1. (a) The purpose of the Elevator Advisory Board is to advise the commissioner on the adoption of appropriate standards for the installation, alteration, operation and inspection of elevators, escalators and related equipment, the status of elevators, escalators and related equipment used by the public in this state, and any other matter considered relevant by the commissioner.
2. (b) Recommendations of the board will be transmitted to the commissioner through the director of policies and standards.
3. (c) Board meetings are called by the commissioner. Meetings in excess of twice each calendar year shall be authorized by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.
4. (d) The board shall consist of those regulated industry members and consumers of services members specified in the Act, a professional engineer or architect specified in the Act, and four additional consumers of services of the industry regulated by the Act or of the department, one of which should be a person with disabilities. Board members will serve for staggered three-year terms with two regulated industry positions and two consumer positions expiring in each of the first and second years and one of each position expiring in the third year.
5. (e) Terms of board members shall expire November 1 of each year. Initial terms will be established so that the terms expiring in the first, second and third years will expire November 1 of the years 1995, 1996 and 1997.
6. (f) The member who is a professional engineer or architect, who is neither a regulated industry member nor a consumer member, will serve a three-year term with an initial expiration date of November 1, 1995.
7. (g) Expenses can be reimbursed to board members only when the legislature has specifically appropriated money for that purpose.

Source Note:The provisions of this §74.65 adopted to be effective February 3, 1994, 19 TexReg 508; amended to be effective October 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 7279.