2-15-2302. Board of pardons and parole -- composition -- allocation -- quasi-judicial. (1) There is a board of pardons and parole.
     (2) The board consists of three members and an auxiliary member, at least one of whom shall have particular knowledge of Indian culture and problems. Members of the board, including the auxiliary member, shall possess academic training which has qualified them for professional practice in a field such as criminology, education, psychiatry, psychology, law, social work, sociology, or guidance and counseling. Related work experience in the areas listed may be substituted for these educational requirements.
     (3) The auxiliary member shall attend any meeting that a regular board member is unable to attend, and at that time the auxiliary member has all the rights and responsibilities of a regular board member.
     (4) One member and the auxiliary member shall serve terms concurrent with the governor. The remaining members shall serve staggered 4-year terms.
     (5) The board is allocated to the department for administrative purposes only as prescribed in 2-15-121. However, the board may hire its own personnel, and 2-15-121(2)(d) does not apply.
     (6) The board, including the auxiliary member, is designated as a quasi-judicial board for purposes of 2-15-124, except board members must be compensated as provided by legislative appropriation and the terms of board members must be staggered as provided in subsection (4).

     History: En. 82A-804 by Sec. 1, Ch. 272, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 120, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 333, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-804; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 574, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 154, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 546, L. 1995.