N.J.S.A. 40:69A-83.1 — Council-manager plan; charter provision; regular municipal or general election; term of office

40:69A-83.1. Council-manager plan; charter provision; regular municipal or general election; term of office Any municipality adopting a council-manager plan of government shall provide in its charter that the council members shall be elected by the voters of the municipality either: a. At a regular municipal election held on the second Tuesday in May in the years in which municipal officers are to be elected, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on July 1 next following their election; or b. At the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November or at such other time as may be provided by law for holding general elections, in which case the term of office of the council members shall begin on January 1 next following their election. L.1981, c. 465, s. 23, eff. Jan. 9, 1982. 40:69A-83.2. Election at large or by wards Any municipality adopting a council-manager plan of government shall provide in its charter either: a. That the council members shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, on general election, as the charter shall provide; or b. That the municipality shall be divided into wards pursuant to the authority granted in section 1-13 or 1-19 (C.40:69A-13 or 40:69A-19), that council members shall be elected at large and by wards at the regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide; and that no more than one council member shall be elected from each ward established in the municipality, and all other council members shall be elected at large. L.1981, c.465, s.24; amended 1989,c.221,s.5. 40:69A-83.3. Terms of first council members Any municipality adopting a council-manager plan of government may provide in its charter that the council members elected at the first regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide, following the adoption of the plan shall serve for the following terms: if the municipal council is to consist of five members, two shall serve for four years and three for two years; if the municipal council is to consist of seven members, three shall serve for four years and four for two years; or if the municipal council is to consist of nine members, four shall serve for four years and five for two years. The length of the respective term of each member of the first council shall be determined by lot at the organization of the council immediately following the election; except that if, pursuant to the charter, the mayor is elected directly by the voters, the mayor shall, for the purposes of this subsection, be counted among those first council members to serve a four year term. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, if a municipality adopting the provisions of this section shall also provide in its charter that the municipality shall be divided into wards pursuant to the authority granted in section 1-13 or 1-19 (C.40:69A-13 or 40:69A-19), the council members elected at the first regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide, following the adoption of the plan shall serve as follows: the council members elected at large for a term of four years; and the council members elected from wards for a term of two years. L.1981, c.465, s.25; amended 1989, c.221, s.6.

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