40:60-46 - Leasing municipally owned and operated casino and bathing establishment; referendum
40:60-46. Leasing municipally owned and operated casino and bathing establishment; referendum
Whenever in any municipality bordering on the Atlantic ocean, owning and operating a public casino, playground and bathing establishment, the owners of property therein, representing two-thirds in amount of its ratables, shall file in the office of the clerk of the governing body, a petition requesting the governing body to submit to the voters of the municipality at an election to be held for that purpose, the proposition of leasing the public casino, playgrounds and bathing establishment, the governing body shall submit the proposition to the vote of the electors of the municipality at the general election held therein at least thirty days after the filing of the petition unless the governing body shall call a special election therefor.