Bill Text: NJ A586 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Eliminates salary for part-time members of certain boards, commissions, and independent authorities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A586 Detail]
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman C.A.Brown
SYNOPSIS
Eliminates salary for part-time members of certain boards, commissions, and independent authorities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning compensation for members of certain boards, commissions, and independent authorities and amending various sections of the statutory law.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 8 of P.L.1984, c.218 (C.5:12-156) is amended to read as follows:
8. Each [appointed and voting public] member of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority [other than the chairman shall receive compensation of $18,000.00 per annum. The compensation of the chairman shall be $23,000.00 per annum. The casino industry representatives] shall [not be deemed to be public members and shall not receive this] shall serve without compensation. All members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of the State shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office or employment, or any benefits or emoluments thereof by reason of his acceptance of the office of an ex officio or appointed member of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority or his services therein.
(cf: P.L.1993, c.292, s.36)
2. N.J.S.11A:2-5 is amended to read as follows:.
11A:2-5. A commission member, other than the chairperson of the commission, [shall receive a salary as fixed by law and] shall serve without compensation. [also] A commission member shall be entitled to sums incurred for necessary expenses. The salary of the chairperson shall be determined by the Governor.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.29, s.5)
3. R.S.12:8-4 is amended to read as follows:
12:8-4. The commission shall from time to time establish the percentage of the fees received by maritime pilots for pilotage which is to be remitted to the commission for its services under this chapter. However, the percentage amount shall not be greater than three percent of the pilotage fees. The amount received by the commission shall be used to pay the commission's administrative expenses including, but not limited to, the [compensation of the commissioners, their] expenses, rent, and utilities[, employee salaries and benefits. Compensation of the commissioners shall be $28,000 per annum] of the commissioners. Each commissioner shall serve without compensation. They shall not be entitled to receive the commissions on extra pilotage for boarding off-shore, or for fees received for what is called transportation or harbor pilotage or any percentage of the fees received by docking pilots.
(cf: P.L.2004, c.72, s.7)
4. Section 4 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-4) is amended to read as follows:
4. a. There is hereby established in but not of the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "Garden State Preservation Trust." For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the trust is hereby allocated within the Department of the Treasury, but notwithstanding that allocation, the trust shall be independent of any supervision or control by that department or by any board or officer thereof. The trust is hereby constituted as an instrumentality of the State, exercising public and essential governmental functions, no part of whose revenues shall accrue to the benefit of any individual, and the exercise by the trust of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State.
b. The trust shall consist of nine voting members as follows: the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer, who shall be members ex officio; and five public members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, two of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and of those two so appointed no more than one shall be from the same political party, and two of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and of those two so appointed no more than one shall be from the same political party. The public member appointed by the Governor shall serve a term of five years. Each public member appointed by the President of the Senate shall serve a term of five years, except of those first appointed, one shall serve a term of three years and the other a term of two years. Each public member appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly shall serve a term of five years, except of those first appointed, one shall serve a term of three years and the other a term of two years.
No person holding elective public office shall be eligible to be a member of the trust.
c. Each public member shall hold office for the term of the member's appointment and until the member's successor shall have been appointed and qualified. A public member shall be eligible for reappointment. Any vacancy in a public membership occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only.
d. Any public member may be removed from office by the appointing authority, for cause, after a public hearing, and may be suspended by the appointing authority pending the completion of the hearing. All members before entering upon their duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of their office faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of their ability. A record of each oath shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
e. The first chairperson of the trust shall be the public member first appointed by the Governor. At the first meeting of the trust held in each subsequent year, the members shall elect one of the public members to serve as chairperson of the trust in a manner that ensures that the chair rotates annually among at least one of the appointees of the President of the Senate, at least one of the appointees of the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the appointee of the Governor.
f. The trust shall not be deemed to be constituted and shall not take action or adopt motions or resolutions until all five authorized public members shall have been appointed and qualified in the manner provided in this section. The members shall annually elect one of the public members as vice chairperson. The members shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members, and the same person may be elected to serve as both secretary and treasurer. The powers of the trust shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time and five members of the trust shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the trust at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full membership of the trust. No vacancy in the membership of the trust shall impair the right of a quorum of the members to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the trust. The trust shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.).
