2.   The salary ranges for the following positions shall be as established by the Civil Service Commission with the approval of the Director, Division of Budget and Accounting. The salary rate for any such position shall be the salary step in such range next above the salary currently being paid; provided, however, that any sums appropriated for salaries may be made available for salary adjustments therein arising from various exigencies of the State service and for normal merit salary increments as the Civil Service Commission, the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall determine; and provided, further, that nothing in this act shall reduce the salary rate for any such position below that which is being paid on the effective date of this act:
 
   Community Affairs Department
 
      Assistant Commissioner of Community Affairs
 
      Director, Division of State and Regional Planning
 
      Director, Division of Local Government Services
 
      Director, Division of Housing and Urban Renewal
 
      Director, Office of Aging Programs
 
      Director, Office on Women
 
   Environmental Protection Department
 
      Director, Division of Water Resources
 
      Director, Division of Parks and Forestry
 
      Director of Fish, Game and Shell Fisheries
 
      Director, Division of Marine Services
 
      Director, Division of Environmental Quality
 
   Health Department
 
      Director, Division of Narcotic and Drug Abuse Control
 
      Chief State Medical Examiner
 
   Corrections Department
 
      Chairman, State Parole Board
 
      Associate Member, State Parole Board
 
      Public Defender
 
   Labor and Workforce Development Department
 
      Director, Workplace Standards
 
   Law and Public Safety Department
 
      Director, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
 
      State Superintendent of Weights and Measures
 
   Public Utilities Department
 
      Director, Office of Cable Television
 
      Executive Director, Public Broadcasting
 
   State Department
 
   Transportation Department
 
      Assistant Commissioner for Highways
 
      Assistant Commissioner for Public Transportation
 
   Treasury Department
 
      Director, Division of Budget and Accounting
 
      Director, Division of Taxation
 
      Director, Division of Purchase and Property
 
      Director, Division of Pensions and Benefits
 
      Director, Division of State Lottery.
 
   L.1974, c.55, s.2; amended 1998, c.38, s.1; 1999, c.380, s.11; 2001, c.397, s.2; 2005, c.240, s.2; 2008, c.29, s.107; 2018, c.62, s.48; 2023, c.349, s.6.