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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-8 - Relocation of public utility property

40A:26A-8. Relocation of public utility property  Whenever the local unit or units determine that it is necessary that any public utility facilities such as tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances of any public utility, as defined in R.S.48:2-13, which are now, or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any sewerage facility project, should be removed, the public utility owning or operating the facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the local unit or units, the cost and expense of the relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interest in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of the property, shall be ascertained and paid as a part of the cost of the project. In case of any relocation or removal of facilities pursuant to this section, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location, for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in their former location.  Source: New. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-9 - Bonds and security therefor

40A:26A-9. Bonds and security therefor  A local unit having adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to N.J.S.40A:26A-4, may issue bonds pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq., for all or part of the cost of sewerage facilities. Proceeds from the bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the sewerage facilities for which the bonds have been authorized. Bonds issued by a local unit or local units may be: a. General obligation bonds payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes which may additionally be secured by a pledge of revenues from rates, rentals or other charges levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:26A-10 and 40A:26A-11;  b. Local improvement assessment bonds payable from local improvement assessments as provided in N.J.S.40A:26A-13, additionally secured by unlimited ad valorem taxes; or  c. General obligation bonds secured and payable from rates, rental and other charges levied and collected pursuant to N.J.S.40A:26A-10 and 40A:26A-11, and additionally secured by unlimited ad valorem taxes. Bonds may additionally be secured by a pledge of any grant, subsidy or contribution received by the issuing local unit from the United States or the State of New Jersey, or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.  Source: C.40:23-19.8 (P.L.1966, c.205, s.8); R.S.40:63-28 and R.S.40:63-110.  L.1991,c.53,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-10 - Rates, rentals, and other charges of sewerage services

40A:26A-10. Rates, rentals, and other charges of sewerage services  40A:26A-10. After the commencement of operation of sewerage facilities, the local unit or units may prescribe and, from time to time, alter rates or rentals to be charged to users of sewerage services. Rates or rentals being in the nature of use or service charges or annual rental charges, shall be uniform and equitable for the same types and classes of use and service of the facilities, except as permitted by section 5 of P.L.1994, c.78 (C.40A:26A-10.1). Rates or rentals and types and classes of use and service may be based on any factors which the governing body or bodies of that local unit or units shall deem proper and equitable within the region served.  In fixing rates, rental and other charges for supplying sewerage services, the local unit or units shall establish a rate structure that allows, within the limits of any lawful covenants made with bondholders, the local unit to:  a. Recover all costs of acquisition, construction or operation, including the costs of raw materials, administration, real or personal property, maintenance, taxes, debt service charges, fees and an amount equal to any operating budget deficit occurring in the immediately preceding fiscal year;  b. Establish a surplus in an amount sufficient to provide for the reasonable anticipation of any contingency that may affect the operating of the sewerage facility, and, at the discretion of the local unit or units, allow for the transfer of moneys from the budget for the sewerage facilities to the local budget in accordance with section 5 of P.L.1983, c.111 (C.40A:4-35.1).  L.1991, c.53, s.1; amended 1994,c.78,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-10.1 - Establishment of rates or schedules by county, municipal sewerage facility.

40A:26A-10.1 Establishment of rates or schedules by county, municipal sewerage facility.  5. Any local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility may establish within its district rates or schedules which provide for a reduction, deferment, without accruing interest during the period of the deferment, or total abatement of the rents, rates, fees, or other charges pertaining to a primary residence owned, in full or in part, by a person who is enlisted in any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The reduction, deferment, without interest, or total abatement shall be effective during the period of time in which that person is deployed for active service in time of war. Any local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility may establish within its district rates or schedules which provide for a reduction or total abatement of the periodic rates, rentals, or other charges for the use or services of the sewerage system which are charged to or collected from any person residing in the district of the age of 65 or more years, or less than 65 years of age and permanently and totally disabled according to the provisions of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s.301 et seq., or disabled under any federal law administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs if the disability is rated as 60 percent or higher, and the person either is annually eligible to receive assistance under the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" (PAAD) program, P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.) or has a total income not in excess of $10,000 per year exclusive of benefits under any one of the following:  a. The federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s.301 et seq. and all amendments and supplements thereto;  b. Any other program of the federal government or pursuant to any other federal law which provides benefits in whole or in part in lieu of benefits referred to in, or for persons excluded from coverage under subsection a. of this section including, but not limited to, the federal "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974," 45 U.S.C. s.231 et seq., and federal pension, disability and retirement programs; or  c. Pension, disability or retirement programs of any state or its political subdivisions, or agencies thereof, for persons not covered under subsection a. of this section except that, the total amount of benefits to be allowed exclusion by any owner under subsection b. or c. of this section shall not be in excess of the maximum amount of benefits payable to, and allowable for exclusion by, an owner in similar circumstances under subsection a. of this section. L.1994, c.78, s.5; amended 2016, c.102, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-11 - Connection fees

