52:18A-197. State Planning Commission

There is established in the Department of the Treasury a State Planning Commission, to consist of 17 members to be appointed as follows:

a. The State Treasurer and four other cabinet members to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Each cabinet member serving on the commission may be represented by an official designee, whose name shall be filed with the commission. All other members of the cabinet, or their designees, shall be entitled to receive notice of and attend meetings of the commission and, upon request, receive all official documents of the commission;

b. Two other members of the executive branch of State government to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor;

c. Four persons, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, who shall represent municipal and county governments, and at least one of whom shall represent the interest of urban areas, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of four years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, except that the first four appointments shall be for terms of one, two, three and four years, respectively. In making these appointments, the Governor shall give consideration to the recommendations of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the New Jersey Conference of Mayors, the New Jersey Association of Counties, and the New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials;

d. Six public members, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party, and of whom at least one shall be a professional planner, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of four years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, except that of the first six appointments, one shall be for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, two for a term of three years and two for a term of four years.

Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled for the unexpired terms only in the same manner as the original appointments were made. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

Members of the commission shall be subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L. 1971, c. 182 (C. 52:13D-12 et seq.).

L. 1985, c. 398, s. 2, eff. Jan. 2, 1986.