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NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-23 - Sale or lease of park lands to adjoining municipalities; joint ownership

40:61-23. Sale or lease of park lands to adjoining municipalities; joint ownership  Any municipality owning park lands adjoining park lands of another municipality, may convey to such other municipality any or all of its lands so adjoining, for such consideration and upon such terms, conditions and covenants as shall be mutually agreed upon and expressed in the conveyance, or may lease such adjoining lands to the other municipality for such period and upon such terms, conditions, covenants and rental as may be mutually agreed upon. Any lands so conveyed or leased shall be used only for park and recreation purposes. Any such two or more municipalities may convey one to the other, any undivided right, title or interest in such several park lands of each so that all of such adjoining park lands shall be owned jointly by the municipalities party to such conveyance.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-24 - Contracts relative to contiguous parks

40:61-24. Contracts relative to contiguous parks  In case any part of any park, heretofore or hereafter established by any municipality under this chapter, shall be or shall become contiguous to any part of any park, heretofore or hereafter so established by any other municipality in the same or adjoining counties, the several municipalities may contract with each other for the development, improvement, control or management of both or all of said public parks, or any parts thereof, either jointly or by any one or more of the municipalities. In case any two or more such municipalities shall contract for the joint control and management of any such parks or places, the same shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted pursuant to law by the ordinance of the governing body of one of the municipalities and approved by the ordinance of the governing body or bodies of the other interested municipality or municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-25 - Parks wholly or partly within other municipalities; regulation of

40:61-25. Parks wholly or partly within other municipalities; regulation of  Should any park or place of public resort and recreation, now or hereafter established by any municipality under this chapter, be situated partly within and partly without, or wholly without the municipality, all ordinances, rules and regulations ordained and enacted for the use, government and policing thereof, by the municipality owning or controlling the park, public resort and recreation place shall be valid and in full force and effectual throughout the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-26 - Power of police to arrest

40:61-26. Power of police to arrest  Every police official of any municipality, whether a park policeman or otherwise, shall have the same powers of arrest in all parts of any park or place of public resort and recreation of such municipality, or in the joint park or place of public resort and recreation of 2 or more municipalities, whether such park or place of public resort and recreation or the part thereof, in which the arrest is made be within or without the municipality or municipalities controlling the park, or place of public resort and recreation, but the person arrested shall be brought and prosecuted before, and if convicted, sentenced by a magistrate in the municipality or county, in which the offense charged was committed, or in the municipality, or 1 of the municipalities, controlling the park or place of public resort and recreation. Amended by L.1957, c. 143, p. 544, s. 1, eff. July 12, 1957.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-27 - Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract

40:61-27. Joint parks on banks of streams; joint contract  Any municipality may contract with any other municipality for the improvement of the banks and shores of waters as places of public resort and recreation. Such contracts shall specify the portion of the work to be done by each municipality, or the proportion of the total cost to be paid by each municipality, and all other provisions necessary to carry out the work of joint improvement.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-28 - Joint parks along lakes; establishment

40:61-28. Joint parks along lakes; establishment  Any two or more municipalities lying within adjacent counties, may acquire by lease, gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights and may erect, construct and maintain dams or other means of impounding water, which lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights shall be maintained by them as public parks and places of public resort for health and recreation.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-29 - Adopting ordinance

40:61-29. Adopting ordinance  In order to acquire lands, lakes, ponds, streams, rights of flowage and other rights for use for public park purposes, the governing bodies of the several municipalities may, by a majority vote, pass an ordinance adopting the provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-35 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-30 - Commissioners; appointment; number

40:61-30. Commissioners; appointment; number  The governing bodies of the several municipalities may, by resolution, appoint one person for each one thousand of population and fraction thereof over five hundred.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-31 - Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies

40:61-31. Commissioners; term and organization; vacancies  The persons appointed under the provisions of section 40:61-30 of this title shall be known and designated as the (name to be chosen by the commissioners) intermunicipal park commission. Such commissioners shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified and shall serve without compensation. Within thirty days after their appointment the commissioners shall take an oath faithfully to perform their duties. They shall select one of their number as president, one as clerk or secretary and one as treasurer. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any member of the commission, the municipality from which he was appointed shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-32 - Commission; general powers; bond issues; officers and employees

40:61-32. Commission; general powers; bond issues; officers and employees  The commissioners shall be a body politic and corporate and shall have power to sue and be sued, complain or defend in any court, use a common seal and shall have all such other corporate power as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. The commission shall have control of the park or parks acquired by the municipalities and may make and amend rules regulating the use thereof. It may, from time to time borrow, on temporary loans, such money as may be necessary, but such loans shall not run for a longer period than one year from their date. In addition to the officers herein above specified, the commission may appoint such other agents and employees as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-33 - Condemnation proceedings

