40:11A-23 - Aid by public bodies - New Jersey Statutes

40:11A-23.  Aid by public bodies
    (1) For the purpose of aiding and co-operating in the planning, undertaking,  construction or operation of parking projects of an authority, any public body  within the territory of which any such project is located may:

    (a) Acquire real property in its name for any project or for the widening of  existing roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways or for new roads, streets, parkways, avenues or highways to any project, or partly for such purposes and partly for other municipal or county purposes, by purchase or condemnation in the manner provided by law for the acquisition of real property  by a municipality or county;

    (b) Cause water, sewer, lighting and drainage facilities, or other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with parking projects;  provided, nothing in this act shall authorize the construction of any public utility service or facility which would be competitive with any existing public utility as the same is defined by  section R.S. 48:2-13 of the Title, Public Utilities;

    (c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regard, plan, or replan  streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is  otherwise empowered to undertake;

    (d) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of such parking projects, and cause services to be furnished to the parking authority of the character which such public body is otherwise empowered to furnish.

    (2) In connection with any public improvements made by a public body in exercising the powers herein granted or referred to, such public body may incur  the entire expense thereof.  Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, lease, loan, grant, gift, conveyance, contract, pledge or agreement provided for in this section or in section 22 of this act may be made by a public body without prior appropriation therefor, or referendum, or appraisal, or public notice, advertisement or bidding, and without the consent of any board, officer or other agency of the State, and without regard to any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c. 198  "Local Public Contracts Law"  (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.).

    (3) An authority shall appoint a treasurer, who may also act as secretary of  the authority, and all moneys of an authority shall be paid to the treasurer of  the authority.  Such treasurer shall file a bond of indemnity with the  authority in an amount sufficient to cover the moneys from time to time under  his control.  Such moneys shall be deposited in a separate bank account or  accounts.  The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out on checks of the  treasurer on requisitions of the chairman of the authority or of such other  person or persons as the authority may authorize to make such requisitions.   All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the treasurer or the  authority, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the State of  New Jersey of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit,  and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such  deposits.  The treasurer and his legally authorized representatives are  authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of  the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases,  sinking funds, investments and other records and papers relating to its  financial standing.  The authority shall have power, notwithstanding the  provisions of this paragraph, to contract with the holders of any of its bonds  as to the custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any moneys  of the authority or any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of  bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out any such contract  notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent with the previous  provisions of this paragraph.  Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the  payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds and deposits of such moneys may  be secured in the same manner as moneys of an authority, and all banks and  trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.

    (4) A parking authority shall not be subject to, or constitute a municipality or agency or component of a municipality subject to, any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c. 198  "Local Public Contracts Law"  (C. 40A:11-1 et seq.).

     L.1948, c. 198, p. 922, s. 23.  Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 632, s. 12; L.1958, c. 22, p. 69, s. 10, eff. April 22, 1958;  L.1975, c. 96, s. 2, eff. May 16, 1975.