New Jersey § 52:9s-2

§ 52:9s-2.

There is hereby created a New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning. The commission shall consist of 12 members selected as follows: the State Treasurer

and any three other members of the Executive Branch designated by the Governor to

so serve at his pleasure, two members of the General Assembly, two members of the

Senate and four public members from the State at large. The members from the General Assembly shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General

Assembly. The members of the Senate shall be appointed by the President of the Senate. No more than one of the members appointed by the Speaker or President shall be from

the same political party. Legislative members shall serve while members of their respective houses for the

term for which they have been elected. Of the four public members two shall be appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate , no more than one of whom shall be of the same political party, and two by the Legislature,

one each by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, for a term of six years and until their successors are qualified, provided that the members serving on the effective date of this 1995 amendatory act shall continue

to serve until the expiration of their appointments . The President of the Senate shall make the first appointment of a public member upon

the expiration of the term of the public member first occurring after the effective

date of this 1995 amendatory act, and the Speaker of the General Assembly shall make

the second appointment of a public member upon the expiration of the term of the public

member next occurring after the effective date of this act. The public members shall be chosen based upon their experience and expertise in

public finance and the capital improvement process. Any vacancy among the public members shall be filled in the same manner as the original

appointment, but for the unexpired term only. A member shall be eligible for reappointment. A chairman of the commission shall be selected annually by the membership of the commission from among the public members. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but public members shall

be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.