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NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-25.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-25.3 - Bonds or anticipation notes to finance

40:62-25.3. Bonds or anticipation notes to finance  For the purpose of financing that part of the cost of acquisition or construction of such joint facilities attributable to it, and to meet the payment or payments or other obligations of said municipality with respect to such capital expenditures and improvements as may be provided for in such contract, every municipality is authorized to incur indebtedness in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of the Local Bond Law of New Jersey, constituting chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, or any other law presently or hereafter applicable to the incurrence of indebtedness by such municipality. The bonds of any municipality so issued, and any notes in anticipation thereof, shall be obligations of that municipality solely, without respect to the use of the proceeds thereof for the joint construction, acquisition or ownership of the aforesaid facilities by said municipality and any State-regulated public utility. L.1973, c. 280, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-25.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-25.4 - Construction of act; application of laws on public contracts

40:62-25.4. Construction of act; application of laws on public contracts  This act shall be construed liberally to effect the legislative determination and intent, hereby declared, that municipalities of the State, in furtherance of their public purposes, shall be empowered to join with State-regulated public utilities to effectively and economically provide for the electrical power needs of the State and its inhabitants. All moneys appropriated or obligations issued in pursuance of this act are hereby declared to be for a public purpose. In carrying out the powers granted herein relating to contracts with State-regulated public utilities the municipality shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 50 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, or chapter 198 of the laws of 1971, but only with respect to the doing of work or the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor relating to the joint acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of the facilities made the subject of such contract, nor shall any municipality owning or operating electricity generation facilities be required to submit the matter of the improvement or extension of such facilities or the construction or acquisition of additional such facilities within or without the municipality pursuant to this act to referendum, provided that the question of whether such municipality should acquire or construct an electric plant or works has at any prior time be submitted to and approved by the legal voters of such municipality in accordance with requirements of R.S. 40:62-15. L.1973, c. 280, s. 4, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-25.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-25.5 - Severability

40:62-25.5. Severability  If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or 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.1973, c. 280, s. 5, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-25.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-25.6 - Municipality providing heat, light or power, electronic billing, payment, permitted.

40:62-25.6 Municipality providing heat, light or power, electronic billing, payment, permitted.  3. Upon the request of a customer, a municipality providing heat, light or power may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such municipality to its customers and any additional information sent by the municipality to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and b. provide the customer of such municipality the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-26 - Municipal radio broadcasting stations; bonds

40:62-26. Municipal radio broadcasting stations; bonds  The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance provide and maintain a municipal radio broadcasting station to advertise its advantages, and in connection therewith, furnish musical, educational and miscellaneous programs, either by its own agency, or through remote controls installed within the municipality or elsewhere. It may contract for the purchase or lease of equipment necessary for the installation and operation of such station, and may make contracts and leases with any person or corporation for remote control service, royalty contracts with publishers and such other contracts as may be convenient for the most effectual operation of the broadcasting station. Any municipality may sell its equipment and apply the proceeds to the purchase of new equipment, or exchange its equipment for other radio broadcasting equipment. The governing body may issue bonds to provide for the cost of such station, including all necessary equipment, machinery and the installation thereof, land and buildings to house the same and to provide funds for its maintenance and operation.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-27 - Separate fund for radio stations or convention halls in certain municipalities

40:62-27. Separate fund for radio stations or convention halls in certain municipalities  In any municipality bordering upon the Atlantic ocean maintaining a municipal radio broadcasting station or a municipal convention hall, or both, which station or hall, or both, is operated wholly or partially for financial gain, or otherwise, the municipality may provide by ordinance for the creation and regulation of the separate financial operation and maintenance of such station or hall, or both.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-28 - Income placed in separate fund; control of fund

40:62-28. Income placed in separate fund; control of fund  The ordinance shall provide that all income from such station or hall, or both, shall be placed in a separate fund under the joint control of the management of the station or hall, or both, and the director in charge of such department or departments, the treasurer of such municipality and such other municipal officer or officers as the ordinance may designate. Amended by L.1939, c. 253, p. 668, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-29 - Use of income; reserves

40:62-29. Use of income; reserves  From such income may be expended operating costs of such station or hall. Reserves may be set up to provide for the nonproductive or seminonproductive operations of the station or hall.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-30 - Surplus used to meet bonds

40:62-30. Surplus used to meet bonds  From the surplus of the income of such station or hall there may from time to time be taken such amounts as may, in the judgment of the officials in control of the fund seem wise, and appropriated to the municipality for the purpose of paying interest or principal upon the bond issues outstanding for the construction of such station or hall.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-31 - Accounts and audits

40:62-31. Accounts and audits  A complete system of accounts covering all income and all expenditures shall be maintained by the authority operating the station or hall and shall be audited quarterly by the comptroller of the municipality. Amended by L.1939, c. 253, p. 668, s. 2, eff. July 18, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-32 - Income defined

