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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-15 - Certification of approval of commission required.

5:10A-15 Certification of approval of commission required.
15. The county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages shall not accept for filing any subdivision plat for lands in the district unless it bears the certification of approval of the commission in addition to all other requirements for filing a subdivision plat. If the commission has not taken action on an application within the period required by section 13 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-13), at the request of the developer, the commission shall certify such fact upon the plat. This certification shall be sufficient authorization for further action by the municipal approving authority and filing with the appropriate county recording officer.
L.2015, c.19, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-16 - Written notice of hearing to commission.

5:10A-16 Written notice of hearing to commission.
16. a. Whenever notice and a hearing is required in any constituent municipality or affected county with respect to the adoption or amendment of a master plan, official map, zoning or subdivision regulations, or the granting of variances or special exceptions, involving property within the district or within 200 feet of its borders, the person required to give such notice shall also, at least 30 days prior to the hearing, provide written notice of the hearing to the commission by registered or certified mail. This notice of hearing shall contain a brief description of the property involved, its location, a concise statement of the matters to be heard, and a copy of any plan, code, regulations, or standards to be considered at the hearing.
b. The commission shall be considered a party in interest at the local hearing. No public body of a constituent municipality or affected county shall take any action involving a municipal master plan, zoning ordinance, subdivision, building, or site plan approval, the official map, or the grant of a variance, or other special exception which is inconsistent with the master plan.
c. If portions of the master plan contain proposals for drainage rights-of-way, roads or streets, schools, colleges, parks, playgrounds, or for any project before approving any subdivision or site plan, the commission may require that such project sites be shown in locations and of sizes suitable to their intended uses. The commission shall be permitted to reserve the location and extent of such project sites shown on the master plan, or any part thereof, for a period of one year after the approval of the subdivision or site plan, or within such further time as agreed to by the applying party. Unless during each one-year period or extension thereof the commission shall have entered into a contract to purchase or institute condemnation proceedings according to law for the project site, the developer shall not be bound by the proposals for such areas shown on the plan. This subsection shall not apply to streets, roads, and drainage rights-of-way required for approval of any subdivision or site plan and deemed essential to the public welfare.
L.2015, c.19, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-17 - Establishment of waiver of strict compliance to alleviate hardship.

5:10A-17 Establishment of waiver of strict compliance to alleviate hardship.
17. The commission may establish provisions for the waiver, according to definite criteria, of strict compliance with the standards promulgated, when necessary to alleviate hardship. A developer can request that the chief engineer grant a waiver based on the defined criteria. The chief engineer shall make a recommendation to the commission concerning whether the hardship criteria has been met.
L.2015, c.19, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-18 - Approval required prior to construction, alteration of building or structure; violations, fines, civil action.

5:10A-18 Approval required prior to construction, alteration of building or structure; violations, fines, civil action.
18. a. If any person constructs or alters any building or structure within the district, or directly causes the construction or alteration of any building or structure within the district, without first obtaining the approval of the commission or municipality of any application for a subdivision, site plan or building permit as may be required by sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, and each parcel, lot, plot, building, or rental unit so disposed of or agreed or caused to be disposed of shall be deemed a separate violation.
b. The commission and or municipality may cancel and revoke any permit, approval, or certificate required or permitted to be granted or issued to any person pursuant to P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), if the commission finds that the person has violated this section. When any violation of this section is of a continuing nature, each day during which the continuing violation remains unabated, after the date fixed by the commission or municipality in any order or notice for the correction or termination of the violation, constitutes an additional, separate, and distinct violation. The commission, in the exercise of its administrative authority pursuant to this act, may levy and collect the fines in the amounts set forth in this section. If an administrative penalty order has not been satisfied, the penalty may be recovered by the commission in a civil action brought in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).
c. In addition to the foregoing, the commission or municipality may in the case of any violation of subsection a. of this section, institute a civil action:
(1) for injunctive relief;
(2) to prevent such unlawful sale, rental, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use;
(3) to restrain, correct, or abate such violation;
(4) to prevent the occupancy of said dwelling, structure, or land; and
(5) to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in, or about, such premises.
L.2015, c.19, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-20 - Strategies, funding for flood control in infrastructure.

