2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 38a - Military And Veterans Law
Section 38A:3-6.13 - Four Advisory Councils Created

38A:3-6.13. Four advisory councils created
There is created within the Division of Veterans' Administrative Services in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs four advisory councils to be known as:

a. The New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Home Advisory Council-Menlo Park;

b. The New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Home Advisory Council-Vineland;

c. The New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Home Advisory Council-Paramus; and

d. The New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Advisory Council-Arneytown.

Each advisory council shall consist of seven members, at least five of whom are veterans, to be appointed by the Adjutant General with the approval of the Governor. The term of each council member, except for the initial members, shall be three years commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the third year thereafter, and any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term only.

The initial membership of each veterans' facility advisory council, other than the New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Advisory Council-Arneytown, shall include four of the persons serving on the effective date of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act as members of the Veterans' Facilities Council. The New Jersey Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Advisory Council-Arneytown shall include three of the persons serving on the effective date of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act as members of the Veterans' Facilities Council. All of the members who served originally on the Veterans' Facilities Council and who serve subsequently on an advisory council shall serve for the remainder of the term for which they had been appointed to the Veterans' Facilities Council. Additional and subsequent appointments shall be made in such manner that the terms of either two or three of the members of each advisory council shall expire on June 30 of each year.

The members of the advisory council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in the performance of duty. They are subject to removal by the Adjutant General at any time for good and sufficient cause.

L.1989,c.162,s.11.