40:14B-68 Construction of act.
68.This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and a municipal authority shall not be subject to regulation as to its service charges by any other officer, board, agency, commission or other office of the State, or constitute a municipality or agency or component of a municipality subject to, any provisions of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, except P.L.1971, c.198, the "Local Public Contracts Law" (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall in any way affect or limit the jurisdiction, powers or rights of the State Department of Health and Senior Services, Interstate Environmental Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, Water Policy and Supply Council of the Department of Environmental Protection, North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, or Passaic Valley Water Commission, or impair the obligations assumed by any municipality included in any district in any contract made prior to the creation of such district with any sewerage authority or any county sewer authority or with one or more other municipalities or with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners or with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.
L.1957,c.183,s.68; amended 1957, c.233; 1975, c.96, s.5; 2000, c.6, s.16.
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