11—10.5 (8A) Customer council membership. DAS customer council membership shall consist of nine state agency representatives, a judicial branch representative overseeing DAS services provided to the judicial branch, a legislative branch representative overseeing DAS services provided to the legislative branch, a representative from the public, a representative from a union representing state employees, and nonvoting ex-officio members.
	 10.5(1) Method of appointment of members.
	  a.   	 Executive branch agency representation. Each customer council will include three members from large agencies, three members from medium-sized agencies and three members from small agencies.
	 (1) 	 Selection. The individual nominated by an agency to become a customer council member shall be the individual the agency determines is most appropriate to provide guidance. Each agency may nominate one representative for a customer council. The directors or directors’ designees from their respective large, medium-sized, or small agency groups shall select customer council members from the representatives nominated by the agencies in that group.
	 (2) 	 Review. The directors or directors’ designees from each agency size group shall review representation on each customer council prior to August 1 of each year for the terms ending August 31 of that year and select customer council members as in subparagraph (1) to fill vacancies caused by expired terms. The department will periodically review the definition of large, medium-sized and small agencies based on the number of permanent employees of the agencies in Iowa state government and make adjustments accordingly.
	 (3) 	 Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs from September 1 through August 1, the appropriate chairperson shall fill the vacancy.
	  b.   	 Legislative and judicial branch representation. If the service to be provided may also be provided to the judicial branch and legislative branch, then the chief justice of the supreme court and the legislative council may, in their discretion, each appoint a member to the applicable customer council.
	  c.   	 Additional members. A member of the public and a member of a union representing state employees involved in providing services overseen by the council shall be selected before the customer council’s second meeting after July 1, 2003, by the agency directors or their designees. Subsequently, the agency directors or their designees shall make these selections prior to August 1 of the year the term expires. The directors or directors’ designees shall select the member of the public or the union representative to fill the respective customer council position that becomes vacant before the end of the term. This action shall occur by the end of the month following the month in which the vacancy occurred.
	  d.   	 Ex-officio member(s). Ex-officio members shall not vote on the proceedings of the customer councils for which they have been selected, but shall provide input to the council based on their area of expertise. Each ex-officio member shall be approved by a majority of the voting members of the respective customer council. An ex-officio member may be recommended to the customer council by:
	 (1) 	 A group representing agencies using a service overseen by the council, and
	 (2) 	 Any other group approved by the customer council.
	 10.5(2) Membership changes. As utility services and customer groups change, customer councils may add members to provide for equitable representation.
	 10.5(3) Term of membership. Each member will serve a three-year term; however, to ensure continuity of council functions, the first term for one representative of the large agencies, one representative of the medium-sized agencies, and one representative of the small agencies, and for the public member will be a two-year term; and one member from each agency size group and the union member will start with a four-year term. The agencies filling the initial two-year and four-year terms shall be selected by a vote of the members from agencies in each respective size group.
	  a.   	 Initial membership terms shall begin on July 1, 2003. Beginning in 2005, membership terms shall begin on September 1.
	  b.   	 Each customer council member serving on June 30, 2005, shall have the member’s term extended by two months, ending on August 31 of the year in which the term expires.