(a) There is created an agency to be known as the air pollution control board.

(b)

(1) The members of the board shall be the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner of economic and community development, and twelve (12) other members who shall be appointed by the governor, as follows:

(A) One (1) shall be a registered professional engineer as defined in title 62, chapter 2, who shall have at least five (5) years' experience in the field of air pollution control;

(B) One (1) shall be a physician, licensed in compliance with title 63, chapter 6, who shall be experienced in the health effects of air contaminants;

(C) One (1) shall be engaged in a field which is directly related to agriculture or conservation;

(D) One (1) shall be actively engaged in the management of and with current full-time employment in a private manufacturing concern and have a college degree and eight (8) years’ of combined technical training and experience in permit compliance for Title 5 or non-Title 5 sources for a manufacturing facility permitted in the state of Tennessee, and may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested manufacturing groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry;

(E) One (1) shall be a county mayor or chief executive officer of a Tennessee county who may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested county services groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee county services association;

(F) One (1) shall be engaged in municipal government who may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested municipal groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Municipal League;

(G) Two (2) shall be from Tennessee industry and with current full-time employment with a private manufacturing concern and have a college degree in engineering or equal and eight (8) years of combined technical training and experience in air pollution abatement for either a Title 5 permit holder or a non-Title 5 permitted source in the state of Tennessee, and may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested manufacturing groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry;

(H) One (1) shall be involved in the program of an institute of higher learning in the state involved in the conducting of training in air pollution evaluation and control;

(I) One (1) who may be appointed from lists of nominees submitted to the governor by interested conservation groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Conservation League;

(J) One (1) shall be a small generator of air pollution who may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested automotive groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Automotive Association; and

(K) One (1) may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested environmental groups, including, but not limited to, the Tennessee Environmental Council.

(2) The governor shall consult with interested groups, including, but not limited to, the organizations listed in subdivision (b)(1) to determine qualified persons to fill positions on the board.

(3) The twelve (12) appointed members' terms of office shall be four (4) years and until their successors are selected and qualified, except that the terms of those first appointed shall expire as follows: two (2) at the end of one (1) year after date of appointment, two (2) at the end of two (2) years after date of appointment, two (2) at the end of three (3) years after date of appointment, two (2) at the end of four (4) years after the date of appointment, and, of the two (2) appointed in 1970 pursuant to former subdivisions (b)(8) and (9), one (1) at the end of two (2) years after date of appointment and one (1) at the end of four (4) years after date of appointment as designated by the governor at the time of appointment. In making appointments to the board, 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. If a vacancy occurs, the governor may appoint a member for the remaining portion of the unexpired term created by the vacancy. The governor may remove any appointed member for cause. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as approved by the attorney general and reporter and the commissioner of finance and administration. A per diem allowance of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall only be paid to members for meetings at which a quorum is present.

(c) The board shall hold at least two (2) regular meetings each calendar year at a place and time to be fixed by the board. The commissioner of environment and conservation shall be chair of the board and the board shall select at its first meeting one (1) of its members to serve as vice chair. At the first regular meeting in each calendar year thereafter, the vice chair for the ensuing year shall be selected from among the members of the board. The director of the air pollution control division or service of the department of environment and conservation shall be technical secretary of the board. The director shall receive no additional compensation for such services. Special meetings may be called by the chair or by three (3) members of the board upon delivery of written notice to the office of each member of the board. Eight (8) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum may act for the board in all matters. The decision of a majority of a quorum shall be determinative of any question before the board except as otherwise specially provided in this part.