15.09 Councils.

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15.09 Councils.

(1)Selection of members.

(a)Unless otherwise provided by law, the governor shall appoint the members of councils for terms prescribed by law. Except as provided in pars.

(b)and

(c), fixed terms shall expire on July 1 and shall, if the term is for an even number of years, expire in an odd-numbered year.

(b)The terms of the members of the council on recycling shall expire as specified under s. 15.347

(c).

(c)The terms of the members of the off-highway motorcycle council shall expire on March 1.

(2)Selection of officers. Unless otherwise provided by law, at its first meeting in each year every council shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary from among its members. Any officer may be reelected for successive terms. For any council created under the general authority of s. 15.04

(c), the constitutional officer or secretary heading the department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which such council is created shall designate an employee of the department or independent agency to serve as secretary of the council and to be a voting member thereof.

(3)Location and frequency of meetings. Unless otherwise provided by law, every council shall meet at least annually and shall also meet on the call of the head of the department or independent agency in which it is created, and may meet at other times on the call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. A council shall meet at such locations as may be determined by it unless the constitutional officer or secretary heading the department or the chief executive officer of the independent agency in which it is created determines a specific meeting place.