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NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-2 - Chapters designated by Arabic numerals

1:2-2. Chapters designated by Arabic numerals  Arabic numerals shall be used to designate the numbers of the chapters of the several laws in the order in which they are enacted.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-3 - Effective date of public acts

1:2-3. Effective date of public acts  No public act shall go into operation or be in force until the fourth day of July next after the passage thereof, unless otherwise specially provided for in such act.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-3.1 - Format of bills, joint resolutions for Governor's signature.

1:2-3.1 Format of bills, joint resolutions for Governor's signature.  1. Every bill and every joint resolution which has passed the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor in the same text as that in which it passed the Legislature and it shall be acted upon by the Governor accordingly but any bill or joint resolution in which material enclosed in bold-faced brackets is included shall, if it becomes law, be construed as though the material so included was omitted therefrom and no material so included shall be or constitute any part of the statute so enacted but a legend shall be affixed to the bottom of the first page of the bill or joint resolution indicating that material so included is intended to be omitted from the bill or joint resolution, when it becomes law. In addition, every annual appropriations bill which has passed the Legislature that may include one or more displays of summaries of items of appropriations as may appear within the bill shall not, if the bill becomes law, be construed as though the material so included within any display of summaries of items of appropriations constitutes any part of the act and a legend shall be affixed to the bottom of the first page of the bill indicating that material included within any display is intended to be for the purpose of displaying summaries of the items of appropriations set forth elsewhere within that act and, while included within the text of the law, is not intended to be part of the law. L.1954,c.28,s.1; amended 1999, c.98, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-3.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-3.2 - Display of summaries of appropriations.

1:2-3.2 Display of summaries of appropriations.  1. Unless it is otherwise expressly provided, the following display, or a substantially similar display, of summaries of appropriations as may appear within an annual appropriations act shall not be deemed to be part of that act but shall be for the purpose of displaying summaries of the items of appropriations made elsewhere within that act:  (For Display Purposes Only) Summary of Appropriations - Department of [Name of Department]  Appropriations by Category:  Direct State Services..........................................$(subtotal)  Grants-in-Aid.................................................... $(subtotal)  State Aid............................................................$(subtotal)  Appropriations by Fund:  General Fund......................................................$(subtotal)  Property Tax Relief Fund................................... $(subtotal)  Casino Revenue Fund.........................................$(subtotal)  L.1999,c.98,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-4 - Printed laws as evidence

1:2-4. Printed laws as evidence  All the laws heretofore printed, and all that may hereafter be printed by authority of this state, shall be received in evidence before any court in this state, anything in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-5 - Enacted bills and resolutions; delivery to governor; signing by governor and delivery to secretary of state; filing by secretary of state

1:2-5. Enacted bills and resolutions; delivery to governor; signing by governor and delivery to secretary of state; filing by secretary of state  On the passage of any bill, or the adoption of any joint resolution, by both Houses of the Legislature, the same shall be delivered to the Governor or person administering the government, who, if he shall approve such bill or joint resolution, shall sign and deliver the same to the Secretary of State, to be filed in his office, in such order that the laws and joint resolutions of each sitting of the Legislature shall be kept separately, according to the year in which they shall be passed, and not delivered to any person whatsoever, but safely kept by the Secretary of State in his office, and not suffered to be taken or removed therefrom on any pretext whatsoever. Amended by L.1948, c. 13, p. 60, s. 1, eff. July 4, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-6 - Bills not signed or vetoed by governor; indorsement and certification by governor; delivery to, indorsement and filing by secretary of state

1:2-6. Bills not signed or vetoed by governor; indorsement and certification by governor; delivery to, indorsement and filing by secretary of state  If any bill shall pass both Houses of the Legislature, and be presented to the Governor pursuant to Article V, Section I, paragraph 14, of the Constitution of this State, and the same shall not be returned to the house in which it originated within the time limited by the Constitution, whereby the same has become a law, in like manner as if the Governor had signed the same, the Governor shall indorse thereon, and sign, a certificate of the true time the same was presented to him, and deliver the same to the Secretary of State, who shall indorse thereon, and sign, a certificate of the time it was delivered to him, and file and keep the same in his office, to be there safely kept, with the other laws of the same sitting, as directed by section 1:2-5 of this Title. Amended by L.1948, c. 13, p. 61, s. 2, eff. July 4, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-7 - Bills passed over governor's veto; delivery to and filing by secretary of state

