All terms of office of positions which are appointed by the governor, have a fixed term, and are subject to confirmation by the senate shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on May 1 in the year of appointment and expire at 12:00 midnight on April 30 in the year of expiration, except terms of office of members of the state transportation commission shall begin and expire as provided in section 307A.1A, subsection 1 . [ C81, §69.19 ] 2018 Acts, ch 1065, §1, 3, 4 Referred to in §8A.203 , 8A.221 , 8D.3 , 10A.601 , 15.105 , 15.117A , 15.120 , 16.2 , 16.2C , 23.3 , 29A.11 , 35A.2 , 46.1 , 68B.32 , 80.28 , 80B.6 , 84A.1A , 89.14 , 89A.13 , 97B.3 , 97B.8A , 99D.5 , 99D.6 , 99G.8 , 103.3 , 123.5 , 147.19 , 159A.13 , 169.5 , 216.3 , 216A.113 , 216B.2 , 217.2 , 237.16 , 256.3 , 256.5A , 256.35B , 256.148 , 257.30 , 261A.6 , 262.2 , 368.9 , 384.13 , 418.5 , 421.1A , 455A.5 , 455A.6 , 474.1 , 505.2 , 533.107 , 542.4 , 542B.4 , 543B.8 , 544A.1 , 544B.3 , 544C.2 , 602.2102 , 904A.1 Confirmation, see §2.32