N.J.S.A. 40:69A-5 — Organization of charter commission; quorum; majority required for effective recommendations

40:69A-5. Organization of charter commission; quorum; majority required for effective recommendations As soon as possible and in any event no later than fifteen days after its election, the charter commission shall organize and hold its first meeting and elect one of its members as chairman, fix its hours and place of meeting, and adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem necessary and advisable. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but no recommendation of said commission shall have any legal effect pursuant to sections 1-15 and 1-16 of this act unless adopted by a majority of the whole number of the members of the commission. L.1950, c. 210, p. 462, s. 1-5, eff. June 8, 1950.

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