7-1-555 - Membership; reimbursement of travel expenses; terms of service. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 7-1-555. Membership; reimbursement of travel expenses; terms of service.
 

The Governor shall appoint twenty-five (25) members, including a chairman, to the commission. The commission members shall be chosen based on their related physical fitness and sports experiences, their education and the areas of expertise that they will contribute to the Governor's commission without expectation of compensation during their appointed terms. These individual members shall be eligible for reimbursement of travel and expenses in the performance of their appointed duties. The first members of the commission shall be appointed for terms as follows: 
 

(a) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year each; 

(b) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years each; 

(c) Six (6) members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years each; 

(d) Six (6) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years each; and 

(e) The chairman shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. 

Upon expiration of the aforementioned initial terms, successors to each commission post shall be appointed by the Governor to a four-year term. At the discretion of the Governor, commission appointees shall be eligible for reappointment a second time concurrent to their original term. Subsequent to the second term completion, commission members shall not be eligible to serve again on the commission for a period of one (1) year, at which time eligibility for service to the commission can again be activated at the discretion of the Governor. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1992, ch. 369, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1992.