New Jersey § 55:14g-31
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 55:14g-31, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55:14g-31.
If, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, 1 the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for
temporary emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall certify therein
that in the judgment of said governing body the existing temporary emergency housing
in such municipality will be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1
year, and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, any
contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing theretofore entered into by
such municipality with the said administrator pursuant to said act shall thereupon
be extended for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year and
shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended
by such resolution notwithstanding any terms or conditions of such contract and any
provisions of said act to the contrary; provided, that, if the governing body of
any municipality in which the maximum period of emergency provided in said act expired
subsequent to February 15, 1954 and prior to the effective date of this supplement
to said act, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emergency housing
continues in such municipality and shall certify therein that in the judgment of said
governing body the existing temporary emergency housing in such municipality will
be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1 year, and shall file a certified
copy of such resolution with the administrator, such municipality may enter into a
contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing with the said administrator
for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year, and any contract
thereby entered into shall continue in full force and effect during the period of
the emergency as so extended by such resolution notwithstanding any provisions of
said act to the contrary; provided, further, that only 1 resolution of extension
pursuant to this supplement 2 to said act shall be adopted by any governing body. 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 55:14G-1 to 55:14G-17, 55:14G-18 to 55:14G-26. 2
N.J.S.A. §§ 55:14G-31, 55:14G-32.
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