5:10A-20 Strategies, funding for flood control in infrastructure.
20. The commission may develop strategies and seek funding for flood control infrastructure based on flood modeling for the district and surrounding areas.
a. The commission may:
(1) identify all drainage basins in the district and any drainage areas that directly impact the district; and
(2) develop strategies to address the major causes of flooding.
b. The commission may maintain flood control infrastructure that it constructed.
L.2015, c.19, s.20; amended 2015, c.72, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-22 - Municipal Assistance Program Fund.

5:10A-22 Municipal Assistance Program Fund.
22. a. In the event that surplus moneys become available from the operation of solid waste disposal facilities by the commission, which are not required by any contract with the holders of any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the commission to be retained in any fund or account for the security of the commission's bonds, notes, or other obligations, then at least 75 percent of that surplus shall be used by the commission for any lawful purpose and 25 percent of that surplus may be placed in a special Municipal Assistance Program fund established by the commission for the purpose of infrastructure improvements.
b. The commission may establish a surcharge on solid waste which enters into its facilities. Revenue collected pursuant to this subsection shall be dedicated, exclusively, to the Municipal Assistance Program fund created by the commission pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
L.2015, c.19, s.22; amended 2015, c.72, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-25 - Provisions of agreements, leases, deeds, other instruments.

5:10A-25 Provisions of agreements, leases, deeds, other instruments.
25. All agreements, leases, deeds, and other instruments between the commission and a redeveloper shall contain, at least, the following provisions:
a. A covenant running with the land to the effect that the land, and any buildings or improvements thereon, shall be used only for the purposes designated in the redevelopment plan;
b. A provision that the redeveloper shall be without power to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the redevelopment area or project, or any part thereof, without the prior written consent of the commission; and
c. Any other covenants, provisions, and continuing controls as may be deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), including, but not limited to, deed restrictions or easements to promote environmental and ecological sustainability.
L.2015, c.19, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-26 - Issuance of negotiable bonds and notes.

5:10A-26 Issuance of negotiable bonds and notes.
26. The commission may issue negotiable bonds and notes for any corporate purpose in accordance with the power provided to the commission in subsection g. of section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5).
L.2015, c.19, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-27 - Bonds, notes not deemed debt or liability of State.

5:10A-27 Bonds, notes not deemed debt or liability of State.
27. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to Section II of Article VIII of the State Constitution and approved by a majority of the legally constituted voters of the State voting thereon, or except when any county or municipality shall have guaranteed principal or interest thereon, bonds and notes issued by the commission shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State, or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State, or of any political subdivision except the commission, and all such bonds or notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to that effect.
L.2015, c.19, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-28 - Collaboration; establishment of not-for-profit organization.

5:10A-28 Collaboration; establishment of not-for-profit organization.
28. a. The commission shall collaborate with the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State and the Meadowlands Convention and Visitors Bureau. The tourism structure should work closely, or integrate with, the work of agencies within the Department of State dedicated to advancing an economic development plan developed pursuant to subsection g. of section 7 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-7).
b. The commission shall make a vigorous effort to establish collaboration among private tourist marketing operations, and between those operations and the commission, through conversations with leaders of such operations, as well as stakeholders associated with such operations.
c. The commission shall promote the image of "one-stop shopping" for those seeking tourist information and assistance or wishing to host an event.
d. The commission may establish a not-for-profit organization that will be responsible for the operation of the sports and entertainment area, and may collaborate with the Division of Travel and Tourism and the Meadowlands Convention and Visitors Bureau to attract major events to the area. The not-for-profit organization established pursuant to this section may be a public-private partnership and may raise funds to support these activities. The goal of the not-for-profit organization is to consolidate event planning and establish sources of revenue as part of an overall strategy to create positive economic development opportunities that will impact the Hackensack meadowlands.
L.2015, c.19, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-29 - Acquisition of real property.

5:10A-29 Acquisition of real property.
29. Subject to the limitations established in subsection m. of section 5 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-5), if for any of its authorized purposes, including temporary purposes, the commission shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property within its jurisdiction, or if for any of its authorized purposes, including temporary construction purposes, the commission shall find it necessary to acquire any real property contiguous to property within its jurisdiction, whether for immediate or future use, the commission may take such action in accordance with the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.).
L.2015, c.19, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-30 - Projects, lands, property declared public property.

