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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-52 > Section-52-27d > 52-27d-12552:27D-125. Code advisory board
a. To assist and advise the commissioner in the administration of this act there is hereby created in the Department of Community Affairs a code advisory board to consist of 15 citizens to be appointed by the commissioner for a term of 4 years. The board shall consist of: one architect registered in the State of New Jersey; two professional engineers licensed by the State of New Jersey, one of whom shall be a mechanical engineer and one of whom shall be a structural engineer; one municipal building official; one member of the building industry in the State of New Jersey; one public health official in the State of New Jersey; one licensed plumbing inspector in the State of New Jersey; one licensed electrical inspector in the State of New Jersey; one fire prevention inspector in the State of New Jersey and six members of the public, two of whom shall be experienced in representing consumers and one of whom shall be a representative of the handicapped who shall serve as chairman of the subcode committee on the handicapped. The initial appointment of the representative of the handicapped shall be used to fill the first vacancy among the public members of the code advisory board occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. Of the 13 members first appointed the commissioner shall designate the appointees' terms so that three shall be appointed for terms of 1 year, three for terms of 2 years, three for terms of 3 years and four for terms of 4 years, and that the two additional members first appointed by the commissioner pursuant to this amendatory act shall be appointed for 2 years and 3 years respectively with such terms to be computed from February 4, 1976. Thereafter, members of the code advisory board shall be appointed for terms of 4 years.
b. Code advisory board members shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performance of their duties. Vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled for the unexpired term. Members may be removed by the commissioner for cause.
c. The code advisory board shall appoint a committee for each subcode and, should a subcode therefor not be adopted, for supplements to or revisions of the barrier free design provisions of any model code adopted pursuant to section 5 of this act. Each such committee shall consist of one member of the code advisory board, who shall be chairman, and at least four citizens who are experienced and knowledgeable in matters related to the particular subcode. Each committee shall advise and assist the code advisory board in the performance of its responsibilities under this act for the subcode in question. Committee members shall serve without compensation and at the pleasure of the code advisory board.
L.1975, c. 217, s. 7. Amended by L.1976, c. 117, s. 1, eff. Nov. 16, 1976; L.1981, c. 35, s. 7, eff. Feb. 12, 1981.
