New Jersey Statutes 40:66A-38. Solid waste management authority as political subdivision; powers
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:66A-38
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(1) To adopt and have a common seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(2) To sue and to be sued;
(3) In the name of the solid waste management authority and on its behalf, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of its service charges and other revenues and other moneys;
(4) In the name of the solid waste management authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire, hold, use and dispose of other personal property for the purposes of the solid waste management authority;
(5) In the name of the solid waste management authority but for the local unit or units, to acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise, real property and easements therein, necessary or useful and convenient for the purposes of the solid waste management authority, and subject to mortgages, deeds of trust or other liens, or otherwise, and to hold and to use the same, and to dispose of property so acquired no longer necessary for the purposes of the solid waste management authority;
(6) To provide for and secure the payment of any bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold and dispose of any bonds;
(7) To accept gifts or grants of real or personal property, money, material, labor or supplies for the purpose of the solid waste management authority, and to make and perform such agreements and contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with the procuring, acceptance or disposition of such gifts or grants;
(8) To enter on any lands or premises for the purposes of the solid waste management authority;
(9) To make and enforce bylaws or rules and regulations for the management and regulation of its business and affairs and for the use, maintenance and operation of the garbage and solid wastes disposal system and any other of its properties, and to amend the same;
(10) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this act under, through or by means of its own officers, agents and employees, or by contracts with any persons; and
(11) To enter into any and all contracts, execute any and all instruments, and do and perform any and all acts or things necessary, convenient or desirable for the purpose of the solid waste management authority or to carry out any powers expressly given in this act subject to P.L.1971, c. 198 “Local Public Contracts Law” (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.).
L.1968, c. 249, s. 7, eff. Aug. 16, 1968. Amended by L.1975, c. 96, s. 13 eff. May 16, 1975.