N.J. Stat. § 17:52-7: Hearing on application for commissioner

At the time and place designated for the hearing, the incorporators shall file proof with the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance that the requirements, if any, for public notice of the hearing have been complied with, and the commissioner shall afford all those desirous thereof, an opportunity to be heard. In addition to the matters presented at the hearing, the commissioner shall consider such facts and circumstances as he may determine to be relevant as a result of an independent investigation made or caused to be made by him. The commissioner shall cause a stenographic record of the hearing to be made, the cost whereof shall be paid by the incorporators.

L.1957, c. 218, p. 756, s. 7.