New Jersey Statutes 40A:16-17. Special election when person elected to office becomes disqualified before commencement of term
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:16-17
- clerk: means the clerk of a municipality or of a board of chosen freeholders. See New Jersey Statutes 40A:1-1
- 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
If at any time after an election for the office of mayor or for a member of the governing body and before the time fixed for the commencement of the term of the office, it shall be determined that the person elected to that office shall no longer have the qualifications required for the office, the municipal clerk shall forthwith fix the date for a special election to fill the office for its term or unexpired term, as the case may be, to be held not less than 45 days nor more than 50 days from the date of such determination.
L.1979, c. 83, s. 1, eff. April 26, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 93, s. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1980.