2015 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40 - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40:11A-9 - Bonds; liability

NJ Rev Stat § 40:11A-9 (2015) What's This?

40:11A-9. Bonds; liability
Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the State or any political subdivision thereof except the authority or a public body which in accordance with this act shall have guaranteed payment of principal of and interest on the same, and neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof other than the authority or such a public body shall be liable thereon. Except to the extent and for the purposes otherwise expressly provided by other laws, the bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities, and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes.

L.1948, c. 198, p. 984, s. 9. Amended by L.1954, c. 138, p. 629, s. 7; L.1958, c. 22, p. 63, s. 5, eff. April 22, 1958.


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