40:37-14. Amount to be raised annually; determination
The board of chosen freeholders in any county in which a county park system shall have been adopted or created, and in which the provisions of sections 40:37-12 to 40:37-15 of this title shall have been adopted, shall annually, in ordering the amount of money to be raised for county purposes, declare the amount necessary to be raised for the purpose of maintaining the public parks and roads or parkways built in connection with the public park system.
Except as hereinafter provided the amount so raised shall be not less than one-half of one mill on the dollar, nor more than three-fourths of one mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxables and ratables of the county.
If in any year the park commission shall certify to the board of chosen freeholders that an amount less than the minimum hereinbefore prescribed is needed for the maintenance of the park system during that year, and shall also certify the exact amount necessary to maintain the parks during that year, the board shall raise for that year the sum so certified by the park commission instead of the minimum hereinbefore prescribed.