§7-12-3. Management and control of county authority vested in
board; appointment and terms of members; vacancies;
removal of members.
The management and control of a county authority, its
property, operations, business and affairs shall be lodged in a
board of not fewer than twelve nor more than twenty-one persons who
shall be appointed by the county commission and be known as members
of the authority. The county commission shall appoint one member
to represent the county commission on the board and, for each
municipality located within the county, the county commission shall
appoint one member to represent the municipality. The city and
town council of each municipality located within the county shall
submit to the county commission the names of three persons, one of
whom the county commission shall appoint to be the municipality's
representative on the board. Other members of the board shall be
appointed by the county commission and shall include
representatives of business, industry and labor. The members of
the authority first appointed shall serve respectively for terms of
one year, two years and three years, divided equally or as nearly
equal as possible between these terms. Thereafter, members shall
be appointed for terms of three years each. A member may be
reappointed for such additional term or terms as the county
commission may deem proper. If a member resigns, is removed or for
any other reason his membership terminates during his term of
office, a successor shall be appointed by the county commission to fill out the remainder of his term. Members in office at the
expiration of their respective terms shall continue to serve until
their successors have been appointed and have qualified. The
county commission may at any time remove any member of the board by
an order duly entered of record and may appoint a successor member
for any member so removed.
Other persons, firms, unincorporated associations, and
corporations, who reside, maintain offices, or have economic
interests, as the case may be, in the county, shall be eligible to
participate in and request the county commission to appoint members
to the development authority as the said authority shall by its
bylaws provide.