g. Each [public] member of the trust shall [receive compensation in the amount of $150 per day for each day that the public member attends a meeting of the trust, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Ex officio members of the trust shall] serve without compensation. All members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no member shall be deemed to have forfeited nor shall the member forfeit the member's office or employment or any benefits or emoluments thereof by reason of the member's acceptance of the office of ex officio member of the trust or the member's services therein.
h. Each ex officio member may designate an employee of the member's department or agency to represent the member at meetings of the trust. All designees may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the member for whom they constitute the designee. The designation shall be in writing delivered to the trust and shall continue in effect until revoked or amended in writing delivered to the trust.
i. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the trust shall be delivered forthwith by and under the certification of the secretary thereof to the Governor. No action taken at the meeting by the trust shall have force or effect until 15 days after the copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered, unless during this 15-day period the Governor shall approve in writing the minutes or any part thereof, in which case the action shall become effective upon approval. If, within that 15-day period, the Governor returns a copy of the minutes with the Governor's veto of any action taken by the trust or any member thereof at the meeting, the action shall be null and void and of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the last day of the 15-day period shall be a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the 15-day period shall be deemed extended to the next following business day. The powers conferred in this subsection upon the Governor shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations of the trust at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to, this subsection shall in any way limit, restrict or alter the obligation or powers of the trust or any representative or officer of the trust to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement or contract at any time made or entered into by or on behalf of the trust with respect to its bonds, notes or other obligations or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof.
j. The trust shall continue in existence until dissolved by act of the Legislature. However, any dissolution of this trust shall be on condition that the trust has no debts, contractual duties or obligations outstanding, or that provision has been made for the payment, discharge or retirement of these debts, contractual duties or obligations. Upon any dissolution of the trust, all property, rights, funds and assets thereof shall pass to and become vested in the State.
(cf: P.L.1999, c.152, s.4)
5. Section 5 of P.L.1968, c.129 (C.17:37A-5) is amended to read as follows:
5. The association shall be governed by a board of 21 directors, 10 of whom shall be elected annually by the members of the association, whose votes in such election shall be weighted in accordance with each member's participation in the association pursuant to section 6 of this act. One of whom shall be appointed annually by the commissioner from and among the officers of the various domestic mutual insurance companies, and one of whom shall be appointed annually by the commissioner from among the officers of the various domestic stock insurance companies. Six of whom shall be appointed annually by the commissioner from the public-at-large and who shall be individuals who are not employed by, or otherwise affiliated with, insurers, insurance agents, brokers, producers, or other entities of the insurance industry. In addition there will be three nonvoting members, one from the Independent Insurance Agents Association, one from the Professional Insurance Agents Association, and one from the Insurance Brokers' Association, or their successor organizations, each of whom shall be delegated by their respective associations to serve annually.
[Each of the six public members appointed by the commissioner shall be entitled to a per diem stipend of $100.00 for each day of board business attended, to be paid by the association. In addition, all] All board members, both voting and nonvoting , shall serve without compensation. All board members shall be reimbursed by the association for all reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with attendance at board meetings.
(cf: P.L.1981, c.232, s.1)
6. Section 2 of P.L.1998, c.41 (C.30:4D-17.17a) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. There is established the Drug Utilization Review Board in the department to advise the department on the implementation of a drug utilization review program pursuant to P.L.1993, c.16 (C.30:4D-17.16 et seq.) and this section. The board shall establish a Senior Drug Utilization Review Committee to address the specific prescribing needs of the elderly and an AIDS/HIV Drug Utilization Review Committee to address the specific prescribing needs of persons with AIDS/HIV, in addition to such other committees as it deems necessary. It shall be the responsibility of each committee to evaluate the specific prescribing needs of its beneficiary population, and to submit recommendations to the board in regard thereto.
