{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:54-2","heading":"Referendum","body":"No such library shall be established in any municipality unless assented to  by a majority of the legal voters of the municipality, at an election, general  or special, at which the question of the adoption of this article shall be  submitted to vote by direction of the governing body.","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":"0f1fff45d398fad3cabd687b72473b87f45123232bd37815809811f84612a654","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}