32:20B-4 Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission.

4. a. There is created the Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission, which shall comprise 18 members.

The commission shall include 12 voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; and 10 members of the public with a background or experience in the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, or enhancement of rivers or the natural, scenic, or recreational resources associated therewith, or with a background or experience in building or engineering, who are resident voters of the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York, of whom one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly of the State of New York and one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York.

Additionally, the commission shall include six non-voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Bergen in New Jersey, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Rockland in New York, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative of United Water, Inc.; and a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

b. Vacancies in the appointed positions on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.

c. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but the commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, reimburse members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties.

d. Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the relevant appointing authority.

L.2011, c.177, s.4.