49-9-202 - Composition Appointive members Expenses. - Tennessee Statutes

49-9-202. Composition Appointive members Expenses.

(a)  The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall consist of five (5) ex officio members, and twenty-two (22) additional appointed members.

     (1)  Of the twenty-two (22) additional members, one (1) shall be appointed from each congressional district. Each member shall reside within the congressional district from which the member is appointed as such district is apportioned at the time of the member's appointment. Appointments from reapportioned congressional districts shall be made as vacancies occur. No incumbent member shall be removed from the member's seat prior to the expiration of the member's current term as a result of changes in congressional districts occasioned by reapportionment.

     (2)  Two (2) additional members shall reside in Knox County.

     (3)  Two (2) additional members shall reside in Shelby County.

     (4)  One (1) additional member shall reside in Weakley County.

     (5)  One (1) additional member shall reside in Hamilton County.

     (6)  One (1) additional member shall reside in Davidson County.

     (7)  One (1) additional member shall reside in Anderson, Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore or Warren County.

     (8)  Two (2) additional members shall be members of the faculty of the University of Tennessee who served as faculty senate president, or the equivalent, at a University of Tennessee institution during the academic year immediately preceding appointment as a trustee. One (1) faculty member shall be a voting member and one (1) faculty member shall be a nonvoting member, it being the legislative intent that a faculty member serve one (1) year as a nonvoting member before becoming the voting member. It being the further legislative intent that the voting position rotate among the institutions of the University of Tennessee, the voting and nonvoting faculty members shall be appointed in accordance with the following sequence:

          (A)  The faculty senate president, or the equivalent, who served in that capacity at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2004-2005 academic year shall serve as the voting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006. The faculty senate president, or the equivalent, who served in that capacity at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center during the 2004-2005 academic year shall serve as the nonvoting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006, and shall serve as the voting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.

          (B)  The faculty senate president, or the equivalent, who served in that capacity at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville during the 2005-2006 academic year shall serve as the nonvoting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007, and shall serve as the voting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008.

          (C)  The faculty senate president, or the equivalent, who served in that capacity at the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2006-2007 academic year shall serve as the nonvoting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008, and shall serve as the voting member for a one-year term from June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009.

          (D)  Beginning June 1, 2008, the nonvoting faculty position shall rotate annually to the faculty senate president, or the equivalent, who served in such capacity during the academic year immediately preceding appointment as a trustee, according to the following sequence: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Tennessee at Martin. The nonvoting faculty member shall serve a one-year term before assuming the voting position. Each term shall begin June 1 and end the following May 31.

     (9)  At least one third (1/3) of the appointive members shall be members of the principal minority political party in the state.

     (10)  At least one third (1/3) of the appointive members shall be alumni of the University of Tennessee.

     (11)  All appointive members shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate, but appointments shall be effective until adversely acted upon by the senate.

     (12)  Two (2) additional members shall be students at a University of Tennessee institution. One (1) student member shall be a voting member and one (1) student member shall be a nonvoting member, it being the legislative intent that a student member serve one (1) year as a nonvoting member before becoming the voting member. It being the further legislative intent that the voting position rotate among the institutions of the University of Tennessee, the voting and nonvoting student members shall be appointed in accordance with the following sequence:

          (A)  Effective June 1, 2005, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga shall be appointed to serve a one-year term as the voting student member through May 31, 2006. The voting student shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) nominees prepared and submitted by the governing body of the student government association at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Effective June 1, 2005, a student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center shall be appointed to serve a one-year term as the nonvoting member through May 31, 2006, and to serve a one-year term as the voting member from June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007. The nonvoting student shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) nominees prepared and submitted by the governing body of the student government association at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Only students who will be enrolled at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center through the 2006-2007 academic year shall be eligible for appointment to this nonvoting position.

          (B)  Effective June 1, 2006, a student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shall be appointed to serve a one-year term as the nonvoting student member through May 31, 2007, and to serve a one-year term as the voting member from June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008. The nonvoting student shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) nominees prepared and submitted by the governing body of the student government association at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Only students who will be enrolled at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville through the 2007-2008 academic year shall be eligible for appointment to this nonvoting position.

          (C)  Effective June 1, 2007, a student at the University of Tennessee at Martin shall be appointed to serve a one-year term as the nonvoting student member through May 31, 2008, and to serve a one-year term as the voting member from June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009. The nonvoting student shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three (3) nominees prepared and submitted by the governing body of the student government association at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Only students who will be enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Martin through the 2008-2009 academic year shall be eligible for appointment to this nonvoting position.

          (D)  Beginning June 1, 2008, the nonvoting student position shall be appointed annually by the governor from a list of three (3) nominees prepared and submitted by the governing body of the student government association at a University of Tennessee institution according to the following sequence: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Tennessee at Martin. The nonvoting student member shall serve a one-year term before assuming the voting position. Each term shall begin June 1 and end the following May 31. Only students who will be enrolled at the University of Tennessee institution from which they are appointed through the academic year in which they would be serving as the voting member are eligible for appointment to the nonvoting position.

     (13)  In making appointments to the board of trustees, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older, and that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is a member of a racial minority. Appointments made after January 1, 1995, shall alternate such that every other appointment of a new member to the board shall be a female until the membership of the board reflects the percentage of females in the population generally, after which the provisions of this sentence shall cease to be effective.

(b)  University of Tennessee board of trustee members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.

[Code 1932, § 574; Acts 1953, ch. 12, § 1; 1959, ch. 40, § 1; 1967, ch. 179, § 10; 1969, ch. 300, §§ 1, 2; 1970, ch. 524, § 1; 1971, ch. 112, §§ 1, 2; 1974, ch. 574, §§ 1, 2; 1975, ch. 379, §§ 1, 2; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(71); 1982, ch. 651, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3302; Acts 1986, ch. 506, §§ 1, 2; 1988, ch. 1013, § 21; 1990, ch. 770, § 1; 1994, ch. 731, § 4; 1994, ch. 831, § 1; 1995, ch. 437, §§ 1, 2; 2005, ch. 466, §§ 1-3.]