{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:54-8.1","heading":"Limitation on increase in amount raised by taxation.","body":"5.\tAny increase in the amount raised by taxation for the municipal library as required by R.S.40:54-8 shall not exceed the total amount expended by the municipality in the previous year plus 15% of the previous year's total expenditures for the maintenance of a free public library; except that the State Librarian is authorized to approve additional appropriations to any municipality that requests to appropriate an amount in excess of 15% of the previous year's total library expenditures.\nL.1985,c.541,s.5; amended 2001, c.137, s.53.","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":"b08bb138d62e6c45bdcb8d03dbd3b9ba6608a3e600adafb4eff376888f861f86","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-54-8.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}