Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-2-3-.03
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 335-2-3-.03 - Officers(1) The Commission shall select a Chair and a Vice-Chair who will serve a one-year term. An officer's term shall not exceed his or her regular term as a member of the Commission. In the event of permanent vacancies in the office of Chair or Vice-Chair, the Commission may select a member to preside at Commission meetings until an election is held.(2) Elections may be held at any regularly-scheduled meeting when there exists a permanent vacancy in the office of Chair or Vice-Chair due to resignation or other reason. An officer shall hold office until such time as new elections are held and he or she is replaced.(3) The duties of the Chair are: (a) To call the meeting of the Commission to order.(b) To preside at all meetings of the Commission.(c) To announce business before the Commission in proper order.(d) To state and put to a vote all questions that are properly brought before the Commission.(e) To preserve order and decorum at meetings of the Commission.(f) To decide all questions of Order at meetings of the Commission.(4) The Chair may vote on all matters which come before the Commission.(5) The duty of the Vice-Chair is to serve as the Chair in all meetings at which the Chair is absent or in which the Chair recuses himself or herself from voting on an issue. In the absence of the Chair, the Vice-Chair shall have all the power and authority of the Chair as set forth in paragraph (3) above. When presiding over the Commission, the Vice-Chair may vote on all matters which come before the Commission. In the absence of both the Chair and Vice-Chair at a Commission meeting, the Commission will select a member to preside at that meeting.(6) Members who are holding the office of Chair and Vice-Chair on the effective date of these rules shall continue to hold said offices until the expiration of the regularly scheduled term. Author: Olivia H Jenkins; Alabama Environmental Management Commission
Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-2-3-.03
New Rule: Filed April 17, 1998; effective May 22, 1998. Amended: Filed September 13, 2005; effective October 18, 2005.Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-22A-6.