Section 16-49-20 Creation; composition; compensation.
Section 16-49-20
Creation; composition; compensation.
There is created a Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, a state land-grant educational institution at Huntsville. The board of trustees shall consist of 12 members, two members who shall reside in the congressional district in which the institution is situated; one member shall reside in each of the remaining congressional districts in the state as constituted on September 5, 1975; three at-large members who may be selected from outside the state; and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The president of the student government association and the president of the faculty senate shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the board. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The membership shall include at least three members who have earned a degree from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. Except for the first trustees appointed, trustees shall hold office for a term of six years. No member presently serving as of January, 1989 shall have his or her current term of office terminated because of these provisions. All appointments shall be effective immediately ad interim. The board shall be divided into three classes so that at least one third shall be appointed biennially. Of the first members appointed to the board, three shall be designated by the Governor to serve until January 31, 1978; four until January 31, 1980; and four to serve until January 31, 1982. A trustee may be appointed to serve a second term of six years, but no trustee shall be appointed to serve more than a total of 12 years. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. No member of the governing board, no officer of any public postsecondary educational institution, and no elected or appointed official having the power of review of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University budget, other than the Governor, shall be eligible to serve on the board of trustees.
(Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-881, p. 1778, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-749, p. 1747, §1; Act 2006-524, p. 1219, §1.)