N.J. Stat. § 40:14B-16: Term of member; removal; hearing

Each member of a municipal authority shall hold office for the term for which he was appointed and until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A member of a municipal authority may be removed only by the governing body by which he was appointed and only for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and, not sooner than 10 days thereafter, had opportunity in person or by counsel to be heard thereon by such governing body.

L.1957, c. 183, p. 646, s. 16, eff. Aug. 22, 1957.