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NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-9.2 - New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund.

58:1B-9.2 New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund.  7. a. The New Jersey Water Supply Authority Round Valley Fund is established as a nonlapsing, special fund in the Department of the Treasury. The moneys in the fund are specifically dedicated and allocated to, and shall be used to defray the additional, reasonable energy or water expenses incurred by the New Jersey Water Supply Authority in replenishing the water released from the Round Valley reservoir for the purpose of sustaining water recreational activities at the Spruce Run reservoir as provided in subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.1958, c.34 (C.58:22-8). Interest received on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund may not be used for the routine operation and maintenance expenses of the authority. Moneys in the fund may be used by the Department of Environmental Protection for the additional, reasonable expenses incurred for additional monitoring which may be necessary, from time to time, to augment the continuous monitoring required of the department pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2001, c.82 (C.58:22-8.1). (1) The fund shall be fully funded at a first year level of $350,000, and shall be fully funded annually thereafter at a level of not less than $225,000 but not more than $350,000 on July 1 of each fiscal year. (2) The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the General Fund to the fund such sums as may be necessary to maintain the levels prescribed in this subsection, except that no annual appropriation shall be less than $40,000. b. The sum of $350,000 shall be deposited in the fund from the moneys made available pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2001, c.82, and from all interest received from the investment of moneys in the fund, and from any moneys which, from time to time, may otherwise become available for the purposes of the fund. c. Pending the use thereof as provided in subsection a. of this section, the moneys in the fund shall be held in interest-bearing accounts in public depositories as defined in section 1 of P.L.1970, c.236 (C.17:9-41), and may be invested and reinvested in such securities as are approved by the State Treasurer, in the manner provided by law. L.2001,c.82,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-11 - Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property; lien; priority over other claimants

58:1B-11. Pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property; lien; priority over other claimants  Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds or other property made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues, moneys, funds or other property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority unless otherwise agreed, shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge of revenues, moneys or funds is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority. L.1981, c. 293, s. 11, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-12 - No personal liability on bonds

58:1B-12. No personal liability on bonds  Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. L.1981, c. 293, s. 12, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-13 - Reserves, funds or accounts; establishment

58:1B-13. Reserves, funds or accounts; establishment  The authority may establish such reserves, funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary or desirable to further the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority or to comply with the provisions of any agreement made by or any resolution of the authority. L.1981, c. 293, s. 13, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-14 - Pledges, covenants and agreements with holders of bonds by state

58:1B-14. Pledges, covenants and agreements with holders of bonds by state  The State of New Jersey pledges to and covenants and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to authority of the act that the State will not limit or alter the rights or powers vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, improve, and repair any project in any way that would jeopardize the interest of such holders, or to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, or to fix, establish, charge and collect such rents, fees, rates or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet all expenses of the authority and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, until the bonds, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged or provided for. L.1981, c. 293, s. 14, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-15 - Bonds as legal investment

58:1B-15. Bonds as legal investment  The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to the act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1981, c. 293, s. 15, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-16 - Lease, loan, grant or conveyance of real property by any governmental entity

58:1B-16. Lease, loan, grant or conveyance of real property by any governmental entity  Any governmental entity, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, except any requiring notice or public hearing, is authorized to lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority at its request upon such terms and conditions as the governing body or other proper utility of such governmental entity may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality, other than the ordinance, resolution or regular action thereof, any real property or interest therein which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purposes of the authority. No property of the State, other than meadowlands, riparian lands or lands under water and similar lands or interests therein referred to and whose disposition is controlled by the provisions in Title 12, Commerce and Navigation, and Title 13, Conservation and Development, of the Revised Statutes, shall be so granted, leased or conveyed to the authority, except upon the approval of the State House Commission and payment to the State of such price therefor as may be fixed by the State House Commission. L.1981, c. 293, s. 16, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-17 - Maintenance and operation of projects; employees

58:1B-17. Maintenance and operation of projects; employees  Every project, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be properly maintained and kept in good condition and repaired by the authority. Every project shall be operated by such operating employees as the authority may in its discretion employ or pursuant to a contract or lease with a governmental agency or person. L.1981, c. 293, s. 17, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-18 - Inapplicability of act to construction, operation or repair of retail water system or project

58:1B-18. Inapplicability of act to construction, operation or repair of retail water system or project  Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize or permit the authority to plan, initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair or operate any retail water system or project. L.1981, c. 293, s. 18, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-19 - Establishment and collection of rates, rents, fees and charges; contracts for acquisition; cooperation with public or private entity for acquisition or construction; agreements

