52:13H-4 - Council on Local Mandates created

52:13H-4. Council on Local Mandates created

4.  Pursuant to Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 5(b) of the New Jersey Constitution, there is created a Council on Local Mandates.  The council shall consist of nine public members.  The Governor shall appoint four members, at least two of whom shall be appointed from a list of six willing nominees submitted by the chair of the State committee of the political party the gubernatorial candidate of which received the second largest number of votes cast in the most recent general election for Governor.  The President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the  Minority Leader of the General Assembly and the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court shall each appoint one member.

L.1996,c.24,s.4.