5:10A-30 Projects, lands, property declared public property.
30. All projects, lands, and other property of the commission are hereby declared to be public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose. The provisions of section 9 of P.L.1978, c.1 (C.5:10-35) and section 18 of P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-18) shall be applicable to all projects, lands, and other property of the commission.
L.2015, c.19, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-31 - Flood improvement zones.

5:10A-31 Flood improvement zones.
31. The commission may form, within the district, flood improvement zones for any authorized purpose in order to levy special assessments against real estate located within such zones for benefits rendered.
L.2015, c.19, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-32 - Division of land into classes.

5:10A-32 Division of land into classes.
32. a. All land within the district shall be divided by the commission into three classes as follows:
(1) Class one--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the privilege of general property tax exemption under the laws of the State, and which land is designated by the owner as presently or ultimately intended for a public use.
(2) Class two--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the privilege of general property tax exemption under the laws of the State, and which land is designated by the owner as ultimately disposable to private ownership, or usable by private parties.
(3) Class three--All other land.
b. The State, its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality owning land in the district shall be required to certify to the commission, by a date established by the commission, whether said lands are in class one or class two; and in the case of land being in class one, the State, its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality, as appropriate, shall indicate the nature of the present or ultimate use. The commission shall approve or modify the certifications by resolution. The commission may also reclassify lands by a majority vote, upon the request of the State, its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality owning land in the district for such reclassification.
c. In the case that the title of lands designated to be in class three passes to the State of New Jersey, its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality, the commission shall change the designation of the class of that land to reflect the future use of that land.
L.2015, c.19, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-33 - Procedure for construction of improvements.

5:10A-33 Procedure for construction of improvements.
33. If, in its judgment, public necessity or interest demands the construction of improvements which would benefit lands within an area in need, the commission shall pass a resolution of its intention to undertake any such improvement and shall give notice of the proposal by advertising in one or more newspapers circulating in the district. The advertisement shall fix a time and place, not earlier than two weeks after notice, for a hearing on said proposed action and, prior to said hearing, the commission shall prepare a tentative assessment which shall be presented at the hearing and open to inspection. Any person desiring to testify concerning the proposal shall have the right to do so. After such hearing, if the commission decides to carry out the proposals, the commission shall pass a resolution setting forth this determination, acquire the necessary funding for the project, and proceed to make such improvements.
L.2015, c.19, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-34 - Statement showing cost of improvement.

5:10A-34 Statement showing cost of improvement.
34. The appropriate officer of the commission shall prepare a statement showing, in detail, the cost of the improvement proposed pursuant to section 33 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-33). Such statement shall also show the proportion of the amount to the whole cost of improvement, if any, paid or contributed by any public body or by any individual or entity. The total amount of assessment levied upon the land benefited by the improvement shall not exceed the cost thereof.
L.2015, c.19, s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-35 - Hearing relative to improvement.

5:10A-35 Hearing relative to improvement.
35. The appropriate officer of the commission shall examine the estimated cost of the work of any improvement and view all lands benefited thereby and shall thereupon fix the time and place for hearing all persons interested. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be mailed to owners of land affected, directed to their last known post-office addresses, and shall be published at least 10 days before the hearing. Failure to mail the notice shall not invalidate any proceeding or assessment. Such officer of the commission shall attend the hearing, scheduled at the time and place designated by the commission, and shall give all parties interested or affected by an improvement the opportunity to be heard upon the subject of assessment. Thereafter, such officer shall make a just and equitable assessment of the benefits conferred upon any land by reason of such improvement, having due regard to the rights and interests of all persons concerned, and the increment in the value of the land benefited thereby and levy the same.
L.2015, c.19, s.35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-36 - Assessments levied.

5:10A-36 Assessments levied.
36. All assessments levied under section 35 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-35) for any improvement shall, in each case, be as nearly as may be in proportion to, and not in excess of, the benefit, advantage, or increase in value which respective lots and parcels of land shall be deemed to receive by reason of such improvement.
L.2015, c.19, s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-37 - Damage deducted from amount of benefits assessed.

