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NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-29 - Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage disposal plants

40:66A-29. Municipalities not prohibited from operating garbage disposal plants  Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent or prohibit any municipality from erecting, constructing, operating and maintaining an incinerator or garbage disposal plant or other means for the disposition of garbage in any manner or by any means by which the same may now lawfully be erected, constructed, operated or maintained. L.1948, c. 348, p. 1379, s. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-30 - Partial invalidity

40:66A-30. 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 provision 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.1948, c. 348, p. 1379, s. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31 - Disposal of trash and garbage by sanitary landfill or incinerator method in accordance with state sanitary code

40:66A-31. Disposal of trash and garbage by sanitary landfill or incinerator method in accordance with state sanitary code  Any municipality may by ordinance require that by June 30, 1960 all trash and garbage collected within or without the municipality and disposed of within the municipality shall be disposed of by the sanitary landfill or incinerator method in accordance with the standards for the design, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfills and incinerators contained in the State Sanitary Code. In the event that there is any inconsistency between such ordinance and the State Sanitary Code as to the time within which such methods of disposal shall be established, the ordinance shall prevail; provided, however, that no such ordinance shall take effect until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the State Commissioner of Health, who shall, in each case, make his determination on the basis of the extent of the need to establish such methods in the particular area affected. L.1958, c. 38, p. 127, s. 1. Amended by L.1959, c. 20, p. 95, s. 1, eff. April 14, 1959.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.1 - Short title

40:66A-31.1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Solid Waste Disposal Financing Law" . L.1970, c. 242, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.2 - Public policy

40:66A-31.2. Public policy  It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the health and welfare of the citizens thereof by the proper collection, treatment and disposal of solid waste and other refuse matter on a regional or multi-unit basis. L.1970, c. 242, s. 2, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.5 - Resolution to exercise powers by board of chosen freeholders; approval by commissioner; replacement or repair of damaged property

40:66A-31.5. Resolution to exercise powers by board of chosen freeholders; approval by commissioner; replacement or repair of damaged property  Whenever the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of the State by resolution chooses to exercise the powers granted by this act it shall submit such resolution to the State Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and it shall make or cause to be made such surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates of costs and of revenues as the commissioner may deem necessary relating to the type of disposal and treatment and estimate or cost of such solid waste disposal facilities, the purchase of construction of which shall be deemed by the board to be desirable and also relating to the solid waste disposal facilities, if any, or part thereof the board deems necessary to purchase or construct, to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the county. The obtaining of such surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates is hereby declared to be a county purpose and the costs thereof may be paid out of the general funds of the county, but shall be reimbursed to the county from the proceeds of any bonds issued pursuant to this act, or the proceeds of any grants for this purpose from the State, Federal Government or any agency thereof. The results of such surveys, investigations, studies, borings, maps, plans, drawings and estimates required by the commissioner shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval. No county may proceed to exercise any of the powers granted by this act without first having obtained the approval of the commissioner. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by this act shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made therefor out of the funds provided by this act. L.1970, c. 242, s. 5, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.6 - Bonds; ordinance; issuance; use of proceeds; pledge of revenue for repayment

40:66A-31.6. Bonds; ordinance; issuance; use of proceeds; pledge of revenue for repayment  The board of chosen freeholders is hereby authorized to provide by ordinance at one time or from time to time for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of any solid waste disposal facilities constructed, acquired, improved, extended, enlarged or reconstructed pursuant to this act. The bonds of each issue shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Local Bond Law, constituting chapter 2 of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the payment of costs of the solid waste disposal facilities for the purchase, construction, reconstruction, enlargement or improvement of which such bonds shall have been authorized. The board of chosen freeholders may also pledge to the payment of any or all of such bonds so issued all or any part of the revenues derived by the county from the operation or rental of its solid waste disposal facilities. L.1970, c. 242, s. 6, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.7 - Contracts

