{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-41a-16","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:41A-16","heading":"Form of the referendum question","body":"If the charter study commission shall have recommended that the voters approve one of the optional forms contained in this act, the following question, framed by the commission to conform with its recommendations shall be  submitted to the voters:\n\"Shall the (designating the caption of article 3, 4, 5 or 6) of the Optional County Charter Law be adopted for          county, with provision for a board of freeholders of (designating 5, 7 or 9) members elected for (concurrent or nonconcurrent, as the case may be) terms and elected (all at large, or all from 5, 7 or 9 districts) (or with a combination of 2 at large, 3  by districts, or 3 at large, 4 by districts or 4 at large, 5 by districts, as  the case may be)?\"\nL.1972, c. 154, s. 16, eff. Sept. 19, 1972.","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":"fbf8dd82c474c13ad96ee4947ec61a780a9bf402423df00ddf9cc8afe2927b83","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-41a-15","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-41a-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}