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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-71 - Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect

40:63-71. Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect
Any two or more municipalities, by their respective governing bodies, or by their boards charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains in such municipalities respectively, may unite and jointly cause to be made, at their joint expense, by competent engineers, surveys, maps and plans of, and reports, specifications and estimates for, any proposed improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, which such municipalities may desire jointly to construct, maintain and operate; and for such purpose, and before determining upon a final route or location for such proposed improvement or works, may, by their engineers, agents and servants, lawfully enter upon any lands or waters, to explore and make surveys, and do all necessary preliminary work, doing, however, no unnecessary damage or injury to private or other property.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-72 - Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated

40:63-72. Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated
The surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates, or true copies thereof, shall be delivered by the persons making them to the clerk of each of the municipalities joining in the expense thereof, together with an estimate of the cost and expense of the proposed improvement or works, and the percentage of the cost and expense proposed to be apportioned to and paid by each municipality, and also an estimate of the annual cost of maintenance, repairs, operation and supervision of the proposed improvement or works annually to be paid by each municipality after the completion thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-73 - Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality

40:63-73. Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality
The clerks of the respective municipalities interested, shall immediately submit to the governing body, or to the board of the municipality charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains therein, where such board exists, all such surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates so delivered to him, and said governing body or board shall immediately thereafter proceed to consider and approve or reject the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-74 - Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities

40:63-74. Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities
If said board or body shall decide not to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall pass a resolution declaring its refusal to join therein, and a copy of the resolution, duly certified by the clerk, shall be served on the clerk of each of the other municipalities interested therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-75 - Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities

40:63-75. Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities
If such governing body or board shall, after such consideration, decide to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall, by resolution, approve the surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates so submitted to it, and cause the same to be filed with the clerk of the municipality, there to remain of record and a copy of the resolution of approval, certified by the municipal clerk, shall be served by him on the clerk of each of the other municipalities interested in the proposed improvement or works.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-76 - Notice of intention to make

40:63-76. Notice of intention to make
No ordinance authorizing the making of a contract in writing, between municipalities for the joint construction of any of the improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, shall be passed by the governing body or board having power to construct sewers and drains in such municipality, until public notice shall be given in a newspaper published or circulating in the municipality, of the intention of such municipal or governing board or body to join in causing such public improvement to be made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-77 - Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure

40:63-77. Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure
The clerk of such body or board shall, by direction of the body or board, give such notice. The notice shall briefly describe the proposed improvements, which description may be made by reference to the proposed ordinance and other documents on file in the office of the municipal clerk, and shall request such persons as may object thereto to present their objections in writing at the office of such clerk and file the same with him, at or before the expiration of ten days from the date of the notice, or to said body or board at its first meeting held after the expiration of said ten days. Said body or board of such municipality may, at such meeting or afterwards, proceed to consider and pass the ordinance, notwithstanding any objection, and thereafter the proceedings of such body or board regarding the ordinance shall be the same or as nearly as may be to like proceedings regarding ordinances passed by such body or board for the construction of sewers within such municipality.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-99 - Construction in other municipalities; sewers to tidewater

40:63-99. Construction in other municipalities; sewers to tidewater
The municipalities jointly contracting as provided in this article, may jointly provide a system of trunk or outlet sewers or other sewers for conveying or conducting sewage from such municipalities from a point or points agreed upon to a common destination or disposal plant or plants, or to tidewater or to some other trunk or outlet sewer or sewer or drain leading to tidewater, and may jointly provide a sewage disposal plant or plants for the collection, treatment and disposal of such sewage and may jointly provide for the necessary appurtenances to all the same. Such improvements or works and all appurtenances thereto or any or all of them may be constructed in whole or in part, within the limits of any such municipalities or wholly or jointly in any other municipality, subject to the provisions of sections 40:63-100 to 40:63-106 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-100 - Discharge in tidewater; consent of department of health

40:63-100. Discharge in tidewater; consent of department of health
No such jointly contracting municipalities shall discharge any such trunk or outlet sewer, or sewers, or drains in tidewater adjacent to or within the boundaries of any municipality, until after a thorough and exhaustive examination of the locality of such discharge shall have been made by the state department of health, and a certificate from such department shall have been given to the governing body of such municipality certifying that in the judgment of such department, such discharge will not in any manner prejudice or impair the health or comfort of any of the inhabitants of this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-101 - Use of streets in other municipalities

40:63-101. Use of streets in other municipalities
Such jointly contracting municipalities may construct such trunk or outlet sewers or sewers or drains and all necessary appurtenances thereto through or partly through, under, along and across the streets, highways, private or public lands or lands under water, in such other municipality, in such a manner however as not to unnecessarily impede travel or navigation; and may enter upon and dig up any street, highway, or private or public lands for the purpose of constructing such trunk or outlet sewers or sewers or drains and appurtenances, or for repairing or maintaining the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-102 - Agreement as to terms; procedure where parties cannot agree

