N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 62
N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 62
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section62-1. Accounts; supervision by board of public utility commissionerssection62-2. Records pertaining to utilities; report to public utility commissioners; standards of operation and servicesection62-3. Ordinance authorizing sale or lease; laws governing.section62-3.1. Transfer of water utility system serving less than 5% of population; ordinance; authorization; terms; approvalsection62-4. Resolution authorizing sale or lease; advertisement for bidssection62-5. Ordinance providing referendum; ballot; form and contentsection62-6. Use of proceeds of sale or lease; investment pending usesection62-7. Establishment; lands and buildings; acquisition and construction; use and regulationsection62-8. Joint municipal airportssection62-9. Bonds to be obligations of single municipalitysection62-10. Establishment; appropriation; lands, buildings and equipmentsection62-11. Management; prices fixed; ordinances and resolutionssection62-12. Municipal gas, steam and electricity plants; establishment and equipment; consent of other municipalities; procedure on refusalsection62-13. Officers and employees; ordinances to regulate use of facilities; rate fixingsection62-13.1. Rates, schedules established by municipal utility providing electricity.section62-13.2. Connection fee imposed.section62-14. Rents a lien; collection and enforcementsection62-15. Referendum; petition; submission by governing bodysection62-16. Copy of resolution; servicesection62-17. Ballot; form and contentsection62-18. Notice and conduct of electionsection62-19. Procedure after adoptionsection62-20. Second electionsection62-21. Contracts to supply light, heat and powersection62-22. Extension of plantssection62-23. Municipality serving county or other municipality treated as private corporationsection62-24. Municipality serving others deemed public utility; control by board of public utilities; rate structure.section62-25. Contracts for supply of light, heat and power; durationsection62-25.1. Joint acquisition, maintenance and operation of electrical generation facilities; contractssection62-25.2. Duration of contract; ownership and control of facilitiessection62-25.3. Bonds or anticipation notes to financesection62-25.4. Construction of act; application of laws on public contractssection62-25.5. Severabilitysection62-25.6. Municipality providing heat, light or power, electronic billing, payment, permitted.section62-26. Municipal radio broadcasting stations; bondssection62-27. Separate fund for radio stations or convention halls in certain municipalitiessection62-28. Income placed in separate fund; control of fundsection62-29. Use of income; reservessection62-30. Surplus used to meet bondssection62-31. Accounts and auditssection62-32. Income definedsection62-33. Expenditures defined; payment of debts in instalmentssection62-34. Income not part of municipal funds; management; inapplication of "local budget law"section62-34.1. "Municipal convention hall budget" and "municipal radio broadcasting station budget" in municipalities of 60,000 or oversection62-34.2. Objections to and hearing on budgetssection62-34.3. Time and place of hearing; noticesection62-34.4. Adjournment of hearing; adoption of budget; alteration or amendment; noticesection62-34.5. Time limit for adoptionsection62-34.6. Contents of budgetsection62-34.7. Appropriations to be itemizedsection62-34.8. Emergency appropriationssection62-34.9. Improvement of convention hall by municipalities bordering on ocean; issuance of special emergency notessection62-34.10. Filing of ordinance and statement of financing plan with Division of Local Governmentsection62-34.11. Special emergency notes as general obligation of municipality; tax levysection62-34.12. Sale of notes; interest ratesection62-35. May carry goods and passengers; acquisition of lands, buildings and equipmentsection62-36. Referendum; petition; submission by governing bodysection62-37. Copy of ordinance served; ballot; form and contentsection62-38. Notice and conduct of electionsection62-39. Procedure after adoptionsection62-40. Second electionsection62-41. Officers and employees; duties, compensation and removal; rates and regulationssection62-42. Contract for work and materials; requirementssection62-43. Contracts for powersection62-44. Extension of system; referendum; when necessarysection62-45. Lease of system; term; referendumsection62-46. Joint municipal