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NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.26 - Partial invalidity

58:14-34.26. Partial invalidity  If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or to be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provisions of this act in any one or more instances or under any one or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance. L.1953, c. 388, p. 2023, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.27 - Agreement with contracting agency for use of pumping station and treatment facilities

58:14-34.27. Agreement with contracting agency for use of pumping station and treatment facilities  At any time hereafter the commissioners may enter into an agreement with any contracting agency solely for the use of the commissioners' pumping station and treatment facilities for the disposal of sewage originating from within the municipal boundaries of the contracting agency. No sewage presently being discharged into the commissioners' system may be received under these sections. L.1962, c. 31, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.28 - Hearing on proposed agreement

58:14-34.28. Hearing on proposed agreement  Before entering into any such agreement the commissioners shall hold a public hearing at which time opportunity shall be afforded the remaining contracting agencies to present objections and suggestions with reference to the proposed agreement, and if it shall appear that the contracting agencies, representing more than 75% of the remaining allowed capacity in the commissioners' facilities, object to said agreement, the commissioners shall not enter into it. Notice of said public hearing with the relative information and data shall be mailed to each contracting agency at least 20 days before the date set for the hearing. L.1962, c. 31, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-34.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-34.30 - Agreements limited by capacity of facilities

58:14-34.30. Agreements limited by capacity of facilities  No contracting agency shall be permitted to enter into any agreement for the discharge of a quantity of sewage, which, in addition to any other sewage discharged to the commissioners' facilities, shall exceed its allotted capacity. In no event shall the peak flow under this agreement exceed twice the capacity permitted hereunder. L.1962, c. 31, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-35 - Rules and regulations; civil penalty for violations

58:14-35. Rules and regulations; civil penalty for violations  The commissioners shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations in conformity with requirements imposed by the federal government as a condition of federal assistance, which shall be binding upon all contracting municipalities and lessees delivering or discharging sewage into the system of the commissioners. Such rules and regulations may include pretreatment requirements, requirements for the adoption of sewer use ordinances and of user charge and industrial cost recovery systems in accordance with applicable federal statutes and the implementing regulations promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and requirements concerning infiltration-inflow, as well as such other rules and regulations as the commissioners may deem to be necessary or proper for the operation of the system or to apply for and receive financial assistance from the federal government or any agency thereof for the construction, acquisition or rehabilitation of waste treatment works as part of the system, and to enter any agreement with the federal government for the purpose of obtaining such financial assistance. Any person who violates any provision of any rule or regulation adopted by the commissioners pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $50,000.00 per day for each violation, and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute a separate violation. Penalties imposed under this section may be recovered with costs in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.). The commissioners may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief to prevent or restrain any act or activity which adversely affects or threatens to adversely affect public health or safety or the operation of the system. L.1976, c.125, s.1; amended 1989,c.237,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-36 - Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, establishment of reduced rates for certain affordable housing projects.

58:14-36 Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, establishment of reduced rates for certain affordable housing projects.  6. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1976, c.125 (C.58:14-35) or any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners shall establish within its leases, contracts, rates or schedules, as appropriate, a 50% reduction in the connection fee or tapping fee assessed for new connections to the sewerage system which are to be charged to public housing authorities and to non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects. b. For units previously connected to the sewerage system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units and for which a connection fee was previously paid, the commissioners shall establish within its leases, contracts, rates or schedules, as appropriate, a credit against the connection fee or tapping fee to be assessed for connection with the sewerage system to public housing authorities and non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects. The credit shall be the connection fee or tapping fee previously assessed and paid for connection with the sewerage system for units previously connected to the sewerage system.  c. The connection fee or tapping fee assessable against a public housing authority or non-profit organization, for units previously connected to the sewerage system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units, shall be the lesser of the reduced rate provided for in subsection a. of this section, or the current non-reduced rate applicable to other types of housing developments minus the credit provided under subsection b. of this section for units for which a connection fee or tapping fee was previously paid, provided that said public housing authority or non-profit organization can establish that the connection fee or tapping fee was previously assessed and paid for connection with the system. If the same cannot be established, the reduced rate provided for in subsection a. of this section shall be assessed. L.2005,c.29,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:14-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:14-37 - Customers of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, electronic billing, payment permitted.

