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NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-34 - Repeal section

40:14A-34. Repeal section  Article three of chapter sixty-three of Title 40, Municipalities and Counties, of the Revised Statutes (R.S. s. 40:63-140 et seq.), is hereby repealed. L.1946, c. 138, p. 673, s. 34, eff. April 23, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-35 - Liberal construction, independent authority; exceptions.

40:14A-35 Liberal construction, independent authority; exceptions.  35. Except as provided in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.290 (C.40:14A-4.2), P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.) shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and a sewerage authority shall not be subject to regulation as to its service charges or as to any other matter whatsoever by any officer, board, agency, commission or other office of the State. L.1946, c.138, s.35; amended 2017, c.290, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-36 - Jurisdiction, rights of State agencies unaffected.

40:14A-36 Jurisdiction, rights of State agencies unaffected.  36. Nothing herein contained shall in any way affect or limit the jurisdiction or rights of the State Department of Health and Senior Services, Interstate Environmental Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission or Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners; or impair the obligations assumed by any municipality included in any district created under this act in any contract made prior to the creation of such district, with one or more other municipalities or with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners. L.1946,c.138,s.36; amended 2000, c.6, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-37 - Severability clause

40:14A-37. Severability clause  If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act in any one or more instances or under any one or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance. L.1946, c. 138, p. 674, s. 37, eff. April 23, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-38 - Findings, declarations relative to utility improvements for sewers

40:14A-38. Findings, declarations relative to utility improvements for sewers  1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. It is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety that sewerage authorities review and approve plans for utility improvements which developers will convey to sewerage authorities or which will serve more than one user or service unit; b. Changes in the operation and lending procedures of financial institutions have significantly restricted the amount of financing available for development activities prior to the initiation of construction; c. It is in the public interest to improve regulatory efficiency through standardized sewerage authority procedures; d. The public interest is best served through the use of standardized procedures to govern the approval and installation of utility improvements which are consistent with and follow the accepted procedures established in the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.11,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-39 - Definitions relative to utility improvements for sewers

40:14A-39. Definitions relative to utility improvements for sewers  2. As used in sections 3 through 8 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40 through C.40:14A-45), "developer" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, and who is submitting an application for the installation of utility improvements pursuant to P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-38 et al.). For the purposes of sections 1 through 8 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-38 through C.40:14A-45), "chief financial officer" means the authority official designated by Board of Commissioners to be responsible for the proper administration of the finances of the authority under the Local Bond Law, Local Fiscal Affairs Law, the Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law, the Local Public Contracts Law, and such other statutes, and such rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, the Local Finance Board, or any other State agency as may pertain to the financial administration of the authority. L.1999,c.11,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-42 - Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement

40:14A-42. Maintenance, performance guarantee; cash requirement  5. A sewerage authority shall not require that a maintenance guarantee required pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40) be in cash or that more than 10% of a performance guarantee pursuant to that section be in cash. A developer may, however, provide at his option some or all of a maintenance guarantee in cash, or more than 10% of a performance guarantee in cash. L.1999,c.11,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-44 - Estimate of cost of installation of improvements

40:14A-44. Estimate of cost of installation of improvements  7. The cost of the installation of improvements for the purposes of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40) shall be estimated by the sewerage authority engineer or by the applicant's engineer based on documented construction costs for public improvements prevailing in the general area of the sewerage authority. Any estimate prepared by the applicant's engineer shall be subject to approval by the sewerage authority engineer. The developer may appeal the sewerage authority engineer's estimate or decision to the county construction board of appeals established under section 9 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-127). L.1999,c.11,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-45 - Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit

40:14A-45. Acceptance of performance, maintenance guarantee which is irrevocable letter of credit  8. The sewerage authority shall, for the purposes of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40), accept a performance guarantee or maintenance guarantee which is an irrevocable letter of credit if it: a. Constitutes an unconditional payment obligation of the issuer running solely to the sewerage authority for an express initial period of time in the amount determined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c.11 (C.40:14A-40); b. Is issued by a banking or savings institution authorized to do and doing business in this State; c. Is for a period of time of at least one year; and d. Permits the sewerage authority to draw upon the letter of credit if the obligor fails to furnish another letter of credit which complies with the provisions of this section 30 days or more in advance of the expiration date of the letter of credit or such longer period in advance thereof as is stated in the letter of credit. L.1999,c.11,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-1 - Citation

