Sec. 7. (a) The board is composed of the following seven (7) members, who must be residents of Indiana:
(1) Four (4) members appointed by the governor. The president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives may each make one (1) recommendation to the governor concerning the appointment of a member under this subdivision.
(2) Two (2) members appointed by the executive of a county having a consolidated city.
(3) One (1) member appointed by the governor, who has been nominated by the county fiscal body of a county that is contiguous to a county having a consolidated city, determined as follows:
(A) The member nominated for the initial term shall be nominated by the contiguous county that has the largest population of all the contiguous counties that have adopted an ordinance to impose a food and beverage tax under IC 6-9-35.
(B) The member nominated for each successive term shall be nominated by the contiguous county that:
(i) contributed the most revenues from the tax imposed by IC 6-9-35 to the capital improvement board of managers created by IC 36-10-9-3 in the immediately previous calendar year; and
(ii) has not previously made a nomination to the governor or, if all the contributing counties have previously made such a nomination, is the one whose then most recent nomination occurred before those of all the other contributing counties.
(b) A member appointed under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(2) is entitled to serve a three (3) year term. A member appointed under subsection (a)(3) is entitled to serve a one (1) year term. A member may be reappointed to subsequent terms.
(c) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointing a new member for the remainder of the vacated term. If the vacated member was appointed under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3), the governor shall appoint a new member who has been nominated by the person or body who made the nomination of the vacated member.
(d) A member may be removed for cause by the appointing authority.
(e) Each member, before entering upon the duties of office, must take and subscribe an oath of office under IC 5-4-1, which shall be endorsed upon the certificate of appointment and filed with the records of the board.
(f) The governor shall nominate an executive director for the authority, subject to the veto authority of the executive of a county having a consolidated city.
As added by P.L.214-2005, SEC.6.
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