Section 67.1874 - Notice of district organization - election of board members, terms1. Within thirty days after the order declaring the district organized has become final, the circuit clerk of the county in which the petition was filed shall give notice by causing publication to be made once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the last publication of which shall be at least ten days before the day of the meeting required by this section, to call a meeting of the owners of real property and registered voters resident within the district at a day and hour specified in a public place in the county in which the petition was filed for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, two to serve one year, two to serve two years, and one to serve three years, to be composed of residents of the district.2. The attendees, when assembled, shall organize by the election of a chairman and secretary of the meeting who shall conduct the election.3. Each director shall serve for a term of three years and until such director's successor is duly elected and qualified. Successor directors shall be elected in the same manner as the initial directors at a meeting of the residents called by the board. Each successor director shall serve a three-year term. The remaining directors shall have the authority to elect an interim director to complete any unexpired term of a director caused by resignation or disqualification.4. Directors shall be at least twenty-one years of age.L. 2001 H.B. 80 merged with S.B. 224
Effective 5/16/2001 (S.B. 224)
7/2/2001 (H.B. 80)