Section 24-6-3 Advisory Board.

(a) The advisory board of the commission shall be composed of nine advisory only members, each of whom shall have been a resident of Alabama for at least five years prior to appointment. (b) Six of the members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, as follows: (1) From a list of nine nominees submitted by the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA), the Governor shall appoint three members who shall be from the Alabama manufactured housing industry and of those three members, two members shall represent the manufacturers and one member shall represent the retailers. No employee of AMHA shall serve on the commission. The terms of office of the initial appointees shall be one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. (2) There shall be three consumer representatives appointed as follows: The Governor shall appoint from the general public three members who shall serve as consumer representatives and whose initial term of office shall be one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. The appointees from the general public shall serve as consumer representatives with one appointee living in a manufactured home at the time of appointment. The appointments shall be selected from the current congressional districts as follows: One appointee shall reside in congressional district 4 or 5, one appointee shall reside in congressional district 3 or 6, one appointee shall reside in congressional district 1 or 2 or 7. (c) There shall be three governmental representatives appointed as follows: (1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member who is a representative from any local government for an initial term of two years. (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who is a member of the House of Representatives. (3) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member who is a member of the Senate. (d) Appointment, reappointment, vacancies, compensation, meetings, and responsibilities shall be as follows: (1) Appointed members shall be eligible for reappointment. (2) Any vacancy or new appointment shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made, except that the number of nominees for the industry members shall be reduced to three for each vacancy. (3) The successors to the initial appointees shall serve terms of five years. (4) The members who are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall serve for the initial terms of their elected office and may be reappointed by the appointing authority for additional terms. (5) The administrator, or other persons responsible for handling all matters under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, shall have no actual or potential conflict of interest nor be under the influence or control of a manufacturer of products or a retailer, supplier, or vendor of products in any manner which may affect his or her capacity to perform the function of the job objectively and without bias. The Alabama Ethics Commission shall investigate any report of a conflict of interest and, upon a finding of a conflict of interest, the Governor shall remove any such person having a conflict of interest. A member of the advisory board of the housing commission who has a direct pecuniary interest in any matter before the advisory board of the housing commission shall disclose that fact before the advisory board takes action at any meeting with respect to the matter, and he or she shall not vote, participate, or be present at any such meeting. Disclosure of such a pecuniary interest shall become a part of the official record of the proceedings of the advisory board of the commission. (6) A person appointed as a general consumer or government representative shall not have any ownership interest in or income benefit from a manufacturer of manufactured homes, a retail seller of manufactured homes, a community, or a supplier of products or services to the manufactured housing industry. These appointees shall not have any financial contracts or provide or accept any services with anyone in the manufactured housing industry except to the extent the consumer lives in a manufactured home. (7) Membership of the advisory board shall reflect the geographical, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of the state without regard to party affiliation. (8) The members of the advisory board of the commission shall select from its membership a person to serve as chair. The chair shall preside over the advisory board meetings. The chair may not serve for more than two consecutive terms of two years each. (9) The Governor shall make appointments within 30 days following receipt of the list of nominees from the agencies and if not made within 30 days, nominees are no longer valid and a new list of nominees must be submitted. Appointments requiring Senate approval made at times when the Legislature is not in session shall be effective ad interim. Ad interim appointments shall be made in the same manner as appointments made during a legislative session. An appointment made by the Governor when the Legislature is in session shall be submitted to the Senate not later than the third legislative day following the date of the appointment. An appointment made when the Legislature is not in session shall be submitted to the Senate not later than the third legislative day following the reconvening of the Legislature. (10) All members of the advisory board of the commission, except legislative members, shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the members of the advisory board of the commission meet and shall receive the same per diem and allowance for meetings of the advisory board as is paid to state employees for official state business. Legislative members shall be entitled to receive their regular legislative compensation. (11) The advisory board shall meet at least two times per year and at such times as called by the chair. Notice of regular meetings shall be given by the chair to advisory board members at least five business days prior to the meeting. Special called meetings shall similarly require five days’ notice in writing. Five members of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. Vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled by nomination and appointment within 30 days by the same procedure as the original appointments. Vacancies may occur through death or resignation of an advisory board member, or other reasons.