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.
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.