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NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-4 - $10,000 salary

58:14-4. $10,000 salary  58:14-4. Each of the commissioners shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially execute and perform the duties imposed upon him by law, and shall cause the same to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The commissioners shall each receive for service under this chapter an annual salary of $10,000.00, payable in equal monthly installments, and they shall receive no other compensation than that herein provided. Amended by L. 1953,c.370; 1975,c.153; 1987,c.337.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-5 - Commissioners not to be interested in contracts; removal of offender; contracts void

58:14-5. Commissioners not to be interested in contracts; removal of offender; contracts void  No commissioner shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract awarded under the provisions of this chapter, nor in furnishing materials or supplies therefor to any contractor, nor in furnishing security for the performance of any contract. If at any time it shall appear to the satisfaction of the governor that any commissioner is or has been so interested, or is or has been a stockholder in any corporation furnishing material or supplies to any contractor for work done or to be done under the provisions of this chapter, or that he is the owner of any lands or water or water rights taken or to be taken or used in or for the construction of any work under the provisions of this chapter, or a stockholder in any corporation owning or leasing any such lands or waters or water rights, the governor shall remove such commissioner from office forthwith, and all contracts made by the commissioners wherein any such commissioner shall have been interested, directly or indirectly, as aforesaid, or otherwise, shall thereupon become and be null and void, and no further payments on account thereof shall be made by the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-6 - Annual organization; officers, agents and employees

58:14-6. Annual organization; officers, agents and employees  The commissioners shall annually on the first Tuesday in May organize by the choice of a chairman and a vice chairman, who shall be members of the board, and a treasurer and a clerk, who may or may not be members of the board. The commissioners may, from time to time, appoint such other officers, attorneys, agents, engineers, employees and assistants as they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and may prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and remove them at pleasure.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-6.1 - Group hospital service; deductions

58:14-6.1. Group hospital service; deductions  Whenever the employees of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners shall have formed themselves into a group for the purpose of obtaining the advantages of a group plan for any hospital service and have filed with said commissioners written petition and authorizations signed by the employees, said commissioners may by resolution authorize the deductions specified in the written petition and authorizations of the payment thereof. L.1956, c. 103, p. 478, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-6.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-6.2 - Premium payments by Commissioners permissive

58:14-6.2. Premium payments by Commissioners permissive  Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners may pay as additional compensation to the individual members of the group a part or all of the premium or charge for such hospital service plan provided, however, that anything herein contained shall not be construed as compelling Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to pay such premium or part thereof. L.1956, c. 103, p. 478, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-7 - Discharge of sewage or other polluting matter into certain waters prohibited; enforcement

58:14-7. Discharge of sewage or other polluting matter into certain waters prohibited; enforcement  No sewage or other polluting matter shall be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the waters of the Passaic river at any point between the Great falls in the city of Paterson and the mouth of said river at Newark bay, or into the waters of any of the tributaries of said river which empty into it between said points, and the commissioners may enforce the provisions of this chapter over and throughout all municipalities which may, or the inhabitants of which may, directly or indirectly, discharge sewage or other polluting matter into said waters. The commissioners may institute in their corporate name such civil actions as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this section, and the Superior Court is hereby vested with jurisdiction to enforce said provisions by such actions brought by the commissioners. The court may proceed in such actions in a summary manner or otherwise. Amended by L.1953, c. 54, p. 963, s. 32.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-8 - Discharge of sewage or certain other matter, articles or substances into enumerated waters prohibited; penalty

58:14-8. Discharge of sewage or certain other matter, articles or substances into enumerated waters prohibited; penalty  No sewage, waste matter, article or substance, liquid or solid, of any kind which creates odors, gases or fumes, due to the putrefaction of organic matter or the presence of chemicals, or results in the presence of oil or grease on the surface of the waters of the Passaic river, or its tributaries, shall be placed or discharged, or be permitted to be placed or discharged, into the waters of said river between the points designated in section 58:14-7 of this title, or into its tributaries so designated. Whoever, other than a municipal corporation, after not less than ten days' nor more than six months' notice by the commissioners, violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and a further penalty of twenty-five dollars a day for each day the offense is continued, to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-9 - Municipalities may request commissioners to prepare plans and estimates for construction of intercepting sewers

58:14-9. Municipalities may request commissioners to prepare plans and estimates for construction of intercepting sewers  The governing body or board having charge of finances of any municipality, lying in whole or in part within the district may, by resolution, determine that it is advisable and to the interest of the municipality, in order to comply with the provisions of this chapter, to cause the sewage and other polluting matter discharging or which may be discharged into the waters of the Passaic river from its territory within the district to be intercepted by a trunk or main intercepting sewer or sewers and to be conducted to a safe and proper place for discharge and disposal thereat, and may, by said resolution, request the commissioners to prepare and submit maps, plans and specifications for the construction of a joint trunk or main intercepting sewer or sewers and the necessary works for the conduct, discharge and disposal of sewage and other polluting matter as aforesaid, together with an estimate of the probable cost of such construction, and the operation and maintenance thereof, and of obtaining the necessary property rights for said construction, and an estimate of the sewage capacity in said trunk sewer or sewers required by each municipality lying in whole or in part within the district, and also an estimate of the proportion of said cost of construction, as near as may be, which would be apportioned to each of said municipalities, upon the basis expressed in section 58:14-13 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-10 - Payment of preliminary expenses by municipality

