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NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-22.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-22.4 - Credit provided by utilities authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.

40:14B-22.4 Credit provided by utilities authority for damage caused by catastrophic event.  5. a. For a unit damaged by a catastrophic event, a county, regional or municipal utilities authority shall provide, within two years after the date of the catastrophic event, a credit for the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-21) for connection to the water system, or a credit for the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1957, c.183 (C.40:14B-22) for connection to the sewerage system, or both, as the case may be, provided that:  (1) the unit was damaged by a catastrophic event during construction or refurbishing of the unit; (2) the connection fee or tapping fee has been paid; and (3) the damaged unit is refurbished or replaced with another unit and connected to the water system or the sewerage system, or both, as the case may be, within two years after the date of the catastrophic event. If the refurbishing of the damaged unit or the construction of the unit replacing the damaged unit expands the water system use or the sewerage system use, or both, as the case may be, the property owner of the refurbished unit or the newly constructed unit, as applicable, shall be credited for any connection fee or tapping fee previously paid for the unit and shall be assessed the difference between the credit and the connection fee or tapping fee, as applicable, for the new class of use. b. For the purposes of this section, "catastrophic event" means a fire or any declared national, State or municipal emergency or a flood or other natural disaster or event which substantially affects or damages a building or structure; and "unit" means any publicly or privately owned real property that is a building or part of a building that is connected to, or, after construction or refurbishing, is to be connected to, a water system or a sewerage system, or both, as the case may be, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, any building or part of a building leased, operated, or owned by a municipality or a school district L.2005,c.173,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-23 - Municipal authorities

40:14B-23. Municipal authorities  Every municipal authority shall prescribe and from time to time when necessary revise a schedule of all its service charges, which may provide a single rent, rate, fee or charge for any of its utility charges and which shall comply with the terms of any contract of the municipal authority and may be such that the revenues of the municipal authority will at all times be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of the utility system, including reserves, insurance, extensions, and replacements, and to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds and to maintain such reserves or sinking funds therefor as may be required by the terms of any contract of the municipal authority or as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the municipal authority. Said schedule shall thus be prescribed and from time to time revised by the municipal authority after public hearing thereon which shall be held by the municipal authority at least 20 days after notice of the proposed adjustment is mailed to the clerk of each municipality serviced by the authority and publication of notice of the proposed adjustment of the service charges and of the time and place of the public hearing in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the area serviced by the authority. The municipal authority shall provide evidence at the hearing showing that the proposed adjustment of the service charges is necessary and reasonable, and shall provide the opportunity for cross-examination of persons offering such evidence, and a transcript of the hearing shall be made and a copy thereof shall be available upon request to any interested party at a reasonable fee. The municipal authority shall likewise fix and determine the time or times when and the place or places where such service charges shall be due and payable and may require that such service charges shall be paid in advance for periods of not more than one year. A copy of such schedule of service charges in effect shall at all times be kept on file at the principal office of the municipal authority and shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection.  L. 1957, c. 183, p. 652, s. 23, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L. 1977, c. 384, s. 10, eff. Feb. 10, 1978; L. 1981, c. 125, s. 2, eff. April 27, 1981; L. 1985, c. 118, s. 2, eff. April 9, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-24 - Appropriation of funds by local unit; construction, financing and operation of facilities by local unit

40:14B-24. Appropriation of funds by local unit; construction, financing and operation of facilities by local unit  a. Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the municipal authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the municipal authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the municipal authority. b. Subject to section 61 of this act (C. 40:14B-60), any local unit shall have the power to authorize as a general improvement or, in the case of a local unit which is a municipality, as a local improvement the construction and financing of any facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage or for the collection, recycling or disposal of solid waste within the district arising within a district, or any facilities for the distribution of water within a district. Subject to the consent and approval of the municipal authority, such facilities may be operated by the local unit and the local unit may fix rates and charges for the use thereof, in addition to the payment of any special assessments levied by a municipality against lands and real estate specially benefited by such improvements. As provided in section 48 of this act (C. 40:14B-48), such facilities may be acquired and operated by the municipal authority as a part of the utility system, notwithstanding that special assessments may be or may have been levied for such improvements by a municipality. L.1957, c. 183, p. 653, s. 24, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1970, c. 209, s. 3, eff. Sept. 30, 1970; L.1977, c. 384, s. 11, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-25 - Bond resolution

40:14B-25. Bond resolution  For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of any part of its utility system or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds, a municipal authority shall have power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act. Such municipal authority shall adopt a resolution (in this act sometimes referred to as "bond resolution" ) which shall (1) describe in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the utility system or part thereof (in this act sometimes called "project" ) to be constructed or acquired, or describe the bonds which are to be funded or refunded (if any); (2) state the cost or estimated cost of the project (if any); and (3) provide for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with section 26 of this act. L.1957, c. 183, p. 653, s. 25, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-26 - Issuance of bonds

40:14B-26. Issuance of bonds  Upon adoption of a bond resolution, a municipal authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. Such bonds shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in 1 or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at a rate or rates within such maximum rate (not exceeding 6% per annum), be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the bond resolution may provide. L.1957, c. 183, p. 654, s. 26, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-27 - Sale of bonds

40:14B-27. Sale of bonds  Bonds of a municipal authority may be sold by the municipal authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as the municipal authority shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue of bonds (computed according to standard tables of bond values) shall not exceed 6% per annum. L.1957, c. 183, p. 654, s. 27, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-28 - Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions

