13:1B-15.120 - Trustees; terms; appointment; chairman - New Jersey Statutes

13:1B-15.120.  Trustees;  terms;  appointment;  chairman
    The powers and duties of the trust shall vest in and be exercised by a board  of 11 trustees comprised initially of the six members of the Natural Areas  Council, who shall serve for terms co-extensive with their respective terms on  the council, and shall be succeeded by trustees appointed by the Governor from  a list of candidates nominated by a nominating committee provided by a group of  nonprofit New Jersey corporations having open space preservation or  environmental education as their corporate purpose, such as North Jersey  Conservation Foundation, New Jersey Audubon Society, Rutgers, The State  University, New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs, Conservation and Garden  Department, New Jersey Federation of Garden Clubs, and Watershed Associations  incorporated in the State of New Jersey.  Organizations must apply to the  trustees in order to provide one member to the nominating committee.  The  trustees thus appointed will serve for 3-year terms, each of whom will continue  to serve until succeeded.  The remaining trustees shall be:  a member of the  State House Commission designated by the Governor, and by virtue of their  offices, the State Treasurer, the Commissioner of the Department of  Environmental Protection and two members of the staff of the Department of  Environmental Protection designated by the commissioner, or their respective  representatives.

    The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Natural Lands Trust shall be elected by the trustees.

    The concurrence of six members of the board shall be necessary to the validity of all acts of the board.  At least one member of this majority must be an official of the State Government represented on the board.

     L.1968, c. 425, s. 2, eff. Jan. 23, 1969.  Amended by L.1973, c. 64, s. 2, eff. March 22, 1973.