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NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-9 - Review of proposals; revision

58:27-9. Review of proposals; revision  A contracting unit shall review proposals submitted by vendors pursuant to section 8 of this act in such a manner as to avoid disclosure of the contents of any proposal to vendors submitting competing proposals. If provided for in the request for proposals, the contracting unit may conduct discussions with qualified vendors who have submitted proposals for the purpose of clarifying any information submitted in the proposal, or assuring that the vendor fully understood and responded to the requirements set forth in the request for proposals. If, as a result of these discussions, the contracting unit decides to revise the request for proposals, it shall immediately notify in writing each qualified vendor which has submitted a proposal of any such revision or revisions to the request for proposals. In the event of any revision in the request for proposals, a qualified vendor shall be permitted to submit revisions to its proposal. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 9, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-10 - Vendor designation

58:27-10. Vendor designation  After reviewing the proposals submitted by qualified vendors pursuant to section 9 of this act, a contracting unit shall designate in writing the selected vendor or vendors. This designation shall include a list of the qualified vendors submitting proposals, the basis on which the selected vendor or vendors was chosen, and a finding that the proposal submitted by the selected vendor or vendors constitutes the proposal most advantageous to the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposal, based upon the evaluation factors included in the request for proposals. This designation shall be published in at least one newspaper in general circulation in the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposal. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 10, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-11 - Negotiation of proposed contract.

58:27-11 Negotiation of proposed contract.  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 and the Division of Rate Counsel in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury. L.1985, c.72, s.11; amended 1994, c.58, s.62; 2005, c.155, s.102; 2010, c.34, s.48.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-12 - Public hearing.

58:27-12 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 wastewater treatment 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 45 days of the close of the public hearing. Written testimony received no more than 15 days after the public hearing shall be included in the written transcript. After the public hearing the contracting unit and the vendor may agree to make changes to the proposed contract, and the contracting unit 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, and the Division of Rate Counsel, and shall make copies available to any other person upon request. 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 wastewater treatment 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.72, s.12; amended 1994, c.58, s.63; 2005, c.155, s.103; 2010, c.34, s.49.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-13 - Approval, conditional approval

58:27-13. Approval, conditional approval  a. The department, within 60 days of receipt of a proposed contract submitted to it by a contracting unit pursuant to section 12 of this act, shall approve or conditionally approve the proposed contract. If the department approves the proposed contract, it shall accompany its approval with a written finding that the proposed contract will meet appropriate environmental and water quality standards, and that it is consistent with the areawide and facility water quality management plans adopted for the jurisdiction to be served under the terms of the proposed contract pursuant to the "Water Quality Planning Act," P.L. 1977, c. 75 (C. 58:11A-1 et seq.). If the department conditionally approves a proposed contract, it shall state in writing the revisions which shall be made to the proposed contract prior to receiving approval, and shall inform the contracting unit if the revisions to be made to the proposed contract warrant a public hearing. b. The division, within 60 days of receipt of a proposed contract transmitted to it by a contracting unit pursuant to section 12 of this act, shall approve or conditionally approve the proposed contract. If the division approves the proposed contract, it shall accompany its approval with a written finding that the proposed contract complies with the provisions of section 15 of this act, and that the proposed contract is compatible with the fiscal and financial capabilities of the contracting unit. If the division conditionally approves the proposed contract, it shall state in writing the revisions which shall be made to the proposed contract prior to receiving approval, and shall inform the contracting unit if the revisions to be made to the proposed contract warrant a public hearing. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 13, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-14 - Contract award

58:27-14. Contract award  A contracting unit may award a contract negotiated pursuant to the provisions of this act to a vendor only after the department and the division have approved the proposed contract pursuant to section 13 of this act. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 14, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-15 - Mandatory provisions

58:27-15. Mandatory provisions  Any contract for the provision of wastewater treatment 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 wastewater treatment system, 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 wastewater treatment system, 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 wastewater delivered for treatment, excessive operation or maintenance costs due to poor management, and increased costs of disposal of the residue resulting from wastewater 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 wastewater treatment system, 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 wastewater treatment services, and the methodology or methodologies used to develop these formulas. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 15, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-16 - Lease of site

58:27-16. Lease of site  A contracting unit which has awarded a contract for the provision of wastewater treatment 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 wastewater treatment system, the provisions of any other laws or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. L. 1985, c. 72, s. 16, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-17 - Prior negotiations

58:27-17. 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 wastewater treatment services, or has initiated negotiations with a vendor for the provision of wastewater treatment services, may petition the department 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 wastewater treatment services pursuant to the provisions of this act.   L. 1985, c. 72, s. 17, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-18 - Rules, regulations

58:27-18. Rules, regulations  The department 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. 72, s. 18, eff. March 11, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-19 - Short title

58:27-19. Short title  1. Sections 1 through 9 of P.L.1995, c.216 (C.58:27-19 through 58:27-27) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Public-Private Contracting Act."   L.1995,c.216,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-22 - Supersedure

58:27-22. Supersedure  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 or a public authority pursuant to P.L.1995, c.216 (C.58:27-19 et al.) for the provision of wastewater treatment services. L.1995,c.216,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-26 - Bonds, financing

