42-3109. BOARD MEMBERS — APPOINTMENT — BOND OF COMMISSIONERS — OATH — REMOVAL. The order of the director organizing said district shall name the members of the board without regard to political affiliation. Each division of the district shall be represented by one (1) commissioner who shall be a qualified voter within the division which he represents, and a resident and qualified elector of the county in which he resides.

The members of the board of the district, appointed as aforesaid, shall be entitled to enter upon the duties of their office upon qualification as county officers are required to qualify, and upon each commissioner giving a bond to the state for the benefit of said district for the faithful performance of his duties as such commissioner in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) with one (1) or more sureties, or a surety bond, the premium for which shall be a lawful expenditure of the district, either of which shall be approved by the judge of the district court wherein the commissioner resides; provided, the judge of the district court, upon application and proper showing by the board may enter an order reducing the amount of the bond to such sum as may appear to him to be reasonable and adequate under the showing made. The commissioners shall take the oath of office and file their bonds within fifteen (15) days after they are appointed and they shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed and qualified as in this act provided. The bonds of the commissioners shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the office of the district is located and kept in trust by said clerk of the district court.

Immediately after their appointment and the filing and approval of their bonds the commissioners shall organize themselves into a board, as in this act provided, and shall by lot determine the terms of their office, which shall be one (1), two (2) and three (3) years, respectively. Annually thereafter the director shall appoint the commissioner, or commissioners, to succeed those whose terms of office are expiring. Such appointments shall be for three (3) years, provided that each division of the district shall be represented by one (1) commissioner who shall be a qualified voter within the division which he represents, and a resident and qualified elector of the county in which he resides.

The director may remove a commissioner for neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance or inability to perform the duties of a commissioner, or if the commissioner is no longer a resident of the division from which appointed. The director may appoint a successor for the unexpired term.

History:

[42-3109, added 1971, ch. 300, sec. 9, p. 1219; am. 2018, ch. 193, sec. 1, p. 429.]