1:2-7. Bills passed over governor's veto; delivery to and filing by secretary of state  If any bill, passed by both houses of the legislature and presented to the governor, and returned by him with his objections to the house in which it originated, shall nevertheless afterwards become a law in the manner prescribed by the constitution, the presiding officer of the house in which such bill originated shall deliver the same to the secretary of state, who shall file and keep the same in his office, with the other laws of the same sitting, as directed by section 1:2-5 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:2-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:2-8 - Certified copies of filed bills and resolutions; use as evidence; fee

1:2-8. Certified copies of filed bills and resolutions; use as evidence; fee  The secretary of state shall give copies of any law or joint resolution filed in his office pursuant to sections 1:2-5, 1:2-6 and 1:2-7 of this title to any person making application therefor, which copies, when certified by the secretary of state, under his hand and seal, to be true copies, shall be received in evidence in any court of the state, and be as good and effectual as if the originals were then and there produced and proved. The secretary of state, for furnishing copies pursuant to this section, shall receive from the person making application for such copies the fee allowed by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-2 - Delivery to printer of true copies of laws, joint resolutions, proclamations and index, and analyses, tables and schedules

1:3-2. Delivery to printer of true copies of laws, joint resolutions, proclamations and index, and analyses, tables and schedules  The Office of Legislative Services shall deliver a true copy of each law and joint resolution filed with the Secretary of State, prepared in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 1:3-1, to the printer having the contract to print the laws. The office shall also furnish to such printer copies of such proclamations of the Governor to be printed with the laws, and copy for the index prepared by it pursuant to R.S. 1:3-1, together with such analyses, tables and schedules indicating changes made in the statute law since the enactment of the Revised Statutes as it shall determine are appropriate, which shall be printed and distributed as part of the pamphlet laws. Amended by L.1939, c. 379, p. 913, s. 1, eff. Nov. 18, 1939; L.1967, c. 4, s. 2, eff. Feb. 16, 1967; L.1981, c. 448, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-3 - Superintendence of printing

1:3-3. Superintendence of printing  The Legislative Services Commission, through the Office of Legislative Services, shall direct and superintend the printing of the laws, joint resolutions and proclamations. Amended by L.1967, c. 4, s. 3, eff. Feb. 16, 1967; L.1981, c. 448, s. 4, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-3.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-3.1 - Numbering of laws; first and second annual session

1:3-3.1. Numbering of laws; first and second annual session  Every bill and joint resolution enacted into law during the first annual session of a Legislature shall be numbered and printed as a public law of that legislative year. Every bill and joint resolution introduced in the first annual session of a Legislature and enacted into law after the convening of the second annual session of the same Legislature shall be numbered and printed as a public law of the legislative year of the second annual session. L.1970, c. 1, s. 1, eff. Jan. 26, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-4 - Style and contents of annual volume of laws

1:3-4. Style and contents of annual volume of laws  The laws enacted at each session of the Legislature shall be printed in the same general style as heretofore, subject to such modifications and modernization as the Legislative Services Commission, through the Office of Legislative Services, shall from time to time direct. Preceding the first chapter of the pamphlet laws, there shall be printed the legislative list of members' names arranged by Senate and General Assembly districts. Following the last chapter of the pamphlet laws, there shall be printed first, the joint resolutions of the Senate and General Assembly arranged in numerical order, and such proclamations of the Governor made during the previous year as are to be printed with the laws. Amended by L.1967, c. 4, s. 4, eff. Feb. 16, 1967; L.1981, c. 448, s. 5, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-5 - Printing laws; contract

1:3-5. Printing laws; contract  The printer having the contract to print the laws shall print the acts of the Legislature and such other material as required to be published therewith in such manner and quantity as shall be provided in his contract. Amended by L.1967, c. 4, s. 5, eff. Feb. 16, 1967.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-6 - General control and supervision of printing

