76.277 Board of sanitation tax district -- Members, appointment, tenure, removal, compensation -- Officers, employees.
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76.277 Board of sanitation tax district -- Members, appointment, tenure, removal,
compensation -- Officers, employees.
(1) The affairs of each sanitation tax district shall be conducted by a board composed of
five (5) members, all of whom shall be appointed by the county judge/executive of <br>the county subject to the approval of the fiscal court. Not more than three (3) <br>members of the board shall be affiliated with the same political party.
(2) Each member shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and a resident of the
county. No officer or employee of a city or county, whether holding a paid or unpaid <br>position, shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the board.
(3) On the first day of the first month which starts more than thirty (30) days after the
creation of a sanitation tax district, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, the <br>county judge/executive, subject to the approval of the fiscal court, shall appoint one <br>(1) member for a term of two (2) years, two (2) members for a term of three (3) <br>years, and two (2) members for a term of four (4) years. The first year of each term <br>shall end on the first day of July which occurs at least six (6) months after the <br>creation of the sanitation tax district. Upon the expiration of each of the terms and <br>thereafter, the term of each member shall be four (4) years, ending on July first. A <br>member is eligible to succeed himself, and shall continue in office until his <br>successor has been appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the membership shall be <br>filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the county judge/executive, subject to <br>the approval of the fiscal court.
(4) Any member of the board may be removed for cause, after hearing by the county
judge/executive, and after at least ten (10) days' notice in writing has been given to <br>the member. The notice shall embrace the charges preferred against him. At the <br>hearing he may be represented by counsel. The finding of the county <br>judge/executive shall be final and removal results in vacancy in the office.
(5) Each member of the board shall be paid ten dollars ($10) for each meeting of the
board attended by the member.
(6) The board in accordance with its bylaws shall elect from its members a chairman
and a vice chairman. It may employ a secretary-treasurer and other officers and <br>employees as it deems requisite for the performance of its duties. The board may <br>require those officers and employees as it determines to execute faithful <br>performance bonds, in sums as fixed by the board. The premiums for the bonds <br>shall be paid by the district.
Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created
1964 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 41.
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