Section 9-614 - Amendments to articles of incorporation.
§ 9-614. Amendments to articles of incorporation.
(a) "Amendment" defined.- In this section, "amendment" means an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a district.
(b) In general.- In accordance with this section, a district may adopt amendments that:
(1) Can be included lawfully in original articles of incorporation; and
(2) Change the district's:
(i) Name;
(ii) Powers; or
(iii) Purposes.
(c) Procedure for adopting amendments; resolution of sanitary commissioners.- To adopt amendments, the sanitary commission shall adopt a resolution that:
(1) Directs that the proposed amendment be submitted to each member county; and
(2) Discloses the text of the proposed amendment by printing:
(i) The text of the entire articles of organization as the articles of organization would read after adoption of the proposed amendment;
(ii) The text of a provision in the articles of incorporation as that provision would read after adoption of the proposed amendment; or
(iii) The material whose addition to or removal from the articles of incorporation is proposed.
(d) Submission to member counties.- By ordinance or resolution, the governing body of each member county shall adopt or reject the proposed amendment.
(e) Signing and contents of amendment.-
(1) If the governing body of each member county adopts the proposed articles of amendment, two authorized officers of the district shall:
(i) Verify the facts set forth in the articles of amendment;
(ii) Put the district's seal on the articles of amendment; and
(iii) Sign the articles of amendment.
(2) The articles of amendment shall include:
(i) The name and address of the principal office of the district;
(ii) A statement that the amendment was proposed by the sanitary commissioners;
(iii) A statement that each member county adopted the amendment; and
(iv) The text of the amendment.
(f) Filing articles of amendment.- The district shall file the articles of amendment with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 647; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]