40:62-32. Income defined  The income from such station or hall, or both, shall be taken to include all rentals for services performed by such broadcasting station or for broadcasting commercial or semicommercial radio programs, and, in the case of the convention hall, income from store and concession rentals, income from the rental of the hall, events of all kinds and descriptions, and admissions or all other moneys received from the use of any facility in such hall. If the income as herein defined shall be insufficient to meet the expenditures as hereinafter defined, the municipality shall in its annual budget make provision for such deficiencies.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-33 - Expenditures defined; payment of debts in instalments

40:62-33. Expenditures defined; payment of debts in instalments  The expenditures shall include the cost of maintenance, upkeep and operation of the station or hall, or both, salaries, heat, light and power, advertising, cost of procuring conventions, employment of performers, attractions, shows, entertainment of every nature and description, amusements, or any other kind of expenditure incident to the maintenance, upkeep and operation of such station or hall, or both. The authority is hereby granted to the municipality to enter into a contract with any person or corporation to whom a debt is owing for any such expenditure and to provide for the payment of such debt in equal instalments for a period not to exceed ten (10) years. Any municipality which has already executed a contract for a period of five (5) years, pursuant to the law to which this statute is amendatory, may execute a new contract by extending the aforesaid contract for an additional period of five (5) years, which contract shall provide for equal instalment payments of the amount remaining due by the municipality for the remaining period, as extended. After the execution of such contract, it shall be necessary for the municipality to appropriate for such debt in any year, only sufficient money for each instalment. Said contract may provide that the amount of such instalment may, when due according to the terms of the contract, be applied by any such person or corporation to the payment of taxes due the municipality by or on the property of such person or corporation, in lieu of payment by the municipality of such instalment. Amended by L.1939, c. 38, p. 54, s. 1; L.1941, c. 6, p. 17, s. 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34 - Income not part of municipal funds; management; inapplication of "local budget law"

40:62-34. Income not part of municipal funds; management; inapplication of "local budget law"  The income herein referred to shall not be deposited in the municipal treasury and shall not become a part of the general finances of the municipality and shall not be required to be withdrawn by ordinance. The ordinance herein provided or any amendment thereto shall provide for all necessary regulations safeguarding the collection and expenditure of such funds. It is the intention of sections 40:62-27 to 40:62-34 of this Title to enable the municipality to operate such station or hall in the businesslike manner similar to the methods that would be employed if the station or hall was operated by a private and not a municipal corporation, and that the provisions of chapter two of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, the "local budget law," Revised Statutes 40:2, and any amendments or supplements thereto, shall not be deemed to apply to such station or hall. Amended by L.1939, c. 38, p. 55, s. 2, eff. April 13, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.1 - "Municipal convention hall budget" and "municipal radio broadcasting station budget" in municipalities of 60,000 or over

40:62-34.1. "Municipal convention hall budget" and "municipal radio broadcasting station budget" in municipalities of 60,000 or over  The governing body of any municipality having a population of sixty thousand or more operating under the provisions of sections 40:62-27 to 40:62-34, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes shall cause the director in charge of the radio broadcasting station and the municipal convention hall and the manager thereof to prepare a budget for each fiscal year, which budgets shall be designated as "municipal convention hall budget" and "municipal radio broadcasting station budget." L.1939, c. 304, p. 734, s. 1, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.2 - Objections to and hearing on budgets

40:62-34.2. Objections to and hearing on budgets  Following the preparation of the budgets set forth in section one, the governing body shall at a public hearing, grant to taxpayers and other interested persons, an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to the aforesaid budgets. The hearing on the aforesaid budgets shall commence not later than the fortieth day after the beginning of the budget year. L.1939, c. 304, p. 734, s. 2, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.3 - Time and place of hearing; notice

40:62-34.3. Time and place of hearing; notice  The governing body shall cause to be prepared and shall approve the budget prior to the public hearing and shall fix the time when and the place where the hearing shall be held. Notice of such hearings, together with the budget as approved shall be published at least once in at least one newspaper circulating in the municipality. L.1939, c. 304, p. 734, s. 3, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.4 - Adjournment of hearing; adoption of budget; alteration or amendment; notice

40:62-34.4. Adjournment of hearing; adoption of budget; alteration or amendment; notice  The hearing on the budget shall be held at the time and place specified in the published notice, but may be adjourned from time to time until the hearing is closed. After closing the hearings, the governing body may, by resolution, adopt the budget with or without alterations or amendments. However, no alteration or amendment adding to the budget any item of appropriation in amount in excess of one per centum (1%) of the total amount of the appropriations as stated in the approved budget or increasing or decreasing any item of appropriation by more than ten per centum (10%) of the amount of such item as stated in the approved budget shall be made in the approved budget unless the governing body shall first, at a public hearing, grant to taxpayers and other interested persons an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to the alteration or amendment, after publishing in at least one newspaper circulating in the municipality not less than two days prior to the hearing, a notice describing the alteration or amendment and specifying the time and place when and where the hearing will be held. L.1939, c. 304, p. 734, s. 4, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.5 - Time limit for adoption

