New Jersey § 40a:4-45
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 40a:4-45, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40a:4-45.
a. In any budget year subsequent to 1982, whenever a county or municipality shall
have lawfully assumed, during the immediately preceding budget year, or at any time
during the current budget year prior to the final adoption of the budget, the provision
of any service or function funded during the immediately preceding budget year wholly
by a local public utility, a local public authority or a special purposes district,
and where the provision of that service or function by the county or municipality
is the result of the lawful dissolution of the public utility, public authority, or
special services district previously providing the service or function, the county
or municipality shall add to the final appropriations for the current budget year
upon which its permissible expenditures are calculated, or upon which its permissible
county tax levy is calculated, the amount certified by the Local Finance Board for
appropriation by the county or municipality to fund that service or function in the
current budget year. b. In any budget year subsequent to 1982, whenever a county shall have lawfully assumed,
during the immediately preceding budget year, or at any time during the current budget
year prior to the final adoption of the budget, the provision of any service or function
funded during the immediately preceding budget year wholly or partially by one or
more municipalities within the county from appropriations in the municipal budget,
the county shall add to the final appropriations for the current year upon which its
permissible county tax levy is calculated the amount certified by the Local Finance
Board for appropriation by the county to fund that service or function in the current
budget year. c. The Local Finance Board shall approve the assumption of any service or function
for the purpose of its eligibility under the provisions of this section. The board shall approve the assumption if it finds: that the assumption was lawfully
made; that the assumption does not deleteriously affect the health, safety or welfare
of the residents of a county or municipality; and that the assumption represents
an efficient and feasible means of providing the service or function. The board shall, in approving the assumption, certify to the county or municipality
assuming the service or function the amount of appropriation to fund the service or
function which shall be eligible for the provisions of this section.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 40a:4-45
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