N.J. Stat. § 54:42-6
In the administration of this subtitle, the commissioner may appoint one or more deputies and such other employees as he may deem necessary, and establish, maintain and equip one or more offices at such places within the State as he shall determine. All deputies and other employees who are employed in the beverage tax division of the State Tax Department when this act becomes effective shall hold and thereafter continue to hold their respective positions within and as a part of the classified service of the State, in accordance with the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, notwithstanding that any such deputy or deputies may now or hereafter be authorized to act generally for and in the place of the head of the State Tax Department during his absence or disability. Employees other than deputies who shall be appointed to employment in the beverage tax division of the State Tax Department after this act shall become effective shall be appointed and shall hold their positions subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes; provided, however, that with respect to all such employees the working test period shall be one year and not as provided in Title 11 of the Revised Statutes.
N.J.S. § 54:42-6