MCL 36.105 Board of Directors; Duties; Membership; Terms; Designated Representative; Compensation; Expenses; Chairperson; Director of Department As Nonvoting Member; Appointment of Veteran; Quorum; Actions By Majority Vote; Appointment of Executive Director; Employment and Contract For Legal, Financial, and Technical Experts and Certain Other Employees; Board and Authority Subject to MCL 15.321 to 15.330 and MCL 15.301 to 15.310; Discharge of Duties; Manner; Business Conducted At Public Meeting; Availability of Nonprivileged Information

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 321 of the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: MCL 36.105

(1) The authority shall exercise its duties through a board of directors.

(2) The board shall be made up of the following members:

(a) Subject to subsection (7), the director of the department.

(b) Three members with professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or medicine who represent the interests of 1 or more congressionally chartered veterans' organizations appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

(c) Three members with professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or medicine appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One of the members appointed under this subdivision shall be a resident of the Upper Peninsula of this state.

(d) One member appointed by the governor from a list of 2 or more individuals selected by the majority leader of the senate, with professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or medicine.

(e) One member appointed by the governor from a list of 2 or more individuals selected by the speaker of the house of representatives, with professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or medicine.

(3) The appointed members shall serve for terms of 4 years. Of the 5 members first appointed, 1 shall be appointed for an initial term of 1 year, 2 shall be appointed for an initial term of 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for an initial term of 3 years. The appointed members shall serve until a successor is appointed. A vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

(4) A director of a state department who is a designated member of the board may appoint a representative to serve in his or her absence.

(5) Members of the board shall serve without compensation but may receive reasonable reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.

(6) The director of the department shall serve as chairperson of the board until January 1, 2019. At that time, the board members shall elect a chairperson who is not the director of the department or his or her designee.

(7) One year after the second facility operated by the authority is open and housing veterans, the director of the department shall then serve as a nonvoting member of the board. A new member who is a veteran who has professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or medicine shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.