Findings and order of State Board on release from bond

After notice and hearing, as required by section eleven, the State Board shall make, and cause to be recorded in its minutes, appropriate findings of fact, upon the basis of which it shall order that:

a. the surety shall be released from its bond because of any default occurring subsequent to a date fixed in the order and that the collector be required to furnish new surety within ten days from the date of the order, in default of which the office shall be deemed vacant and the local governing body shall appoint a suitable person to serve for the unexpired term and until the election or appointment and qualification of a successor; or

b. the collector shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the Director of the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance, for the use of the said division, within ten days from the date of the order, in default of which the office shall be deemed vacant and the local governing body shall appoint a suitable person to serve for the unexpired term and until the election or appointment and qualification of a successor; or

c. that the application be dismissed.

L.1940, c. 257, p. 973, s. 12. Amended by L.1947, c. 118, p. 581, s. 3.