40A:14-78.10 - Reserve item transfers - New Jersey Statutes

40A:14-78.10.  Reserve item transfers     a.   If, during the first two months of any fiscal year, the amount of any appropriation reserve in any line item of the operating appropriations section of the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year is insufficient to pay the claims authorized or incurred during the preceding year, and there shall be an excess in any appropriation reserve in another line item of the operating appropriations section, the board of fire commissioners of any fire district may, by resolution adopted by not less than a 2/3 vote of the full membership thereof, transfer the amount of the excess to the appropriation reserve deemed to be insufficient or for which no reserve was provided.

   b.   No transfers may be made under this section from appropriation reserves for:

   (1)  Contingent expenses,

   (2)  Down payments,

   (3)  Capital improvements.

   L. 1985, c. 288, s. 6, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.