Adoption of bylaws.

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52:9WW-5 Adoption of bylaws.

5. Upon the incorporation of the foundation and the establishment of the first board of trustees, the board shall adopt bylaws setting forth the structure, offices, powers and duties of the foundation, using the following guidelines. Members of the foundation shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The chairperson may appoint such subcommittees as deemed necessary or desirable, and if a subcommittee is appointed, the members of the subcommittee shall elect one of the members to serve as chair and one of the members to serve as vice-chair. The foundation shall meet no less than quarterly and at the call of the chairperson. A meeting of the foundation may also be called upon the request of 13 of the foundation's members and 13 members of the foundation shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. The foundation shall hold at least four public hearings in different parts of the State, at such times and places as the foundation shall determine. All issues raised by those testifying at the hearings shall be recorded and included, together with the foundation's responses, if any, in the foundation's report to the Governor as required by section 6 of this act.

L.2005, c.371, s.5.


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