49-32A-7. Initial board of trustees for district--Number--Qualifications--Terms of office.The board of county commissioners, upon the creation of the district, and as a part of the order creating the district, shall appoint a board of no less than three nor more than five trustees to administer the affairs of the district. Each of the trustees shall be a resident of the district. The trustees so appointed upon creation of such district shall be appointed for staggered terms of one, two and three years. If more than one county is involved, one of the trustees shall be appointed from the county having the smallest population based on the most recent federal decennial census, and such trustee shall be given the three-year term. Source: SL 1976, ch 76, §5; SL 1979, ch 315, §1.
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