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NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-146 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-146 - Supplying water to other municipalities; consent required

40:62-146. Supplying water to other municipalities; consent required  40:62-146. The commission may contract with any municipality or municipalities to furnish a supply of water for such other municipalities and their inhabitants, for public and private uses, for the term of a year or years. There shall first be obtained the approval of the State board or department having jurisdiction of such matters, which approval and consent such commission or other board or departments may withhold or grant upon such terms as it may deem proper, but in case approval and consent are withheld, the reason for such withholding shall be furnished by the department or board to the commission applying therefor. The contract may provide for the payment to the commission by the municipality annually or otherwise of the sum or sums of money, computed at fixed amounts or by a formula based on any factors or other matters described in R.S.40:62-127 or in any other manner, as the contract or contracts may provide, and may provide that the sum or sums so payable to the commission shall be in lieu of all or any part of the water rents which would otherwise be charged and collected by the commission with regard to the dwellers within the municipality. The contract may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited time and on any terms and conditions which may be approved by the municipality and which may be agreed to by the commission in conformity with its contract with the holders of any bonds, and shall be valid whether or not an appropriation with respect thereto is made by the municipality prior to authorization or execution thereof. The municipality is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as are other obligations of the municipality. Subject to these contracts with the holders of bonds, the commission is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and, to provide for the payment or discharge of any obligation thereunder in the same manner as are other obligations of the municipality. Subject to these contracts with the holders of bonds, the commission is authorized to perform any acts necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the contract and, in accordance with the contract, to waive, modify, suspend or reduce the water rents which would otherwise be charged and collected by the commission with regard to the dwellers within the municipality, but nothing in this section or the contract shall prevent the commission from charging and collecting, as if the contract had not been made, water rents with regard to the dwellings sufficient to meet any default or deficiency in any payments agreed in the contract to be made by the municipality.  Amended 1991,c.162,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-147 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-147 - Supplying water to dwellers along line; rates; consent required

40:62-147. Supplying water to dwellers along line; rates; consent required  The commission may supply with water, dwellers in municipalities, other than those represented by the commission, through which its mains may pass, and for that purpose may lay mains and pipes in or under any street, road, avenue, alley or public place in such other municipality. Such water shall be supplied to dwellers in other municipalities upon the same or as favorable terms and conditions as water shall be furnished to other similar customers of the commission. The consent of the municipal authorities of such other municipality to the supplying of its dwellers with water shall be first obtained.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-148 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-148 - General powers to carry out objective

40:62-148. General powers to carry out objective  40:62-148. Subject to any contracts with the holders of bonds, the commission may adopt all ordinances and resolutions, enter into all agreements and contracts, and do any and all other acts and things necessary to provide water for the public and private uses of its customers in accordance with the provisions of R.S.40:62-133 to R.S.40:62-150.  Amended 1991,c.162,s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-148.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-148.1 - Water commission customers, option for electronic billing, payment.

40:62-148.1 Water commission customers, option for electronic billing, payment.  5. Upon the request of a customer, a water commission may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such water commission to its customers and any additional information sent by the water commission to its 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 of such water commission the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-149 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-149 - Powers of condemnation

40:62-149. Powers of condemnation  If the commission and the owner of any property, or interest therein which the commission is authorized to acquire, cannot agree on terms for the sale or lease thereof, the commission may acquire it by condemnation in the manner prescribed in sections 40:62-114 to 40:62-116 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-150 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-150 - Certain boards and commissions unaffected

40:62-150. Certain boards and commissions unaffected  Nothing in sections 40:62-133 to 40:62-150 of this title shall be construed to affect the power or authority of the North Jersey district water supply commission or the South Jersey district water supply commission, or the state water policy commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-150.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-150.1 - Names of employees of water commissions established by two or more municipalities in second class counties between 300,000 and 325,000

40:62-150.1. Names of employees of water commissions established by two or more municipalities in second class counties between 300,000 and 325,000  Any water commission, established pursuant to sections 40:62-108 to 40:62-150 of the Revised Statutes, by two or more municipalities in counties of the second class now having a population between three hundred thousand and three hundred and twenty-five thousand shall, upon written petition regulating the same, signed by a majority of the employees of said water commission employed by it on the effective date of this act, certify to the Civil Service Commission the names of all those employees, including the secretary-treasurer, employed by the said commission on the effective date of this act. L.1949, c. 289, p. 886, s. 1, eff. May 28, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-150.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-150.2 - Classification, without examination in classified service

40:62-150.2. Classification, without examination in classified service  When the names of such employees, including the secretary-treasurer, have been certified the Civil Service Commission shall classify, without examination, the employees so certified in the classified service and such employees shall thereafter be subject to all the provisions of subtitle three of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, with respect to tenure, classification and compensation. L.1949, c. 289, p. 886, s. 2, eff. May 28, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62-151 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62-151 - Annual standby or ready-to-serve charge upon unoccupied lots.