40:61-33. Condemnation proceedings  If it shall become necessary to take condemnation proceedings to acquire any lands, lakes, ponds, streams, flowage and other rights the procedure shall be that provided in chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), and all such proceedings shall be in the name of the intermunicipal park commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-34 - Costs apportioned; annual report; money turned over to commission

40:61-34. Costs apportioned; annual report; money turned over to commission  The cost of acquiring any lands, lakes, ponds, streams, flowage and other rights, as well as the cost of the maintenance thereof as a public park, shall be borne ratably by the municipalities adopting the provisions of this article, according to the then last preceding tax levy in each of the municipalities. The commission shall on or before August first in each year certify to the various municipalities the money which they are severally required to raise for the current year as their pro rata share of the cost of acquiring or maintaining such public park, and the various assessors shall include that amount in their tax levy for that year. The amount due from each municipality shall be paid over to the treasurer of the commission on or before January first following the levy and assessment and shall be applied by the commission to the payment of any debts incurred by it under the provisions of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-35 - Authority here conferred deemed additional

40:61-35. Authority here conferred deemed additional  The provisions of sections 40:61-28 to 40:61-34 of this title shall not repeal any other legislation or affect any proceedings thereunder for the purchase or condemnation of lands for park purposes, the improvement thereof or the raising of funds therefor; but shall be deemed to be additional legislation for such purposes and independent of all powers and authority conferred by any other law and not subject to any limitation contained in any other law.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-36 - Leasing of parks, etc. authorized; period of leases

40:61-36. Leasing of parks, etc. authorized; period of leases  The governing body of every municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean may lease, rent or hire, the whole or any part of any public parks, recreation grounds or places of public resort, owned by it and not presently needed by the municipality for municipal purposes, or any building or portion thereof located therein for any period not exceeding 10 years. Amended by L.1959, c. 6, p. 47, s. 1, eff. Feb. 11, 1959.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-37 - Leasing of privileges

40:61-37. Leasing of privileges  The governing body may let out to any person, any privileges in any public parks, recreation grounds or places of public resort, upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-38 - Lease voided upon violation of terms

40:61-38. Lease voided upon violation of terms  Upon the violation of the terms upon which any lease or privilege is granted, the same shall become void and such governing body shall have power to so declare and may re-enter any place so leased and prevent the exercise of any privilege so forfeited.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-39 - Letting to highest bidder

40:61-39. Letting to highest bidder  Any such letting shall be to the highest responsible bidder therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-40 - Advertisement for bids

40:61-40. Advertisement for bids  Any such letting shall be advertised in some newspaper circulating in the municipality at least ten days prior to the receipt of bids.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:61-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:61-41 - Power deemed additional

40:61-41. Power deemed additional  The power conferred in this article is in addition to those given by any other law or laws.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-1 - Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissioners

40:62-1. Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissioners  Every municipality operating any form of public utility service shall keep the accounts thereof in the manner prescribed by the board of public utility commissioners for the accounting of similar public utilities, and shall file with the board such statements thereof as may be directed by the board.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-2 - Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and service

40:62-2. Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and service  Any municipality engaged in the business of operating any light, heat or power plant or works or engaged in the business of transportation, shall, with respect to such business and the property and plant used by it: a. keep its books, records and accounts in the same manner as provided by statute for keeping other books, records and accounts of a municipality, and file with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners a copy of its Annual Report of Audit by a registered municipal accountant if the municipality provides light, heat or power only within the limits of the municipality; b. keep its books, records and accounts and make reports to the board in a manner and form and to the same extent as the board shall from time to time require of other public utilities in similar businesses in all other situations; c. comply with all rules, regulations and recommendations as to reasonable standards and service to the same extent as the board shall from time to time require of other public utilities engaged in other similar businesses. The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall have power and authority to enforce the provisions of this section. Amended by L.1973, c. 277, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-3 - Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.

