40:52-8 - Creation of fund
40:52-8. Creation of fund
2. Every municipality adopting an ordinance or ordinances authorized by section 1 of P.L.1982, c.68 (C.40:52-7) shall create a fund, which shall be held by the commission created pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1982, c.68 (C.40:54C-1). The fund shall be the exclusive repository of all revenues collected by the municipality pursuant to the additional licensing assessment, and shall be audited by the municipality as part of the annual audit of its books, accounts and financial transactions made in accordance with N.J.S.40A:5-4. Revenues from the fund shall be disbursed to fulfill the purpose expressed in section 5 of P.L.1982, c.68 (C.40:54C-3), and are dedicated to that purpose exclusively. Any revenues received by the municipality on behalf of the commission shall be treated as a dedicated revenue pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:4-39.
L.1982,c.68,s.2; amended 1992,c.166,s.1.