Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-48

  • 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
  • director: means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
An emergency appropriation which, together with all prior emergency appropriations made during the same year, does not exceed 3% of the total of current and utility operating appropriations made in the budget adopted for that year shall be made as follows:

a. The governing body shall, by resolution adopted by not less than 2/3 vote of its full membership, declare that an emergency exists requiring a supplementary appropriation.

b. The resolution shall be in the form and content prescribed by the local government board and shall set out the nature of the emergency in full.

c. A copy of the resolution shall be filed forthwith with the director.

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