KRS 104.580: Board of directors -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Vacancies --

Removal of board members.

(1) Within thirty (30) days after the secretary certifies to the county clerk of each county

in which the district is located that the district is incorporated, there shall be

appointed a board of directors for the district, consisting of five (5) members, which

shall control and manage the affairs of the district. If all or part of a city with a

population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8, 000) based upon the most

recent federal decennial census lies within the district, the mayor of such city shall

appoint three (3) members of the board of directors, and the county judge/executive

shall appoint two (2) members, or if the district lies withi n two (2) counties, each

county judge/executive shall appoint one (1) member, or if the district lies within

more than two (2) counties, the county judge/executive of each of two (2) of the

counties, in rotation as determined by lot, shall appoint one (1) member. If all or

part of two (2) cities with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand

(8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census lies within the district

the mayor of each city shall each appoint two (2) members of the board of directors,

and the fifth member shall be appointed by the county judge/executive of the county

in which the major portion of the district lies. If all or part of more than two (2)

cities with a population equal to or greater than eight thousand (8,000) b ased upon

the most recent federal decennial census lies within the district the mayor of each

city shall appoint one (1) member of the board and one (1) additional member shall

be appointed by each mayor of the city or cities containing most of the distric t to

make the full number of five (5) directors. If no city with a population equal to or

greater than eight thousand (8,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial

census, or part thereof, lies within the district, the county judge/executive shall

appoint all five (5) members, or if the district lies in two (2) counties, the county

judge/executive of the county in which the major portion of the district is located

shall appoint three (3) members and the county judge/executive of the other county

shall appoint two (2) members, or if the district lies in more than two (2) counties,

the county judge/executive of each county shall appoint one (1) member and one (1)

additional member shall be appointed by each county judge/executive of the county

or counti es containing most of the district to make the full number of five (5)

directors. No director shall in any way be associated or connected with the

ownership, operation or control of any privately -owned public utility operating

within the district. Two (2) of the members of the first board of directors shall hold

their offices for one (1) year, and the others shall hold their offices for two (2), three

(3) and four (4) years, respectively, from the dates of their appointments, the length

of the term of offic e of each member to be determined by lot at their first meeting.

After the expiration of the respective terms of office of the members of the first

board of directors, each director shall be appointed and shall serve for a period of

four (4) years and unti l his successor has been appointed and has qualified.

Vacancies resulting from any cause other than expiration of a term of office shall be

filled only for the unexpired term and until a successor has been appointed and has

qualified. The directors shall a t all times be residents and real estate owners within

the district, and the office of any director who moves his residence outside the

district or who ceases to be a real estate owner within the district shall automatically

be vacated.

(2) (a) All appointments by a county judge/executive pursuant to this section shall be

with the approval of the fiscal court.

(b) A member of the board of directors may be removed from office as provided

by KRS 65.007.