Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:3-5

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
38A:3-5. The deputy adjutant general shall be appointed by the Governor upon the nomination of the Adjutant General. The deputy adjutant general shall be a person who has served as a commissioned officer in the armed forces of the State and who is a federally recognized commissioned officer in a military rank not below that of colonel. He may be appointed with the grade of brigadier general. The duties of the deputy adjutant general shall be prescribed by the Adjutant General.

The deputy adjutant general shall have the authority to act for and in place of the Adjutant General during the absence or disability of the Adjutant General. If the office of the Adjutant General shall become vacant, the deputy adjutant general shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Adjutant General until a successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.

Any vacancy occurring in the office of the deputy adjutant general shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

L.1963, c.109; amended 1984,c.181,s.7.