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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-17 - Appointment of receiver.

40A:66-17 Appointment of receiver.  17. If the bond resolution of the municipal shared services energy authority authorizing or providing for the issuance of a series of its bonds shall provide that the holders of the bonds of the series shall be entitled to the benefits of section 15 of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-15), and shall further provide that any trustee appointed pursuant to that section or having the powers of a trustee shall have the powers provided by this section, then the trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of the series have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the authority, and the receiver may enter upon and take possession of the assets of the authority and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of the bonds, shall take possession of all monies and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction of the assets of the authority, and proceed with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or reconstruction which the municipal shared services energy authority is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain, and reconstruct the utility system and fix, charge, collect, enforce, and receive the service charges and all system revenues thereafter arising subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of the bonds relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the municipal shared services energy authority in the same manner as the municipal shared services energy authority itself might do, and under the direction of the court. L.2015, c.129, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-18 - Guaranty of bonds.

40A:66-18 Guaranty of bonds.  18. For the purpose of aiding the municipal shared services energy authority in the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of any electric supply project authorized pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.), a member municipality may, by ordinance of its governing body, in the manner provided for adoption of a bond ordinance as provided in the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. and with or without consideration and upon those terms and conditions as may be agreed to by and between the member municipality and the authority, unconditionally guaranty the punctual payment of the principal of, and interest on, all or a portion of any bonds of the authority. Any guaranty of the bonds of the authority made pursuant to this section shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof on the bonds, executed in the name of the member municipality and on its behalf by the officer thereof as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing the guaranty, and the municipality shall be obligated to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds in the same manner and extent as in the case of bonds issued by it. Any ordinance authorizing the guaranty shall be treated as a security agreement and shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law," P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-1 et seq.). Any guaranty of bonds of the authority may be made, and any ordinance authorizing the guaranty may be adopted, notwithstanding any statutory debt or other limitations, including particularly any limitation or requirement under or pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq., but the principal amount of the bonds so guaranteed, shall, after their issuance, be included in the gross debt of the member municipality for the purpose of determining the indebtedness of the municipality under or pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. The principal amount of the bonds guaranteed and included in gross debt shall be deducted and declared to be a deduction from gross debt under the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq.: a. after the issuance of the bonds until the end of the fiscal year beginning next after the completion of acquisition or construction of the facility to be financed from the proceeds of the bonds; and b. in any annual debt statement filed pursuant to the "Local Bond Law," N.J.S.40A:2-1 et seq. as of the end of the fiscal year or any subsequent fiscal year if the revenues or other receipts or monies of the authority in that year are sufficient to pay its expenses of operation and maintenance in the year, and all amounts payable in the year on account of the principal of, and interest on, all guaranteed bonds, and all bonds of the authority issued under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.). L.2015, c.129, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-20 - Compliance.

40A:66-20 Compliance.  20. The authority formed pursuant to P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall comply with the provisions of P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) and all applicable federal and State laws. Nothing in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall be construed to require regulation of an authority or its members as an electric public utility as defined under R.S.48:2-13. Wholesale sales and purchases by the authority shall not subject the authority or its members to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities as a public utility pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. A municipality that is a member of the authority shall continue to be subject to all laws of the State.  L.2015, c.129, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-21 - Exemption from levy, sale.

40A:66-21 Exemption from levy, sale.  21. All property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution of a court of competent jurisdiction and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the authority nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its property, provided, however, that nothing in this section 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 authority on its system, revenues, or other monies. L.2015, c.129, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-22 - Investment of funds.

40A:66-22 Investment of funds.  22. Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, the State and all public officers, municipalities, counties, political subdivisions of 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, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control, in any bonds of the authority, and the bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. L.2015, c.129, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-23 - Public property; tax exemption.

40A:66-23 Public property; tax exemption.  23. Every electric supply project or facility within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority, including any pro rata share of any property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority in conjunction with any other person or public agency and used in connection with the generation, transmission, and production of electric power and energy, and all other property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, is hereby declared to be public property and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose, and the property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, the authority and its income shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision of the State. All bonds of the authority are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality in the bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom and all service charges, funds, revenues, and other monies pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes, and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.2015, c.129, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-24 - Pledge, covenant with bond holders.

