§18B-1B-3. — Meetings and compensation.
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§18B-1B-3. Meetings and compensation.
(a) The secretary of education and the arts shall call the initial meeting of the commission and preside until a chairperson is selected. Thereafter, the commission shall meet as needed at the time and place specified by the call of the chairperson.
(b) The commission shall hold an annual meeting each June for the purpose of electing officers for the next fiscal year. At the annual meeting, the commission shall elect from its members appointed by the governor a chairperson and other officers as it may consider necessary or desirable: Provided, That the initial meeting for the purpose of selecting the first chairperson and other officers shall be held during July, two thousand, or as soon thereafter as practicable. All officers shall be elected from the citizen appointees. The chairperson and other officers shall be elected for a one-year term commencing on the first day of July following the annual meeting and ending on the thirtieth day of June of the following year: Provided, however, That the terms of officers elected in July, two thousand, begin upon election and end on the thirtieth day of June, two thousand one. The chairperson of the board may serve no more than two consecutive terms as chair.
(c) Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incident to the performance of their duties upon presentation of an itemized sworn statement thereof. The foregoing reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses shall be paid from appropriations made by the Legislature to the commission.
(d) A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for conducting the business of the commission.
(a) The secretary of education and the arts shall call the initial meeting of the commission and preside until a chairperson is selected. Thereafter, the commission shall meet as needed at the time and place specified by the call of the chairperson.
(b) The commission shall hold an annual meeting each June for the purpose of electing officers for the next fiscal year. At the annual meeting, the commission shall elect from its members appointed by the governor a chairperson and other officers as it may consider necessary or desirable: Provided, That the initial meeting for the purpose of selecting the first chairperson and other officers shall be held during July, two thousand, or as soon thereafter as practicable. All officers shall be elected from the citizen appointees. The chairperson and other officers shall be elected for a one-year term commencing on the first day of July following the annual meeting and ending on the thirtieth day of June of the following year: Provided, however, That the terms of officers elected in July, two thousand, begin upon election and end on the thirtieth day of June, two thousand one. The chairperson of the board may serve no more than two consecutive terms as chair.
(c) Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incident to the performance of their duties upon presentation of an itemized sworn statement thereof. The foregoing reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses shall be paid from appropriations made by the Legislature to the commission.
(d) A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for conducting the business of the commission.