§ 30-4-13

30:4-13. Discharge of unclassified employees Any officer or employee connected with any of the institutions or noninstitutional agencies whose office or employment is not within the classified service list of the civil service of the state, whose performance of or qualifications for the duties of his office or employment are unsatisfactory to the board of managers, may, with the approval of the state board, be discharged therefrom, or the state board may act in the premises without the initiative or assent of the board of managers.