Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:62-34.8

  • 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
  • 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.
Any municipality, by resolution, declaring an existence of an emergency adopted by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the governing body may make emergency appropriations in any fiscal year after the adoption of the budget for such year for any purpose which was not foreseen at the time of the adoption of such budget or for which adequate provision was not made in such budget provided said emergency appropriation or appropriations are within the provisions of sections 40:62-32 and 40:62-33 of the Revised Statutes.

L.1939, c. 304, p. 735, s. 8, eff. Aug. 2, 1939.