New Jersey Statutes Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers 52 § 18A-21

The administrative head of the Division of Local Government shall be the director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work assigned to such division. The director of such division shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve during the term of office of the Governor appointing him and until the director's successor is appointed and has qualified.

The director of the Division of Local Government shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law.

The person in office as director of the Division of Local Government of the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, shall hold the office of director of the Division of Local Government in the Department of the Treasury established hereunder for the period of his term as director of the Division of Local Government in the existing State Department of Taxation and Finance which remains unexpired on the effective date of this act, and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.