2014 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 district or who ceases to be a real estate owner within
(2)
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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