New Jersey Statutes 40:62-139. Furnishing water for special purposes
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:62-139
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. No rates or charges shall include the imposition of any fees in excess of the cost of water actually used for any sprinkler system required to be installed in any residential health care facility pursuant to the “Health Care Facilities Planning Act,” P.L.1971, c.136 (C. 26:2H-1 et seq.) and regulations promulgated thereunder or in any rooming or boarding house pursuant to the “Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979,”P.L.1979, c.496 (C. 55:13B-1 et al.) and regulations promulgated thereunder.
c. Nothing herein contained shall preclude the water commission from charging for the actual cost of water main connection.
d. Nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the lien hereinafter imposed for unpaid water rents or rates, nor change the rights of the commission to collect unpaid water rates or rents in accordance with the provisions hereof.
e. Nothing in this section shall preclude a water commission from requiring separate dedicated service lines for fire protection. The water commission may require that fire service lines be metered. Nothing in this section shall alter the liability for maintenance and repair of service lines which exists on the effective date of P.L.2003, c.278.
Amended 1981, c.514, s.4; 2003, c.278, s.5.