§ 13-13-102 - Members.
13-13-102. Members.
(a) The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission shall consist of sixteen (16) members. The members shall elect a chair from among the commission members every four (4) years.
(b) (1) The Governor shall appoint four (4) members to serve four-year terms.
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint two (2) members to serve four-year terms.
(c) (1) These persons shall be residents of Arkansas who are recognized as being learned and interested in the history and the archeology of this state and who have demonstrated an interest in preserving the cultural resources of the state.
(2) These persons shall also have a background in:
(A) Arkansas history;
(B) African-American history; or
(C) Civil War history. (3) (A) Persons initially appointed by the Governor shall serve two-year terms. Persons initially appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve for three-year terms and persons initially appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall serve four-year terms.
(B) Subsequent appointees shall serve four-year terms.
(C) Members may be reappointed. (4) The remaining Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission membership shall consist of the following persons or their designees:
(A) Director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage;
(B) Director of the Department of Arkansas Parks and Tourism;
(C) Director of the Arkansas History Commission;
(D) Director of the Old State House Museum;
(E) President of the Arkansas Historical Association;
(F) Director of the Arkansas State Library;
(G) Chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission; and
(H) President of the Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trails Foundation.
(5) The following persons shall serve in an advisory capacity:
(A) President of the Sons of Confederate Veterans;
(B) President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy;
(C) Superintendent of the Pea Ridge National Military Park; and
(D) President of the Sons of Union Veterans.
(d) Members of the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission shall serve without pay but may receive reimbursement in accordance with 25-16-902.