2. The salary ranges for the following positions shall be as established by the Civil Service Commission with the approval of the Director, Division of Budget and Accounting. The salary rate for any such position shall be the salary step in such range next above the salary currently being paid; provided, however, that any sums appropriated for salaries may be made available for salary adjustments therein arising from various exigencies of the State service and for normal merit salary increments as the Civil Service Commission, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall determine; and provided, further, that nothing in this act shall reduce the salary rate for any such position below that which is being paid on the effective date of this act:

Community Affairs Department

Assistant Commissioner of Community Affairs

Director, Division of State and Regional Planning

Director, Division of Local Government Services

Director, Division of Housing and Urban Renewal

Director, Office of Aging Programs

Director, Office on Women

Environmental Protection Department

Director, Division of Water Resources

Director, Division of Parks and Forestry

Director of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries

Director, Division of Marine Services

Director, Division of Environmental Quality

Health and Senior Services Department

Director, Division of Narcotic and Drug Abuse Control

Chief State Medical Examiner

Corrections Department

Chairman, State Parole Board

Associate Member, State Parole Board

Public Defender

Labor and Workforce Development Department

Director, Workplace Standards

Law and Public Safety Department

Colonel and Superintendent, State Police

Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control

State Superintendent of Weights and Measures

Public Utilities Department

Director, Office of Cable Television

Executive Director, Public Broadcasting

State Department

Transportation Department

Assistant Commissioner for Highways

Assistant Commissioner for Public Transportation

Chief Administrator, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission

Treasury Department

Director, Division of Budget and Accounting

Director, Division of Taxation

Director, Division of Purchase and Property

Director, Division of Pensions and Benefits

Director, Division of State Lottery.

L.1974, c.55, s.2; amended 1998, c.38, s.1; 1999, c.380, s.11; 2001, c.397, s.2; 2005, c.240, s.2; 2008, c.29, s.107; 2018, c.62, s.48.