{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-4-8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40A:4-8","heading":"Public hearing; time and place.","body":"The public hearing shall be held at the time and place specified in the advertisement thereof, but may be adjourned from time to time until the hearing is closed.\nThe budget shall be read, at the public hearing in full, or it may be read by its title, if\n1.\tAt least one week prior to the date of the hearing and at the hearing, a complete copy of the approved budget,\na.\tshall be made available for public inspection, and\nb.\tshall be made available to each person upon request, and\n2.\tThe governing body shall, by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership, determine that the budget shall be read by its title and declare that the conditions set forth in subsection 1. of this section have been met.\nAfter closing the hearing, the governing body may adopt the budget, by title without amendments, or may approve amendments as provided in N.J.S.40A:4-9 before adoption.\namended 1964, c.78, s.2; 1995, c.259, s.9; 2015, c.95, s.14.","path":["TITLE 40A 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":"8557a70c31b2a48bbaf646c46f92ebda661c2e608ebefa77de44fc1873446ee0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-4-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40a-4-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}