Section 9-623 - Membership of sanitary commission - Multiple county districts.
§ 9-623. Membership of sanitary commission - Multiple county districts.
(a) Composition.-
(1) The sanitary commission of a district with 2 member counties consists of at least:
(i) One sanitary commissioner from each member county appointed as the articles of incorporation of the district provide; and
(ii) One sanitary commissioner from either member county as the articles of incorporation of the district provide.
(2) The sanitary commission of a multiple county district with at least 3 member counties consists of a number of sanitary commissioners equal to at least the number of member counties.
(3) The sanitary commission of a district that adds an incoming member county consists of:
(i) The sanitary commissioners in office before the admission of the incoming county; and
(ii) At least one sanitary commissioner from the incoming county.
(b) Qualifications.- A sanitary commissioner of a multiple county district shall be a resident of the member county from which the sanitary commissioner is appointed.
(c) Tenure of sanitary commissioner for withdrawing county.- If a member county withdraws from a district, the term of each sanitary commissioner who was appointed from that county ends when the withdrawal is effective.
(d) Tenure; vacancies.-
(1) Except for the term of the first sanitary commissioner who represents each incoming county admitted to a district, the term of a sanitary commissioner in a multiple county district is the lesser of:
(i) 6 years; or
(ii) The term provided in the articles of incorporation of the district.
(2) The term of the first sanitary commissioner from an incoming county admitted to a district is 6 years.
(3) The terms of sanitary commissioners in a multiple county district are staggered as required by the articles of incorporation of the district.
(4) At the end of a term, a sanitary commissioner in a multiple county district continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(5) A sanitary commissioner in a multiple county district who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and as required by the articles of incorporation of the district.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 649; 1982, ch. 240, § 2; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]