(1)
There is hereby created the football stadium site selection commission which shall consist of eighteen commissioners. The commission shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, shall not be an agency of state government, and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state or by the district or the board. Initial appointments to the commission shall be made within forty-five days after August 6, 1996.
(2) (a) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the governor.
One commissioner shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
One commissioner shall be appointed by the president of the senate.
Eleven commissioners shall be appointed as follows:
Two commissioners shall be appointed by the boards of county commissioners of thefive counties in the district; and
One commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor and the city council of the cityand county of Denver.
One commissioner from state representative district 4 shall be appointed by the mayor of the city and county of Denver after consultation with the members of the general assembly representing state senatorial district 34 and state representative district 4.
One commissioner from state representative district 5 shall be appointed by the mayor of the city and county of Denver after consultation with the members of the general assembly representing state senatorial district 34 and state representative district 5.
No more than three commissioners shall reside in any one county within the districtand no more than three commissioners shall reside in the city and county of Denver.
No commissioner shall also serve as a director of the board of the district.
All commissioners appointed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of thissection shall reside within the geographical boundaries of the district.
Any appointed commissioner may be removed at any time at the pleasure of theperson or governing body who appointed such commissioner. If any appointed commissioner vacates the office, a vacancy on the commission shall exist, and the person or governing body who appointed such commissioner vacating the office shall fill such vacancy by appointment.
The appointed commissioners shall elect such officers as deemed necessary and appropriate from among the appointed membership of the commission.
Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses while serving as commissioners.
Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1075, § 1, effective May 23.