5:8-115 - Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum - New Jersey Statutes

5:8-115.  Issuance of licenses after municipal approval of act; municipal referendum
    Licenses issuable by a municipality under the provisions of this act may be  issued only where in such municipality a majority of the votes cast therein  upon the question whether this act shall be approved upon the submission of the  question to the voters of all the State shall have been cast in favor of the  adoption of this act.  If the majority of the votes cast upon the said question  of the adoption of this act in any municipality is against such adoption, then  no license may be issued under this act by such municipality unless authorized  by the votes cast on the question, in the municipality, by a municipal  referendum as hereinafter provided in this act. If, in the municipality, a  majority of the votes cast therein upon the question of whether this act shall  be adopted is in the affirmative, such action by the voters of the said  municipality shall be deemed to be an approval of the authority to the  municipality to grant licenses under this act and such approval shall continue  unless this act shall become inoperative in the municipality upon a referendum  to the voters of the municipality as provided in this act.

     L.1959, c. 109, p. 516, s. 16.