(a) Eligibility.

1. (1) The commissioners consist of the persons selected by the remaining commissioners from throughout the state.
2. (2) There is neither a maximum nor minimum number of commissioners.
3. (3) The Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage shall be ex officio a member of the commission.

(b) Rights of commissioners.

1. (1) The right of a commissioner to vote and all of his or her right, title, and interest in or to the commission shall cease on the termination of his or her membership.
2. (2) Preferring there be no specific terms of office for commissioners (which would require periodic reselection), any commissioner may resign from the commission by delivering a written resignation to the chair or secretary of the commission.

(c) Monthly meetings.

1. (1) The monthly meeting of the members of the commission shall be held at times and places determined by the chair of the commission.
2. (2) Normally these meetings will be held in the commission meeting room of the Restoration Center at Territorial Square in Little Rock, Arkansas, for the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting, on the second Thursday of each month or similar designated day.

(d) Special meetings. Special meetings of the commission may be called by the chair whenever he or she shall:

1. (1) Deem them necessary; or
2. (2) Be called upon to do so by a majority of the commissioners.

(e) Notice of meetings.

1. (1) Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the monthly or special meetings shall be served either personally, or by mail, or by telephone sufficiently in advance to provide reasonable notice.
2. (2) Any commissioner may waive notice of such meetings.
3. (3) In compliance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, Arkansas Code § 25-19-101 et seq., the press shall also be notified of these meetings by the executive director, as appropriate.

(f) Quorum.

1. (1) A quorum at all meetings shall consist of at least one-half (1/2) of the commissioners present in person, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which time there is a quorum shall be the act of the full commission except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by this part.
2. (2) In the absence of a quorum or when a quorum is present a meeting may be adjourned from time to time by vote of a majority of the commissioners present in person without notice other than by announcement at the meeting and without further notice to any absent commissioner.
3. (3) At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

(g) Voting.

1. (1) Every commissioner shall be entitled to one (1) vote, in person, on each matter submitted to the vote of the commissioners.
2. (2) All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the commissioners present in person except as may be specifically provided by statute or by this part.

(h) Removal of commissioners.

1. (1) Any commissioner may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the full commission registered in person at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose for:

   1. (A) Conduct detrimental to the interests of the commission;
   2. (B) Lack of sympathy with its objectives; or
   3. (C) Refusal to render reasonable assistance in carrying out its purposes.
2. (2) Any such commissioner proposed to be removed shall be entitled to at least five (5) days written notice by mail of the meeting at which such removal is to be voted upon, and the commissioner under consideration shall be entitled to appear before and be heard at such meeting.