{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-20-7","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:20-7","heading":"Referendum;  procedure","body":"The provisions of sections 40:20-2 to 40:20-19 of this title shall remain inoperative in any county of the first class until assented to by a majority of  the legal voters thereof voting for and against the same, at an election to be  held in such county as hereinafter in sections 40:20-8 to 40:20-18 of this  title provided.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"3a2850589c7563c63f2d14938c87dd416660df2b8646b867737048942cbe3d78","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-20-6","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-20-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}