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NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.26 - Borrowing for current expenses and repairs

40:62-105.26. Borrowing for current expenses and repairs  The commissioners of water districts may by resolution borrow, after March first and before December thirty-first following, a sum not to exceed the amount appropriated at the election held in the district for the current year, for current expenses and for necessary repairs, less any sums received from the collector of taxes on account of such appropriation. They may execute and deliver promissory notes therefor and pay the amount so borrowed, together with interest thereon, at a rate not exceeding five per centum (5%) per annum. L.1951, c. 280, p. 963, s. 26, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.27 - Rights and powers of water commissioners

40:62-105.27. Rights and powers of water commissioners  The water commissioners of every water district shall have all the rights and powers, within said water district, which shall have been conferred upon townships by any statute relating to the supplying of water for public or private use. L.1951, c. 280, p. 963, s. 27, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.28 - Money for waterworks and appurtenances; vote; limitation

40:62-105.28. Money for waterworks and appurtenances; vote; limitation  The legal voters of any water district may vote to raise, either at a special meeting called by the water commissioners of said district or at the annual meeting of the voters of said district, a sum for waterworks and appurtenances thereto for water purposes, not exceeding five mills on the dollar of the last assessed valuation of the property in said water district. The sum so appropriated shall be assessed in the manner provided by law, and be expended by said commissioners for such water purposes as in their judgment they may deem expedient. L.1951, c. 280, p. 963, s. 28, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.29 - Meeting to determine amount to be raised; notice

40:62-105.29. Meeting to determine amount to be raised; notice  If the water commissioners in any water district shall deem it expedient, they may call said special meeting, whereof ten days' notice shall be given by the commissioners, or a majority thereof, by posting notices setting forth the time, place and object of the meeting in five of the most public places in the district. At said time and place the legal voters or a majority present and voting shall elect a chairman and clerk of the meeting and determine the amount to be raised for acquiring the necessary appurtenances for the supply of water, not exceeding the sum of five mills on the dollar of the last assessed valuation of property in the district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 963, s. 29, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.30 - Water accumulation, supply or distribution facilities; acquisition or construction

40:62-105.30. Water accumulation, supply or distribution facilities; acquisition or construction  The water commissioners in any water district created by the township committee may acquire and construct any reservoirs, basins, dams, canals, aqueducts, standpipes, conduits, pipelines, mains, pumping stations, water distribution systems, compensating reservoirs, waterworks or sources of water supply, wells, purification or filtration plants or other plants and works, connections, rights of flowage or diversion, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances, and other real and personal property, and rights therein, and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the accumulation, supply or distribution of water; provided, however, that such water accumulation, supply, or distribution facilities are authorized and financed as provided in sections 31 to 34 of this act. L.1951, c. 280, p. 964, s. 30, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L.1977, c. 170, s. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.31 - Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; time and place of meeting; notices

40:62-105.31. Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; time and place of meeting; notices  The water commissioners shall cause a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds for the purposes specified in section 30 of this act to be submitted to the legal voters of such water district. Such resolution shall be written or printed on notices together with a statement of the time and place where the meeting of such legal voters will be held and the purpose and object thereof. The time and place for the holding of such election shall be the same as the annual election of water commissioners and for the appropriation of moneys for water purposes in said district, or a special election may be called for the purpose. Not less than 10 notices of such meeting shall be posted by the clerk of the water commissioners at least 10 days before the date thereof in such manner and in such public places as he shall deem best for the purpose of giving notice of said meeting, and the board of water commissioners and the clerk shall also cause notices to be printed as an advertisement in a paper published in the district if there be one, and if not, in a paper published within the county where the district is located and circulating in said district. In case a special election is called, at least 10 notices of such election shall be posted at least 21 days before the date of such election, and in addition the clerk shall cause said notice to be published at least twice before said election is held, in a newspaper published in the district, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper published in the township or county where the district is located and circulating in said district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 964, s. 31, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L.1977, c. 170, s. 2, eff. Aug. 10, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.32 - Conduct of election

40:62-105.32. Conduct of election  At any election held for the purpose of ordering money to be raised by the issuance of bonds, the legal voters shall vote by ballot, and the election shall be held and conducted as nearly as may be in the manner provided in sections seven to twenty-four of this act. L.1951, c. 280, p. 965, s. 32, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.33 - Bonds; form; issuance

40:62-105.33. Bonds; form; issuance  The legal voters of any such water district may, at the election at which such proposition is submitted, by the vote of a majority of those voting, authorize the board of water commissioners to issue bonds for the purpose set forth in section 30 of this act. Such bonds shall be serial bonds and shall be issued in the corporate name of such water district for such sums not exceeding the sum voted as aforesaid, and in such amounts and payable at such times as the legal voters so voting shall direct, with interest at a rate as such resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall provide, payable half-yearly. Said bonds shall mature within the period or average period of usefulness determined in the bond ordinance. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of water commissioners and attested by the secretary of the board who shall affix the seal of said commissioners. Said bonds shall have coupons attached for the payment of interest, which coupons shall be signed by the clerk of the board of water commissioners, and shall be numbered to correspond to the several bonds to which they shall be severally attached. Bonds so issued shall be numbered and the proper registry thereof shall be kept by the clerk of said board of water commissioners. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale for the best obtainable price, but not less than par and accrued interest. L.1951, c. 280, p. 965, s. 33, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L.1977, c. 170, s. 3, eff. Aug. 20, 1977; L.1979, c. 223, s. 1, eff. Oct. 11, 1979.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.34 - Payment of principal, interest on bonds

