New Jersey § 40:69A-42 Acting mayor

New Jersey Statutes

§ 40:69A-42 — Acting mayor

New Jersey § 40:69A-42

Title 40MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

This text of New Jersey § 40:69A-42 (Acting mayor) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Jersey primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:69A-42 (2026).

Text

The mayor shall designate the business administrator, any other department head, or the municipal clerk to act as mayor whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his office. During such time the person so designated by the mayor shall possess all the rights, powers, and duties of mayor. Whenever the mayor shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of sixty consecutive days for any of the above stated reasons, an acting mayor shall be appointed by the council, who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the mayor or the then acting mayor. L.1950, c. 210, p. 475, s. 3-12, eff. June 8, 1950.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The mayor shall designate the business administrator, any other department head, or the municipal clerk to act as mayor whenever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the municipality, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of his office. During such time the person so designated by the mayor shall possess all the rights, powers, and duties of mayor. Whenever the mayor shall have been unable to attend to the duties of his office for a period of sixty consecutive days for any of the above stated reasons, an acting mayor shall be appointed by the council, who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the mayor or the then acting mayor. L.1950, c. 210, p. 475, s. 3-12, eff. June 8, 1950.