2005 West Virginia Code - §24E-1-3. — West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping board created; appointment of board members; submission of recommendations by certain organizations; term of office; compensation and expenses of board members.

§24E-1-3. West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping board created; appointment of board members; submission of recommendations by certain organizations; term of office; compensation and expenses of board members.

(a) There is hereby created the West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping board. The board is to be composed of eleven members appointed by the governor, one of whom is to be a public service commissioner or a member of the staff of the public service commission, one of whom is to be an official or employee of the state geological and economic survey, established and continued under section four, article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, qualified in the field of geographic information systems, one of whom is to be an official or employee of the department of military affairs and public safety, one of whom is to be an official or employee of the division of highways, one of whom is to be a county commissioner, one of whom is to be a county assessor, one of whom is to be a mayor of a municipality or a municipal official, one of whom is to be a director of an enhanced emergency telephone system from a county with a population of thirty thousand or less as shown by the last federal census, one of whom is to be a director of an enhanced emergency telephone system from a county with a population of greater than thirty thousand as shown by the last federal census, one of whom is to be a representative of a local exchange telephone company, and one of whom is to be a member of the public at-large but may be affiliated with any of the above entities. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall, to the extent possible, ensure representation on the board, by one or more members, of any entity providing twenty-five percent or more of funding to the statewide addressing and mapping fund created by section five of this article.
(b) The governor shall designate a member to preside at the first meeting of the board until a chairman is elected. At the first meeting of the board, it shall elect a chairman from its members. The member so elected is to hold the office of chairman at the will and pleasure of the majority of the total membership of the board.
(c) The public service commission, the director of the state geological and economic survey, the secretary of the department of military affairs and public safety, the commissioner of the division of highways, the association of counties, the West Virginia county commissioners' association and the West Virginia municipal league, the West Virginia enhanced 911 council and each local exchange telephone company shall submit two names of recommended persons to the governor for each appointment representing its respective discipline. The governor is not limited in his or her appointments, however, to the names so recommended.
(d) The term of office for members of the board is six years.
(e) Members of the board are entitled to the same expense reimbursement paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the citizens legislative compensation commission and authorized by law for each day or substantial portion thereof engaged in the performance of official duties. Their expense reimbursement is to be paid from the West Virginia statewide addressing and mapping fund created by section five of this article.