5:10A-37 Damage deducted from amount of benefits assessed.
37. In addition to the making of assessments for benefits, the appropriate officer of the commission shall fix and determine the amount, if any, the property is damaged incidentally to the making of the improvement and deduct such amount from the amount of benefits assessed thereon. If the amount of any such damages, as confirmed by the commission, shall exceed the benefits assessed on the same property, if in case no benefits shall accrue thereto, or if such property is damaged subsequent to the levying and collection of an assessment which shall be confirmed by the commission to be a direct result of the making of the improvement, the balance or amount of such damages so fixed, may be raised from the general revenues of the commission and shall be paid by the commission to the owner of the property so damaged. Any person aggrieved by such assessment or award of damages may after the same has been confirmed by the commission, appeal therefrom as provided in section 48 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-48).
L.2015, c.19, s.37.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-38 - Award for damages.

5:10A-38 Award for damages.
38. When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), and such award has been or shall have been duly confirmed, the amount thereof shall be tendered to the person or persons entitled thereto. If there is uncertainty as to the person entitled to receive the award or if the party entitled to receive the amount awarded shall refuse upon tender thereof to receive the same, or shall be out of the State or under any legal disability, or if several parties interested in the fund shall not agree as to the distribution thereof, or the lands damaged are encumbered by any mortgage, judgment, or other lien, or if for any other reason the commission cannot safely pay the amount awarded to any person, in all such cases the amount awarded may, with leave of the Superior Court, be paid into said court and thereupon distributed according to law, on the application of any person interested therein.
L.2015, c.19, s.38.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-39 - Certification of benefits, awards.

5:10A-39 Certification of benefits, awards.
39. Assessments for benefits for any improvement together with any accompanying awards for incidental damages and all awards of damages for land or interests therein taken from any improvement shall be certified by the officer making the assessment to the commission by a report, in writing, signed by the officer. The report shall be accompanied by a map showing the land taken, damaged, or benefited by the improvement and for which damages or benefits have been assessed.
L.2015, c.19, s.39.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-40 - Consideration of report, map; adoption.

5:10A-40 Consideration of report, map; adoption.
40. The report submitted pursuant to section 39 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-39) may be considered by the commission at any meeting, notice whereof shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the district, once each week for two weeks prior to the meeting, and also by mailing a copy of the notice to the owners named in the report, directed to their last known post-office addresses, and the affidavit of the appropriate officer of the commission shall be conclusive as to such mailing. The notice shall briefly state the object of the meeting with reference to the assessment. At that, or any subsequent meeting, the commission, after considering the report and map, may adopt and confirm the report and map, with or without alterations, and may refer such matter to any committee of the commission, or to the officer making the assessment, for revision or correction before taking final action thereon. When the commission adopts the report, with or without alterations, it shall be final and conclusive, and may be appealed directly to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court by an appropriate party as a matter of right in accordance with other laws, rules, or regulations. Failure to mail the notice required by this section shall not invalidate the proceedings.
L.2015, c.19, s.40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-41 - Bills for assessment.

5:10A-41 Bills for assessment.
41. Immediately after the confirmation of any assessment, a duplicate thereof, duly certified by the commission, shall be delivered to the appropriate officer of the commission, who shall immediately thereafter send out by mail, or deliver, to owners of such land, bills for such assessment. Such officer shall mail or deliver a bill for an assessment in the manner required in connection with local improvements and shall keep a record and books of assessments in the same manner required for local improvements under R.S.40:56-31. The commission may make additional requirements for recording, accounting for, and collecting assessments.
L.2015, c.19, s.41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-42 - Special assessments.

5:10A-42 Special assessments.
42. a. Special assessments levied against land in class one shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district and areas outside of the district, as it relates to flood control projects, and shall be included as a charge against general revenues of the commission, or paid out of any funds of the commission which shall be available for such purpose.
b. When any assessment shall not be paid within two months after the date of confirmation thereof, interest thereon from the date of confirmation shall be imposed at the rate of six percent per annum.
L.2015, c.19, s.42; amended 2015, c.72, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-43 - Assessment for improvement first lien on land.

5:10A-43 Assessment for improvement first lien on land.
43. Every assessment for any improvement, together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith, shall be, upon authorization of the assessment by resolution of the commission, a first lien on the land described in the assessment, paramount to all prior or subsequent alienations and descents of such land or encumbrances thereon, and shall constitute a lien in the same manner as taxes and assessments for State purposes, notwithstanding any mistake in the name or names of any owner or owners, or any omission to name any owner or owners who are unknown, and notwithstanding any lack of form therein, or in any proceeding which does not impair the substantial rights of the owner or owners or person or persons having a lien upon or interest in any such land. Confirmation of the amount of the assessment by the commission, or by the court, shall be considered as determining the amount of the existing lien and not as establishing the lien. All assessments for improvements shall be presumed to have been regularly assessed and confirmed, and every assessment or proceeding preliminary thereto shall be presumed to have been regularly made or conducted until the contrary be demonstrated.
L.2015, c.19, s.43.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-44 - New assessment.

