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Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 33:1-5, there is hereby created a Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which Board shall exercise and perform all of the functions, powers and duties and rights to administer the provisions of Title 33 of the New Jersey Statutes in respect to the City of Plainfield and Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code of the City of Plainfield.
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The Board shall consist of three (3) persons, no more than two
(2) of which shall be of the same political party, who shall be chosen
and appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City
Council for terms of three (3) years. The term of each member shall
be three (3) years but one (1) of the initial appointments shall be
for one (1) year, another for two (2) years, and the third for three
(3) years. In case of a vacancy occurring before the expiration of
any term, the appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired
term. Each member of the Board, upon his/her appointment, shall file
with the Municipal Clerk, in duplicate, an acceptance of his/her appointment,
one (1) of which shall be retained by the Municipal Clerk and the
other of which shall be transmitted by him to the Director of the
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control as hereinafter provided.
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(a)
The Mayor shall appoint the Municipal Clerk or some other qualified
person as Board Secretary.
(b)
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board, keep the minutes
thereof and perform such other clerical duties as shall be assigned
to him thereby.
(c)
The Secretary shall receive annual compensation in the amount of
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).
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The Municipal Clerk shall, upon the appointment of the members
of the Board, transmit to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic
Beverage Control a certified copy of this section and of the resolutions
appointing the members of the Board and a duplicate original certificate
of acceptance by each of the members filed with him.
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The members of such municipal Board shall receive no salaries
and they shall be removable by the City Council for cause. Such members
shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service.
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No person appointed to any office, position or employment under
this section while holding said office, position or employment, shall
directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership
or as a stockholder of a corporation or any other association have
any interest whatsoever in the manufacture, sale or distribution of
alcoholic beverages, or in any enterprise or industry dealing or connected
with alcoholic beverages or kindred or cognate thereto; nor shall
any such person accept any gift, gratuity, or anything of value whatsoever
from any licensee or applicant for a license, directly or indirectly;
but it shall not be a violation of this section for such person to
purchase or possess for consumption and not for resale any alcoholic
beverages.