The board shall consist of 17 members, including the Commissioners of Human Services and Health and Senior Services or their designees, who shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members, and 15 public members. The public members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The appointments shall be made as follows: six persons licensed and actively engaged in the practice of medicine in this State, including one who is a psychiatrist and at least two who specialize in geriatric medicine and two who specialize in AIDS/HIV care, one of whom who is a pediatric AIDS/HIV specialist, four of whom shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the Medical Society of New Jersey and two upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons; one person licensed as a physician in this State who is actively engaged in academic medicine; four persons licensed in and actively practicing or teaching pharmacy in this State, who shall be appointed from a list of pharmacists recommended by the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, the New Jersey Council of Chain Drug Stores, the Garden State Pharmacy Owners, Inc., the New Jersey Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the Academy of Consultant Pharmacists and the College of Pharmacy of Rutgers, The State University; one additional health care professional; two persons certified as advanced practice nurses in this State, who shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey State Nurses Association; and one member to be appointed upon the recommendation of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Each member of the board shall have expertise in the clinically appropriate prescribing and dispensing of outpatient drugs.
b. All appointments to the board shall be made no later than the 60th day after the effective date of this act. The public members shall be appointed for two-year terms and shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified, and are eligible for reappointment; except that of the public members first appointed, eight shall be appointed for a term of two years and five for a term of one year.
c. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made but for the unexpired term only. Members of the board shall serve [with] without compensation [for the time and]. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as board members, as determined by the Commissioners of Human Services and Health and Senior Services, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury.
d. The board shall select a chairman from among the public members, who shall serve a one-year term, and a secretary. The chairman may serve consecutive terms. The board shall adopt bylaws. The board shall meet at least quarterly and may meet at other times at the call of the chairman. The board shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). No motion to take any action by the board shall be valid except upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized membership of the board.
e. The duties of the board shall include the development and application of the criteria and standards to be used in retrospective and prospective drug utilization review. The criteria and standards shall be based on the compendia and developed with professional input in a consensus fashion. There shall be provisions for timely reassessments and revisions as necessary and provisions for input by persons acting as patient advocates. The drug utilization review standards shall reflect the local practices of prescribers, in order to monitor:
(1) therapeutic appropriateness;
(2) overutilization or underutilization;
(3) therapeutic duplication;
(4) drug-disease contraindications;
(5) drug-drug interactions;
(6) incorrect drug dosage;
(7) duration of drug treatment; and
(8) clinical drug abuse or misuse.
The board shall recommend to the department criteria for denials of claims and establish standards for a medical exception process. The board shall also consider relevant information provided by interested parties outside of the board and, if appropriate, shall make revisions to the criteria and standards in a timely manner based upon this information.
f. The board, with the approval of the department, shall be responsible for the development, selection, application and assessment of interventions or remedial strategies for prescribers, pharmacists and beneficiaries that are educational and not punitive in nature to improve the quality of care, including:
(1) Information disseminated to prescribers and pharmacists to ensure that they are aware of the duties and powers of the board;
(2) Written, oral or electronic reminders of patient-specific or drug-specific information that are designed to ensure prescriber, pharmacist and beneficiary confidentiality, and suggested changes in the prescribing or dispensing practices designed to improve the quality of care;
(3) The development of an educational program, using data provided through drug utilization review as a part of active and ongoing educational outreach activities to improve prescribing and dispensing practices as provided in this section. These educational outreach activities shall include accurate, balanced and timely information about drugs and their effect on a patient. If the board contracts with another entity to provide this program, that entity shall publicly disclose any financial interest or benefit that accrues to it from the products selected or used in this program;
(4) Use of face-to-face discussion between experts in drug therapy and the prescriber or pharmacist who has been designated by the board for educational intervention;
(5) Intensified reviews or monitoring of selected prescribers or pharmacists;
(6) The timely evaluation of interventions to determine whether the interventions have improved the quality of care; and
(7) The review of case profiles prior to the conducting of an intervention.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.262, s.1)
7. Section 6 of P.L.1968, c.303 (C.34:13A-5.2) is amended to read as follows:
6. There is hereby established in the Division of Public Employment Relations a commission to be known as the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. This commission, in addition to the powers and duties granted by this act, shall have in the public employment area the same powers and duties granted to the labor mediation board in sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1941, c.100, and in sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1945, c.32. This commission shall make policy and establish rules and regulations concerning employer-employee relations in public employment relating to dispute settlement, grievance procedures and administration including enforcement of statutory provisions concerning representative elections and related matters and to implement fully all the provisions of this act. The commission shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of such members, two shall be representative of public employers, two shall be representative of public employee organizations and three shall be representative of the public including the appointee who is designated as chairman. Of the first appointees, two shall be appointed for two years, two for a term of three years and three, including the chairman, for a term of four years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years each, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whose office has become vacant.