40:63-102. Agreement as to terms; procedure where parties cannot agree
All such work carried on in such other municipality shall be done upon such terms as may be agreed upon by such jointly contracting municipalities and such other municipality through the streets of which it is proposed to construct such improvement or works, and all such municipalities may authorize and enter into any such contract.
If no agreement can be reached as to such terms the Superior Court shall, upon application by either party or parties, and after notice of the time and place of making such application, published at least ten days previous thereto, in a newspaper circulating in all municipalities affected, appoint three disinterested commissioners to fix the terms upon which such jointly contracting municipalities may use and occupy the streets of such other municipality, and the report of such commissioners when confirmed by the court shall be binding upon all of the parties to such proceedings.
Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 721, s. 226, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-103 - Change of grade of streets in other municipalities; regulation of work; restoration of pavements

40:63-103. Change of grade of streets in other municipalities; regulation of work; restoration of pavements
Such jointly contracting municipalities may, in the course of constructing such improvements or works and with the consent of the body or board having control of the streets or highways of such municipality, change or alter the location or grade of any street or highway in any municipality crossed or intercepted by such sewers or appurtenances, and may in general do all other acts and things necessary, convenient and proper in connection with the construction of such improvement or works.
The laying of all sewers in the streets and highways and public places of any such other municipality, and the cleaning, repairing or replacement of the same shall be done under such reasonable regulations if any, as may be imposed by such other municipality with respect to similar work done by itself therein, and all streets, highways and other public places used by such jointly contracting municipalities shall be restored to their original condition as far as may be, at the expense of the jointly contracting municipalities for whose benefit the work is done.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-104 - Location of disposal plants in other municipalities; application

40:63-104. Location of disposal plants in other municipalities; application
Except as otherwise provided in this article no work shall be undertaken or any street, road, alley or other place occupied or land used in any other municipality for the construction of sewage disposal plants without the consent of the governing body of such municipality, upon written application being made therefor.
All municipalities making application as aforesaid for the location of any such disposal or other plants shall accompany the same with a descriptive map of the premises they propose to occupy, a copy of which shall also be filed in the office of the state department of health, and be subject to its approval.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-105 - Rejection of application; appeal

40:63-105. Rejection of application; appeal
In case of the refusal of the municipal authorities of another municipality, to grant such permission, the municipalities making the application may, within thirty days after such refusal, apply to the state department of health, which shall have power to reverse the decision of the local authorities of such municipality, and grant, after hearing, the application for the erection of said disposal or other plants, upon being satisfied that such erection will best serve the interest of the public health and the general welfare of the municipalities affected and of the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-106 - Remedy of dissenting citizens if application granted

40:63-106. Remedy of dissenting citizens if application granted
If the local authorities of any municipality grant the permit to locate such disposal or other plants, then ten citizen freeholders of the municipality where it is proposed to locate such plants may, within thirty days after the granting of such permit, apply to the state department of health, which shall have like power to reverse, after hearing, the decision of the local authorities and to prohibit the location of such disposal or other plants upon being satisfied that such erection will not best serve the interest of the public health and the general welfare of the municipalities affected and of the state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-106.1 - Contracts with Passaic valley sewerage commissioners for sewage disposal

40:63-106.1. Contracts with Passaic valley sewerage commissioners for sewage disposal
If the municipalities jointly contracting under this article shall, at any time after the execution of such joint contract, deem it expedient to lease a portion of the lands of the Passaic valley sewerage commissioners for the purpose of constructing on or in such leased lands pipe lines and sewage storage tanks with appurtenances, such municipalities and the Passaic valley sewerage commissioners may enter into a contract or contracts for such purposes, upon such terms and for such consideration and period of years as may be agreed upon between the contracting parties. Said municipalities may enter into a contract or contracts with said Passaic valley sewerage commissioners for the disposal of sludge by barge to sea or otherwise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-107 - Use of improvements or works by other municipalities; contracts; terms

40:63-107. Use of improvements or works by other municipalities; contracts; terms
The jointly contracting municipalities may at any time after the execution of the joint contract, contract with any municipality through whose territory such improvements or works are to pass or be constructed, or with any other municipality, for the privilege of connecting its or their sewers and drains with such joint improvements or works, and for the participation in the use and cost of construction of such joint improvements or works, upon such terms, and for such consideration and length of time as may be mutually agreed upon by all the parties. Such contract shall state all the terms thereof including the share of the cost to be borne by, and the quantity of sewage per diem entitled to be discharged by such other municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-108 - Contracts authorized

40:63-108. Contracts authorized
Such jointly contracting municipalities and any such other municipality may enter into any such contract for participation in the use of such joint improvements or works and such contract shall be authorized on behalf of all municipalities parties thereto, by ordinance or resolution of the governing bodies or boards charged by law with the duty of constructing sewers and drains in such municipalities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-109 - Supplemental contract to secure additional accommodations