5:10A-44 New assessment.
44. In all cases in which any assessment incident to any improvement has been set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the improvement shall have been actually made in the manner provided by law, the officer charged with the duty of making assessments for benefits for improvements shall make a new assessment of benefits upon the property benefited by the improvement, in the manner and by the proceeding herein provided. All such new assessments shall become a lien upon the land so assessed in the same manner and with like effect and be enforceable in the same way as an original assessment for like improvements.
L.2015, c.19, s.44.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-45 - Refund of illegally made assessment.

5:10A-45 Refund of illegally made assessment.
45. When any court of competent jurisdiction shall decide that any assessment has been illegally made, the commission shall refund the amount thereof, if the same has been paid, and if a new assessment of less amount is to be made, then the difference between the new assessment and the amount paid shall be refunded.
L.2015, c.19, s.45.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-46 - Payment of assessment in installments.

5:10A-46 Payment of assessment in installments.
46. The commission may, by resolution, provide that the owner of any land, upon which any assessments for any improvement shall have been made, pay such assessments in equal yearly installments, for a number of years as may be provided by the rules and regulations of the commission, with legal interest thereon, provided that any person assessed may pay the whole of any assessment, or any balance of installments, with accrued interest thereon, at one time. If any such installment becomes due and is not paid, the whole assessment, or balance due thereon, shall become immediately due, draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum, and be collected in the same manner as is provided in sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et seq.) for other past due assessments.
L.2015, c.19, s.46; amended 2015, c.72, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-47 - Sale of property to enforce lien.

5:10A-47 Sale of property to enforce lien.
47. When any unpaid assessment, interest thereon, or other charges for collection thereof, remains in arrears on July 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year when the same became in arrears, the appropriate officer of the commission shall enforce the lien by selling the property in the manner set forth in R.S.54:5-19 through R.S.54:5-129.
L.2015, c.19, s.47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-48 - Appeal.

5:10A-48 Appeal.
48. The owner of any property assessed for benefits, or awarded damages incident to any improvement under sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), may, within 30 days after confirmation of such assessment or award, appeal the determination to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court by serving written notice of such appeal upon the tax collector, and a duplicate upon the appropriate officer of the commission. The court shall determine whether the record contains substantial evidence that the assessment or award appealed from is just and fair, and, if not, shall make an order correcting the same, or, if the court upholds the assessment or award, shall so order. The determination shall be by order or judgment for the amount determined and shall be enforceable pursuant to procedures set forth in R.S.40:56-57. The commission may proceed with the prosecution and completion of the improvement and the issuing of bonds and other indebtedness in connection with said improvements notwithstanding any such appeal.
L.2015, c.19, s.48.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-49 - Report to Governor, Legislature.

5:10A-49 Report to Governor, Legislature.
49. The commission shall, in 2017, and every year thereafter, submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) relating to the operation of the intermunicipal account in the prior year, and shall recommend, when it deems necessary, amendments to sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68) as it deems necessary to carry out the legislative intent herein stated.
L.2015, c.19, s.49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-50 - Laws applicable.

5:10A-50 Laws applicable.
50. Except as provided in sections 1 through 68 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 through C.5:10A-68), the laws relating to the assessment and taxation of real and personal property shall apply to all constituent municipalities.
L.2015, c.19, s.50.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-51 - List of owners of taxable property; locations.

5:10A-51 List of owners of taxable property; locations.
51. a. In preparing the list of owners of taxable property pursuant to R.S.54:4-24, the assessor of each constituent municipality shall indicate in the list for each parcel of property whether it is located within the district boundaries, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury.
b. If the boundary of the district divides a lot of land, the entire lot shall be included within the district.
L.2015, c.19, s.51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-52 - School district to certify resident enrollment.

5:10A-52 School district to certify resident enrollment.
52. On or before November 15 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.), and on or before November 15 of each year thereafter, the secretary, superintendent, or a person designated by the school board of each school district of each constituent municipality shall certify to the commission the resident enrollment as of September 30 of that year. The certification shall show the number, address, and grade enrolled of pupils who reside within the district, and the number who reside outside, in a manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Education.
L.2015, c.19, s.52; amended 2015, c.72, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-54 - Conditions for nonpayment of adjustment.

