21-18-201. Community college commission; created; composition; removal.

(a) The Wyoming community college commission is created.

(b) The commission consists of seven (7) appointed members:

(i) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 73, § 3.

(ii) No less than three (3) nor more than four (4) appointed members shall be from counties in which a community college district is located;

(iii) No more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members shall be from the same political party.

(c) The governor and the state superintendent of public instruction are ex officio nonvoting members of the commission.

(d) Appointments to the commission shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor as provided by W.S. 28-12-101. Commission members shall not be employees or trustees of a community college district. All terms of appointment shall be for four (4) years except appointments to fill unexpired terms. No person shall be appointed for more than two (2) full four (4) year terms plus any portion of a term served while filling a vacancy. The governor may remove any commission member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

(e) A chairman and officers of the commission shall be elected biennially by the commission from its members.

(f) The members of the commission shall be paid per diem and travel expenses while attending commission meetings at the same rate allowed members of the legislature. The commission shall meet at least four (4) times each fiscal year.

(g) Any commissioner who does not attend at least fifty percent (50%) of scheduled commission meetings during any year commencing from the date of appointment is automatically removed from office. The director of the commission shall certify the name of any commissioner who has not attended at least fifty percent (50%) of scheduled meetings during each appointment year to the governor who shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy within two (2) weeks from the date of certification.