§ 40-9-3 Advisory council –
Appointment of members. –
Within the department of human services there shall be an advisory council to
assist in promoting the interests of people who are blind or visually impaired
consisting of nine (9) members, eight (8) of whom shall be qualified electors
of the state, who shall be selected with particular regard to their interest in
and their knowledge of the conditions regarding the blind and visually impaired
and who shall be appointed by the governor as herein provided, and one of whom
shall be the chairperson of the state council on independent living services,
ex officio. In the month of February in each year the governor shall appoint
one member, except in the month of February 1970 and every fifth year
thereafter when he or she shall appoint four (4) members, each member to hold
office until the first day of March in the fifth year after his or her
appointment and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, to
succeed the member whose term will next expire. Any vacancy, which may occur in
the council shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of
the unexpired term.
(P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 90; P.L. 1940, ch. 801, § 1; redesignated
§ 91 by P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 40-11-3; P.L.
1970, ch. 56, § 1; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1976, ch. 211, § 1;
P.L. 1989, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 99; P.L. 1999, ch. 130,
§ 99.)