§ 63C-15-201. Commission created -- Membership -- Cochairs -- Removal -- Vacancy. (Effective 3/29/2014)

(1) There is created an advisory commission known as the Prison Relocation Commission, composed of:

(a) three members of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than two of whom may be from the same political party;

(b) four members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, no more than three of whom may be from the same political party;

(c) the executive director of the justice commission, appointed under Section 63M-7-203; and

(d) the executive director of the department, appointed under Section 64-13-3, or the executive director's designee.

(2) The commission members from the Senate and House of Representatives are voting members of the commission, and the members appointed under Subsections (1)(c) and (d) are nonvoting members of the commission.

(3) The president of the Senate shall appoint one of the commission members from the Senate as cochair of the commission, and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one of the commission members from the House of Representatives as cochair of the commission.

(4) The president of the Senate may remove a member appointed under Subsection (1)(a), and the speaker of the House of Representatives may remove a member appointed under Subsection (1)(b).

(5) A vacancy of a member appointed under Subsection (1)(a) or (b) shall be filled in the same manner as an appointment of the member whose departure from the commission creates the vacancy.

(6) A commission member shall serve until a successor is duly appointed and qualified.

Enacted by Chapter 211, 2014 General Session