New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-8. Public hearing; time and place
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-8
- budget: means the budget of a local unit. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The budget shall be read, at the public hearing in full, or it may be read by its title, if
1. At least one week prior to the date of the hearing and at the hearing, a complete copy of the approved budget,
a. shall be made available for public inspection, and
b. shall be made available to each person upon request, and
2. The governing body shall, by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership, determine that the budget shall be read by its title and declare that the conditions set forth in subsection 1. of this section have been met.
After closing the hearing, the governing body may adopt the budget, by title without amendments, or may approve amendments as provided in N.J.S. 40A:4-9 before adoption.
amended 1964, c.78, s.2; 1995, c.259, s.9; 2015, c.95, s.14.