40:62-105.34. Payment of principal, interest on bonds  a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, whenever such bonds shall have been authorized by the legal voters as aforesaid and the same shall have been issued, the clerk of the board of water commissioners shall annually issue to the assessor of the taxing district in which such water district is situate an order directing him to assess upon the owners of property in that water district, and their estates and the taxable property therein, an amount sufficient to pay the bond or bonds maturing in each year together with the interest accruing upon all the unpaid bonds of such township water district, which order shall be duly executed by the assessor. The money so assessed shall be assessed and levied by the assessor and collected by the collector of said taxing district, who shall, on or before July 1 next thereafter, pay the full amount so ordered to be assessed, levied and collected to the treasurer of the board of water commissioners, who shall pay the principal and interest as they become due and payable. If there be no funds available to pay any outstanding bonds, or the interest due thereon, the water commissioners may borrow money upon the promissory note of the water district, signed by the president and secretary of such water commissioners.  b. Property within the water district shall be exempt from the assessment authorized in subsection a. of this section if:  (1) The water supplied by the water district is not reasonably available to the owner of the property; and  (2) Prior to each annual assessment the board of water commissioners determines that the exemption would not adversely affect the ability of the water district to meet principal reduction and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued thereby.  L. 1951, c. 280, p. 965, s. 34, eff. June 25, 1951. Amended by L. 1985, c. 191, s. 4, eff. June 20, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.35 - Custodian of moneys; disbursements; bond of treasurer

40:62-105.35. Custodian of moneys; disbursements; bond of treasurer  The district treasurer shall be the custodian of the moneys of the district and all moneys which the district commissioners are by law authorized to receive and disburse shall be paid to him and disbursed by him only on the warrant of the district commissioners signed by a majority thereof. Such treasurer shall give to the district the bond of a surety company, authorized by the Department of Banking and Insurance to do business in this State, in such sum as the district commissioners shall approve, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which bond shall be filed with the board of water commissioners, the premium thereon to be paid by the district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 966, s. 35, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.36 - Auditing of books of treasurer; publication of audit

40:62-105.36. Auditing of books of treasurer; publication of audit  The treasurer shall cause his books to be audited at least once a year within thirty days after the expiration of the fiscal year and the secretary shall cause such audit to be advertised at least twice in a newspaper published in the municipality of which the district is part and if there is no newspaper published in said municipality, then in a newspaper circulating in said district. If the secretary shall neglect or refuse to publish the audit within five days after the first regular meeting subsequent to the delivery of the report to said board, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which shall be recovered by an action at law by any person who shall bring suit for the same, one-half of which shall go to such person and one-half to the treasury of the district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 966, s. 36, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.37 - Enlargement of water district

40:62-105.37. Enlargement of water district  The township committee of any township in which there shall have been created a water district may be ordinance enlarge any such water district by extending the boundaries thereof to include therein as part thereof additional lands situate within the township and not then being within the boundaries of any water district. Such action shall not be taken until at least ten freeholders of the portion of the township proposed to be included within the extended boundaries of such water district shall first make application in writing to the township committee for the adoption of such ordinance. Such application shall set forth the boundaries of the land proposed to be added to such water district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 967, s. 37, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.38 - Lands included in district after enlargement

40:62-105.38. Lands included in district after enlargement  Upon the adoption and publication of such ordinance by the township committee in the manner required by law, such water district shall thereafter for all purposes comprise the lands originally laid off and also such additional lands as shall be added thereto be such ordinance. L.1951, c. 280, p. 967, s. 38, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.39 - Effect of enlargement upon terms of officers and obligations of district

40:62-105.39. Effect of enlargement upon terms of officers and obligations of district  The enlargement of any water district under the provisions of sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight of this act shall not affect the terms or tenure of office of the water commissioners or other officers of such water district, nor shall it prejudice in any manner the bonds and obligations, if any, of such water district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 967, s. 39, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.40 - Dissolution of water district

40:62-105.40. Dissolution of water district  The township committee of any township wherein a water district shall have been organized may, by resolution authorized in the matter provided in section forty-one of this act, dissolve and abolish said water district. Upon the adoption of such resolution the water district shall be dissolved and abolished, and any moneys remaining in the hands of the treasurer of such water district shall be turned over to the treasurer of such township. L.1951, c. 280, p. 968, s. 40, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.41 - Application for resolution dissolving district; notice; hearing

