New Jersey § 1:6-15
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 1:6-15, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1:6-15.
In any case in which an ordinance or resolution authorizing the filing of a petition
with the Legislature for the passage of a private, special or local law, pursuant
to the provisions of this act, 1 shall be adopted, it shall be the duty of the chief executive officer of the municipality,
or the presiding officer of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, to cause
a petition, describing the general nature of the private, special or local law sought
to be passed, to be prepared and signed by him and attested by the clerk of the municipality
or of the board of chosen freeholders under the corporate seal of the municipality
or county, and to cause to be published notice of the intention to apply for the passage
of a bill of the general nature described in the petition pursuant to the provisions
of section 1:6-1 of the Revised Statutes at the next session of the Legislature at
which such application can be made after compliance with such provisions, and to cause
to be prepared and introduced in the Legislature at said session a private, special
or local bill, to carry out the purposes of said petition, for the action of the Legislature
thereon. 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 1:6-10 to 1:6-20.
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