5:10A-54 Conditions for nonpayment of adjustment.
54. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, no constituent municipality shall pay out, or receive an adjustment payment for any adjustment year in which its municipal equalized valuation per capita, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178) and as certified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs exceeds $1,000,000.
L.2015, c.19, s.54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-55 - Computation of guarantee payment.

5:10A-55 Computation of guarantee payment.
55. a. The guarantee payment payable by the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be computed as follows:
If there is a decrease in the aggregate true value of taxable real property of any constituent municipality, as determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 53 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53), the commission shall, subject to the provision of subsection b. of this section, calculate the amount of decreased aggregate true value, occurring in the comparison year, by reason of the acquisition, through purchase, eminent domain, or gift, during the year preceding the comparison year, of taxable real property by a governmental body or agency to be used for a public purpose, whereby said taxable real property parcels or portions thereof became exempt from local real property taxes. Such decreased aggregate true value shall be calculated in the same manner as aggregate true value is determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 53 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53) and shall be based on the assessed value in the year of acquisition, of the parcels or portions thereof affected.
b. There shall be payable as a guarantee payment from the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality, an amount to be calculated by multiplying the lesser of the following by the apportionment rate determined for the comparison year:
(1) the amount of the decrease in aggregate true value determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 53 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53); and
(2) the amount of the decrease, if any, in aggregate true value calculated to be attributable to conversion of taxable property to exempt status, specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
c. If, in any comparison year and with respect to any constituent municipality, no amount of decrease in aggregate true value is found to be attributable to the conversion from taxable to exempt status specified in subsection a. of this section, no guarantee payment shall be payable to any such municipality in the applicable adjustment year.
d. The commission shall not be required to make the calculation prescribed in subsection a. of this section, unless the governing body of any constituent municipality claiming a decrease in aggregate true value attributable to the conversion of real property from a taxable to an exempt status specified in subsection a. of this section, no later than December 1 in the comparison year, files with the commission a statement to such effect, setting forth a description of the parcels, or portions thereof, involved, together with such other information as may be pertinent, in such form as the commission shall prescribe.
L.2015, c.19, s.55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-56 - Service payment for school district services.

5:10A-56 Service payment for school district services.
56. For school district services, the service payment payable by the intermunicipal account to a constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be found by dividing the total local school tax levy, as shown on the Table of Aggregates pursuant to R.S.54:4-52 for the comparison year, by the school resident enrollment on September 30 of such comparison year, as certified pursuant to section 52 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-52), and multiplying the result by the increase, if any, in resident enrollment within the district boundaries of that constituent municipality between September 30 of the base year and September 30 of the comparison year.
L.2015, c.19, s.56; amended 2015, c.72, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-57 - Apportionment of balance of payments.

5:10A-57 Apportionment of balance of payments.
57. a. If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and school district service payments is less than the amount payable to the intermunicipal account pursuant to section 53 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53), the balance, if any, shall be apportioned among the constituent municipalities in the same ratio as the number of acres within the district of each constituent municipality bears to the total number of acres in the district, and shall be known as an apportionment payment.
b. The commission shall not receive any funds from the intermunicipal account for any purpose.
L.2015, c.19, s.57; amended 2015, c.72, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-58 - Reduction of total service payment.

5:10A-58 Reduction of total service payment.
58. If, in any adjustment year, the amount payable to the constituent municipalities by the intermunicipal account for guarantee payments and service payments exceeds the amount payable to said account pursuant to section 53 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53), the total service payments payable to all constituent municipalities shall be reduced by the amount of the deficit and the service payment payable to each constituent municipality shall be reduced by the same ratio as the total service payment to all constituent municipalities was reduced.
L.2015,c .19, s.58; amended 2015, c.72, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-59 - Meadowlands adjustment payment.

