New Jersey Statutes Title 40. Municipalities and Counties 40 § 52-18

a. In a municipality of less than 20,000 population, the licensing authority shall be the governing body of the municipality.

b. In a municipality of more than 20,000 population, the municipal governing body may, by ordinance, establish a rooming and boarding house site licensing board, which shall be the licensing authority in and for that municipality. The board shall consist of three persons, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party, to be appointed by resolution of the municipal governing body. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified into office; except that of the initial three appointments, one shall be for a term of one year and one for a term of two years. Members of the municipal governing body shall be eligible for appointment to the board. Members of the board shall receive no salaries, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties as such members. They may be removed by the appointing authority for cause. They shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes.