§3173.  State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers; creation; qualifications; appointment

A.(1)  There is hereby created the State Board of Examiners of Interior Designers within the office of the governor consisting of seven members appointed by the governor.

(2)  Each appointment shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.  Each member shall be a registered interior designer and a citizen of Louisiana.

(3)(a)  Upon expiration of the terms of the members in office on January 1, 2000, the terms of members shall be for a period of four years or until the members' successors have been appointed and have taken office.

(b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the seven appointed members who are the successors to those members whose terms expired at noon on January 1, 2004, shall serve for the following terms as designated by the governor:

(i)  One member appointed from the list submitted by the American Society of Interior Designers shall serve a two-year term, the other shall serve a three-year term, and the other shall serve a four-year term.

(ii)  One member appointed from the list submitted by registered interior designers whose registrations are in good standing shall serve a two-year term, the other shall serve a three-year term.

(iii)  One member appointed from a list submitted by the International Interior Design Association shall serve a three-year term.

(iv)  One member appointed from a list submitted by the Interior Design Educators Counsel, Inc. shall serve a four-year term.

(v)  Thereafter, all successive appointed members shall serve four-year terms as provided in Subparagraph (A)(3)(a) of this Section.

B.(1)  Three members of the board shall be selected from a list of nine names from its membership submitted by the American Society of Interior Designers.

(2)  Two members shall be selected from the list of licensed or registered interior designers whose licenses are in good standing at the time of the appointment.

(3)  One member shall be selected from a list of three names from its membership submitted by the International Interior Design Association.

(4)  One member shall be an interior design educator selected from a list of three names submitted by the Interior Design Educators Counsel, Inc.

C.  Each vacancy shall be filled in the manner of original appointment except that a list of names shall be submitted for each vacancy arising under the categories designated under Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection B of this Section.

D.  Prior to entering upon the discharge of his duties, each member of the board shall subscribe to and file with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of office.

E.  The board shall select annually from among its members a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary.

F.  Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no action shall be taken without at least four votes in accord.

Acts 1990, No. 846, §1; Acts 1995, No. 496, §1; Acts 1997, No. 877, §1; Acts 1999, No. 426, §1; Acts 2001, No. 8, §12, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 343, §1, eff. June 18, 2004.