52:9XX-3 - Members' terms - New Jersey Statutes

52:9XX-3.    Members' terms 
    3.   Legislative members shall serve for the two-year legislative term in which they are appointed.  Members of the Executive Branch shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  The representative of the Judicial Branch shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.  Public members of the commission shall serve for a term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that of the appointments first made to the commission under this act, the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly each shall appoint one public member for a term of one year and one public member for a term of two years. In the case of the initial appointments of public members, the members of the commission other than the public members shall recommend to each appointing officer at least three names for each appointment to be made and the appointing officer shall make an appointment from among those persons named. Thereafter, all members of the commission shall recommend to the appropriate appointing officer at least three names for each appointment to be made and the appointing officer shall make an appointment from among those persons named.  Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term only.  The commission members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 

   L.1993,c.199,s.3.