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NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-22 - $7,500 bid threshold

58:14-22. $7,500 bid threshold  a. Whenever any work to be performed or any material to be furnished shall involve an expenditure of money exceeding the sum of $7,500.00 or, after June 30, 1985, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commissioners shall designate the time when they will meet at their usual place of meeting to receive proposals in writing for doing the work and furnishing the material, and the commissioners shall order their clerk to give notice by advertisement, inserted in at least two newspapers printed and circulating, respectively, in two of the counties of the district, at least 10 days before the time of such meeting, of the work to be done and the material to be furnished, particular specifications of which they shall cause to be filed in their office at the time of such order. All proposals received shall be publicly opened by the commissioners or the chief administrative officer of the commission and the commissioners shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. All contractors shall be required to give bond satisfactory in amount and security to the commissioners. b. Commencing January 1, 1985, the Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall, no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, adjust the threshold amount set forth in subsection a. of this section, or subsequent to 1985, the threshold amount resulting from any adjustment under this subsection, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers in the New York City and Philadelphia areas, as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The Governor shall, no later than June 1 of each odd-numbered year, notify the commissioners about the adjustment. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of each odd-numbered year. c. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the commissioners from entering into a joint agreement pursuant to section 10 of P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-10) for the purchase of work related to sewage sludge disposaL. All such agreements shall be entered into by resolution of the commissioners and shall be subject to the requirements of P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). Amended by L. 1980, c. 85, s. 1, eff. Aug. 21, 1980; L. 1984, c. 220, s. 1, eff. Dec. 20, 1984; L. 1985, c. 452, s. 3, eff. Jan. 14, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-23 - Contracting municipalities may borrow money and issue bonds; limit of indebtedness

58:14-23. Contracting municipalities may borrow money and issue bonds; limit of indebtedness  For the purpose of defraying the cost and expense of the construction of any such intercepting sewer, plant and works, and the appurtenances thereof, and of making the payments which shall be designated and required to be made by such joint contract, the governing body or board in charge of the finances of each contracting municipality may borrow the money necessary to make such payments upon the notes or other temporary obligations of such municipality, which notes or obligations may be renewed from time to time until permanent bonds shall have been issued by such municipality to take up and pay for the same. Each contracting municipality may, from time to time, issue its bonds for the purpose of raising money necessary to pay its notes or other temporary obligations, including interest, issued and outstanding for the purpose hereinbefore stated, or to make any of the payments required by said contract, which said bonds shall be in such amounts and bear interest at such rate, not exceeding six per cent per annum, and shall be payable at such time and place, as the governing body or board having charge of the finances of such municipality shall by resolution duly adopted determine. The total amount of indebtedness incurred and of bonds issued by any municipality under the authority of this chapter shall not exceed five per cent of the tax ratables within such municipality, as shown by its official books of the last assessment for taxes therein, but said indebtedness and bonds shall be held to be authorized in addition to the amount of indebtedness and bonds fixed by the charter or any general law as a limitation beyond which the municipality may not incur indebtedness or issue bonds, and said indebtedness and bonds authorized by this chapter shall not be taken to be included within or governed by any such limitation; nor shall the method of issuing bonds authorized by this chapter be governed or determined by any provisions of any other special or general law.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-24 - Commissioners may borrow money; security

58:14-24. Commissioners may borrow money; security  Upon the making of any such contract as is herein provided for, the commissioners may borrow upon their corporate notes, or other obligations, any moneys which may be required by them in the performance of said contract, and for the payment of moneys so borrowed, the contract with the several municipalities executing the same shall be security.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-25 - Contracts with certain municipalities and persons for use of sewers, etc.

58:14-25. Contracts with certain municipalities and persons for use of sewers, etc.  At any time after the making of a contract in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the commissioners may, with the consent of each of the municipalities which have contracted with them, evidenced by resolution of the body or board having charge of its sewer system or authorized to construct sewers therein, enter into a contract with any municipality lying in whole or in part within the drainage area of the Passaic river between the Great falls at the city of Paterson and Newark bay, and including the boroughs of Totowa, West Paterson and North Haledon in Passaic county, for the following purposes: a. The use of said intercepting sewer and its appurtenances and for participation in the benefits and in the cost of the construction, operation and maintenance of the same. b. To permit any municipality already a party to the original contract to allot a portion of its capacity in said sewer to any other municipality within the drainage area for the purpose of providing an outlet for the sewage of such other municipality. The commissioners may, with like consent, enter into a contract with any person owning or occupying lands in said drainage area for the use of said intercepting sewer and appurtenances, and for participation in the benefits and in the cost of construction and maintenance of the same. All of said contracts shall be entered into by the commissioners upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in any such contract, and any moneys paid in accordance with the terms of such further contract by such municipality or person may be used and applied by the commissioners to the cost of the completion of the intercepting sewer and appurtenances, or to the payment of the cost of the operation and maintenance of the same, or to the reduction of the amount which any contracting municipality may be called upon to pay to the commissioners by virtue of its said contract, as may be agreed upon in any such contract. Amended by L.1975, c. 18, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-26 - Municipalities contracting under section 58:14-25 may borrow money

