Bill Text: NJ A1513 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that amendments to municipal budget may be provided in writing at public hearing rather than being read in full.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee [A1513 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1513-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY CHIAPPONE
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that amendments to municipal budget may be provided in writing at public hearing rather than being read in full.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning amendments to municipal budgets and amending N.J.S.40A:4-9.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.40A:4-9 is amended to read as follows:
40A:4-9. a. Amendments to budgets required by the director may be made prior to the time of holding the public hearing on the budget, without public advertisement.
b. The governing body may amend the budget during or after the public hearing. All amendments shall either be read in full, or provided in writing to all members of the governing body and attendees at the public hearing, and shall be forthwith submitted to the director.
c. Except as provided in subsection e. of this section, no amendment by the governing body shall be effective until taxpayers and all persons having an interest therein shall have been granted a public hearing thereon, if such amendment shall:
1. add a new item of appropriation in an amount in excess of 1% of the total amount of appropriations as stated in the approved budget, or
2. increase or decrease any item of appropriation by more than 10%, or
3. increase the amount to be raised by taxes by more than 5%, unless the same is made to include an emergency temporary appropriation only.
Notice of hearing on any amendment shall be advertised at least three days before the date set therefor. Any such amendment must be published in full or by a summary pursuant to subsection d. of this section in the same manner as an original publication and must either be read in full, or provided in writing to all members of the governing body and attendees, at the hearing and before adoption.
d. The governing body of a municipality or county may satisfy the publication requirements for an amendment by publishing a summary stating the main provisions of the amendment and the location, telephone number and office hours of the principal municipal or county building where copies of the amendment are available and the name of the person or office to be contacted if a person wants to receive a copy of the amendment by mail. The summary shall be published in the manner provided in subsection b. of section 12 of P.L.1995, c.259 (C.40A:4-6.1).
e. Amendments to budgets required by the director after certification of State aid amounts, for the purpose of appropriating State aid revenue to be received by the municipality in the local budget year that may have the effect of reducing the amount required to be raised by taxation for local purposes, may be made without public advertisement or public hearing.
(cf: P.L.1995, c.259, s.10)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that when a municipal governing body amends a municipal budget, all amendments shall either be read in full, or provided in writing to all members of the governing body and attendees at the public hearing, before they are submitted to the director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury. Under current law, the amendments must be read in full at the public hearing.
