100B.1 - STATE FIRE SERVICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE COUNCIL.
100B.1 STATE FIRE SERVICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
COUNCIL.
1. The state fire service and emergency response council is
established in the division of state fire marshal of the department
of public safety.
a. The council shall consist of eleven voting members and one
ex officio, nonvoting member. Voting members of the state fire
service and emergency response council shall be appointed by the
governor.
(1) The governor shall appoint voting members of the council from
a list of nominees submitted by each of the following organizations:
(a) Two members from a list submitted by the Iowa firemen's
association.
(b) Two members from a list submitted by the Iowa fire chiefs'
association.
(c) One member from a list submitted by the Iowa association of
professional fire fighters.
(d) Two members from a list submitted by the Iowa association of
professional fire chiefs.
(e) One member from a list submitted by the Iowa fire fighters
group.
(f) One member from a list submitted by the Iowa emergency
medical services association.
(2) A person nominated for inclusion in the voting membership on
the council is not required to be a member of the organization that
nominates the person.
(3) The tenth and eleventh voting members of the council shall be
members of the general public appointed by the governor.
(4) The labor commissioner, or the labor commissioner's designee,
shall be a nonvoting, ex officio member of the council.
b. Members of the council shall hold office commencing July
1, 2000, for four years and until their successors are appointed,
except that three initial appointees shall be appointed for two
years, four initial appointees for three years, and four initial
appointees for four years.
c. The fire marshal or the fire marshal's designee shall
attend each meeting of the council.
2. Each voting member of the council shall receive per diem
compensation at the rate as specified in section 7E.6 for each day
spent in the performance of the member's duties. All members of the
council shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties.
3. Six voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
For the purpose of conducting business, a majority vote of the
council shall be required. The council shall elect a chairperson
from its members. The council shall meet at the call of the
chairperson, or the state fire marshal, or when any six members of
the council file a written request with the chairperson for a
meeting.
4. If a voting member of the council is absent for fifty or more
percent of council meetings during any twelve-month period, the other
council members by their unanimous vote may declare the member's
position on the council vacant. A vacancy in the membership of the
council shall be filled by appointment of the governor for the
balance of the unexpired term. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1117, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §23; 2008 Acts, ch
1031, §93; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §25