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NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.20 - Powers of commission

40:60-25.20. Powers of commission  Within such limitations as may be prescribed by such governing body, the commission shall have power to manage, operate, maintain and otherwise deal with the property, to collect rents and other revenues arising therefrom, and from the proceeds after providing for expenses to repair, rehabilitate and improve the property to the extent it shall deem advisable, and for the foregoing purposes, may authorize the proper executive officers of the municipality to enter into any contract for the doing of any work, or for the furnishing of any materials, supplies or labor, or for the hiring of teams or vehicles, or other contracts, subject only to the limitations prescribed as aforesaid. Any moneys remaining at the end of the fiscal year of the municipality, not needed for the purposes aforesaid, or for reserves, or for the payment of interest and principal on notes or bonds issued pursuant to chapters two hundred six and two hundred seven of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-four, may be paid over to the municipality for the general expenses of government. L.1946, c. 245, p. 864, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.21 - Revenue from plant operations; dedicated funds

40:60-25.21. Revenue from plant operations; dedicated funds  All rents and other revenues derived from the operation of any portion of the property shall be paid to the municipality, shall be deposited in such bank or banks as such governing body shall determine, shall be set apart as a special fund and shall constitute dedicated revenues for the purposes of the annual budget of the municipality. L.1946, c. 245, p. 864, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.22 - Sale of plants; proceeds pledged to payment of bonds issued

40:60-25.22. Sale of plants; proceeds pledged to payment of bonds issued  In order further to secure the payment of the principal of bonds which such municipality may issue for the financing of the acquisition of, or of improvements to, the property, or any portion thereof, such governing body of the municipality, by ordinance adopted prior to the issuance of any such bonds, may pledge the proceeds of sales of portions of the property to the payment of such bonds, or a determined amount of bonds, for such purpose or purposes, as the ordinance may provide. In the event of the adoption of such a pledge by such governing body, moneys thereafter derived from the sales of portions of the property shall be paid to the municipality, shall be deposited in such bank or banks as such governing body shall determine, shall be set aside in a special fund and shall be withdrawn from that fund only for the payment of the principal of bonds, as such ordinance may provide. Unless or until such ordinance shall be adopted, all moneys derived from the sales of portions of the property shall be paid to the municipality, shall be deposited in such bank or banks as such governing body shall determine, shall be set aside in a special fund and shall be applied only to the payment of bonds or of notes in anticipation of bonds, thereafter issued by the municipality for the financing of the acquisition of, and of improvements to, the property. L.1946, c. 245, p. 864, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.23 - Annual reports by commission

40:60-25.23. Annual reports by commission  As of the first day of February in each year, the commission shall make a detailed financial report to such governing body as to the operation of the property during the preceding calendar year. Copies of all minutes of meetings of the commission shall be promptly filed with the clerk of such governing body and all accounts and records of the commission shall at all times be open to inspection by members and agents of such governing body within business hours. L.1946, c. 245, p. 865, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.24 - Terms and conditions of leases or sales of plants; approval of contracts

40:60-25.24. Terms and conditions of leases or sales of plants; approval of contracts  The commission may from time to time negotiate the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions of leases or sales, which sales may be in part for cash and in part on purchase money bond and mortgage, of a portion or portions of the property, and in so doing, the commission in addition to taking into consideration the rental or price, as the case may be, may also consider the following elements: (1) the undesirability of unduly disturbing the occupancy of tenants; (2) the extent to which lessees or purchasers may be willing to commit themselves to making improvements on property to be leased or purchased; (3) the effect on employment in the municipality; (4) the knowledge, experience and skill in industrial operations of such lessees or purchasers; (5) any other factors which will encourage the growth of industry in the municipality and discourage speculative buying and selling of said property; provided, that the commission shall not have the power to sell or lease property that is used or is susceptible of use for supplying and furnishing a utility service, such as water power, or electric light and power. Upon the completion of any such negotiation, the commission shall submit to the governing body the proposed contract of lease or sale by filing the same with the clerk of such governing body. Such contract shall thereupon be subject to disapproval by such governing body, but if not so disapproved by a resolution within a period of twenty days after such filing, such contract shall thereupon be executed by the proper executive officers of the municipality, and upon such execution, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, shall be valid and binding upon the municipality, according to its terms, covenants, provisions and conditions, and all deeds, leases and other formal instruments of the municipality affecting said property, when duly authorized, shall be executed by such executive officers. L.1946, c. 245, p. 865, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.25 - Employment of manager, engineers, etc.; civil service applicable to employees

