40:74-7 - Board may submit ordinances of own volition; several questions submitted - New Jersey Statutes

40:74-7.  Board may submit ordinances of own volition;  several questions submitted
    Any ordinance or measure, except an ordinance, or portion thereof, fixing the salaries, wages or compensation of the employees of the municipality, that the board of commissioners or the qualified electors of the municipality shall have authority to enact, the board may on its own motion submit to the electors  for adoption or rejection at a general election, regular municipal election, or  special municipal election in the same manner and with the same effect as is  herein provided for ordinances or measures submitted on petition.  At any  special election called under the provisions of chapters 70 to 76 of this Title  (R.S. 40:70-1 et seq.), there shall be no bar to the submission of other  questions to a vote of the electors in addition to the ordinances or measures  provided for in this section and R.S. 40:74-5 and R.S. 40:74-9, if the other  questions are such as may legally be submitted at such election.  If the  provisions of two or more measures approved or adopted at the same election  conflict, then the measure receiving the highest affirmative vote shall  control.

     Amended by L.1976, c. 96, s. 5, eff. Sept. 21, 1976;  L.1982, c. 145, s. 10, eff. Sept. 28, 1982.