Director of planning and research and deputy executive director; appointment; qualifications; salary; assistants
N.J. Stat. § 27:1A-13
in effect(a) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to transportation planning and research by a Director of Planning and Research who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Planning and Research shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office, and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting subject to the availability of funds. (b) The commissioner may also appoint a deputy executive director to serve at his pleasure as assistant to the executive director in the performance of general administrative duties as may be assigned. The deputy executive director shall be a person qualified by training and actual experience in public administration to perform the duties of his office, and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (c) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to coordinating the various modes of transportation and maximizing resources for the movement of people and goods by a Director of Modal Transportation Services who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Modal Transportation Services shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (d) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the promotion and regulation of aeronautics by a Director of Aeronautics who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Aeronautics shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (e) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the regulatory responsibilities over rail, motor bus, and limousine operations by a Director of Regulatory Affairs who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Regulatory Affairs shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (f) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to policy analysis and governmental affairs by a Director of Policy Analysis and Governmental Affairs who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Policy Analysis and Governmental Affairs shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. (g) The commissioner shall be assisted in the performance of his duties relating to the promotion, coordination, and development of waterborne transportation by a Director of Waterborne Transportation who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at his pleasure. The Director of Waterborne Transportation shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office and shall receive such salary as may be established by the commissioner' with the approval of the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, subject to the availability of funds. L.1966, c. 301, s. 13. Amended by L.1972, c. 164, s. 9; L.1984, c. 162, s. 4, eff. Oct. 10, 1984.
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