New Jersey Statutes 34:1B-24. Motion Picture and Television Development Commission
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 34:1B-24
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- 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. The commission shall consist of 10 public members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the Secretary of State, the Chairman of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development or their designees serving in an ex officio capacity. The Governor shall appoint from the 14 members a chairman who shall serve in that office at the pleasure of the Governor.
c. The public members of the commission shall be appointed initially for the following terms: three members for a term of two years; three members for a term of three years; and two members for a term of four years. The two public members appointed pursuant to P.L.2023, c.97 (C. 34:1B-4.2 et al.) shall be appointed for an initial term of four years. The initial members shall serve from the date of the original appointment for the aforementioned specified terms and until their respective successors shall be duly appointed and qualified. The term of each such appointed member shall be designated by the Governor at the time of his appointment. The successors to the initially appointed members shall each be appointed for a term of four years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term.
d. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but the commission may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of this section, or of any other law to the contrary, the Governor shall directly appoint the two public members added by P.L.2023, c.97 (C. 34:1B-4.2 et al.) to the commission. Upon the expiration of the initial term of each public member appointed pursuant to this subsection, members of the commission shall be appointed pursuant to subsections b. and c. of this section.
L.1977, c.44, s.3; amended 1979, c.199, s.72; 2023, c.97, s.3.