2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 104 - FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER USAGE 104.580 Board of directors -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Vacancies -- Removal of board members.
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104.580 Board of directors -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Vacancies -Removal of board members.
(1)
Within thirty (30) days after the secretary certifies to the county clerk of each county
in which the district is located that the district is incorporated, there shall be
appointed a board of directors for the district, consisting of five (5) members, which
shall control and manage the affairs of the district. If all or part of a city with a
population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most
recent federal decennial census lies within the district, the mayor of such city shall
appoint three (3) members of the board of directors, and the county judge/executive
shall appoint two (2) members, or if the district lies within two (2) counties, each
county judge/executive shall appoint one (1) member, or if the district lies within
more than two (2) counties, the county judge/executive of each of two (2) of the
counties, in rotation as determined by lot, shall appoint one (1) member. If all or
part of two (2) cities with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand
(8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census lies within the district
the mayor of each city shall each appoint two (2) members of the board of directors,
and the fifth member shall be appointed by the county judge/executive of the county
in which the major portion of the district lies. If all or part of more than two (2)
cities with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon
the most recent federal decennial census lies within the district the mayor of each
city shall appoint one (1) member of the board and one (1) additional member shall
be appointed by each mayor of the city or cities containing most of the district to
make the full number of five (5) directors. If no city with a population equal to or
greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial
census, or part thereof, lies within the district, the county judge/executive shall
appoint all five (5) members, or if the district lies in two (2) counties, the county
judge/executive of the county in which the major portion of the district is located
shall appoint three (3) members and the county judge/executive of the other county
shall appoint two (2) members, or if the district lies in more than two (2) counties,
the county judge/executive of each county shall appoint one (1) member and one (1)
additional member shall be appointed by each county judge/executive of the county
or counties containing most of the district to make the full number of five (5)
directors. No director shall in any way be associated or connected with the
ownership, operation or control of any privately-owned public utility operating
within the district. Two (2) of the members of the first board of directors shall hold
their offices for one (1) year, and the others shall hold their offices for two (2), three
(3) and four (4) years, respectively, from the dates of their appointments, the length
of the term of office of each member to be determined by lot at their first meeting.
After the expiration of the respective terms of office of the members of the first
board of directors, each director shall be appointed and shall serve for a period of
four (4) years and until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.
Vacancies resulting from any cause other than expiration of a term of office shall be
filled only for the unexpired term and until a successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The directors shall at all times be residents and real estate owners within
the district, and the office of any director who moves his residence outside the
(2)
district or who ceases to be a real estate owner within the district shall automatically
be vacated.
(a) All appointments by a county judge/executive pursuant to this section shall be
with the approval of the fiscal court.
(b) A member of the board of directors may be removed from office as provided
by KRS 65.007.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 202, effective January 1, 2015. -Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1950 Ky.
Acts ch. 42, sec. 14.
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