17B:27D-5 - Election of chairman, vice chairman, appointment of secretary; meetings
17B:27D-5. Election of chairman, vice chairman, appointment of secretary; meetings
5. a. The commission shall organize and hold its first meeting within 90 days after the appointment of its members and shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. The commission may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the commission.
b.The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but may be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the commission for this purpose.
c.The Department of Banking and Insurance, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services, shall assist the commission in the performance of its duties.
d.The commission shall be entitled to call upon the services of any State, county or municipal department, board, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available to it for these purposes, and to incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary for the proper execution of its duties and as may be within the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for these purposes.
e.The commission shall meet regularly, and at a minimum of four times per year. Special meetings may be called by the chairman of the commission.
L.2003,c.193,s.5.