104.610 Officers and employees of board -- Seal -- Records -- Expenses -- Rules and regulations -- Civil liabilities -- Audits.
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<![CDATA[104.610 Officers and employees of board -- Seal -- Records -- Expenses -- Rules and regulations -- Civil liabilities -- Audits. (1) The board of directors shall, upon taking oath, elect one (1) of their members as president of the board, and shall select some suitable person as secretary, who need <br>not be a member of the board. The secretary shall serve as treasurer of the district, <br>or the board may select a treasurer. The selection of the secretary and treasurer shall <br>be evidenced on the minutes of the board, with their compensation. He or they shall <br>serve at the pleasure of the board. (2) The board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all proceedings, minutes of meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees, <br>and all corporate acts, which shall be open to the inspection of any owner of <br>property in the district as well as all other interested persons. (3) The board of directors shall be the governing body of the flood control district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all of the affairs and property <br>of the district. (4) No compensation shall be paid to directors, but each director shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending meetings or for expenses incurred in other <br>activities authorized by the board of directors as necessary for carrying out the <br>purposes of the flood control district. (5) The board of directors may adopt all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board and of the corporation, and <br>for carrying into effect the other objects for which the district was formed. The <br>board of directors may also make and enforce rules and regulations pertaining to the <br>use by persons of land or properties connected with or a part of the flood control <br>works. All such rules and regulations shall become effective on the date when a <br>notice of their adoption is published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424; such notice shall <br>not contain the rules and regulations in full but shall only summarize their contents <br>and shall state where any interested person may examine the full texts of such rules <br>and regulations. (6) The board of directors may recover by civil action from any person or public corporation violating such rules and regulations a sum not less than one hundred <br>dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), together with costs. <br>The board may enforce by mandamus or otherwise all necessary and authorized <br>rules and regulations made by it, and may take summary action to remove any <br>improper construction or to terminate any unauthorized practices in connection with <br>flood control works. Any person or public corporation willfully failing to comply <br>with rules and regulations of the board shall be liable for damages caused by such <br>failure and for the cost of renewing or replacing any part of the flood control works <br>damaged or destroyed. (7) The board of directors shall have an annual audit made by a certified public accountant, copies of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the <br>county judge/executive of the county or counties in which the flood control district <br>is located. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 116. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 17. ]]>