40:69A-117.3 - Mayor; election by council or by voters; charter provision - New Jersey Statutes

40:69A-117.3.  Mayor;  election by council or by voters;  charter provision    Any municipality adopting a small municipality plan of government shall provide in its charter either:

    a.  That the mayor shall be elected by the members of the council;  in which  case on the first day of July or January, as appropriate, following their  election, the members-elect of the municipal council shall assemble at the  usual place of meeting of the governing body of the municipality and organize  and elect one of their number as mayor;  that the mayor shall be chosen by  ballot by majority vote of members of the municipal council; that if the  members shall be unable, within five ballots to be taken within 2 days of the  organization meeting, to elect a mayor, then the member who in the election for  members of the municipal council received the greatest number of votes shall be  mayor;  and that should that person decline to accept the office, then the  person receiving the next highest vote shall be the mayor, and so on, until the  office is filled;  or

    b.  That the mayor shall be elected directly by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, or general election, as the charter shall provide;  that at the first election following the adoption of the charter, and each appropriate subsequent election, one position of council member to be elected at large shall be designated and voted for under the title  of mayor, and candidates for the position shall be clearly designated as  candidates for mayor in their respective nominating petitions;  and that the  candidate for mayor receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected and  shall serve for a term of 4 years.

     L.1981, c. 465, s. 34, eff. Jan. 9, 1982.