40:60-25.25. Employment of manager, engineers, etc.; civil service applicable to employees  The commission may employ a general manager, engineers, a secretary, counsel, and such other engineering, clerical, legal, accounting and other assistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes shall be construed to extend to all of the offices, positions and employments of the commission with the exception of the members of the commission, the general manager, secretary, counsel and engineers. In any employments, the commission shall give preference, wherever possible, but in its absolute discretion, to the persons employed by the owner of the property so acquired by the municipality, having in mind the fitness of such employees for the performance of the duties to be assigned to them and the change of functions of the commission from those of the said owner. L.1946, c. 245, p. 866, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.26 - Partial invalidity

40:60-25.26. Partial invalidity  The sections and parts of sections included in this act are hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections; if any such section or part of section shall be held invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this act, nor the context in which such part of section so held invalid may appear, excepting to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. L.1946, c. 245, p. 867, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.27 - Autobus terminals; power to establish; leases; conditions

40:60-25.27. Autobus terminals; power to establish; leases; conditions  The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or in any other lawful manner, lands and interest therein for autobus terminal purposes and so use lands heretofore acquired for other public purposes and to erect thereon and maintain buildings for the aforesaid purposes. Upon such acquisition or use as aforesaid the governing body of any municipality is authorized to lease said lands so acquired and any buildings erected thereon including leases for the sale of merchandise and privileges to any person, firm or corporation for a consideration, upon such terms and for such term of years as may be agreed upon, or may grant to lessees the right to construct improvements upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may prescribe in the public interest; provided, that no commercial enterprise involving the sale or distribution of any commodity or product used in, or for the servicing of, any motor vehicle using such terminal, shall be conducted or authorized by the governing body or any board, body or agency of a municipality, within or on any terminal authorized by this act; provided, further, that nothing in this act shall prevent carriers using such terminal from servicing their own motor vehicles therein. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1004, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.28 - Use of municipal property

40:60-25.28. Use of municipal property  The governing body of any municipality in this State is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate autobus terminals for the use of autobusses within the limits of such municipality and may use for such purpose or purposes any property suitable therefor that is now or may at any time hereafter be owned or controlled by such municipality. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1005, s. 2, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.29 - Lands declared to be acquired and used for a public purpose; eminent domain

40:60-25.29. Lands declared to be acquired and used for a public purpose; eminent domain  Any lands acquired, owned, controlled or occupied by such municipality for the purposes enumerated in sections one and two hereof shall and are hereby declared to be acquired, owned, controlled and occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity for the purpose of relieving traffic in and through the streets of such municipality, and such municipality shall have the right to acquire property for such purpose or purposes under the power of eminent domain as and for a public necessity. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1005, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.30 - Private property; purchase or condemnation; bonds; construction cost a municipal charge; fees; rules and regulations

40:60-25.30. Private property; purchase or condemnation; bonds; construction cost a municipal charge; fees; rules and regulations  Private property needed by any municipality for an autobus terminal shall be acquired by purchase if the municipality is able to agree with the owners on the terms thereof, and otherwise by condemnation, in the manner provided by the law under which the municipality is authorized to acquire real property for public purposes other than street purposes, or, if there be no such law, in the manner provided for and subject to the provisions of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes. The purchase price or award for real property acquired for an autobus terminal may be paid for by appropriation of moneys available therefor or wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds of the municipality, as the governing body of such municipality shall determine. Such bonds shall be authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions of article one of chapter one of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The governing body of a municipality which has established an autobus terminal and acquired, leased or set apart real property for such purposes may construct, improve, equip, maintain and operate the same or may vest jurisdiction for the construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation thereof, in any suitable officer, board or body of such municipality. The expense of such construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation shall be a municipal charge. The governing body of any municipality may adopt regulations and establish fees or charges for the use of such autobus terminal or may authorize any officer, board or body of such municipality to adopt such regulations and establish such fees or charges, subject, however, to the approval of such governing body before they shall take effect. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1005, s. 4, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.31 - Property acquired to be self-supporting and taxable

40:60-25.31. Property acquired to be self-supporting and taxable  To the end that affected taxing authorities may not suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by such a municipality, all property hereafter acquired by such a municipality for the purposes of this act, together with improvements thereon or hereafter made thereon shall be self-supporting and subject to taxation for State and local purposes, in the same manner and to the same extent as the real estate of individuals. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1006, s. 5, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.32 - Annual appropriations

40:60-25.32. Annual appropriations  The governing body of any municipality to which this act is applicable having power to appropriate money therein may annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation in such municipality a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1946, c. 302, p. 1006, s. 6, eff. May 6, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.33 - Cemeteries which are public nuisances; acquisition by municipalities and boards of education

40:60-25.33. Cemeteries which are public nuisances; acquisition by municipalities and boards of education  Wherever there exists in any municipality of this State a burying ground or cemetery, owned and controlled by any church or other corporation, which church or corporation is unable to properly care for the same, and by reason thereof the said burying grounds or cemetery has become a public nuisance, the said church or other corporation may apply to the board having charge or control of the finances in such municipality to take possession or authorize the board of education of such municipality to take possession of the said burying ground or cemetery and may convey to said municipality or board of education its interest in the whole or any part thereof. L.1948, c. 80, p. 467, s. 1, eff. May 21, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.34 - Cemeteries detrimental to public health or morals; possession by municipality