58:27-26. Bonds, financing  8. In order to pay its part of the cost of the wastewater treatment system, 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 or public authority for a capital expenditure for the benefit of a wastewater treatment system, the expenditure of the funds provided by the public entity shall be in compliance with applicable public contracting statutes. L.1995,c.216,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:27-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:27-27 - Procurement of wastewater treatment services prior to enactment

58:27-27. Procurement of wastewater treatment services prior to enactment  9. A public entity may enter into a contract with a private firm or public authority for the provision of wastewater treatment services, the procurement for which contract commenced prior to the effective date of P.L.1995, c.216 (C.58:27-19 et al.), if the procurement was initiated in anticipation of the enactment of the act and the procurement otherwise complies with the provisions of the act. L.1995,c.216,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:28-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:28-1 - Definitions

58:28-1. Definitions  1. As used in this act: "Private firm" means a corporation or other business entity that owns or operates, as of the effective date of this act, an industrial facility engaging in manufacturing operations having a Standard Industrial Classification number within 20-39 inclusive and is financially, technically, and administratively capable of financing, planning, designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining, or any combination thereof, water supply facilities, or of providing water supply services to a public entity under the terms of a partnership agreement awarded pursuant to the provisions of this act; "Water supply facility" means the real property and the plants, structures, interconnections between existing water supply facilities, machinery and equipment and other property, real, personal and mixed, acquired, constructed or operated, as an industrial water supply system jointly owned or operated by two or more private firms, which individually or collectively possess, as of the effective date of this act, a water diversion for said system in excess of fifteen million gallons per day (mgd) under an existing water allocation permit granted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et al.), for the purpose of augmenting the natural water resources of the State and making available an increased supply of water for all uses, or of conserving existing water resources, and any and all appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the collecting, impounding, storing, improving, treating, filtering, conserving or transmitting of water, and for the preservation and protection of these resources and facilities and providing for the conservation and development of future water supply resources; "Water supply services" means services provided by a water supply facility. L.1993,c.381,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:28-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:28-2 - Contracts with private firms for water supply

58:28-2. Contracts with private firms for water supply  2. The provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, a single municipality which owns and operates a municipal water utility system may, within six months of the effective date of this act, enter into a contract not exceeding 40 years with a private firm for the acquisition of an equitable interest, not to exceed 50 percent, in a water supply facility for the provision of water supply services to those customers located exclusively within the boundaries of the contracting municipality or such other customers served by the contracting municipality as of the effective date of this act, which may include the financing, construction, operation or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a water supply facility. This act shall not apply to any contract entered into by more than one municipality. L.1993,c.381,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:28-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:28-3 - Contracts exempt from certain regulation

58:28-3. Contracts exempt from certain regulation  3. a. Any partnership or copartnership agreement entered into after the effective date of this act pursuant to a contract authorized under section 2 of P.L.1993, c.381 (C.58:28-2) involving a private firm not previously subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Regulatory Commissioners or its predecessor organizations shall not be considered a public utility for the purposes of R.S.48:2-13 and shall not be subject to oversight by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners.   b. Any transaction undertaken by a partnership or copartnership established pursuant to a contract authorized under section 2 of P.L.1993, c.381 (C.58:28-2) shall be subject to oversight and approval of the Department of Environmental Protection, and shall be subject to the permit system established pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et al.), except that any proposed modification to the existing water allocation permit of a water supply facility, relating to the transaction, that would authorize the transfer to a municipality of up to one-third of the quantity of water allocated by the existing permit shall be deemed to be automatically approved pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et al.).   c. Any agreement entered into by a partnership or copartnership established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.381 (C.58:28-2) shall not be subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Water Supply Privatization Act," P.L.1985, c.37 (C.58:26-1 et seq.).   L.1993, c.381, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:28-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:28-4 - Definitions relative to water supply, wastewater treatment services

58:28-4 Definitions relative to water supply, wastewater treatment services  3. As used in sections 3 through 6 of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.58:28-4 through 58:28-7): "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Concession fee" means a payment from a duly incorporated nonprofit association to the governing body of a city of the first class, regardless of when it is received, that is exclusive of or exceeds any contractually specified reimbursement of direct costs incurred by the governing body. "Contract" means a long-term written agreement wherein a duly incorporated nonprofit association agrees to provide water supply services or wastewater treatment services on behalf of the governing body of a city of the first class and wherein the duly incorporated nonprofit association agrees to provide, during the term of the contract, capital expenditures on behalf of the governing body's water supply facility as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15) or wastewater treatment system as defined in subsection (19) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or both, as the case may be, which expenditures are set forth in the contract. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Proposal document" means the document prepared by or on behalf of the governing body of a city of the first class describing the water supply services or wastewater treatment services that the governing body is considering having provided by a duly incorporated nonprofit association pursuant to a contract. L.2002,c.47,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:29-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:29-1 - Short title.

58:29-1 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Watershed Protection and Management Act of 1997." L.1997,c.261,s.1.