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NJ Rev Stat § 40:14-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14-24 - Individual flood control action by county or municipality

40:14-24. Individual flood control action by county or municipality  The establishment of any commission in accordance with this act shall in no way impair or diminish the powers of any municipality or county to act individually or severally in preventing or alleviating floods. L.1971, c. 316, s. 9, eff. Sept. 14, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-1 - Citation of act

40:14A-1. Citation of act  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "sewerage authorities law." L.1946, c. 138, p. 639, s. 1, eff. April 23, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-2 - Declaration of policy; purpose

40:14A-2. Declaration of policy; purpose  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 relief of waters in or bordering the State from pollution and thus to reduce and ultimately abate the menace to the public health resulting from such pollution. 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 sewerage authority, to acquire, construct, maintain, operate or improve works for the collection, treatment, purification or disposal of sewage or other wastes, and, if necessary, works for the impounding, transportation and release of water for the replenishment in periods of drought or at other necessary times of all or a part of waters in or bordering the State diverted into a sewer, sewage treatment or sewage disposal system operated by the sewerage authority; (2) Authorizing service charges to occupants or owners of property for direct or indirect connection with and the use or services of such works, and providing for the establishment, collection and enforcement of such charges; (3) Creating as a body corporate and politic sewerage 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 sewerage authorities discretionary powers to provide for sewerage services designed to relieve pollution of such waters 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. L.1946, c. 138, p. 639, s. 2. Amended by L.1951, c. 127, p. 543, s. 1; L.1953, c. 177, p. 1456, s. 2, eff. May 29, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-4.1 - Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted

40:14A-4.1. Name change to water reclamation authority, permitted  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, ruleor regulation to the contrary, an authority created pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-4) 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.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-6 - Sewers; acquisition; operation

40:14A-6. Sewers; acquisition; operation  (a) The purposes of every sewerage authority shall be the relief of waters in or bordering the State from pollution arising from causes within the district and the relief of waters in, bordering or entering the district from pollution or threatened pollution, and the consequent improvement of conditions affecting the public health. (b) Every sewerage authority is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the limitations of this act, to acquire, in its own name but for the local unit or units, by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, and, notwithstanding the provisions of any charter, ordinance or resolution of any county or municipality to the contrary, to construct, maintain, operate and use such trunk, intercepting and outlet sewers, conduits, pipelines, pumping and ventilating stations, treatment plants or works at such places within or without the district, such compensating reservoirs within the county in which the district lies, and such other plants, structures, boats and conveyances, as in the judgment of the sewerage authority will provide an effective and satisfactory method for promoting the purposes of the sewerage authority. (c) Every sewerage authority is hereby authorized and directed, when in its judgment its sewerage system or any part thereof will permit, to collect from any and all public systems within the district all sewage and treat and dispose of the same in such manner as to promote the purposes of the sewerage authority. L.1946, c. 138, p. 648, s. 6. Amended by L.1951, c. 127, p. 555, s. 5; L.1953, c. 177, p. 1460, s. 4, eff. May 29, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-7.1 - Audit of accounts of sewerage authority annually; filing

40:14A-7.1. Audit of accounts of sewerage authority annually; filing  It shall be the duty of every "sewerage authority," created pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the authority to be made and filed with the authority, and for this purpose the authority shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of the fiscal year of the authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury within five days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.1952, c. 301, p. 1016, s. 1, eff. June 12, 1952.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-7.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-7.2 - Certified copies of bond resolutions and proceedings; filing

40:14A-7.2. Certified copies of bond resolutions and proceedings; filing  Every such "sewerage authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in addition shall file a certified copy of all bond proceedings with the said director. L.1952, c. 301, p. 1016, s. 2, eff. June 12, 1952.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-7.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-7.3 - Interest on deposits with sewerage authorities

40:14A-7.3. Interest on deposits with sewerage authorities  Whenever a sewerage authority requires a person to deposit an amount of money exceeding $5,000.00 for professional services employed by the sewerage authority, for sewerage authority inspection fees or to satisfy any performance or maintenance guarantee requirements, the money, until repaid or applied to the purposes for which it is deposited, including the person's portion of the interest earned thereon, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall continue to be the property of the person and shall be held in trust by the sewerage authority. Money deposited shall be held in escrow. The sewerage authority receiving the money shall deposit it in a banking institution or savings and loan association in this State insured by an agency of the federal government, or in any other fund or depository approved for such deposits by the State, in an account bearing interest at a minimum at the rate currently paid by the institution or depository on time or savings deposits. The sewerage authority shall notify the person in writing of the name and address of the institution or depository in which the deposit is made and the amount of the deposit. The sewerage authority shall not be required to refund an amount of interest paid on a deposit which does not exceed $100.00 for the year. If the amount of interest exceeds $100.00, that entire amount shall belong to the person and shall be refunded to him by the authority annually or at the time the deposit is repaid or applied to the purposes for which it was deposited, as the case may be; except that the sewerage authority may retain for administrative expenses a sum equivalent to no more than 33 1/3% of that entire amount, which shall be in lieu of all other administrative and custodial expenses.  The provisions of this act shall apply only to that interest earned and paid on a deposit after the effective date of this act.  L. 1985, c. 314, s. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-7.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-7.4 - Service charge by sewerage authority for returned check