40:66A-31.7. Contracts  A county may negotiate and enter into contracts, with municipalities within or adjoining its boundaries, joint meetings, authorities and on uniform terms with all private solid waste disposal companies operating in the county or proposing to operate therein and in an adjoining county or counties, or either thereof, and may negotiate and enter into like contracts with any other municipality or on such uniform terms with any private solid waste disposal company which might advantageously use the solid waste disposal facilities of the county, and may negotiate and enter into like contracts with persons or corporations engaged in public or private industry (herein called "industry" or "industries" ) within its boundaries who or which shall be discharging solid waste which cannot conveniently be disposed of through the solid waste disposal system of any municipality or private solid waste disposal company. L.1970, c. 242, s. 7, eff. Oct. 28, 1970. Amended by L.1971, c. 442, s. 5, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.8 - Rates or rentals

40:66A-31.8. Rates or rentals  After the commencement of operation of solid waste disposal facilities, the county may prescribe and change from time to time rates or rentals to be charged for the use of the services of such facilities. Such rates or rentals being in the nature of use or service charges or annual rental charges, shall be uniform and equitable for the same type and class of use or service of such facilities. Such rates or rentals and types and classes of use and service may be based on such factors as the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall deem proper and equitable. L.1970, c. 242, s. 8, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.10 - Power of municipality, joint meeting or authority or private company to enter contract with county

40:66A-31.10. Power of municipality, joint meeting or authority or private company to enter contract with county  Any municipality, joint meeting or authority with which a county is authorized to contract under the terms and provisions of this act shall have power, by ordinance duly adopted by its governing body to authorize its proper officials to enter into and execute for it a contract, for such periods of time and under such terms as are deemed proper and necessary, with a county, for the treatment and disposal of all or any specified part of the solid waste arising or collected in or by such municipality, joint meeting or authority, by the solid waste disposal facilities of such county and such contract shall be valid and binding upon the municipality, joint meeting or authority notwithstanding that no appropriation was made or provided to cover the estimated cost of such contract, and the governing body of the municipality, joint meeting or authority shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things on the part of the municipality, joint meeting or authority to be done and performed under the terms and provisions of such contract. Any private solid waste or incinerator company or industry shall likewise have power to enter into a contract with a county for the treatment and disposal of the solid waste or the waste collected or discharged by it by the solid waste disposal facilities of a county. L.1970, c. 242, s. 10, eff. Oct. 28, 1970. Amended by L.1971, c. 442, s. 7, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.11 - Bonds as legal investment; tax exemption

40:66A-31.11. Bonds as legal investment; tax exemption  Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions and public bodies, and agencies thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and 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 fund moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds of a county authorized pursuant to this act, and such bonds are hereby made and shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. Any such bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from taxation except for transfer and inheritance taxes. L.1970, c. 242, s. 11, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.12 - Payments to county and ad valorem tax by municipality, joint meeting or authority

40:66A-31.12. Payments to county and ad valorem tax by municipality, joint meeting or authority  The chief fiscal officer of each municipality, joint meeting or authority which shall have entered into a contract pursuant to this act, shall cause to be paid to the county, at such times to be agreed upon, the amount of money certified to the municipality, joint meeting or authority by the county pursuant to this act. The power and obligation of such municipality, joint meeting or authority to provide for and make all such payments shall be unlimited and the sums necessary for such payment shall be included in each annual budget of such municipality, joint meeting or authority and such municipality, joint meeting or authority shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property therein or service charges for users, as the case may be, without limit as to rate or amount to the full extent necessary to make all such payments in full as the same become due. If any part of the amount certified to a municipality, joint meeting or authority by a county, pursuant to this act, shall remain unpaid for 30 days following the date fixed for payment by the contract, the municipality, joint meeting or authority thus in default shall be charged with and liable for, and the chief fiscal officer thereof shall pay to such county interest upon the amount unpaid at the rate of 8% per annum. L.1970, c. 242, s. 12, eff. Oct. 28, 1970. Amended by L.1971, c. 442, s. 8, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.13 - Payments to county by private companies; lien of unpaid amount; priority

