2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-506 — Corporate status -- Board of trustees.

     17A-2-506.   Corporate status -- Board of trustees.
     (1) A drainage district is a body corporate and politic with the right to sue and be sued, to have perpetual succession, and to adopt and use a corporate seal.
     (2) The board of trustees shall lay out and construct the work found by the county legislative body, in connection with its review of the original petition proposing organization of the drainage district, to be necessary or useful for the drainage of lands in the district, and shall levy a tax upon the lands in the drainage district, subject to the approval of the county legislative body, as provided in this part.
     (3) The board of trustees and their successors in office shall constitute the corporate authorities of the drainage district.
     (4) (a) The provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 4, Board of Trustees, apply to each drainage district to the same extent as if the drainage district were a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 2, Local Districts.
     (b) (i) If a change in the number of board of trustees members is necessary to comply with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-402(1), the board of trustees may by majority vote, notwithstanding Subsection 17B-2-402(3), change the number of board members to the next odd number higher or lower than the number of current board members.
     (ii) If a change under Subsection (4)(b)(i) decreases the number of board members, the change may not take effect until the expiration of the term of the member whose term next expires.
     (iii) If a change in the number of board members necessitated by Subsection 17B-2-402(1) would cause the district to violate a provision of bonds issued by the district, the number of board members may be modified to the extent necessary to avoid a violation.
     (c) (i) If a change in the expiration date of the term of a board of trustees member is necessary to comply with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-403(1), the term of each board member whose term expires on a day other than the first Monday in January shall be extended to the first Monday in January after the normal expiration date next following the special district election date under Section 17A-1-305.
     (ii) If a change in the length of the term of a board of trustees member is necessary to comply with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-403(2), the change may not take effect until the expiration of the term of the member whose term length is to be changed.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2000 General Session