58:14-26. Municipalities contracting under section 58:14-25 may borrow money  Every municipality which shall have contracted with the commissioners under the authority of section 58:14-25 of this title shall have as full power to borrow money and make an issue of notes or other temporary obligations and bonds for the purpose of making the payments designated and required to be made under any such contract as is given by this chapter to the municipalities first entering into contract with the commissioners for the purpose of defraying the cost and expense of the construction of such intercepting sewer, plant and works, and the appurtenances thereof, and of making the payments designated and required to be made by and under such contracts.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-27 - Contract with certain municipalities to pay their portion of cost of operation and maintenance

58:14-27. Contract with certain municipalities to pay their portion of cost of operation and maintenance  Where any municipality party to the original contract has made an agreement to allot a portion of its capacity in said sewer to another municipality as provided by section 58:14-25 of this title, and such other municipality has a population of not less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand, the commissioners may enter into a contract with the latter municipality to pay its portion of the cost of operation and maintenance of said sewer, based on the amount of use thereof by the municipality. Upon the execution of such a contract, the municipality shall have the right to participate in the use and benefit of said sewer, but not in excess of the capacity allotted to it under said agreement, as provided for in said section 58:14-25, and the rights to the use and benefits of the sewer by the municipality making the allotment shall be decreased to the extent of the allotment so made. It shall not be necessary to have the consent of the municipalities that were parties to the original contract with the commissioners for the execution of such contract as is authorized by this section.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-28 - Contracts by municipalities with others for use of reserve sewer capacity

58:14-28. Contracts by municipalities with others for use of reserve sewer capacity  One or more of the municipalities which are parties to the contract with the commissioners, or to contracts supplementary thereto, as authorized by this chapter, may enter into a contract with any municipality or person, or any two or more of them, whether within or without the district, for the use of any reserve or unused sewer capacity owned by any such municipality in the intercepting sewer, plant and works constructed and operated by the commissioners, for the disposal of sewage or other polluting matter originating in the territory tributary to the Passaic river between the Great falls and Newark bay, either by a continuous or an intermittent flow to the extent and for so long only as such flow shall not interfere with the capacity of such sewer, plant or works belonging to such municipality, upon such annual rental or compensation for such use as may be agreed upon and the payment of the annual cost of maintenance, repair and operation upon the same basis as the municipalities who are parties to the contract with the commissioners or contracts supplementary thereto authorized by this chapter. A copy of any such contract shall be filed with the commissioners and approved by them before becoming operative. Any such contract as hereby authorized shall terminate and all rights thereunder shall cease upon one year's written notice given by either of the parties thereto or by the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-29 - Annual statement of reserve sewer capacity

58:14-29. Annual statement of reserve sewer capacity  The commissioners shall prepare annually a statement showing the maximum sewage flows and sewer capacity requirements for each municipality participating in the use of said sewer, plant and works and determine the difference between the capacity allotments and the sewer capacity requirements for each municipality for the ensuing year, which shall be known as "reserve sewer capacity" .
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-30 - Supplementary contracts

58:14-30. Supplementary contracts  The commissioners and the municipalities contracting with them for the construction and operation of an intercepting sewer and its appurtenances in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may enter into further contract or contracts supplementary to or amendatory of any such existing contract, relating to any matter embodied in such existing contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-31 - Control of sewers; payment by municipalities of cost of maintenance and operation

58:14-31. Control of sewers; payment by municipalities of cost of maintenance and operation  Upon the completion of any such intercepting sewer, plant and works, and the appurtenances thereof, the commissioners shall retain and have the sole control and charge thereof, and every municipality using the same shall pay annually to the commissioners, on demand, its proportion of the cost of maintenance and operation thereof, as the same may be certified to it from time to time by the commissioners pursuant to the terms of said contract, which cost of maintenance and operation shall be raised and provided for by said municipalities by taxation, or by the issuance of temporary loan bonds in anticipation of taxation.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-32 - Audit of accounts of commissioners; financial report; liability of commissioners

58:14-32. Audit of accounts of commissioners; financial report; liability of commissioners  The state comptroller shall cause the accounts of the commissioners to be annually audited at the expense of the commissioners, and the result of such audit shall be printed with the financial report of the commissioners. The commissioners shall at all times keep full and accurate account of their receipts and expenditures and liabilities, and shall annually cause a detailed statement thereof to be published and a copy thereof mailed to the clerk of each of the contracting municipalities. The commissioners shall be liable for any unlawful act the same as members or officers of any public body.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-33 - Suits to enforce provisions of chapter

