Term of members

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26:3-6. Term of members

The members of the local board in every municipality, other than a township, which is subject to the provisions of subdivision C of this article, shall serve for such term as the governing body may by ordinance provide, but, except in a city having a population of over 80,000 but not of the first class, no term shall exceed 4 years, and in a city of the first class the term shall be 3 years. The terms shall be so arranged that the terms of not more than three members shall expire in any 1 year, except that in a city of the first class the terms of three members shall expire in 1 year, the terms of an additional three members in the next succeeding year, and the terms of the remaining members in the second succeeding year.

Amended by L.1953, c. 349, p. 1919, s. 3; L.1981, c. 462, s. 29.


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