Section 216A.94 - Community action agency board1. A recognized community action agency shall be governed by a board of directors composed of at least nine members. The board membership shall be as follows: a. One-third of the members of the board shall be elected public officials currently holding office or their representatives. However, if the number of elected officials available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, the membership of the board consisting of appointive public officials may be counted as fulfilling the requirement that one-third of the members of the board be elected public officials.b. At least one-third of the members of the board shall be chosen in accordance with procedures established by the community action agency to assure representation of the poor in an area served by the agency.c. The remainder of the members of the board shall be members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or other major groups or interests in the community.2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public agency shall establish an advisory board to assist the governing board in meeting the requirements of section 216A.95. The advisory board shall be composed of the same type of membership as a board of directors for community action agencies under subsection 1. In addition, the advisory board of the community action agency shall have the sole authority to determine annual program budget requests.86 Acts, ch 1245, §1243 87 Acts, ch 115, §73; 90 Acts, ch 1242, §5 93 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, § 127, 170
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1243C87, §601K.94 87 Acts, ch 115, §73; 90 Acts, ch 1242, §5C93, §216A.94 93 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §127, 170