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NJ Rev Stat § 58:4B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4B-9 - Notice of amendments, revisions to municipal master plans.

58:4B-9 Notice of amendments, revisions to municipal master plans.  9. Each municipality represented on the commission shall provide the commission notice of proposed amendments and revisions to municipal master plans, zoning and other ordinances governing land use and development, and applications for specific development projects, and request that the commission review and evaluate the proposed amendment, revision, or application to assess its potential impact upon Lake Hopatcong and its watershed and provide the commission's recommendations for appropriate action thereon. As part of the commission's review and evaluation, the commission shall consider the consistency of the amendment or revision with the Highlands regional master plan, adopted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-8), if it may impact upon or otherwise affect the Highlands preservation area, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), and shall consult with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4), on any such matter. L.2000,c.175,s.9; amended 2004, c.120, s.77.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:4B-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4B-10 - Progress report by commission.

58:4B-10 Progress report by commission.  10. The Lake Hopatcong Commission shall, within 18 months after the date it organizes, prepare a progress report on its activities, and submit it, together with any recommendations for legislation, administrative action, or action by local governments, to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Senate Environment Committee, the Assembly Environment Committee, and the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee or their respective successors. L.2000,c.175,s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:4B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4B-11 - Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board abolished.

58:4B-11 Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board abolished.  11. a. The Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board is abolished. b. All files, papers, and records of the Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board are transferred to the Lake Hopatcong Commission. c. All State and federal appropriations, grants and other moneys available and to become available to the Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board are transferred to the Lake Hopatcong Commission, and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations or other requirements imposed by State or federal law. L.2000,c.175,s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:4B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4B-12 - "Lake Hopatcong Fund."

58:4B-12 "Lake Hopatcong Fund."  12. a. The "Lake Hopatcong Fund" is established as a nonlapsing, revolving fund in the Department of the Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the Lake Hopatcong Commission, and shall be credited with monies received and dedicated to the fund pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C.12:7-73) and subsection b. of this section, and with any interest or other investment income earned on monies in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used to carry out the purposes and objectives of P.L.2000, c.175 (C.58:4B-1 et seq.). b. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any State or federal funds appropriated, allocated, or designated by law, rule, regulation, or otherwise for the protection, preservation, restoration, maintenance, management, or enhancement of Lake Hopatcong shall be deposited in the "Lake Hopatcong Fund" for expenditure in furtherance of the purposes and objectives of P.L.2000, c.175. This section shall not apply to State or federal funds appropriated, allocated, or designated for Lake Hopatcong State Park. L.2000, c.175, s.12; amended 2017, c.301, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:4B-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4B-13 - Appropriations, annual budget requests.

58:4B-13 Appropriations, annual budget requests.  13. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Lake Hopatcong Commission the sum of $3,000,000 to pay for startup costs and to carry out the purposes and objectives of P.L.2000, c.175 (C.58:4B-1 et seq.) in the first year after the date of enactment of P.L.2000, c.175, and any unspent monies after that first year shall be carried forward for use by the commission in future years. Each year after the date of enactment of P.L.2017, c.301, the commission shall submit its annual budget request for funds dedicated to the Lake Hopatcong Fund pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1995, c.401 (C.12:7-73) and sufficient to carry out the purposes and objectives of P.L.2000, c.175 as part of the annual budget request submitted by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury, which shall include it in the budget request submitted annually by the Governor for appropriation by the Legislature. L.2000, c.175, s.13; amended 2017, c.301, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-1 - State divided into two water supply districts; laws applicable

58:5-1. State divided into two water supply districts; laws applicable  The North Jersey water supply district, consisting of the counties of Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Passaic, Morris, Monmouth, Somerset, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Union and Middlesex, and the South Jersey water supply district, consisting of the remaining counties of the state, created and established by an act entitled "An act to create two water supply districts in the state of New Jersey, to be known respectively as the North Jersey water supply district and the South Jersey water supply district," approved March sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen (L.1916, c. 70, p. 128), for the purpose of municipal water supplies, and the commission appointed pursuant to said statute, are continued. Each of said districts shall be entitled to all of the authority and shall be subject to all of the laws of this state concerning water districts so created.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-2 - Petition for appointment of water supply commission

58:5-2. Petition for appointment of water supply commission  The body having charge of the water supply in any municipality may, by resolution, determine that it is in the interests of the municipality that a district water supply commission be appointed for the water supply district wherein the municipality is located for the purpose of developing, acquiring and operating a water supply or a new or additional water supply for the use of the municipality and such other municipalities as may be authorized to join with it according to the terms of this chapter, and that a petition be presented to the governor praying for the appointment of such a commission and setting forth in general terms the location and character of the water supply desired.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-3 - Appointment of commissioners; terms; vacancies.

