The nominating committee shall observe the following rules in nominating the 15 member charter commission:
- I. No more than 5 members shall be appointed from each commissioner voting district.
- II. The members shall be appointed as equally as possible from each of the commissioner voting districts. For counties without districts, the appointees shall represent varied geographical areas of the county.
- III. No more than 60 percent of the members shall be members of the same political party.
- IV. At least one member shall be the chairman of the board of commissioners or his designee from the county.
- V. At least 3 members shall be currently elected state representatives from the county.
- VI. At least 5 members shall not currently hold an elective office in any level of government.
- VII. All members shall be persons with expertise in government structure, the law, or other skills useful to the commission.
- VIII. Up to 2 members may be nonresidents who have special knowledge or expertise in government organization, law, or other skills useful to the commission.
Source. 1986, 112:1, eff. July 19, 1986.