KRS 262.740: Board of directors -- Election -- Membership -- Terms -- Officers -- Bond

of treasurer -- Nomination petitions -- Qualification of members -- Removal of

directors -- Immunity for official acts.

(1) Within thirty (30) days after a watershed conservancy district is created, nominating

petitions may be filed with the board of supervisors for the election of a board of

directors consisting of five (5) members, who shall hold office for a term of four (4)

years, or until a successor is qualified. Such board of directors shall, under the

supervision of the board of supervisors, be the governing body of the watershed

conservancy district. The board of supervisors shall give due notice of the election

of directors and shall, as nearly as practicable, condu ct the election in the manner

prescribed by KRS 262.220.

(2) If the territory embraced within a watershed conservancy district lies within more

than one (1) soil and water conservation district, each of said additional districts

with minority of the land involved in the watershed shall be entitled to elect three

(3) additional directors.

(3) The board of directors shall annually elect from its membership a chairman,

secretary, and treasurer. The treasurer shall execute an official bond for the faithful

performance of the duties of his or her office to be approved by the board of

directors. Such bond shall be executed with at least three (3) solvent personal

sureties whose solvency must exceed the amount of the bond, or by a surety

company authorized to do business in this state, and shall be in an amount

determined by the board of directors. If the treasurer is required to execute a surety

company bond, the premium on the bond shall be paid by the board of directors.

(4) Each person desiring to be a director of a watershed conservancy district shall file a

nominating petition with the board of supervisors of the county in which he or she

is a landowner and legal resident, signed by twenty -five (25) or more landowners

within the watershed conservancy distric t of the county involved, or, if less than

fifty (50) landowners are involved a majority of such landowners. Nominating

petitions for the election of any director following the first election of members of

the board after creation of the district shall be filed with the board of supervisors

not less than forty -five (45) days prior to the day of the regular election. If the

candidates nominated do not exceed the positions available, they shall be declared

elected. No person shall be eligible to be a director of a watershed conservancy

district who is not a landowner within the watershed and resident of the county in

which the watershed is located.

(5) A director who has been declared elected without an election pursuant to subsection

(4) of this section may be removed from office by the board of supervisors as

provided by KRS 65.007 for removal of an appointed member of the governing

body of a special district.

(6) A director serving on the board of a watershed conservancy district shall be

immune from personal liability in any civil or criminal action which is based upon

any official act or acts performed reasonably and in good faith by the director.