§20-5A-2. Board of trustees.

(a) A board of trustees is hereby created to administer the State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund.

(b) The board shall be composed of the Director of the Division of Natural Resources, serving as chair, the Chief of the Parks and Recreation Section of the Division of Natural Resources, the executive secretary of the division, the division fiscal officer, and the President of the West Virginia State Parks Foundation, who shall serve as voting ex officio members, and six voting members to be appointed by the Governor. Two of the appointed members shall be state park superintendents and four of the appointed members shall be selected from citizen membership of state park associations that represent a lodge state park, a cabin state park, a day-use state park, a state forest, or a state rail trail under the jurisdiction of the division:  Provided, That to the extent possible, the Governor shall appoint the citizen members to ensure an equal geographic representation throughout the state and their terms shall be staggered from July 1, 2020. Of the citizen members first appointed, two citizen members shall be appointed for a term of three years; and two citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years.  Successors to appointed citizen members whose terms expire shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. An appointed citizen member may not serve for more than two successive terms. Appointment to fill a vacancy may not be considered as one of two terms.