§90D-3 Commission; membership; vacancies. (a) Members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor on a bipartisan basis subject to section 26-34. The commission shall consist of not fewer than fifteen and not more than twenty-five members. Not more than fifty per cent of the commission plus one member may be from the same political party. To the extent possible, the commission shall be balanced according to race, ethnicity, age, disability, and gender characteristics. All appointments shall be for three-year terms. Members shall not serve more than two consecutive terms. The commission shall include:
(b) The commission may include:
(c) Not more than twenty-five per cent of commission members may be employees of state government, though additional state agency representatives may sit on the commission as nonvoting, ex officio members.
(d) Vacancies among the members, filled by the governor, shall serve for the remainder of the term.
(e) The members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed their necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, including travel expenses.
(f) Members currently serving under Executive Order 94-01 may be reappointed to a new three-year term and may serve two consecutive terms. [L 2002, c 88, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 56, §1]