Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:2-40

  • clerk: means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • director: means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. 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.
  • local unit: means a county or municipality. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The chief financial officer of each local unit shall, before the end of the first month of each fiscal year, make and file in the office of the clerk and of the director an annual debt statement, under oath, as of the last day of the preceding fiscal year, and such statement shall be a public record open to inspection.

L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.