40:14B-1. Citation  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "municipal and county utilities authorities law." L.1957, c. 183, p. 634, s. 1, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 2, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-2 - Policy

40:14B-2. Policy  It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the provision and distribution of an adequate supply of water for the public and private uses of counties and municipalities and their inhabitants, the collection, disposal and recycling of solid waste, including sewage sludge, in an environmentally sound manner, the relief of lands and waters in or bordering the State from pollution, from domestic, industrial and other sources, including pollution derived from chemical and hazardous wastes, and thus the reduction and ultimate abatement of the menace to the public health resulting from such pollution, and the generation of hydroelectric power. It is the purpose and object of this act to further and implement such policy by (1) Authorizing counties, or municipalities either separately or in combination with other municipalities, by means and through the agency of a municipal authority, to acquire, construct, maintain, operate or improve works for the accumulation, supply or distribution of water, works for the collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of solid wastes, works for the collection, treatment, purification or disposal of sewage or other wastes, and works for the generation of hydroelectric power; (2) Authorizing service charges to occupants or owners of property for direct or indirect connection with and the use, products or services of such works, and providing for the establishment, collection and enforcement of such charges; (3) Creating as bodies corporate and politic municipal authorities to have full responsibility and powers with respect to such works and the establishment, collection, enforcement, use and disposition of all such service charges; (4) Providing for the financing of such works, for the issuance of bonds therefor, and for the payment and security of such bonds; and (5) In general, granting to counties and municipalities and to such municipal authorities discretionary powers to provide for utility services designed to provide or distribute such a supply of water, to recycle or dispose of solid waste, to relieve pollution of such waters in or bordering the State at the expense of the users of such services or of counties or municipalities or other persons contracting for or with respect to the same or to generate hydroelectric power. L.1957, c. 183, p. 634, s. 2, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 3, eff. Feb. 10, 1978; L.1980, c. 34, s. 2, eff. June 6, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-4.1 - Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted

40:14B-4.1. Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a utilities authority created pursuant to sections 4, 5 or 6 of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-4 et seq.) by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, may change its name to "the . . . . . . water reclamation authority," with all or any significant part of a municipality, county or some other identifying geographical phrase inserted, as appropriate, through adoption of a resolution at any meeting of the authority. L.2001, c.123, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-7 - Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution

40:14B-7. Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution  A copy of each resolution or ordinance for the creation of a municipal authority or resolution or ordinance for the reorganization of a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority as a municipal authority adopted pursuant to this act, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon proof of such filing of a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance or of certified copies of the parallel ordinances for the creation of a municipal authority as aforesaid or of a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance for the reorganization of a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority as a municipal authority as aforesaid, the municipal authority therein referred to shall, in any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract or obligation or act of the municipal authority, be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly created, organized and established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this act. A copy of any such certified resolution or ordinance, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper filing thereof as aforesaid. L.1957, c. 183, p. 642, s. 7, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 7, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-8 - Filing of resolution appointing authority member

40:14B-8. Filing of resolution appointing authority member  A copy of each resolution appointing any member of a municipal authority adopted pursuant to this act, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, may be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A copy of such certified resolution, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding and, except in a suit, action or proceeding directly questioning such appointment, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the member or members named therein. L.1957, c. 183, p. 642, s. 8, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-9 - Single authority

40:14B-9. Single authority  No governing body of any county which may create any municipal authority pursuant to this act or which records the reorganization of any preexisting sewerage authority or county sewer authority as a municipal authority pursuant to this act, shall thereafter create any other municipal authority or a sewerage authority. No governing body (1) of any county which shall have created any sewerage authority or any county sewer authority, or (2) of a municipality constituting the whole or any part of the district of a municipal authority or of the district of a sewerage authority, or (3) of any municipality constituting the whole or any part of the sewerage district of a county sewer authority which shall have entered into a contract or contracts with such municipality, shall create or join in the creation of a municipal authority or a sewerage authority except subject to the rights (if any) of the holders of any bonds or other obligations of such other authority then outstanding and upon the written consent of such other authority and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such consent, and in the event such consent be given and a municipal authority or sewerage authority be created pursuant thereto, the terms and conditions of such consent shall thereafter be in all respects binding upon the municipal authority or sewerage authority so created and the county or municipality creating or joining in the creation of the same, and any water supply or distribution system, solid waste system, system of sewers or sewage disposal plants or hydroelectric system constructed or maintained in conformity with the terms and conditions of such consent by the municipal authority or sewerage authority so created shall be deemed not to be competitive with the utility system of the said other authority giving such consent. L.1957, c. 183, p. 642, s. 9, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 8, eff. Feb. 10, 1978; L.1980, c. 34, s. 5, eff. June 6, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-10 - Limited area

