2053 - Broome county sports center authority.

*  §  2053. Broome county sports center authority. A board to be known  as "Broome county sports center authority" is hereby created. The  board  shall  be  a  body  corporate  and politic constituting a public benefit  corporation, and its existence shall commence upon  the  appointment  of  the  members as herein provided. It shall consist of a chairman and four  other members, all of whom shall be appointed by the  local  legislative  body of Broome county. The appointment of a chairman shall be for a term  of  six  years,  and  of  the  other four members, two for a term of two  years, and two for a term of four years, respectively,  from  the  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hundred sixty-eight. At the expiration of  such terms the terms of office of their successors shall be  six  years.  Each   member   shall  continue  to  serve  until  the  appointment  and  qualification of  his  successor.  Vacancies  in  such  board  occurring  otherwise  than  by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired  term. The members of the board shall choose from  their  number  a  vice  chairman.  The  local  legislative  body of Broome county may remove any  member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct  in  office,  giving him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity  of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his defense  upon  not  less  than  ten  days'  notice.  Members  of the board shall be entitled to no  compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to  reimbursement  for  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of  their official duties. The powers of the authority shall  be  vested  in  and  exercised by a majority of the members of the board then in office.  The board may delegate to one or more of its members or to its officers,  agents and employees such powers and duties as it may deem  proper.  The  board,  and its corporate existence, shall continue only for a period of  nine years, and thereafter until all its liabilities have been  met  and  its  bonds  have  been  paid  in  full or such liabilities or bonds have  otherwise been discharged, except that no additional liabilities may  be  incurred  after  the  termination  of  its corporate existence. Upon its  ceasing to exist, all its rights and property shall pass to the County.    * NB Authority dissolved September 1, 1977