N.J. Stat. § 40A:14-78.16: Fiscal year

Commencing January 1, 1986 all fire district fiscal years shall begin on January 1 and end December 31. Any fire district with a fiscal year commencing at any time during 1985, but ending subsequent to December 31, 1985, shall adopt a budget pursuant to law which ends December 31, 1985, notwithstanding that such requirement results in a fiscal year of less than 12 full calendar months of duration. Any budget heretofore adopted for a fiscal year commencing at any time during 1985 but ending subsequent to December 31, 1985 shall be amended such that the fiscal year to which it pertains shall terminate on December 31, 1985, notwithstanding that such action results in a fiscal year of less than 12 full calendar months.

L. 1985, c. 288, s. 12, eff. Aug. 14, 1985.