Section 45-14-91
Clay County Industrial Development Council - Created; composition; meetings; reimbursement of expenses.
(a) Pursuant to Amendment 682 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, there is created and established the Clay County Industrial Development Council on the first day of the first month next following May 17, 2001. The members of the council shall be appointed as follows:
(1) The county commissioners for commission districts 1, 2, and 3 shall each appoint one member who shall serve an initial term of one year.
(2) The county commissioners for commission districts 4 and 5 shall each appoint one member who shall serve an initial term of two years.
(3) Each incorporated municipality in the county shall appoint one member for an initial term of three years.
(4) A consensus of the state legislative delegation for the county shall appoint two members for initial terms of four years.
(b) When the appointments have been made, the council shall be composed of 11 members who are residents and qualified electors of the county. Thereafter, successor members shall likewise be appointed for terms of four years. The council shall hold an organizational meeting called by the judge of probate no later than 10 days after May 17, 2001, at which the council shall elect a chair and vice chair by majority vote of the members present and voting at the meeting. Thereafter, it shall meet at least quarterly on call of the chair or upon a petition signed by at least two thirds of the members of the council and filed with the chair of the council stating a need for a special meeting. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to reimbursement from funds of the council for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their actual duties.
(Act 2001-506, p. 898, §1.)