Sec. 4. (a) The commission shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the governor.

     (b) Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, each member appointed shall be a citizen and resident of this state and include the following:

(1) Two (2) of the members shall be actively engaged in the plumbing contracting business for not less than five (5) years immediately prior to their appointment or shall have had ten (10) years experience in the plumbing contracting business.

(2) Two (2) of the members shall be persons who for not less than five (5) years immediately prior to their appointment have been employed as journeymen plumbers.

(3) One (1) member, appointed to represent the general public, may never have been associated with plumbing in any way other than as a consumer.

     (c) The term of all members of the commission appointed:

(1) before July 1, 2019, shall be for three (3) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; and

(2) after June 30, 2019, shall be under IC 25-1-6.5.

     (d) At no time shall there be more than four (4) members of the same political party on the commission.

     (e) A member may be removed under IC 25-1-6.5-4.

Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.203; Acts 1982, P.L.113, SEC.68; P.L.8-1984, SEC.120; P.L.20-1991, SEC.6; P.L.2-1992, SEC.778; P.L.249-2019, SEC.117.