Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:68A-51

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • 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
Neither the members of the municipal port authority nor any person executing bonds issued pursuant to this act shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State, and bonds or other obligations issued by a municipal port authority pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any county or municipality and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any county or municipality, except a municipality which in accordance with section 15 of P.L.1960, c. 192 (C. 40:68A-43) shall have guaranteed payment of principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any municipal port authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the State or any county.

L.1960, c. 192, p. 824, s. 23, eff. Feb. 15, 1961. Amended by L.1981, c. 547, s. 2.

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