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NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-78 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-78 - When failure of notice not to invalidate proceedings

40:63-78. When failure of notice not to invalidate proceedings  The failure to give the notice of intention required by section 40:63-76 of this title shall not invalidate any such ordinance, or any joint contract made in pursuance thereof, provided the ordinance shall have been in all other respects regularly adopted by the governing body, or board having power to construct sewers and drains therein, of the municipality, by a majority vote thereof, and shall have been publicly advertised after adoption, as required by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-79 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-79 - Joint contract; ordinances authorizing

40:63-79. Joint contract; ordinances authorizing  The governing bodies or boards of any two or more of the municipalities adopting resolutions of approval as aforesaid, and desiring to unite in the construction, maintenance and operation of such improvements or works, may thereupon respectively authorize, by ordinance to be substantially the same in content in all such municipalities, the making and entering into, by and on behalf of such municipalities respectively, of a joint contract or contracts in writing upon such terms and conditions as to them shall seem proper, with such other municipality or municipalities for the making of any one or more of the improvements or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, and the maintenance and operation thereof, at the joint cost and expense of such contracting or associated municipalities, as may be provided and specified in the contract, and for the construction of any necessary storage basins for collecting the sewage of such contracting or associated municipalities, and the construction of works and plants for the treatment and disposal thereof, and for acquiring the right to connect with and use any outlet or trunk sewer or sewers, or system of sewers and appurtenances, that may have been theretofore constructed, or that may be thereafter constructed within or by any other municipality, or within or by any of the municipalities so jointly contracting, and for the doing of any other act necessary or convenient for providing, constructing, maintaining and operating such public improvement or works.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-80 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-80 - Contents of ordinance; capacity, use, cost and expense apportioned

40:63-80. Contents of ordinance; capacity, use, cost and expense apportioned  The ordinance shall generally describe the route or line, size, capacity and extent of the proposed outlet sewer, sewers, or drains and appurtenances, to be jointly constructed by the contracting municipalities, and of the main or trunk sewers or drains, if any, to be connected therewith, and the size, capacity and extent of the sewer collection basins, sewage disposal or treatment works, plants and stations, if any, proposed to be constructed in connection with such outlet or trunk sewers or drains, and shall also prescribe and fix the percentage of the capacity of such public improvement or works to the use of which each municipality shall be entitled, also the percentage of the total cost, damages and expense thereof to be paid by each contracting municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-81 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-81 - Joint contract; execution; recording

40:63-81. Joint contract; execution; recording  After the passage of such ordinance by each of such municipalities, pursuant to the laws governing the same, the proper officers of each municipality so authorized by ordinance, may join in executing a joint contract in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance, and the several contracting municipalities are hereby authorized to do any and all acts necessary or advisable regarding the execution and recording of such joint contract. Such contract when executed pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such contracting municipalities are situated. If such municipalities are situated in different counties, then the contract shall be recorded with the clerk of the county in which each of the municipalities is situated.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-82 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-82 - Proceedings after joint contract to be by resolution

40:63-82. Proceedings after joint contract to be by resolution  Whenever a joint contract shall be made and entered into in writing and duly executed by two or more municipalities under the provisions of this article, all acts and proceedings which may be necessary to be thereafter taken by such municipalities, collectively in joint meeting, or singly in their corporate capacity, relating to the public improvements or works, may be taken by resolution and not by ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-83 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-83 - Joint contract; modification; supplemental contract for future management

40:63-83. Joint contract; modification; supplemental contract for future management  The municipalities entering into a joint contract for the construction, maintenance and operation of any improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, may alter or modify any of the provisions thereof, and provide for the future maintenance and operation of the improvement or works by a supplemental contract, authorized by ordinance or resolution of each of the governing bodies or by the boards charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains in the several contracting municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-84 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-84 - Separate municipal action relative to joint system; local connecting sewers

40:63-84. Separate municipal action relative to joint system; local connecting sewers  In any municipality which has entered into such a joint contract for the construction and maintenance of any such joint improvement or works, the municipal body or board having power to construct sewers or drains therein may from time to time by ordinance, provide for and cause to be constructed any trunk, lateral or connecting sewers and system of sewers, and all necessary appurtenances thereto, connecting with and discharging into such joint improvement or works. Such ordinances may be passed by such body or board on its own motion, without application or petition therefor.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-85 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-85 - Joint meeting; organization; officers; vacancies; duration of power

