New Jersey § 52:11-55

§ 52:11-55.

There is established in the Legislative Branch of the State Government, to aid and

assist the Legislature in performing its functions, an agency of the Legislature,

to be known as the “Office of Legislative Services” to be governed by a commission

to be known as the Legislative Services Commission, hereinafter referred to as “the

commission,” to consist of eight members of the Senate to be appointed by the President

thereof and eight members of the General Assembly to be appointed by the Speaker thereof

for terms coextensive with their respective terms as members of the House from which

they shall be appointed. All members shall serve until the appointment and qualification of their respective

successors. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled for the unexpired

terms in the same manner as the original appointments were made. No more than four of each group of eight members shall be appointed from members

of the same political party. The commission and the agency shall be deemed to be a continuous body and no action

taken by the commission or the office shall be abrogated by reason of the termination

of the terms of the members of the commission.