2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40 - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40:81-20 - Quorum; procedure at meetings
40:81-20. Quorum; procedure at meetings
A majority of all the members of the municipal council shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members shall be necessary to take any action or pass any measure, except as otherwise provided by law. Every resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read before the vote is taken thereon, and the vote upon every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the minutes, and the minutes of each meeting so recorded shall be signed by a majority of all the members of the municipal council and the municipal clerk. No member shall sign minutes of a meeting at which he was not present.
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