1:3-6. General control and supervision of printing  The general control and supervision of the printing of the laws, resolutions and proclamations shall be in the Legislative Services Commission, and the printing shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 52:36-3 and R.S. 52:36-4. L.1967, c. 4, s. 6, eff. Feb. 16, 1967. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 6, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:3-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:3-7 - Binding and distribution of paper volumes of laws

1:3-7. Binding and distribution of paper volumes of laws  The Office of Legislative Services shall, under the direction and control of the Legislative Services Commission, cause to be bound in plain and substantial binding so many of the paper volumes of the laws as the commission shall direct. The office shall distribute them in the manner that the commission prescribes. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 7, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-1 - Style of printing journal and minutes

1:4-1. Style of printing journal and minutes  The Senate Journal, the Assembly Minutes and the minutes of the joint meetings of both Houses of the Legislature shall be printed in such style as the Senate and General Assembly shall direct. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 8, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-2 - Preparation of copies of journal and minutes for printing; originals deposited with secretary of state

1:4-2. Preparation of copies of journal and minutes for printing; originals deposited with secretary of state  The Secretary of the Senate shall cause to be prepared for printing copies of the Senate Journal in which shall be included the minutes of the joint meetings of the Legislature, as directed by the Senate; and the clerk of the General Assembly shall cause to be prepared like copies of the house minutes. The copies so prepared shall be delivered by the Office of Legislative Services to the person having the contract to print the same. Immediately after each copy of the Senate Journal and Assembly Minutes has been made and prepared for printing as required by this section, the originals shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, there to remain and by him be kept unaltered and undefaced. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 9, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-4 - Indexes of journal and minutes; preparation; printing and delivery

1:4-4. Indexes of journal and minutes; preparation; printing and delivery  The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the General Assembly, respectively, shall prepare and deliver to the printer an index of the Senate Journal and Assembly Minutes for the entire session. The printer shall print as many copies as the Senate and General Assembly direct. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 10, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-5 - Binding and distribution of complete journals and minutes

1:4-5. Binding and distribution of complete journals and minutes  Upon receipt of the Senate Journal and Assembly Minutes, together with the indexes thereto, the Office of Legislative Services shall cause to be bound in plain and substantial binding so many of such copies as the Senate and General Assembly shall determine, which bound copies shall be distributed by the office as directed by the Senate and General Assembly. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 11, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-6 - Current legislative printing; subscriptions; cost; advance copies of laws

1:4-6. Current legislative printing; subscriptions; cost; advance copies of laws  a. Any person desiring a complete set of the bills and resolutions introduced in any year in the Legislature, together with the usual index slips, daily memoranda, advance parts of the Journal of the Senate and Minutes of the Assembly and advance copies of laws, may file an application therefore with the Office of Legislative Services, accompanying the application with payment of an annual subscription fee in an amount to be fixed from time to time by the Legislative Services Commission. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the Office of Legislative Services shall cause the name and address of the applicant to be added to the printer's mailing list of members of the Legislature, and thereafter during the year such bills and resolutions, slips, daily memoranda, advance parts of the Journal and Minutes and advance copies of laws shall be mailed by the printer to such applicant as and when the same are mailed to members of the Legislature. b. Any person desiring an advance copy of each law, to be published and distributed prior to the printing of the annual edition of the laws as provided in R.S. 1:3-1, may file an application therefor with the Office of Legislative Services accompanying the application with payment of an annual subscription fee to be fixed by the Legislative Services Commission in the manner provided in subsection a. of this section. Amended by L.1953, c. 116, p. 1302, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1954; L.1972, c. 175, s. 1; L.1981, c. 448, s. 12, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:4-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:4-7 - General control and supervision; laws applicable

1:4-7. General control and supervision; laws applicable  The general control and supervision of the printing of the Senate Journal, the Assembly Minutes and the current legislative printing shall be in the Legislative Services Commission, and the printing shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 52:36-3 and R.S. 52:36-4. Amended by L.1981, c. 448, s. 13, eff. Jan. 12, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:5-1 - Acceptance filed with secretary of state