58:1B-19. Establishment and collection of rates, rents, fees and charges; contracts for acquisition; cooperation with public or private entity for acquisition or construction; agreements  The authority may establish and alter rates and charges, and collect rents, fees and charges for water sold from, and for the use of services of any water system project and contract in the manner provided in this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental entities, or any combination thereof, receiving the use or services of any project, and fix the terms, conditions, rents, rates, fees and charges for such use or services. The contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of the project for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the authority in its discretion determines to be appropriate, but subject to the provisions of any resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds or any trust agreement securing the same. Any water supply entity which has the power to construct, operate and maintain water management facilities may enter into a contract or lease with the authority whereby the use or services of any project of the authority will be made available to the entity and pay for the use or services such rents, rates, fees and charges as may be agreed to by the authority and the entity. Any one or more public or private entity may cooperate with the authority in the acquisition or construction of a project and shall enter into such agreements with the authority as are necessary, with a view to effective cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties thereto, which agreements shall provide for such contributions by the parties thereto in such proportion as may be agreed upon and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including without limitation the authorization of the construction of the project by one of the parties acting as agent for all of the parties and the ownership and control of the project by the authority to the extent necessary or appropriate for purposes of the issuance of bonds by the authority. Any governmental agency may provide such contribution as is required under such agreements by the appropriation of money or, if otherwise authorized by law to issue bonds or levy taxes or assessments and issue bonds in anticipation of the collection thereof, by the issuance of bonds or by the levying of taxes or assessments and the issuance of bonds in anticipation of the collection thereof, and by the payment of such appropriated money or the proceeds of the bonds to the authority pursuant to such agreements. L.1981, c. 293, s. 19, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-20 - Annual report and audit

58:1B-20. Annual report and audit  On or before the last day of February in each year the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and to the Legislature. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the authority and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Comptroller of the Treasury. L.1981, c. 293, s. 20, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-21 - Services by state agencies; Attorney General as counsel

58:1B-21. Services by state agencies; Attorney General as counsel  All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions and commissions of the State are authorized to render such services to the authority as may be within the area of their respective governmental functions as fixed by law, and as may be requested by the authority. The cost and expense of the services shall be met and provided for by the authority. The Attorney General shall serve as counsel to the authority. L.1981, c. 293, s. 21, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-23 - Tax exemption; projects and other property; exceptions; bonds; exemption from local zoning

58:1B-23. Tax exemption; projects and other property; exceptions; bonds; exemption from local zoning  a. All projects and other property of the authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that when any part of the project site not occupied or to be occupied by facilities of the project is leased by the authority to another whose property is not exempt and the leasing of which does not make the real estate taxable, the estate created by the lease and the appurtenances thereto shall be listed as the property of the lessee thereof and be assessed and taxed as real estate. All bonds issued pursuant to this act are declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and these bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, revenues, income and other moneys received or to be received by the authority and pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, or interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer inheritance and estate taxes. b. Any project constructed, maintained or operated by the authority shall be exempt from compliance with local zoning regulations, but the authority shall wherever practicable adhere to the regulations. L.1981, c. 293, s. 23, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-24 - Transfer of water supply facilities element in division of water resources of department of environmental protection to authority

58:1B-24. Transfer of water supply facilities element in division of water resources of department of environmental protection to authority  The Water Supply Facilities Element in the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Environmental Protection, together with all its functions, powers and duties, is hereby transferred to the authority established pursuant to this act. This act shall not affect the terms of office of, nor the salaries received by, the present officers or employees of the element. L.1981, c. 293, s. 24, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:1B-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:1B-25 - Transfers in accordance with state agency transfer act

58:1B-25. Transfers in accordance with state agency transfer act  The transfer of responsibilities directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1981, c. 293, s. 25, eff. Oct. 7, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:2-1 - Payment in the case of diversion of surface water supplies; exception

58:2-1. Payment in the case of diversion of surface water supplies; exception  Every municipality, corporation or private person diverting the waters of streams or lakes with outlets for the purpose of a public water supply shall make annual payments on May first to the state treasurer for all such water diverted in excess of a total amount equal to one hundred gallons daily for each inhabitant of the municipality or municipalities supplied, as shown by the census of one thousand nine hundred and five, or in excess of such greater amount as it may have been legally diverting on June seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven. The provisions contained in this chapter as to payment to the state for water diverted from surface sources shall not apply to waters obtained from wells, except as provided in section 58:2-4 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:2-2 - Fixing of charges for surface waters diverted; review