58:14-37 Customers of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, electronic billing, payment permitted.  10. Upon the request of a customer, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such commissioners to their customers and any additional information sent by the commissioners to their customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of water service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and b. provide the customer the option of paying any such periodic bill of the commissioners via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-1 - Short title; declaration of advisability

58:16A-1. Short title; declaration of advisability  a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Flood Control Facilities Act." b. It is hereby declared that the State deems it advisable to participate in a program of flood control in the State of New Jersey in the manner hereinafter described. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1409, s. 1. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 2, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-2 - Receipt of moneys from Federal Government, counties and municipalities for reimbursement

58:16A-2. Receipt of moneys from Federal Government, counties and municipalities for reimbursement  The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to receive from the Federal Government any moneys which the Federal Government shall offer to the State of New Jersey for reimbursement for expenditures or otherwise in connection with any Federal flood control project in the State of New Jersey. The treasurer is also authorized to receive from any county or municipality of the State reimbursement for expenditures made by the State in the first instance for flood control projects, the cost of which expenditures is to be borne by the counties or municipalities of the State as hereinafter described. The treasurer is authorized, upon the receipt of any allotment of moneys from the Federal Government for reimbursement of expenditures or otherwise in connection with a flood control project and upon the receipt of any money from a county or municipality of the State in connection with a flood control project, to deposit such moneys to the credit of the general fund. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1409, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-4.1 - Flood control facilities; authorization to plan, acquire, construct and operate

58:16A-4.1. Flood control facilities; authorization to plan, acquire, construct and operate  The Commissioner of Environmental Protection is authorized to plan, acquire, construct and operate flood control facilities upon concluding that the public safety, health and welfare can best be assured by the acquisition or construction of such a facility and that the flood control facility will contribute to the overall management of the surface water of the river basin or subbasin to be affected by such a facility. The commissioner may construct any such facility either separately or in conjunction with the Federal Government or with any municipality, county or any agency or instrumentality of any of the above. L.1979, c. 358, s. 3, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-5 - Authority of commissioner of environmental protection

58:16A-5. Authority of commissioner of environmental protection  The Commissioner of Environmental Protection is hereby authorized and directed for and in behalf of the State to carry out the State's participation in a Federal program of flood control, if and when such program shall be authorized by law, to sign all necessary agreements, and to do and perform all necessary acts in connection therewith to consummate the intent and purpose running with the approval by the Federal Government of flood control projects in the State of New Jersey and the allotment of moneys for such projects, if, as and when made by the Federal Government. He is authorized and empowered, notwithstanding any other law of this State, to carry out the provisions of this act and to perform and do such other and further acts not hereby specifically provided in this act as may be necessary to carry out the projects herein authorized and so as to conform with the act and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Federal Government made to govern the expenditures. Work, except work which shall be done under and pursuant to section 7 of this act, may be carried out by contract or by department forces or by a combination of these two methods. However, if the commissioner deems it to be in the interest of the public, he may agree with a local government affected by such work, to have its contractor or its forces and equipment perform such work, upon such terms as the commissioner may deem advantageous to the State. The commissioner shall exercise his powers and duties with respect to the said flood control projects in a manner that will comply with any Act of Congress applicable thereto and any rules and regulations made and promulgated by virtue thereof. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1411, s. 5. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 4, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-6 - Relocation and reconstruction for flood control project

58:16A-6. Relocation and reconstruction for flood control project  The commissioner shall carry out the relocation and reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, public grounds, parks, cemeteries, water supply systems, sewer systems and lighting systems of municipal corporations, county roads, and town and township highways made necessary by the construction of State flood control projects. The total cost of such relocation and reconstruction for a flood control project shall be paid by the State. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1412, s. 6. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 5, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-7 - Participation by municipalities or counties, or agency or instrumentality thereof

58:16A-7. Participation by municipalities or counties, or agency or instrumentality thereof  The governing body of any municipality or county or any agency or instrumentality thereof may participate with the State of New Jersey in a program of flood control and, in such case, the cost to be borne by the local government shall be determined in written agreement executed between the commissioner and the local government. The money so required shall be paid by the State to such local government or by such local government to the State and, in the latter case, shall be raised by tax or pursuant to the local finance law, or in accordance with any local charter or law, as the case may be. All such funds receivable by the State shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the Treasurer on vouchers approved by the commissioner. L.1948, c. 351, p. 412, s. 7. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 6, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-8 - Public utilities to remove, relocate and reconstruct facilities

