The composition, membership and manner of appointment of the Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board shall be as follows:

a. The total membership of the Board shall be ten (10), provided that additional members may be appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) hereinafter.

b. A total of eight (8) members shall be appointed by the Mayors of the respective municipal constituents, each of said members to be a resident of the municipality by whom he/she is appointed. The number of members to be appointed from each municipality shall be based on the proportionate amount of shoreline located in such municipality, as follows: Byram - one (1) member; Netcong - two (2) members; Roxbury - two (2) members; and Stanhope - three (3) members. The first member appointed by each municipal constituent shall serve for an initial term of four (4) years; the second and third member appointed by each municipal constituent (if applicable) shall serve for an initial term of two (2) years. Upon the expiration of the initial terms of membership of all members, all terms thereafter shall be for a period of four (4) years.

C. Each county constituent shall appoint one member to the Board for a term of three (3) years. Such member shall also be a member of the County Planning Board and shall hold no other public office or position.

d. The Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board may, by resolution, provide that the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection appoint as a member of the Regional Board a representative of that Department's Division of Parks and Forestry, and an additional member who shall be a resident of one of the constituent municipalities but who shall not hold any public office or position excepting that of appointed membership on a municipal or other planning board.