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(a)The Marion County Public Water Authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
(b)Beginning October 1, 2025, the board of directors shall consist of five residents of Marion County as follows:
(1)The Chair of the Marion County Commission shall serve as a director in an ex officio capacity.
(2)The Marion County Firefighters Association shall appoint one member from their association who shall serve an initial term of one year.
(3)With each incorporated municipality, regardless of size, having one vote in the selection, the elected mayors of all incorporated municipalities in Marion County shall appoint one director who shall serve an initial term of two years.
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(a) The Marion County Public Water Authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
(b) Beginning October 1, 2025, the board of directors shall consist of five residents of Marion County as follows:
(1) The Chair of the Marion County Commission shall serve as a director in an ex officio capacity.
(2) The Marion County Firefighters Association shall appoint one member from their association who shall serve an initial term of one year.
(3) With each incorporated municipality, regardless of size, having one vote in the selection, the elected mayors of all incorporated municipalities in Marion County shall appoint one director who shall serve an initial term of two years.
(4) The members of the House of Representatives who serve Marion County shall appoint one director who shall serve an initial term of three years.
(5) The members of the Senate who serve Marion County shall appoint one director who shall serve an initial term of four years.
(c) Upon the expiration of the initial terms beginning on October 1, 2025, directors shall serve a term of four years and vacancies shall be filled by the respective appointing authority that made the initial appointment. In the event of a vacancy in office due to death, disability, resignation, or impeachment, the unexpired term of office shall be filled by appointment by the respective appointing authority making the initial appointment.
(d) Other than the chair of the county commission, no director may serve more than three consecutive four-year terms.
(e) Each director appointed shall be a duly qualified elector and resident of Marion County and shall own real property in the county.
(f)(1) Each director shall be compensated for each meeting attended in an amount to be determined by a majority vote of the members of the board. The amount of each director’s compensation shall be stated in the bylaws of the authority. In addition, each director shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually incurred on official business of the authority in the performance of his or her duties.
(2) Any compensation payment made to a member of the Board of Directors of the Marion County Public Water Authority prior to October 1, 2025, is affirmed and ratified.
(g) If any director of the board is absent from three consecutive called or scheduled meetings, he or she shall be removed from office and terminated as a member of the board. Within 45 days of his or her removal, the respecting appointing authority of the director shall make a replacement appointment. Upon failure of the appointing authority to make a replacement appointment within 45 days, the Governor shall appoint a director.
(h) An appointing authority may recall its respective director 30 days after providing written notice to the director of the appointing authority’s intent to recall the director. Following a successful recall, an appointing authority shall make a replacement appointment. Upon failure of the appointing authority to make a replacement appointment within 45 days, the Governor shall appoint a director.
(i) Any director of the board may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.