§ 3-29-12 — Local administration of association; board of directors

A. The local administration of the association and the operation and maintenance of the project shall be carried out in each community by a board of directors composed of an odd number of at least three members. Members of the board of directors shall: (1) be elected annually or as specified in the bylaws of the association; (2) be members in good standing of the association; and (3) serve staggered terms of up to four years to ensure that terms will end in different election years. B. The board of directors shall choose among its members a president, a vice president and a secretary-treasurer or a secretary and a treasurer. C. Funds sufficient to provide for proper operation and maintenance of the association shall be identified through a rate-setting analysis that will ensure enough revenue to cover yearly expenses and emergencies, a reserve fund for non-major capital items and equitable pay for staff. The rate-setting analysis may be reviewed and changed if necessary on a yearly basis, and the funds shall be obtained by the association by a monthly assessment against the users of the facilities, the assessment to be determined by the board of directors. D. The board of directors of the association shall have power to do all things necessary in the local administration of any project subject to the provisions of the Sanitary Projects Act.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 14-28-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1969, ch. 192, § 6;