1:5-1. Acceptance filed with secretary of state  Whenever a statute shall be adopted or accepted by the voters of a county or municipality at an election, the clerk of the county or municipality, shall, within ten days after the result of the election is ascertained, make return of the fact to the secretary of state, who shall file the same in his office.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:5-2 - Statement of adoption or acceptance published in volume of laws; effect

1:5-2. Statement of adoption or acceptance published in volume of laws; effect  Whenever a statute shall be adopted or accepted by the voters of the state, or a proposed statute shall become effective by action of the voters of the state, and whenever the clerk of a county or municipality shall make return as required by section 1:5-1 of this title, the secretary of state shall publish in the volume of laws enacted by the next ensuing legislature a statement setting forth the title of the act, the year of its enactment, its chapter number in the printed volume of laws and the date when it was adopted, accepted or made effective. The statement published by the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such statute has been adopted, accepted or made effective, and of the date when it was adopted, accepted or made effective.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:5-3 - Format of petition for referendum

1:5-3. Format of petition for referendum  4. a. Whenever a petition is circulated within a county, municipality, school district, or special district for the purpose of gathering the signatures of registered voters in order to place a referendum question on the ballot in any election, each page of the petition shall be arranged to contain, in addition to such other content relative thereto required by law, double spacing between the signature lines of the petition so that each signer thereof is afforded sufficient space to provide his or her printed name, address and signature. b. Upon the enactment of this act, the Attorney General shall notify in writing each county and municipal clerk and the secretary of the board of education of each school district in the State of the provisions of subsection a. of this section and thereafter shall repeat such notification as periodically as the Attorney General deems necessary. L.2001, c.211, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-1 - Notice of application for passage in general; contents; publication

1:6-1. Notice of application for passage in general; contents; publication  Whenever, by the constitution, notice of the intention to apply for the passage of any bill is required, such notice shall contain a correct statement of the general object of the bill, be signed by at least one of the parties intending to apply for its passage, and be published, except as required by section 1:6-3 of this title, at least one week before the introduction of such bill, and after the first day of January next preceding such introduction, in at least one of the newspapers published in each county in which the bill is, or is likely, to take effect.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-3 - Notice of application for passage of bill to repeal corporate charter; publication; service on corporation

1:6-3. Notice of application for passage of bill to repeal corporate charter; publication; service on corporation  The notice of intention to apply for the passage of a bill to repeal the charter of any corporation, or bill to repeal the charter and dispose of the property of any corporation, shall be given by publishing the same in a daily newspaper published in Trenton, for at least six consecutive days prior to the introduction of the bill, and by serving a copy of the notice upon the president, secretary, registered agent or a director of the corporation, if such officer or agent can be found within the state, and, if no such officer or agent can be found within the state, by personal service of such copy upon them or one of them out of the state, or by mailing a copy to them or one of them, directed to the residence or post-office address of such officer or agent, if known.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-4 - Proof of publications of notices

1:6-4. Proof of publications of notices  Proof of the publications required by sections 1:6-1 and 1:6-3 of this title shall be by oath or affirmation in writing, made by the publisher, or his authorized agent, of every newspaper in which publication was made. The proof shall contain a copy of the published notice, and shall be presented with the bill when introduced, and, after final vote on the bill, shall be filed and deposited by the officers of the legislature in whose hands it may be in the office of the secretary of state, there to remain.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-5 - Record of proof of publication of notices

1:6-5. Record of proof of publication of notices  The secretary of state shall, after the adjournment of each legislature, record, in well-bound books to be provided by him for that purpose, every proof of the publication of notice of application for the passage of bills required by this chapter that relates to any such bills as have become laws. Such books or certified copies of their contents shall be received in evidence in any place and for any purpose for which the original proof would be received, the same as the original thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 1:6-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 1 - Acts, Laws and Statutes|Section 1:6-6 - Publication in pamphlet laws prima facie evidence of notice given

1:6-6. Publication in pamphlet laws prima facie evidence of notice given  The publication in the pamphlet laws published by the state of any law, as to which notice of intention to apply for its passage is required by the constitution, shall be prima facie evidence that the notice required by the constitution has been given in the manner required by this chapter.