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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-41 - Certification whether public land in class 1 or 2 and nature of present or ultimate use; approval; request for reclassification

13:17-41. Certification whether public land in class 1 or 2 and nature of present or ultimate use; approval; request for reclassification
The owners of all public land in the district shall be required to certify to the commission, by a date established by the commission, whether said public lands are in class 1 or class 2; and in the case of land being in class 1, the public owners shall indicate the nature of the present or ultimate use. The commission shall approve or modify the certifications by resolution. The commission may also, by affirmative vote, reclassify lands, upon the request of any owner for such reclassification.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-42 - Change in classification of class 3 land passing to state

13:17-42. Change in classification of class 3 land passing to state
In the case that the title of lands designated to be in class 3 passes to the State of New Jersey, the commission shall change the designation of the class of such land to reflect the use to which such land shall be put.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-43 - Improvements; resolution of intention; notice and hearing; resolution of determination

13:17-43. Improvements; resolution of intention; notice and hearing; resolution of determination
If in its judgment, public necessity or interest demands the construction of improvements which would benefit lands within improvement district, the commission shall pass a resolution of its intention to undertake such improvement or improvements and shall give notice of such intention by advertising in one or more newspapers circulating in such district and such advertisement shall fix a time and place, not earlier than 2 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 such hearing and shall be open to inspection. Any person desiring to be heard in regard thereto shall be given a hearing. After said hearing, if the commission shall decide to carry out said improvements, it shall pass a resolution declaring such determination and proceed to make such improvements.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 42.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-44 - Statement of cost of improvement; maximum amount of levy

13:17-44. Statement of cost of improvement; maximum amount of levy
Upon the completion of any improvement, the appropriate officer of the commission shall prepare a statement showing in detail the cost of the improvement. 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 person. The total amount of assessment levied upon the land benefited by the improvement shall not exceed the cost thereof.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 43.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-45 - Hearing on assessment; notice; making of assessment

13:17-45. Hearing on assessment; notice; making of assessment
The appropriate officer of the commission shall examine 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 any such notice shall not invalidate any proceeding or assessment. Such officer of the commission shall attend at the time and place appointed and shall give all parties interested or affected by an improvement ample 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.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 44.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-46 - Assessments to be proportionate to increase in benefit or value

13:17-46. Assessments to be proportionate to increase in benefit or value
All assessments levied under this article 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.1968, c. 404, s. 45.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-47 - Assessment of damages incurred by improvement; payments to owner; appeal

13:17-47. Assessment of damages incurred by improvement; payments to owner; appeal
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 58 of this act.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 46.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-48 - Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute

13:17-48. Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute
When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to this act, 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 shall there be distributed according to law, on the application of any person interested therein.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-49 - Report certifying assessments and awards of damages; map

13:17-49. Report certifying assessments and awards of damages; map
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 same 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.1968, c. 404, s. 48.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-50 - Consideration of report; notice; adoption and confirmation; appeal

13:17-50. Consideration of report; notice; adoption and confirmation; appeal
The report 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 2 weeks prior to said meeting, and also by mailing a copy of the notice to the owners named in the report, directed to his or 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 same with or without alterations, as may seem proper, and may refer such matter to any committee of the commission, or to the officer making such assessment, for revision or correction before taking final action thereon. When the report shall be adopted and confirmed with or without alterations, it shall be final and conclusive and appeals may be taken as hereinafter provided. Failure to mail the notice in this section required shall not invalidate the proceedings.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-51 - Bills for assessment; record and books of assessments

13:17-51. Bills for assessment; record and books of assessments
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 Revised Statutes 40:56-31, at the expense of the commission. The commission may make additional requirements for recording, accounting for, and collecting assessments.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 50.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-52 - Levy and payment of special assessments; establishment and administration of revolving fund

