There is created the Department on Aging. The department must be supported by an Advisory Council on Aging consisting of one member from each of the ten planning and service areas and five members from the State at large. The director of the department shall provide statewide notice that nominations may be submitted to the director from which the Governor shall appoint the members of the council. The members must be citizens of the State who have an interest in and a knowledge of the problems of an aging population. In making appointments to the council, consideration must be given to assure that the council is composed of appointees who are diverse in age, who are able and disabled, and who are active leaders in organizations and institutions that represent different concerns of older citizens and their families. The chair must be elected by the members of the advisory council from its members for a term of two years and until a successor is elected. Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall receive mileage and subsistence authorized by law for members of boards, commissions, and committees. The advisory council shall meet at least once each quarter and special meetings may be called at the discretion of the director of the department. Rules and procedures must be adopted by the council for the governance of its operations and activities.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.21; 1971 (57) 385; 1986 Act No. 428, Section 1, eff July 1, 1986; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1016, eff July 1, 1993; 1995 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff April 10, 1995; 2008 Act No. 273, Section 7, eff June 4, 2008; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 25C, eff July 1, 2009; 2018 Act No. 261 (S.107), Pt I, Section 6, eff January 1, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 261, Section 6, in the first sentence, substituted "the Department on Aging" for "in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Division on Aging"; in the second sentence, substituted "The department" for "The division" and deleted "under the Division on Aging" following "planning and service areas"; in the third sentence, substituted "The director of the department" for "The director of the division" and substituted "Governor" for "Lieutenant Governor" following "to the director from which the"; and in the eighth sentence, substituted "department" for "division" at the end.