{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-app.a-9-40.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § App.A:9-40.2","heading":"Removal of municipal emergency management coordinator","body":"The Governor may remove any municipal emergency management coordinator at any time for cause.  In such event the mayor of the municipality or, in the case of a municipality which has adopted the commission form of government pursuant to the provisions of the \"commission form of government law\" (R.S.40:70-1 et seq.), the commissioner serving as director of the department to which the responsibility for emergency management has been assigned, shall appoint a new municipal emergency management coordinator with the approval of the Governor.  If the mayor or commissioner, as appropriate, shall not appoint a municipal emergency management coordinator within 10 days after such office shall become vacant, the Governor may appoint a temporary municipal emergency management coordinator, who shall serve and perform all of the duties of that office until such time as a new municipal emergency management coordinator shall be appointed by the mayor or commissioner, as appropriate, with the approval of the Governor.\nL.1953, c.438, s.18; amended 1984,c.246,s.2; 1989,c.222,s.3.","path":["TITLE 59 CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES"],"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":"15c28a214beea6aa4e1da79e4d67d1716c507c291ae38f99a21f208e242d9a6b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-app.a-9-40.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-app.a-9-40.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}