Sec. 6. (a) Each community action agency shall administer the agency’s community action programs through a volunteer community action board consisting of not less than fifteen (15) and not more than fifty-one (51) members.

     (b) One-third (1/3) of the members of the board must be elected public officials currently holding office or representatives of the public officials.

     (c) At least one-third (1/3) of the members of the board must be persons chosen by democratic selection procedures that are adequate to assure that those members are representative of the poor in the area served.

     (d) The other members of the board must be officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education, or other major groups and interests in the community.

     (e) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community must reside in the area represented.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-21-4.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8.