40:62-3 Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.  40:62-3. Any municipality owning a sewer plant, water plant, heat, light or power plant, system of transportation, or other public utility plant or system, may long-term lease or sell such plant or system. Such a long-term lease or sale to another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as said ordinance shall provide and the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. Such a long-term lease or sale to any person except another municipality, a sanitary sewerage authority, a sewerage authority or any other authority, commission or public body shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be made only upon compliance with the provisions of R.S.40:62-4 and R.S.40:62-5 and after the same is authorized by the legal voters of the municipality in accordance with said sections, or upon compliance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.16 (C.40:62-3.1) or the "Water Infrastructure Protection Act," sections 1 through 9 of P.L.2015, c.18 (C.58:30-1 et seq.). amended 1948, c.232, s.1; 1948, c.397; 1981, c.16, s.1; 2015, c.18, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-3.1 - Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval

40:62-3.1. Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approval  If the governing body of any municipality shall deem it advisable in the interests of public health and safety to transfer a municipal water utility system serving less than 5% of the population of that municipality, to any person or another municipality or any authority, commission or other public body, the transfer shall be authorized by ordinance and may be made upon such terms as the ordinance shall provide, and the provisions of R.S. 40:62-4 and R.S. 40:62-5 shall not apply thereto. The terms of such sale and the ordinance authorizing same shall be subject to review by the Board of Public Utilities and shall provide that the purchaser shall have the privilege to operate the system within the area of the municipality covered. L.1981, c. 16, s. 2, eff. Feb. 3, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-4 - Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids

40:62-4. Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bids  If the governing body of any such municipality shall deem it advisable to lease or sell any such plant or system it shall by resolution so determine and shall set forth therein a general description of the property, and such terms and conditions as it shall deem advisable, and shall advertise for bids for the rental or sale. The advertisement shall be published at least six times, once a week, in one or more newspapers circulating in the municipality, and at least once, not less than thirty days prior to the date advertised for the receipt of bids, in a newspaper or magazine devoted wholly or partly to municipal matters. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, or a sufficiently secured bond of the bidder, to be approved by the governing body, guaranteeing the fulfillment of the contract if the bid is accepted. The bids shall be in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of the charter or other law relating thereto effective in such municipality. All advertisements for bids shall plainly state the amount of check or bond required and that such plant or system will not be leased or sold, as the case may be, until the legal voters of the municipality shall authorize the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-5 - Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content

40:62-5. Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and content  Upon the receipt of bids the governing body may adopt an ordinance providing for the lease or sale of the property. The ordinance shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be leased or sold; the name, address and amount of bid of the highest responsible bidder therefor; a general description of the property to be leased or sold, and any other matters and things deemed necessary. The clerk of the governing body shall cause a certified copy of the ordinance to be served upon the officer charged with the duty of preparing election ballots, with a request that the question of the lease or sale as shown by the ordinances shall be placed upon the ballots used at the next succeeding general election in such municipality. Such officer shall have the question printed on the election ballots in substantially one of the following forms: "Shall the plant be sold for the sum of ?" "Yes." "No." "Shall the plant be leased for a term of years for the sum of annual rental?" "Yes." "No." If a majority of the legal voters voting at such election shall vote "Yes," the governing body may accept the bid of the highest responsible bidder and carry out such lease or sale as authorized by the election.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-6 - Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending use

40:62-6. Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending use  All rentals received under any such lease shall be applied by the municipality in the same manner as provided by law for the application of income from such plant while operated by the municipality. The proceeds from any sale shall be used for the retirement of bonds issued for the purposes of such plant, if any, or in case no such bonds are outstanding, then to the retirement of other bonds of the municipality. If no such bonds are outstanding the proceeds or any balance thereof may be used for the general purposes of the municipality. Such proceeds may, pending their use for the retirement of such bonds, be invested in bonds of the Government of the United States or bonds of the State of New Jersey or bonds or notes of such municipality. Amended by L.1941, c. 412, p. 1059, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-7 - Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulation

40:62-7. Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulation  The governing body may establish, maintain and operate a municipal abattoir, and for that purpose may acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, condemnation or lease, all necessary lands and buildings therefor, or may acquire, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, lands and erect thereon suitable buildings, and, from time to time, alter and improve the same, and equip all such buildings with proper apparatus and machinery. The governing body may also make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances, rules and regulations for the control, management and use of any abattoir so established, and fixing the rental and other charges for its use. No abattoir shall be established by any municipality within any other municipality except with the consent of the governing body and board of health of that municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-8 - Joint municipal airports

40:62-8. Joint municipal airports  In addition to any and all other powers, the governing bodies of any two or more municipalities may acquire jointly by gift, purchase, condemnation, or any other manner, lands and interest therein for airport purposes, and at the joint expense of such municipalities erect thereon and maintain buildings for these purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-9 - Bonds to be obligations of single municipality

40:62-9. Bonds to be obligations of single municipality  To meet the cost of such acquisition and construction such municipalities are severally authorized to incur indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The obligations so incurred shall be the several obligations of each municipality entering into the joint proposal authorized by this article notwithstanding the title to the land so acquired, and the buildings thereon erected shall be held under the joint ownership of such municipalities.