Section 41-23-82

Established; method of appointment of members; purpose; supervision.

(a) The Alabama Residential Energy Code Board is established.

(b) The board shall consist of 13 members appointed by the Governor. The 13 members shall be citizens of the state, and shall be selected on the basis of their representation of the following organizations, industries, entities, and professions:

(1) One member shall represent the Home Builders Association.

(2) One member shall represent the Board of General Contractors.

(3) One member shall represent the Heating and Air Conditioning Board.

(4) One member shall represent the private, investor-owned, electric utility industry.

(5) One member shall represent the rural electric cooperative industry.

(6) One member shall represent the natural gas industry.

(7) One member shall be a licensed professional engineer.

(8) One member shall represent municipalities.

(9) One member shall represent county governments.

(10) One member shall represent the Alabama Council, American Institute of Architects.

(11) One member shall represent the Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board.

(12) One member shall represent the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI).

(13) One member shall represent the Home Builders Licensure Board.

(c) Each member shall be selected from a list of three candidates provided to the Governor by the division. Board appointees shall be selected on the basis of their interest in problems concerning residential energy resources, consumption, and conservation, and without regard to political affiliation. Appointments shall be of such a nature as to aid the work of the board and to inspire the highest degree of coordination and cooperation. All members of the board shall be deemed members at-large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interests of the board, the division, the units of local government, and the state. No member shall act as the representative of any particular region, United States congressional district in Alabama, or state Senate or legislative district in Alabama.

(d) The board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the division, and to units of local government, with respect to all matters pertaining to the acceptance, adoption, and implementation of the Model Energy Code. The board shall be under the authority and supervision of the division, and shall be administered by the chief of the division with the assistance of such other officers and department employees as are deemed necessary to carry out the purpose, functions, duties, and activities of the board.

(Acts 1995, No. 95-537, p. 1095, §3.)