Alabama Administrative Code › Title 795 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES HOMEBOUND PROGRAM › Chapter 795-7-11 - ELECTED COMMITTEE OF BLIND VENDORS › Section 795-7-11-.04 - Elections

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) A statewide
			 Elected Committee of Blind Vendors will be elected biennially. Membership on
			 the Elected Committee of Blind Vendors will consist of one committee and one
			 alternate member elected by permanently assigned vendors from each BEP
			 representative's region. Any permanently assigned vendor may be elected to
			 serve on the committee. A committee member and one alternate member will be
			 elected at a local region meeting by vendors present and voting on or before
			 July 31 of each year according to the following schedule:
Even Year
Odd Year
Birmingham North - Region 3
Decatur East - Region 2
Mobile East - Region 12
Troy/Montgomery - Region 9
Talladega - Region 7
Tuscaloosa - Region 5
Birmingham South - Region 4
Decatur West - Region 1
Mobile West - Region 11
Montgomery East - Region 8
Anniston - Region 6
Dothan - Region 10
(2)
			 The names of the elected and alternate committee member from each local region
			 shall be submitted to the BEP director, in writing, no later than July 31 of
			 each year. BEP representatives shall conduct and certify the election of
			 committee members.
(3) In cases
			 where BEP representative fails to submit the names of a committee or an
			 alternate member to the BEP director by July 31 in each year, the BEP director
			 will notify the committee chairperson. The Elected Committee of Blind Vendors
			 shall have the authority to appoint a permanently assigned vendor as a
			 committee or an alternate member from that region until an election can be
			 conducted.
(4) Biennially the
			 elected committee shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, parliamentarian,
			 and secretary from among the elected committee members. Newly elected committee
			 persons shall take office at the close of the elected committee meeting at the
			 first (1st) quarterly meeting of the fiscal year of
			 each year. The chairperson may appoint such subcommittees and special
			 committees as deemed necessary to carry out the functions of the elected
			 committee or SLA. The committee shall determine what rules, if any, will govern
			 its meetings. During the joint meeting of outgoing and newly elected committee
			 members, plans shall be made for an orderly transition.
(5) Should an elected committee or alternate
			 member relocate to a region other than the one from which they were elected,
			 said vendor shall resign from the elected committee.
(6) Should a vacancy for an elected committee
			 member occur during his/her term of office, the alternate member shall serve
			 the remainder of his/her term. Should a vacancy for an alternate member occur
			 during his/her term of office, the SLA shall notify vendors from the designated
			 local region. Vendors from the designated local region shall elect a
			 replacement at a called or regularly scheduled meeting. The name of the
			 replacement member shall be submitted in writing to the chairperson.
Authors:
Alabama Board of Rehabilitation
				  Services, Alabama Elected Committee of Blind Vendors
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										21-1-40,
				  21-9-9;
				  20 U.S.C.
				  107 et.
				  seq.