Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:74-13. Clerk to examine amended petition; new petition; submission to board The clerk shall, within five days after such refiling, make a similar examination of the amended petition and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient he shall forthwith return it to t…

40:74-14. Duty of board on submission of ordinance; submission to voters; withdrawal of petition If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be signed by electors equal in number to at least 15% of the votes cast at the last preceding general election at which members of …

40:74-15. Several ordinances submitted together; number of elections limited Any number of proposed ordinances submitted by the board or pursuant to R.S. 40:74-5 or R.S. 40:74-9 may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this article, but there sh…

40:74-16. Notice of election when ordinance or proposition submitted to voters Whenever an ordinance, or proposition affecting an ordinance, is to be submitted to the voters of the municipality at any election, the clerk shall cause the ordinance or proposition to be published in…

40:74-17. Ballot; form and content The ballots to be used at such election shall be in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed the…

40:74-18 Ordinances; adoption, submission to voters. 40:74-18. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the municipality. An ordinance proposed by p…

40:74-19. Submission of amendments or repeals to voters by board of commissioners The board of commissioners may, within 3 years immediately following the adoption of any ordinance submitted by initiative or referendum and ratified by the voters, submit a proposition for the repe…

40:74-2. Enacting clause; suits for penalties The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board of commissioners shall be "the board of commissioners of the (here insert name of municipality) do ordain" ; and all proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation…

40:74-3. Record of ordinances; commissioners to sign record Every ordinance passed by the board of commissioners shall be recorded and signed in the book in which it is recorded by the commissioners who voted in favor thereof. When an ordinance or resolution is required to be pub…

40:74-4. Effective date of ordinances; emergency ordinances excepted No ordinance, except when otherwise required by the general laws of the State or the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this Title (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), and except an ordinance for the immediate preservation o…

40:74-5. Remonstrance against ordinance; petition; reconsideration; referendum; vote required for adoption If within 20 days after the final passage of an ordinance, except ordinances, or any portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the muni…

40:74-6. Petition; law applicable The petition shall be in accordance with sections 40:74-10 to 40:74-14 of this title, except as to the percentage of signers, and be examined and certified to by the clerk in all respects as therein provided.

40:74-7. Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted Any ordinance or measure, except an ordinance, or portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, that the board of commissioners or the qualified e…

40:74-8. When submission unnecessary No petition or submission to the vote of the electors shall be necessary to authorize the undertaking or completion of any work, the purchase or construction of any public utility or improvement, which any municipality may be authorized by law…

40:74-9. Ordinances proposed by petition; procedure Any proposed ordinance, except a proposed ordinance fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, may be submitted to the board of commissioners by petition of the electors, in the manner herei…