Board of Trustees; Membership; Notice of Appointment; Oath

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Sec. 6. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of the concurrent resolution under section 5 of this chapter, a board of toll road authority trustees shall be appointed. The board consists of five (5) trustees who are appointed in the following manner and for the following initial terms:

(1) One (1) appointed by the municipal fiscal body of the county seat, for a term of one (1) year.

(2) One (1) appointed by the county fiscal body, for a term of two (2) years.

(3) One (1) appointed by the county executive, for a term of three (3) years.

(4) One (1) appointed by the municipal executive of the county seat, for a term of four (4) years.

(5) One (1) appointed by the county executive, for a term of four (4) years.

(b) A person may be appointed as a trustee only if the person:

(1) is at least thirty (30) years of age;

(2) has been a resident of the county for five (5) years immediately preceding the appointment; and

(3) is not an officer or employee of an eligible entity.

(c) The names of all persons appointed under subsection (a) shall be transmitted in writing to the circuit court for the county at least ten (10) days before the end of the sixty (60) day period. The court shall mail a notice of appointment to each trustee immediately after the sixty (60) day period.

(d) Before taking office, each trustee shall take and subscribe an oath of office (in the usual form), which shall be endorsed upon the trustee's certificate of appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the clerk of the circuit court.

As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.20.


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