The members of the board shall be appointed for terms of five years each beginning from the expiration of the respective terms of their predecessors, except that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term and that the initial appointments to increase the board to fifteen members shall be for such terms of less than five years as may be necessary to stagger the expiration of terms so that the terms of not more than four members expire in any one year. Members of the board may be suspended or removed by the Governor at his pleasure. For the purpose of succession, the initial appointments of members for terms of less than five years shall be deemed appointments to fill vacancies. No person shall be eligible to serve for or during more than two successive terms; provided, however, any person appointed to fill a vacancy may be eligible for two additional successive terms after the term of the vacancy for which he was appointed has expired. The members of the board shall receive no salaries.

History

Code 1950, § 9-65.5; 1970, c. 466; 1977, c. 597; 1980, c. 612.