P.L. 1997, CHAPTER 389, approved January 19, 1998

Senate, No. 1931 (First Reprint)

 

 

 

 

 

An Act concerning the granting of tenure to full-time municipal court administrators and amending P.L.1975, c.39.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    11. Section 1 of P.L.1953, c.168 (C.2A:8-13.1) is amended to read as follows:

    1. Any person holding office, position or employment as [clerk] administrator of the municipal court in any borough who has held such office, position or employment [and the office, position or employment of clerk of the recorder's court in said borough] continuously for [ten] five years or more and who has become certified during that period shall hold and continue to hold said office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political or other reasons except for good cause, upon written charges and after a public, fair and impartial hearing[; provided, however, that the governing body of the borough shall first pass a resolution by a majority vote of its members approving and authorizing the tenure of office herein provided, and that any such person may be retired when he shall have attained seventy years of age]1.

(cf: P.L.1953, c.168, s.1)

 

    1[1.] 2.1 Section 1 of P.L.1975, c.39(C.2A:8-13.3) is amended to read as follows:

    1. Any person holding office, position or employment as full-time [clerk] 1[certified]1 administrator of a municipal court who has held such office, position or employment continuously for [10] five years or more 1and who has become certified during that period1 shall hold and continue to hold said office, position or employment during good behavior and shall not be removed therefrom for political or other reasons except for good cause, upon written charges and after a public, fair and impartial hearing 1[; provided, however, that each governing body in the case of a municipal court established for two or more municipalities, has passed a resolution or resolutions by a majority vote of the members thereof approving and authorizing the tenure of office herein provided]1.

(cf : P.L.1975, c. 39)

 

    1[2.] 3.1 This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                             

Reduces continuous service requirement for tenure of municipal court administrators to five years.