18A:22-38. If the governing body or bodies fail to certify any amount determined to be necessary pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C. 18A:7F-5) for any item rejected at the annual April school election, or in the event that the governing bodies of the municipalities comprising a school district, shall certify different amounts, then the commissioner shall determine the amount or amounts which in his judgment, are necessary to be appropriated, for each of the items appearing in the budget, submitted to the governing body or bodies, and certify to the county board of taxation the totals of the amount determined to be necessary for the general fund expenses of the schools; and the amount certified shall be included in the taxes to be assessed, levied and collected in the municipality or municipalities for those purposes.

amended 1968, c.295, s.8; 1969, c.250, s.3; 1993, c.83, s.11; 1996, c.138, s.60; 2007, c.260, s.54; 2011, c.202, s.22.