New Jersey § 40:69A-188 Amendment of initiative or referendum petition

New Jersey Statutes

§ 40:69A-188 — Amendment of initiative or referendum petition

New Jersey § 40:69A-188

Title 40MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:69A-188 (2026).

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An initiative or referendum petition may be amended at any time within ten days after the notification of insufficiency has been served by the municipal clerk, by filing a supplementary petition upon additional papers signed and filed as provided in case of an original petition. The municipal clerk shall, within five days after such an amendment is filed, examine the amended petition and, if the petition be still insufficient, he shall file his certificate to that effect in his office and notify the Committee of the Petitioners of his findings and no further action shall be had on such insufficient petition. The finding of the insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose. L.1950, c. 210, p. 517, s. 17-39, eff. June 8, 1950.

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An initiative or referendum petition may be amended at any time within ten days after the notification of insufficiency has been served by the municipal clerk, by filing a supplementary petition upon additional papers signed and filed as provided in case of an original petition. The municipal clerk shall, within five days after such an amendment is filed, examine the amended petition and, if the petition be still insufficient, he shall file his certificate to that effect in his office and notify the Committee of the Petitioners of his findings and no further action shall be had on such insufficient petition. The finding of the insufficiency of a petition shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose. L.1950, c. 210, p. 517, s. 17-39, eff. June 8, 1950.