40:14B-10. Limited area  In the event that prior to the creation of a municipal authority of a county the governing body of any municipality located in said county shall have created or joined in the creation of a municipal authority or a sewerage authority, the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall not be part of the district of the municipal authority of said county. L.1957, c. 183, p. 643, s. 10, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-11 - Election of municipalities within county to become part of county district

40:14B-11. Election of municipalities within county to become part of county district  Within 10 days after the filing in the office of the Secretary of State of a certified copy of a resolution for the creation of a municipal authority adopted by the governing body of any county pursuant to this act, a copy of such resolution, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the county, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each municipality within the county. In the event that the governing body of any such municipality shall, within 60 days after such filing in the office of the Secretary of State, adopt a resolution determining that such municipality shall not be a part of the district of such municipal authority and file a copy thereof, duly certified by its clerk, in the office of the Secretary of State, the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall not thereafter be part of such district, but at any time after the adoption of such resolution unless such municipality shall then constitute the whole or any part of any other district, the governing body of such municipality may, by ordinance duly adopted, determine that such area shall again be a part of such district of such municipal authority and if thereafter a copy of such ordinance duly certified by the appropriate officer of such municipality, together with a certified copy of a resolution of such municipal authority approving such ordinance, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, then from and after such filing the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall again be part of such district. L.1957, c. 183, p. 643, s. 11, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-12 - Separations from districts

40:14B-12. Separations from districts  The governing body of any municipality constituting less than the whole of the district of a municipal authority may at any time adopt an ordinance requesting that such municipality shall no longer be a part of such district, and if thereafter a copy of such ordinance duly certified by the appropriate officer of such municipality, together with a certified copy of a resolution of such municipal authority approving and consenting to such ordinance and stating either that such municipal authority has no debts or obligations outstanding or that all creditors or other obligees of such municipal authority have consented to such ordinance, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, then from and after such filing the area within the territorial limits of such municipality shall not be part of such district. L.1957, c. 183, p. 644, s. 12, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-13 - Dissolution of authority

40:14B-13. Dissolution of authority  The governing body of any local unit which has created or caused the organization of a municipal authority pursuant to section 4 or section 6 of this act may, in the case of a county by resolution duly adopted or in the case of a municipality by ordinance duly adopted, dissolve such municipal authority on the conditions set forth in this section. The governing bodies of 2 or more local units which have created a municipal authority pursuant to section 5 of this act may, by parallel ordinances duly adopted by each of such governing bodies within any single calendar year, dissolve such municipal authority on the conditions set forth in this section. Such a municipal authority may be dissolved on condition that (1) either the members of such authority have not been appointed or the municipal authority, by resolution duly adopted, consents to such dissolution, and (2) the municipal authority has no debts or obligations outstanding. Upon the dissolution of any municipal authority in the manner provided in this section, the governing body or bodies dissolving such municipal authority shall be deemed never to have created or joined in the creation of a municipal authority. A copy of each resolution or ordinance for the dissolution of a municipal authority adopted pursuant to this section, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon proof of such filing of a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance or of certified copies of the parallel ordinances for the dissolution of a municipal authority as aforesaid and upon proof either that such municipal authority had no debts or obligations outstanding at the time of the adoption of such resolution, ordinance or ordinances, or that all creditors or other obligees of such municipal authority have consented to such resolution, ordinance or ordinances the municipal authority therein referred to shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and properly dissolved and the property of the municipal authority shall be vested in the local unit or units. A copy of any such certified resolution or ordinance, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding, and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper filing thereof as aforesaid. L.1957, c. 183, p. 645, s. 13, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.