13:17-52. Levy and payment of special assessments; establishment and administration of revolving fund
(a) Special assessments levied against land in class 1 shall be considered to be of general benefit to the entire district 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) Special assessments made against land certified to be in class 2 shall be paid to the commission, immediately upon delivery of an assessment bill to the State Treasurer from the Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund.
(c) There is hereby established a Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund which shall be administered by the State Treasurer. The Legislature may appropriate from time to time amounts to such fund. All money appropriated or otherwise made available to this fund, including the repayment of expenditures made under the provisions of subsection (b), shall be held for the purpose of paying special assessments made against class 2 property pursuant to this article. Pending use, moneys in the Hackensack Meadowland Revolving Fund may be invested and reinvested as other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer in the manner provided by law. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of such moneys shall be paid into and become a part of such fund.
(d) A statement of the amount of the special assessment against class 2 property paid for out of the fund shall be filed with the appropriate agency having title to the property and shall be included in the purchase price fixed for lands and made part of the payment for the grant or sale. The full amount of such assessment shall be repaid and deposited in the fund established by subsection (c). In the case said lands are leased for a term of years, there shall be included in the annual rental, a charge for the assessment levied on the property. Such payments up to the full amount of such assessment shall be paid to and deposited in said fund.
(e) The assessment against land in class 3 shall be payable immediately upon delivery to the collecting officer of the commission.
When any assessment shall not be paid within 2 months after the date of confirmation thereof, interest thereon from the date of confirmation shall be imposed at the rate of 6%.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-53 - Lien of assessment; confirmation of amount.

13:17-53 Lien of assessment; confirmation of amount.
53. Every assessment for any improvement together with interest thereon and all costs and charges connected therewith shall be upon authorization of the assessment by ordinance or resolution 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, 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 shown.
L.1968,c.404,s.52; amended 2002, c.15, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-54 - New assessments; lien

13:17-54. New assessments; lien
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.1968, c. 404, s. 53.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-55 - Refund of amount of illegal assessments

13:17-55. Refund of amount of illegal assessments
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.1968, c. 404, s. 54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-56 - Installment payments

13:17-56. Installment payments
The commission may by resolution provide that the owner of any land upon which any assessments for any improvement shall have been made may pay such assessments in such equal yearly installments, for such number of years as may be provided by rules and regulations of the commission, with legal interest thereon, and at such time and in each year as the commission shall determine under the requirements and conditions for local improvements pursuant to Revised Statutes 40:56-35, 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 and be immediately due, shall draw interest at the rate of 6% and be collected in the same manner as is provided in this act for other past due assessments.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-57 - Enforcement of lien

13:17-57. Enforcement of lien
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 sections 54:5-19 to 54:5-129 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 56.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-58 - Deposit of funds in improvement assessment account

13:17-58. Deposit of funds in improvement assessment account
All assessments as collected shall be immediately placed in an account to be known as "improvement assessment account." Such moneys shall be used only to pay the cost of such improvements or indebtedness incurred for such improvements or interest or premium, if any thereon.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 57.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-59 - Appeal from assessment or award; enforcement of order or judgment

13:17-59. Appeal from assessment or award; enforcement of order or judgment
The owner of any property assessed for benefits or awarded damages incident to any improvement under this act may, within 30 days after confirmation of such assessment or award, appeal from the same 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, either personally or by leaving the same at his office or place of abode. The court shall determine whether or not 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 assessment or award is sustained shall so order. The determination shall be by order or judgment for the amount determined and shall be enforced in an appropriate manner pursuant to procedures set forth in Revised Statutes 40:56-57, as amended. 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.1968, c. 404, s. 58.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-60 - Purpose; report to legislature

13:17-60. Purpose; report to legislature
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a vital component of any comprehensive plan for the development of the meadowland district, is a program whereby the financial benefits and liabilities of each constituent municipality, are clearly established and equitably distributed. Article 9 of this act provides for such a program, by the creation of an intermunicipal account, and specifically provides that each constituent municipality will be guaranteed, in perpetuity, against loss of its present existing tax ratable values within the meadowland district occurring by reason of the acquisition of taxable real property, through purchase, eminent domain or gift, by a governmental body or agency to be used for a public purpose, to the extent that such loss of existing tax ratable values is not offset by increased true value of the remaining taxable real property within the district, and will equitably share in the new financial benefits and new costs resulting from the development of the meadowland district as a whole. This article further provides that the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission shall not be able to receive any funds from the intermunicipal account.
(b) The Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission shall, in 1974, and every year thereafter, submit a report to the Meadowlands Municipal Committee and the Legislature, relating to the operation of the intermunicipal account in the prior year, and shall recommend, when it deems necessary, such amendments to this article as it may deem necessary, to carry out the legislative intent herein stated.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 59. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 1, eff. July 19, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-61 - Definitions

