40A:9-1.13.Ā  Eligibility for candidacy or appointment to local elective office Except as provided in section 9 of this act, no person shall, on or after the effective date of this act, be eligible to become a candidate for any localĀ  elective office, or to be appointed to any local elective office, unless he isĀ  registered to vote in the local unit to which the office pertains, and has beenĀ  a resident of that local unit for at least 1 year immediately prior to the dateĀ  upon which the election for the office is to be held, or prior to the date uponĀ  which the appointment is made, as the case may be.

L.1980, c. 94, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.Ā  Amended by L.1981, c. 49, s. 1, eff.Ā  Jan. 1, 1981.
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