36-4-101. Commission established; composition; appointment and terms of members; removal; representation from appointment districts; vacancies; meetings; president.

(a) There is established the Wyoming parks and cultural resources commission within the department of state parks and cultural resources which shall consist of nine (9) members, citizens of Wyoming. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members shall be from the same political party. Commission members shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the state senate, and may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. Appointments made between sessions of the legislature shall be made in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101. In addition, the governor is an ex officio member of the commission.

(b) The term for commission members is five (5) years, and shall expire on March 1, providing that the terms of the members first appointed shall be staggered as follows:

(i) Three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years;

(ii) Three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years; and

(iii) Three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.

(c) Each appointment district pursuant to W.S. 9-1-218 shall at all times be represented by at least one (1) commissioner who is a resident of that district.

(d) All vacancies occurring on the commission shall be filled by the governor in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101.

(e) The first meeting of the commission shall be at the call of the governor. Thereafter, the commission shall meet at least once every three (3) months. Other meetings may be held at the call of the president of the commission, the governor or a majority of the commission members.

(f) At the first meeting of the commission and thereafter at the regular September meeting of each year, the commission shall elect one (1) of its members president who shall hold his office for a term of one (1) year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of president, the commission shall elect a member of the commission to serve as president for the remainder of that term.

(g) Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103.

(h) Any statute or legal or other document which refers to the Wyoming recreation commission established under subsection (a) of this section, as existing on and after April 1, 1990 and serving in an advisory capacity to the department of state parks and cultural resources, means the Wyoming parks and cultural resources commission which is the successor to the recreation commission, as existing on and after April 1, 1990.

(j) As used in W.S. 36-4-101 through 36-4-119, "this act" means W.S. 36-4-101 through 36-4-119.