(1)There is hereby created an independent public body politic and corporate to be
known as the statewide internet portal authority. The authority shall be a body
corporate and a political subdivision of the state and shall not be an agency of the
state government and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any
department, commission, board, or agency of the state.
(2)The governing body of the authority is a board of directors that consists
of the following fifteen voting members:
(a)The secretary of state;
(b)The governor or the governor's designee;
(c)The executive directors of three principal departments of the state
appointed by the governor or the appointed executive director's designee. An
appointed executive director of a principal department shall give
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(1)
There is hereby created an independent public body politic and corporate to be
known as the statewide internet portal authority. The authority shall be a body
corporate and a political subdivision of the state and shall not be an agency of the
state government and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any
department, commission, board, or agency of the state.
(2) The governing body of the authority is a board of directors that consists
of the following fifteen voting members:
(a) The secretary of state;
(b) The governor or the governor's designee;
(c) The executive directors of three principal departments of the state
appointed by the governor or the appointed executive director's designee. An
appointed executive director of a principal department shall give written notice to
the executive director of the authority of his or her designee.
(d) (I) Three members from the private sector who exhibit a background in
information management and technology and who are users of electronic
information, products, and services or information technology services that are
offered through the private sector appointed by the governor with the consent of
the senate.
(II) The members from the private sector shall serve for terms of four years;
except that the terms shall be staggered so that only one member's term expires in
one year.
(e) One member representing the judicial department of the state appointed
by the chief justice of the supreme court. If the appointee of the chief justice is not
able to attend a meeting of the board, a designee of the person appointed by the
chief justice may serve on the board if designated in writing by the chief justice's
appointee. The appointee of the chief justice shall give written notice to the
executive director of the authority of the appointee's designee.
(f) Two members of the senate, one of whom is appointed by the president of
the senate and one of whom is appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and
two members of the house of representatives, one of whom is appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives and one of whom is appointed by the
minority leader of the house of representatives. Each of these four members shall
exhibit a background in information management and technology or have
experience as members of an oversight committee for information management
and technology.
(g) One member representing local government appointed by the governor
with the consent of the senate; and
(h) The chief information officer of the office of information technology
created in section 24-37.5-103, or the chief information officer's designee. The
chief information officer shall give written notice to the executive director of the
authority of the officer's designee.
(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 915, � 12, effective May 17, 2007.)
(4) The board may appoint such additional nonvoting members to the board
as it deems necessary. Additional members appointed pursuant to this subsection
(4) shall not be included in determining whether a quorum is present.
(5) (a) Except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, each member
shall serve until a successor has been appointed. The person making the original
appointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of an
unexpired term.
(b) The terms of members appointed or reappointed by the speaker, the
president, and the minority leaders expire on the convening date of the first regular
session of each general assembly, and all subsequent appointments and
reappointments by the speaker, the president, and the minority leaders shall be
made as soon as practicable after such convening date. Members appointed or
reappointed by the speaker, the president, and the minority leaders serve at the
pleasure of the appointing authority and continue in office until the member's
successor is appointed.
(6) The board shall annually elect a chairperson of the authority from the
members of the board and shall annually elect another member as secretary. The
board shall not elect the designee of an executive director of a principal
department, of the chief information officer, or of the appointee of the chief justice
as an officer of the board.
(7) Any appointed member of the board may be removed by his or her
appointing authority for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty. Actions
constituting neglect of duty shall include, but not be limited to, the failure of board
members to attend three consecutive meetings or at least three-fourths of the
meetings of the board in any one calendar year.
(8) Neither the members of the authority nor any person authorized by the
authority to act in an official capacity shall be held personally liable for any act
undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this article.