54-313 BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS -- CONTINUANCE OF PRESENT BOARD.

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 3

ARCHITECTS

54-313. Board of architectural examiners -- Continuance of present board. The members of the board of architectural examiners in office at the date this act becomes effective shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms, subject to the provisions of this act.

The regular term of office of a member shall begin as of the first Monday immediately following the date of his appointment, and, for terms commencing after February 1, 1971, shall continue for five (5) years thereafter and until his successor shall have been appointed and accepted such appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occasioned otherwise than by expiration of a term shall serve the unexpired term of his predecessor. No members shall be appointed for a period exceeding two (2) consecutive terms. Any member who has served two (2) consecutive terms may be reappointed after a lapse of five (5) years from the termination date of his last term.

A vacancy in membership shall occur and be declared by the chief of the bureau of occupational licenses whenever the regular term of a member expires or whenever a member dies, resigns, or is mentally or physically incapable of acting, or neglects or refuses to act, or otherwise ceases to have the qualifications of a member.