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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:5A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:5A-26 - Rules and regulations; inapplicability of act to powers of local finance board under P.L.1947, c. 151

40A:5A-26. Rules and regulations; inapplicability of act to powers of local finance board under P.L.1947, c. 151  a. The Local Finance Board is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. b. This act shall not limit the powers of the Local Finance Board or the director to regulate the financial affairs of authorities in the manner authorized by P.L.1947, c. 151 (C. 52:27BB-1 et seq.). L.1983, c. 313, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:5A-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:5A-27 - Actions to be consistent with bond resolution, service contract

40A:5A-27. Actions to be consistent with bond resolution, service contract  The Local Finance Board, the director, and local units and local authorities shall not act under this act in a manner inconsistent with a bond resolution or service contract in effect at the time of the action.  L. 1983,c.313, s.27; amended by L. 1987,c.319,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:5A-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:5A-28 - Definitions relative to public utilities.

40A:5A-28 Definitions relative to public utilities.  3. As used in sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 to C.40A:5A-30): "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Local authority" means an authority, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-3), or a water district established pursuant to R.S.40:62-96 et seq. that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Municipal utility" means a municipal public utility, as defined in N.J.S.40A:1-1, that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Program" means the Winter Termination Program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-29). "Residential customer" means a residential customer of record of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative, or any residential tenant of a residence where the owner or any agent or other representative of the owner of the residence is a non-residential customer of record of the local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative. "Utility emergency" means any condition constituting a potential danger to life, health, or property requiring a local authority or a municipal utility to discontinue, interrupt, or maintain the discontinuation or interruption of electric, sewer or water service or that results in an unscheduled discontinuance or interruption in electric, sewer or water service. L. 2021, c.317, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:5A-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:5A-29 - Winter Termination Program, established.

40A:5A-29 Winter Termination Program, established.  4. a. Within 120 days of the effective date of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 et al.), the Department of Community Affairs shall establish a Winter Termination Program, which shall prohibit a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative from discontinuing service during the period from November 15 through March 15, to a residential customer deemed qualified for program eligibility by the department. The program shall reflect the provisions of the Winter Termination Program for residential electric and gas public utility service, established by the board and published in the New Jersey Administrative Code, as appropriate for residential electric, sewer and water service. The program shall include: b. In addition to categorical eligibility for customers receiving assistance under programs specified in the eligibility criteria in the board's Winter Termination Program for residential electric and gas service: (1) categorical eligibility for any customer receiving assistance under the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L.116-260, or any other State or local program that provides assistance specifically to help eligible customers pay electric, sewer or water bills;  (2) a process, in a form and manner to be determined by the department, which allows a residential customer to self-certify an inability to pay their local authority or municipal utility bill due to circumstances beyond the customer's control, provided that the circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, unemployment, illness, medically related expenses, recent death of an immediate family member, and any other circumstances that might cause financial hardship; and (3) a requirement that a local authority or municipal utility shall maintain or reconnect electric, sewer, or water service if a residential customer of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative can prove that they have submitted an application for assistance under the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L.116-260 or any other State, local, or utility program that provides assistance or discounted rates specifically to help eligible customers pay electric, sewer or water bills, before such application has been approved, denied, or withdrawn, unless there is a utility emergency. Upon request, the residential customer shall provide the local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative with an update on the status of the application. L. 2021, c.317, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:5A-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:5A-30 - Rules, regulations.

40A:5A-30 Rules, regulations.  5. The department, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purpose of sections 3 and 4 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 and C.40A:5A-29). L. 2021, c.317, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-1 - Classification of counties for legislative purposes

40A:6-1. Classification of counties for legislative purposes  40A:6-1. For legislative purposes, counties are classified as follows based upon their population as ascertained by the most recent federal decennial census: a. First class--counties having a population of more than 550,000 and a population density of more than 3,000 persons per square mile; b. Second class-- all other counties having a population of more than 200,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean; c. Third class--counties having a population of not less than 50,000 but not more than 200,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean; d. Fourth class--counties having a population of less than 50,000 except such counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean; e. Fifth class--counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean having a population of more than 125,000; f. Sixth class--counties bordering on the Atlantic ocean having a population of not more than 125,000. L.1979, c.181, s.1; amended 1981, c.462, s.44; 2001,c.336.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-2 - When change in classification effective

40A:6-2. When change in classification effective  Whenever the classification of any county is changed by reason of increase of population as shown by any future federal decennial census, the change in class shall be deemed to take effect on July 1 following the promulgation thereof pursuant to R.S. 52:4-1. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 462, s. 45.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-3 - Governing bodies unaffected