58:5-3 Appointment of commissioners; terms; vacancies.  58:5-3. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a commission consisting of seven members who shall be residents of the water supply district which they represent and not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party. The commissioners first appointed shall hold office, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years and two for four years. The two commissioners first appointed pursuant to P.L.2001, c.374 shall hold office for four years. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of four years. Each commissioner shall hold his office until his successor has been appointed, and any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for an original appointment. If the senate is not in session at the time of making any such appointment, the governor may make an ad interim appointment for a time extending only until such time as the senate shall convene. Amended 2001, c.374.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-4 - Salaries of commissioners

58:5-4. Salaries of commissioners  Each commissioner shall receive a salary at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum from the time of appointment until the execution of a contract for a water supply with any municipality, which salary shall be accumulative and payable upon the execution of any such contract, and thereafter each commissioner shall receive a salary at the rate of $7,500.00 per annum payable monthly, except the chairman of the commission, chosen as hereinafter provided, who shall receive a salary at the rate of $8,500.00 per annum. Such salaries shall be charged as an expense of the development and operation of any water supply contracted for hereunder. Amended by L.1984, c. 190, s. 1, eff. Nov. 19, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-5 - Name of commissions

58:5-5. Name of commissions  The commission appointed for the North Jersey water supply district shall be known as the North Jersey district water supply commission, and the commission appointed for the South Jersey water supply district shall be known as the South Jersey district water supply commission. Each of said commissions shall have the powers hereinafter provided for.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-6 - Organization of commission; secretary and employees

58:5-6. Organization of commission; secretary and employees  Each said commission shall, as soon as may be after its appointment and qualification, and annually thereafter, organize by the choice of one of its members as chairman, and may from time to time appoint and at its pleasure remove a secretary, counsel and such engineers, assistants, agents, officers and servants as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and may determine their duties and compensation.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-7 - Body corporate; powers

58:5-7. Body corporate; powers  Each said commission, when duly organized, shall be deemed to be and shall become a body corporate with power to sue and be sued, and with the right to acquire, hold, use, lease and dispose of all such property as may be necessary for the uses and purposes for which the commission was created, and with all other necessary powers incident to corporate bodies.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-7.1 - Acceptance of federal grants authorized

58:5-7.1. Acceptance of federal grants authorized  The commission for itself or in behalf of its participating municipalities is authorized to accept grants of funds, grants of material and property from the United States of America, its agencies or instrumentalities, and may comply with any rules or regulations pertaining thereto. L.1945, c. 195, p. 675, s. 2, eff. April 17, 1945.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-8 - Accounts; report

58:5-8. Accounts; report  Said commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall make an annual report thereof to each of the municipalities with which it has a contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-9 - Petition of municipality for water supply; preliminary estimate of cost

58:5-9. Petition of municipality for water supply; preliminary estimate of cost  The board having charge of the water supply of any municipality in a water supply district for which a commission has been appointed as hereinbefore provided may, by resolution, petition the commission for a water supply or a new or additional water supply, and request that a preliminary estimate be made of the cost to the municipality of such supply, and shall agree to pay for the cost or its share of the cost of the preliminary estimate.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-10 - Hearing on proposition; notice

58:5-10. Hearing on proposition; notice  Upon the filing of such petition, the district water supply commission shall, after obtaining the consent of the state water policy commission, or its successor, to the diversion of waters for such water supply, as required by section 58:1-17 of this title, fix a time and place for a public hearing upon the application, and shall thereupon give notice of such hearing by publication by one insertion in at least one newspaper printed and published in each of the counties lying within the water supply district at least fifteen days prior to the hearing, at which hearing all persons and municipalities affected by the proposed plans may be heard for or against the granting of the application.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-11 - Other municipalities may join

58:5-11. Other municipalities may join  Upon said hearing any municipality appearing may signify its desire to acquire such existing water supply or to obtain such new or additional water supply, and its willingness to join with other municipalities to that end, and to bear its share of the preliminary expenses, and shall at the same time state the quantity of water which it desires.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-12 - Plans for water supply; estimated cost; report; form of contract.

58:5-12 Plans for water supply; estimated cost; report; form of contract.  58:5-12. The district water supply commission shall thereupon proceed to formulate plans for obtaining a water supply or a new or additional water supply for the municipality and any other municipalities that may desire water from such joint water supply, as provided for herein, and to estimate the cost thereof, the annual cost of operating the same, the probable share of the cost which each of the municipalities will be called upon to pay for its share of water supply and plant used in common with the other municipalities, and the cost of any distribution system, water supply or plant acquired or constructed for its individual use, and shall report the plans to the municipalities, together with a form of contract, providing for the raising and payment of the necessary funds to meet the cost of acquisition and operation. If the plans to be formulated pursuant to this section involve obtaining water from the Highlands Region, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), the district water supply commission shall consult with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4) prior to moving forward with any such plans or entering into any such contracts. The provisions of section 16 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-16) shall apply to the district water supply commission. Amended 2004, c.120, s.78.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-13 - Action of municipality on contract; time; extension

