New Jersey § 52:17c-3

§ 52:17c-3.

a. There is established in the Office of Information Technology the Statewide Public

Safety Communications Advisory Council which shall provide advice and assistance to

the commission and the office in the planning, design, and implementation of the Statewide

emergency enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system and the New Jersey Interoperable Communications

System. b. The council shall consist of 22 members, the following members ex-officio; the

Chief Technology Officer within the Office of Information Technology who shall serve

as the council chairperson; the Deputy Director, Office of Homeland Security and

Preparedness, Preparedness Division; the Bureau Chief, New Jersey State Police Communications

within the Office of Emergency Management; the Director of the Department of Health

and Senior Services, Health Infrastructure Preparedness and Emergency Response; the

President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; the New Jersey State Fire

Marshal; the following public members: a representative from the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Region II; a representative from the Northeast/USAI Homeland Security

Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Northwest Homeland

Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Shore Homeland

Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from the Delaware

River Homeland Security Region Communications Working Group; a representative from

the State Agency Communications Working Group; a representative from the National

Emergency Number Association, New Jersey Chapter; a representative from the Association

of Public-Safety Communications Professionals; a representative from the New Jersey

Chiefs of Police Association; a representative from the New Jersey Fire Chiefs Association;

a representative from the New Jersey State First Aid Council; a representative from

the Sheriffs’ Association of New Jersey; a representative from the Department of

Health and Senior Services, Office of Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical

Services Council; the Association of Public-Safety Communications Professionals Public

Safety Frequency Coordinator; a representative from the New Jersey Emergency Medical

Services Task Force, communications branch; and a representative from the New Jersey

Urban Search and Rescue Team, communications branch. c. Public members of the council shall be recommended by the appointing authority

and subject to confirmation by the commission and shall serve as a member of the council

until replaced or removed for cause by the commission or appointing authority. The council shall have the authority to establish subcommittees as it deems appropriate

to carry out the purposes of this act. d. Members of the council shall serve without compensation. e. Each ex-officio member may designate an employee of the member's department or

agency to represent the member at meetings or hearings of the council. All designees may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the members for whom

they constitute the designees. f. The council shall be constituted upon the appointment of the majority of its authorized

membership and shall have no expiration date. g. The council shall be governed by the charter established by the commission.