45:2B-47 Oath by members of board, officers, rules, etc.
6. a. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the members of the board shall take and subscribe an oath for the faithful performance of their duties before the Attorney General or any officer authorized to administer oaths in this State and file the same with the Secretary of State.
b. Subject to the approval of the Attorney General, the members of the board shall annually elect a president, a vice president, a treasurer and a secretary from among their members.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Attorney General shall appoint, as chief administrative officer of the board, an executive director who shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The duties of the executive director shall be determined by the Attorney General. The executive director shall not engage in the practice of public accounting.
d. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and no action of the board shall be taken except upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the entire board.
e. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their official duties and shall receive that compensation as determined by the Attorney General. The executive director shall receive that compensation as determined by the Attorney General within the limit of available funds.
f. Expenditures of the board in any fiscal year shall not exceed board revenues and all expenditures shall be in accordance with the provisions of this act and the annual appropriations act.
g. Subject to the approval of the Attorney General, the board may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this act, including, without limitations, rules and regulations governing professional conduct.
h. Subject to the provisions of subsection f. of this section, the board may appoint committees or persons to advise or assist the board in the administration and enforcement of this act.
L.1997,c.259,s.6.
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