§323F-4 Board meetings.  (a)  Thecorporation board and each regional system board shall be exempt from part I ofchapter 92 and shall meet no fewer than four times a year; provided that theregional system boards and the corporation board shall meet together at leastonce a year.  Each regional board shall meet at least six times each year;provided that two of these meetings shall be public community meetings for thepurpose of informing the community and taking comment on the regional system'sperformance if these meetings are in addition to the four board meetings.  Thepublic community meetings shall be advertised in a newspaper of generalcirculation in the regional system at least two weeks in advance.

(b)  All business of the corporation board and eachregional system board shall be conducted at a regular or special meeting atwhich a quorum is present, consisting of at least a majority of the directorsthen in office.  The corporation board and each regional system board shalladopt procedural rules for meetings, not subject to chapter 91, that shallinclude provisions for meetings via electronic and telephonic communicationsand other methods that allow the boards to conduct business in a timely andefficient manner.  Any action of the corporation board or each regional systemboard shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those present andvoting at the meeting; except that a vote of two-thirds of the entiremembership of the respective board then in office shall be required for any ofthe following actions:

(1)  Removal by the corporation board or respectiveregional system board of one of its members;

(2)  Amendment by the corporation or a regional systemboard of its bylaws;

(3)  Hiring or removing a regional chief executiveofficer;

(4)  Filling of vacancies on a board; and

(5)  Any other actions as provided by the corporationor regional system board bylaws, except the hiring or removing of the chiefexecutive officer of the corporation. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 1998, c229, §5; am L 2007, c 290, §20; am L 2009, c 182, §11]