58:5-13. Action of municipality on contract; time; extension  With the submission of its preliminary report and form of contract to the municipalities interested, the commission shall notify the municipalities of a time, which shall be not less than thirty days from the delivery of the notice at the office of the clerk of the respective municipalities, within which the municipalities shall respectively, through the board or body having charge of its water supply, submit suggested modifications to such form of contract, or signify their acceptance thereof or their intention to withdraw from further participation in the proposed development or acquisition. The commission may extend the time for municipal action, hereinbefore or hereinafter required, beyond the time fixed by it in any such notice.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-14 - Redrafted contract; submission; resubmission

58:5-14. Redrafted contract; submission; resubmission  If such suggested modifications, the failure of any municipality to signify its acceptance of the contract, or the withdrawal of any municipality from further participation, necessitates the redrafting of the contract, the commission shall proceed so to do and shall submit the redrafted contract to the remaining municipalities, notifying them of a time, which shall not be less than fifteen days from the delivery of the notice at the office of the clerk of the respective municipalities, within which they shall signify their acceptance of the modified contract. Such process shall be continued by the resubmission of modified contracts for the consideration of which not less than fifteen days, as herein above provided, shall be allowed, until a form of contract has been agreed upon by the commission and one or more municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-15 - Duties of municipalities upon acceptance of contract; failure of municipality to act

58:5-15. Duties of municipalities upon acceptance of contract; failure of municipality to act  When said final form of contract shall have been accepted by all of the municipalities which are parties thereto, each of the municipalities shall forthwith introduce the proper ordinances or resolutions necessary to appropriate the moneys required to carry out the contract, and to authorize the execution thereof and take final action thereon as soon as it lawfully may. If any of the municipalities shall fail so to make the appropriations and to authorize the execution of the contract, the commission may, in its discretion, either take appropriate action to bring about the making of the appropriation and the execution of the contract by the municipality, or it may consider the project to have been abandoned by the municipality so failing and redraft the contract and submit the contract so redrafted to the remaining municipalities for action thereon as herein above provided in the case of the submission of modifications of the contract originally submitted.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-16 - Powers of commission in carrying out contracts

58:5-16. Powers of commission in carrying out contracts  Upon the execution of said contract, the district water supply commission shall forthwith proceed to carry out the same. For such purpose the commission may, in its own corporate name, but at the expense of the contracting municipalities as herein provided, acquire by purchase or condemnation any part or all of the water plant, water rights, easements, distribution system or other property of any existing private corporation or of any water company, including any contracts which said corporation or water company may have with any municipal or other corporation for the supply of water and may carry out said contracts. The commission may acquire by purchase or condemnation lands, easements, rights of way, water rights and all other property and rights needful for the construction of any reservoir or the obtaining of any water supply, or the laying of any pipes or mains, or the doing of any work, necessary for the acquisition, construction or operation of such water supply. The commission may construct or cause to be constructed such reservoirs, pipe lines, mains, pumping or filtration plant, standpipes, tunnels, buildings or other structures, machinery and appliances as may be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, and may hire all employees and purchase all materials necessary for such purpose, and shall have all other powers necessary or proper to provide all of the contracting municipalities in the water supply district with a sufficient water supply, including the right to contract with any municipality, corporation, person or other district water supply commission for the purchase, sale or exchange of any water, lands or other property, but the commission or any municipality shall not enter into any new contracts for the sale or delivery of water to any corporation, firm or person for use within the limits of any other municipality without the written approval and consent of such other municipality. The commission may also arrange the exchange of lands and of water rights and water in any watershed in the district between any of the municipalities of the district by contract with the municipalities interested.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-17 - Condemnation; proceedings upon refusal of money tendered for property taken; payment into court; withdrawal

58:5-17. Condemnation; proceedings upon refusal of money tendered for property taken; payment into court; withdrawal  Any district water supply commission instituting an action for the acquisition of land or other property under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter one of the Title, Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), may upon offer made to and refused by the owner of such property of such sum of money as in the opinion of the commission is the reasonable value of the property, pay the sum of money so offered into the Superior Court, there to await the determination of the action. Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any property devoted to or held for any public use by any board, commission or agency of this State, municipality or county of this State, or by any public utility as the same is defined by section 48:2-13 of the Title, Public Utilities. The payment of such sum into the court shall operate to stop the running of interest upon any award thereafter made to the amount of such deposit and upon said payment the condemning party may forthwith enter in and upon the property sought to be acquired in the same manner and with like power as though the action in condemnation had been completed. If, during the pendency of the action in condemnation, a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for the rights and interests sought to be condemned shall be executed and delivered to the authority seeking to condemn, the owners may forthwith apply to the court for the withdrawal of said funds. Amended by L.1945, c. 195, p. 674, s. 1; L.1953, c. 54, p. 953, s. 7.