And the limited case law of Chapter 9 bankruptcy, which applies to cities and municipalities, doesn't say whether a bankruptcy judge can legally subvert Michigan's constitution to lessen Detroit's obligation to its pensioners.
Most municipalities do not have ordinances covering playground safety.
Many municipalities do not have adequate inventory of their assets, so monitoring is costly.
Water systems run by large municipalities do not appear to have been affected.
But municipalities do not always love accessory dwelling units, or A.D.U.'s.
Thirty-eight municipalities did not make their quotas, and 20 built no affordable housing units at all.
But most municipalities do not regularly test their stretch of river for pollution; and those that do rarely release the results quickly.
And like residents of Middlesex County, other Union County municipalities do not want their town mottos to be "The Garbage Runs Through It".
But lawyers for the New Jersey Bankers Association and groups representing other state banks said municipalities did not have the legal right to regulate the fees.
New York State officials say that if the municipalities do not comply with the landfill law, they may have to begin shipping their garbage.
