2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:1-2.2 - Continuance of state board of control of institutions and agencies as state board of human services; members; appointment; removal; vacancies; terms; compensation; organization
30:1-2.2. Continuance of state board of control of institutions and agencies as state board of human services; members; appointment; removal; vacancies; terms; compensation; organization
The State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies established pursuant to R.S. 30:1-2, continued as the State Board of Institutional Trustees is further continued as the State Board of Human Services. The members of the board in office on the effective date of this act shall continue in office for the duration of the terms of which they were respectively appointed and until the appointment of their successors.
There is hereby created in the Department of Human Services a State Board of Human Services. The State board shall be composed of 12 members, residents of this State, including the Governor or officer administering the State Government, the Commissioner of the Department, and the Commissioner of Health who shall be ex officio members of the State board during their respective terms of office. The members of the State board shall be appointed by the Governor, without regard to political affiliation, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall be subject to removal by the Governor at any time for good and sufficient cause.
The members appointed by the Governor pursuant to this act shall be appointed for terms of 4 years. All appointed members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
Members of the State board shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties.
On and after July 1 of each year the State board shall reorganize by the election from among its appointed members of a chairman and vice chairman. The board may appoint a secretary, with the approval of the commissioner, who shall be an employee of the department and shall serve at the pleasure of the board without additional compensation. The term of office of the chairman and vice chairman shall be until June 30 of the following year or until their successors are elected and qualified.
L.1971, c. 384, s. 20, eff. Jan. 5, 1972. Amended by L.1981, c. 115, s. 3, eff. April 8, 1981.
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