2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 34 - LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Section 34:1A-81 - Council on Undocumented Aliens established

34:1A-81 Council on Undocumented Aliens established
1. There is established within the Department of Labor a Council on Undocumented Aliens which shall consist of 14 public members and the commissioner, ex officio, or his designee, as chair, not more than eight of whom shall be of the same political affiliation. Of the 14 public members, two shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, two shall be representatives of nonprofit agencies providing services to immigrants, two shall be representatives of organized labor, two shall be representatives of employers, two shall be representatives of regulated professions, two shall be representatives of minority group organizations, and two shall be representatives of urban cities. With the exception of those public members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, each public member of the council shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve until the council ceases to exist as provided in section 4 of this act.

Any vacancies in the membership of the council occurring prior to the dissolution of the council shall be filled by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the unexpired term only. Any member of the council may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, upon notice and opportunity to be heard.

The members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

L.1997,c.87,s.1.