§ 14-185-106 - Members of the board of authority. - Arkansas Statutes

14-185-106. Members of the board of authority.

(a) Immediately after the filing of the order of the circuit court, the governing body of each petitioning municipality and the county court of each petitioning county shall appoint the persons to be the members of the board of the authority established by the order of the circuit court in accordance with the provisions of the order as to the number of members to be selected by the respective petitioning municipalities and counties.

(b) The total number of the members of the board of the authority established by the order must be an odd number, each petitioning municipality and each petitioning county must have at least one (1) representative as a member of the board, and the number of members that represent each petitioning municipality and each petitioning county shall be apportioned in the ratio that each petitioner's population bears to the total population of all petitioners.

(c) (1) The term of each member of the board shall be for three (3) years from the date of his appointment by the governing body of the municipality or the county court of the county, and he shall serve for such term and thereafter until his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified.

(2) At the expiration of the term of each member of the board, the governing body of the municipality or the county court of the county which is represented on the board by the member shall appoint a successor member or may reappoint the same member to another term.

(d) (1) Any vacancy arising for any reason other than the expiration of the term of a particular member shall be filled by the governing body of the municipality or the county court of the county which is represented on the board by the resigning or vacating member, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term of the resigning or vacating member.

(2) In the event a vacancy on the board is not filled by the municipality or county entitled to fill it within ninety (90) days after the vacancy occurs, a majority of the other members of the board shall promptly fill the vacancy by appointing a qualified person to serve for the unexpired portion of the term of the resigned or vacated member. For purposes of this provision, the mere expiration of a member's term shall not create a vacancy, but the member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until his successor shall be appointed and qualified or until he shall resign or otherwise vacate his office.

(e) Before entering upon his duties, each member of the board of the authority shall take and subscribe and file in the office of the circuit clerk of the county where the order establishing the authority was filed an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and faithfully to perform the duties of the office upon which he is about to enter.

(f) To be eligible for membership on the board, a person, at the time of his appointment and qualification by filing the required oath, must be a qualified elector of the municipality or of the county, as the case may be, that he represents on the board.

(g) (1) (A) The board of each authority shall select one (1) of its members as chairman, one (1) of its members as secretary, and one (1) of its members as treasurer.

(B) The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined and held by one (1) member.

(2) The term and duties of the officers shall be fixed by resolution of the board of each authority.