27:1A-4 - Commissioner; appointment; term; salary - New Jersey Statutes

27:1A-4.  Commissioner;  appointment;  term;  salary
    The administrator and head of the department shall be a commissioner, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Transportation, and who shall be a person  qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office.  The  commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of  the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor during the  Governor's term of office and until the appointment and qualification of the  commissioner's successor.  The commissioner shall receive such salary as shall  be provided by law.

    The person in office as the Commissioner of Transportation on the effective  date of this act shall hold the office of Commissioner of Transportation until  his successor is appointed and has qualified.

     L.1966, c. 301, s. 4.  Amended by L.1972, c. 164, s. 2.