N.J. Admin. Code § 5:44-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 5:44-2.4 - Compliance period

(a) Except as provided by N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-46(a), any person serving as a commissioner on the board of a local housing authority or municipal redevelopment agency after June 5, 1995 shall satisfactorily complete the prescribed courses of study within 18 months following the date of appointment or by July 1, 1997, whichever is later.

1. A commissioner appointed after June 5, 1995 who fails to comply with the training requirements within the allowed period, is deemed resigned and shall vacate the position. That individual shall not be eligible for reappointment to the board until such time as he or she has fulfilled all course requirements, having taken the remaining prescribed courses at his or her own expense at a time when he or she was not serving as a member of a housing authority or redevelopment agency.

2. A commissioner serving on or before June 5, 1995 who failed to comply with the training requirements by July 1, 1997 may serve until the end of his or her appointed term but may not be reappointed for a period of five years thereafter and then only upon completion of the curriculum.

(b) Any person serving as the executive director of a local housing authority or municipal redevelopment agency on or after June 5, 1995 shall satisfactorily complete the prescribed course of study within two years after the effective date of his or her appointment. Executive directors of local housing authorities shall satisfactorily complete at least five of the requisite courses within one year of appointment.

(c) The Department shall award course credit to those participants who attended the approved LHA/MRA Training Program courses prior to the promulgation of these rules and allow participants to apply these credits toward the training program requirements.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:44-2.4

Amended by R.2000 d.61, effective 2/22/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3250(a), 32 New Jersey Register 690(a).
Rewrote (a) and (b).
Administrative correction.
See: 32 New Jersey Register 2864(c).