Borough of Medford Lakes, NJ Chapter 51 Sewer Utility

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Medford Lakes 12-13-1979 by Ord. No. 158. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Sewers — See Ch. 190.

§ 51-1 Utility designated.

The sewerage treatment plant and sewerage system currently existing in the Borough of Medford Lakes pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-1 et seq. and governed by Chapter 190, Sewers, Article III, Rates and Charges, as amended, is hereby officially designated as the Medford Lakes Sewer Utility.

§ 51-2 Governing ordinance.

Chapter 190, Sewers, Article III, Rates and Charges, as amended, relating to operation, rules and rates of the sewer system remains in full force and effect, and shall hereafter govern the utility under its new title and status.

§ 51-3 Budget; Utility Fund.

The provisions of the Local Budget Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq., in particular N.J.S.A. 40A:4-33 through 40A:4-35 and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-62 shall apply to said utility; that is, there shall be a separate budget for said utility and a segregated Utility Fund.

§ 51-4 Purpose; construal.

The purpose of this chapter is to remove sewer operations from "final appropriations" of the Borough of Medford Lakes, as said term is used in N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.2, so as to exclude them from computation of spending limitations under that statute. It shall be so construed.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Original Section 5, dealing with budget changes after the close of the 1979 budget year, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).