40A:7-18. Joint committee to apportion property and indebtedness
On the Monday after the annexation becomes effective, a committee of three to be appointed by the governing body of the municipality to which the territory shall have been annexed, and a similar committee appointed by the governing body of the municipality of which the territory was formerly a part, shall meet at the municipal building of the municipality to which the territory shall have been annexed, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as may be, proceed to state an account of all the property, real and personal, all debts, dues and demands, all judgments, recognizances and claims and all liens, actions and rights of action belonging to the municipality of which the annexed territory formerly formed a part, and to state the fair value thereof to such municipality. They shall also state an account of all the debts outstanding of such municipality, and the proper proportion or share to be borne and paid by the municipality to which the territory has been annexed, and the methods in and times at which payment thereof should be made.
L.1979, c. 181, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.