40A:6-3. Governing bodies unaffected  Nothing in this article shall be construed to reduce the membership of any county governing body. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-4 - Classification of cities for legislative purposes

40A:6-4. Classification of cities for legislative purposes  For legislative purposes, cities shall be classified as follows based upon population as ascertained by the most recent Federal decennial census: a. First class--cities having a population of more than 150,000; b. Second class--cities having a population of not less than 12,000 but not more than 150,000; c. Third class--all cities which are not first- or second-class cities except cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean being seaside or summer resorts; d. Fourth class--cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean which are seaside or summer resorts. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-5 - Reference in laws to designated classes; notice to courts

40A:6-5. Reference in laws to designated classes; notice to courts  It shall be sufficient in any law to refer to the classification of cities as designated in N.J.S. 40A:6-4, and such law shall be construed to apply to all cities of the class referred to. All courts of this State shall take notice of the classification and construe all legislation founded on such classification as if this article were a part of the legislation under consideration, when any law passed on the basis of the classification designated in this article shall be called in question. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-6 - Time when census shall affect classification

40A:6-6. Time when census shall affect classification  A federal decennial census shall take effect and be applicable to the classification of all cities within 90 days after its official promulgation pursuant to R.S. 52:4-1. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979. Amended by L.1981, c. 462, s. 46.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-7 - City becoming member of another class to be governed by laws applicable to such class

40A:6-7. City becoming member of another class to be governed by laws applicable to such class  When any city becomes, by reason of its population, a member of another class in accordance with the classification above referred to, the laws before that time applicable to the city shall cease to have any effect, and thereafter the city shall be governed only by the laws applicable to the classification in which it is contained; provided, however, that nothing contained in this article shall affect or make void any contracts or rights or any act theretofore done by such city; or in any manner affect or change the internal structure or arrangement thereof or the laws affecting the same during a reasonable time until the newly applicable laws are adopted by ordinance of the governing body of said city. L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:6-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:6-8 - Statutes repealed

40A:6-8. Statutes repealed  The following sections, chapters and acts, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby repealed: Revised Statutes Sections: R.S. 40:17-1 to 40:17-4 inclusive; R.S. 40:167-1 to 40:167-7 inclusive; Pamphlet Laws: P.L.1954, c. 4 (C. 40:17-2.1). L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-1 - Law applicable in annexed territory

40A:7-1. Law applicable in annexed territory  When part of one county is annexed to or consolidated with another county under any law, all laws, general, local or special, affecting the county to which the part is annexed shall extend to and have the same effect within the annexed territory as they have elsewhere in the county, and all such laws applicable to the county from which the annexed territory is taken shall be deemed to be repealed insofar as applicable to the annexed territory. The repeal shall not operate to affect or impair any right which any person may have acquired under any such laws. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-2 - Rights of citizens

40A:7-2. Rights of citizens  All residents in the territory annexed shall immediately become residents of the county to which the territory is annexed. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-3 - Liability for indebtedness

40A:7-3. Liability for indebtedness  The county to which part of the territory of another county is annexed shall be liable to pay such proportionate part of the indebtedness of the county from which the annexed territory is taken, as the value of the property assessed for the purpose of taxation in the annexed territory bears to the entire amount of property assessed for that purpose in the county, according to the assessments for the purpose of taxation made by the appropriate taxing officers of the several taxing districts of the county in the year preceding the annexation. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-4 - Joint committee of the governing body members to ascertain indebtedness

40A:7-4. Joint committee of the governing body members to ascertain indebtedness  On the third Monday after the annexation or consolidation takes effect, a committee consisting of three members of the governing body of the county from which the annexed territory is taken and three members of the governing body of the county to which the territory is annexed shall be appointed by said governing bodies in the manner otherwise provided by law for appointments thereof. The committee shall meet at the courthouse of the county from which the territory is taken, at 10:00 a. m. on the Monday following their appointment. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-5 - Committee to ascertain and report amount of indebtedness paid by annexing county

40A:7-5. Committee to ascertain and report amount of indebtedness paid by annexing county  At the meeting the committee shall proceed to ascertain a. the entire amount of the indebtedness of the county from which the annexed territory is taken; b. the amount of money in the treasury of the county applicable to the payment thereof; c. the amount of uncollected taxes and other claims due the county which are deemed to be collectible; d. such other information as shall be necessary to enable the committee to make a just and equitable division of the indebtedness and assets between the counties. The committee shall thereupon ascertain the amount of the indebtedness of the county from which the annexed territory is taken that should be paid by the county to which the territory is annexed, and how much of the taxes and claims due the county from which the territory is taken should be paid over to the county to which the territory is annexed, and when the payment should be made. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-6 - Making and filing report; effect

