{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-98","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:62-98","heading":"Objections to ordinance;  filing","body":"No water district or districts shall be created or established, or water systems constructed, or any contract entered into for the installation, construction, operation or maintenance of such systems or for a supply of water, in any municipality where before the final reading of the ordinance, objections thereto in writing are filed with the municipal clerk, by the owners  of fifty-one per cent in value of the lands and real estate in the district  proposed to be assessed for benefits.\nThe question as to whether the necessary fifty-one per cent have joined in such objections, shall be determined by the governing body which shall use for this purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxation.","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":"360bc78e0fd16ad27d127fbcae91479eb8c6170ff0070f6f589c506d57e7a1b0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-97","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-62-99"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}