The members of the commission[, other than the chairman, shall be compensated at the rate of $250.00 for each six hour day spent in attendance at meetings and consultations and] shall serve without compensation. The members of the commission shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the discharge of their duties [except that no commission member who receives a salary or other form of compensation as a representative of any employer or employee group, organization or association, shall be compensated by the commission for any deliberations directly involving members of said employer or employee group, organization or association. Compensation for more, or less than, six hours per day, shall be prorated in proportion to the time involved].
The chairman of the commission shall be its chief executive officer and administrator, shall devote his full time to the performance of his duties as chairman of the Public Employment Relations Commission and shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law.
(cf: P.L.1987, c.456, s.1)
8. Section 9 of P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-9) is amended to read as follows:
9. (1) For the performance of its work, under this act, the board may request and shall avail itself of and utilize the service of any officer or employee of the Department of Labor and [Industry] Workforce Development who shall render such assistance as the board may require without additional compensation. The board may, within the amount available therefor by appropriation, appoint a secretary and such other assistants and employees as it may require for the consummation of its work, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. (2) Each member of the board shall serve without compensation. Each member of the board shall be entitled to be reimbursed for his traveling and other expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in the performance of his duties [, and, in addition, shall receive a per diem allowance of $50.00 for each day, or part thereof, spent in the rendition of service to or for the board under this act; provided, however, that no member shall in any case receive per diem compensation as such member in an amount in excess of $5,000.00 for any 1 fiscal year].
(cf: P.L.1967, c.110, s.1)
9. Section 15 of P.L.1983, c.362 (C.39:6A-21) is amended to read as follows:
15. The New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange; membership, board of directors.
There shall be created, within 45 days of the operative date of this act, an unincorporated association, to operate on a nonprofit-nonloss basis, to be known as the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange, with its headquarters to be located within the State of New Jersey. Every insurer licensed to transact private-passenger automobile insurance in this State shall be a member of the exchange and shall be bound by the rules of the exchange as a condition of the authority to transact insurance business in this State. Any insurer which ceases to transact automobile insurance business in this State shall remain liable for any amounts due to the exchange for business transacted prior to the effective date of its cessation of business in the State.
The exchange shall adopt a plan of operation which shall become effective upon approval by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. The business affairs of the exchange shall be governed by a board of directors to be comprised of 12 members. Nine members shall be appointed, from a list of names submitted by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom two shall represent the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, or its successor organization; two shall represent the American Insurance Association, or its successor organization; two shall represent the independent companies; two shall represent New Jersey domiciled insurance companies as nominated to the commissioner by the exchange; and one shall be a public member. If no name is submitted by an aforementioned association or company to serve as its representative on the board of the exchange, the exchange shall submit to the commissioner the name of an individual employed by an insurer transacting automobile insurance in this State. Additionally, the Governor, the Speaker of the General Assembly and the President of the Senate shall each appoint one public member. The board shall elect a chairman who shall be a representative of an insurer domiciled in New Jersey. No insurer shall represent more than one organization on the board of directors of the exchange.
All appointments made on or after the effective date of this amendatory act shall be for five-year terms. A director shall serve until his successor is appointed. Vacancies on the board of directors of the exchange shall be filled for the remainders of the terms in the same manner as the original appointments. Public members shall [be compensated in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, and shall] serve without compensation. Public members shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties. All expenses incurred by the board shall be payable from moneys collected by the exchange.
(cf: P.L.2007, c.72, s.1)
10. Section 1 of P.L.1989, c.145 (C.40:62-110.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. In any county of the second class with a population of at least 440,000, but not more than 450,000, according to the 1980 federal decennial census, in which at least three municipalities, two of which each have populations of 50,000 or more, but less than 100,000, and one of which has a population of 100,000 or more according to the 1980 federal decennial census, have joined together to create, under R.S.40:62-109, or elect or appoint under R.S.40:62-129, a waterworks or water commission, the provisions of this section shall control the number and method of appointment of the waterworks or water commission members[,] and their terms of office [and their salaries], notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.40:62-108 et seq. to the contrary. Any agreements entered into pursuant to R.S.40:62-129 shall be amended to conform with the provisions of this section.
