PART 3. FAMILY PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD.
§48-26-301. Family protection services board continued; terms.
(a) The family protection services board, previously created, is continued. Membership of the board is comprised of five persons. The governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three members of the board. One appointed member must be a commissioner of a shelter. One appointed member must be a member of a major trade association that represents shelters across the state. The final gubernatorial appointee must be a member of the public. The other two members are the secretary of the department of health and human resources, or his or her designee, and the chairperson of the governor's committee on crime, delinquency and correction, or his or her designee.

(b) The terms of the three members appointed by the governor are staggered terms of three years. The initial term of the commissioner of the shelter is a one-year term, the initial term of the representative of the trade association is a two-year term and the initial term of the appointed member of the public is a three-year term.

(c) In the event that a member of the board ceases to be qualified for appointment, then his or her appointment terminates.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session