§ 30-20-1306 — Board of directors - appointment or election - removal

Colorado § 30-20-1306

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 30: Government
• Art.: Public Improvements

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(1) (a)
(I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), immediately after
the creation of a district, the board of county commissioners of the county shall, by
majority vote, appoint a board of directors for the district. The number of directors
on the board shall be as set forth in the resolution creating the district.

(II) If the board of county commissioners finds that the board of directors for
the district should be elected rather than appointed, the board of county
commissioners shall outline the method of such an election by duly adopting by
majority vote a resolution to that effect. The election procedures shall comply with
the election requirements set forth in articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.

(b) Members of the board of directors may be county commissioners from
the county that created the district, representatives of the governing body of
municipalities included in the district, or other officials representing the interests of
areas impacted by mineral lease activities.

(c) County commissioners serving on the board of directors, if any, shall not
constitute a majority on the board of directors.

(d) The officers of the board of directors shall be the president and a
secretary who shall be elected annually by the board of directors from its own
members.

(e) (I) Members of the board of directors shall serve staggered terms so that
not more than one director's term expires in any one year, and thereafter terms
shall be for three years each, and each term shall commence on January 15.

(II) Notwithstanding subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e), every board of
county commissioners of a county that initiated and passed a resolution to create a
district as described in section 30-20-1304 (2) as such section existed before April
6, 2012, shall, within ninety days of April 6, 2012, pass a resolution fixing the initial
terms of all existing directors. The resolution shall designate at least one director
whose initial term shall expire on January 15, 2013, at least one director whose
initial term shall expire on January 15, 2014, and at least one director whose initial
term shall expire on January 15, 2015. Successor directors shall serve three-year
terms.

(2) (a) Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term to which
such director is appointed or elected or until a successor has been duly appointed
or elected.

(b) Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled by a majority vote of
the board of county commissioners.

(c) The board of county commissioners of the county may remove any
director for official misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or other good cause
shown, so long as the removal occurs after the director in question is given notice
and an opportunity to be heard before the board of county commissioners at a
public hearing.

(3) All special and regular meetings of the board of directors for a district
shall be held pursuant to part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2011: Entire part added, (HB 11-1218), ch. 169, p. 582, � 1, effective May 9. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-031), ch. 84, p. 279, � 6, effective April 6.