40:14B-7 - Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution - New Jersey Statutes

40:14B-7.  Filing of recognition ordinance or resolution
    A copy of each resolution or ordinance for the creation of a municipal authority or resolution or ordinance for the reorganization of a sewerage authority or a county sewer authority as a municipal authority adopted pursuant  to this act, duly certified by the appropriate officer of the local unit, shall  be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  Upon proof of such filing of  a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance or of certified copies of the  parallel ordinances for the creation of a municipal authority as aforesaid or  of a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance for the reorganization of a  sewerage authority or a county sewer authority as a municipal authority as  aforesaid, the municipal authority therein referred to shall, in any suit,  action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to,  any contract or obligation or act of the municipal authority, be conclusively  deemed to have been lawfully and properly created, organized and established  and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this act.  A copy of any such certified resolution or ordinance, duly certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit,  action or proceeding and shall be conclusive evidence of due and proper filing  thereof as aforesaid.

     L.1957, c. 183, p. 642, s. 7, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.  Amended by L.1977, c. 384,  s. 7, eff. Feb. 10, 1978.