings  The Superior Court shall settle and determine the compensation to be paid to the commissioners and the costs and expenses of the application, report and proceedings, and the municipality shall immediately pay such costs and expenses. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 724, s. 230, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-124 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-124 - Maps and proceedings valid despite misrecitals or other mistakes

40:63-124. Maps and proceedings valid despite misrecitals or other mistakes  No mistake in naming or omitting to name the owner of lands or real estate in any report, map or proceeding, or in designating the quantity of his or her interest or the nature of his or her estate, or any misrecitals, shall in anywise invalidate any assessment or sale made under this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-125 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-125 - Assessment for benefits; in each municipality; provision for in joint contract; procedure

40:63-125. Assessment for benefits; in each municipality; provision for in joint contract; procedure  In any contract for the joint construction of any joint improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, the jointly contracting municipalities may provide that no assessment for benefits upon the lands and real estate fronting upon, or benefited by such joint improvement or works, shall be made upon application of the jointly contracting municipalities in joint meeting, or for the joint benefit of the contracting municipalities, but that in lieu thereof, each contracting municipality may assess the property lying within its territory peculiarly benefited by such improvement or works for the purpose of raising the amount of the cost of such improvement or works, borne by it, or part thereof. In such case, any such contracting municipality may make an assessment for the benefits conferred upon property therein by such improvement or works, as nearly as may be, in proportion to and not in excess of the benefits received, in the same manner as the cost of local sewers or system of sewers is assessed in such municipality, and such assessment shall be made under the same procedure, and by the same officers, and shall be collected as assessments for benefits arising from the construction of local sewers or system of sewers therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-126 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-126 - Assessments to be a lien; collection

40:63-126. Assessments to be a lien; collection  All assessments for benefits made under this article shall be and remain a lien upon the lots or parcels of land and real estate respectively assessed, from the date of the ratification or confirmation of the report thereof until satisfied and paid, and shall be immediately due and payable to the collector or receiver of taxes or other chief financial officer of the municipality wherein the same are situated, and the governing body of the municipality shall forthwith furnish the proper financial officer of the municipality with a certified copy of the assessment, which he shall enter in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose. He shall thereupon give notice for two weeks in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, to be inserted at least once in each week, stating that the assessment report has been delivered to him, and requiring payment of the sums assessed within sixty days from and after the first publication of the notice. All such assessments shall be subject to the same interest and penalties and shall be collected in like manner as assessments for local improvements are collected in the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-127 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-127 - Assessments for benefits need not be made; municipality to pay whole amount

40:63-127. Assessments for benefits need not be made; municipality to pay whole amount  The body or board of such municipality having charge of its finances may also determine, by ordinance or resolution, that the special benefits conferred upon property within the municipality by the construction of such outlet or trunk sewer, or of any sewer or sewers, system of sewerage, trunk, lateral or connecting sewer connecting with and discharging into any such joint improvement or works shall not be assessed upon the property specially benefited thereby, and in case any assessment shall be levied upon property in such municipality under the provisions of this article, such municipality may pay the gross amount of such assessments when made to the treasurer of the joint meeting, and thereupon the assessments so made upon property within the limits of the municipality shall be canceled and discharged.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-128 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-128 - Bonds where no assessment for benefits

40:63-128. Bonds where no assessment for benefits  If there be no assessment for benefits in any of the contracting municipalities, the body or board of each municipality having charge of its finances may issue the bonds of such municipality to an amount sufficient to defray its part, share or percentage of all the costs, damages and expenses of the said improvements, or of any contract relating thereto, entered into by it jointly with the other contracting municipalities, pursuant to the provisions of this article, regard being had to the bonds already issued for completed improvements, and to the bonds which will probably be required for improvements actually contemplated, but not yet authorized to be issued.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-129 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-129 - Injuries to adjacent land owners from joint sewage disposal plant; action for damages

40:63-129. Injuries to adjacent land owners from joint sewage disposal plant; action for damages  The owner of any land adjacent to any plant, works or station for the treatment, disposal or rendering of sewage, established pursuant to this article, who shall sustain any direct injury by reason of the negligence or lack of reasonable care of the contracting municipalities, or any of them, in the establishment and maintenance of any such plant, works or station, may maintain an action at law against such contracting municipalities, or against the municipality or municipalities responsible for such injury, within two years from the commencement of the injury, for the recovery of all damages sustained by him by reason of such injury.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-130 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-130 - Temporary obligations to finance work; renewal

40:63-130. Temporary obligations to finance work; renewal  For the purpose of defraying the costs and expenses of the construction of such improvement or works and their appurtenances and connections as authorized by this article in respect of which an assessment for benefits may be made on lands and real estate situated in any such contracting municipality, the governing body or board having charge of the finances of any such contracting municipality may, if necessary, borrow money and secure the payment of the same by the notes and other temporary obligations of such municipality. Such notes and obligations may be renewed from time to time until the work of such improvements be done, or the assessments for benefits confirmed. When so confirmed such body or board shall provide for the costs and expenses of the improvements in the manner hereinafter in this article provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-131 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-131 - Renewal of temporary obligations; assessments paid in; disposition; bonds for amount unpaid

40:63-131. Renewal of temporary obligations; assessments paid in; disposition; bonds for amount unpaid  If a sum equal to or greater than the amount assessed for benefits has already been borrowed by such municipality, at the time when such improvements are completed or assessments for benefits confirmed, and the payment of the sums so borrowed has been secured by notes or other temporary obligations of the municipality, then such notes and obligations, to an amount equal to the amount so assessed for such benefits, may be renewed from time to time as far as necessary for an additional period of five years, and all moneys paid in on such assessments during that period shall be exclusively devoted to the payment of, and shall be used to pay those notes and obligations as they mature. If the amount so borrowed as aforesaid be less than the amount assessed, the governing body or board of such municipality may, if necessary, borrow and issue its temporary obligations for such additional sum as will, with the amount already borrowed, equal the amount assessed. The indebtedness of the municipality, in whatever form it may exist, shall, to the amount of the assessment, be paid and discharged out of the moneys paid in on such assessments, so far as they may be paid in during said period of five years. If at the expiration of said period of five years such indebtedness, so equal in amount to the benefits assessed, be not paid in full, then such governing body or board, in order to provide for its payment, shall issue the bonds of such municipality for the amount remaining unpaid, in the manner in which other bonds of the municipality are issued and executed, and all assessments received by such municipality, after said period of five years, shall go into its treasury and be used as the body or board having the control of the finances of such municipality may direct.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-132 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-132 - Bonds and temporary obligations; general provisions; amount limited

40:63-132. Bonds and temporary obligations; general provisions; amount limited  The notes or other temporary obligations of such municipality herein authorized to be issued shall be issued in conformity with chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), and under such other lawful regulations and restrictions as such governing body or board shall deem proper.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-133 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-133 - Excess of cost over assessments for benefits; bonds; proceeds

40:63-133. Excess of cost over assessments for benefits; bonds; proceeds  In order to provide for and pay the amount of the difference between the total amount of the costs, damages and expenses of said improvements, including all incidental expense, apportioned to said contracting municipalities respectively as hereinbefore in this article provided, and the total amount of all assessments made and levied for benefits in such municipalities respectively, as aforesaid, on the lands and real estate situated in any and all of the contracting municipalities, the governing body or board of each contracting municipality may, by resolution duly adopted, cause to be issued the bonds of such contracting municipality, in such sum as will be sufficient to pay the share or percentage of such total amount due therefrom, and provided to be paid by the contract entered into by such municipality. The proceeds of each bond shall be used (a) to discharge the notes or temporary obligations of the municipality issued as aforesaid, so far as they exceed in amount the assessment for benefits, (b) to satisfy and discharge whatever may remain due from such contracting municipality on the costs and expenses of the work or improvements, according to the contract entered into between such municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-134 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-134 - Bonds for construction and maintenance