40:60-25.34. Cemeteries detrimental to public health or morals; possession by municipality  Wherever there exists in any municipality of this State any burying ground or cemetery, owned or controlled by a church or other corporation, which has neglected to care for the same, so that in the opinion of the board of health of such municipality the said burying ground or cemetery has become a detriment to public health or to the morals of the community, the said board of health may apply to the board or body having charge or control of the finances of said municipality to take possession or authorize the board of education of the municipality to take possession of said burying ground or cemetery. L.1948, c. 80, p. 467, s. 2, eff. May 21, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.35 - Investigation

40:60-25.35. Investigation  Upon receiving such request from such corporation or such board of health, the board or body having charge or control of the finances of such municipality shall investigate whether or not the said burying ground or cemetery is so located that it is inconvenient to care for the same properly, and whether or not it is for the best interest of the people of the municipality where the same is located that the bodies interred therein should be removed and reinterred in a more suitable place, and such old burying ground or cemetery converted into a park or devoted to other public uses or purposes or to school purposes by such municipality or the board of education thereof, as the case may be. L.1948, c. 80, p. 467, s. 3, eff. May 21, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.36 - Use for park, school purposes or other public uses

40:60-25.36. Use for park, school purposes or other public uses  If such board or body having charge or control of the finances of such municipality should determine for the reasons aforesaid that the bodies aforesaid should be removed from any such old burying ground or cemetery, and the same converted into a park, or devoted to other public uses or purposes, or school purposes, it shall be lawful for it to accept on behalf of the municipality or authorize the board of education of such municipality to accept from such church or other corporation a deed of conveyance of the said burying ground or cemetery, and to cause possession thereof to be taken on behalf of the municipality or of the board of education of the municipality, as the case may be. L.1948, c. 80, p. 468, s. 4, eff. May 21, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.37 - Proceedings where church or other corporation controlling cemetery is unable or refuses to convey

40:60-25.37. Proceedings where church or other corporation controlling cemetery is unable or refuses to convey  In case the application is made by the board of health, as provided in section two, and the church or other corporation controlling such burying ground or cemetery shall refuse or neglect to execute such deed, or is unable to convey the whole or any part of such burying ground or cemetery by reason of having conveyed lots or plots or some interest therein to private persons, then it shall be lawful for the said board or body having charge or control of the finances of such municipality or the said board of education to bring an action in the Superior Court to obtain permission for said municipality or the board of education thereof to take possession of said burying ground or cemetery and to cause the bodies in said burying ground or cemetery to be disinterred and to be removed to some suitable place either within or without the limits of said municipality. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. L.1948, c. 80, p. 468, s. 5. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 709, s. 202, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.39 - Determination

40:60-25.39. Determination  Upon good cause shown, the court may adjudge that the said burying ground or cemetery has become a public nuisance or is a detriment to the health or morals of the people of said municipality, and that the bodies therein should be disinterred and removed to a more suitable place. L.1948, c. 80, p. 469, s. 7. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 710, s. 204, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.40 - Removal of bodies and reburial; records and maps

40:60-25.40. Removal of bodies and reburial; records and maps  Upon the execution of the deed referred to in section four or upon the making of the said adjudication, it shall be lawful for the said board or body having charge or control of the finances or the board of education, as the case may be, to cause the bodies buried in said burying ground or cemetery to be disinterred and to be removed and reburied in another cemetery or in some other suitable place, and for that purpose it may enter into a contract with any cemetery company or church organization owning or controlling any cemetery or with any other person to take up and remove the said bodies and to inter the same in any other cemetery or suitable place, and to remove from such abandoned burying ground or cemeteries any tombs, headstones or markers and replace the same in the new place and to provide for the proper care of such new place. The said board or body having control of the finances or said board of education, as the case may be, shall cause records and maps to be prepared and filed in the office of the municipal clerk, on which shall be recorded, as nearly as can be ascertained, the names of all bodies disinterred and the lots or plots from which they were taken in any such old burying ground or cemetery, and the cemetery or place to which they have been taken, and the lot or plots in which they may be reinterred. L.1948, c. 80, p. 469, s. 8. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 710, s. 205, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:60-25.41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:60-25.41 - Taking of possession

40:60-25.41. Taking of possession  After the completion of the removal of said bodies the said municipality by any board or body therein by authority of the board or body having charge or control of the finances of said municipality or the said board of education by any agent or agency designated by it may enter upon and take possession of the said abandoned burying ground or cemetery, and devote the same to any public use or purpose or to school purposes. L.1948, c. 80, p. 470, s. 9, eff. May 21, 1948.