40A:26A-11. Connection fees  In addition to rates and rentals, a separate charge in the nature of a connection fee or tapping fee for each connection of any property to the sewerage system may be imposed upon the owner or occupant at the property so connected. The connection charges shall be uniform within each class of users and the amount thereof shall not exceed the actual cost of the physical connection plus an amount representing a fair payment towards the cost of the system and computed in the following manner:  a. The amount representing all debt service, including but not limited to sinking funds, reserve funds, the principal and interest on bonds, and the amount of any loans and interest thereon, paid by the local unit or units to defray the capital cost of developing the system as of the end of the immediately preceding budget year shall be added to all capital expenditures made by a local unit or units not funded by a bond ordinance or debt for the development of the system as of the end of the immediately preceding budget year;  b. Any gifts, contributions or subsidies to the local unit or units received from, and not reimbursed or reimbursable to, any federal, State, county or municipal government or agency or any private person, and that portion of amounts paid to the local unit or units by a public entity under a service agreement or service contract which is not repaid to the public entity by the local unit or units, shall then be subtracted;  c. The remainder shall be divided by the total number of service units served by the local unit or units at the end of the immediately preceding budget year, and the results shall then be apportioned to each new customer according to the number of service units attributed to that connector, to produce the connector's contribution to the cost of the system. In attributing service units to each connector, the estimated average daily flow of sewage for the connector shall be divided by the average daily flow of sewage for the average single family residence in the area served by the local unit or units to produce the number of service units to be attributed.  The connection fee shall be recomputed at the end of each budget year, after a public hearing is held. The revised connection fee may be imposed upon those who subsequently connect to the system in that budget year.  The combination of the connection fee or tapping fee and the aforesaid sewerage service charges shall be such that the revenues of sewerage facilities shall be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of the sewerage facilities, including improvements, extensions, enlargements and replacements to sewerage facilities, reserves, insurance, principal and interest on any bonds, and to maintain reserves or sinking funds therefor as may be required under the bond covenants or any contracts, or as may be deemed necessary or desirable.  Source: R.S.40:63-60 and New.  L.1991,c.53,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-11.1 - Local unit operating a sewerage facility, permitted to charge additional connection, tapping fee.

40A:26A-11.1 Local unit operating a sewerage facility, permitted to charge additional connection, tapping fee.  7. a. For a property connected to the sewerage system for less than 20 years, a local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility may charge an additional connection or tapping fee for an addition, alteration, or change in use that materially increases the level of use and imposes a greater demand on the sewerage system, but does not involve a new physical connection of the property to the sewerage system. b. The connection or tapping fee authorized by subsection a. of this section shall be equal to the amount by which the increased use and demand on the sewerage system exceeds the use and demand that existed prior to such addition, alteration, or change in use. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility from charging a new or additional connection or tapping fee for any new or additional connection of a property to the sewerage system, or for any increase in the size of an existing connection or for any new construction of additional service units connected to the sewerage system that materially increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system. d. As used in this section, "materially increases" means any increase in the number of service units; or any other change which increases the level of use or demand on the sewerage system by 15 percent or more over the highest actual annual use and demand that existed during the prior 10-year period immediately preceding the addition, alteration, or change in use; provided, however, that, if the property has been connected to the sewerage system for less than 10 years, the average level of use and demand shall be calculated based on the actual period of connection. L.2018, c.74, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-11.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-11.3 - Reduction in connection, tapping fees for locally-operated sewerage facility.

40A:26A-11.3 Reduction in connection, tapping fees for locally-operated sewerage facility.  9. a. A local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility shall establish within its rates or schedules a 50% reduction in the connection fee or tapping fee assessed pursuant to N.J.S.40A:26A-11 for new connections to the sewerage system which is to be charged to public housing authorities, non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects, and any other affordable housing, including affordable housing units in inclusionary projects. b. For units previously connected to the local unit's system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units and for which a connection or tapping fee was previously paid, a local unit operating a county or municipal sewerage facility shall establish within its rates or schedules a credit against the connection fee or tapping fee to be assessed for connection with the sewerage system to public housing authorities, non-profit organizations building affordable projects, and to any other affordable housing, including affordable housing units in inclusionary 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 local unit's system. c. The connection fee or tapping fee assessable against a public housing authority, non-profit organization, or other affordable housing owner, for units previously connected to the local unit's system that were demolished or refurbished to allow for new affordable housing units, including affordable housing units in inclusionary projects, 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 such public housing authority, non-profit organization, or other affordable housing owner can establish the connection fee or tapping fee was previously assessed and paid for connection with the system. If such previous assessment and payment cannot be established, the reduced rate provided for in subsection a. of this section shall be assessed. L.2018, c.74, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-12 - Rates, rentals, connection fees, or other charges as lien on real property; discontinuance of service.

