(a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of six directors. Each director shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial term of office of three of the directors elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 a.m., on the second anniversary of the date of the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation of the authority. The initial term of office of the remaining directors elected by the governing body of the municipality shall begin immediately upon their election and shall end at 12:01 a.m. on the fourth anniversary date of such filing. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be six years. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. Each election of a director, whether for a full term or to complete any unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. No officer or employee of the state or of any county or municipality, during his or her tenure as such officer, shall be eligible to serve as a director. Each director shall be a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for re-election. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.
(b) Each director shall be reimbursed for any and all expenses for out-of-county travel actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance of his or her duties. Each director, except the chair of the board, shall be compensated in an additional amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month. The chair shall be compensated in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month.
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