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NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-41 - Sale of unused water by a commission

58:5-41. Sale of unused water by a commission  (a) A commission shall have power to sell any unused water to any municipality or person for the account of any contracting municipality or municipalities having the right to use such water (herein called "interested municipality" ). Any such sale shall be subject however to the prior right of the interested municipality to use such water; (b) Any such sale shall be made by an agreement in writing on such terms and for such periods as the commission shall determine, but not at a price lower than the cost of the water to the interested municipality unless such municipality shall consent thereto; (c) No sale of unused water shall be made to any consumer without the consent of the municipality in which such water will be used, but such consent shall not unreasonably be withheld; (d) No person and no municipality which is not a contracting municipality in a project shall have any right to require a commission to sell nor have any right to purchase any unused water available as a result of such project unless and until a party to a sale agreement and then only to the extent and upon the terms set forth therein. L.1962, c. 167, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-42 - Control of project after payment of bonds

58:5-42. Control of project after payment of bonds  After all bonds issued by a commission to finance the acquisition of a project, and all obligations to the holders of any such bonds, have been fully met and discharged, the commission shall retain and have sole control and charge of such project, in trust however, for the contracting municipalities in the same manner and to the same extent as if the project were a water supply or water supply system acquired and constructed under the original act. L.1962, c. 167, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-43 - Bond resolution

58:5-43. Bond resolution  For the purpose of raising funds to pay the cost of any part of any project or for the purpose of funding or refunding any bonds, including refunding by exchange of bonds for outstanding bonds, a commission shall have power to authorize or provide for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this act. Such commission shall adopt a resolution (in this act sometimes referred to as "bond resolution" ) which shall (1) describe in brief and general terms sufficient for reasonable identification the project or part thereof to be constructed or acquired, or describe the bonds which are to be funded or refunded (if any); (2) state the cost or estimated cost of the project (if any); and (3) provide for the issuance of bonds in accordance with the provisions of this act. No general bond resolution establishing an issuance of bonds of the commission shall become effective unless at least 10 days prior to its adoption the commission shall have given notice thereof to all participants and contracting municipalities having an interest in any water supply system or water transmission facility under the administration or control of the commission. Such notice shall specify the time and place at which such resolution will be considered by the commission for adoption and shall be served, together with a copy of the proposed resolution, either personally or by certified or registered mail upon the clerk of each such participant or contracting municipality. L.1962, c. 167, s. 13. Amended by L.1962, c. 184, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-44 - Issuance of bonds

58:5-44. Issuance of bonds  Upon adoption of a bond resolution, a commission shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds (including bonds to be exchanged for outstanding bonds) for the purpose of financing the project or of funding or refunding the bonds described therein. Such bonds shall be authorized by the bond resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 50 years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding 6% per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the bond resolution may provide. L.1962, c. 167, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-45 - Sale of bonds

58:5-45. Sale of bonds  Bonds of a commission may be sold by the commission at public or private sale at such price or prices as the commission shall determine; provided, however, that the interest cost to maturity of the money received for any issue of bonds (computed according to standard tables of bond values) shall not exceed 6% per annum. L.1962, c. 167, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-46 - Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions

58:5-46. Publication of bond resolution; limitation on actions  A commission may cause a copy of any bond resolution adopted by it to be filed for public inspection in its office and in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the contracting municipality or municipalities and may thereupon cause to be published once in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the contracting municipality or municipalities, a notice stating the fact and date of such adoption and the places where such bond resolution has been so filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such notice and also that any action or proceeding of any kind or nature in any court questioning the validity of its creation and establishment of the commission or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by the bond resolution shall be commenced within 20 days after the publication of such notice. If any such notice shall at any time be published and if no action or proceeding questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the commission, or the validity or proper authorization of bonds provided for by the bond resolution referred to in said notice, or the validity of any covenants, agreements or contract provided for by said bond resolution shall be commenced or instituted within 20 days after the first publication of said notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in any contracting municipality 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 or proceedings, questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the commission, or the validity of proper authorization of such bonds, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements or contracts, and said commission shall be conclusively deemed to have been validly created and established and to be authorized to transact business and exercise powers as a commission under this act, 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.1962, c. 167, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-47 - Negotiability of bonds

58:5-47. Negotiability of bonds  Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bond or other obligation issued pursuant to this act shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law of the State, and each holder or owner of such a bond or 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 negotiable instruments law. L.1962, c. 167, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-50 - Receivers; powers

58:5-50. Receivers; powers  If the bond resolution of a commission authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide in substance that the holders of the bonds of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 19 of this act and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section or having the powers of such a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series shall have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the project, the revenues of which are pledged for the payment or security of bonds of such series. Such receiver may enter upon and take possession of said project and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such bonds, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction of said project and proceed with such acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance or reconstruction which the commission is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain and reconstruct the said project and fix, charge, collect, enforce and receive all revenues from said project thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the commission in the same manner as the commission itself might do and under the direction of the court. L.1962, c. 167, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-51 - Liability on bonds

58:5-51. Liability on bonds  Neither the members of the commission 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, or of any municipality or municipalities and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any such municipality, either legal, moral or otherwise, and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any commission to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any municipality. L.1962, c. 167, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-53 - Limitations on mortgage and sale of facilities

