Originally Posted By: 49er
How do you get 12 yrs, 18 yrs or 60 yrs out of a 6 year term? You ignore the law.

The law clearly states that the term of each appointed member will be 6 years. If the legislature intended for the term to be unlimited thru re-appointment, why would it bother to define the term as 6 years?


Would you also argue that the governor can appoint as many members to the board as he wants as long as he appoints 10? The law doesn't state that he can't appoint more if he likes:
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Section 9-2-14
Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources - Created; composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, and compensation of members; residency requirements; meetings; record of meetings and proceedings; transitional members.

(a) There shall be an Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources. The board shall consist of the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Agricultural Extension System ex officio, and 10 other members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom the Governor shall designate as chair of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources...


I think most people, for or against, would agree that if the intent was actually 6 years, total, for life, it wouldn't have used the word "term". I think of a term as a period of time that a politician can stay in office without having to get re-elected. After said term he must be voted or appointed back in...