(a)The county commissioners of each district shall hold a
public meeting for appointing a district board of directors for
the district. Prior to the meeting the county commissioners
shall establish the number of members of the district board and
shall establish district board member areas. The county
commissioners may seek the advice and counsel of the members of
the former district board for the establishment of district
board member areas. Each district board member area shall be
contiguous. Notice of the meeting shall be advertised at least
once in the designated official newspaper of the county and
posted on the county's official website in the manner provided
in W.S. 18-3-516(f) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date
of the meeting. The notice shall solicit nominations for
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(a) The county commissioners of each district shall hold a
public meeting for appointing a district board of directors for
the district. Prior to the meeting the county commissioners
shall establish the number of members of the district board and
shall establish district board member areas. The county
commissioners may seek the advice and counsel of the members of
the former district board for the establishment of district
board member areas. Each district board member area shall be
contiguous. Notice of the meeting shall be advertised at least
once in the designated official newspaper of the county and
posted on the county's official website in the manner provided
in W.S. 18-3-516(f) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date
of the meeting. The notice shall solicit nominations for
directors by petition signed by at least ten (10) landowners to
be submitted at least five (5) days before the date of the
meeting.
(b) From the nominations submitted the county
commissioners shall appoint the district board which shall
consist of five (5) or seven (7) directors. Directors shall
serve for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are
appointed and qualified.
(c) Any qualified elector in the district board member
area he is appointed to represent is eligible to hold the office
of director.
(d) All district board members shall be appointed by the
county commissioners at their first regular meeting in January
of each year from among nominations submitted by petition in the
manner set forth in subsection (a) of this section. In districts
encompassing cities or towns with a population of five thousand
(5,000) or more, one (1) district board member shall be
appointed from within the limits of a city or town. A district
board member shall assume office at the first regular meeting of
the district board following appointment.
(e) The county commissioners shall remove a director for
repeated unexcused failure to attend meetings or for refusal or
incapacity to act as a district board member.
(f) When a vacancy occurs on a district board the county
commissioners shall, at the next regular meeting, appoint an
individual who possesses the necessary qualifications as a
district board member to fill the unexpired term.
(g) At the first regular meeting in February the district
board shall elect from its members a chairman and a
vice-chairman, and appoint a secretary and a treasurer. The
positions of secretary and treasurer need not be members of the
district board. The treasurer shall furnish a surety bond to the
district before entering upon the duties of office in an amount
to be set by the district board but not less than fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000.00).
(h) The members of the district board shall serve without
pay, but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary
expenses and a mileage allowance at the rate as established for
state employees.