N.J. Stat. § 52:10A-2: Person elected to fill vacancy

Any person elected at the general election in any year to fill a vacancy in the membership of the Senate or General Assembly occurring for any cause other than expiration of term, shall, upon qualifying into office, receive for the remainder of the legislative year that proportion of the annual compensation payable to members of the Legislature as the number of days remaining in the legislative year following his qualification bears to the total number of days in the legislative year.

L.1971, c. 204, s. 1, eff. June 9, 1971.