2B:12-5 - Additional municipal judges - New Jersey Statutes

2B:12-5 Additional municipal judges.2B:12-5.  Additional municipal judges.  a.  With the written consent of the Assignment Judge of the vicinage, a county or municipality may: 

(1)  increase the number of judgeships of the municipal court, or

(2)  appoint one or more temporary municipal judges.

b.  A temporary judge is an additional judge of the municipal court appointed to meet a special need of limited duration.  The procedure for appointment of temporary municipal judges shall be the same as that for other municipal judges, but each term of a temporary judge shall not exceed one year.

L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.4.