New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 30 - LOCAL FINANCE BOARD
Subchapter 3 - ANNUAL BUDGET
Section 5:30-3.6 - Emergency appropriations

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:30-3.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) For emergency appropriations made after the adoption of the annual budget, for a purpose unforeseen at the time of adoption, and made pursuant to 40A:4-46 through 40A:4-49, the local unit shall file the following documents are with the Director with five working ways of the passage of the emergency resolution:

1. Two certified copies of the resolution authorizing the emergency appropriation;

2. An affidavit of the chief financial officer as required by 40A:4-52; and

3. For any emergency appropriation entitled "Down payments on improvements," an accounting of the capital improvement fund from the beginning of the budget year through the date of introduction of the related ordinance.

(b) For special emergency appropriations adopted pursuant to 40A:4-53 through 55, appropriations shall be made in the subsequent year's budgets pursuant to the following:

1. In the case of a five year emergency, an amount not less than 20 percent of the net deferred charge, unless the local unit elects to include a greater amount, until the emergency has been funded in full.

2. In the case of a three year emergency, an amount not less than one-third of the net deferred charge, unless the local unit elects to include a greater amount until the emergency has been funded in full.

(c) Revenues from Federal or State governments for emergencies resulting from natural or other disaster shall be recognized as miscellaneous revenues, or may be credited to the appropriation, only if the grant is a reimbursement for funds expended by the local unit for emergency purposes in advance of receipt of the grant and in the fiscal year the emergency took place.

(d) If an emergency appropriation is being funded by ordinance, adopted pursuant to the Local Bond Law, the funding shall be for the net amount reflected in the deferred charge and shall represent the total subject to bonding, plus not more than one percent of the amount of the deferred charge for the costs of issuing the bonds.

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