261D.3 - COMMISSION MEMBERS REPRESENTING IOWA -- TERMS -- VACANCIES.
261D.3 COMMISSION MEMBERS REPRESENTING IOWA -- TERMS
-- VACANCIES.
1. The members of the commission representing this state shall
consist of the following:
a. The governor or the governor's designee.
b. One member of the senate appointed by the president of the
senate after consultation with the majority leader and minority
leader of the senate.
c. One member of the house of representatives appointed by
the speaker of the house of representatives after consultation with
the majority leader and minority leader of the house of
representatives.
d. One member appointed by the state board of regents.
e. One member appointed by the Iowa association of community
college trustees.
2. In order to maximize participation in and knowledge of
commission activities, alternate members of the commission
representing Iowa shall be designated in the following manner:
a. One alternate member appointed by the governor.
b. One alternate member from the senate from the opposite
political party of the commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection
1, paragraph "b", selected in the manner provided in subsection
1, paragraph "b".
c. One alternate member from the house of representatives
from the opposite political party of the commissioner appointed
pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph "c", selected in the manner
provided in subsection 1, paragraph "c".
d. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa association of
independent colleges and universities.
e. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa college student
aid commission.
3. Nonlegislative members shall serve two-year terms except as
otherwise provided under the terms of the compact. Legislative
members shall serve two-year terms as provided in section 69.16B.
Nonlegislative members shall serve without compensation, but shall
receive their actual and necessary expenses and travel. Legislative
members shall receive actual and necessary expenses pursuant to
sections 2.10 and 2.12. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled
for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the
original appointments. If a legislative member ceases to be a member
of the general assembly, the legislative member shall no longer serve
as a member of the commission.
4. It is the intent of the general assembly that commissioners
representing the senate and the house of representatives be members
of different political parties from one another. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 145, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, § 40, 58; 2009 Acts, ch
41, §104