Section 15-10-402 - Arkansas board members(a) The three (3) Arkansas members on the Southern States Energy Board shall be selected as follows: (1) The Governor shall be ex officio a member of the board, or the Governor, at his or her discretion, may name some other resident elector of this state to serve on the board in his or her place, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor;(2)(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one (1) resident elector of this state to serve on the board.(B) This member shall serve until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly or until his or her successor is appointed; and(3)(A) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint one (1) resident elector of this state to serve on the board.(B) This member shall serve until the convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly or until his or her successor is appointed.(b) Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the manner provided herein for the initial appointment.(c)(1) Members of the board appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses for meals, lodging, travel, and related expenses for attending board meetings, with these expenses to be paid from funds available to the house of the member of the General Assembly appointing the respective member of the board.(2)(A) The Governor or the member of the board appointed to serve in the place of the Governor shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in attending board meetings.(B) These expenses shall be payable from funds available for the support of the Governor's office or from funds available to a state agency if the member appointed to serve on the board in the place of the Governor is an official or employee of a state agency.Amended by Act 2013, No. 1287,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.Acts 1961, No. 429, § 2; 1979, No. 1112, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-1102; Acts 1997, No. 1357, § 2.