New Jersey § app:a-9

§ app:a-9.

a. In every municipality of this State, the mayor 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 municipal emergency management

coordinator . Any qualified individual appointed as a municipal emergency management coordinator

who is not a resident of the municipality shall reside within a reasonable proximity

of the municipality to ensure a prompt response or coordination of municipal resources

for any local incident. The municipal emergency management coordinator, subject to fulfilling the requirements

of this section, shall serve for a term of three years. As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue for the full term of

his appointment, each municipal emergency management coordinator shall have successfully

completed at the time of his appointment or within one year immediately following

his appointment or the effective date of this act, whichever is later, the current

approved Home Study Course and the basic Emergency Management workshop. The failure of any municipal emergency management coordinator to fulfill such requirement

within the period prescribed shall disqualify the coordinator from continuing in the

office of coordinator and thereupon a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have

been created. b. The provisions of this section shall not bar a municipality from entering into

an agreement pursuant to the “Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act,” sections

1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c. 63 ( C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35 ) to designate (1) a municipal emergency management coordinator to serve two or more

municipalities jointly, or (2) the county emergency management coordinator appointed

pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1953, c. 438 (C.App.A:9-42.1) for the county in which

that municipality is located as the municipal emergency management coordinator, subject

to approval of the governing body of the county. A municipality entering into such an agreement shall notify the State Emergency

Management Coordinator. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2022, c. 111 )