(a) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall consist of ten (10) members.

(b) The Governor shall appoint the trustees. These appointments shall be with the consent of the Senate, except as provided in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33, § 5.

(c)

(1) Two (2) members shall be appointed from each of the four (4) congressional districts, as established following the most recent federal census.

(2)

(A) Two (2) members shall be appointed from the state at large.

(B) The two (2) at-large members shall not reside in the same congressional district.

(3) In case of an increase or decrease in the number of congressional districts in the state, the number of members appointed from the state at large shall be increased or decreased in a manner to assure equal representation on the board for each congressional district.

(4) The member or members of the board, if any, appointed from the state at large shall be alumni of the University of Arkansas.

(d) The term of office shall be ten (10) years.

(e) The trustees shall make and subscribe to an affidavit before entering upon their respective duties to faithfully, diligently, and impartially discharge the duties of their office.

(f)

(1) The board, for any cause deemed sufficient by them, shall have power by a majority vote, taken at any meeting, to remove any member from the board. However, no member shall be so removed unless as many as five (5) of the trustees vote for removal.

(2) When any member of the board is so removed, the votes of the trustees shall be recorded, and the president of the board shall make a certificate showing the result of the vote and transmit the certificate without delay to the Governor, who shall at once declare the commission which had been issued to the removed trustee vacated, and he or she shall appoint and commission some competent person to fill the vacancy so occasioned.

(g)

(1) The board shall elect a chairperson.

(2) A lesser number than a quorum may adjourn from time to time.

(3) The board shall have the power to hold adjourned meetings when the business of the university actually requires it, or the chairperson of the board may call a meeting of the board when he or she is satisfied that the interest of the university so requires or when five (5) members of the board petition him or her so to do.

(h) The members of the board may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.