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1.The members of the commission representing this state shall consist of the following:
a.The governor or the governor’s designee.
b.One member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate after consultation
with the majority leader and minority leader of the senate.
c.One member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives after consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of the house
of representatives.
d.One member appointed by the state board of regents.
e.One member appointed by the Iowa association of community college trustees.
2.Inordertomaximizeparticipationinandknowledgeofcommissionactivities, alternate
members of the commission representing Iowa shall be designated in the following manner:
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1. The members of the commission representing this state shall consist of the following:
a. The governor or the governor’s designee.
b. One member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate after consultation
with the majority leader and minority leader of the senate.
c. One member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives after consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of the house
of representatives.
d. One member appointed by the state board of regents.
e. One member appointed by the Iowa association of community college trustees.
2. Inordertomaximizeparticipationinandknowledgeofcommissionactivities, alternate
members of the commission representing Iowa shall be designated in the following manner:
a. One alternate member appointed by the governor.
b. One alternate member from the senate from the opposite political party of the
commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “b”, selected in the manner
provided in subsection 1, paragraph “b”.
c. One alternate member from the house of representatives from the opposite political
party of the commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “c”, selected in the
manner provided in subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
d. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa association of independent colleges and
universities.
e. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa college student aid commission.
3. Nonlegislativemembersshallservetwo-yeartermsexceptasotherwiseprovidedunder
the terms of the compact. Legislative members shall serve two-year terms as provided in
section 4A.13. Nonlegislative members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive
their actual and necessary expenses and travel. Legislative members shall receive actual and
necessary expenses pursuant to sections 2.10 and 2.12. Vacancies on the commission shall be
filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointments.
Ifalegislativememberceasestobeamemberofthegeneralassembly, thelegislativemember
shall no longer serve as a member of the commission.
4. It is the intent of the general assembly that commissioners representing the senate and
the house of representatives be members of different political parties from one another.