The New Jersey Casino Control Commission is the panel charged with regulating New Jersey's casinos. It is made up of five members who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate.
Commissioners serve staggered, five-year terms and can only be removed for cause.
By law, no more than three commissioners can be of the same political party, a requirement that insures political balance on the panel. James R. Hurley joined the commission in 1990 and became Chairman of the panel in October 1998 . He was appointed to a full five-year term in 1992 and to a second full term in 1997. He represented Cumberland County in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature for 22 years and rose to the post of minority leader in both houses. He had also been a freeholder and ran a public relations firm.