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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9.5-503" title_number="9.5" title_name="Governor's Office of Community Initiatives" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Commission on Lgbtqia+ Affairs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission consists of 21 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The members shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to the extent practicable, be members of the LGBTQIA+ community;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include at least two transgender individuals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to the extent practicable, reflect the age, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestral, national origin, color, disability, religious, sex, sexual orientation, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>know about issues facing LGBTQIA+ communities and be sensitive to the problems of LGBTQIA+ communities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>be representatives of the State’s LGBTQIA+ communities or have an interest in the success of LGBTQIA+ communities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>provide value to the work of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Commission on October 1, 2023.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member may be reappointed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member who has served two consecutive 4–year terms may not be reappointed until at least 1 year has elapsed after the end of the previous term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member who fails to attend at least 50% of the regularly scheduled meetings during a 12–month period shall be considered to have resigned from the Commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