a. The commission shall consist of seven members. A municipality with a population of 100,000 or more shall have three members on the commission and a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more, but less than 100,000, shall have two members on the commission. Members shall be appointed by the mayor in any municipality organized under P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.) and by the governing body, by a majority vote, in any municipality organized under R.S.40:79-1 et seq. A member of the commission shall be required to reside in the appointing municipality at the time of appointment; however, if the commission member moves outside the appointing municipality during the member's term of office, the member may continue to serve on the commission to the end of the member's term. A mayor, a manager or a member of the governing body of the appointing municipality may serve as a member of the commission unless this service is prohibited by the conflict of interest laws of this State.
b. Each commission member shall be appointed for a four-year term. All additional members who may be appointed to a commission under this section shall be appointed before January 1, 1989, and their first term shall expire not later than December 31, 1992. All terms of office of commission members already appointed and serving on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall not be affected by the provisions of this act.
c. [The salaries of the president and the members of the commission shall be as follows:] The president [shall receive a salary at the rate of $8,500.00 annually as compensation for service on the commission; and any other member of the commission shall receive a salary at the rate of $7,500.00 annually as compensation for service on the commission.] and each member of the commission shall serve without compensation. The president and members of the commission shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(cf: P.L.1989, c.145, s.1)
11. Section 2 of P.L.1977, c.285 (C.45:1-2.5) is amended to read as follows:
2. With respect to the boards or commissions designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), except as otherwise provided in subsection d. of this section, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law:
a. The officers and members shall [be compensated on a per diem basis in the amount of $25.00 or an amount to be determined by the Attorney General, with the approval of the State Treasurer, but not to exceed $100.00 per diem or $2,500.00 annually, and] serve without compensation. The officers and members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their official duties. Such moneys shall be paid according to rules and regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.
b. The executive secretary shall receive such salary as shall be determined by the appointing authority within the limits of available appropriations and shall serve at its pleasure. Any such executive secretary who holds a certificate, license or registration issued by the board or commission by which he is employed shall not during such employment be permitted to engage in any profession or occupation regulated by the board or commission.
c. The head of the department to which such board or commission is assigned shall maintain within any public building, whether owned or leased by the State, suitable quarters for the board's or commission's office and meeting place, provided that no such office or meeting place shall be within premises owned or occupied by an officer or member of such board or commission.
[d. The compensation schedule for members of boards and commissions provided in subsection a. of this section shall not apply to the members of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission, who shall be compensated pursuant to R.S.45:15-6 or to members of the State Board of Medical Examiners who shall receive compensation of $150 per diem.]
(cf: P.L.1989, c.300, s.17)
12. Section 8 of P.L.1989, c.300 (C.45:9-19.8) is amended to read as follows:
8. The State Board of Medical Examiners shall establish a Medical Practitioner Review Panel.
a. The review panel shall consist of nine members. Eight members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, as follows: four physicians licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this State, at least one of whom is a board certified psychiatrist or a physician experienced in the field of chemical dependency and at least one of whom is employed by a health maintenance organization; three consumers of health care services who are not licensed health care providers or the spouses of licensed health care providers; and one administrator of a hospital who is appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Hospital Association. One member shall be appointed by the President of the State Board of Medical Examiners and shall be a member of the board and shall serve ex officio.
A review panel member shall serve for a term of three years, except that of the members first appointed, three shall serve for terms of one year, three for terms of two years and two for a term of three years. A review panel member is eligible for reappointment but shall not serve more than two successive terms in addition to any unexpired term to which he has been appointed. Any vacancy in the membership of the review panel shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided by the original appointment.
b. The Governor shall appoint the first chairman and vice chairman of the review panel from among the members to serve for a one-year term, but thereafter, the members of the panel shall annually elect a chairman and vice chairman from among the members. The board shall appoint an executive director and the board and the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall provide such investigative, medical consulting and clerical support as is necessary to carry out the duties of the review panel. The State Board of Medical Examiners' member shall not serve as chairman or vice chairman of the panel.
c. Five members of the review panel shall constitute a quorum and the review panel shall not make any recommendation without the affirmative vote of at least five members of the review panel.
d. The members of the review panel shall [be compensated on a per diem basis in the amount of $150 and] serve without compensation. The members of the review panel shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their official duties. The executive director of the review panel shall receive such salary as determined by the director of the Division of Consumer Affairs.
e. The Attorney General shall provide legal staff services to the review panel.