40:62-151 Annual standby or ready-to-serve charge upon unoccupied lots.  1. The governing body of any municipality or any water commission representing two or more municipalities may fix an annual standby or ready-to-serve service charge upon any unoccupied lot abutting upon a street wherein a water main has been laid and to which the lot may connect. No service charge shall be made for any lot fronting on a water main which has heretofore been assessed as a local improvement or for which the owners of the lot paid under a contract with the municipality. No service charge shall include the imposition of standby fees or charges for any fire protection system to a residential customer served by a water service line of two inches or less in diameter. The service charge shall be rendered and collected in the same manner as other bills for water service are rendered and collected. Nothing in this section shall preclude the governing body of a municipality or a water commission representing two or more municipalities from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. The municipal governing body or water commission may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278. L.1949,c.194,s.1; amended 2003, c.278, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62A-1 - Definition

40:62A-1. Definition  The words "municipal institutions" wherever used in this act, shall mean any hospital, almshouse, welfare house or other municipal institution operated by the municipality for the sick, aged, poor or indigent. L.1956, c. 67, p. 153, s. 1, eff. June 6, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:62A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:62A-2 - Establishment and maintenance of commissary; cost; profits

40:62A-2. Establishment and maintenance of commissary; cost; profits  The governing body of any municipality is hereby empowered to provide by resolution for the establishment and maintenance of a commissionary for the sale of commodities to patients, inmates, visitors of patients and inmates, and employees of any municipal institution, under rules to be adopted by the governing body. The cost of establishing the commissary may be defrayed out of the funds appropriated for current maintenance. Any profit accruing therefrom may be used by the board, committee, department or division of the municipal government administering the said municipal institution, for the recreational entertainment or other like purpose of the patients or inmates of the particular municipal institution. L.1956, c. 67, p. 153, s. 2, eff. June 6, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-31.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-31.1 - Sale or lease of municipal facilities to privately-owned utility; conditions

40:63-31.1. Sale or lease of municipal facilities to privately-owned utility; conditions  Any municipality, wherein sewer facilities are provided by a privately-owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey and wherein there are also sewer facilities owned by the municipality, may lease or sell the sewer facilities owned by the municipality to the privately-owned public utility, provided that the following 2 conditions are complied with: (a) An ordinance shall be duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality approving the terms and conditions of the agreement of lease or sale and authorizing the execution thereof. Said ordinance may incorporate said terms and conditions by reference to such an agreement on file with the clerk of the municipality. (b) The terms and conditions of the agreement of lease or sale shall be approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey. L.1964, c. 26, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-31.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-31.2 - Construction of incidental facilities for sale or lease to privately-owned utility; assessment of cost

40:63-31.2. Construction of incidental facilities for sale or lease to privately-owned utility; assessment of cost  Any municipality, wherein sewer facilities are provided by a privately-owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey and wherein there are also sewer facilities owned by the municipality, may construct or cause to be constructed anywhere within the municipality sewer mains, pumping stations, manholes and other incidental sewer construction for the purpose of leasing or selling the same to the privately-owned public utility. The cost of such construction may be assessed against the real property benefited thereby in the same manner and to the same effect as in the case of assessments for local improvements. The said sewer mains, pumping stations, manholes and other incidental construction may be leased or sold by the municipality to the privately-owned public utility, provided that the following 2 conditions are complied with: (a) An ordinance shall be duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality approving the terms and conditions of the agreement of lease or sale and authorizing the execution thereof. Said ordinance may incorporate said terms and conditions by reference to such an agreement on file with the clerk of the municipality. (b) The terms and conditions of the agreement of lease or sale shall be approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey. L.1964, c. 26, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-31.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-31.3 - Refund or credit to property owners

40:63-31.3. Refund or credit to property owners  That portion of the principal of the amount of any proceeds received or to be received by the municipality from any lease or sale made under either section 1 or section 2 of this act, which is specified in the agreement of lease or sale to be attributable to sewer facilities for which properties benefited thereby have been or will be assessed, shall be refunded or credited, pro rata according to the principal of the amount of any such assessments, to those owners of properties assessed, or their legal representatives or assigns, in such manner as may be determined by the governing body of the municipality. L.1964, c. 26, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-40 - Purchase of lateral sewers by municipality; contracts validated; bonds

40:63-40. Purchase of lateral sewers by municipality; contracts validated; bonds  L.1932, c. 163, p. 289, entitled "An act to validate, ratify and confirm certain municipal contracts and to authorize the issue of bonds to pay for work performed thereunder," approved May third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, saved from repeal. [This act validates contracts providing for the payment, to landowners, of the reasonable value of lateral sewers connected with the general sanitary system, and authorizes the issuance of bonds to defray the cost thereof. The bonds so issued are deemed to be funding bonds.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-68 - Contracts with other municipalities generally