58:5-53. Limitations on mortgage and sale of facilities  Neither a commission nor any contracting municipality shall have power to mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of a water transmission facility, except that a commission may dispose of such part or parts thereof as may be no longer necessary for the purposes of the commission. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a part of the contract with the holder of any bonds. All property of the commission 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 the commission be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, however, 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 the commission on its facility revenues or other moneys. L.1962, c. 167, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-54 - Investment in bonds of a commission

58:5-54. Investment in bonds of a commission  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 of a commission and such bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.1962, c. 167, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-55 - Tax exemption of interest and revenues

58:5-55. Tax exemption of interest and revenues  All bonds of a commission are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be bonds of a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions and such bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all funds, income, facility 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 estate and transfer inheritance taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.1962, c. 167, s. 25.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-56 - Pledge of State to bondholders

58:5-56. Pledge of State to bondholders  The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds of a commission that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the commission to acquire, construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate the project 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 the 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.1962, c. 167, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-57 - Construction

58:5-57. Construction  This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and purpose and as complete and independent authority for the performance of every act and thing herein authorized. The powers granted to and duties imposed upon a commission by this act are granted or imposed in addition to and not in substitution for existing powers or duties of a commission and of any municipality, and are not subject to any limitation or restriction prescribed in the original act or by any other law excepting only the water supply law. If there shall be any conflict between the terms or provisions of this act and the terms and provisions of the original act, the terms and provisions of this act shall govern, except that nothing contained herein shall be construed to alter the application of the terms and provisions of the original act to any water supply system or plant provided for thereunder, or to any water supply system or plant presently operating thereunder and the contracts entered into in connection therewith. L.1962, c. 167, s. 27. Amended by L.1962, c. 184, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5-58 - Severability clause

58:5-58. Severability clause  If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not adjudged unconstitutional or is not ineffective it shall be valid and effective and no other section, subsection, clause or provision of this act shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, clause or provision of this act in any one or more instances or under any one or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance. L.1962, c. 167, s. 28.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5A-1 - Establishment of constabulary authorized

58:5A-1. Establishment of constabulary authorized  Any district water supply commission owning, operating, controlling and maintaining any watershed property, reservoir and water system within this State and the governing body of any municipality owning, operating, controlling and maintaining a watershed property exceeding three thousand acres in area and a reservoir and water system may, by resolution, appoint and establish a constabulary for the purpose of preserving order thereon and of protecting, regulating and controlling the same and its pumping stations, dams, pipelines, buildings, machinery and structures located thereon and of enforcing rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by said commission or by the governing body of said municipality for said purpose. L.1952, c. 355, p. 1144, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5A-2 - Separate police system; civil service

58:5A-2. Separate police system; civil service  Said constabulary shall be organized into a police system to be known as the " Watershed Police," which shall be separate and distinct from any municipal, county or State police system. The commission or the governing body of such municipality, as the case may be, shall have sole control of the appointment, compensation, terms and duration of employment and management of the said constabulary, for the securing of proper discipline and efficiency among the members thereof; provided, however, that in the case of any such municipality now or hereafter operating under the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service, all members of said constabulary shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of said Title 11 of the Revised Statutes. L.1952, c. 355, p. 1144, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5A-3 - Rules and regulations; penalties

58:5A-3. Rules and regulations; penalties  The commission or the governing body of such municipality, as the case may be, may make, alter, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the protection, regulation and control of its watershed properties, reservoirs, pumping stations, dams, pipelines, buildings, machinery and structures, and all other properties and things contained therein, and may prescribe penalties for the violations of such rules and regulations, either by imprisonment in a county jail or in any place provided by a municipality for the detention of prisoners, for any term not exceeding ninety days, or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), or both. The proposed rules and regulations shall first be approved by the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey, and in the case of a municipality, by the district water supply commission, if any, of the water supply district within which said watershed properties are situated, as well, and, when so approved, they shall be advertised once a week for two weeks in at least two newspapers circulating in the county or counties in which said rules and regulations are to apply and shall not be adopted until a public hearing shall have first been held. Such rules and regulations shall not take effect until ten days after their adoption and after their publication once a week for two weeks in at least two newspapers circulating in the county or counties in which said rules and regulations are to apply. L.1952, c. 355, p. 1145, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5A-4 - Service of process; arrest of persons violating rules and regulations

58:5A-4. Service of process; arrest of persons violating rules and regulations  The members and officers of the said constabulary may make service of summons or any other legal process, and may arrest on view and without warrant and conduct before the nearest magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or of a neighboring municipality, or any judge having jurisdiction to impose fines and penalties generally in said municipalities, any person found violating the rules and regulations so enacted and promulgated and in addition they shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers or constables for the enforcement of the laws of this State in the municipalities in which the watershed properties, reservoirs, pumping stations, dams, pipelines, buildings, machinery and structures are located and the apprehension of violators thereof. L.1952, c. 355, p. 1145, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:5A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:5A-5 - Temporary assignment to enforce anti-pollution laws

58:5A-5. Temporary assignment to enforce anti-pollution laws  Any member or officer of any constabulary created hereunder may, at the option of the commission or the governing body of such municipality so creating the same, be temporarily assigned to or deputized by the State Commissioner of Health or any local board of health for the purpose of enforcing any anti-pollution law and preventing pollution of waters upon the watersheds and feeder streams supplying the reservoir and water system of such commission or municipality, as well as for the purpose of procuring evidence in the prosecution of any such violators. L.1952, c. 355, p. 1146, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 58:10-23.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply|Section 58:10-23.11 - Short title

58:10-23.11. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Spill Compensation and Control Act." L.1976, c. 141, s. 1.