Effective 28 Aug 2018

324.406. Interior design council created, members, terms, removal for cause. — 1. There is hereby created within the division of professional registration a council to be known as the "Interior Design Council". The council shall consist of four interior designers and one public member appointed by the director of the division. The director shall give due consideration to the recommendations by state organizations of the interior design profession for the appointment of the interior design members to the council. Council members shall be appointed to serve a term of four years; except that of the members first appointed, one interior design member and the public member shall be appointed for terms of four years, one member shall be appointed for a term of three years, one member shall be appointed for a term of two years and one member shall be appointed for a term of one year. No member of the council shall serve more than two terms.

2. Each council member, other than the public member, shall be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the state of Missouri for at least one year, meet the qualifications for professional registration, practice interior design as the person's principal livelihood and, except for the first members appointed, be registered pursuant to sections 324.400 to 324.439 as an interior designer.

3. The public member shall be, at the time of such person's appointment, a citizen of the United States, a registered voter, a person who is not and never was a member of the profession regulated by sections 324.400 to 324.439 or the spouse of such a person and a person who does not have and never has had a material financial interest in the providing of the professional services regulated by sections 324.400 to 324.439. The duties of the public member shall not include the determination of the technical requirements for the registration of persons as interior designers.

4. The provisions of section 324.028 pertaining to members of certain state boards and commissions shall apply to all members of the council.

5. Members of the council may be removed from office for cause. Upon the death, resignation or removal from office of any member of the council, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term so vacated and shall be filled in the same manner as the first appointment and due notice be given to the state organizations of the interior design profession prior to the appointment.

6. Each member of the council may receive as compensation an amount set by the division not to exceed fifty dollars per day and shall be reimbursed for the member's reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the official performance of the member's duties as a member of the council. The director shall establish by rule guidelines for payment.

7. The council shall meet at least twice each year and guide, advise, and make recommendations to the division on matters within the scope of sections 324.400 to 324.439. The organization of the council shall be established by the members of the council.

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(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. § 3, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1719 merged with S.B. 843 merged with S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)