58:14-10. Payment of preliminary expenses by municipality  The municipality making such request shall, in and by said resolution, agree to pay the commissioners the cost, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, of preparing the maps, plans, specifications and estimates so requested, and shall, at the time of making such request, pay as part of said expenses the sum of five thousand dollars to the commissioners. Such municipality, acting by the body or board having charge of its finances, may, at its discretion, by resolution, agree also to advance and pay to the commissioners for their use in making further investigations and preparing detail plans and specifications, moneys in installments or otherwise, not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, and if more than one municipality lying in whole or in part within the district agree to advance and pay moneys to the commissioners for said purposes, the amount of moneys so to be advanced and paid by said municipalities shall not exceed, in the aggregate, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Money so to be paid by a municipality may be appropriated and paid from any fund or balance not otherwise appropriated, and may be raised by temporary loans, notes or bonds, and shall be repaid to it, with interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, when the contract shall have been entered into for the building of said sewer, plant or works as hereinafter provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-11 - Preparation and delivery of plans and estimates to municipalities; records

58:14-11. Preparation and delivery of plans and estimates to municipalities; records  Upon receiving a copy of such resolution authenticated by the clerk or other like officer of one or more of such municipalities, the commissioners shall forthwith prepare the maps, plans, specifications and estimates so requested, and copies thereof shall be delivered by the clerk of the commissioners to each of the clerks or other like officers of all the municipalities lying in whole or in part within the district. An accurate record of the time and manner of the delivery by him of such copies to the clerks of such municipalities shall be made by the clerk of the commissioners and entered upon the minutes of the commissioners. A like record shall be kept by the clerks of the municipalities and be entered upon the minutes of the boards or bodies having charge of the finances in such municipalities respectively. The commissioners, in preparing the maps, plans and specifications as herein provided, and in making the estimate of the sewage capacity required for each municipality, shall have regard both to the area and population to be provided for, making provision, however, for not more than ten per cent of the factory waste and excluding all waste from gas works and all substances or discharges which may injuriously affect the integrity of the sewer when constructed.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-12 - Contracts for construction, maintenance and operation of intercepting sewer; contents

58:14-12. Contracts for construction, maintenance and operation of intercepting sewer; contents  Any two or more of said municipalities, at any time after the expiration of three months from the date of the delivery of copies of the maps, plans, specifications and estimates as aforesaid, may, by resolution of their governing bodies or boards having charge of their finances, enter into a contract in writing with each other and with the commissioners, in their corporate capacities, for the construction, maintenance and operation of said sewer, plant and works, with the appurtenances, or of so much thereof as may be necessary and appropriate for the contracting municipalities, together with works, machinery, appliances and other things requisite or useful for the purposes to be accomplished by the intercepting sewer, and for the purchase of lands, rights in lands and other property requisite or useful therefor. The contract herein authorized shall generally describe the route, line, size and capacity of such intercepting sewer and shall fix the percentage of the capacity therein, to the use of which each of the contracting municipalities shall be entitled, together with the percentage of the cost and expense of construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the same to be paid by each of the contracting municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-13 - Apportionment of cost of construction; valuation of taxable property

58:14-13. Apportionment of cost of construction; valuation of taxable property  The cost of the construction of said sewer, plant and works shall in the contract be apportioned to the respective contracting municipalities in such proportion as the taxable property, real and personal, within so much of the municipality so contracting as is embraced in the sewerage district bears to the total amount of taxable property, real and personal, within so much of all the municipalities so contracting as is embraced within the sewerage district, as returned and certified by the respective taxing boards and taxing officers of the municipalities for the year one thousand nine hundred and seven. For said purpose, all taxable property, real and personal, shall be assessed at its true value and each assessor, taxing board and taxing officer for the several municipalities so contracting shall examine, compute and determine, and certify to the commissioners on or before the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the amount of taxable property, real and personal, assessed for the year one thousand nine hundred and seven to and upon persons and property within so much of the several municipalities so contracting as lie within the district. The books of each of said assessors, taxing boards and taxing officers shall at all times be open for examination to the commissioners and to the contracting municipalities, and their officers and agents, for the purpose of examining, checking and verifying said certificates.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-14 - Provision for increase of sewer capacity

58:14-14. Provision for increase of sewer capacity  In case any contracting municipality shall request sewage capacity in excess of what would be allotted to it for sewage, including ten per cent of factory waste, provision may be made in the contract for the enlargement of the sewer, plant and works, in order to accommodate and dispose of a larger quantity of factory waste, such increase in accommodation to be made at the expense of the municipality making requisition therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-15 - Annual apportionment of cost of maintenance, repair and operation

