17:10C-1 Residential Mortgage and Consumer Finance Advisory Board.

1. There is created in the Department of Banking and Insurance a Residential Mortgage and Consumer Finance Advisory Board. The board shall consist of the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance or his designee, who shall be ex officio the chair of the board, and seven members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of three years. Each member shall hold office for the term of appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified. A member is eligible to be reappointed to the board. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the membership of the board for any reason other than the expiration of the term shall have a term of appointment for the unexpired term only. All vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any appointed member of the board may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, after a hearing and may be suspended by the Governor pending the completion of the hearing. Appointed members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions may be adopted by the board at a board meeting by an affirmative vote of not less than four members. Of the seven appointed members, two shall have had, at the time of appointment, not less than five years of practical experience as a licensed residential mortgage lender located in the State of New Jersey; one shall have had, at the time of appointment, not less than five years of practical experience as a licensed residential mortgage broker located in the State of New Jersey; one shall be a representative from the licensed residential mortgage lending industry in the State of New Jersey who is not a salaried officer, director, partner, owner, principal, or employee of any licensed residential mortgage lender or broker; two shall have had, at the time of appointment, not less than five years of practical experience as lenders licensed for providing loans other than residential mortgage loans; and one shall be a public member who is not a salaried officer, director, partner, owner, principal, or employee of any licensed lender or broker. At no time shall there be more than one representative on the board from any one residential mortgage lender or broker.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary, the members of the board appointed by the Governor and serving on the effective date of P.L.2009, c.53 (C.17:11C-51 et al.) shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms, but a member of the board appointed or reappointed by the Governor after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.53 (C.17:11C-51 et al.) shall qualify for membership pursuant to this section.

L.1995, c.2, s.1; amended 2009, c.53, s.61.