Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0030-01-03-.06 - MEMBERSHIP
(1) The general provisions of membership are
as follows:
(a) The Commission shall consist
of twenty-five (25) members, twenty-three of whom shall be appointed by the
Governor.
(b) Appointments shall be
made on the basis of recognized interest in and knowledge of the circumstances
surrounding the aging and persons living with disabilities.
(c) A minimum of twelve (12) members shall be
sixty (60) years of age or older. Commission membership shall include women and
minorities in proportion to their presence in the elderly population.
(d) Staff members of programs funded wholly
or in part by the Commission shall be ineligible to serve as Commission
members.
(2) The
qualifications for membership are as follows:
(a) One member shall be appointed from the
rural area of each of the nine (9) planning and service areas.
(b) The following five (5) urban areas shall
each have one representative: Shelby, Davidson, Hamilton, and Knox Counties,
and the Tri-Cities area of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City.
(c) One member of the Governor's personal
staff.
(d) One (1) person who is an
active member of a chartered, statewide organization that advocates exclusively
for older person shall be appointed.
(e) One (1) person who is an active member of
a federally chartered organization that advocates exclusively for older persons
having membership statewide with chapters chartered in this state shall be
appointed.
(f) One (1) person who
is an active member of a chartered, statewide organization that advocates
exclusively for disabled persons shall be appointed.
(g) The Commissioners of the State
Departments of Human Services, Health, Veterans Affairs, and Mental Health and
Development Disabilities, and the Executive Director of the Council on
Development Disabilities; and
(h)
The speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each
shall name one (1) legislator from such speaker's respective house to serve on
the commission as ex officio members without vote to attend and sit with the
commission in open meetings, in order to report back to the general assembly on
actions being taken or considered by the commission.
(3) The terms of office are as follows:
(a) The terms of office for members of the
Commission shall be six (6) years except for members of the Governor's personal
staff and cabinet whose terms shall coincide with that of the appointing
Governor and except for the legislators whose terms shall be coterminous with
the terms for which they have been elected to the General Assembly.
(b) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment
only for the remainder of the unexpired terms.
(c) A two year absence from Commission
membership qualifies any member for reappointment following the criteria
above.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยง 71-2-104(b)(1).
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