{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-11a-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 11A:3-5","heading":"Political subdivision unclassified service.","body":"Political subdivision unclassified service.  The political subdivision unclassified service shall not be subject to the provisions of this title unless otherwise specified and shall include the following:\na.\tElected officials;\nb.\tOne secretary and one confidential assistant to each mayor;\nc.\tMembers of boards and commissions authorized by law;\nd.\tHeads of institutions;\ne.\tPhysicians, surgeons and dentists;\nf.\tAttorneys of a county, municipality or school district operating under this title;\ng.\tTeaching staff, as defined in N.J.S.18A:1-1, in the public schools and county superintendents and members and business managers of boards of education;\nh.\tPrincipal executive officers;\ni.\tOne secretary, clerk or executive director to each department, board and commission authorized by law to make the appointment;\nj.\tOne secretary or clerk to each county constitutional officer, principal executive officer, and judge;\nk.\tOne deputy or first assistant to a principal executive officer who is authorized by statute to act for and in place of the principal executive officer;\nl.\tNo more than 12 county department heads and the heads of divisions within such departments; provided that the total number of unclassified positions created by the county administrative code pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed 20;\nm.\tOne secretary or confidential assistant to each unclassified department or division head established in subsection l.;\nn.\tEmployees of county park commissions, appointed pursuant to R.S.40:37-96 through R.S.40:37-174, in counties of the second class;\no.\tDirectors of free public libraries in cities of the first class having a population of more than  270,000 according to the 2010 federal decennial census;\np.\tOne secretary to the municipal council in cities of the first class having a population of less than 300,000;\nq.\tOne secretary and one confidential aide for each member of the board of freeholders other than the director, and one secretary and two confidential aides for the freeholder director, of any county of the second class with a population of at least 470,000 which has not adopted the provisions of the \"Optional County Charter Law,\" P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.) and one secretary or confidential aide for each member of the board of freeholders of any other county which has not adopted the provisions of the \"Optional County Charter Law\";\nr.\tIn school districts organized pursuant to N.J.S.18A:17-1 et seq., the executive controller, public information officer and the executive directors of board affairs, personnel, budget, purchasing, physical facilities, data processing, financial affairs, and internal audit;\ns.\tThe executive director, assistant executive director, director of staff operations, director of administration, director of redevelopment and the urban initiatives coordinator of a local housing authority;\nt.\tThe sheriff's investigators of any county appointed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1987, c.113 (C.40A:9-117a);\nu.\tAny title as provided by statute or as the Civil Service Commission may determine in accordance with criteria established by rule;\nv.\tOne confidential aide for each county clerk, in addition to the titles included under subsection j. of this section; and\nw.\tTwo deputy municipal clerks in cities of the first class having a population of not less than 240,000 persons or more than 250,000 persons according to the 2000 federal decennial census.\namended 1987, c.113, s.1; 1991, c.494, s.1; 2002, c.59, s.1; 2008, c.29, s.24;. 2017, c.65.","path":["TITLE 11A CIVIL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"0bb8a712946cee309e187639468deb6de14c3ec308ffdb34e5d8aee0d3cf531e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-11a-3-4.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-11a-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}