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NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-43 - Revenue bonds

40:66A-43. Revenue bonds  Revenue bonds may be authorized to be issued under this act to provide funds to pay the cost of all or any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, or for the refunding of any bonds theretofore issued for such purposes. The purposes for which such revenue bonds may be issued shall include the payment to the local unit or local units of the reasonable value of any properties or facilities deemed necessary or desirable for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and such solid waste management authorities are hereby authorized to purchase and acquire such properties or facilities from such local unit or local units. Such revenue bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the solid waste management authority which may be adopted at the same meeting at which it is introduced by a unanimous vote of all the members thereof then in office, shall take effect immediately and need not be published or posted. Such revenue bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding 6% per annum, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as such resolution or subsequent resolution may provide. Such revenue bonds may be sold, all at one time or in blocks from time to time, at public or private sale, or if refunding bonds may also be delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations to be refunded thereby, in such manner as the solid waste management authority shall determine by resolution, and at such price or prices, computed according to standard tables of bond values, as will yield to the purchasers or the holders of the obligations surrendered in exchange, income at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum to the maturity dates of the several bonds so sold or exchanged on the money paid or the principal amount of obligations surrendered therefor to the solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 10, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-44 - Interim certificates; temporary bonds or other instruments

40:66A-44. Interim certificates; temporary bonds or other instruments  After sale of any revenue bonds pursuant to this act, the solid waste management authority shall have power to authorize the execution and issuance to the purchasers, pending the preparation of the definitive bonds of interim certificates therefor or of temporary bonds or other temporary instruments exchangeable for the definitive bonds when prepared, executed and ready for delivery. The holders of such interim certificates, temporary bonds or other temporary instruments shall have all the rights and remedies which they would have as holders of the definitive bonds. L.1968, c. 249, s. 11, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-45 - Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity

40:66A-45. Notice of adoption of bond resolution; limitation of actions questioning validity  Any solid waste management authority may cause to be published in a newspaper published in the district a notice stating the date of adoption of such bond resolution, the amount and maturities of the bonds authorized to be issued, and also stating that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contracts provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. If no such action or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of such notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other persons whatsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from instituting or commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action of proceeding, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the solid waste management authority, the validity or proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said bonds, covenants, agreements and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor. L.1968, c. 249, s. 12, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-46 - Negotiability of bonds or obligations

40:66A-46. Negotiability of bonds or obligations  Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable in the meaning and for all purposes of the law merchant and negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder or owner of such a bond or other obligation, or of any coupon appurtenant thereto, by accepting such bond or coupon shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such bond, obligation or coupon is and shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of said law merchant and negotiable instruments law. L.1968, c. 249, s. 13, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-49 - Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit

40:66A-49. Personal liability on bonds; not debt or liability of State or local unit  Neither the member of the solid waste management authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a solid waste management authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any local unit or municipality. L.1968, c. 249, s. 16, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-50 - Real property, acquisition of; condemnation

40:66A-50. Real property, acquisition of; condemnation  Every solid waste management authority is hereby empowered, in its own name but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise and to take for public use real property, within the district, which may be deemed by the solid waste management authority necessary for its purpose. Such solid waste management authority is hereby empowered to acquire and take such real property by condemnation, in the manner provided by chapter 1 of Title 20, Eminent Domain, of the Revised Statutes (R.S., section 20:1-1 et seq.) and, to that end, may invoke and exercise in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed in said chapter, either in its own name or in the name of any local unit or units, all of the powers of such local unit or units to acquire or take property for public use. L.1968, c. 249, s. 17, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-51 - Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection

40:66A-51. Service charge with regard to real property; interest; liens, enforcement of; collection  (a) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, interest shall accrue and be due to the solid waste management authority on the unpaid balance at the rate of 1% per month until such service charge, and the interest thereon, shall be fully paid to the solid waste management authority. (b) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property owned by any person, firm, corporation or association shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accruing thereon shall be a lien on such parcel. Such lien shall be superior and paramount to the interest in such parcel of any owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee or other person except the lien of State, county and municipal taxes and shall be on a parity with and deemed equal to the lien on such parcel of State, county and municipal taxes. (c) In the event that a service charge of any solid waste management authority with regard to any parcel of real property shall not be paid as and when due, the solid waste management authority may, in its discretion, discontinue the furnishing of any of the services and facilities of said garbage and solid wastes disposal system until such service charge and any subsequent service charge with regard to such parcel and all interest accrued thereon shall be fully paid to the solid wastes management authority. (d) The collector or other officer of every municipality charged by law with the duty of enforcing municipal liens on real property shall enforce, with and as any other municipal lien on real property in such municipality, all service charges and the lien thereof and shall pay over to the solid waste management authority the sums or a pro rata share of the sums realized upon such enforcement or upon liquidation of any property acquired by the municipality by virtue of such enforcement. (e) In the event that any service charge of a solid waste management authority shall not be paid as and when due, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accrued thereon, together with attorneys' fees and costs, may be recovered by the solid waste management authority in a civil action, and any lien on real property for such service charge and interest accrued thereon may be foreclosed or otherwise enforced by the solid wastes management authority by action or suit in equity as for the foreclosure of a mortgage on such real property. (f) All rights and remedies granted by this act for the collection and enforcement of service charges shall be cumulative and concurrent. L.1968, c. 149, s. 18, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-52 - Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit

