40A:9-154.6 - Tenure of office; continuous holding of office for 5 years; ordinance - New Jersey Statutes

40A:9-154.6.  Tenure of office;  continuous holding of office for 5 years; ordinance
    A person holding office, position or employment as full-time municipal superintendent of public works who has held the office, position or employment continuously for 5 years or more shall continue to hold the office, position or  employment, notwithstanding he is serving for a fixed term, during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be removed therefrom for political or other reasons except for good cause, upon written charges filed with the municipal clerk and after a public, fair and impartial hearing;  except that the governing body of the municipality shall first pass an ordinance authorizing the tenure of office herein provided.  The person may be retired when he shall have attained 70 years of age.

     L.1981, c. 383, s. 2, eff. Jan. 4, 1982.