Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:13-34

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
An association shall appoint, annually, an auditing committee of 3 persons, who shall not be directors, officers, agents or employees of the association but who may or may not be members thereof; or have a certified public accountant conduct such audit.

At the close of each fiscal year a complete audit of the operations of the association shall be made, a written report of which shall include a general statement of its business operations, the balance sheet, the operating statement, the total number of members thereof, and other proper information, and shall be submitted to the members or delegates at the next regular meeting or meetings.

No person shall, without consent of the association, except in obedience to judicial process, make or permit any disclosure whereby any information contained in the report may be identified as having been furnished by the association.

Amended by L.1966, c. 286, s. 31.