40A:66-24 Pledge, covenant with bond holders.  24. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution of the authority, that the State will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the municipal shared services energy authority to acquire, construct, operate, and participate in one or more electric supply projects and facilities for the generation, production, and transmission of electric power and energy at wholesale, to fix, establish, charge, and collect charges, fees, and payments, and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or other obligations, will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of these holders, and will not modify in any way the exemptions from taxation provided for in P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) 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 these holders, are fully met and discharged. L.2015, c.129, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-25 - Payment of funds to authority.

40A:66-25 Payment of funds to authority.  25. All banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to the municipal shared services energy authority a good and sufficient undertaking with those sureties as shall be approved by the authority to the effect that the bank or banking institution shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the authority or its authorized agent, all funds as may be deposited with it by the authority and agreed interest thereon, at times or upon demands as may be agreed with the authority or in lieu of these sureties, deposit with the authority or its agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, the securities as the authority may approve. The deposits of the authority may be evidenced or secured by a depository collateral agreement in a form and upon terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the authority and the bank or banking institution. L.2015, c.129, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-26 - Annual audit.

40A:66-26 Annual audit.  26. The municipal shared services energy authority shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose shall employ a certified public accountant licensed pursuant to the laws of the State. The audit shall be completed and filed with the authority within four months after the close of its fiscal year and a certified duplicate thereof shall be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs within five days after the original report is filed with the authority. L.2015, c.129, s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-27 - Filing of copy of bond resolution.

40A:66-27 Filing of copy of bond resolution.  27. The municipal shared services energy authority shall file a copy of each bond resolution adopted by it with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, together with a summary of the dates, amounts, maturities, and interest rates of all bonds issued pursuant thereto. L.2015, c.129, s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:66-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:66-28 - Certain municipal powers unaffected.

40A:66-28 Certain municipal powers unaffected.  30. The powers granted under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) shall not limit the powers of a municipality to enter into a shared service agreement or contract, or to establish a separate legal entity pursuant to State law or otherwise to carry out their powers under applicable statutory provisions, nor shall the powers granted under P.L.2015, c.129 (C.40A:66-1 et al.) limit the powers reserved to a municipality by State law. L.2015, c.129, s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-1 - Oath of allegiance; form

41:1-1. Oath of allegiance; form  Every person who is or shall be required by law to give assurance of fidelity and attachment to the Government of this State shall take the following oath of allegiance: "I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the Governments established in the United States and in this State, under the authority of the people So help me God." Amended by L.1949, c. 21, p. 67, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1949; L.1971, c. 217, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-2 - Persons required to take oath of allegiance

41:1-2. Persons required to take oath of allegiance  The governor for the time being of this state, and every person who shall be appointed or elected to any office, legislative, executive or judicial, under the authority of this state, or to any office in the militia thereof, and every counselor, solicitor and attorney at law, shall, before he enters upon the execution of his trust, office or duty, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance prescribed by section 41:1-1 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-3 - Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form

41:1-3. Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form  Every person who shall be elected, or appointed to any public office in this State or in any county, municipality or special district other than a municipality therein, or in any department, board, commission, agency or instrumentality of any thereof, and is required to take and subscribe an oath of office shall, before he enters upon the execution of his said office take and subscribe the oath of allegiance set forth in R.S. 41:1-1 and, in addition, (a) any specially prescribed official oath, or (b) if no text is specially prescribed for such oath of office, the following official oath of office: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully, impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability. So help me God." Amended by L.1949, c. 22, p. 68, s. 1; L.1962, c. 202, s. 1, eff. Dec. 18, 1962; L.1971, c. 217, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-4 - Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures

41:1-4. Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures  It shall not be necessary to the solemnity or obligation of an oath administered in any court of justice or any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, in this state, for the person taking the oath to kiss the holy scriptures, but the taking of such oath, while the hand shall be held upon the book, shall answer all the purposes and requirements of the law, any usage or custom to the contrary heretofore notwithstanding. If any persons so sworn shall swear falsely they shall be guilty of perjury as though the book had been kissed.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-5 - Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized

41:1-5. Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized  Every person who shall be permitted or required to take an oath in any case, where, by law, an oath is allowed or required, may take the same with the ceremony of lifting up the hand and swearing by the ever-living God, instead of that of touching and kissing the book of the gospels; and every person who is or shall be empowered and required to tender and administer an oath in the usual form, shall be and is empowered and required, on request of the party to be sworn, to administer the same in the manner herein prescribed. An oath, which shall be administered and taken agreeably to the mode prescribed in this section shall be as good and effectual as if the same had been administered and taken in the usual form of laying the hand on and kissing the gospels.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-6 - Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect

41:1-6. Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect  Every person, permitted or required to take an oath in any case, where, by law, an oath is allowed or required, and who shall allege that he is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, shall, instead of an oath, be permitted to make solemn affirmation or declaration in one of the following forms, to wit: "I, , do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm": or, "I, , do declare, in the presence of Almighty God, the witness of the truth of what I say": Either of which forms shall be as good and effectual in law, as an oath taken in the usual form. In the affirmation or declaration, the words "so help me God" , at the close of the usual oath, shall be omitted. Every person empowered and required to tender and administer an oath in the usual form, is empowered and required to tender and administer the affirmation or declaration prescribed by this section, when requested so to do by any such scrupulous person.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:1-7 - Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit

41:1-7. Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit  It shall not be necessary to the validity or sufficiency of any oath, affirmation or affidavit, made or taken before any of the persons named in section 41:2-1 of this title, that the same shall be certified under the official seal of the officer before whom made.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:2-1 - Officials authorized to take oaths.

41:2-1 Officials authorized to take oaths.  41:2-1. All oaths, affirmations and affidavits required to be made or taken by law of this State, or necessary or proper to be made, taken or used in any court of this State, or for any lawful purpose whatever, may be made and taken before any one of the following officers:  The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or any of the justices or judges of courts of record of this State;  Masters of the Superior Court;  Municipal judges;  Mayors or aldermen of cities, towns or boroughs or commissioners of commission governed municipalities;  Surrogates, registers of deeds and mortgages, county clerks and their deputies;  Municipal clerks and clerks of boards of chosen freeholders;  Sheriffs of any county;  Members of boards of chosen freeholders;  Clerks of all courts;  Notaries public;  Commissioners of deeds;  Members of the State Legislature;  Attorneys-at-law and counsellors-at-law of this State; Certified court reporters, as defined in section 10 of P.L.1940, c.175 (C.45:15B-10).  This section shall not apply to official oaths required to be made or taken by any of the officers of this State, nor to oaths or affidavits required to be made and taken in open court.  Amended 1951, c.302, s.1; 1953, c.39, s.1; 1953, c.428, s.3; 1964, c.165, s.1; 1968, c.169; 1970, c.182; 1983, c.495; 1986, c.124; 2007, c.73.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:2-2 - Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury

41:2-2. Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury  The president of the senate, the speaker of the general assembly and the chairman of a committee of the whole, or of any select or standing committee of either house of the legislature, are respectively empowered to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses, in any matter or case under their examination; and any person who shall willfully or corruptly swear or affirm falsely touching any matter or thing material to the point in question, whereto he shall be thus examined, shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:2-3 - Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.

41:2-3 Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.  41:2-3. Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters. a. A notary public who is a stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of a financial institution or other corporation may administer an oath to any other stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation. b. A notary public employed by a financial institution may follow directions or policies of the employer which provide that during the hours of the notary public's employment by the financial institution the notary public shall not administer oaths except in the course of the business of the employer. As used in this section, "financial institution" means a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union. Amended 1997, c.340.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:2-3.1 - County detectives and investigators may administer oaths

41:2-3.1. County detectives and investigators may administer oaths  County detectives and investigators attached to the office of the county prosecutor in the several counties of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths; provided, however, that such oaths are administered only in relation to a matter involving a violation or an attempted violation of the criminal laws of this State. L.1939, c. 276, p. 697, s. 1. Amended by L.1953, c. 39, p. 753, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 41:2-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits|Section 41:2-3.2 - State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.

41:2-3.2 State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.  1. State detectives and investigators assigned to the Division of Criminal Justice or the Division of State Police may administer oaths, if the oaths are administered only in relation to a matter involving a violation or an attempted violation of the criminal laws of this State. L.1982, c.221, s.1; amended 2017, c.280.