2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 262 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION 262.740 Board of directors -- Election -- Membership -- Terms -- Officers -- Bond of treasurer -- Nomination petitions -- Qualification of members -- Removal of directors.
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262.740 Board of directors -- Election -- Membership -- Terms -- Officers -Bond of treasurer -- Nomination petitions -- Qualification of members -Removal of directors.
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Within thirty (30) days after a watershed conservancy district is created,
nominating petitions may be filed with the board of supervisors for the election
of a board of directors consisting of five (5) members, who shall hold office for
a term of four (4) years, or until a successor is qualified. Such board of
directors shall, under the supervision of the board of supervisors, be the
governing body of the watershed conservancy district. The board of
supervisors shall give due notice of the election of directors and shall, as nearly
as practicable, conduct the election in the manner prescribed by KRS 262.220.
If the territory embraced within a watershed conservancy district lies within
more than one (1) soil and water conservation district, each of said additional
districts with minority of the land involved in the watershed shall be entitled to
elect three (3) additional directors.
The board of directors shall annually elect from its membership a chairman,
secretary, and treasurer. The treasurer shall execute an official bond for the
faithful performance of the duties of his office to be approved by the board of
directors. Such bond shall be executed with at least three (3) solvent personal
sureties whose solvency must exceed the amount of the bond, or by a surety
company authorized to do business in this state, and shall be in an amount
determined by the board of directors. If the treasurer is required to execute a
surety company bond, the premium on the bond shall be paid by the board of
directors.
Each person desiring to be a director of a watershed conservancy district shall
file a nominating petition with the board of supervisors of the county in which
he is a landowner and legal resident, signed by twenty-five (25) or more
landowners within the watershed conservancy district of the county involved,
or, if less than fifty (50) landowners are involved a majority of such landowners.
Nominating petitions for the election of any director following the first election of
members of the board after creation of the district shall be filed with the board
of supervisors not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the day of the regular
election. If the candidates nominated do not exceed the positions available,
they shall be declared elected. No person shall be eligible to be a director of a
watershed conservancy district who is not a landowner within the watershed
and resident of the county in which the watershed is located.
A director who has been declared elected without an election pursuant to
subsection (4) of this section may be removed from office by the board of
supervisors as provided by KRS 65.007 for removal of an appointed member of
the governing body of a special district.
Effective:July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1980. -Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 71. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 117,
sec. 4. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts
ch. 203, sec. 9.
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