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Bill Text

A3978 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3978 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman KEVIN P. EGAN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Concerns local unit budget processes and related 
operations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

�� 

An Act concerning local unit budget processes and related 
operations and amending various parts of the statutory law.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 3-16 of P.L.1950, 
c.210 (C.40:69A-46) is amended to read as follows:

���� Except in those municipalities 
which operate on the State fiscal year pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, 
c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2), on or before [the fifteenth day of the fiscal 
year] February 
28, the mayor shall submit to council [his] the 
mayor�s recommended budget together with such explanatory comment or 
statement as [he] the mayor 
may deem desirable.� The budget shall be in such form as is required by law for 
municipal budgets, and shall, in addition, have appended thereto 
a detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and revenue. Council 
may reduce any item or items in the mayor's budget by a vote of a majority of 
the council, but an increase in any item or items therein shall become 
effective only upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of 
council.� 

(cf: P.L.1991, c.75, s.6)

���� 2.� Section 9-17 of P.L.1950, 
c.210 (C.40:69A-97) is amended to read as follows:

���� Except in those municipalities 
which operate on the State fiscal year pursuant to section 2 or 3 of P.L.1991, 
c.75 (C.40A:4-3.1 or C.40A:4-3.2), on or before [the fifteenth day of the fiscal 
year] February 
28, the municipal manager shall submit to council [his] the municipal 
manager�s recommended budget together with such explanatory comment or 
statement as [he] the municipal 
manager may deem desirable.� The budget shall be in such form as is 
required by law for municipal budgets, and shall, in addition, 
have appended thereto detailed analysis of the various items of expenditure and 
revenue.� 

���� The council shall, where 
practicable, provide, by ordinance, for the operation of a system 
of work programs and quarterly allotments for operation of the budget, and for 
development and reporting of appropriate unit costs of budgeted expenditures.

(cf: P.L.1991, c.75, s.7)

���� 3.� R.S.40:82-4 is amended to 
read as follows:

���� The municipal manager shall:

���� a.� Be the chief executive and 
administrative official of the municipality;

���� b.� Compile and submit to the 
municipal council the tentative annual budget which, in municipalities that 
operate on a calendar fiscal year, shall be submitted to the municipal council 
on or before February 28;

���� c.� Execute all laws and 
ordinances of the municipality;

���� d.� Appoint and remove all 
department heads and all other officers, subordinates, and assistants for whose 
selection or removal no other method is provided in this subtitle, supervise 
and control his appointees, and report all� appointments or removals at the 
next meeting thereafter of the municipal council;

���� e.� Negotiate contracts for 
the municipality subject to the approval of the� municipal council, make 
recommendations concerning the nature and location of� municipal improvements, 
and execute municipal improvements as determined by the� municipal council;

���� f.� See that all terms and 
conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants in any 
statute, public utility franchise or other contract are faithfully kept and 
performed, and upon knowledge of any violation call the� same to the attention 
of the municipal council;

���� g.� Attend all meetings of the 
municipal council with the right to take part� in the discussions, but without 
the right to vote;

���� h.� Recommend to the municipal 
council for adoption such measures as he may� deem necessary or expedient, and 
make reports to the council as requested by� it, and at least once a year make 
an annual report of his work for the benefit� of the council and the public;

���� i.� Investigate at any time 
the affairs of any officer or department of the� municipality;

���� j.� Perform such other duties 
as may be required of the municipal manager by� ordinance or resolution of the 
municipal council.

���� The municipal manager shall in 
all matters act under the direction and supervision and subject to the approval 
of the municipal council.

(cf: R.S.40:82-4)

���� 4.� N.J.S.40A:4-5 is amended 
to read as follows:

���� 40A:4-5.���� The governing 
body shall introduce and approve the annual budget:

���� a.��� In the case of a county, 
not later than [January 
26] March 
31 of the calendar fiscal year or the date of the next regularly 
scheduled meeting of the governing body thereafter.

���� b.��� In