5:10A-59 Meadowlands adjustment payment.
59. a. On or before February 1 of the year of enactment of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-1 et al.) and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall certify to the chief financial officer of each constituent municipality an amount, identified as the meadowlands adjustment payment. The meadowlands adjustment payment for each constituent municipality shall be determined by adding all the payments payable to that municipality from the intermunicipal account for school district service payments, guarantee payments, and apportionment payments, if any, and by subtracting therefrom the obligations of that municipality to the intermunicipal account, as calculated pursuant to sections 53 and 58 of P.L.2015, c.19 (C.5:10A-53 and 5:10A-58). The amount so derived shall be referred to as the meadowlands pre-adjustment payment. For calendar year 2015, the meadowlands adjustment payment shall be the average of the meadowlands pre-adjustment payments for calendar years 2012, 2013, and 2014. For calendar year 2016 and subsequent years, the meadowlands adjustment payment shall be the average of the meadowlands pre-adjustment payments for the prior three calendar years.
b. If the meadowlands adjustment payment for any constituent municipality in any adjustment year is payable to the constituent municipality, the amount of this payment shall be identified in the municipal budget of that municipality for that year as "meadowlands adjustment" within the category "miscellaneous revenues anticipated," and shall be due and payable in three equal installments by the intermunicipal account on May 15, August 15, and November 15 of that year.
L.2015, c.19, s.59; amended 2015, c.72, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-60 - Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund.

5:10A-60 Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund.
60. There is established the Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund in the commission. The fund shall be comprised of revenues made available from interest payments on sanitary landfill closure accounts maintained by the commission or such other revenues which are made available for these purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be used to fully compensate municipalities from excessive fluctuations in payments from the intermunicipal account in 2014 and subsequent years. In the event that there are insufficient monies in the fund to fully compensate all municipalities in any year, the amount paid to each municipality shall constitute the same proportion of the total amount of money available to all municipalities as each municipality would receive if the amount of money in the fund were sufficient to fully compensate all municipalities in that year.
For the purposes of this section, any decrease in a payment required to be made from the intermunicipal account to a constituent municipality which is in excess of five percent below the previous year's payment shall be considered an "excessive fluctuation."
L.2015, c.19, s.60; amended 2015, c.72, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-61 - Adoption of annual budget.

5:10A-61 Adoption of annual budget.
61. On or before January 1 of each year, the commission shall adopt an annual budget for the year, which shall include the following items of expenditure:
a. An operating budget covering administrative, operating, and maintenance expenses of each office, activity, or project of the commission, plus contingent expenses of up to 5 percent of the amount stated;
b. A capital budget, including deposits in any capital improvement fund or capital reserve fund, down payments, or expenditures for capital projects, and interest payments, sinking fund deposits, principal maturities, and redemption premiums payable in such year on bond and notes of the commission;
c. Deferred charges; and
d. Estimates of the following revenues:
(1) Cash balances and surplus;
(2) Federal, State, and other grants-in-aid;
(3) Revenues from charges and fees for the use of the commission's facilities;
(4) Receipts from special assessments, but not in excess of the amount budgeted in such year for interest, principal maturities, sinking fund deposits, and redemption premiums on bonds secured by such assessments, until all bonds so secured are paid in full;
(5) Payments by municipalities or other governmental bodies pursuant to contracts for services performed by the commission; and
(6) Miscellaneous other revenues and receipts.
L.2015, c.19, s.61.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings › Section 5:10A-62 - Actions by public bodies to aid, cooperate.

5:10A-62 Actions by public bodies to aid, cooperate.
62. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the commission, including the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of its activities, any public body may, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
a. Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to the commission or the federal government;
b. Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to, or in connection with, projects of the commission;
c. Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, or plan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
d. Plan, zone, or rezone any part of such public body;
e. Make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances and change its map;
f. Enter into agreements, which, notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, may extend over any period, with the commission or the federal government respecting action to be taken by such public body;
g. Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and co-operate in planning, undertakings, construction, or operations of the commission;
h. Cause services to be furnished to the commission of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to furnish;
i. Purchase, or legally invest in, any of the bonds of the commission, and exercise all of the rights of any holder of such bonds;
j. In connection with any public improvements made by a public body in exercising the powers herein granted, the public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any grant, sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding; or
k. Upon such terms as it may deem advisable, with or without consideration, grant, sell, convey, or lease any of its property, including real property already devoted to a public use, whether held in a proprietary or governmental capacity to the commission, provided, that the public body making the grant or lease determines that the premises are no longer required for the public purposes to which the property is devoted, and that it is in the public interest so to grant, sell, convey, or lease said property.
L.2015, c.19, s.62.