69.15 - BOARD MEMBERS -- NONATTENDANCE -- VACANCY.
69.15 BOARD MEMBERS -- NONATTENDANCE -- VACANCY.
1. Any person who has been appointed by the governor to any board
under the laws of this state shall be deemed to have submitted a
resignation from such office if either of the following events
occurs:
a. The person does not attend three or more consecutive
regular meetings of such board. This paragraph does not apply unless
the first and last of the consecutive meetings counted for this
purpose are at least thirty days apart.
b. The person attends less than one-half of the regular
meetings of such board within any period of twelve calendar months
beginning on July 1 or January 1. This paragraph does not apply
unless such board holds at least four regular meetings during such
period. This paragraph applies only to such a period beginning on or
after the date when the person takes office as a member of such
board.
2. If such person received no notice and had no knowledge of a
regular meeting and gives the governor a sworn statement to that
effect within ten days after the person learns of the meeting, such
meeting shall not be counted for the purposes of this section.
3. The governor in the governor's discretion may accept or reject
such resignation. If the governor accepts it, the governor shall
notify such person, in writing, that the resignation is accepted
pursuant to this section. The governor shall then make another
appointment to such office. Such appointment shall be made in the
same manner and for the same term as in the case of other vacancies
caused by resignation from such office.
4. As used in this section, "board" includes any commission,
committee, agency, or governmental body which has three or more
members. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 69.15] Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 22, §16