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NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-11 - Proposed contract with vendors.

58:26-11 Proposed contract with vendors.  11. Upon designating the selected vendor or vendors pursuant to section 10 of this act, a contracting unit shall negotiate with the selected vendor or vendors a proposed contract, which shall include the accepted proposal and the provisions required pursuant to section 15 of this act. Upon negotiating a proposed contract, the contracting unit shall make the proposed contract available to the public at its main offices, and shall transmit a copy of the proposed contract to the division, the department, the Board of Public Utilities and the Division of Rate Counsel in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. L.1985, c.37, s.11; amended 1994, c.58, s.59; 2005, c.155, s.99; 2010, c.34, s.46.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-12 - Public hearing.

58:26-12 Public hearing.  12. a. A contracting unit shall conduct a public hearing or hearings on the charges, rates, or fees, or the formula for determining these charges, rates, or fees, and the other provisions contained in a proposed contract negotiated pursuant to section 11 of this act. The contracting unit shall provide at least 90 days' public notice of this public hearing to the Division of Rate Counsel in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, prospective consumers and other interested parties. This notice shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposed contract. Within 45 days after giving notice of the public hearing, the contracting unit shall hold a meeting with prospective consumers and other interested parties to explain the terms and conditions of the proposed contract, and to receive written questions which will be part of the record of the public hearing. At the public hearing, the selected vendor or vendors shall be present, and the contracting unit shall have the burden to answer the questions received at the meeting, and to show that the proposed contract complies with the provisions of section 15 of this act, and that it constitutes the best means of securing the required water supply services among available alternatives. The contracting unit shall provide that a verbatim record be kept of the public hearing, and that a written transcript of this record be printed and made available to the public within 30 days of the close of the public hearing. After the public hearing the contracting unit and the vendor may agree to make changes to the proposed contract, and shall transmit the proposed contract, a copy of the printed transcript of the public hearing, and a statement summarizing the major issues raised at the public hearing and the response of the contracting unit to these issues, to the division, the department, the Board of Public Utilities, and the Division of Rate Counsel, and to all persons who attended the public hearing. b. If the Division of Rate Counsel represents the public interest at a public hearing or hearings conducted pursuant to this section, the Division of Rate Counsel shall be entitled to assess the vendor for costs incurred in this representation in the manner provided in section 20 of P.L.1974, c.27 (C.52:27E-19). The basis of the assessment shall be the prospective first year's revenue realized by the vendor from the provision of the water supply services pursuant to the terms of the proposed contract. c. If a contract awarded pursuant to the provisions of this act is renegotiated, the contracting unit shall conduct a public hearing on the renegotiated contract pursuant to the provisions of this section. L.1985, c.37, s.12; amended 1994, c.58, s.60; 2005, c.155, s.100; 2010, c.34, s.47.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-14 - 3 approvals required

58:26-14. 3 approvals required  A contracting unit may award a contract negotiated pursuant to the provisions of this act to a vendor only after the department, the Board of Public Utilities, and the division have approved the proposed contract pursuant to section 13 of this act. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 14, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-15 - Mandatory contract provisions

58:26-15. Mandatory contract provisions  Any contract for the provision of water supply services negotiated and awarded to a vendor by a contracting unit pursuant to this act, or the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.), shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions concerning: a. The allocation of the risks of financing and constructing a water supply facility including delays in completion of the construction of the system, construction and financing cost overruns and increased costs resulting from change orders, construction changes required by revisions in applicable laws, rules, or regulations, failure of the system to achieve its required operating performance or efficiency, changes in tax benefits, and the need for equity contributions in addition to those provided for in the contract; b. The allocation of the risks of operating and maintaining a water supply facility, including excessive or nonscheduled periods of inoperation or technical failure, excess labor and materials costs due to underestimation, changes in operating procedures required by revisions in applicable laws, rules, or regulations, changes in the quantity or composition of water delivered for filtration or treatment, excessive operation or maintenance costs due to poor management, and increased costs of distribution of the water resulting from costs associated with filtration or treatment; c. The allocation of the risks associated with circumstances or occurrences beyond the control of the parties to the contract; d. The defaulting and termination of the contract; e. The periodic preparation by the vendor of an operating performance report and an audited balance statement of the water supply facility, which shall be submitted to the contracting unit, the department and the division; f. The intervals at which the contract shall be renegotiated; g. The employment of current employees of the contracting unit whose positions or employment will be affected by the terms of the contract; and h. The formulas to be used to determine the charges, rates, or fees to be charged for the water supply services, and the methodology or methodologies used to develop these formulas. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 15, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-16 - Lease to vendor

58:26-16. Lease to vendor  A contracting unit which has awarded a contract for the provision of water supply services to a vendor pursuant to this act or the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L. 1971, c. 198 (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.) may lease to the vendor, for a fair market price, the property to be used as a site for a water supply facility, the provisions of any other laws or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 16, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-17 - Prior negotiations