40:63-85. Joint meeting; organization; officers; vacancies; duration of power  After the execution and recording of any such contract, the respective governing bodies or boards having authority to construct sewers and drains therein, of the several municipalities so contracting, shall meet in joint meeting, at such time and place as may be fixed in writing by a majority of the presiding officers of such bodies or boards, and shall proceed at once to organize as a joint meeting, by electing, by roll call of the municipalities, a member of one of the bodies or boards of the several municipalities composing such joint meeting, as the permanent chairman of such joint meeting. The joint meeting shall immediately after selecting a permanent chairman, and at the same meeting, proceed to elect by roll call of the municipalities, a secretary and a treasurer, and may then, or thereafter, from time to time, elect or choose such other officers, servants and agents for such time or times as they may determine, and fix their compensation. None of the officers except the chairman need be a member of the governing body or board of any of the contracting municipalities. Any vacancy occurring in any of the offices or positions under its control may be filled by the joint meeting. The joint meeting shall continue to exist until the full completion of the improvement or works provided for in the contract between the several municipalities, and for such further time as may be provided in the contracts. It may meet and adjourn from time to time as it may fix and determine during the progress and continuance of the work, and until its completion.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-86 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-86 - Officers; oaths and bonds

40:63-86. Officers; oaths and bonds  The chairman, secretary and treasurer of the joint meeting, and such other officers or servants thereof as may be required by such meeting, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall each take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office to the best of his skill and understanding. The joint meeting may require the treasurer and any other of its officers or servants to enter into bond to the municipalities jointly contracting, in such sum or sums as may be fixed by it with proper surety satisfactory to and fixed by the joint meeting.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-87 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-87 - Voting by municipalities, quorum; specific concurrence required

40:63-87. Voting by municipalities, quorum; specific concurrence required  Each municipality, through its body or board represented in such joint meeting, shall be entitled to one vote therein, on all motions, resolutions, appointments and all other proceedings taken in or by such joint meeting, subject to the qualifications hereinafter specified; and such vote shall be cast and announced as is directed by a majority of all the members of such municipal body or board present in such joint meeting, whether such members present constitute a quorum of such body or board, or not. If only one member of such municipal body or board be present at the joint meeting, the vote of his municipality may be cast by him. A majority of the municipalities so contracting, when represented as aforesaid in such joint meeting, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and such majority may adopt and make rules of order governing the proceedings of such joint meeting, and rules for the government of the officers, agents and servants employed or appointed by the same, but in the case of municipalities which have heretofore jointly contracted for or jointly constructed any joint sewers, sewerage system or disposal plant or works under the authority of an act entitled "An act to authorize any two or more municipalities in this state to jointly provide, maintain and operate trunk or outlet sewers and sewage disposal plant or plants or a system of sewerage and to otherwise act jointly concerning the collection, removal or disposal of sewage and make contracts in relation thereto," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and ten, no election, appointment or other action of said joint meeting, shall become operative or be binding on said joint meeting, or any of said municipalities, unless concurred in by the body or board, or bodies or boards of such respective contracting municipality or municipalities represented or entitled to be represented in said joint meeting present thereat, as by the ordinance providing for the making of the joint contract, are directed to pay twenty-five per cent or more of the total cost, damages and expenses of the improvements or works specified in said contract and in said ordinance authorizing the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-88 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-88 - Exclusive powers except in money matters; actions by joint committee; benefits to accrue to all

40:63-88. Exclusive powers except in money matters; actions by joint committee; benefits to accrue to all  All proceedings and official action whatsoever, necessary to be taken under the contract or contracts made for such public improvements or works under this article, shall be taken and had by such joint meeting exclusively, except in matters relating to the raising and paying of money provided to be paid by the several contracting municipalities, and in all such last mentioned matters, each contracting municipality shall act in a separate corporate capacity, as provided in such contract, or by the laws applicable to each municipality. All actions and proceedings of the joint meeting, pursuant to such contract between them, except as in this section otherwise provided, shall be considered and construed to be done by and under the authority of the respective contracting municipalities represented in such joint meeting, and as if done by each municipality in its separate corporate capacity, but no such municipality shall be liable for more than its proportionate share of the cost, damages and expense of said improvement or works as fixed by said joint contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-89 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-89 - Joint meeting; rooms and buildings

40:63-89. Joint meeting; rooms and buildings  The joint meeting shall provide a proper meeting room in which to hold its meetings, and shall make provisions for proper rooms or buildings for the transaction of its business and the accommodation of its officers, agents and servants, and may contract for the payment of the rent of any such meeting room, offices or other rooms or buildings necessary for its business and for the safe-keeping of its property and the accomplishment of its object.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-90 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-90 - Reorganization when work completed; maintenance and operation

40:63-90. Reorganization when work completed; maintenance and operation  The permanent chairman, secretary, treasurer and other officers of the joint meeting, appointed or elected pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall hold their several offices until the final completion of the improvement or works provided for by the joint contract between the several municipalities. The joint meeting shall fix the compensation to be paid to each of said officers and they shall be respectively entitled to receive the same at the rate fixed by the joint meeting during their terms and until the completion of the improvement or works provided for in and by the joint contract. Upon the completion of such improvement or works, the joint meeting shall reorganize for the maintenance and operation of the completed improvement or works, by the election of a chairman, and a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers, agents and employees as may be needed for such maintenance and operation, and shall fix the compensation of all such officers, agents and employees. The chairman of such reorganized joint meeting shall continue in office until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified, notwithstanding he may have ceased to be a member of the governing body or board of any contracting municipality. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any municipalities which have heretofore jointly contracted for or jointly constructed any joint sewers, sewerage system or disposal plant or works under the authority of an act entitled "An act to authorize any two or more municipalities in this state to jointly provide, maintain and operate trunk or outlet sewers and sewage disposal plant or plants or a system of sewerage and to otherwise act jointly concerning the collection, removal or disposal of sewage and make contracts in relation thereto," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and ten, to reorganize such joint meeting upon the completion of such improvement or works.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-91 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-91 - Acquisition of land; purchase

