Special funds board of managers; creation in certain counties;
membership; compensation
Sec. 2. (a) In a county having a population of more than two
hundred thousand (200,000) but less than three hundred thousand
(300,000), there is hereby created on and after January 1, 1973, a
special funds board of managers.
(b) The board of managers shall be composed of eleven (11)
members as follows:
(1) Six (6) appointed by the mayor of the city having the largest
population in the county, one (1) of whom shall be from the
hotel motel industry.
(2) Three (3) appointed by the mayor of the city having the
second largest population in the county, one (1) of whom may
be from the hotel motel industry.
(3) Two (2) appointed by the board of county commissioners of
such county, one (1) of whom shall be from the hotel motel
industry.
(c) Except for the members first appointed, each member of the
board of managers shall serve for a term of two (2) years
commencing on the fifteenth day of the January following their
appointment and until their successors are appointed and are
qualified.
(d) The two (2) members first appointed by the board of
commissioners shall serve from the date of their appointment
staggered terms as follows:
(1) One (1) to January 15 of the year following the appointment.
(2) One (1) to January 15 of the second year following the
appointment.
(e) Three (3) of the members first appointed by the mayor of the
city having the largest population in the county and the three (3)
members first appointed by the mayor of the city having the second
largest population in the county shall serve from the date of their
appointment as follows:
(1) One (1) appointed by each mayor to January 15 of the year
following the appointment.
(2) Two (2) appointed by each mayor to January 15 of the
second year following their appointment.
(f) The three (3) remaining members first appointed by the mayor
of the city having the largest population in the county shall serve to
January 15 of the second year following their appointment.
(g) At the end of the term of any member of the board of
managers, the person or body making the original appointment may
reappoint such person whose term has expired or appoint a new
member for a full two (2) year term.
(h) If a vacancy occurs in the board of managers during any term,
a successor for the vacancy shall be appointed by the person or body
making the original appointment, and such successor shall serve for
the remainder of the vacated term.
(i) Any member of the board of managers may be removed for
cause by the person or body making the original appointment.
(j) No more than two (2) members of the board of managers
appointed by the mayor of the city with the second largest population
in the county shall be of the same political party. No more than three
(3) of the board of managers appointed by the mayor of the city
having the largest population in the county shall be of the same
political party.
(k) Each member of the board of managers, before entering upon
his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual
form, to be endorsed upon his certificate of appointment, which shall
be promptly filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county.
Each member of the board of managers must be a resident of the
county during his entire term. Such member shall receive no salary,
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for any expenses necessarily
incurred in the performance of his duties.
(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.58, SEC.1.) As amended by Acts 1980,
P.L.62, SEC.1; P.L.12-1992, SEC.31.
Last modified: May 28, 2006