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New Jersey Statutes Title 40. Municipalities and Counties 40 § 69A-25.5

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Whenever any municipality shall, pursuant to the authority granted in section 7 of this act,  1 amend its charter only to include an alternative permitted under its plan of government and included in group E. of subsection b. of section 7 of this act, the transitional provisions of this section shall apply.

a. If the amended charter shall provide for the election of council members at large for concurrent terms, the increase or decrease in the number of council members shall take effect for the next election at which municipal officers are elected in the municipality.

b. If the amended charter shall provide for the election of council members at large for staggered terms, an increase in the number of council members shall take effect as follows:

(1) If the plan of government requires generally a 3-year term for council members:

(a) And the increase is from three to five council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, one additional council member shall be elected for a term of 1 year and one for a term of 2 years;

(b) And the increase is from three to seven council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, two additional council members shall be elected for terms of 1 year, one for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 3 years; or

(c) And the increase is from five to seven council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, one additional council member shall be elected for a term of 1 year and one for a term of 3 years;

(2) If the plan of government requires generally a 4-year term for council members:

(a) And the increase is from five to seven council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, one additional council member shall be elected for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4 years;

(b) And the increase is from five to nine council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, two additional council members shall be elected for terms of 2 years and two for terms of 4 years; or

(c) And the increase is from seven to nine council members, at the next election at which municipal officers are elected, one additional council member shall be elected for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4 years.

c. If the amended charter shall provide for the election of council members at large for staggered terms, and the adopted amendment requires a decrease in the number of council members, the terms of all council members currently serving in the municipality on the date of the election at which the amendment was adopted, and of all council members elected at that election, shall terminate on June 30, or December 31, as appropriate to the election provisions of the amended charter, next following the date of the first election of officers under the amended charter. The nomination and election of council members shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the amended charter and appropriate law for the election to be held on the second Tuesday in May next following the date of adoption, or on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November next following the date of adoption.

1 N.J.S.A. § 40:69A-25.1.
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