40:63-134. Bonds for construction and maintenance  If it shall be necessary for any municipality which has entered into a joint contract for the construction and maintenance of any improvement or works under the provisions of this article to issue its bonds to raise the money necessary to defray its proportion of the cost, or any part of such cost thereof, or of any sewer or sewers, system of sewerage, trunk, lateral or connecting sewer connecting with and discharging into such joint outlet or trunk sewer, or disposal plant or works, the body or board of such municipality having charge of its finances may, from time to time, by resolution, determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by the issue of such bonds, and thereupon, from time to time, bonds to the amounts so determined upon shall be executed on behalf of the municipality in the manner in which other bonds thereof are executed, which bonds so authorized and issued shall not exceed in amount ten per cent of the taxable property in the municipality as shown on its official books at the date of issue, and shall not be taken to be included within or governed by any limitation fixed by law to the amount of bonds authorized to be issued by any municipality executing such joint contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-135 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-135 - Bonds; general provisions

40:63-135. Bonds; general provisions  The bonds authorized under this article, shall be issued and executed in all respects as provided in and under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). There shall be raised each year in the tax levy and included in the annual budget of each contracting municipality an amount sufficient to pay the interest, and the principal of said bonds as they fall due.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-136 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-136 - Bonds and other obligations; payment of principal and interest

40:63-136. Bonds and other obligations; payment of principal and interest  The governing body or board having control of the finances of every such jointly contracting municipality, shall raise by taxes in each year, as other moneys are raised in such municipality, such sum of money as may be necessary to pay the interest on the notes and other obligations of the municipality issued as aforesaid, including, when necessary, interest on such of its obligations as may be payable out of the proceeds of assessments, and also the principal of such bonds, except obligations payable out of assessments and temporary obligations issued as aforesaid, as may mature during the then ensuing fiscal year.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-137 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-137 - Provisions for payment in lieu of bond issue

40:63-137. Provisions for payment in lieu of bond issue  The governing body or board having control of the finances of every such contracting municipality, in lieu of issuing the bonds of such municipality, may pay its proportion of the costs and expenses of any improvements or works jointly contracted for and made under this article, with money to be raised by taxation, after the making of the public improvements herein authorized have been determined upon and a joint contract made and entered into pursuant to the provisions of this article, or by paying the whole or a part of such indebtedness out of any moneys belonging to such contracting municipality not otherwise appropriated or required.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-138 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-138 - Actions brought by joint meeting; benefits to accrue to all municipalities

40:63-138. Actions brought by joint meeting; benefits to accrue to all municipalities  All proceedings at law or in equity relating to the doing of the work of the said public improvement or works authorized by this article and necessary or property to accomplish the purposes contemplated by the provisions of this article, shall be instituted or taken and conducted in the joint corporate names of all the municipalities contracting for such public improvement or works, and when authorized or approved by the joint meeting herein provided for, shall be deemed taken and construed to have been taken and done for the proportionate benefit of all such contracting municipalities in accordance with the terms of the contract between them.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:64-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:64-1 - Shade tree commission; members; appointment

40:64-1. Shade tree commission; members; appointment  40:64-1. The body having charge of the finances of any municipality, and in case of a municipality governed by commissioners, the board of commissioners thereof, may provide by ordinance that the regulation, planting, care and control of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery upon and in the streets, highways, public places, parks and parkways, of the municipality except State highways unless the Department of Transportation shall assent thereto and except county highways, parks and parkways, in counties now or hereafter having a county shade tree commission, unless the county shade tree commission or county department of parks and recreation shall assent thereto, shall be exercised by and be under the authority of a commission, which shall be known as the shade tree commission of . The commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members, and may include not more than two alternate members. The members and alternate members shall be appointed by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, shall be residents of the municipality, and shall serve without compensation except as hereinafter provided.  Amended 1958,c.42,s.1; 1984,c.164,s.1; 1995,c.1,s.1.