Section 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.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0030-01-03-.06
Original rule filed July 6, 1982; effective August 6, 1982. Amendment filed February 2, 2007; effective June 28, 2007.Authority: T.C.A. § 71-2-104(b)(1).