(cf: P.L.1989, c.300, s.8)
13. Section 5 of P.L.1973, c.19 (C.45:9A-5) is amended to read as follows:
5. Each member of the committee shall [receive $25.00 for each day of actual service in attending meetings of the committee at which business is transacted and in addition shall] serve without compensation. All members of the committee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for [his] necessary travel expenses [; provided, such compensation in any 1 fiscal year shall not exceed $1,000.00] incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
(cf: P.L.1973, c.19, s.5)
14. R.S.45:15-6 is amended to read as follows:
45:15-6. The commission shall select from its members a president, and may do all things necessary and convenient for carrying into effect the provisions of this article, and may promulgate necessary rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) The president [shall receive a salary of $15,000.00 per year and each other member of the commission shall receive a salary of $10,000.00 per year, except the department representative who serves without compensation pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2). No] and each commissioner shall [receive any other] serve without compensation[, either directly or indirectly, for his services].
(cf: P.L.1985, c.137, s.1)
15. Section 1 of P.L.1968, c.266 (C.52:9M-1) is amended to read as follows:
1. There is hereby created a permanent State Commission of Investigation. The commission shall consist of four members, to be known as commissioners.
Two members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor. One each shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the General Assembly. Each member shall serve for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. No person shall serve, in succession, more than two four-year terms and any portion of an unexpired term as a member of the commission. The Governor shall designate one of the members to serve as chairman of the commission.
The members of the commission appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly and at least one of the members appointed by the Governor shall be attorneys admitted to the bar of this State. No member or employee of the commission shall hold any other public office or public employment. No member of the commission shall have held any elective office or have been a candidate for any elective office within the one year preceding his appointment to the commission. No member of the commisson shall hold any elective office or be a candidate for any elective office within the one year subsequent to his termination of service as a member of the commission. Not more than two of the members shall belong to the same political party.
Each member of the commission shall [receive an annual salary of $35,000.] serve without compensation. Each member shall [also] be entitled to reimbursement for his expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties, including expenses of travel outside of the State.
Vacancies on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the appropriate appointing authority within 120 days. If the appropriate appointing authority does not fill a vacancy within that time period, the vacancy shall be filled by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court within 60 days. A vacancy on the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the commission.
Any determination made by the commission shall be by majority vote. "Majority vote" means the affirmative vote of at least three members of the commission if there are no vacancies on the commission or the affirmative vote of at least two members of the commission if there is a vacancy.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.58, s.1)
16. Section 8 of P.L.1996, c.24 (C.52:13H-8) is amended to read as follows:
8. A member of the council shall [receive compensation in the amount of $150 per day for each day that the member attends a meeting of the council and shall] serve without compensation. A member of the council shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.24, s.8)
17. Section 4 of P.L.1944, c.112 (C.52:27B-72) is amended to read as follows:
4. The members of the Local Government Board shall [each receive such compensation as shall be provided by law] serve without compensation.
(cf: P.L.1962, c.65, s.13)
18. Section 5 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-305) is amended to read as follows:
5. a. There is established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs a Council on Affordable Housing to consist of 12 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom four shall be elected officials representing the interests of local government, at least one of whom shall be representative of an urban municipality having a population in excess of 40,000 persons and a population density in excess of 3,000 persons per square mile, at least one of whom shall be representative of a municipality having a population of 40,000 persons or less and a population density of 3,000 persons per square mile or less, and no more than one of whom may be a representative of the interests of county government; four shall represent the interests of households in need of low and moderate housing, one of whom shall represent the interests of the nonprofit builders of low and moderate income housing, and shall have an expertise in land use practices and housing issues, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Community Affairs, ex officio, or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson, one of whom shall be the executive director of the agency, serving ex officio; and one of whom shall represent the interests of disabled persons and have expertise in construction accessible to disabled persons; one shall represent the interests of the for-profit builders of market rate homes, and shall have an expertise in land use practices and housing issues; and three shall represent the public interest. Not more than six of the 12 shall be members of the same political party. The membership shall be balanced to the greatest extent practicable among the various housing regions of the State.
b. The members shall serve for terms of six years, except that of the members first appointed, two shall serve for terms of four years, three for terms of five years, and three for terms of six years. All members shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and shall have qualified. Notwithstanding the above, a member appointed to represent the interests of local government shall serve only such length of the term for which appointed as the member continues to hold elected local office, except that the term of a member so appointed shall not become vacant until 60 days after the member ceases to hold that elected office. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments, but for the remainders of the unexpired terms only.