40:66A-31.13. Payments to county by private companies; lien of unpaid amount; priority  Each private solid waste or incinerator company or industry which shall have entered into a contract with a county pursuant to this act, shall pay at such times as shall be provided in such contract to the contracting county, the sum of money certified to it by such county pursuant to this act, on or before the date provided for such payment in such contract. Any such sum of money so certified by a county shall be a lien in favor of such county on and against the property of such private solid waste or incinerator company or industry. If such sum of money or any part thereof is not paid to the contracting county on or before such contract payment date such county shall make and record, in the same manner as conveyances of interest in real property are recorded, a certificate setting forth the facts and giving notice of the existence and amount of such lien remaining unsatisfied. So far as permitted by law, such lien shall have priority over all other liens theretofore or thereafter attaching except those of Federal, State and local taxes. L.1970, c. 242, s. 13, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.14 - Construction of act; severability

40:66A-31.14. Construction of act; severability  The object and design of this act being the protection and preservation of public health, safety and welfare, this act shall be liberally construed and the powers granted and the duties imposed by this act shall be construed to be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this act shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid. L.1970, c. 242, s. 14, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-31.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-31.15 - Preemption of solid waste disposal system by incinerator authority

40:66A-31.15. Preemption of solid waste disposal system by incinerator authority  In the event an incinerator authority has been established in a county pursuant to the provisions of chapter 348 of the laws of 1948 (C. 40:66A-1 et seq.), the "incinerator authorities law," no county shall establish any competitive solid waste disposal system within such county under the provisions of this act without the consent of such existing authority. L.1970, c. 242, s. 15, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-32 - Short title

40:66A-32. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "solid waste management authorities law." L.1968, c. 249, s. 1, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-33 - Public interest and policy declared

40:66A-33. Public interest and policy declared  It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and to be the policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the health and welfare of the citizens thereof by the proper collection and disposal of garbage, solid waste and other refuse matter. L.1968, c. 249, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-37 - Acquisition of incinerators; treatment plants or works

40:66A-37. Acquisition of incinerators; treatment plants or works  Every solid waste management authority is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the limitations of this act, to acquire, in its own name but for the local unit or units, by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, and notwithstanding the provisions of any charter, ordinance or resolution of any county or municipality to the contrary, to construct, maintain, operate and use such incinerators, treatment plants or works at such places and such other plants, structures, property and conveyances, as in the judgment of the solid waste management authority will provide an effective and satisfactory method for promoting the purposes of the solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 6, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-38 - Solid waste management authority as political subdivision; powers

40:66A-38. Solid waste management authority as political subdivision; powers  Every solid waste management authority shall be a public body politic and corporate constituting a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare and shall have perpetual succession and have the following powers: (1) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (2) To sue and to be sued; (3) In the name of the solid waste management authority and on its behalf, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its service charges and other revenues and other moneys; (4) In the name of the solid waste management authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the solid waste management authority; (5) In the name of the solid waste management authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and to use the same, and to dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the solid waste management authority; (6) To provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds; (7) To accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purpose of the solid waste management authority, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants; (8) To enter on any lands or premises for the purposes of the solid waste management authority; (9) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system and any other of its properties, and to amend the same; (10) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any persons; and (11) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purpose of the solid waste management authority or to carry out any powers expressly given in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 "Local Public Contracts Law" (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1968, c. 249, s. 7, eff. Aug. 16, 1968. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 13 eff. May 16, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-39 - Audit of accounts of solid waste management authority annually; filing

40:66A-39. Audit of accounts of solid waste management authority annually; filing  It shall be the duty of every "solid waste management authority," created pursuant to this act, to cause an annual audit of the accounts of the authority to be made and filed with the authority, and for this purpose the authority shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the authority and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury within 10 days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 7.1, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-40 - Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing

40:66A-40. Certified copy of bond resolution and bond proceedings; filing  Every such "solid waste management authority" shall file a certified copy of every bond resolution as finally passed with the Director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury and in addition shall file a certified copy of all bond proceedings with the said director. L.1968, c. 249, s. 7.2, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-42 - Appropriation of moneys for purpose of solid waste management authority

40:66A-42. Appropriation of moneys for purpose of solid waste management authority  Any local unit shall have power, in the discretion of its governing body, to appropriate moneys for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and to loan or donate such moneys to the solid waste management authority in such installments and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such local unit and the solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 9, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.