52:11-56. Organization and meetings of the commission
Organization and meetings of the commission. a. The commission shall meet for the purpose of organization in the month of January of each even-numbered year and shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members, who shall hold office for the duration of that two-year Legislature and after the expiration of the second legislative year until their successors shall be elected and qualify. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
b. Nine members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and no matter requiring action by the full commission shall be taken except by the affirmative vote of not less than nine members. The commission may create from among its membership and prescribe the jurisdiction of an executive committee and such other standing and special committees, which shall be composed of members equally divided between the two Houses and the two major political parties, and delegate to such committees, its chairman and vice-chairman and executive director specified authority to act for the commission.
c. In addition to its organization meetings, the commission shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter and at other times at the call of its chairman. Upon the written request of at least nine members the secretary shall notice a special meeting of the commission.
L. 1979, c. 8, s. 3. Amended by L. 1985, c. 162, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1985.
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