New Jersey § 40a:9-28
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 40a:9-28, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40a:9-28.
a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in every county there
shall be a chief financial officer appointed in the same manner as department directors
in accordance with the county's form of government. The term of office shall be three years, which shall run from January 1 in the year
in which the chief financial officer is appointed. The compensation for the chief financial officer shall be set forth in a county
salary resolution. b. No person shall serve as the chief financial officer of any county in which he
serves as a member of the governing body. c. Commencing July 1, 1996, no person shall be appointed or reappointed as a chief
financial officer unless he holds a county finance officer certificate issued pursuant
to section 2 of this act. 1 d. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chief financial officer following the appointment
of a certified county finance officer to that office, the governing body or chief
executive officer, as appropriate, may appoint, for a period not to exceed one year
and commencing on the date of the vacancy, a person who does not hold a county finance
officer certificate to serve as a temporary chief financial officer. Any person so appointed, with the approval of the director, may be reappointed as
chief financial officer following the termination of the temporary appointment for
one additional year. No county shall have a temporary chief financial officer for more than two consecutive
years. e. If a governing body fails or refuses to comply with this section, and has received
an order from the director to do so, the members of a governing body who willfully
fail or refuse to comply each shall be subject to a personal penalty of $25 for each
day after the date fixed for final action that the failure or refusal to comply continues. The amount of the penalty may be recovered by the director in the name of the State
as a personal debt of the member of the governing body and upon receipt shall be paid
into the State Treasury. 1
N.J.S.A. § 40A:9-28.2.
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