§ 14-2-6 — Members; Officers; Directors; Quorum; Vacancies; Salaries

(a) The membership of the authority shall be as follows: The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the Commissioner of Corrections shall be the vice president of the authority, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary of the authority. In addition to these three members, the Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee, a member jointly appointed by the House Minority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, and the Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be members of the authority. The governing documents of the authority shall be amended to reflect this membership.
(b) The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer and custodian of the funds of the authority, but shall not be a member of the authority.
(c) A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(d) Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold such office by reason of death, resignation, expiration of his or her term of office, or for any other reason, then his or her successor in office shall take his or her place as a member or officer, as the case may be, of the authority.
(e) No member or officer of the authority shall draw any salary in addition to that now authorized by law for any service he or she may render or for any duty he or she may perform in connection with the authority.
(f) No member, officer, or employee of the authority shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or liability of the authority.
(g) The authority may delegate any of its administrative or reporting duties and obligations under this chapter to the Department of Corrections or any other state agency, department, or other state entity.

Legislative History

(Acts 1965, No. 678, p. 1226, §6; Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-125, p. 187, §2; Act 2021-546, §2.)