40A:9-141 - Appointment of tax collector; compensation; work hours - New Jersey Statutes

40A:9-141  Appointment of tax collector; compensation; work hours.

40A:9-141.  Notwithstanding any other law the governing body or chief executive, as shall be appropriate to the form of government of the municipality, by ordinance, shall provide for the appointment of a municipal tax collector and the compensation of the tax collector shall be fixed in the manner otherwise provided by law.  The governing body may, by resolution, set appropriate hours of operation of the tax collector's office and the work hours of the tax collector, commensurate with the compensation paid to the tax collector, and all personnel assigned to the tax collector's office.  The office of municipal tax collector and municipal treasurer, or municipal clerk may be held by the same person.

L.1971, c.200, s.1; amended 1979, c.384, s.13; 1994, c.75; 2000, c.126, s.22.