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§ 1604. Board of directors constituted.
1.A consolidated assessing\nunit shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of at\nleast four members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governing\nbody of a constituent municipality. Each constituent municipality shall\nhave at least one appointee on such board. If the local laws\nestablishing the consolidated assessing unit so provide, the constituent\nmunicipalities need not have the same number of appointees. The board of\ndirectors shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.\n 2. No director shall be an employee of a constituent municipality, but\na director may be an elected official of a constituent municipality. No\ndirector shall receive any salary or other compensation from the\nconsolidated assessing unit, but
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§ 1604. Board of directors constituted. 1. A consolidated assessing\nunit shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of at\nleast four members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governing\nbody of a constituent municipality. Each constituent municipality shall\nhave at least one appointee on such board. If the local laws\nestablishing the consolidated assessing unit so provide, the constituent\nmunicipalities need not have the same number of appointees. The board of\ndirectors shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.\n 2. No director shall be an employee of a constituent municipality, but\na director may be an elected official of a constituent municipality. No\ndirector shall receive any salary or other compensation from the\nconsolidated assessing unit, but a director shall be entitled to\nreimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of his or her duties as a director.\n 3. Each director shall take an oath of office prior to service as a\ndirector. The term of office of a director shall be two years.\n 4. (a) The board of directors shall choose from among themselves a\nchairperson, a secretary and, if deemed necessary, a vice-chairperson,\nwho shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the board.\n (b) The chairperson shall preside over meetings of the board of\ndirectors, and shall forward to the directors relevant information,\nincluding materials necessary to prepare for meetings.\n (c) The secretary shall provide for public notice of the time and\nplace of each meeting, shall keep full and accurate records of each\nmeeting, shall file a copy of such minutes in the office or offices of\nthe assessor so that they are available for public inspection, shall\nfurnish a copy of such minutes and other relevant materials to the\nconstituent municipalities, and shall accept service of legal process,\nincluding service of a petition to review an assessment pursuant to\nsection seven hundred eight of this chapter.\n (d) The directors may appoint an assistant who shall perform such\nduties as are necessary to enable directors to properly and efficiently\ncarry out the provisions of this article. The compensation of such\nassistant shall be set by the constituent municipalities when approving\nthe operating budget for the consolidated assessing unit.\n (e) The vice-chairperson shall act on behalf of the chairperson in the\nevent that the chairperson is absent or unable to perform his or her\nduties.\n