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NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-8 - Incinerator, environmental services authority charges.

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 and facilities of the garbage disposal system. (b) Such rents, rates, fees and charges, being in the nature of use or service charges, shall as nearly as the incinerator or environmental services authority shall deem practicable and equitable be uniform throughout the district for the same type, class and amount of use or service of the garbage disposal system. (c) The incinerator or environmental services authority shall prescribe and from time to time when necessary revise the schedule of such service charges, which in any event shall be such that the revenues of the incinerator or environmental services authority will at all times be adequate to pay all expenses of operation and maintenance of the garbage disposal system, including reserves, insurance, extensions, and replacements, and to pay punctually the principal of and interest on any bonds and to maintain such reserves or sinking funds therefor as may be required by the terms of any contract of the incinerator or environmental services authority. Said schedule shall thus be prescribed and from time to time revised by the incinerator or environmental services authority after public hearing thereon which shall be held by the incinerator or environmental services authority at least 7 days after publication of notice of the proposed adjustment of the service charges and of the time and place of the public hearing in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the area serviced by the authority. The incinerator or environmental services authority shall provide evidence at the hearing showing that the proposed adjustment of the service charges is necessary and reasonable, and shall provide the opportunity for cross-examination of persons offering such evidence, and a transcript of the hearing shall be made and a copy thereof shall be available upon request to any interested party at a reasonable fee. The incinerator or environmental services authority shall likewise fix and determine the time or times when and the place or places where such service charges shall be due and payable and may require that such service charges shall be paid in advance for periods of not more than 1 year. A copy of such schedule of service charges in effect shall at all times be kept on file at the principal office of the incinerator or environmental services authority and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection. L.1948, c.348, s.8; amended 1981, c.125, s.3; 1981, c.511, s.19; 2012, c.31, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-9 - Local unit may appropriate moneys.

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 environmental services authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the incinerator or environmental services authority. L.1948, c.348, s.9; amended 2012, c.31, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-10 - Revenue bonds authorized, purpose, issuing details.

40:66A-10 Revenue bonds authorized, purpose, issuing details.  10. Revenue bonds may be authorized to be issued under this act to provide funds to pay the cost of all or any part of the garbage disposal system, or for the refunding of any bonds theretofore issued for such purposes. The purposes for which such revenue bonds may be issued shall include the payment to the local unit or local units of the reasonable value of any properties or facilities deemed necessary or desirable for the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority, and such incinerator or environmental services authorities are hereby authorized to purchase and acquire such properties or facilities from such local unit or local units. Such revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the incinerator or environmental services authority which may be adopted at the same meeting at which it is introduced by a majority of all the members thereof then in office, shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. Such revenue bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding 6% per annum, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent resolution may provide. Such revenue bonds may be sold, all at one time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private sale, or if refunding bonds may also be delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations to be refunded thereby, in such manner as the incinerator or environmental services authority shall determine by resolution, and at such price or prices, computed according to standard tables of bond values, as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, income at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of obligations surrendered therefor to the incinerator or environmental services authority. L.1948, c.348, s.10; amended 1954, c.185, s.2; 2012, c.31, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-11 - Rights of holders of temporary bonds.

40:66A-11 Rights of holders of temporary bonds.  11. After sale of any revenue bonds pursuant to this act, the incinerator or environmental services authority shall have power to authorize the execution and issuance to the purchasers, pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, of interim certificates therefor or of temporary bonds or other temporary instruments exchangeable for the definitive bonds when prepared, executed and ready for delivery. The holders of such interim certificates, temporary bonds or other temporary instruments shall have all the rights and remedies which they would have as holders of the definitive bonds. L.1948, c.348, s.11; amended 2012, c.31, s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-12 - Publication of bond proceedings.

40:66A-12 Publication of bond proceedings.  12. Any incinerator or environmental services authority may cause to be published in a newspaper published in the district a notice stating the date of adoption of such bond resolution, the amount and maturities of the bonds authorized to be issued, and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the incinerator or environmental services authority, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such notice. If no such action or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted within twenty days after the first publication of such notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the garbage disposal system and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceeding, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the incinerator or environmental services authority, the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.1948, c.348, s.12; amended 2012, c.31, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-13 - Negotiability of bonds or obligations

40:66A-13. Negotiability of bonds or obligations  Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable in the meaning and for all purposes of the law merchant and negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder or owner of such a bond or other obligation, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting such bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such bond, obligation or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of said law merchant and negotiable instruments law. L.1948, c. 348, p. 1367, s. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-16 - Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit.

