(1) (a) The director of the office of state planning and budgeting shall call and convene the initial organizational meeting of the board and shall serve as its chair pro tempore. At the meeting, appropriate bylaws shall be presented for adoption. The bylaws may provide for the election or appointment of officers, the delegation of certain powers and duties to any executive officer or other agent of the board, and such other matters as the board deems proper. At the meeting, and annually thereafter, the board shall elect one of its members as chair.
(b) The board shall appoint an executive officer and such other personnel as it deems necessary. The executive officer shall have expertise in the area of public finance and shall have any powers specified in this article or delegated by the board in accordance with this article. The executive officer and any other personnel appointed by the board shall not be members of the board, shall serve at the board's pleasure, and shall receive no compensation for their services.
The executive officer or any other person designated by the board shall keep a recordof the proceedings of the board and shall be custodian of all books, documents, papers filed with the board, minute books or journals of the board, and its official seal. The executive officer or designated person may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the board and may give certificates under the official seal of the corporation to the effect that such copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the corporation may rely on such certificates.
The board may delegate, by resolution, to one or more of its members, to its executive officer, or to an indenture trustee or any other third party to whom the board has assigned any rights of the corporation, such powers and duties as it may deem proper and to its executive officer or any other person designated by the board, the power to set the interest rates and other terms of any particular note issue and to invest proceeds of notes held by a commercial bank or trust company having full trust powers, subject to such limitations as shall be prescribed by the board by resolution.
The executive officer and any other personnel appointed by the board are immunefrom personal liability for any actions taken by them that are within the scope of the authority granted to them by this article or delegated to them by the board.
Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 747, § 1, effective June 1.