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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 40, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

    Chapter 69a: Election on question whether charter commission shall be elected

      Section: 40:69a-34.1: Mayor-council plan; election of mayor and council; regular municipal or general election

           Any municipality adopting a mayor-council plan of government shall provide in its charter that the mayor and council shall be elected by the voters of the municipality either:

a. At a regular municipal election held on the second Tuesday in May in the years in which municipal officers are to be elected, in which case the term of office of the mayor and council members shall begin on July 1 next following their election; or

b. At the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or at such other time as may be provided by law for holding general elections, in which case the term of office of the mayor and council members shall begin on January 1 next following their election.

L.1981, c. 465, s. 16, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:52.






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