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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:4-51

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • fiscal year: means the period for which a local unit adopts a budget, as required pursuant to the "Local Budget Law" N. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
  • local unit: means a county or municipality. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
Any local unit may borrow money and issue its negotiable notes to meet an emergency appropriation. Each such note shall be authorized by resolution of the governing body, shall be designated an “emergency note” , and may be renewed from time to time. All such notes, and any renewals thereof, shall mature not later than the last day of the fiscal year next succeeding the fiscal year in which such notes were issued and the emergency appropriation authorized. The provisions of this chapter relating to tax anticipation notes shall apply to emergency notes except for limitations as to maturity and renewals.

L.1960, c. 169, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1962.