(a) Each community action agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so constituted that:
(1) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials currently holding office, or their designees, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement;
(2) At least one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and
(3) The remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.
(b) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community shall reside in the area he represents.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 2, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-158, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 83-20 amended Subsec. (a) by changing from 18 to 15 the minimum number of members for the board; Sec. 17-461 transferred to Sec. 17-636 in 1991; Sec. 17-636 transferred to Sec. 17b-886 in 1995; P.A. 00-158 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) that had limited terms for certain board members, effective May 26, 2000.