transportation system; contractssection62-46.1. Cities of second class in counties of second class; public transportation servicesection62-46.2. Contracts for operation of public transportation servicesection62-46.3. Employeessection62-46.4. Approval of contracts; filing; termsection62-46.5. Contracts with other municipalities; ratification; approvalsection62-46.6. Effective date; duration of actsection62-61.1. Extension of existing water system by municipality not owning systemsection62-83.1. Discontinuance of water or sewerage service where charges not paidsection62-83.2. Certain water, sewer systems, actions during public health or state of emergency.section62-96. Water districts; establishment; works and pumping stations; contracts for supplysection62-97. Notice to owners of lands affected; publicationsection62-98. Objections to ordinance; filingsection62-99. Copy of ordinance filed with mapsection62-100. Bonds and other obligationssection62-101. Water district assessments; exemptionsection62-102. Tax collectionsection62-103. Expenses of operation and maintenance; first year's expenses; notes issuedsection62-104. Supervision, operation and maintenance; collection of charges; contracts.section62-104.1. Residency requirements for employees of municipality operating certain water system.section62-105. Necessary powers conferredsection62-105.1. Water commissioners; election; to perform duties exercised by township committeesection62-105.2. Commissioners to be body corporate; name; general powerssection62-105.3. Determination of amount to be raised for ensuing year; election of water commissionerssection62-105.4. Terms of members of board of water commissionerssection62-105.5. Vacanciessection62-105.6. Annual election in water districtssection62-105.7. Nomination of candidates for members of boardsection62-105.8. Nominating petition; certificate of person indorsedsection62-105.9. One candidate's name on petition; number of petitionssection62-105.10. Verification of petitionsection62-105.11. Filing of petitionsection62-105.12. Defective nominating petitionssection62-105.13. Ballots; arrangement of candidate's namessection62-105.14. Ballots, specificationssection62-105.15. Form of ballotsection62-105.16. Paper on which ballots to be printedsection62-105.17. Registry list of preceding general election; persons becoming of age after preceding general electionsection62-105.18. Advertisement of electionsection62-105.19. Polling placessection62-105.20. Opening and closing of polls; books for names of voterssection62-105.21. Proclamation of opening of election; judge and tellerssection62-105.22. Counting of votessection62-105.23. Announcement of results of electionsection62-105.24. Appropriations voted on, form of questionsection62-105.25. Payment of taxessection62-105.26. Borrowing for current expenses and repairssection62-105.27. Rights and powers of water commissionerssection62-105.28. Money for waterworks and appurtenances; vote; limitationsection62-105.29. Meeting to determine amount to be raised; noticesection62-105.30. Water accumulation, supply or distribution facilities; acquisition or constructionsection62-105.31. Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; time and place of meeting; noticessection62-105.32. Conduct of electionsection62-105.33. Bonds; form; issuancesection62-105.34. Payment of principal, interest on bondssection62-105.35. Custodian of moneys; disbursements; bond of treasurersection62-105.36. Auditing of books of treasurer; publication of auditsection62-105.37. Enlargement of water districtsection62-105.38. Lands included in district after enlargementsection62-105.39. Effect of enlargement upon terms of officers and obligations of districtsection62-105.40. Dissolution of water districtsection62-105.41. Application for resolution dissolving district; notice; hearingsection62-105.42. Refund of tax paid upon property in district abolishedsection62-105.43. Refund of taxes paid where no recital of laying off of water district appears upon recordssection62-105.44. Water district deemed abandoned when territory formed into two or more new municipalitiessection62-105.45. Allotment and division of property and money between new municipalities; "municipality" definedsection62-106. Consolidation of water and sewer systemssection62-107. Service shut off for nonpayment of rentsection62-107.1. Sale of municipal water plant; deficit; amortizationsection62-107.2. Application to state auditorsection62-107.3. Liberal constructionsection62-107.4. Purchase of water distribution system of adjoining