(1) There is created the Washington integrated justice information board. The board shall be composed of the following members:

     (a) A representative appointed by the governor;

     (b) The attorney general;

     (c) The chief of the state patrol;

     (d) The secretary of the department of corrections;

     (e) The director of the department of licensing;

     (f) The administrator for the courts;

     (g) The director of the office of financial management;

     (h) The director of the department of information services;

     (i) The assistant secretary of the department of social and health services responsible for juvenile rehabilitation programs;

     (j) A sheriff appointed by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs;

     (k) A police chief appointed by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs;

     (l) A county legislative authority member appointed by the Washington state association of counties;

     (m) An elected county clerk appointed by the Washington association of county clerks;

     (n) A representative appointed by the Washington association of city and county information systems;

     (o) Two representatives appointed by the judicial information system committee;

     (p) A representative appointed by the association of Washington cities; and

     (q) An elected prosecutor appointed by the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys.

     These members shall constitute the membership of the board with full voting rights and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Each member may, in writing, appoint a designee to serve in the member's absence. Any member of the board shall immediately cease to be a member if he or she ceases to hold the particular office or employment that was the basis of the appointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that the original appointments were made to the board.

     (2) The board may appoint additional justice information stakeholders as nonvoting members to the board.

     (3) In making the appointments, the appointing authorities shall endeavor to assure that there is committed board membership having expertise relating to state and local criminal justice business practices and to information sharing and integration technology.

[2003 c 104 § 3.]