58:2-2. Fixing of charges for surface waters diverted; review  Payment for water diverted as provided in R.S. 58:2-1 shall be deemed to be a license and its amount shall be fixed by the department at a rate of not less than $1.00 nor more than $10.00 per million gallons. If at all times an amount equal to the average daily flow for the driest month, as shown by the existing records, or in lieu thereof 125,000 gallons daily for each square mile of unappropriated watershed above the point of diversion, shall be allowed to flow down the stream. The department shall fix the minimum rate and may increase the rate proportionally as a lesser amount is allowed to flow down the stream below the point of diversion, due account being taken in fixing said increase both of the duration and amount of the deficiency. The aforesaid 125,000 gallons daily for each square mile of unappropriated watershed shall be additional to the dry-season flow or any part thereof which may be allowed to flow from any appropriated watershed or watersheds above the point of diversion. Water diverted within the corporate limits of a municipality for manufacturing and fire purposes only and returned without pollution to the stream from which it was taken within said corporate limits shall not be reckoned in making up the aggregate amount diverted. Any party aggrieved by the action of the department upon filing written complaint on or before March twentieth, shall be heard and permitted to give evidence of the facts, and the sum fixed may be changed, reduced, or cancelled, as the facts may warrant. Amended by L.1981, c. 262, s. 21, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:2-3 - Certification and collection of amounts due; disposition

58:2-3. Certification and collection of amounts due; disposition  The department shall annually certify to the State Comptroller, as soon as practicable after January first, and not later than February fifteenth, the names of all municipalities, corporations or private persons owing money to the State for the diversion of water during the preceding year, with the amounts so due. The State Comptroller shall promptly notify said municipalities, water companies or persons of their indebtedness to the State, and if said amounts are not paid to the State Treasurer on or before July first of the same year, the State Comptroller shall certify to the Attorney-General for collection the names of the delinquents and the amounts due from each, and the Attorney-General shall take immediate steps to collect the same in the name of the State. All sums received as herein provided shall be deposited to the credit of the State and deemed as part of the Environmental Services Fund. The Legislature shall annually appropriate an amount equivalent to the amount anticipated to be collected as sums charged under this section in support of the water management programs. Amended by L.1950, c. 44, p. 83, s. 1; 1981, c. 262, s. 22, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:2-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:2-4 - Payment in the case of condemnation of subsurface, well or percolating water supplies

58:2-4. Payment in the case of condemnation of subsurface, well or percolating water supplies  In the case of the condemnation of subsurface, well or percolating water supplies, there shall be charged by the State a fee of $1.00 per million gallons from that portion of the supply for the acquisition of which the State's right of eminent domain is exercised for all water diverted, which charge shall be certified to the State Comptroller by the department and its collection shall be enforced in the same manner as hereinbefore in this chapter provided in the case of excess diversion of surface water supplies. Amended by L.1981, c. 262, s. 23, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:2-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:2-5 - Saving clause

58:2-5. Saving clause  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to confer upon any municipality, corporation or person, any franchise not already possessed by said municipality, corporation or person, but the approval of the department contained in its decision as provided in this chapter, shall constitute the assent of the State to the diversion of water as against the State in accordance with the terms of said decision. Amended by L.1981, c. 262, s. 24, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:4-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:4-1 - Reservoir, dam restrictions.

58:4-1 Reservoir, dam restrictions.  58:4-1. a. No municipality, corporation or person shall, without the consent of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, hereafter in this chapter designated as the commissioner, build any reservoir or construct any dam, or repair, alter or improve existing dams on any river or stream in this State or between this State and any other state which will raise the waters of the river or stream more than five feet above its usual mean low-water height. No municipality, corporation or person shall, without the consent of the commissioner, build any reservoir or construct any dam, or repair, alter or improve existing dams in the pinelands area, as designated by subsection a. of section 10 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-11), which will raise the waters of any river or stream more than eight feet above the surface of the ground where the drainage area above the dam or reservoir is more than one square mile in extent and where the water surface created by the dam or reservoir is more than 100 acres in extent. The commissioner may investigate and take appropriate action regarding any dam or reservoir about which the commissioner has a security or safety concern. With respect to dams and reservoirs located on lands utilized for agricultural or horticultural purposes within the pinelands area, the commissioner's actions shall be undertaken after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. b. The commissioner shall not require a permit for the repair of any dam used for agricultural purposes within a special agricultural production area designated pursuant to N.J.A.C.7:50-5.14 in the pinelands area. Amended 1981, c.249, s.3; 1985, c.33; 1995, c.402, s.1; 2001, c.82, s.1.