§ 46-24-3 - Composition of board.
SECTION 46-24-3
§ 46-24-3 Composition of board. – (a) The board shall consist of fifteen (15) members, three (3) members to beappointed by the presidents of the town councils of Coventry, West Warwick, andScituate, respectively, and three (3) members each to be appointed by themayors of the cities of Warwick and Cranston. Each member so appointed shallserve for three (3) years beginning on the first day of June, except that inthe case of the first members appointed, one from each of the above namedparticipating towns and cities shall serve until June 1, 1973, one until June1, 1974, and one until June 1, 1975. Members shall be appointed during themonth of May of each year by the appointing authority, and in the event of avacancy occurring in the board by reason of the death, resignation, orotherwise of a member, the appointing authority of the town or city, whichappointed the member, shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term.
(b) There shall be minority representation on the board asfollows: one of the three (3) members from Warwick and Cranston shall be of thepolitical party other than that of the mayor, and in Coventry, West Warwick,and Scituate, one member each shall be of the political party not having amajority of the members of each respective town council. The mayor or thepresident of the town council shall appoint to the authority a member ormembers thereof, to represent the city or town, chosen from lists of qualifiedelectors submitted by the respective chairpersons of the city or town politicalcommittee, which lists shall contain the names of five (5) times the number ofpersons to be appointed. These lists shall be submitted on or before May 1 inthe year in which a member is to be appointed for a full term; provided, thatin the event of a vacancy by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, thelists shall be submitted within ten (10) days after the vacancy shall occur;provided, further, that for the initial appointments hereunder, the lists shallbe submitted within thirty (30) days after May 1, 1972.