{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-76-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:76-12","heading":"When petition finally accepted clerk to call election; procedure","body":"When it has been determined, by either the municipal clerk or a judge of the  Superior Court, that the petition conforms to the provisions of this chapter,  the clerk shall forthwith call a special election, to be held not later than  August fifteenth, in any year, for the submission of the question of the  abandonment of the commission form of government, to the legal voters of the  municipality by proceeding in the manner hereinafter in this chapter provided.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 736, s. 248, eff. March 19, 1953.","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":"9f48b77a6ab050d757dbb56b40d79e4a9b2716a88c83543c94f27a4491948e8e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-76-11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-76-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}