40:63-109. Supplemental contract to secure additional accommodations
Whenever the municipalities so jointly contracting as provided in this article, shall have entered into a contract with the authorities of any other municipality, granting the privilege of connecting the sewers of such other municipality with such joint improvements or works and under the terms of said contract, such other municipality or municipalities is entitled to discharge through said connection into such joint improvements or works, sewage matter of a fixed quantity per diem, and such other municipality shall deem it expedient to purchase an additional sewage capacity in such joint improvements or works and to discharge therein an additional quantity of sewage, the municipalities so jointly contracting as aforesaid, may be resolution of the joint meeting of the governing bodies or boards thereof, having power to construct sewers or drains therein, authorize the execution of a further or supplemental contract with such other municipality granting to such other municipality the privilege to increase its sewage capacity in said joint improvements or works, and to discharge therein an additional quantity of sewage matter upon such terms and for such consideration and for such length of time as may be mutually agreed upon between the joint meeting and such other municipality, and the governing board or body of such other municipality, having power to construct sewers and drains therein, may by ordinance or resolution authorize the execution of such further or supplemental contract with the municipalities represented in such joint meeting, on behalf of such other municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-110 - Payment for use of joint systems; bonds

40:63-110. Payment for use of joint systems; bonds
For the purpose of raising the money required for the carrying out of any such contract, and to meet the payment or payments that may be provided for therein, such other municipality may issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-111 - Participating municipalities may be admitted to membership in joint meeting

40:63-111. Participating municipalities may be admitted to membership in joint meeting
The joint meeting may permit additional municipalities participating in the use and cost of the trunk sewer system provided by the joint meeting to become members of the joint meeting upon terms to be agreed upon between the joint meeting and said municipality or municipalities, and upon becoming a member of the joint meeting such municipality or municipalities shall share equally with all other members of such joint meeting in the conduct of the business and affairs of such joint meeting respecting such joint meetings, its powers and authorities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-112 - Joint meeting to designate portion of system each may use

40:63-112. Joint meeting to designate portion of system each may use
The joint meeting may direct, by resolutions, duly passed at regular meetings thereof, the particular trunk sewer where more than one comprises the system, particular municipalities shall use; and may provide by-passes and other incidental means or measures to accomplish a use of the capacity provided by the trunk sewer system in the best interests of all of the users thereof; and may also provide suitable regulations governing the type of street laterals, house connections and other matters pertinent to the use of the sewer system; and may in all other ways manage, control and direct use of the trunk sewer system having in mind the obtaining of a maximum of efficiency to the users thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-113 - Disposal of sewage for others; contracts

40:63-113. Disposal of sewage for others; contracts
The jointly contracting municipalities may, whenever they deem it expedient, contract for the disposal of sewage with the state, or any other public or private corporation or individual, upon such terms as they may deem expedient.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-114 - Financial records; monthly statements to participating municipalities

40:63-114. Financial records; monthly statements to participating municipalities
The joint meeting shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities and an itemized or detailed statement in writing to be approved by such joint meeting and signed by the chairman and secretary, and countersigned by the treasurer thereof, shall be made and rendered at least once in each month, to each municipal body or board in its corporate name, represented in the joint meeting. The itemized or detailed statement shall include all moneys expended, all obligations incurred since the date of the last preceding statement in or about such public improvement or works, or in anywise connected therewith, and shall set forth the amount, the date when payable, name of person to whom and for what payable, the total sum paid or to be paid by each of such municipalities pursuant to the percentage fixed in the contract between them, and such other matters as the joint meeting may deem advisable or important to include therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-115 - Cost and expenses of improvements or works apportioned

40:63-115. Cost and expenses of improvements or works apportioned
All sums of money to be paid respecting the joint improvement or works or in any way relating to or arising out of the same shall be promptly paid by the several municipalities contracting, according to the percentage fixed in the contract, to the treasurer of the joint meeting, and be by him disbursed according to such statement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties › Section 40:63-116 - Annual expenses; estimated and apportioned; additional payments if necessary

40:63-116. Annual expenses; estimated and apportioned; additional payments if necessary
Upon the completion of any such improvement or works, the joint meeting of the governing bodies or boards of the contracting municipalities reorganized in accordance with the provisions of section 40:63-90 of this title, shall annually, before December first, make an estimate of and determine the probable cost and expense of the maintenance and operation thereof for the year beginning on the following January first, and shall cause the same to be certified by the secretary of the joint meeting to each of the contracting municipalities on or before December first in each year, and thereupon may from time to time, by resolution, duly adopted by the joint meeting, require the municipalities to pay to the treasurer of the joint meeting the whole or any part of their pro rata shares of such estimated amount for the year, in advance, and each municipality shall within thirty days after receiving such requisition pay to the treasurer of the joint meeting its pro rata share of the amount so required under such resolutions. If the amount so estimated and determined shall prove insufficient for the maintenance and operation of such public improvement or works for the year, the joint meeting may require the municipalities contracting for such public improvement to pay such additional amount as may be necessary for that purpose. This section shall not apply to municipalities which under the provisions of said section 40:63-90 are not required to reorganize the joint meeting upon the completion of the joint improvement or works.