58:14-15. Annual apportionment of cost of maintenance, repair and operation  The cost of maintenance, repair and operation of said sewer, plant and works shall, by the terms of the contract, be apportioned annually to the respective municipalities entering into the contract, according to the amount of sewage delivered or discharged by them respectively into any sewer or other receptacle provided or constructed by the commissioners for the reception of the same. Included in the cost of operation shall be an amount to compensate any municipality for the loss of real estate taxes which would be due otherwise on the land exempted from taxation for the location thereon of a sewer plant serving other municipalities. The annual lost real estate taxes shall be calculated by applying the general tax rate of the municipality to the assessed value of the lands so exempted. The assessed value of such exempt lands shall be determined by multiplying the number of acres and the average assessed value per acre of taxable lands contiguous to the exempt land. The moneys received by the commissioners for this purpose shall be paid annually by them to the municipality in which the sewer plant is located. Amended by L.1975, c. 254, s. 1, eff. Nov. 25, 1975; L.1979, c. 40, s. 1, eff. March 14, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-15.1 - Installment payments for cost of maintenance, repair and operation

58:14-15.1. Installment payments for cost of maintenance, repair and operation  Payments by municipalities to the commissioners pursuant to any contract entered into for the cost of maintenance, repair and operation of a sewer, plant or works constructed by the commissioners, shall be made in equal quarterly installments on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year. L.1982, c. 92, s. 1, eff. July 28, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-16 - Contract provisions as to construction, repair and operation; purchase of lands

58:14-16. Contract provisions as to construction, repair and operation; purchase of lands  The contract shall provide for the construction by the commissioners of an intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, reasonably sufficient in size and capacity to intercept and dispose of sewage and other polluting matter of the contracting municipalities for the present, and, so far as can be estimated and foreseen, for the future, and the sewer or sewers, plant and works may differ substantially in details from the preliminary maps, plans, specifications and estimates submitted to the municipalities as hereinbefore directed. The several contracting municipalities and the commissioners are hereby vested with absolute discretion in the determination of the size and capacity of each such intercepting sewer, plant and works. The contract shall also provide for the building, repair, operation, maintenance and cleaning of any such intercepting sewer, plant and works, and for the purchase of the necessary lands, rights in land and other property by the commissioners, and for the payment of the cost and expense thereof by the several contracting municipalities to the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-17 - Items included in cost of construction

58:14-17. Items included in cost of construction  The total cost and expense of constructing said intercepting sewer, plant and works shall include the expenses of the commissioners incurred prior to March eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and not otherwise provided for, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, also the cost of preliminary maps, plans, specifications and estimates herein referred to, also the salary or other compensation of the commissioners up to the completion of such intercepting sewer, plant and works, together with all incidental expenses of maintaining their corporate organization and of clerical and engineering services, and the reasonable compensation of counsel which they are hereby authorized to employ.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-18 - Items included in cost of maintenance, repairs and operation

58:14-18. Items included in cost of maintenance, repairs and operation  The cost and expense of maintaining, repairing and operating said intercepting sewer, works and plant, shall include the salaries or other compensation of the commissioners, also charges for clerical and engineering services, compensation of counsel and incidental expenses of maintaining their corporate organization.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-19 - Contracting municipalities to exercise powers of eminent domain

58:14-19. Contracting municipalities to exercise powers of eminent domain  In all the contracts to be made between the municipalities and the commissioners pursuant to the terms of this chapter, the several municipalities so contracting shall undertake and agree, upon the request of the commissioners, to exercise and put in operation all their powers of eminent domain for the condemnation of lands, rights in lands and other property for the benefit of such joint enterprise, either within or outside the territory of such contracting municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-20 - Commissioners may acquire and condemn lands; construction and operation of sewer

58:14-20. Commissioners may acquire and condemn lands; construction and operation of sewer  Upon the making of the contract hereby authorized, the commissioners may, in their own corporate name, purchase and acquire all lands, and rights and interest in lands, either within or outside the territory of the joint contracting municipalities, which may be necessary for the construction of such intercepting sewer and its appurtenances, and for this purpose may condemn the same in the manner provided by the general laws of this state relating to the condemnation of lands for public use, and may construct, maintain and operate such intercepting sewer and its appurtenances, together with all works, machinery, appliances and other things requisite or useful for the purposes to be accomplished by the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-21 - Location of sewer; entry upon and digging up of streets, etc.

58:14-21. Location of sewer; entry upon and digging up of streets, etc.  The commissioners, in the execution of said works, may construct said intercepting sewer and the necessary appurtenances thereto to the point or points of discharge and disposal determined by the contract, and for this purpose may pass through or partly through territory situated within the bounds of any municipality, whether or not it is one of those contracting with it for the construction of said works, and they may construct any such intercepting sewer and its appurtenances along, under and over any watercourse, or under or over or along or across any street, turnpike, road, railroad, highway or other way, or public park or grounds, and in or upon private or public land under water, in such way and manner, however, as not unnecessarily to obstruct or impede travel or navigation, and may enter upon and dig up any street, highway or private or public land for the purpose of constructing said works and appurtenances and for repairing and maintaining the same, and in a general way may do all other acts and things necessary, convenient and proper in connection with the making and maintaining of the improvement contemplated by the provisions of this chapter. The highways dug up and disturbed shall be restored to their former condition as near as may be.