58:16A-8. Public utilities to remove, relocate and reconstruct facilities  Whenever the commissioner shall determine that the construction of a flood control project requires the removal, relocation and reconstruction of any plants, works, holders, pumping stations, pipes, mains, tunnels, bridges, tracks, generating or switching stations, substations, transformers, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, or other structures, equipment, apparatus, or appurtenances (herein called "facilities" ) of any public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall remove, relocate and reconstruct the same, upon the order of the commissioner, and the total cost and expense of the removal, relocation and reconstruction of such facilities, including the cost of installing such facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands, or any other rights, required to accomplish such removal, relocation and reconstruction, shall be considered as a part of the cost of the work. In case of any such removal, relocation and reconstruction of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location. No order of the commissioner for the removal, relocation and reconstruction of any such facilities shall be effective unless such order shall have been approved by the Board of Public Utilities. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1412, s. 8. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 7, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-9 - Acquisition of property; eminent domain; entry on property

58:16A-9. Acquisition of property; eminent domain; entry on property  (1) The commissioner, for the people of the State of New Jersey, shall acquire any property or interest therein necessary for purposes connected with the flood control project by gift, devise or purchase, or by condemnation in the manner provided by the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," (P.L.1971, c. 361; C. 20:3-1 et seq.). (2) Awards and judgments after condemnation proceedings shall be paid out of State treasury from moneys appropriated for purposes connected with flood control projects. (3) The expense of such acquisitions including the cost of making surveys, and preparing descriptions and maps of property to be acquired, serving notices of appropriation, making appraisals and agreements and of searches ordered and examinations and readings of title, and expenses incurred by the commissioner or Attorney General in proceedings for removal of owners and occupants, shall be deemed part of the cost of such flood control projects. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, the commissioner, his officers or agents, and the officers, agents or contractor of the United States when engaged on flood control projects, may enter upon property for the purpose of making surveys, test pits, test borings, or other investigations. Claim for any damage caused by such work may be adjusted by agreement by the commissioner without taking such property, and payment shall be made in like manner as provided in this act for property taken for flood control purposes. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1413, s. 9. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 8, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-10 - Lease, sale or exchange of property taken; conveyance to United States

58:16A-10. Lease, sale or exchange of property taken; conveyance to United States  The commissioner (a) may determine whether any property taken for any of the purposes connected with flood control projects pursuant to this act may be leased, sold or exchanged on terms beneficial to the State, and in all cases of such determination he may lease, sell or exchange such property; in order to carry any such lease, sale or exchange into effect the commissioner is hereby authorized to execute and deliver, in the name of the people of the State, a quit-claim or lease of such property. (b) May also convey to the United States for flood control purposes all right, title and interest of the State in and to any property heretofore or hereafter so taken for any of such purposes for which reimbursement by the United States is made in accordance with section 2 of the Federal Flood Control Act of 1938 being public, numbered 761, Seventy-Fifth Congress, and including improvements made thereon for such purposes. Such conveyance shall be by deed or instrument of quit-claim, executed by the commissioner in the name of the people of the State, delivered to the Federal authority having jurisdiction. This paragraph shall not prevent reservations, if any, in such a conveyance, agreed to by such commissioner and Federal authority, to protect leases or easement, if any, theretofore lawfully made or created by such commissioner. Whenever the United States, acting by and through said Federal authority having jurisdiction, shall cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of this State, a duplicate original of the deed or instrument of conveyance to the United States of any such property for the purposes therein specified, such jurisdiction as may be required for flood control purposes is thereupon ceded to the United States over the property described in said deed or instrument of conveyance, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof and shall use such property for flood control purposes. (c) Is hereby authorized to agree with the United States as to the value of the property taken and for legal damages caused by any such taking thereof, as and for reimbursement by the United States and the commissioner is authorized to convey such property to the United States, in the manner herein provided, specifying in such conveyance that the consideration stated therein is the agreed value of such property and legal damages, and is in full reimbursement thereof by the United States. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1414, s. 10. Amended by L.1979, c. 358, s. 9, eff. Jan. 31, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:16A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:16A-11 - Certification by Attorney-General of title or interest of State in property

58:16A-11. Certification by Attorney-General of title or interest of State in property  The Attorney-General is hereby authorized and empowered to certify to the United States of America or a department, agency or authority thereof having jurisdiction therein, the right, title or interest vested in the people of the State of New Jersey in and to property acquired for the purpose of this act for which reimbursement is to be made by the United States of America to the people of the State of New Jersey. L.1948, c. 351, p. 1415, s. 11.