63 Pa. Stat. § 902.2a

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-79
Section 902.2a - Board established; terms of office; qualifications of members; compensation; attendance

The State Board of Landscape Architects is hereby established and shall consist of the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of Attorney General, or his designee, and seven persons appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two of the members of the board appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall represent the public at large and shall be appointed for terms of three years. The remaining members of the board appointed by the Governor, not less than four of whom shall be landscape architects and not less than one of whom shall be a landscape nurseryman, shall be appointed for terms of three years. One member shall be elected chairman and one shall be elected secretary. The members of the board shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified but not longer than six months beyond the three-year period. In the event that any of said members shall die or resign during his term of office, his successor shall be appointed in the same way and with the same qualifications as set forth in this section and shall hold office for the unexpired term. The professional and public members shall receive sixty dollars ($60) for each day they attend meetings of the board. Members shall receive, in addition, the amount of reasonable travel, hotel and other necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties to the board. A member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his seat unless the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, upon written request from the member, finds that the member should be excused from a meeting because of illness or the death of an immediate family member. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

63 P.S. § 902.2a

1966, Jan. 24, P.L. (1965) 1527, No. 535, §2.1, added 1984 , March 7, P.L. 129, No. 24, § 2, effective 4/1/1984.