40:14B-28. Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions  Any municipal authority may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of clerk of the governing body of the local unit or units and may thereupon cause to be published in a newspaper published or circulating in the district a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the municipal authority, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by said bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the utility system and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the municipal authority, or the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said municipal authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly created and established and to be authorized to transact business and exercise powers as a municipal authority under this act, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.1957, c. 183, p. 654, s. 28, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-29 - Negotiability of bonds

40:14B-29. Negotiability of bonds  Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder or owner of such a bond or other obligation, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting such bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such bond, obligation or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of said negotiable instruments law. L.1957, c. 183, p. 655, s. 29, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-32 - Receivers

40:14B-32. Receivers  If the bond resolution of a municipal authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 31 of this act and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section or having the powers of such a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series shall have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the utility system, and such receiver may enter upon and take possession of the utility system and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of the utility system and proceed with such acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the municipal authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal authority in the same manner as the municipal authority itself might do and under the direction of the court. L.1957, c. 183, p. 660, s. 32, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-33 - Liability on bonds

40:14B-33. Liability on bonds  Neither the members of the municipal authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a municipal authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or of any county or municipality and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any such local unit, county or municipality, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any municipal authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any county or municipality. L.1957, c. 183, p. 661, s. 33, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-34 - Eminent domain

40:14B-34. Eminent domain  Every municipal authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within or without the district, which may be deemed by the municipal authority necessary for its purposes, including public lands, waters, parks, roads, playgrounds, reservations and public or private rights in waters within or without the district, and any property within or without the district owned by or in which any county, municipality or political subdivision of the State, or public body or agency of such political subdivision, has any right, title or interest. Such municipal authority is hereby empowered to acquire and take such real property, including any such public property or such public interests therein, by condemnation, in the manner provided in P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.) and, to that end, may invoke and exercise in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed in said chapter, either in its own name or in the name of any local unit or units, all of the powers of such local unit or units to acquire or take property for public use; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this act, no municipal authority shall acquire or take, by condemnation, any real property owned by the State or in which the State has any right, title or interest or real property in use as part of any system of water supply or distribution actually serving 50 or more parcels of real property or real property owned by a municipal or county government or any agency thereof which is utilized as part of a utility system thereby; and provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this act, no municipal authority shall acquire or take, by condemnation, any real property situate without the district owned or occupied by any county, municipality or other political subdivision of the State, except rights-of-way or easements for the location, construction, maintenance, renewal, relocation and removal of collecting, distribution and transmission pipes, mains, conduits, manholes, gatehouses, appurtenances and other like facilities, and for access thereto. L.1957, c. 183, p. 661, s. 34, eff. Aug. 22, 1957. Amended by L.1977, c. 384, s. 12, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-40.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-40.1 - Findings, declarations relative to infrastructure maintenance.

40:14B-40.1 Findings, declarations relative to infrastructure maintenance.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: Infrastructure maintenance and repair are vital to the economy and quality of life in the State of New Jersey. Infrastructure maintenance and repair continue to be insufficiently funded throughout the State. Property taxes in this State continue to be a serious burden to local property taxpayers and so cannot be relied upon to fund necessary infrastructure maintenance and repairs. It is in the public interest to develop additional funding sources to provide for necessary maintenance and repair of infrastructure within the State. County utilities authorities with surplus funds offer one such additional funding source and a pilot program should be developed to explore the efficacy of using those surplus funds for these infrastructure purposes. L.2013, c.190, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-40.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-40.2 - Pilot program to allow county utilities authorities to fund infrastructure improvements.

40:14B-40.2 Pilot program to allow county utilities authorities to fund infrastructure improvements.  2. a. There is established a pilot program to evaluate the efficiency and functionality of allowing county utilities authorities in certain counties, through the use of their undesignated fund balance or unreserved retained earnings, to fund improvements to county infrastructure in municipalities that are located in those counties and that are served by those county utilities authorities, as another method to repair or replace aging county infrastructure through a means other than the local property tax. b. Under this pilot program created herein, the participating county utilities authorities shall be those created by the pilot counties. c. Upon application to and approval by the Director of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, the pilot county utilities authorities shall be permitted to fund improvements within the counties, and each shall report to the Director of Local Government Services annually on the county projects that have been funded by the county utilities authorities. L.2013, c.190, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:14B-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:14B-41 - Interest on unpaid service charges.

40:14B-41 Interest on unpaid service charges.  41. a. In the event that a service charge of any municipal authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the municipal authority on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1 1/2 percent per month until such service charge, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the municipal authority. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section regarding delinquent payments, if the Governor has declared a public health emergency pursuant to the "Emergency Health Powers Act," P.L.2005, c.222 (C.26:13-1 et seq.), or a state of emergency, pursuant to P.L.1942, c.251 (C.App.A:9-33 et seq.), or both, in response to a flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado, natural or other disaster, or public health emergency that the municipal authority has experienced, then, for the duration of the public health emergency, state of emergency, or both and for a period up to 90 days after the public health emergency, state of emergency, or both, are no longer in effect, the municipal authority may, in its discretion, refrain from charging interest on the delinquent payment. A municipal authority shall exercise the discretionary authority it is provided under this subsection consistently to all properties, or to all properties of the same use type or other appropriate category. L.1957, c.183, s.41; amended 1981, c.530, s.2; 2020, c.39, s.2.