40:14A-7.4. Service charge by sewerage authority for returned check  1. a. A sewerage authority created pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-1 et seq.) may, by resolution, provide for the imposition of a service charge to be added to any account owing to the authority, if payment tendered on the account was by a check or other written instrument which was returned for insufficient funds.  b. The service charge for a check or other written instrument returned for insufficient funds shall be determined and set by resolution from time to time, but shall not exceed $20 per check or other written instrument.  c. Any service charge authorized by this section shall be collected in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection of the account for which the check or other written instrument was tendered. In addition, the authority may require future payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.  L.1994,c.124,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-8a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-8a - Sewerage authority may charge additional fees under certain circumstances.

40:14A-8a Sewerage authority may charge additional fees under certain circumstances.  1. a. For a property connected to the sewerage system for less than 20 years, a sewerage authority may charge an additional connection or tapping fee for an addition, alteration, or change in use that materially increases the level of use and imposes a greater demand on the sewerage system, but does not involve a new physical connection of the property to the sewerage system. b. The connection or tapping fee authorized by subsection a. of this section shall be equal to the amount by which the increased use and demand on the sewerage system exceeds the use and demand that existed prior to such addition, alteration, or change in use. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a sewerage authority from charging a new or additional connection or tapping fee for any new or additional connection of a property to the sewerage system, or for any increase in the size of an existing connection or for any new construction of additional service units connected to the sewerage system that materially increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system. d. As used in this section, "materially increases" means any increase in the number of service units; or any other change which increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system by 15 percent or more over the highest actual annual use and demand that existed during the prior 10-year period immediately preceding the addition, alteration, or change in use; provided, however, that, if the property has been connected to the sewerage system for less than 10 years, the average level of use and demand shall be calculated based on the actual period of connection. L.2018, c.74, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-8.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-8.2 - Rates or schedules established by sewerage authority.

40:14A-8.2 Rates or schedules established by sewerage authority.  1. Any county or municipal sewerage authority may establish within its district rates or schedules which provide for a reduction, deferment, without accruing interest during the period of the deferment, or total abatement of the rents, rates, fees, or other charges pertaining to a primary residence owned, in full or in part, by a person who is enlisted in any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The reduction, deferment, without interest, or total abatement shall be effective during the period of time in which that person is deployed for active service in time of war. Any county or municipal sewerage authority may establish within its district rates or schedules which provide for a reduction or total abatement of the periodic rents, rates, fees, or other charges for the use or services of the sewerage system which are charged to or collected from any person residing in the district of the age of 65 or more years, or less than 65 years of age and permanently and totally disabled according to the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s.301 et seq., or disabled under any federal law administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs if the disability is rated as 60 percent or higher, and the person either is annually eligible to receive assistance under the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" (PAAD) program, P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.) or has a total income not in excess of $10,000 per year exclusive of benefits under any one of the following:  a. The federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s.301 et seq. and all amendments and supplements thereto;  b. Any other program of the federal government or pursuant to any other federal law which provides benefits in whole or in part in lieu of benefits referred to in, or for persons excluded from coverage under subsection a. of this section including, but not limited to, the federal "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974," 45 U.S.C. s.231 et seq., and federal pension, disability and retirement programs; or  c. Pension, disability or retirement programs of any state or its political subdivisions, or agencies thereof, for persons not covered under subsection a. of this section except that, the total amount of benefits to be allowed exclusion by any owner under subsection b. or c. of this section shall not be in excess of the maximum amount of benefits payable to, and allowable for exclusion by, an owner in similar circumstances under subsection a. of this section.  L.1994, c.78, s.1; amended 2016, c.102, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-8.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-8.3 - Reduction in fees by sewerage authority for certain affordable housing projects.

