[HISTORY: Derived from Sections 2-23, 2-23A and 2-23B of the 1972 Revised General Ordinances, as amended through 10-1-1998. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Township of Hardyston shall become a member of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority and the territorial limits of the township shall be a part of the district regulated by the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:14B-11 et seq.
A. 
Approval. The plan of the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority providing for the allocation and apportionment of the volume of sewage disposal on a proportionate basis to the township and the various other municipalities involved in the Wallkill River Basin Area is hereby approved in accordance with such plan, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Clerk of the township, and is available to members of the general public for examination.
B. 
Authorization of agreement. The Mayor and Clerk of the township are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority approving the plan referred to in Subsection A herein. A copy of the proposed agreement is on file in the office of the Clerk of the township and is available for examination by members of the general public.
Pursuant to the Municipal and County Utilities Authority Law, N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq., there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic as an agency and instrumentality of the Township of Hardyston, in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, under the name and style of the Hardyston Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
Hardyston Township Municipal Utilities Authority hereby created is a utilities authority as contemplated and provided for by said Municipal and County Utilities Authority Law and shall have and exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties provided for by said Municipal and County Utilities Authority Law and any other powers which may hereafter be conferred by law upon municipal utilities authorities within the territorial boundaries of the Township of Hardyston in the County of Sussex, New Jersey. The Municipal Utilities Authority shall operate on a fiscal year commencing October 1 and ending September 30.
The Hardyston Township Municipal Utilities Authority shall consist of five members; there may also be appointed two alternates who shall be designated "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2," respectively. Said members and alternate members shall be appointed by resolution of the Township Council of the Township of Hardyston in the manner provided by law. The terms of the members shall be five years except that the members first appointed shall have terms expiring on the first days of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth February's next ensuing after the date of their appointment. The terms of alternate members shall also be for five years, commencing on February 1 of the year of appointment, but of the first alternate members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of four years and one for a term of five years.
The creation of the Hardyston Township-Municipal Utilities Authority has been approved by the Local Finance Board in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-4.