New Jersey § 40:76-11 Clerk to examine amended petition;  procedure same as with original

New Jersey Statutes

§ 40:76-11 — Clerk to examine amended petition; procedure same as with original

New Jersey § 40:76-11

Title 40MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:76-11 (2026).

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The municipal clerk shall make a similar examination of the amended or supplemented petition, as is provided for in section 40:76-5 of this Title when the petition was originally filed. If this examination shows that the petition as amended or supplemented, does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, he shall again within ten days from the date of its being filed with him, as amended or supplemented, personally serve his written objections upon the agent as is provided in section 40:76-6 of this Title and the agent may apply to the judge of the Superior Court for review of the clerk's determination, in the same manner as is provided in section 40:76-7 of this Title. The same procedure shall be followed by the court as is provided in sections 40:76-8 and 40:76-9 of this Title. This 

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The municipal clerk shall make a similar examination of the amended or supplemented petition, as is provided for in section 40:76-5 of this Title when the petition was originally filed. If this examination shows that the petition as amended or supplemented, does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, he shall again within ten days from the date of its being filed with him, as amended or supplemented, personally serve his written objections upon the agent as is provided in section 40:76-6 of this Title and the agent may apply to the judge of the Superior Court for review of the clerk's determination, in the same manner as is provided in section 40:76-7 of this Title. The same procedure shall be followed by the court as is provided in sections 40:76-8 and 40:76-9 of this Title. This shall be without prejudice to the filing with the clerk, of further amended or supplemented petitions to which the same procedure shall apply, as is provided for when an original petition is filed with the municipal clerk. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 736, s. 247, eff. March 19, 1953.