58:26-17. Prior negotiations  Any contracting unit which, prior to the effective date of this act, has issued a request for qualifications and a request for proposals from vendors for the provision of water supply services, or has initiated negotiations with a vendor for the provision of water supply services, may petition the department and the Board of Public Utilities for certification as being substantially and materially in compliance with the provisions of this act, and, upon receiving this certification, may award a contract for the provision of water supply services pursuant to the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 37, s. 17, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-18 - Rules, regulations

58:26-18. Rules, regulations  The department, the Board of Public Utilities, and the division may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to carry out their respective responsibilities under this act.   L. 1985, c. 37, s. 18, eff. Feb. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-19 - Short title

58:26-19. Short title  1. Sections 1 through 8 of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et seq.) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Water Supply Public-Private Contracting Act."   L.1995,c.101,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-20 - Findings, determinations

58:26-20. Findings, determinations  2. The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest and 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; that while the "New Jersey Water Supply Privatization Act," P.L.1985, c.37 (C.58:26-1 et seq.), enabled local government units to enter into long-term contracts with private-sector firms, the time consuming procedures and the regulatory framework required therein have dissuaded private firms and local government units from entering into contracts; that there is a need for an alternate statutory process which enables local government units to enter with private firms into long-term contracts that protect the rights and interests of residents of the local government unit, but allows the private firms to utilize their expertise, experience and resources to enable the local water system to comply with existing and more stringent future requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. s.1251 et seq., the "Water Pollution Control Act," P.L.1977, c.74 (C.58:10A-1 et seq.) and the "Safe Drinking Water Act," P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.); and that such contracts can adequately protect the interests of residents and water users and assure conformance with environmentally sound water quality standards. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive procedure designed to authorize local government units to enter into contracts with private firms for the financing, designing, construction, improvement, operation, maintenance, or administration, or any combination thereof, of a water supply facility. L.1995,c.101,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-22 - Contract for provision of water supply services

58:26-22. Contract for provision of water supply services  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a public entity may enter into a contract with a private firm pursuant to P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.) for the provision of water supply services. The provisions of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.) shall not be deemed or interpreted to permit, nor used to accomplish, the acquisition of water supply facilities by private firms from public entities. L.1995,c.101,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-23.1 - Prior procurements deemed valid

58:26-23.1. Prior procurements deemed valid  15. Any procurement commenced prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19) which was advertised as being undertaken pursuant to that act in anticipation of its enactment and which is in substantial compliance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.), is hereby deemed valid and undertaken under valid legal authority. L.1995,c.101,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-26 - Issuance of bonds

58:26-26. Issuance of bonds  8. In order to pay its part of the cost of the water supply facility, a public entity may issue bonds in accordance with the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. If a public entity enters into a financing instrument the proceeds of which are used by the private firm for a capital expenditure for the benefit of a water supply facility, the expenditure of the funds provided by the public entity shall be in compliance with applicable public contracting statutes. L.1995,c.101,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:26-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:26-27 - Jurisdiction, regulation, control

58:26-27. Jurisdiction, regulation, control  9. Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.) whenever a private firm enters into a contract with a public entity to provide water supply services pursuant to P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.), and that public entity operates water supply facilities, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.40A:31-4, within another public entity, the private firm or public entity shall be subject to the jurisdiction, regulation and control of the Board of Public Utilities as provided in N.J.S.40A:31-23, to the extent the private firm or public entity operates water supply facilities within another public entity. L.1995,c.101,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-1 - Short title

58:27-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Privatization Act." L. 1985, c. 72, s. 1, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-2 - Findings, declarations

58:27-2. Findings, declarations  The Legislature finds and declares that protecting the ground and surface water of the State from pollution is vital to the health and general welfare of the citizens of New Jersey; that the construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of modern and efficient sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants are essential to protecting and improving the State's water quality; that in addition to protecting and improving water quality, adequate wastewater treatment systems are essential to economic growth and development; that many of the wastewater treatment systems in New Jersey must be replaced or upgraded if an inexorable decline in water quality is to be avoided during the coming decades; that the United States Congress, in recognition of the crucial role wastewater treatment systems and plants play in maintaining and improving water quality, and with an understanding that the cost of financing and constructing these systems must be borne by local governments and authorities with limited sources of revenues, established in the "Clean Water Act" a program to provide local governments with grants for constructing these systems; that during the last several years the amount of federal grant money available to states and local governments for assistance in constructing and improving wastewater treatment systems has sharply diminished; that the current level of federal grant funding is inadequate to meet the cost of upgrading the State's wastewater treatment capacity to comply with State water quality standards; that given this inadequate present level of federal grant funding, alternative methods of financing the construction, operation, and improvement of wastewater treatment systems must be developed and encouraged; that one alternative method of financing necessary wastewater treatment systems available to local government units consists of contracting with private-sector firms for the financing, construction and operation of these systems; and that for some local government units, contracting for the provision of wastewater treatment services, if done in such a way as to protect the interests of consumers and to conform with environmental standards, will constitute an appropriate method of securing these needed wastewater treatment systems. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive procedure designed to authorize local government units to contract with private firms for the provision of wastewater treatment services. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 2, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-3 - Definitions

