40:69A-187 - Filing of petition papers; examination; certification of result - New Jersey Statutes

40:69A-187.  Filing of petition papers;  examination;  certification of result
    All petition papers comprising an initiative or referendum petition shall be  assembled and filed with the municipal clerk as one instrument. Within twenty  days after a petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall determine whether  each paper of the petition has a proper statement of the circulator and whether  the petition is signed by a sufficient number of qualified voters.  After  completing his examination of the petition, the municipal clerk shall certify  the result thereof to the council at its next regular meeting.  If he shall  certify that the petition is insufficient he shall set forth in his certificate  the particulars in which it is defective and shall at once notify at least two  members of the Committee of the Petitioners of his findings.

     L.1950, c. 210, p. 517, s. 17-38, eff. June 8, 1950.