study, research, plan, or advise the Director, Secretary, or Governor on matters it deems appropriate to enable the Division to function in the best possible manner. (c) The Council is comprised of 7 members who are appointed by the Governor. (d) [Repealed.] (e) A council member does not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties. (f) The Council shall annually elect a chair from among its members. A chair is eligible for reelection. (g) Each council member is appointed for a term of 3 years. Each term of office expires on the date specified in the appointment; however, a member remains eligible to participate in council proceedings until the Governor replaces that member. The Governor may appoint a member for a term of less than 3 years to ensure that members' terms expire on a staggered basis. (h) The number of members who must be present at a council meeting in order to have quorum and conduct official business is a majority of appointed members. Counting for quorum does not include member positions that are vacant. (i) The Governor may remove a member for gross inefficiency, misfeasance, malfeasance, or neglect of duty in office. A member is deemed in neglect of duty if the member is absent from 3 consecutive, regular council meetings or attends less than 50% of council meetings in a calendar year. The Governor may consider the member to have resigned and may accept the member's resignation.
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