Title 40A, Title 40A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40A:4-76. Examination of budget The director shall examine the budget filed in his office with reference to all estimates of revenue and to the following appropriations: a. Payment of interest and debt redemption charges. b. Deferred charges and statutory expenditures. c. Cash de…

40A:4-77. Scope of examination The director shall determine upon the basis of information and data available whether: a. all estimates of revenue are reasonable, accurate and correctly stated; b. items of appropriation are properly set forth; c. in itemization, form, arrangement …

40A:4-78 Approval of budget, exemptions. 40A:4-78. a. If the director finds that all requirements of law and of the regulations of the local government board have been met, the director shall approve the budget, otherwise the director shall refuse to approve it. The director, in …

40A:4-79. Certification of director Immediately after the making of his examination of the budget, the director shall certify the results of his determination to the governing body. A governing body shall not finally adopt a budget until a certification of approval by the directo…

40A:4-8 Public hearing; time and place. 40A:4-8. The public hearing shall be held at the time and place specified in the advertisement thereof, but may be adjourned from time to time until the hearing is closed. The budget shall be read, at the public hearing in full, or it may b…

40A:4-80. Action on disapproved budget If the budget is disapproved, a full statement of reasons with instructions for corrections of the budget shall be transmitted to the local unit with notice of the refusal by the director to approve the same. The certification of disapproval…

40A:4-81. Amendment of disapproved budget A governing body shall amend a disapproved budget in accordance with the instructions of the director except that the governing body may petition the local government board for a hearing upon the budget. If a petition for hearing is filed…

40A:4-82. Judicial review of local government board's determination If an aggrieved party applies for judicial review of a final determination made by the local government board, the governing body shall, nevertheless, adopt a budget in accordance with the local government board'…

40A:4-83. Regulations by the local government board and director The local government board and the director may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The director may hold hearings and make such investigations as may be …

40A:4-84. Orders of director binding A final order of the director shall be binding upon the governing body and shall be complied with. The Superior Court may enforce the order in an action instituted by the director. If a governing body fails or refuses to comply with a final or…

40A:4-85. Power to change title or text of appropriation The director may, at the request of the governing body, make such correction of the title, text or amount of any item of appropriation appearing in the adopted budget only as shall be necessary to make said item of appropri…

40A:4-86. Correction of revenue item The director may correct an item of revenue appearing in any adopted budget if any law requires such correction or makes such correction advisable. If such correction shall require that the local purpose levy of the local unit shall be adjuste…

40A:4-87. Special items of revenue and appropriations 40A:4-87. Special items of revenue and appropriations. The director may approve the insertion of any special item of revenue in the budget of any local unit when such item shall have been made available by any public or privat…

40A:4-88. Filing of amendment, correction in local budget 3. The governing body of a municipality that receives funds from the sale of tax sale certificates pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.113 (C.54:5-113.1) may file any amendment or correction in its local budget that may b…

40A:4-89 Issuance of notes. 3. Any municipality that has ended the previous budget year with a deficit in operations caused, whether in whole or in part, by obligations created from tax appeals, may issue notes with the approval of the Local Finance Board on such conditions as th…

40A:4-9. Amendments to budget 40A:4-9. a. Amendments to budgets required by the director may be made prior to the time of holding the public hearing on the budget, without public advertisement. b. The governing body may amend the budget during or after the public hearing. All ame…