5:10-6.1 - New Jersey Hall of Fame
5:10-6.1 New Jersey Hall of Fame.
1. a. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority created by P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.) is authorized to establish a New Jersey Hall of Fame as a project either within the Meadowlands complex, or within the State of New Jersey, but outside of the Meadowlands complex, at a site that the commissioners of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Advisory Commission and the board of trustees of the Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame, acting jointly, determine to be appropriate to meet the requirements of the New Jersey Hall of Fame project and to best serve the interests of the public. With respect to this project, the authority may exercise all the rights and powers relating to the Meadowlands complex granted to the authority under P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.) as though the rights and powers were granted under P.L.1985, c.325 (C.5:10-6.1) and P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.4 et al.), and made applicable to a New Jersey Hall of Fame.
b.The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority shall establish a New Jersey Hall of Fame corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "hall of fame corporation," to operate and manage the New Jersey Hall of Fame project authorized by subsection a. of this section. The corporation shall be established as a separate, nonprofit corporation to be incorporated as a New Jersey nonprofit corporation pursuant to P.L.1983, c.127 (N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq.), and organized and operated in such manner as to be eligible under applicable federal law for tax-exempt status, and shall be authorized to sue and to be sued as a legal entity separate from the authority and from the State of New Jersey. The voting membership of the board of directors of the hall of fame corporation shall consist of the members of the board of trustees of the Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame established pursuant to subsection a. of section 6 of P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.8), but may, subject to any bylaws of the corporation adopted by the voting membership of the board of directors thereof, include as nonvoting ex officio members the members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Advisory Commission established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.6).
c.The terms of the 11 members appointed by the Governor to the board of directors of the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame pursuant to P.L.1985, c.325 (C.5:10-6.1), shall continue after the effective date of P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.4 et al.) and such board members serving on the effective date of P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.4 et al.) shall serve as members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Advisory Commission established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2005, c.232 (C.5:10-6.6) until the expiration of their terms.
L.1985, c.323, s.1; amended 2005, c.232, s.3; 2008, c.109, s.1.