Budget Caps, Women Governors, Beach Replenishment

If appropriations subject to the cap need to rise above the cap levels, a voter referendum is needed or a special waiver must be sought from the state.

The better known of the two caps on local budgets is the levy cap. This cap dates to 2010, in the Chris Christie administration. It limits the increase in the local purpose municipal tax levy to 2% of the prior year’s levy unless voters…