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(a) There is created the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
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(b)
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(1) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall consist of seven (7) members. Of the seven (7) members of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers:
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(A) Five (5) shall be registered residential interior designers, one (1) of whom may be a professional full-time design educator, registered or unregistered;
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(B) One (1) shall be an architect licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers who provides design services; and
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(C) One (1) shall be a consumer.
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(2) Members shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.
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(3) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term.
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(4) No State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers member shall serve consecutive terms.
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(c)
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(1) A majority of the members on the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall constitute a quorum.
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(2) Decisions of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall be made by a majority vote of a quorum.
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(d) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall hold at least two (2) regular meetings each year and such other meetings as are deemed necessary.
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(e)
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(1) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall elect annually from its members a chair and vice chair to hold office for one (1) year and an executive secretary who may or may not be a member of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
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(2) The executive secretary shall hold the office at the pleasure of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers and may receive a salary determined by the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
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(f)
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(1) State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers members shall serve without compensation but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
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(2) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall fix the compensation of its employees by resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
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