85-1712 Authority; officers; executive director; compensation; receive contributions. - Nebraska Statutes

85-1712. Authority; officers; executive director; compensation; receive contributions.The Governor shall designate one of the members representing the private institutions of higher education to convene the organizational meeting of the authority and to serve as its temporary chairperson. At that meeting and annually thereafter, the authority shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another member as vice-chairperson. It may appoint an executive director and assistant executive director, who shall not be members of the authority but who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority. An assistant executive director shall perform the duties of the executive director in the event of the absence or inability to act of the executive director. They shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the authority. The authority may receive contributions to fund any of the expenses of the authority from private donors, including any one or more of the private institutions of higher education or an association representing the private institutions of higher education. SourceLaws 1981, LB 321, § 12; Laws 1993, LB 465, § 8; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2912; Laws 1995, LB 5, § 12.