40:41A-1 - Submission of charter study question - New Jersey Statutes

40:41A-1.  Submission of charter study question
    Whenever authorized by resolution of the board of freeholders or on petition  of the registered voters of any county, an election shall be held in the county  upon the question,  "Shall a charter study commission be created to study the  present governmental structure of  .   .   .  county, to consider and make  findings concerning the form of county government and to make recommendations  thereon?"   A petition calling for such an election shall bear the signatures  of a number of persons registered to vote in the county equal to or exceeding  in number 10% of the persons registered to vote in the county on the fortieth  day preceding the most recent previous primary or general election.  Whenever  such resolution or petition shall be filed with him, the county clerk shall  provide for submission of the question at the next general election occurring  not less than 60 days after the date of such filing.  At the election, the  question shall be submitted in the same manner as other public questions.

    When a resolution or petition for the creation of a charter study commission  has been duly filed with the county clerk, no other such resolution or petition  and no other proceedings for the adoption of any other charter or form of  government available to the county may be filed unless the voters shall decide  the aforesaid question in the negative or until the charter study commission  created by the voters shall have been discharged.

     L.1972, c. 154, s. 1, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.  Amended by L.1975, c. 84, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1975.