The review committee has the following powers and duties:

1. (1) to screen appointees to the commission;

2. (2) in screening appointees and making its findings, the review committee must give due consideration to:

   1. (a) ability, area of expertise, dedication, compassion, common sense, and integrity of each appointee; and
   2. (b) the impact that each appointee would have on the racial and gender composition of the commission, and each appointee's impact on other demographic factors represented on the commission, such as residence in rural or urban areas, to assure nondiscrimination to the greatest extent possible of all segments of the population of the State;
3. (3) to determine if each appointee is qualified and meets the requirements provided by law to serve as a member of the Department of Transportation Commission; and
4. (4) to submit the names of all qualified appointees to the Senate for advice and consent.

HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 114, Section 5, eff June 27, 2007; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), Section 3.A, eff July 1, 2016.

Effect of Amendment

2016 Act No. 275, Section 3.A, rewrote the section, generally substituting "appointee" for "candidate"; in (3), deleted provisions relating to findings of qualifications; and in (4), substituted "appointees to the Senate for advice and consent" for "candidates to the congressional district delegation for election".