40:69A-34.1 - Mayor-council plan; election of mayor and council; regular municipal or general election - New Jersey Statutes

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.