48-4432. Board; members; term; compensation
A. The district shall be administered by a board of directors of nine persons consisting of six division directors, representing divisions established under section 48-4461, paragraph 4, and three at large directors. A division director shall be a qualified elector of a county located in whole or in part in the district, a resident of the division that the division director represents and a customer of a district member. An at large director shall be a qualified elector of a county located in whole or in part in the district and a resident of the district.
B. The governor shall appoint the initial members of the board of directors of a district, no more than two of whom may reside in the same county board of supervisors district, who shall serve until the board members elected under subsection C of this section take office.
C. At the first statewide general election after the district is established, the division directors from divisions one, two and three shall be elected to serve a term of four years and the division directors from divisions four, five and six shall be elected to serve a term of two years. On the third Tuesday of November in that year, the three at large directors shall be elected by district members pursuant to section 48-4433, subsection E. The three at large directors shall be elected to serve a term of four years. Thereafter, all board members shall be elected to serve a term of four years. Board members shall take office on January 1 of the year following their election. Board members may be reelected.
D. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor. If a vacancy occurs among the division directors, the governor shall appoint a replacement from the division in which the vacancy occurs.
E. Each board member is eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611 and is eligible for reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses while engaged in the business of the district.
F. Members of the board are public officers and are subject to all provisions of law applicable to such officers. The provisions of title 38, chapter 3, article 8, relating to conflict of interest, apply to all board members, officers and employees of the district. Board members are local public officers for purposes of title 38, chapter 3.1.
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