Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-60

  • 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.
Any unexpended balances of appropriations may, by resolution of the governing body, be canceled prior to the end of the fiscal year. Said resolution shall set forth the titles of the appropriations and the amounts to be canceled therefrom.

At the end of the next succeeding fiscal year, all remaining unexpended balances shall forthwith lapse, and no disbursement shall thereafter be made therefrom, except to cover specific contracts or agreements in existence at the close of such succeeding fiscal year.

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