40A:7-6. Making and filing report; effect  The committee shall make a report within 60 days after the time fixed for their first meeting of their determinations in duplicate. One duplicate shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each county. The county to which the territory is annexed shall thereupon become liable for the payment of such portion of the debt and interest thereon, as shown by the report, when it becomes due or payable, and the county from which the territory is taken shall thereupon become liable to the county to which the territory is annexed, according to the determinations and provisions of the report. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-7 - Decision of majority final; members present to act; adjournments

40A:7-7. Decision of majority final; members present to act; adjournments  In ascertaining the necessary facts and in making the report, the decision of four members of the committee shall be final. If any member of the committee refuses or neglects to attend any meeting thereof, those assembled shall act, but it shall be lawful to adjourn any meeting from time to time not beyond one month in all as a majority of said committee or of those attending the meetings may decide. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-8 - Failure to make report; application to Superior Court; commission appointed; report and compensation

40A:7-8. Failure to make report; application to Superior Court; commission appointed; report and compensation  If the report is not made and filed within the time fixed in N.J.S. 40A:7-6, the county to which the territory is annexed shall forthwith apply to the Superior Court assignment judge of that county for an order appointing three commissioners to take the place of and perform the work of the committee, who shall perform the work and make their report within 30 days from the date of their appointment, unless otherwise ordered by the judge. The report of the commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be made in duplicate and filed with the clerk of each of the counties, and shall have the same force and effect, and be as binding as if a report had been made and filed by the committee. The commissioners shall be paid for their services by the county applying for their appointment and by the county of which the territory formerly was a part. The judge shall, upon application of the commissioners, and after they have filed their report, fix the amount to be paid to each commissioner, and the part thereof to be paid by each county, and for which respective amounts said counties shall be liable. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-9 - Continuation of officers

40A:7-9. Continuation of officers  All county officers living in the territory annexed to another county shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms, and all constables resident within the annexed territory shall continue to hold their offices until the expiration of their terms. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-10 - Collection of unpaid taxes

40A:7-10. Collection of unpaid taxes  All taxes for county purposes levied or assessed and uncollected in the annexed territory prior to the time when the annexation shall take effect shall be collected by the officer thereafter charged with the duty of collecting taxes in the territory and paid over to the collector of the county from which the territory was taken, and shall be divided according to the report of the committee. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-11 - Suits and other legal proceedings unaffected

40A:7-11. Suits and other legal proceedings unaffected  All actions, appeals, prosecutions and other legal proceedings pending in a court or before any tribunal having jurisdiction within the county from which the annexed territory is taken shall not be affected by the annexation, but may be prosecuted in the county from which the territory is taken, in the same manner and before the same courts and tribunals and with like effect as if the annexation had not occurred, and judgments obtained or which may be obtained therein shall have the same effect. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-12 - Annexation; petition and contents

40A:7-12. Annexation; petition and contents  Land in one municipality may be annexed to another municipality to which said land is contiguous. To effect such annexation, a petition in writing shall be presented to the governing body of the municipality to which such annexation is sought to be made, specifically setting forth the boundaries of such land, signed by at least 60% of the legal voters residing thereon. If the land is vacant, the petition may be signed by the person or persons owning at least 60% of said land as shown by the assessor's duplicate for the preceding year. The petition shall be duly verified by one of the signers, and shall have attached thereto the oath of an assessor of the municipality in which said land is located, or of some other person having access to the assessor's books, setting forth the assessed value of the real estate contained within the boundaries for the preceding year, and the amount of real estate assessed to any of the persons whose names are signed to such petition. The petition shall also have attached thereto a certified copy of a resolution adopted by two-thirds of the full membership of the governing body of the municipality in which said land is located, consenting to said annexation. Prior to action on a resolution to consent to or to deny the petition for annexation, the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located shall, within 14 days of the receipt of the petition, refer the petition to its planning board, which shall, within 45 days of its receipt, report to the governing body on the impact of the annexation upon the municipality. Action on a resolution to consent to or deny the annexation shall be taken within 30 days of receipt of the planning board's report. L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979. Amended by L.1982, c. 182, s. 1, eff. Nov. 22, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:7-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:7-12.1 - Refusal to annex; judicial review; burden of proof

40A:7-12.1. Refusal to annex; judicial review; burden of proof  In any judicial review of the refusal of the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located or the governing body of the municipality to which annexation is sought to consent to the annexation, the petitioners have the burden of establishing that the refusal to consent to the petition was arbitrary or unreasonable, that refusal to consent to the annexation is detrimental to the economic and social well-being of a majority of the residents of the affected land, and that the annexation will not cause a significant injury to the well-being of the municipality in which the land is located. L.1982, c. 182, s. 2, eff. Nov. 22, 1982.