40:66A-16 Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit.  16. Neither the members of the incinerator or environmental services authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by an incinerator or environmental services authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or municipality. L.1948, c.348, s.16; amended 2012, c.31, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-17 - Real property, acquisition of; condemnation.

40:66A-17 Real property, acquisition of; condemnation.  17. Every incinerator or environmental services authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within or without the district, which may be deemed by the incinerator or environmental services authority necessary for its purposes. Such incinerator or environmental services authority is hereby empowered to acquire and take such real property by condemnation, in the manner provided by chapter one of Title 20, Eminent Domain, of the Revised Statutes (R.S., section 20:1-1 et seq.) and, to that end, may invoke and exercise in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed in said chapter, either in its own name or in the name of any local unit or units, all of the powers of such local unit or units to acquire or take property for public use. L.1948, c.348, s.17; amended 2012, c.31, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-19 - Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to incinerator, environmental services authority; permit.

40:66A-19 Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to incinerator, environmental services authority; permit.  19. 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 without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any incinerator or environmental services authority, or to permit any incinerator or environmental services authority to use, maintain or operate as part of the garbage disposal system, any real or personal property owned by it, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority and which may be accepted by the incinerator or environmental services authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and in any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality or other person and which may be agreed to by the incinerator or environmental services authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of bonds, the incinerator or environmental services authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality or other person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of the garbage disposal system. L.1948, c.348, s.19; amended 2012, c.31, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-21 - Public bodies to pay service charge.

40:66A-21 Public bodies to pay service charge.  21. Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to any incinerator or environmental services authority all service charges which the incinerator or environmental services authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property and shall provide for the payment thereof in the same manner as other obligations of such county, municipality or public body. L.1948, c.348, s.21; amended 2012, c.31, c.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-22 - Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage disposal system; exemptions.

40:66A-22 Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage disposal system; exemptions.  22. Neither the incinerator or environmental services authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the garbage disposal system, except that the incinerator or environmental services authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. All property of an incinerator or environmental services authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an incinerator or environmental services authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an incinerator or environmental services authority on its system revenues. L.1948, c.348, s.22; amended 2012, c.31, c.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-23 - Bonds as legal investments

40:66A-23. 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 institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1948, c. 348, p. 1376, s. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-24 - Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation.

40:66A-24 Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation.  24. Every garbage disposal system and all other property of an incinerator or environmental services authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision thereof. All bonds issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes. L.1948, c.348, s.24; amended 2012, c.31, c.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-25 - Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders.

40:66A-25 Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders.  25. 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 of any incinerator or garbage disposal system which will be competitive with the garbage disposal system of the incinerator or environmental services authority, and will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the incinerator or environmental services authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate its garbage disposal system, and to fix, establish, charge and collect its service charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, and will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until such bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. L.1948, c.348, s.25; amended 2012, c.31, c.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-26 - Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits.

40:66A-26 Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits.  26. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any incinerator or environmental services authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the incinerator or environmental services authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the incinerator or environmental services authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the incinerator or environmental services authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the incinerator or environmental services authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the incinerator or environmental services authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the incinerator or environmental services authority. The deposits of the incinerator or environmental services authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the incinerator or environmental services authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1948, c.348, s.26; amended 2012, c.31, c.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-27 - Municipalities' powers respecting garbage disposal limited after creation of incinerator, environmental services authority; use of services.

40:66A-27 Municipalities' powers respecting garbage disposal limited after creation of incinerator, environmental services authority; use of services.  27. After the creation of an incinerator or environmental services authority as provided herein, no municipality within the district shall have power to engage in, grant any license or permit for, or enter into any contract for, the collection, treatment and disposal of garbage and refuse; and no such municipality, or any person, firm, corporation or association shall engage in any activities within such municipality which would be competitive with the purposes of the incinerator or environmental services authority as provided in this act. It is hereby determined and declared that it is necessary for the health and welfare of the inhabitants of every district within which an incinerator or environmental services authority is created that the facilities and services of such incinerator or environmental services authority shall be used by the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises within such district, and the incinerator or environmental services authority may by resolution require the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises therein to use the services and facilities of the incinerator or environmental services authority under such rules and regulations as the incinerator or environmental services authority shall fix and establish. The provisions of this section shall not be construed, however, to affect or impair any contracts entered into prior to the creation of an incinerator or environmental services authority. L.1948, c.348, s.27; amended 2012, c.31, c.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-28 - Liberal construction

40:66A-28. Liberal construction  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.1948, c.348, p.1379, s.28; amended by L.1968, c. 382, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.