§ 42-66-7. Advisory commission on aging.
(a) Within the office of healthy aging there shall be an advisory commission on aging
consisting of twenty-five (25) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the general
assembly as hereinafter provided, and twenty-one (21) of whom shall be appointed by
the governor, thirteen (13) of whom shall be elderly consumers representative of that
segment of the population. In the case of members of the commission appointed by the
governor, they shall be chosen and shall hold office for three (3) years, except that
in the original appointments, seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for one
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§ 42-66-7. Advisory commission on aging.
(a) Within the office of healthy aging there shall be an advisory commission on aging
consisting of twenty-five (25) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the general
assembly as hereinafter provided, and twenty-one (21) of whom shall be appointed by
the governor, thirteen (13) of whom shall be elderly consumers representative of that
segment of the population. In the case of members of the commission appointed by the
governor, they shall be chosen and shall hold office for three (3) years, except that
in the original appointments, seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for one
year, seven (7) members shall be designated to serve for two (2) years and seven (7)
members shall be designated to serve for three (3) years, respectively, and until
their respective successors are appointed and qualified. In the month of February
in each year the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the commission
whose terms shall expire in such year to hold office until the first day of March
in the third year after their appointment and until their respective successors are
appointed and qualified.
(b) The four (4) members from the general assembly shall be appointed, two (2) from the
house of representatives by the speaker, one from each of the two (2) major political
parties, and two (2) from the senate by the president of the senate, one each from
the two (2) major political parties, each to serve until the thirty-first day of December
in the second year of the term to which the member has been elected. Any vacancy,
which may occur in the commission, shall be filled in like manner as the original
appointment, for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(c) The members of the commission at the first meeting shall elect a chairperson and such
other officers as they may deem necessary. The commission shall meet at the call of
the governor or the chairperson and shall make suggestions to and advise the governor
or the director concerning the policies and problems confronting the aged and aging
of the state. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall
be compensated for their necessary and actual traveling expenses in the performance
of their official duties.