N.J.S. § 2C:58-2.7 Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 130.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 2C:58-2.7

a. There is established in the Department of Law and Public Safety, a commission which shall be known as the Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission. The commission shall be responsible for establishing performance standards for personalized handguns and maintaining a roster of personalized handguns authorized for sale to the public pursuant to this act.

b. The commission shall consist of seven members as follows:

(1) as ex-officio members, the Attorney General or a designee; the Superintendent of State Police or a designee; the Commissioner of Health or a designee;

(2) as public members appointed by the Governor:

(a) one member of the American Academy of Pediatrics;

(b) one member who shall be a resident of this State who is a licensed firearms wholesaler, manufacturer, or retail dealer as defined in N.J.S. 2C:39-1, or a resident of this State who is a representative of a New Jersey chapter of an organization that advocates for Second Amendment rights;

(c) one member who shall be a representative of an organization that advocates against handgun violence; and

(d) one member with substantial experience in radio frequency identification or biometric reading technology.

c. All appointments to the commission shall be made within six months of the effective date of this act. The chair of the commission shall be selected from among its members by the Governor. Members of the commission shall serve a term of four years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.