58:14-33. Suits to enforce provisions of chapter  Any municipality, corporation or individual injured by the discharge, directly or indirectly, of any sewage or other polluting matter into the waters of the Passaic river at any point between the limits in which such discharge is prohibited by this chapter may institute and prosecute in the name of the commissioners such suit or suits at law or in equity as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the same as the commissioners could or might do, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to take from, deprive, or otherwise limit any right of action which any such municipality, corporation or individual might have in its or his own name to secure or obtain the abatement of, or damages for any injuries sustained as the result of, the discharge of sewage or polluting matter in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Whenever any prosecution shall be instituted under the provisions of this section, the name and address of the municipality, corporation or individual instituting or prosecuting the same shall be set forth in the pleadings therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34 - Lease of lands to municipalities maintaining joint sewers; contracts for disposal of sludge; use of moneys received

58:14-34. Lease of lands to municipalities maintaining joint sewers; contracts for disposal of sludge; use of moneys received  The Passaic valley sewerage commissioners are hereby given the right, power and authority to lease unto any two or more municipalities in this state, organized in joint meeting, under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize two or more municipalities in this state to jointly construct and maintain outlet or trunk sewers," approved March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and the supplements thereto and amendments thereof, or under the provisions of article 2 of chapter 63 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:63-68 et seq.), for such period of years as may be agreed upon, any portion of its lands deemed necessary by the contracting parties for the purpose of constructing and maintaining on and in such leased lands, pipe lines and sewage storage tanks with appurtenances, and to enter into any agreements concerning the same, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon; and shall further have the right, power and authority to enter into a contract or contracts with such municipalities, organized in joint meeting as aforesaid, for the disposal of sludge by barge to sea or otherwise. All moneys received by the commissioners pursuant to any such lease and contract or contracts shall be applied first to all costs and expenses in connection with said lease and contract or contracts, and the balance of the moneys, if any, shall be applied toward the payment of the cost of operation and maintenance of the intercepting sewer and appurtenances operated and maintained by the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.1 - Definitions

58:14-34.1. Definitions  Certain terms as used in this act or any amendment of, or supplement to, this act, are defined as follows: "Intercepting sewer" means the "Passaic Valley intercepting sewer" together with its branches and appurtenances, as constructed, maintained and operated by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners. "Commissioners" means the "Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners." "Contracting agency" means any municipality entitled to the rights in and use of the intercepting sewer by virtue of contributions made by it to the commissioners toward the costs of the construction of the intercepting sewer, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 14 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes (s. 58:14-1 et seq.), as amended, and the original and supplemental contracts between the commissioners and the various municipalities in the Passaic Valley Sewerage District. "Lessee" means any municipality, governmental agency, person, firm or corporation, entering into a lease agreement under the provisions of this act. "District" means the "Passaic Valley Sewerage District" as defined in section 58:14-1 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 151 of the laws of 1942. "Sewage" means sanitary sewage, trade wastes, storm waters and any other liquids and substances which customarily and regularly flow through sewers. L.1943, c. 76, p. 289, s. 1. Amended by L.1962, c. 31, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.2 - Leases for use of intercepting sewer authorized

58:14-34.2. Leases for use of intercepting sewer authorized  At any time hereafter, the commissioners may enter into a lease with any municipality, governmental agency, person, firm or corporation, for the use of the intercepting sewer for the disposal of additional sewage originating from a drainage area of the Passaic river below the Great Falls in the city of Paterson. L.1943, c. 76, p. 290, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.3 - Determination of capacity before making lease; hearing; notice

58:14-34.3. Determination of capacity before making lease; hearing; notice  Before entering into any such lease, the commissioners shall determine that the intercepting sewer has sufficient capacity at the proposed point of intake of such additional sewage and at all other points of the intercepting sewer, after taking into consideration the estimated rate of flow and hours of discharge of such additional sewage, without preventing or interfering with the actual use being made of said intercepting sewer by any contracting agency therein or lessee. The commissioners shall hold a public hearing at which time opportunity shall be afforded the contracting agencies and all interested parties to present objections and suggestions with reference to the proposed lease, and if it shall appear that contracting agencies representing more than seventy-five per centum (75%) of allotted capacity in said intercepting sewer, object to said lease, the commissioners shall not enter into it. Notice of said public hearing, with all relative information and data, shall be mailed to each contracting agency, at least twenty days before the date set for the hearing. L.1943, c. 76, p. 290, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.5 - Distribution of rentals

58:14-34.5. Distribution of rentals  The said annual rentals, exclusive of charges for maintenance, repairs and operations, paid by such lessees for the use of the intercepting sewer for any calendar year or portion of the same, shall be distributed proportionately among the contracting agencies according to their unused capacity in the intercepting sewer for such year. L.1943, c. 76, p. 293, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.6 - Lessees' use not to interfere with use by contracting agencies

58:14-34.6. Lessees' use not to interfere with use by contracting agencies  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or abridge the right of any contracting agency to make use of the intercepting sewer to the full extent of its allotted capacity, and if it shall appear that the actual use of such intercepting sewer by any contracting agency is being or probably will be impaired, lessened or destroyed, then the commissioners shall take action to curtail or bring to an end the use of said intercepting sewer by any lessee whose use of the same is, in actual operation, impairing, lessening or destroying or tending to impair, lessen or destroy the actual use of the intercepting sewer by such contracting agency. L.1943, c. 76, p. 293, s. 6.