1. 1. There is hereby created within the division of professional registration a council to be known as the "Landscape Architectural Council". The council shall consist of four landscape architects and one public member appointed by the director of the division. Council members shall serve for a term of four years, except that the first council appointed shall consist of one member whose initial term shall be four years, one member whose initial term shall be for three years, one member whose initial term shall be for two years and one member whose initial term shall be for one year. No member of the council shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.
2. 2. Each council member, other than the public member, shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the state of Missouri for at least one year, no younger than thirty years of age, have at least ten years of active experience in the professional practice of landscape architecture as his or her principal livelihood and, except for the first council appointed, be registered as a landscape architect. The president of the Missouri Association of Landscape Architects in office at the time shall, at least ninety days prior to the expiration of the term of a board member, other than the public member, or as soon as feasible after a vacancy on the board otherwise occurs, submit to the director of the division of professional registration a list of five landscape architects qualified and willing to fill the vacancy in question, with the request and recommendation that the director appoint one of the five persons so listed, and with the list so submitted, the president of the Missouri Association of Landscape Architects shall include in his or her letter of transmittal a description of the method by which the names were chosen by that association.
3. 3. The public member shall be, at the time of his or her appointment, a citizen of the United States, a resident of this state for a period of one year, a registered voter, a person who is not and never was a member of the profession regulated pursuant to sections 327.600 to 327.635 or the spouse of such person, and a person who does not have and never has had a material financial interest in either the providing of the professional services regulated by sections 327.600 to 327.635 or an activity or organization directly related to the profession regulated pursuant to sections 327.600 to 327.635. The duties of the public member shall not include the determination of the technical requirements to be met for certification. The public member is subject to the provisions of section 620.132, RSMo.
4. 4. Members of the council may be removed from office for cause. Upon the death, resignation or removal from office of any member of the council, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term so vacated and shall be made within sixty days after the vacancy occurs. Any such vacancy shall be filled by the director of the division of professional registration.
5. 5. Each member of the council may receive as compensation an amount set by the division not to exceed fifty dollars per day for each day devoted to council affairs and shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
6. 6. The council shall meet with the division at least twice each year and advise the division on matters within the scope of sections 327.600 to 327.635. The organization of the council shall be established by the members of the council.
7. 7. The council may sue and be sued as the landscape architecture council, and its members need not be named as parties. Members of the council shall not be personally liable either jointly or severally for any act committed in the performance of their official duties as council members, nor shall any council member be personally liable for any costs which accrue in any action by or against the council.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al. § 3, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)