40A:26A-12 Rates, rentals, connection fees, or other charges as lien on real property; discontinuance of service.  40A:26A-12. a. Rates, rentals, connection fees or other charges levied in accordance with N.J.S.40A:26A-10 and 40A:26A-11, shall be a first lien or charge against the property benefited therefrom. If any part of the amount due and payable in rates, rentals, connection fees or other charges remain unpaid for 30 days following the date for the payment thereof, interest upon the amount unpaid shall accrue at a rate of interest to be determined in accordance with N.J.S.40A:26A-17. The governing body or bodies of the local unit or units may authorize payment of delinquent assessments on an installment basis in accordance with R.S.54:5-19. Liens levied in accordance with this section shall be enforceable in the manner provided for real property tax liens in chapter 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.  b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of a local unit or local units to discontinue service of any property for the failure to pay any amount owing within 30 days after the date the amount is due and payable, if written notice of the proposed discontinuance of service and of the reasons therefor has been given, within at least 10 days prior to the date of discontinuance, to the owner of record of the property. In the event that notice is provided by mail, the notice requirements shall be satisfied if the mailing is made to the last known address of the owner of record and is postmarked at least 10 days prior to the date of discontinuance. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, 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, 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 governing body or bodies of the local unit or units may, in its discretion, engage in any combination of the following: (1) not charge interest on the delinquent payment; (2) not place a lien on such parcel of real property for the unpaid balance for any service charge and all interest accruing thereon; or (3) not discontinue service of any property for the failure to pay any amount owing. The governing body 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. amended 2020, c.39, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-13 - Improvements financed by means of local improvement assessments

40A:26A-13. Improvements financed by means of local improvement assessments  If the governing body of one or more local units determines that all or any part of the cost of construction of sewerage facilities acquired or constructed pursuant to this act should be financed by local improvement assessments on real properties located within the local unit or units, the local unit or units shall pass a resolution or ordinance or parallel resolutions or ordinances on the intention to undertake and finance the sewerage facilities and shall give notice thereof by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the local unit or units, and by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail. The notice shall fix a date, time and place for a public hearing on the proposed action; except that the date of the hearing shall not be earlier than two weeks after the mailing of notices to concerned property owners. If, after the hearing, the governing body or bodies decide to carry out the proposed local improvement, an ordinance or resolution, or parallel ordinances or resolutions shall be adopted declaring that determination.  Source: R.S.40:63-61 and R.S.40:63-125. L.1991,c.53,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:26A-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:26A-14 - Local improvement assessments; procedure for and manner of assessment and collection

40A:26A-14. Local improvement assessments; procedure for and manner of assessment and collection  Upon completion of the improvements made pursuant to N.J.S.40A:26A-13, the governing body or governing bodies shall assess the costs and expenses of the sewerage facilities on the lands specially benefited therefrom in proportion to the benefits received; however, no county may levy local improvement assessments within a municipality without the approval of that municipality.  When completed, the assessments shall be filed as a report with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies who shall give notice, by advertising in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the local unit or units, and by notifying each concerned property owner by certified mail, of the fact that the report has been filed and that the governing body or bodies will meet at a time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances against the report. The governing body or bodies shall meet at the time and place designated in the notice to hear remonstrances and may revise the report as may be deemed appropriate after which the report shall be filed with the clerk or clerks of the governing body or bodies, and the assessments shall constitute liens upon the lands so assessed for special benefits.  The clerk or clerks shall deliver a duplicate copy of the report to the appropriate officer or officers of the local unit or units who shall immediately thereafter send out by mail or deliver to owners of lands bills for the assessments. The officer or officers shall mail or deliver bills for an assessment in the manner required in connection with local improvements and shall keep a record and books of assessments in the same manner required for local improvements under R.S.40:56-31, at the expense of the local unit or units. The governing body or bodies may make additional requirements for recording, accounting for and collecting assessments.  The governing body of a participating local unit may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any real estate located within the local unit upon which a local improvement assessment has been made may pay the assessment in installments pursuant to the procedures contained in R.S.40:56-35 for collection thereof remain in arrears on July 4 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the amount becomes in arrears, the appropriate officer of the local unit shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in chapter 5 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.  Source: R.S.40:63-61 and R.S.40:63-126. L.1991,c.53,s.1.