13:17-61 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context indicates another meaning or intent:
(a) "Adjustment year" means the year in which the respective obligations of the intermunicipal account and the constituent municipalities of the district are due and payable.
(b) "Intermunicipal account" means the administrative device established and administered by the commission to record all the transactions made pursuant to this article for the purpose of calculating the meadowlands adjustment payment for each constituent municipality, and to act as the clearinghouse for the transfer of the meadowlands adjustment payments among the constituent municipalities as required by this article.
(c) "Meadowlands adjustment payment" means the amount that is payable by each constituent municipality to the intermunicipal account, or the amount that is payable by the intermunicipal account to each municipality, as the commission shall determine the case to be, pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(d) "Resident enrollment" means the number of full-time pupils who are residents of the school district and who are enrolled in day schools on the last day of September during the school year in which calculation of aid is made and are attending the public schools of the school district or a school district or State teachers' college demonstration school in which the school district of residence pays tuition; school district may count in its enrollment any pupil regularly attending on a full-time basis a county vocational school in the same county, for which the school district pays tuition.
(e) "Base year" means the calendar year 1970.
(f) "Comparison year" means the second calendar year preceding the adjustment year.
(g) "Apportionment rate" means a rate determined as follows:
(1) The total property taxes levied for local, school, and veterans' and senior citizens' purposes, as certified pursuant to R.S. 54:4-52, of the municipality in the comparison year after the meadowlands adjustment payment made in that comparison year has been subtracted or added, as the case may be, divided by
(2) The aggregate true value of all taxable real property, exclusive of Class II railroad property, located in the municipality, both within and without the district, in the comparison year, as determined by the Director of the Division of Taxation on October 1 of the comparison year, pursuant to P.L. 1954, c. 86, as amended, as the same may have been modified by the tax court. If a tax appeal is decided after calculations are made for an adjustment year, the next year's calculations must show a retroactive correction for the applicable preceding two years.
L. 1968, c. 404, s. 59.1; amended 1972, c.103, s.2; amended 1983, c.36, s.2; 1989,c.26,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-62 - Applicability of laws relating to assessment and taxation of real and personal property

13:17-62. Applicability of laws relating to assessment and taxation of real and personal property
The laws relating to the assessment and taxation of real and personal property shall apply to all constituent municipalities unless otherwise specifically provided in this act.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 60.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-63 - Assessor's list

13:17-63. Assessor's list
(a) In preparing the list of owners of taxable property pursuant to Revised Statutes 54:4-24, the assessor of each constituent municipality shall indicate in the list for each parcel of property whether or not it is located within the district boundaries, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Division of Taxation.
(b) When the boundary of the district divides a lot of land, the entire lot shall be included within the district.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 61.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-65 - Resident enrollment certification

13:17-65. Resident enrollment certification
On or before November 15, 1969, 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 the Department of Education.
L. 1968, c. 404, s. 63; amended 1989,c.26,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-66 - Establishment of intermunicipal account; computation of amount payable by or due to each constituent municipality

13:17-66. Establishment of intermunicipal account; computation of amount payable by or due to each constituent municipality
In the adjustment year 1973, and in each adjustment year thereafter, the commission shall establish an intermunicipal account and shall compute the amount payable to said account by each of the constituent municipalities and the amount due to each constituent municipality from said account for that year pursuant to this article.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 64. Amended by L.1970, c. 319, s. 1, eff. Dec. 21, 1970.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-67.1 - Adjustment payment exclusion

