Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 40, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

    Chapter 49: "Ordinance" and "resolution" defined

      Section: 40:49-18: Filing of report; hearing; notice of hearing

           40:49-18. Upon the receipt of the report by the governing body, the same shall be filed by it, and it shall then, or at a subsequent regular meeting, fix a time and place when and where it will meet to consider all objections to the report or improvement which are presented in writing, and it shall cause the ordinance to be published in its entirety or by its title together with a notice of introduction, the time and place when and where a copy of the ordinance can be obtained without cost by any member of the general public who desires a copy, and a clear and concise statement prepared by the clerk of the governing body setting forth the purpose of the ordinance, once in a newspaper published and circulating in the municipality, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper printed in the county and circulating in the municipality, together with a notice of the introduction thereof, and of the filing of the map and report.

The notice shall contain a general description of the improvement intended, of the land to be taken, of the land to be assessed for the improvement, and of the awards made, and shall state the time and place when and where the governing body will meet to hear and consider any objections, to the report or to the improvement, which are presented in writing.

Amended 1995,c.259,s.7.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:52.

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