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1977 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1977)

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January 5, 1977
Mr. Eugene Petrore
Secretary, State Board of Agriculture
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
RE:   Filling vacancy of board member
AG Alpha No. HE BA AGBHS
AG File No. DHR/AGBHS/KL (EDITED)
Dear Mr. Petrone:
It is my responsibility as legal counsel to the Board of Agricul-
ture to bring to your attention a serious problem concerning the
Board's recent attempt to fill the vacancy created by the resig-
nation of Robert S. Everitt.
QUESTION PRESENTED-&KQCONCLUSION
Must non-voting student and faculty members be counted in deter-
mining a majority of the members to fill a vacancy on the
board?
My conclusion is yes.
ANALYSIS
C.R.S. 1973, 23-30-103 provides that a vacancy caused by the
resignation of a member who had been appointed by the Governor,
may be filled by a majority of the members. Section 23-30-101,
as amended in 1975, provides that the Board shall consist of a
total of twelve members, including four elected from the facul-
ties and student bodies of Fort Lewis College and Colorado State
University, respectively. Although the four elected members are
denied the right to vote, they are in all other respects full
members of the Board, It is only because they are members that
these four elected persons are entitled to reimbursement for
their official expenses under section 23-30-103; and the same
status as members makes them eligible for the presidency and
vice-presidency of the Board under section 23-30-104, enables
them to call special meetings of the Board under section
23-30-104, and requires them to be counted for quorum purposes
under section 23-30-103. I is necessary that these four members

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