Special funds board of managers; creation; members;
appointment; terms
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each of two (2) adjacent
counties when:
(1) one (1) of the counties has a population of more than
seventy thousand (70,000) but less than seventy-one thousand
(71,000); and
(2) the other county has a population of more than ninety
thousand (90,000) but less than one hundred thousand
(100,000).
(b) In these counties, there is created a special funds board of
managers. As used in this chapter, the term "board of managers"
means a special funds board of managers.
(c) The board of managers is composed of thirteen (13) members
as follows:
(1) Four (4) members appointed by the executive of the second
class city having the largest population, including at least one
(1) member who is engaged in the lodging business.
(2) Three (3) members appointed by the executive of the third
class city having the largest population, including at least one
(1) member who is engaged in the lodging business or the
restaurant business.
(3) Two (2) members appointed by the legislative body of the
town having the largest population.
(4) One (1) member appointed by the executive of the county
with the smaller population.
(5) Three (3) members appointed by the executive of the county
with the larger population, including at least one (1) member
who is engaged in the lodging business.
(d) The terms of office for the members of the board of managers
are for two (2) years and end as follows:
(1) For each of the following members, the term of office ends
on January 15 of each odd-numbered year:
(A) The member appointed by the less populated county's
executive.
(B) One (1) member appointed by the more populated
county's executive.
(C) One (1) member appointed by each of the city executives
referred to in this section.
(2) For all other members, the terms of office end on January 15
of each even-numbered year.
(e) At the end of the term of a member of the board of managers,
the person or body making the original appointment may reappoint
a person whose term has expired or appoint a new member for a two
(2) year term. If a vacancy occurs in the board of managers during a
term, a successor for the vacancy shall be appointed by the person or
body making the original appointment, and the successor shall serve
for the remainder of the vacated term.
(f) A member of the board of managers may be removed for cause
by the person or body making the original appointment.
(g) No more than two (2) members of the board of managers
appointed by the executive of the third class city may be of the same
political party. The two (2) members of the board of managers
appointed by the town legislative body may not be of the same
political party. No more than three (3) members of the board of
managers appointed by the executive of the second class city having
the largest population may be of the same political party.
(h) Each member of the board of managers, before entering upon
the member's duties, shall take an oath of office in the usual form, to
be endorsed upon the member's certificate of appointment, which
shall be promptly filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the
member's county of residence.
(i) A person may not be appointed as a member who has not been
a resident of one (1) of the two (2) counties for a period of two (2)
years immediately preceding the person's appointment.
(j) A member may receive no salary but is entitled to
reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of the member's duties.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.23, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.92, SEC.1; Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.9; P.L.55-1984, SEC.1;
P.L.81-1985, SEC.1; P.L.8-1989, SEC.32; P.L.101-1989, SEC.1;
P.L.1-1990, SEC.86; P.L.12-1992, SEC.35; P.L.170-2002, SEC.32.
Last modified: May 28, 2006