13:17-67.1. Adjustment payment exclusion
Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no constituent municipality shall pay out or receive a meadowlands 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 $1,000,000.00.
L. 1989, c.26,ss.4,5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-68 - Computation of guarantee payment payable by intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality

13:17-68. Computation of guarantee payment payable by intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality
(a) The guarantee payment payable by the intermunicipal account to each constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be computed as follows:
(1) If there is a decrease in the aggregate true value of taxable real property of any constituent municipality, as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of section 65 of this act, 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 (a) of section 65 of this act and shall be based on the assessed value in the year of acquisition, of the parcels or portions thereof affected.
(2) There shall be payable as a guarantee payment from the intermunicipal account to each municipality, an amount to be calculated by multiplying the lesser of
(i) the amount of the decrease in aggregate true value determined pursuant to subsection (a) of section 65 of this act and
(ii) 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,
by the apportionment rate, as defined in subsection (g) of section 59.1 of this act, determined for the comparison year. 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 paragraph (1) of this section, no guarantee payment shall be payable to such municipality in the applicable adjustment year.
(b) The commission shall not be required to make the calculation prescribed in paragraph (1) of 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 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall, no later than December 1 in the comparison year, file 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.1968, c. 404, s. 66. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 5, eff. July 19, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-70 - School district services; determination of service payment

13:17-70. School district services; determination of service payment
For school district services, the service payment payable by the intermunicipal account to any constituent municipality in any adjustment year shall be found by dividing:
(a) 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
(b) School resident enrollment on September 30 of such comparison year, as certified pursuant to section 63 of this act, and multiplying the result by the increase, if any, in resident enrollment within the district boundaries of that constituent municipality between September 30, 1970 and September 30 of the comparison year.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 68. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 7, eff. July 19, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-72 - Apportionment of balance among constituent municipalities; prohibition of payments to commission

13:17-72. Apportionment of balance among constituent municipalities; prohibition of payments to commission
(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 65 of this act, 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 be able to receive any funds from the intermunicipal account for any purpose.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 70. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 9, eff. July 19, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-73 - Payment of excessive funds to constituent municipalities; reduction of service payments

13:17-73. Payment of excessive funds to constituent municipalities; reduction of service payments
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 65 of this act, 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.1968, c. 404, s. 71. Amended by L.1972, c. 103, s. 10, eff. July 19, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-74 - Meadowlands adjustment payment; determination and payment.

13:17-74. Meadowlands adjustment payment; determination and payment.
72. (a) On or before February 1, 1973 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, known 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 65 and 71 of this act. The amount so derived shall be referred to as the meadowlands pre-adjustment payment. For calendar year 2000, the meadowlands adjustment payment shall be the average of the meadowlands pre-adjustment payments for calendar years 1999 and 2000. For calendar year 2001, the meadowlands adjustment payment shall be the average of the meadowlands pre-adjustment payments for calendar years 1999, 2000, and 2001. For calendar year 2002 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 said 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 to be made by the intermunicipal account to that municipality on May 15, August 15, and November 15 of that year.
(c) If the meadowlands adjustment payment for any constituent municipality in any adjustment year is payable to the intermunicipal account, the amount of said payment shall be entered as a special line item appropriation in the budget of the municipality for that year and shall be payable in three equal installments to be made by the municipality to the account on May 15, August 15, and November 15 of that year. No transfers may be made from said appropriation except as is herein provided.
L.1968, c.404, s.72; amended 1970, c.319, s.2; 1972, c.103, s.11; 1999, c.178, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-74.1 - Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund established

13:17-74.1. Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund established
2. There is established the Hackensack Meadowlands Tax Sharing Stabilization Fund in the Hackensack Meadowlands Development 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 to or from the intermunicipal account in 1999 and subsequent years, as provided hereunder. 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 increase in the payment required to be made by a constituent municipality to the intermunicipal account which is in excess of five percent over the previous year's payment shall be considered an "excessive fluctuation." 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 also be considered an "excessive fluctuation."
L.1999,c.178,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-75 - Comparable services; withholding of payments to noncomplying municipalities