40:14A-8.3 Reduction in fees by sewerage authority for certain affordable housing projects.  2. a. A county, regional or municipal sewerage authority shall establish within its rates or schedules a 50% reduction in the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-8) for new connections to the sewerage system which is to be charged to public housing authorities, to non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects, and to any other affordable housing, including affordable housing units in inclusionary projects. b. For units previously connected to the authority's system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units and for which a connection or tapping fee was previously paid, a county, regional or municipal sewerage authority shall establish within its rates or schedules a credit against the connection fee or tapping fee to be assessed for connection with the sewerage system to public housing authorities, non-profit organizations building affordable projects, and to any other affordable housing, including affordable housing units in inclusionary projects. The credit shall be the connection fee or tapping fee previously assessed and paid for connection with the sewerage system for units previously connected to the authority's system. c. The connection fee or tapping fee assessable against a public housing authority, non-profit organization, or other affordable housing owner, for units previously connected to the authority's system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units, including affordable housing units in inclusionary projects, shall be the lesser of the reduced rate provided for in subsection a. of this section, or the current non-reduced rate applicable to other types of housing developments minus the credit provided under subsection b. of this section for units for which a connection fee or tapping fee was previously paid, provided that said public housing authority, non-profit organization, or other affordable housing owner can establish the connection fee or tapping fee was previously assessed and paid for connection with the system. If the same cannot be established, the reduced rate provided for in subsection a. of this section shall be assessed. L.2005, c.29, s.2; amended 2018, c.74, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-8.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-8.4 - Credit provided by sewerage authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.

40:14A-8.4 Credit provided by sewerage authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.  2. a. For a unit damaged by a catastrophic event, a county, regional or municipal sewerage authority shall provide, within two years after the date of the catastrophic event, a credit for the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1946, c.138 (C.40:14A-8) for connection to the sewerage system, provided that: (1) the unit was damaged by a catastrophic event during construction or refurbishing of the unit; (2) the connection fee or tapping fee has been paid; and (3) the damaged unit is refurbished or replaced with another unit and connected to the sewerage system within two years after the date of the catastrophic event. If the refurbishing of the damaged unit or the construction of the unit replacing the damaged unit expands the sewerage system use, the property owner of the refurbished unit or the newly constructed unit, as applicable, shall be credited for any connection fee or tapping fee previously paid for the unit and shall be assessed the difference between the credit and the connection fee or tapping fee, as applicable, for the new class of use. b. For the purposes of this section, "catastrophic event" means a fire or any declared national, State or municipal emergency or a flood or other natural disaster or event which substantially affects or damages a building or structure; and "unit" means any publicly or privately owned real property that is a building or part of a building that is connected to, or, after construction or refurbishing, is to be connected to, a sewerage system, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, any building or part of a building leased, operated, or owned by a municipality or a school district. L.2005,c.173,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-9 - Appropriations by local unit to sewerage authority; construction, financing and operation of sewage facilities by local unit

40:14A-9. Appropriations by local unit to sewerage authority; construction, financing and operation of sewage facilities by local unit  a. Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the sewerage authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the sewerage authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the sewerage authority. b. Subject to section 29 of this act (C. 40:14A-29), any local unit shall have the power to authorize as a general improvement or, in the case of a local unit which is a municipality, as a local improvement the construction and financing of any facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage arising within a district. Subject to the consent and approval of the sewerage authority, such facilities may be operated by the local unit and the local unit may fix rates and charges for the use thereof, in addition to the payment of special assessments levied by a municipality against lands and real estate specially benefited by such improvements. As provided in section 22 of this act (C. 40:14A-22), such facilities may be acquired and operated by the sewerage authority as part of the sewerage system, notwithstanding that special assessments may be or may have been levied for such improvements by a municipality. L.1946, c. 138, p. 652, s. 9, eff. April 23, 1946. Amended by L.1970, c. 209, s. 1, eff. Sept. 30, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-10 - Bonds; issuance authorized

40:14A-10. Bonds; issuance authorized  For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of any part of its sewerage system, a sewerage authority shall have power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act. Such sewerage authority shall adopt a resolution (in this act sometimes referred to as "bond resolution" ) which shall (1) describe in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the part (in this act sometimes called "project" ) of the sewerage system to be constructed or acquired; (2) state the cost or estimated cost of the project; and (3) provide for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with either section eleven or section twelve of this act. L.1946, c. 138, p. 652, s. 10, eff. April 23, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14A-12 - Funding or refunding bonds

40:14A-12. Funding or refunding bonds  (a) A bond resolution of a sewerage authority may provide for and authorize the issuance of bonds of the sewerage authority in accordance with this section for the purpose stated in section ten or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds. A bond resolution providing for and authorizing the issuance of bonds to fund or refund bonds shall, in lieu of the matters described in clauses (1) and (2) of section ten, describe the bonds which are to be funded or refunded. (b) Upon adoption of the bond resolution, the sewerage authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. Such bonds shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the bond resolution may provide. (c) Bonds of a sewerage authority may be sold by the sewerage authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as the sewerage authority shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue of bonds (computed according to standard tables of bond values) shall not exceed six per centum (6%) per annum. L.1946, c. 138, p. 655, s. 12, eff. April 23, 1946.