Requires certain public water systems to publish certain financial and employee information on Internet.

S3882

SENATE, No. 3882

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain public water systems to publish
certain financial and employee information on Internet.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning publication of certain employee and
financial information by certain public water systems and supplementing
P.L.2017, c.133 (C.58:31-1 et seq.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� a.
�Each water purveyor shall develop and maintain either a website or a webpage
on the municipality�s or county�s website in which it provides service, as
applicable.� The purpose of the website or webpage shall be to provide
increased public access to information on the operations and activities of the
water purveyor.� The following information shall be posted on the website or
webpage:

����� (1)�
a description and map of the service area of the water purveyor, identifying
each municipality that receives water from the public water system;

����� (2)
�the budget, once adopted, for the current fiscal year and the budget for the
immediately preceding fiscal year;

����� (3)
�the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or other similar
financial information;

����� (4)
�the annual audit for the most recent fiscal year and immediately preceding
fiscal year;

����� (5)
�the title, office mailing address, office email address, and office telephone
number of every person who exercises day-to-day supervision or management over
some or all of the operations of the public water system;

����� (6)
�any rules, regulations, or official policy statements deemed relevant by the
water purveyor to the interests of the residents within the service area of the
public water system, including the certifications required pursuant to section
6 of P.L.2017, c.133 (C.58:31-6); and

����� (7)
�a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and any other person, firm,
business, partnership, corporation, or other organization which received any
remuneration of $17,500 or more during the preceding fiscal year for any
service whatsoever rendered to the public water system.

����� b.�� For
the purposes of this section, �water purveyor� shall not mean a �public
utility,� as defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, that is regulated by the Board of
Public Utilities.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

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This bill supplements the �Water Quality Accountability
Act,� which imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure
investment requirements on certain water purveyors, i.e., public water systems
with more than 500 service connections.� The bill requires each water purveyor
to develop and maintain either a website or a webpage on the municipality�s or
county�s website in which it provides service, as applicable, in order to
provide increased public access to information on the operations and activities
of the water purveyor.� The following information is to be posted:

����� (1)�� a description and map of the service area of
the water purveyor, identifying each municipality that receives water from the
public water system;

����� (2)�� the budget, once adopted, for the current
fiscal year and the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year;

����� (3)�� the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report or other similar financial information;

����� (4)�� the annual audit for the most recent fiscal
year and immediately preceding fiscal year;

����� (5)�� the title, office mailing address, office email
address, and office telephone number of every person who exercises day-to-day
supervision or management over some or all of the operations of the public
water system;

����� (6)�� any rules, regulations, or official policy
statements deemed relevant by the water purveyor to the interests of the
residents within the service area of the public water system, including certain
certifications required pursuant to the �Water Quality Accountability Act�; and

����� (7)�� a list of attorneys, advisors, consultants, and
any other person, firm, business, partnership, corporation, or other
organization that received any remuneration of $17,500 or more during the
preceding fiscal year for any service whatsoever rendered to the public water
system.