All appointive boards, commissions, committees and councils of the state established by the Code if not otherwise provided by law shall be gender balanced. No person shall be appointed or reappointed to any board, commission, committee, or council established by the Code if that appointment or reappointment would cause the number of members of the board, commission, committee, or council of one gender to be greater than one- half the membership of the board, commission, committee, or council plus one if the board, commission, committee, or council is composed of an odd number of members. If the board, commission, committee, or council is composed of an even number of members, not more than one-half of the membership shall be of one gender. If there are multiple appointing authorities for a board, commission, committee, or council, they shall consult each other to avoid a violation of this section. This section shall not prohibit an individual from completing a term being served on June 30, 1987.
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 2041; 87 Acts, ch 218, § 8; 88 Acts, ch 1150, §1
Referred to in § 8A.2, 8D.3, 15E.154, 15E.160, 28A.7, 28J.2, 35A.2, 135.43, 135L.4, 142C.16, 144C.4, 161B.1, 216A.12, 216A.92A, 217.43, 235B.1, 252B.18, 272.3, 301A.2, 303C.5A, 303C.6, 303C.8, 314.22, 455A.20, 455B.190A, 514E.2
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