58:27-3. Definitions  As used in this act: a. "Contracting unit" means a county, municipality, municipal or county sewerage or utility authority, municipal sewerage district, joint meeting or any other political subdivision of the State authorized pursuant to law to construct wastewater treatment systems or provide wastewater treatment services. b. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. c. "Division" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. d. "Vendor" means any person financially, technically, and administratively capable of financing, planning, designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining, or any combination thereof, a wastewater treatment system, or of providing wastewater treatment services to a local government unit under the terms of a contract awarded pursuant to the provisions of this act. e. "Wastewater" means residential, commercial, industrial, or agricultural liquid waste, sewerage, storm water runoff, or any combination thereof, or other liquid residue discharged or collected into a sewer system or storm water system, or any combination thereof. f. "Wastewater treatment system" means any equipment, plants, structures, machinery, apparatus, or land, or any combination thereof, acquired, used, constructed or operated for the storage, collection, reduction, recycling, reclamation, disposal, separation, or other treatment of wastewater or sewage sludge, or for the final disposal of residues resulting from the treatment of wastewater, including, but not limited to, pumping and ventilating stations, facilities, plants and works, connections, outfall sewers, interceptors, trunk lines, and other personal property and appurtenances necessary for their use or operation. g. "Wastewater treatment services" means services provided by a wastewater treatment system. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 3, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-4 - Contracts authorized

58:27-4. Contracts authorized  The provisions of any other law, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, any contracting unit may enter into a contract with a vendor for the financing, designing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a wastewater treatment system, or for wastewater treatment services, pursuant to the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 4, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-5 - Notice of intent.

58:27-5 Notice of intent.  5. A contracting unit which intends to enter into a contract with a private vendor for the provision of wastewater treatment services pursuant to the provisions of this act shall notify, at least 60 days prior to issuing a request for qualifications from interested vendors pursuant to section 6 of this act, the division, the department and the Department of the Public Advocate of its intention, and shall publish notice of its intention in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction which would be served under the terms of the proposed contract. L.1985,c.72,s.5; amended 1994, c.58, s.61; 2005, c.155, s.101.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-6 - Request for qualifications

58:27-6. Request for qualifications  Upon submitting the notices of intent pursuant to section 5 of this act, a contracting unit may issue a request for qualifications of vendors interested in entering into a contract with the contracting unit for the provision of wastewater treatment services. The request for qualifications shall include a general description of the wastewater treatment services required by the contracting unit, the minimum acceptable qualifications to be possessed by a vendor proposing to enter into a contract for the provision of these services, and the date by which vendors must submit their qualifications. In addition to all other factors bearing on qualifications, the contracting unit shall consider the reputation and experience of the vendor, and may consider information which might result in debarment or suspension of a vendor from State contracting and may disqualify a vendor if the vendor has been debarred or suspended by a State agency. The request for qualifications shall be published in at least one appropriate professional or trade journal, and in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction which would be served under the terms of the proposed contract. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 6, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-7 - Qualified vendors

58:27-7. Qualified vendors  After reviewing the qualifications submitted by vendors pursuant to section 6 of this act, a contracting unit shall establish a list of all vendors responding to the request for qualifications, and shall designate the vendor or vendors which the contracting unit has determined to be qualified to provide the wastewater treatment services described in the request for qualifications. This list shall include a statement setting forth the criteria applied by the contracting unit in selecting qualified vendors, and shall be published in the same publications in which the requests for qualifications were published pursuant to section 6 of this act. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 7, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-8 - Request for proposals

58:27-8. Request for proposals  Upon selecting the qualified vendors pursuant to section 7 of this act, a contracting unit shall transmit a request for proposals to the qualified vendors, which shall include a detailed description of the wastewater treatment system and services required, the format and procedure to be followed in submitting proposals, the specific information which the vendor must provide in the proposal, a statement setting forth the relative importance of factors, including cost, which the contracting unit will consider in evaluating a proposal submitted by a qualified vendor, and any other information which the contracting unit deems appropriate. The request for proposals shall include the date and time of day by which, and the place at which, the proposals shall be submitted to the contracting unit. The contracting unit may extend the deadline for submission of proposals, but this extension shall apply to all qualified vendors, who shall be provided with simultaneous written notification of this extension. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 8, eff. March 11, 1985.