{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-85-8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:85-8","heading":"Municipal council to pass resolution to place question on ballot","body":"The municipal council, upon receiving the petition shall, within five days,  pass a resolution and forward it to the county clerk, requesting that the  question be placed upon the general election ballot, as required by law, for  submission of a public question.","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":"b60075549372b8a36f8104bbb852d6806af0ecd23c7d46719cb97a9d50bfa521","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-85-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-85-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}