40:66A-31.9 - Financing by county pursuant to agreement with municipality, joint meeting or authority - New Jersey Statutes

40:66A-31.9.  Financing by county pursuant to agreement with municipality, joint meeting or authority
    If a county, pursuant to agreement with a municipality or municipalities therein, joint meetings or authorities, shall construct or acquire solid waste disposal facilities which will benefit such municipality or municipalities, joint meetings or authorities, such county may either (1) bear the entire cost of the construction or acquisition of such facilities by itself, or (2) share the cost of the construction or acquisition of such improvements with the municipality or municipalities, joint meetings or authorities.  The county may issue its bonds for all or part of the cost of the construction or acquisition of such facilities.  If the cost thereof is to be shared by such municipality or municipalities, joint meetings or authorities, the county may issue its bonds for its share of such cost and such municipality or municipalities, joint  meetings or authorities, may issue their bonds for their share of such cost, or  the county may issue its bonds for all of the cost of such facilities, and the  share of such cost to be borne by such municipality or municipalities, joint  meetings or authorities shall be repaid to the county by such municipality or municipalities, joint meeting or authority in annual installments over a period  not exceeding 40 years as shall be agreed upon between the county and such  municipality or municipalities, joint meeting or authority.  The amount of said  annual installments shall include interest at such rate or rates as the county  and such municipality or municipalities, joint meeting or authority shall agree  upon, and the county and such municipality or municipalities, joint meeting or  authority are hereby authorized to enter into agreements relating to such  facilities which agreements shall have such terms and conditions as shall be  deemed necessary and proper by such county and such participating municipality  or municipalities, joint meeting or authority.  Such agreements shall be authorized by a resolution duly adopted by the board of chosen freeholders of the county and by an ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of such municipality, municipalities, joint meeting or authority.  Such annual payments  received by a county from such municipality, municipalities, joint meeting or incinerator authority may also include an additional annual amount as shall be  agreed upon for the payment of the agreed share of the cost of operation and  maintenance and improvement or enlargement of such facilities. Notwithstanding  any provisions of any other law or laws now existing or hereafter enacted, none  of such annual payments to be made by such municipality, municipalities, joint  meeting or authority to such county shall be included in any computation of  gross or net indebtedness required under any such other law or laws.

    Notwithstanding any provisions of any other law or laws now existing or hereafter enacted, the amount of any bonds issued by a county to finance the share of any municipality, municipalities, joint meeting or authority of the cost of the construction or acquisition of such facilities shall not be included in any computation of gross or net indebtedness under any such other law or laws as long as such county and such municipality, municipalities, joint  meeting or authority have entered into an agreement pursuant to this section  under which the share of such municipality, municipalities, joint meeting or  authority shall be repaid to such county as provided in this section.

     L.1970, c. 242, s. 9, eff. Oct. 28, 1970.  Amended by L.1971, c. 442, s. 6, eff. Feb. 15, 1972.