(a) Members of the Board shall be appointed for four year terms. Two of the appointed members shall initially be appointed for terms of two years beginning July 1 of the year of appointment.

(b) A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the initial appointment. (1959, No. 215, § 8, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)