2005 Idaho Code - 42-5223 — BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- OFFICERS -- MEETINGS -- COMPENSATION -- VACANCIES

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 52
                            GROUND WATER DISTRICTS
    42-5223.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- OFFICERS -- MEETINGS -- COMPENSATION --
VACANCIES. (1) The board of directors annually shall elect a chairman from
their number and shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer to hold office at
the pleasure of the board. Upon appointment the treasurer shall execute and
file with the secretary an official bond in such amount as may be fixed by the
board of directors, and shall thereafter from time to time execute and file
such further bonds as may be required by the board in amounts fixed by it,
which amounts shall be at least fifty percent (50%) of the maximum probable
amount of money in the treasurer's hands at any one (1) time. All such
official bonds shall be executed by a lawfully qualified surety company.
    (2)  The board of directors shall designate an office of the district.
    (3)  The board of directors shall hold a regular monthly meeting in the
district's office on the first Tuesday in every month or such date each month
as it shall fix by resolution, and such special meetings as may be required
for the proper transaction of business. Special meetings may be held on
seventy-two (72) hours' notice of the chairman or a majority of the members. A
majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the
concurrence of a majority of the members shall be necessary to constitute the
action of the board. All meetings of the board shall be public and all records
of the board shall be open to the inspection of any member water user, or
representative thereof during business hours.
    (4)  The members of the board of directors shall fix the compensation
board members shall receive for each day spent attending the meetings, or
while engaged in official business under the order of the board, together with
actual and necessary expenses. The term "actual and necessary expenses" shall
include all traveling and lodging expenses necessarily incurred by any
director when absent from his residence in the performance of the duties of
his office. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to the other
officers of the district.
    (5)  In case of a vacancy in the office of director occurring otherwise
than by the expiration of a term, the remaining members of the board of
directors shall fill such vacancy by appointing a ground water user who is a
member of the district or a representative thereof, possessing full voting
qualifications under this chapter and the qualifications of the director whose
office has become vacant to serve the remainder of the term.