New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-78.10. Reserve item transfers
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-78.10
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- budget: means the budget of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- fiscal year: means the period for which a local unit adopts a budget, as required pursuant to the "Local Budget Law" N. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- 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.
a. If, during the first two months of any fiscal year, the amount of any appropriation reserve in any line item of the operating appropriations section of the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year is insufficient to pay the claims authorized or incurred during the preceding year, and there shall be an excess in any appropriation reserve in another line item of the operating appropriations section, the board of fire commissioners of any fire district may, by resolution adopted by not less than a 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, transfer the amount of the excess to the appropriation reserve deemed to be insufficient or for which no reserve was provided.
b. No transfers may be made under this section from appropriation reserves for:
(1) Contingent expenses,
(2) Down payments,
(3) Capital improvements.
L. 1985, c. 288, s. 6, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.