c. The members, excluding the executive director of the agency and the Commissioner of Community Affairs, shall [be compensated at the rate of $150.00 for each six-hour day, or prorated portion thereof for more or less than six hours, spent in attendance at meetings and consultations and all] serve without compensation. All members shall be eligible for reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection with the discharge of their duties.
d. The Governor shall nominate the members within 30 days of the effective date of this act and shall designate a member to serve as chairman throughout the member's term of office and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. The member added by P.L.2005, c.350 (C.52:27D-311a et al.) shall be nominated within 30 days of the effective date of that act.
e. Any member may be removed from office for misconduct in office, willful neglect of duty, or other conduct evidencing unfitness for the office, or for incompetence. A proceeding for removal may be instituted by the Attorney General in the Superior Court. A member or employee of the council shall automatically forfeit his office or employment upon conviction of any crime. Any member or employee of the council shall be subject to the duty to appear and testify and to removal from his office or employment in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1970, c.72 (C.2A:81-17.2a et seq.).
(cf: P.L.2005, c.350, s.3)
19. R.S.54:3-6 is amended to read as follows:
54:3-6. [The salaries of the members of the several boards shall be paid biweekly in a biweekly amount by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. Each biweekly payment shall be made at a time fixed by the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, but not later than the tenth working day following the biweekly period for which the salary is due. Salaries shall not be less than the amounts that follow: In counties having a population of more than 500,000, an annual salary of $20,125; in counties having at least 275,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $18,250; in counties having at least 200,000 and less than 275,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,625; in counties having at least 150,000 and less than 200,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,000; except as hereinafter provided, in counties having between 75,000 and 150,000 inhabitants an annual salary of $16,375; except as hereinafter provided, in counties having not more than 75,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $15,750; in counties bordering upon the Atlantic ocean, and having not less than 50,000 nor more than 150,000 inhabitants, an annual salary of $17,000.
The president of each county board shall, in addition to the above, receive the further sum of $2,000.00 per annum. For the purposes of this section, "population" means the most recent official population count of each county of this State as reported by the New Jersey Department of Labor, Office of Demographic and Economic Analysis.] Each member of the several boards shall serve without compensation. Each member shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.
(cf: 1999, c.380, s.14)
20. R.S.58:14-4 is amended to read as follows:
58:14-4. Each of the commissioners shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially execute and perform the duties imposed upon him by law, and shall cause the same to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The commissioners shall [each receive for service under this chapter an annual salary of $10,000.00, payable in equal monthly installments, and they shall receive no other compensation than that herein provided.] serve without compensation. Each commissioner shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the commissioner's duties.
(cf: P.L.1987, c.337, s.1)
21. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would eliminate the salary of each part-time member of the following boards, commissions, and independent authorities:
· the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority;
· the Civil Service Commission;
· the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission;
· the Garden State Preservation Trust;
· the New Jersey Insurance Underwriting Association;
· the Drug Utilization Review Board;
· the New Jersey Public Employee Relations Commission;
- the State Board of Mediation;
- the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange;
- the Passaic Valley Water Commission;
- All entities created under Title 45 to license or otherwise regulate a profession or occupation which includes:
- the State Board of Accountancy,
- the New Jersey State Board of Architects,
- the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling,
- the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors,
- the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry,
- the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey,
- the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,
- the State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy Examiners,
- the New Jersey Board of Nursing,
- the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists,
- the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians,
- the Board of Pharmacy,
- the State Board of Professional Planners,
- the State Board of Psychological Examiners,
- the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers,
- the State Board of Court Reporting,
- the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners,
- the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners,
- the Acupuncture Examining Board,
- the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners,
- the State Board of Respiratory Care,
- the State Real Estate Appraiser Board,
- the State Board of Social Work Examiners,
- the State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors,
- the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners,
- the Orthotics and Prosthetics Board of Examiners,
- the New Jersey Cemetery Board, the State Board of Polysomnography,
- the Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee;
- the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy, - the Genetic Counseling Advisory Committee,
- and any other entity hereafter created under Title 45 to license or otherwise regulate a profession or occupation;
· the New Jersey Real Estate Commission;
· the State Commission of Investigation;
· the Council on Local Mandates;
· the Local Finance Board;
· the Council on Affordable Housing;
· the County Boards of Taxation; and
· the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