municipalitysection62-107.5. Bond issuesection62-107.6. Operation of system; rates, rents, etc.section62-107.7. Customers of municipal water district, electronic billing, payment permitted.section62-108. "Waterworks" definedsection62-109. Commission to acquire water system; appointment; notice to other municipalitiessection62-110. Commission; composition; organization and compensation; treasurer's bondsection62-110.1. Waterworks or water commission, membership, salariessection62-111. Vacanciessection62-112. Joining after commission namedsection62-113. Negotiations; contract served on each municipalitysection62-113.1. Nonapplicability to Passaic Valley Water Commissionsection62-114. Condemnation; two or more plants; procedure if in different countiessection62-115. Municipality may withdraw; expenses apportioned; no withdrawals after bonds issuedsection62-116. Joint ownershipsection62-117. Expenses prior and subsequent to acquisition of plantsection62-118. Property acquired by owner pending proceedings; acquisition; contractsection62-119. After acquired property; condemnationsection62-120. Removal of encumbrances; ascertainment of value of debtsection62-121. Acquisition subject to encumbrances; bond issues; apportionment of indebtednesssection62-122. Commission as fiscal agent; dutiessection62-122.1. Issuance of notes in anticipation of water rentssection62-123. Apportionment of water rents; collection of prior arrearagessection62-124. Collection of prior arrearages; water shut offsection62-125. Supply of water to old customers; ratessection62-126. Enlargement and extension of works; contracts for operationsection62-127. Water rates and regulations.section62-128. Sale of property and distributing system; sale of water to purchasersection62-129. Commission to operate works and manage supply; agreement forsection62-130. Organization; commission for acquisition of works dissolvedsection62-131. Consent of statesection62-132. Commission cannot incur debts for municipality; appropriations for expensessection62-133. Acquisition of additional property, water rights and waterworks; bonds; proceedssection62-133.1. Findings, declarationssection62-133.2. Commission empowered to issue bondssection62-133.3. Issuance of bonds by the commissionsection62-133.4. Sale of bonds, pricesection62-133.5. Bond resolution, publicationsection62-133.6. Negotiability of bondssection62-133.7. Provisions permitted in bond resolutionsection62-133.8. Appointment of trustee in event of defaultsection62-133.9. Appointment of receiversection62-133.10. Commission members, State, county or local units not liable on bondssection62-133.11. Commission property exempt from levy, salesection62-133.12. Investment of sinking funds, other moneys, fundssection62-133.13. Waterworks public property, bonds exempt from taxationsection62-133.14. State shall not alter commission's, bond holders' rightssection62-133.15. Agreements between commission and bank or banking institutionsection62-133.16. Filing of copy of bond resolutionsection62-134. Sale of surplus water; laying of pipes; consent requiredsection62-135. Contracts; engineers and assistantssection62-135.1. Residency requirements for employees of commission operating certain water system.section62-136. Contracts in excess of $2,500; advertisement for bids; exceptionssection62-137. Execution of contractsection62-138. Control, regulation and protection of water supply systemsection62-139. Furnishing water for special purposes.section62-140. Right of entry for inspection; penalty for obstructing inspectorssection62-141. Liability for water rent; payment in advancesection62-142. Water shut off for nonpayment of chargessection62-143. Rebate for prompt payment; amountsection62-144. Increase of capacity of plant; additional pipe linessection62-145. Contracts for additional supply of watersection62-146. Supplying water to other municipalities; consent requiredsection62-147. Supplying water to dwellers along line; rates; consent requiredsection62-148. General powers to carry out objectivesection62-148.1. Water commission customers, option for electronic billing, payment.section62-149. Powers of condemnationsection62-150. Certain boards and commissions unaffectedsection62-150.1. Names of employees of water commissions established by two or more municipalities in second class counties between 300,000 and 325,000section62-150.2. Classification, without examination in classified servicesection62-151. Annual standby or ready-to-serve charge upon unoccupied lots.
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