(a)The board of trustees provided by W.S.
18-9-101(a)(iii) shall be composed of not less than five (5) nor
more than nine (9) competent citizens of the county appointed by
the board of county commissioners. Trustees shall serve five (5)
year terms which shall be staggered. The board of county
commissioners shall annually appoint a successor to the trustee
whose term expires. The term of each succeeding trustee shall
commence on the first Monday in January next following the date
of his appointment. A trustee may be appointed for successive
terms.
(b)As soon as the original board has been appointed they
shall organize by electing a chairman, secretary and treasurer
of the board. As soon as they organize they shall file without
fee a certificate showing their organization with the county
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(a) The board of trustees provided by W.S.
18-9-101(a)(iii) shall be composed of not less than five (5) nor
more than nine (9) competent citizens of the county appointed by
the board of county commissioners. Trustees shall serve five (5)
year terms which shall be staggered. The board of county
commissioners shall annually appoint a successor to the trustee
whose term expires. The term of each succeeding trustee shall
commence on the first Monday in January next following the date
of his appointment. A trustee may be appointed for successive
terms.
(b) As soon as the original board has been appointed they
shall organize by electing a chairman, secretary and treasurer
of the board. As soon as they organize they shall file without
fee a certificate showing their organization with the county
clerk and the secretary of state. Upon filing the certificate
the board of trustees is a body corporate, empowered to sue and
be sued under the name of "Board of Trustees of .... County".
(c) No member of the board of trustees shall be personally
liable for any action or procedure of the board. The board has
perpetual existence and it is not necessary to file any
certificate other than that filed upon the original
organization.
(d) Each year when a new member of the board is appointed
the trustees shall meet and again organize by electing a
chairman, secretary and treasurer. Each member of the board
shall serve without compensation and the board treasurer shall
give bond in such amount and such securities as approved by the
county commissioners conditioned upon the faithful performance
of his duties and the accounting for all board monies. The board
may pay the secretary such compensation as proper for
secretarial, accounting and other services required of him apart
from his duties as a member of the board.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 201, § 2.
(f) If a county is without title to sufficient land it may
acquire such lands as deemed necessary by gift, purchase or
condemnation under the right of eminent domain.
(g) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 201, § 2.
(h) The county commissioners may remove any member of the
board of trustees for cause without a public hearing unless the
trustee requests that the action be taken during a public
hearing. Vacancies on the board of trustees shall be filled by
the county commissioners for the balance of the unexpired term
created by the vacancy.