Section 34-36-4

Board created; appointment, terms and qualifications of members; meetings; rules and regulations; power to sue and be sued; seal; executive secretary.

(a) The Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors is created.

(b) A person to be eligible for appointment to serve on the board shall be a citizen and resident of Alabama. Each person appointed to the board from each congressional district, shall be actively engaged in the electrical construction business as a qualified person with electrical construction background of not less than five consecutive years, and shall hold certificates to validate his or her competence as a master electrician in the electrical construction field. The two persons appointed to the board as at-large members shall be members of the Alabama State Electrical Workers Association.

(c) The board shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the Governor. One member shall be appointed from each congressional district, and there shall be two at-large members who shall be appointed from within the state. The board members from the First, Second, and Third Congressional Districts shall be appointed for terms of one year; the board members from the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congressional Districts shall be appointed for terms of two years; and the board member from the Seventh Congressional District as well as the at-large members shall be appointed for terms of three years. Thereafter, all board members shall be appointed for terms of three years. Each term shall expire on June 30 of the last year of the term, and no member shall succeed himself or herself. Vacancies on the board for any cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.

(d) The board shall meet at least semiannually and as often as necessary. The board shall meet annually to elect officers from its membership, whose initial terms shall expire on June 30 next following their election. Special meetings of the board may be held as the board provides in its rules and regulations. The board shall meet at least once in the first quarter and once in the third quarter of the year. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(e) The board may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this chapter.

(f) Any member of the board or duly appointed hearing officer designated by the board may administer oaths and take testimony concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the board.

(g) The board may sue and be sued in its official name.

(h) The board shall adopt a seal for its use containing the words: "Alabama Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board."

(i) The board shall employ or contract for an executive secretary whose pay shall be determined by the board.

(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §4; Acts 1988, No. 88-129, p. 184, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-747, p. 1698, §1.)