40:62-105.41. Application for resolution dissolving district; notice; hearing  The resolution provided for in section forty of this act shall not be adopted except upon the written application of at least twenty freeholders of such water district. Upon receipt of such application the township committee shall fix a time and place for the hearing of such application and shall cause the clerk of such township to give notice of the time and place when a hearing will be given thereon. Such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the township, at least five days before the holding of said meeting. At the time and place so designated such township committee shall hear all parties desiring to be heard, and at such meeting or at an adjournment thereof the resolution shall be adopted or rejected. L.1951, c. 280, p. 968, s. 41, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.42 - Refund of tax paid upon property in district abolished

40:62-105.42. Refund of tax paid upon property in district abolished  The township committee may cancel or refund without interest to any person having paid the same any water district tax or any part thereof levied upon property in any water district which has been abolished, but the total amount which may be refunded shall not exceed the amount of money in the township treasury arising from appropriations made by said water district before it was abolished. All refunds so made pursuant to this section shall be charged against the account of said water district. L.1951, c. 280, p. 968, s. 42, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.43 - Refund of taxes paid where no recital of laying off of water district appears upon records

40:62-105.43. Refund of taxes paid where no recital of laying off of water district appears upon records  Where the legality of the organization of any township water district is questioned upon the ground that such water district was never laid off by metes and bounds by the township committee, and the collection of taxes for water purposes assessed and levied in any such water district is resisted upon that ground by twenty or more persons upon whose real or personal estate any such taxes have been assessed and levied, and no evidence or recital of the laying off of any such water district appears upon the records of such township, the township committee, upon the written application for such action by said twenty or more persons, may abate and remit all such taxes not paid and may authorize in writing the township collector to refund to the several persons who have paid the same all of such taxes in his hands, and upon such written authority such township collector shall refund to the several persons who have paid the same all of such taxes in his hands. L.1951, c. 280, p. 968, s. 43, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.44 - Water district deemed abandoned when territory formed into two or more new municipalities

40:62-105.44. Water district deemed abandoned when territory formed into two or more new municipalities  Whenever the territory included within the bounds of any water district shall have been divided and formed into or made parts of two or more new municipalities and no part of such district remains in the township of which such district when originally formed was a part, such water district shall be deemed to be abolished and the terms of office of the commissioners thereof terminated. L.1951, c. 280, p. 969, s. 44, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-105.45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-105.45 - Allotment and division of property and money between new municipalities; "municipality" defined

40:62-105.45. Allotment and division of property and money between new municipalities; "municipality" defined  The governing bodies of such new municipalities and the treasurer or person having the custody of the funds and securities of such water district shall meet at a convenient place to be designated by the clerk of either of such new municipalities upon ten days' notice mailed to or served personally upon each of the members of such governing bodies and such treasurer or custodian, and shall then and there proceed to allot and divide between or among such municipalities all property, real and personal, money on hand, due or to become due, in proportion to the aggregate value of the buildings and contents which each shall take from the limits of such water district as ascertained from the last assessment for raising money for said water district. The result of such allotment and division shall be reduced to writing and show the amount of the funds on hand to be paid and transferred by said treasurer or custodian or said water district commissioners to each of said governing bodies and be signed by a majority of the members of said governing bodies present, and the inhabitants of said respective municipalities shall be liable to pay their proportion of the debts of said water district. A majority of the persons comprising such governing bodies shall constitute a quorum and may proceed to make the said division, and their decision shall be final and conclusive. Said meeting may be adjourned to such time and place within either of such municipalities as a majority of those present may deem proper. The amount to be paid or the property to be transferred to each municipality having been ascertained as aforesaid the said treasurer or custodian and said water district commissioners shall forthwith pay and transfer said funds to the treasurer or custodian of the funds of said municipalities in the manner ascertained and directed. The word "Municipality" as used in this section and section forty-four of this act includes any township, borough, borough commission, town or city. L.1951, c. 280, p. 969, s. 45, eff. June 25, 1951.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-106 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-106 - Consolidation of water and sewer systems

40:62-106. Consolidation of water and sewer systems  Any municipality owning its water and sewer systems and operating the same as separate utilities may by ordinance consolidate said water and sewer systems and operate the same as one utility and under one head or body.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-107 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-107 - Service shut off for nonpayment of rent

40:62-107. Service shut off for nonpayment of rent  The governing body of any municipality owning its water and sewer systems and operating the same as one utility may fix a combination water and sewer rental, and in case prompt payment of said combined rent is not made according to the regulations adopted by said governing body cause said water to be shut off from such houses, tenements, buildings or other premises so supplied and not to turn the same on again until all arrears, with interest and penalties, shall be fully paid.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-107.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-107.1 - Sale of municipal water plant; deficit; amortization

40:62-107.1. Sale of municipal water plant; deficit; amortization  In any municipality which has, prior to March twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, owned a water distribution system which has been operated at a loss, and the governing body of such municipality has determined that it is to the best interests of the municipality to sell such system to a commission furnishing water to residents of the municipality, even though the price at which such system may be sold is less than the cost to such municipality of the construction of such system, and where the sale of such system results in a deficit, the municipality may be resolution direct that at least one-twentieth of the amount of the deficit shall be included in the budget or tax ordinance or tax levy for the year succeeding that in which such sale is made and each year thereafter.