STATEMENT TO

 

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1225

 

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblymen AUGUSTINE and ARNONE)

 

ADOPTED: MAY 22, 1997

 

 

      This amendment clarifies that a member of the municipal governing body may be temporarily appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor in municipalities, such as those operating under the mayor-council form, in which the mayor is considered the chief executive officer of the municipality, when the appointment is pursuant to the "Municipal Vacancy Law," N.J.S.40A:16-1 et seq.