40:66A-52. Sale, lease, loan, grant or conveyance to solid waste management authority; permit  Any county, by resolution of its board of chosen freeholders, or any municipality, by ordinance of its governing body, or any other person is hereby empowered, without any referendum and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, to sell, lease, lend, grant or convey to any solid waste management authority, or to permit any solid waste management authority in use, maintain or operate as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, any real or personal property owned by it, which may be necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the solid waste management authority and which may be accepted by the solid waste management authority. Any such sale, lease, loan, grant, conveyance or permit may be made with or without consideration and for a specified or an unlimited period of time and under any agreement and in any terms and conditions which may be approved by such county, municipality or other person and which may be agreed to by the solid waste management authority in conformity with its contracts with the holders of bonds, the solid waste management authority may enter into and perform any and all agreements for the assumption of principal or interest or both of indebtedness of such county, municipality or other person or of any mortgage or lien existing with respect to such property or for the operation and maintenance of such property as part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system. L.1968, c. 249, s. 19, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-54 - Public bodies to pay service charges

40:66A-54. Public bodies to pay service charges  Each county, municipality and other public body shall promptly pay to a solid waste management authority all service charges which the solid waste management authority may charge to it, as owner or occupant of any real property and shall provide for the payment thereof in the same manner as other obligations of such county, municipality or public body. L.1968, c. 249, s. 21, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-55 - Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions

40:66A-55. Mortgage, pledge or disposal of garbage and solid wastes disposal system; exemptions  Neither the solid waste management authority nor any local unit shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system, except that the solid waste management authority may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be not longer necessary for the purposes of the solid waste management authority. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. All property of a solid waste management authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against a solid waste management authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by a solid waste management authority on its system revenues. L.1968, c. 249, s. 22, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-56 - Bonds as legal investments

40:66A-56. Bonds as legal investments  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 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 this act, and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1968, c. 249, s. 23, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-57 - Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation

40:66A-57. Property as public property; bonds declared issued by political subdivision; bonds exempt from taxation  Every garbage and solid wastes disposal system and all other property of a solid waste management authority are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the State and 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 subdivision thereof. All bonds issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all service charges, funds, revenues and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation, except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes. To the end that municipalities may not suffer undue loss of tax revenue by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by a solid waste management authority, every solid waste management authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into an agreement or agreements with any municipality, whereby such solid waste management authority will undertake to pay a fair and reasonable sum or sums to compensate the said municipality for a loss of revenue in connection with any property acquired and owned by such solid waste management authority in carrying out the provisions of this act. Any such payment or payments which a solid waste management authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make may be made on an annual basis, in which case the payment or payments shall not be less than the amount of taxes upon the property which last assessed prior to its acquisition by the solid waste management authority. Every municipality wherein the property shall be acquired by any solid waste management authority is hereby empowered to enter into such agreement or agreements with the solid waste management authority to accept the payment or payments which every solid waste management authority is herein authorized, empowered and directed to make. L.1968, c. 249, s. 24, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-58 - Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders

40:66A-58. Competitive systems; State's pledge and agreement with bondholders  The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this act that the State will not authorize or permit the construction or maintenance of any incinerator or garbage and solid wastes disposal system which may be competitive with the garbage and solid wastes disposal system of the solid waste management authority, and will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the solid waste management authority to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate its garbage and solid wastes disposal system, and to fix, establish, charge and collect its service charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of such bonds or other obligations, and will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of such holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in this act, until such bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. L.1968, c. 249, s. 25, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-59 - Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits

40:66A-59. Banks authorized to give undertaking; deposits  All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to any solid waste management authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the solid waste management authority to the effect that such bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the solid waste management authority and agreed interest thereon, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed upon with the authority or, in lieu of such sureties, deposit with the solid waste management authority or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the solid waste management authority may approve; provided, such securities shall consist of obligations in which public officers and bodies of the State and its municipal subdivisions, savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, insurance companies and associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries in the State may properly and legally invest the funds within their control, in such principal amount, market value or other description as may be approved by the solid waste management authority. The deposits of the solid waste management authority may be evidenced by a depository collateral agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the solid waste management authority and such bank or banking institution. L.1968, c. 249, s. 26, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-60 - Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services

40:66A-60. Municipalities' powers respecting garbage and solid wastes disposal limited after creation of solid waste management authority; use of services  After the creation of a solid waste management authority as provided herein, no municipality within the district shall have power to engage in, grant any license or permit for, or enter into any contract for the collection or treatment and disposal of garbage, refuse and solid wastes; and no such municipality, or any person, firm, corporation or association shall engage in any activities within such municipality which would be competitive with the purposes of the solid waste management authority as provided in this act provided however, that the prohibitions aforesaid shall not be applicable to that activity (to wit: either the collection or disposal of solid wastes) in which any such solid waste management authority shall determine not to engage. It is hereby determined and declared that it is necessary for the health and welfare of the inhabitants of every district within which a solid waste management authority is created that the facilities and services of such solid waste management authority shall be used by the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises within such district, and the solid waste management authority may by resolution require the owners or occupants of all lands, buildings and premises therein to use the services and facilities of the solid waste management authority under such rules and regulations as the solid waste management authority shall fix and establish. The provisions of this section shall not be construed, however, to affect or impair any contract entered into prior to the creation of a solid waste management authority. L.1968, c. 249, s. 27, eff. Aug. 16, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66A-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66A-61 - Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities

40:66A-61. Liberal construction; regulation of solid waste management authorities  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized. L.1968, c. 249, s. 28, eff. Aug. 16, 1968. Amended by L.1968, c. 382, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1968.