4-50-101 - Council created Membership Term of service.
4-50-101. Council created Membership Term of service.
(a) A Tennessee economic council on women, referred to in this chapter as the economic council, is created. The economic council shall be composed of twenty-one (21) members. Nine (9) members shall be jointly appointed by the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, one (1) such member to be so appointed from each of the nine (9) multi-county development districts created under title 13, chapter 14, part 1. Two (2) senators shall be appointed by the speaker of the senate and two (2) representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. One (1) member shall be appointed by the Tennessee black caucus of state legislators and one (1) member shall be appointed by the legislative women's caucus. One (1) cabinet member shall be appointed by the governor. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the governor, one (1) such member to be so appointed from nominations received from each of the following: the board of trustees of the university of Tennessee, the Tennessee board of regents and the Tennessee independent colleges and universities, which nominees shall be academic faculty or staff:
(1) From state or private four-year universities or colleges having a graduate program; and
(2) With research and teaching experience in the field of economic concerns of women.
(b) The governor shall appoint two (2) members at-large from a slate of six (6) nominees jointly recommended through Links, one hundred (100) black women, league of women voters of Tennessee, Tennessee women's political caucus, Tennessee lawyers association for women and housing authority tenant associations. The recommending groups shall actively seek nominees from as broad a range as reasonably possible of local, civic and business groups. The appointing authorities shall ensure that their appointments broadly represent the community in such areas as age, sex, minority groups, economic levels, employment and political affiliation.
(c) The first appointive members shall hold office for staggered terms. Of the nine (9) appointees from the development districts, the speakers shall jointly appoint three (3) for two-year terms, three (3) for four-year terms, and three (3) for six-year terms. Of the three (3) academic appointees of the governor, one (1) academic member shall be appointed for a two-year term, one (1) for a four-year term, and one (1) for a six-year term. One (1) of the members at-large appointed by the governor shall serve an initial four-year term. The other member at-large appointed by the governor shall serve an initial six-year term. All other appointees shall be for six-year terms. All subsequent appointments of members shall be for full six-year terms. No appointed member shall be appointed to more than two (2) consecutive six-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment pursuant to the criteria in this section only for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any member initially appointed for a six-year term shall not be eligible for reappointment without a two-year absence from commission membership. All other members shall be eligible for reappointment for a six-year term. A two-year absence from the economic council membership qualifies any member for reappointment following the criteria of this section.
[Acts 1998, ch. 1045, § 1.]