Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:46-41

  • assessor: when used in relation to the assessment of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers, boards or commissions charged with the duty of making such assessments, unless a particular officer, board or commission is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • collector: when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires another meaning:

(a) “Committee” shall mean the Committee on Certification of Local Officers created by this act.

(b) “Appointing authority” shall mean any officer, board or governing body of any municipality empowered to make appointments.

(c) “Key position” shall mean the following offices or positions in a municipality governed under this act: municipal clerk; tax assessor, or board of assessors; tax collector (or receiver of taxes) by whatever title he may be known; and such other appointive officers as may by general law now or hereafter have or be entitled to acquire any protection against removal in their tenure of office, provided that key positions shall not include policemen, firemen, teachers and other school district employees and any person holding any office or position for which a license is or may be required by law prior to appointment.

L.1950, c. 211, p. 524, s. 3, eff. June 8, 1950.