17. The members of the governing body of each authority shall, within 45 days of receipt of the annual audit, certify by resolution to the Local Finance Board that each member thereof has personally reviewed the annual audit report, and specifically the sections of the audit report entitled Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs and General Comments and Recommendations, and has evidenced same by group affidavit signed by a majority of the full membership of the authority in the form prescribed by the Local Finance Board. Failure to comply with this provision may subject the members of the authority to the penalty provisions of section 52 of P.L.1947, c.151 (C. 52:27BB-52).

L.1983, c.313, s.17; amended 1987, c.319, s.8; 2015, c.95, s.20.