New Jersey Statutes 18A:12-27. School Ethics Commission
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:12-27
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Department: means the State Department of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.
c. No member of the commission shall serve on or campaign for any office of a political organization during membership on the commission.
d. All members shall serve for a term of three years, except that for the members initially appointed, one board member, one administrator, and one public member shall be appointed for a term of three years; one board member and two public members shall be appointed for a term of two years; and one administrator and two public members shall be appointed for a term of one year.
e. Each member shall serve until the member’s successor has been appointed and qualified. If a school official appointed to the commission ceases to be a school official, the person‘s appointment to the commission shall expire on the next succeeding July 1, or when the person’s successor has been appointed and qualified, whichever occurs earlier. However, the membership of a school official who has been removed from office for official misconduct shall immediately cease upon such removal.
f. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.
g. The members of the commission shall, by majority vote, select from among themselves one member to serve as chairperson for a term not to exceed one year.
L.1991,c.393,s.7.