40:62-34.5. Time limit for adoption  The aforesaid budgets shall be adopted not later than the fifty-fifth day after the beginning of the budget year. L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 5, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.6 - Contents of budget

40:62-34.6. Contents of budget  The aforesaid budgets shall consist of (a) a tabulated and an itemized statement of all anticipated revenues from the sources provided for in section 40:62-32 of the Revised Statutes (b) all expenditures to be made for the purposes provided for in section 40:62-33 of the Revised Statutes. L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 6, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.7 - Appropriations to be itemized

40:62-34.7. Appropriations to be itemized  The appropriations for all expenditures shall be itemized according to the respective object and purpose for which they are to be expended. L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 7, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.8 - Emergency appropriations

40:62-34.8. Emergency appropriations  Any municipality, by resolution, declaring an existence of an emergency adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the governing body may make emergency appropriations in any fiscal year after the adoption of the budget for such year for any purpose which was not foreseen at the time of the adoption of such budget or for which adequate provision was not made in such budget provided said emergency appropriation or appropriations are within the provisions of sections 40:62-32 and 40:62-33 of the Revised Statutes. L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 8, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.9 - Improvement of convention hall by municipalities bordering on ocean; issuance of special emergency notes

40:62-34.9. Improvement of convention hall by municipalities bordering on ocean; issuance of special emergency notes  The governing body of any municipality bordering upon the Atlantic ocean, maintaining a municipal convention hall, which shall provide by ordinance for the improvement of said municipal convention hall by enlarging its facilities or by renovations, or otherwise, particularly for the purpose of meeting the competition for conventions by municipalities outside of this State, may incur a principal indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 of the cost thereof in the manner provided in this act. Such indebtedness shall be authorized at a single time, and once authorized, the authority to incur thereafter a like indebtedness under this act shall be exhausted. That part of such cost as is to be financed under this act may be financed by the issuance of negotiable notes which shall be designated "Special Emergency Notes, issued pursuant to chapter 36 of the laws of 1958." Any such notes issued under this act shall not be included in calculating the debt limit of the municipality. Any such notes shall provide for repayment of the principal amount thereof in not more than 4 installments, to be not more than 1 year apart, the first such installment to be due and payable not more than 15 months after the date of issue. Each installment of principal shall be in an amount equal to 25% of the original principal sum, together with interest on the unpaid balance, but the municipality may reserve the option to prepay any part or all of a future installment. The amount required to satisfy any installment of principal and interest to fall due in any year shall be included in the current municipal budget for such year, and shall be raised by taxation in each such year. L.1958, c. 36, p. 125, s. 1. Amended by L.1960, c. 2, p. 12, s. 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1960.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.10 - Filing of ordinance and statement of financing plan with Division of Local Government

40:62-34.10. Filing of ordinance and statement of financing plan with Division of Local Government  The governing body of any such municipality, wherein such ordinance is adopted, shall file or cause to be filed with the Division of Local Government in the Treasury Department, a copy of the ordinance and a statement of the plan for the financing of the said improvement. L.1958, c. 36, p. 126, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.11 - Special emergency notes as general obligation of municipality; tax levy

40:62-34.11. Special emergency notes as general obligation of municipality; tax levy  The Special Emergency Notes to be issued for the indebtedness of the municipality amounting to $2,000,000.00, together with all interest thereon shall be a general obligation of the municipality and the municipality shall have the power to levy ad valorem taxes upon the taxable property within the municipality for the payment of the obligation and interest thereon without limitation of rate or amount. L.1960, c. 2, p. 13, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-34.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-34.12 - Sale of notes; interest rate

40:62-34.12. Sale of notes; interest rate  The $2,000,000.00 to be borrowed by the municipality in 1960 may be obtained at either private or public sale, notwithstanding any other provision of law, at a rate of interest not to exceed 6% per annum. L.1960, c. 2, p. 13, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-35 - May carry goods and passengers; acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment

40:62-35. May carry goods and passengers; acquisition of lands, buildings and equipment  Any municipality may engage in the business of transportation of passengers and property within the municipality by whatever means it may decide, and may lay railroad tracks upon its public roads, streets and highways and upon such private property as may be necessary therefor, and may acquire such cars, motor busses, and other equipment necessary for carrying on the business. It may acquire land and erect buildings and equip them with all necessary machinery for furnishing power for the operation of any cars or other vehicles, and for the storage thereof. It may also erect and maintain poles and string wires for the transmission of electric current for power on any and all said roads, streets and highways and do all things necessary for the acquisition and conduct of the business of transportation.