4-3-5403 - Board membership Term of office Meetings.

4-3-5403. Board membership Term of office Meetings.

(a)  The Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors shall be composed of twenty-five (25) Tennessee citizens. Eight (8) members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, eight (8) members shall be appointed by the lieutenant governor and eight (8) members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The state treasurer, or the state treasurer's designee, shall serve as an ex officio member of the board of directors. No more than eight (8) of the appointed members shall reside in a grand division.

(b)  The term of office for a director shall be for six (6) years and a director may be reappointed. The term for the initial board of directors shall be staggered so as one half (½) of the appointees serve a three (3) year initial term and thereafter a six (6) year term. Each director shall serve until the director's successor is appointed, and if a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, it shall be filled by the official who made the original appointment.

(c)  The board of directors shall designate one (1) director to serve as president. The board shall also elect a vice president, and a secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary to perform the business of the entity. Such officers and the state treasurer, or the state treasurer's designee, shall comprise the executive committee. The board may also appoint advisory boards to report to the executive committee as deemed necessary.

(d)  The board of directors shall hold an annual meeting in the last quarter of the fiscal year, and may meet as often thereafter as the duties of the hall of fame require.

(e)  The directors shall receive no compensation for their services.

(f)  The board of directors of the hall of fame may appoint no more than five (5) ex officio, voting members of the board to advise it in its activities relative to the promotion, operation and marketing of activities for the hall of fame.

[Acts 1994, ch. 738, § 4; 2001, ch. 142, §§ 1, 2; 2006, ch. 822, §§ 1, 2.]