§ 16-55-2 — Board of Trustees - Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Compensation and Expenses

Alabama § 16-55-2

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 16: Education
• Ch. 55: University of South Alabama
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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(a) The board of trustees shall consist of three members from Mobile County, nine members from the state at-large, three members from the United States at-large, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the State Senate, and all appointees appointed on and after June 1, 2014, shall hold office for a term of six years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal as may be, so that one-third may be chosen as provided in Section 16-55-5. Vacancies occurring in the office of trustee from death or resignation and the vacancies regularly occurring by expiration of the term shall be filled by the Governor, and the appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the Legislature. Successors to those trustees whose terms expire during an interim shall hold office for the full term unless they are rejected by the Senate. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as a trustee.
(b) As the terms of the trustees holding the seats for each of the following combinations of state senatorial districts expire, the Governor shall appoint successor trustees in accordance with subsection (a):
(1) The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Districts.
(2) The Nineteenth and Twentieth Districts.
(3) The Twenty-first District.
(4) The Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, and Thirtieth Districts.
(5) The Thirty-fifth District.

Legislative History

(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 157, p. 350, §2; Acts 1965, No. 557, p. 1041, §1; Act 2014-89, p. 146, §1; Act 2025-290, §1.)