New Jersey § 54:3-7

§ 54:3-7.

a. Each county board shall appoint a county tax administrator, who shall hold office

for a term of three years, and who shall, subject to the personnel policies adopted

by the governing body of the county, appoint such clerical assistants as may be necessary. b. After the effective date of this 1979 amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1979,

c. 499, any person holding the office of county tax administrator shall devote full

time to his duties; provided, however, that any person currently holding office as

a county board secretary may, at the option of the appointing authority, continue

to serve on a part-time basis; provided he holds or obtains prior to July 1, 1981

a tax assessor certificate. c. After the effective date of this 1979 amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1979,

c. 499, no person shall be newly appointed as county tax administrator unless he shall

hold a tax assessor certificate issued by the Director of Taxation pursuant to P.L.1967,

c. 44 ( C.54:1-35.25 et seq. ). No person shall be appointed to a first term as county tax administrator after the

effective date of this 1988 amendatory and supplementary act, P.L.1988, c. 96 unless the person has had four years of experience in property tax administration

at the State, county or municipal level . In the first 24 months of his appointment, the appointee shall successfully complete a training program developed for tax administrators and offered by the Director of

the Bureau of Government Research at Rutgers, The State University, except that, during

the six month period provided for the development and approval of the tax administrator's

program pursuant to this 1988 amendatory and supplementary act, a person with the

requisite qualification and experience in property tax administration may be temporarily

appointed county tax administrator for a period not to exceed one year. d. If any county board secretary required to hold or obtain a tax assessor's certificate

pursuant to subsection b. of this section does not submit proof thereof prior to the

required date, the county tax board shall immediately declare the position vacant

and notify the county governing body and the Director of Taxation of the existence

of such vacancy. The county tax board shall then appoint a county tax administrator subject to the

provisions of subsection c. of this section.