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 93 STAT. 870 Membership.

Terms of office.

Tenure of office.

PUBLIC LAW 96-122—NOV. 17, 1979 (b)(1) The Board shall consist of eleven members selected as follows: (A) One member or officer of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, to be elected by the members and officers of the Metropolitan Police force. (B) One retired member or officer of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, to be elected by the retired members and officers of the Metropolitan Police force. (C) One member or officer of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, to be elected by the members and officers of the Fire Department. (D) One retired member or officer of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, to be elected by the retired members and officers of the Fire Department. (E) One teacher in the public day schools of the District of Columbia, to be elected by the teachers of the public day schools of the District of Columbia. (F) One teacher in the public day schools of the District of Columbia who is retired, to be elected by the retired teachers of the public day schools of the District of Columbia. (G) Two individuals appointed by the Council of the District of Columbia. (H) Three individuals appointed by the Mayor. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled in the manner in which the original selection was made. (2) The first election of the Board members described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) shall be conducted within six months after the date of the enactment of this title in accordance with regulations which the Mayor shall promulgate. Thereafter, elections shall be conducted by the Board. In any such election, voting shall be by secret ballot, and each individual to be represented on the Board by the winner of such election shall be eligible to vote in such election. (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the members of the Board shall each serve a term of four years, except that a member selected to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the end of the term for which his predecessor was selected shall only serve until the end of such term. A member may serve after the expiration of his term until his successor has taken office. (B) Of the members of the Board who are first selected— (i) two shall serve for a term of one year, (ii) three shall serve for a term of two years, (iii) three shall serve for a term of three years, and (iv) three shall serve for a term of four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the Board. (4) No individual shall serve more than two terms as a member of the Board, except that an individual serving less than two years of a term to which some other individual was originally selected shall be eligible for two full terms as a member of the Board and an individual serving two years or more of a term to which some other individual was originally selected shall be eligible for only one full term as a member of the Board. (5) Any individual who was selected as a member of the Board under subparagraph (A), (C), or (E) of paragraph (1) and who ceases to be a member or officer of the Metropolitan Police force, member or officer of the Fire Department, or a teacher, as the case may be, may not continue as a member of the Board. (6) No member of the Board may hold or be a candidate for any elective office in the District of Columbia.

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