Section XXVIII-1.A: Transition from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission

  The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall continue to exist
and operate after passage of this Article, until such time as the
Commission is fully constituted, at which time the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board shall be abolished.  The present five (5)
members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall
automatically become the five (5) at-large members on the initial
transition Commission.  For purposes of the initial transition
Commission the five (5) year term of appointment shall not apply
to these at-large members.  These members shall serve from the
date of the Commission's constitution until the time that their
terms on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board would have expired,
at which time a replacement at-large member shall be appointed by
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, within
ninety (90) days.  The other two (2) members with law enforcement
experience in the state shall be appointed by the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the State Senate, within ninety (90)
days after passage of this Article.  For purposes of the initial
transition Commission the prohibitions against appointing more
than two (2) members from any federal congressional district and
more than four (4) members from the same political party shall
not apply.