The state board for public community and junior colleges is created and consists of 8 members. The state board of education shall appoint the members who shall hold office for terms of 8 years commencing on February 1, 1965, except that of the members first appointed, 2 members each shall be appointed for terms of 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. The state board of education shall fill a vacancy on the board for the unexpired term. The superintendent of public instruction shall be ex officio a member of the board without the right to vote.

     The members of the state board for public community and junior colleges shall take the constitutional oath of office. As soon as convenient after the first members of the board are appointed they shall meet and organize by electing from their number a chairman, a secretary and such other officers as the board desires which officers shall be elected annually.

     A majority of the members of the state board for public community and junior colleges shall constitute a quorum. The board may transact all necessary business at any meeting at which a quorum is present.

     The business which the state board for public community and junior colleges may perform shall be conducted in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

     The officers and members of the state board for public community and junior colleges shall receive compensation for their actual services in amounts fixed by the legislature and also their necessary expenses to be paid by the state treasurer out of the general fund in accordance with general accounting practices of the department of administration. The department of administration shall furnish suitable offices for the board.

     The state board for public community and junior colleges, at least once each year, shall advise the state board of education concerning general supervision and planning for such colleges and requests for annual appropriations for their support.

     This act shall take effect on January 1, 1965.