40:69A-191 - Submission of ordinance to voters; withdrawal of petition - New Jersey Statutes

40:69A-191.  Submission of ordinance to voters;  withdrawal of petition
    If within 20 days of the submission of a certified petition by the municipal  clerk the council shall fail to pass an ordinance requested by an initiative  petition in substantially the form requested or to repeal an ordinance as  requested by a referendum petition, the municipal clerk shall submit the  ordinance to the voters unless, within 10 days after final adverse action by  the council or after the expiration of the time allowed for such action, as the  case may be, a paper signed by at least four of the five members of the  Committee of the Petitioners shall be filed with the municipal clerk requesting  that the petition be withdrawn.  Upon the filing of such a request, the  original petition shall cease to have any force or effect.

     L.1950, c. 210, p. 518, s. 17-42, eff. June 8, 1950.  Amended by L.1982, c. 145, s. 3, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.