176A.14 - EXTENSION COUNCIL OFFICERS -- DUTIES.
176A.14 EXTENSION COUNCIL OFFICERS -- DUTIES.
1. The chairperson of the extension council shall preside at all
meetings of the extension council, have authority to call special
meetings of said council upon such notice as shall be fixed and
determined by the extension council, and shall call special meetings
of the extension council upon the written request of a majority of
the members of said council, and in addition to the duties imposed in
this chapter perform and exercise the usual duties performed and
exercised by a chairperson or president of a board of directors of a
corporation.
2. The vice chairperson, in the absence or disability of the
chairperson, or the chairperson's refusal to act, shall perform the
duties imposed upon the chairperson and act in the chairperson's
stead.
3. The secretary shall perform the duties usually incident to
this office. The secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of
the extension council. The secretary shall sign such instruments and
papers as are required to be signed by the secretary as such in this
chapter, and by the extension council from time to time.
4. The treasurer shall receive, deposit and have charge of all of
the funds of the extension council and pay and disburse the same as
in this chapter required, and as may be from time to time required by
the extension council. The treasurer shall keep an accurate record
of receipts and disbursements and submit a report thereof at such
times as may be required by the extension council.
5. Each of the officers of the extension council shall perform
and carry out the officer's duties as provided in this section and
shall perform and carry out any other duties as required by rules
adopted by the extension council as authorized in this chapter. A
member of the extension council, within fifteen days after the
member's election, shall take and sign the usual oath of public
officers which shall be filed in the office of the county auditor of
the county of the extension district. The treasurer of the extension
council, within ten days after being elected and before entering upon
the duties of the office, shall execute to the extension council a
corporate surety bond for an amount not less than twenty thousand
dollars. The bond shall be continued until the treasurer faithfully
discharges the duties of the office. The bond shall be filed with
the county auditor of the county of the extension district. The
county auditor shall notify the chairperson of the extension council
of the bond's filing in the auditor's office. The cost of the surety
bond shall be paid for by the extension council. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 1683-i, -j, -m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2933, 2934,
2938; C46, 50, 54, § 176.11, 176.12, 176.16; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 176A.14] Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 73, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1107, §2
Referred to in § 331.502