New Jersey § 5:8-116

§ 5:8-116.

Upon a petition signed by qualified voters of any municipality equal in number to

at least 15 percent of the total number of votes cast therein at the latest preceding general election

for members of the General Assembly and filed with the clerk of the municipality at

least 60 days before such election, the governing body of the municipality shall provide

for the submission to the legal voters of the municipality at such general election,

the question of whether this act shall become operative or cease to be operative in

such municipality, as the case may be. If, upon such submission of the question, the majority of all the valid votes cast

on the question shall be in favor of having this act inoperative in the municipality,

then this act shall, 60 days thereafter, become inoperative in the municipality. The question shall be deemed to be a public question and shall be submitted to the

voters as in the case of other public questions. The question shall be stated as follows: In the blank space set forth in the above box, the word “operative” or “inoperative”

shall be inserted in the question when it is submitted to the voters of the municipality

according to whether this act became operative by reason of the vote on the question

submitted to all the voters of the State as to whether this act should become operative. If a majority of the voters in the municipality who voted on the said general public

question was in the affirmative and, thereby, under the provisions of this act, municipal

licenses are authorized, then the word “inoperative” should be included in the above

blank space, but if this act does not become operative in the municipality because

a majority of the votes cast therein on the general public question was in the negative,

then the word “operative” should be inserted in the above-mentioned blank space. If this act shall have become operative in any municipality by reason of a referendum

vote therein, as herein provided, and a further referendum is authorized to determine

the question of whether this act shall become inoperative notwithstanding such previous

approval by the voters, then the word “inoperative” should be inserted in the above

blank space.