40:63-68. Contracts with other municipalities generally  The governing body of any municipality may contract with the governing body or bodies of one or more other municipalities: a. To construct or purchase any works, system or plant, or any portion thereof, at their joint cost, within or without the territorial limits of the contracting parties; or b. To receive and care for, or dispose of, the sewage of such other municipality or municipalities; or c. To have its sewage received and disposed of by any other municipality or municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-69 - Definitions; "joint meeting" ; "improvement or works"

40:63-69. Definitions; "joint meeting" ; "improvement or works"  The words "joint meeting" as used in this article shall mean the meeting or assembly of the members of the governing bodies or boards of the several municipalities having authority to make and enter into contracts for the construction jointly of the works or improvements, authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title. "Improvements or works" when used in this article mean and include all joint outlet and trunk sewers, and sewers or systems of sewers and drains, and joint sewage disposal plants or works and pumping and storage works, and places for the treatment of sewage from such jointly contracting municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-70 - Construction of improvements or works; sewers connecting therewith

40:63-70. Construction of improvements or works; sewers connecting therewith  Any two or more municipalities may in the manner hereinafter in this article provided, jointly provide for, construct, maintain and operate an outlet or trunk sewer, or system of sewerage, a system of conveying sewage from a point or points to be agreed upon to a common destination, or to disposal works, and may also construct, maintain and operate works, plants and stations within or without the said municipalities, or any of them, for the treatment, rendering and disposal of sewage. Any such municipalities establishing such joint outlet or trunk sewer or disposal works may also construct sewers running in and along any public street, road or highway separating such municipalities, and connecting therewith in the manner hereinafter in this article provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-71 - Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect

40:63-71. Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect  Any two or more municipalities, by their respective governing bodies, or by their boards charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains in such municipalities respectively, may unite and jointly cause to be made, at their joint expense, by competent engineers, surveys, maps and plans of, and reports, specifications and estimates for, any proposed improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, which such municipalities may desire jointly to construct, maintain and operate; and for such purpose, and before determining upon a final route or location for such proposed improvement or works, may, by their engineers, agents and servants, lawfully enter upon any lands or waters, to explore and make surveys, and do all necessary preliminary work, doing, however, no unnecessary damage or injury to private or other property.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-72 - Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated

40:63-72. Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated  The surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates, or true copies thereof, shall be delivered by the persons making them to the clerk of each of the municipalities joining in the expense thereof, together with an estimate of the cost and expense of the proposed improvement or works, and the percentage of the cost and expense proposed to be apportioned to and paid by each municipality, and also an estimate of the annual cost of maintenance, repairs, operation and supervision of the proposed improvement or works annually to be paid by each municipality after the completion thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-73 - Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality

40:63-73. Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality  The clerks of the respective municipalities interested, shall immediately submit to the governing body, or to the board of the municipality charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains therein, where such board exists, all such surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates so delivered to him, and said governing body or board shall immediately thereafter proceed to consider and approve or reject the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-74 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-74 - Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities

40:63-74. Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities  If said board or body shall decide not to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall pass a resolution declaring its refusal to join therein, and a copy of the resolution, duly certified by the clerk, shall be served on the clerk of each of the other municipalities interested therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-75 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-75 - Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities

40:63-75. Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities  If such governing body or board shall, after such consideration, decide to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall, by resolution, approve the surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates so submitted to it, and cause the same to be filed with the clerk of the municipality, there to remain of record and a copy of the resolution of approval, certified by the municipal clerk, shall be served by him on the clerk of each of the other municipalities interested in the proposed improvement or works.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-76 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-76 - Notice of intention to make

40:63-76. Notice of intention to make  No ordinance authorizing the making of a contract in writing, between municipalities for the joint construction of any of the improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, shall be passed by the governing body or board having power to construct sewers and drains in such municipality, until public notice shall be given in a newspaper published or circulating in the municipality, of the intention of such municipal or governing board or body to join in causing such public improvement to be made.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-77 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-77 - Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure

40:63-77. Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure  The clerk of such body or board shall, by direction of the body or board, give such notice. The notice shall briefly describe the proposed improvements, which description may be made by reference to the proposed ordinance and other documents on file in the office of the municipal clerk, and shall request such persons as may object thereto to present their objections in writing at the office of such clerk and file the same with him, at or before the expiration of ten days from the date of the notice, or to said body or board at its first meeting held after the expiration of said ten days. Said body or board of such municipality may, at such meeting or afterwards, proceed to consider and pass the ordinance, notwithstanding any objection, and thereafter the proceedings of such body or board regarding the ordinance shall be the same or as nearly as may be to like proceedings regarding ordinances passed by such body or board for the construction of sewers within such municipality.