Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-77

  • 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
  • local unit: means a county or municipality. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
The director shall determine upon the basis of information and data available whether:

a. all estimates of revenue are reasonable, accurate and correctly stated;

b. items of appropriation are properly set forth;

c. in itemization, form, arrangement and content, the budget will permit the exercise of the comptroller function within the local unit;

d. the budget complies with the requirements of law and the regulations of the local government board.

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