48-1208. Board of directors; qualifications;
term; appointment; election; compensation; expenses
A. A district having an area of one hundred sixty acres or more shall be governed
by a board of at least three directors. Members of the board of directors shall be
registered voters of the district and, after the initial members, shall be elected by the
registered voters of the district. The number of directors and the dates of elections
and of expiration of terms of the directors shall be specified in the petition for
establishment of the district pursuant to section 48-261. Candidates for a district board
office shall file nominating petitions with the board of supervisors as prescribed by
title 16, chapter 3. If only one person files or no person files a nominating petition
for an election to fill a district office, the board of supervisors may cancel the
election for the position and appoint the person who filed the nominating petition to
fill the position. If no person files a nominating petition for an election to fill a
district office, the board of supervisors may cancel the election for that office and
that office is deemed vacant and shall be filled as otherwise provided by law. A person
who is appointed pursuant to this section is fully vested with the powers and duties of
the office as if elected to that office.
B. A director who resides in an area which is deleted from the district during the
director's term of office shall continue to serve until the next regular election, and
until the director's successor is elected and qualified. If the director's term does not
expire at that time, a new qualified director shall be elected to serve out the unexpired
portion.
C. A district having an area of less than one hundred sixty acres shall be governed
by the boards of supervisors or their designees of the counties in which the district is
located, and the boards of supervisors shall constitute the board of directors of the
district.
D. Members of the board are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible
for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.
E. The board of directors shall annually elect from among its members a chairman of
the board to serve as the chief executive officer of the board of directors of the
district.
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