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Statute
Historical and Statutory Notes
40:62-110.l Passaic Valley Water Commission;
membership; term of office;
In any county of
the second class with a population of at least 440,000, but not more
than 450,000, according to the 1980 federal decennial
census, in which at least three municipalities, two of which each
have populations of 50,000 or more, but less than 100,000, and one of
which has a population of 100,000 or
more according to the 1980 federal decennial census, have joined
together to create, under R.S. 40:62-109, or elect or appoint under R.S. 40:62-129, a waterworks
or water commission, and the provisions of this section shall control
the number and method of appointment of the waterworks or water
commission members, their terms of office and their salaries,
notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 40:62-108 et seq. To the contrary. Any agreements entered into
pursuant to R.S. 40:62-129 shall be amended to conform with the
provisions of this section.
The commission shall consist of seven members. A municipality with a
population of 100,000 or more shall have three members on the commission
and a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more, but less than
100,000 shall have two members on the commission. Members shall be
appointed by the mayor in any municipality organized under P.L.1950,
c.210 (C. 40:69A-1 et seq.) and by the governing body, by a majority
vote, in any municipality organized under R.S. 40:79-1 et seq. A member
of the commission shall be required to reside in the appointing
municipality at the time of appointment; however, if the commission
member moves outside the appointing municipality during the member's
term of office, the member may continue to serve on the commission to
the end of the member's term. A mayor, a manager or a member of the
governing body of the appointing municipality may serve as a member of
the commission unless this service is prohibited by the conflict of
interest laws of this State.
Each commission member shall be appointed for a four-year term. All
additional members who may be appointed to a commission under this
section shall be appointed before January 1, 1989, and their first term
shall expire not later than December 31, 1992. All terms of office of
commission members already appointed and serving on the effective date
of this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be affected by the
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