New Jersey § 19:32-2

§ 19:32-2.

a. Except as provided in section 2 of P.L.1982, c. 46 ( C.19:32-1.2 ), each superintendent may appoint a chief deputy, a chief clerk, a secretary, such

personnel as is authorized under R.S.19:48-6 , and any other assistants he considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this

Title, and, except as hereinafter provided, may remove the same whenever he deems

it necessary and all persons so appointed, by superintendents of elections in counties

of the first class having more than 850,000 inhabitants, according to the latest federal

census taken in a year ending in zero, to serve for terms of more than six months

in any one year, shall be in the classified service of the civil service and shall

be appointed in accordance with and shall be subject to the provisions of Title 11A,

Civil Service, but all other persons so appointed shall not be subject to any of the

provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, but shall be in the unclassified service. All persons appointed by the commissioner of registration in counties of the first

class having more than 600,000, but less than 850,000 inhabitants, according to the

latest federal census taken in a year ending in zero, to serve for terms of more than

six months in any one year, other than the chief deputy and chief clerk and confidential

secretary and chief custodian, shall be in the classified service of the civil service

and shall be appointed, and hold their position, in accordance with the provisions

of Title 11A, Civil Service, but all other persons so appointed shall not be subject

to any of the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, but shall be in the unclassified

service. Subject to the provisions of subsection b. of this section, the salaries of the persons so appointed shall be fixed and such salaries certified to and approved under his hand shall be paid semimonthly

by the county treasurer of the county in which such persons are so engaged. All other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Title,

when certified to and approved by the superintendent, shall be paid by the county

treasurer of the county in which the superintendent shall maintain his office; provided,

however, that all necessary expenses incurred by the commissioner of registration,

the superintendent of elections, and the custodian of voting machines in the counties

of the first class for the proper performance of all of his duties of all his offices

as set forth in Title 19, shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of $2,000,000.00

for the year 1998 or that sum, as adjusted, for each year thereafter. The governing body of the county may increase the sum but the increase shall not

exceed 5% or the index rate, whichever is less, over the previous year's sum. As used in this section, “ index rate ” means the rate of annual percentage increase, rounded to the nearest half-percent,

in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and

Services, computed and published quarterly by the United States Department of Commerce,

Bureau of Economic Analysis, which annual increase shall be calculated on the basis

of the second quarter which occurred in the next preceding local budget year. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community

Affairs shall promulgate annually, on or before October 1, the index rate to apply

in the next following local budget year. b. The superintendent shall determine the amount of the salary to be paid to each

person appointed by the superintendent, and shall submit the proposed salaries to

the governing body for review and approval. Following the review and approval of the governing body, the salaries shall be fixed

and shall be paid to those persons pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of

this section.