(1) (a) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), immediately after the creation of a district, the board of county commissioners of the county shall, by majority vote, appoint a board of directors for the district. The number of directors on the board shall be as set forth in the resolution creating the district.
(II) If the board of county commissioners finds that the board of directors for the district should be elected rather than appointed, the board of county commissioners shall outline the method of such an election by duly adopting by majority vote a resolution to that effect. The election procedures shall comply with the election requirements set forth in articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.
Members of the board of directors may be county commissioners from the countythat created the district, representatives of the governing body of municipalities included in the district, or other officials representing the interests of areas impacted by mineral lease activities.
County commissioners serving on the board of directors, if any, shall not constitute amajority on the board of directors.
The officers of the board of directors shall be the president and a secretary who shallbe elected annually by the board of directors from its own members.
(I) Members of the board of directors shall serve staggered terms so that not morethan one director's term expires in any one year, and thereafter terms shall be for three years each, and each term shall commence on January 15.
(II) Notwithstanding subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e), every board of county commissioners of a county that initiated and passed a resolution to create a district as described in section 30-20-1304 (2) as such section existed before April 6, 2012, shall, within ninety days of April 6, 2012, pass a resolution fixing the initial terms of all existing directors. The resolution shall designate at least one director whose initial term shall expire on January 15, 2013, at least one director whose initial term shall expire on January 15, 2014, and at least one director whose initial term shall expire on January 15, 2015. Successor directors shall serve three-year terms.
(2) (a) Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term to which such director is appointed or elected or until a successor has been duly appointed or elected.
Vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled by a majority vote of the board ofcounty commissioners.
The board of county commissioners of the county may remove any director for official misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or other good cause shown, so long as the removal occurs after the director in question is given notice and an opportunity to be heard before the board of county commissioners at a public hearing.
(3) All special and regular meetings of the board of directors for a district shall be held pursuant to part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S.
Source: L. 2011: Entire part added, (HB 11-1218), ch. 169, p. 582, § 1, effective May 9. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-031), ch. 84, p. 279, § 6, effective April 6.