176A.14 - EXTENSION COUNCIL OFFICERS -- DUTIES. - Iowa Statutes

176A.14 EXTENSION COUNCIL OFFICERS -- DUTIES. 1. The chairperson of the extension council shall preside at all meetings of the extension council, have authority to call special meetings of said council upon such notice as shall be fixed and determined by the extension council, and shall call special meetings of the extension council upon the written request of a majority of the members of said council, and in addition to the duties imposed in this chapter perform and exercise the usual duties performed and exercised by a chairperson or president of a board of directors of a corporation. 2. The vice chairperson, in the absence or disability of the chairperson, or the chairperson's refusal to act, shall perform the duties imposed upon the chairperson and act in the chairperson's stead. 3. The secretary shall perform the duties usually incident to this office. The secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the extension council. The secretary shall sign such instruments and papers as are required to be signed by the secretary as such in this chapter, and by the extension council from time to time. 4. The treasurer shall receive, deposit and have charge of all of the funds of the extension council and pay and disburse the same as in this chapter required, and as may be from time to time required by the extension council. The treasurer shall keep an accurate record of receipts and disbursements and submit a report thereof at such times as may be required by the extension council. 5. Each of the officers of the extension council shall perform and carry out the officer's duties as provided in this section and shall perform and carry out any other duties as required by rules adopted by the extension council as authorized in this chapter. A member of the extension council, within fifteen days after the member's election, shall take and sign the usual oath of public officers which shall be filed in the office of the county auditor of the county of the extension district. The treasurer of the extension council, within ten days after being elected and before entering upon the duties of the office, shall execute to the extension council a corporate surety bond for an amount not less than twenty thousand dollars. The bond shall be continued until the treasurer faithfully discharges the duties of the office. The bond shall be filed with the county auditor of the county of the extension district. The county auditor shall notify the chairperson of the extension council of the bond's filing in the auditor's office. The cost of the surety bond shall be paid for by the extension council.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 1683-i, -j, -m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2933, 2934, 2938; C46, 50, 54, § 176.11, 176.12, 176.16; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 176A.14]          Section History: Recent Form 97 Acts, ch 73, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1107, §2 Referred to in § 331.502