40:63-91. Acquisition of land; purchase  The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions of this article, and represented in such joint meeting, may, at any time after the execution of the joint contract between such municipalities, and in the joint names of all the contracting municipalities, purchase and acquire, by resolution, any and all lands, rights or interests in land, either within such municipalities, or any of them, or beyond the limits of any of them, which may be deemed necessary for such public improvement or works. Such contracting municipalities may jointly treat with the owners thereof for the same; and such municipalities acting in joint meeting, may jointly secure or purchase said lands, rights or interests therein, from the owners of the same, and agree to make such compensation therefor as such joint meeting may deem reasonable; and shall receive from such owner or owners a conveyance of such rights of way, lands and real estate, rights or easements therein, in the joint corporate names of such contracting municipalities.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-92 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-92 - Condemnation of lands; procedure

40:63-92. Condemnation of lands; procedure  If in any case the contracting municipalities shall be unable to agree with the owner or owners of any rights of way, lands or real estate, rights or easements, deemed necessary by the joint meeting of the contracting municipalities for the making of any such public improvement as is hereby authorized and is provided for in the contract between them, or when by reason of legal or other incapacity or absence of the owner or owners or otherwise, no agreement can be made for the purchase thereof, the rights of way, lands or real estate, rights or easements therein, so deemed necessary for the purposes aforesaid, may be acquired by the contracting municipalities by condemnation in their joint names upon their joint application, in the manner now or hereafter provided by the general laws of this state relating to the condemnation of lands for public uses.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-93 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-93 - Condemnation; right of entry upon appointment of commissioners

40:63-93. Condemnation; right of entry upon appointment of commissioners  Where a condemnation action is commenced as provided in section 40:63-92 of this Title, the contracting municipalities, their officers, servants and agents, may immediately upon the appointment of the commissioners, enter upon, take and use such lands and real estate, and rights and interest therein and appurtenances. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 721, s. 225, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-94 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-94 - Contracts for improvements or works

40:63-94. Contracts for improvements or works  The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions of this article, and represented in such joint meeting, may, in the joint names of all the contracting municipalities, enter into any and all contracts necessary or proper for providing, maintaining and operating the same, with such changes or alterations as may be found convenient or necessary in the progress of the work. All contracts, subcontracts, bills, estimates, measurements and all payments of money, relating to or growing out of the public improvement or works hereby authorized, shall, before becoming effective or binding, be approved by a majority vote of such joint meeting, in like manner as in case of motions or resolutions referred to in section 40:63-87 of this title, except as therein provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-96 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-96 - Repair, rebuilding and operation; cost; provisions in contract for

40:63-96. Repair, rebuilding and operation; cost; provisions in contract for  In any contract made and entered into by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of this article, it shall be lawful to provide for the repair, rebuilding, operation, maintenance and cleaning, and the cost and expense thereof, of any outlet or trunk sewer or sewers, drains and appurtenances so built and constructed or of any sewer or system of sewers or drains, or of any system of sewerage or disposal or other works provided for in and by the contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-97 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-97 - Increase in capacity before or during construction

40:63-97. Increase in capacity before or during construction  The joint meeting of the governing bodies or boards of the municipalities jointly contracting for the construction of a joint outlet or trunk sewer and its complementary works, may prior to or during construction work provide for an increase in the capacity of such sewer system and its works in such way and by such means as shall be deemed advisable by the joint meeting.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:63-98 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:63-98 - Sewers; disposal plants enlarged; approval of department of health; contract for; cost

40:63-98. Sewers; disposal plants enlarged; approval of department of health; contract for; cost  The contracting and participating municipalities may, by supplemental or further contract, replace, enlarge or otherwise increase the capacity of any improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, contracted for or completed, and build and equip all such supplementary sewers, disposal and purification plants and other works and apparatus, as shall be deemed necessary or proper by such municipalities. All plans and specifications for the construction of such additions, enlargements, or other works, shall be submitted to and approved by the state department of health before the construction thereof is begun; and no works, devices or plants for the disposal, purification or other treatment of the sewage of such municipalities shall be located or constructed in any municipality, without the consent of its governing body. Such contracts shall provide for the payment of the cost of the construction and maintenance of such additions, enlargements or other works so contracted for, the proportion of the cost to be paid by each of the contracting municipalities, and the manner of the payment of the same. The execution of any such contract shall be first duly authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing bodies or boards of each of the municipalities charged by law with the duty of constructing sewers and drains in the same.