§ 13.33 Boards of visitors.\n (a) Each state operations office under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner shall have a minimum of one board of visitors consisting of\nat least seven but not more than fourteen members. Members appointed or\nreappointed after the effective date of this chapter shall be appointed\nby the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.\nMembers shall be appointed for four year terms to expire on the\nthirty-first day of December of the fourth year of the term of office\nprovided however, when more than three terms expire in any one year,\nmembers may be appointed for terms of fewer years as designated by the\ngovernor so that no more than three members' terms expire in any one\nyear. All terms of office shall expire on the thirty-first day of\nDecember of the designated year. A member whose term has expired shall,\nhowever, remain in office until such member's successor has been\nappointed and has taken office, or until such member shall have resigned\nor have been removed from office in the manner hereinafter provided.\nShould any member resign or be removed from office, the governor shall\npromptly submit, for senate consent, a successor candidate to fill the\nremaining term of the vacated office. A visitor may be removed by the\ngovernor for cause after notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the\ncharges. In making appointments to boards of visitors, the governor\nshall endeavor to ensure that the membership of each such board shall\nadequately reflect the composition of the community or communities\nserved by the state operations office, that the membership of each such\nboard includes at least three individuals who are parents or relatives\nof patients or of former patients and that the remainder includes only\nthose persons, including former patients, who shall have expressed an\nactive interest in, or shall have obtained professional knowledge in the\ncare of persons with developmental disabilities or in developmental\ndisability endeavors generally.\n (b) No elected state officer or member of the legislature may serve as\na visitor.\n (c) Each visitor shall reside, at the time of appointment or\nreappointment, in the area, as established by the regulations of the\ncommissioner, served by the state operated office that it oversees.\n (d) Each board shall, at the first meeting of each calendar year elect\none member to serve as president of the board and one member to serve as\nsecretary; provided however, that no member may serve for more than two\nconsecutive years as president. After such election of the president and\nsecretary, each board shall inform the governor, the speaker of the\nassembly and the temporary president of the senate of such new president\nand secretary.\n (e) Visitors shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed\nfor their actual expenses in connection with their service as visitors.\n (f) (1) Each board of visitors shall hold six bi-monthly regular\nmeetings annually, but a greater number of regular meetings may be\nscheduled by the board. Each board of visitors shall establish in their\nby-laws or otherwise, in writing and at the first meeting of each\ncalendar year, whether these six meetings shall be held during months\nrepresented by odd numbers or months represented by even numbers. The\npresident of the board shall notify the executive director of the\njustice center for the protection of people with special needs and the\ncommissioner of the determination made concerning the designated months\nfor the six bi-monthly regular meetings. The dates of such meetings\nshall be posted on the office's website and shall be made available to\nthe public. The president of the board, the commissioner, or the members\nas determined by the rules of the board may call special meetings. The\nboard may request the commissioner, or such commissioner's designee, to\nsubmit a report at each meeting. Each board shall keep a record of its\nproceeding
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