New Jersey § 40a:4-45

§ 40a:4-45.

a. A budget request submitted to the county governing body by a county entity budget

authority on behalf of a county entity shall be comprised of two parts: the amount

to be raised by property taxation, and the amount to be funded wholly through federal

or State funds, fees raised by the county entity, or other sources. b. In the preparation of the portion of its budget request to be raised by property

taxation, a county entity budget authority shall limit any increase in that portion

of its budget request to 2.0% of the previous year's budget request, subject to the

exclusions set forth in subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c. 62 ( C.40A:4-45.45 ), except that election expenses shall be exempt from the requirements of this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, “ election expenses ” shall mean and include all necessary expenses incurred by the superintendent of

elections, county clerk, and board of elections for each county related to election

costs and the administration, preparation, and implementation of all elections, including

all vendor related contract services; voting machine maintenance, repairs, parts

and equipment, certification, and technical coding; transportation of voting machines

and election supplies; overtime for all staff related to election duty; food services

during election; poll workers, machine technicians, and other temporary workers;

supplies; office equipment; printing; postage; advertisement costs, upon being

certified to by the superintendent of elections, county clerk, and board of elections

for each county; but shall not mean or include staff salaries for the office of the

superintendent of elections, staff salaries for the county clerk, or staff salaries

for the county board of elections. c. Nothing in P.L.2015, c. 249 ( C.40A:4-45.45b et al.) shall diminish the obligations of a county under a collective bargaining

agreement with its employees in force on the effective date of P.L.2015, c. 249 ( C.40A:4-45.45b et al.).