N.J. Stat. § 13:1D-13.1

2. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary in Title 11A (Civil Service) of the New Jersey Statutes, the following titles in the Department of Environmental Protection shall be assigned or reassigned, within 60 days of the effective date of this act, to the unclassified service: (1) Assistant commissioners; and (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. and d. of this section, division directors. b. The titles of Director, Division of Personnel and Director, Division of Fiscal Management and General Services, in the Department of Environmental Protection, shall remain, as applicable, in the competitive division of the classified service or the senior executive service. c. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall, within 60 days of the effective date of this act and thereafter, appoint all persons to the positions with titles assigned or reassigned to the unclassified service pursuant to this section, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, as reconstituted pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1948, c.448 (C.13:1B-23). L.1991,c.415,s.2.