New Jersey Statutes 54:3-10. Administrator; removal; charges in writing; notice; trial; appeal
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:3-10
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
No county tax administrator who has heretofore acquired, or shall hereafter acquire, tenure pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 54:3-9, shall be removed from office except for just cause, as provided in section 54:3-9 of this Title, and after a written charge or charges of the cause of complaint shall have been preferred against him, signed by the person making the charge, and filed with the president of the county board of taxation, and, after the charge has been publicly examined into by the board, upon such reasonable notice to the person charged and in such manner and examination as the rules and regulations of the board may prescribe. Every county tax administrator against whom a charge for any cause may be preferred hereunder, shall receive a fair trial upon the charge and have every reasonable opportunity to make a defense thereto. An appeal from a determination of the board may be taken to the Director of the Division of Taxation by filing a written petition for review within 45 days from the date of the board determination.
Amended by L.1944, c. 189, p. 697, s. 3; L.1979, c. 499, s. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.