13:17-75. Comparable services; withholding of payments to noncomplying municipalities
(a) Services provided in the district shall be comparable to those provided elsewhere in each constituent municipality.
(b) If, after public hearing, the commission shall determine that a constituent municipality or its school district is not complying with this section, it shall have the authority to withhold all payments made pursuant to this article until such time as the commission is satisfied that the municipality and its school district are performing such services in accordance with this section.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 73.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-76 - Appeal or review by constituent municipalities

13:17-76. Appeal or review by constituent municipalities
An appeal or review may be taken by any constituent municipality regarding any alleged arithmetical or typographical error in the calculation and payment of the meadowlands adjustment payment.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 74.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-77 - Annual budget; items of expenditure

13:17-77. Annual budget; items of expenditure
On or before February 25 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% of the amount stated;
(b) 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 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.1968, c. 404, s. 75.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-78 - Annual audit of commission accounts

13:17-78. Annual audit of commission accounts
The commission shall cause an annual audit of its accounts to be made, and for this purpose it shall employ a registered municipal accountant of New Jersey or a certified public accountant of New Jersey. The audit shall be completed and filed with the commission within 4 months after the close of the fiscal year of the commission and a certified duplicate copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the Division of Local Finance in the Department of Community Affairs and in the office of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury in the office of the treasurer of the county of Bergen and in the office of the treasurer of the county of Hudson within 5 days after the original audit is filed with the commission.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 76.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-79 - Aid and cooperation by public bodies

13:17-79. Aid and cooperation by public bodies
For the purpose of aiding and co-operating with the commission; the planning, undertaking construction or operation of its activities, any public body may upon such terms, 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, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(d) Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances and change its map;
(e) Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with the commission or the Federal Government respecting action to be taken by such public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act;
(f) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and co-operate in planning undertakings, construction, or operations of the commission;
(g) Cause services to be furnished to the commission of the character which such public body is otherwise empowered to furnish;
(h) Purchase or legally invest in any of the bonds of the commission and exercise all of the rights of any holder of such bonds;
(i) In connection with any public improvements made by a public body in exercising the powers herein granted, such public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, 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;
(j) 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.1968, c. 404, s. 77.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-80 - Contracts with municipalities or public agencies for operation of public works, improvements, facilities, etc.

13:17-80. Contracts with municipalities or public agencies for operation of public works, improvements, facilities, etc.
(a) The commission may enter into, from time to time, contract with one or more municipalities, counties or other public agencies for the operation of public improvements, works, facilities, services, or undertakings of such municipalities, counties, or agencies, or of the commission.
(b) Such contracts shall specifically provide for the services or improvements to be undertaken, the fee or fees to be charged for such services or facilities, the method of apportionment of such fees among the contracting parties, persons or officers or agencies responsible for the performance of the contract and other appropriate terms and conditions of participation.
(c) Such contracts shall be subject to approval by resolution of the commission and of the governing body of each participating municipality, county or other participating agency.
(d) The apportionment of costs and expenses may be based upon property valuations, population, area, and of such other factors as may be provided in the contract.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 78.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-81 - Examination of accounts and books of commission by state auditor

13:17-81. Examination of accounts and books of commission by state auditor
The State Auditor and his legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, sinking funds, investments and any other matters relating to its financial standing.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 79.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-82 - Assistance to commission by employees of state departments and agencies

13:17-82. Assistance to commission by employees of state departments and agencies
The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of such employees of any State department or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for said purpose.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 80.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-83 - Supplemental and additional provisions

13:17-83. Supplemental and additional provisions
The foregoing sections of this act shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing; provided, however, that the issuance of bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 81.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-85 - Severability

13:17-85. Severability
If the provisions of any article, section or clause of this act or the application thereof to any person shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which it was rendered, and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any provision of any article, section or clause of this act or the application of any part thereof to any other person or circumstance and to this end, the provisions of each title, section and clause of this act are hereby declared to be severable.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 83.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations › Section 13:17-86 - Payment of expenses

13:17-86. Payment of expenses
All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable from funds provided the commission therefor, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the commission hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided therefor.
L.1968, c. 404, s. 84.