New Jersey Statutes Title 40. Municipalities and Counties 40 § 46-41

(a) “Committee” shall mean the Committee on Certification of Local Officers created by this act.

(b) “Appointing authority” shall mean any officer, board or governing body of any municipality empowered to make appointments.

(c) “Key position” shall mean the following offices or positions in a municipality governed under this act: municipal clerk; tax assessor, or board of assessors; tax collector (or receiver of taxes) by whatever title he may be known; and such other appointive officers as may by general law now or hereafter have or be entitled to acquire any protection against removal in their tenure of office, provided that key positions shall not include policemen, firemen, teachers and other school district employees and any person holding any office or position for which a license is or may be required by law prior to appointment.