§ 2-449. Membership; composition; appointments; terms; officers; quorum; compensation; rules; bookkeeping.

(a)

The authority shall consist of the following six members who shall be eligible to succeed themselves and whose terms of office as members of the authority shall expire on the dates shown following their names:

Mr. Kenneth E. Stearns	May 1, 1974
Mr. L. Scott Watson	May 1, 1974
Dr. Tom Morris	May 1, 1975
Mr. William L. Miller	May 1, 1975
Mr. Mitchell C. Bishop	May 1, 1976
Mr. Ernest W. Keappler	May 1, 1976

 

(b)

Appointments to fill vacancies on the authority by reason of expiration of term or otherwise shall be made by the governing bodies of the political subdivisions contracting with the authority pursuant to the provisions of section 2-455 hereof. The order in which such political subdivisions shall fill such vacancies shall be the alphabetical order of their names, excluding such words as "city" or "city council of," "county of," "mayor and council of," "board of commissioners of," and other similar words of designation or description which may be a part of the name of such political subdivision. Such political subdivisions may act to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of term before the vacancy occurs. Following the initial appointments to the authority hereby made, the first appointment for one of the terms expiring May 1, 1974, shall be for three years, and the appointment for the other term expiring May 1, 1974, shall be for four years; the first appointment for one of the terms expiring May 1, 1975, shall be for four years; and the appointment for the other term expiring May 1, 1975, shall be for five years; the first appointment for one of the terms expiring May 1, 1976, shall be for five years; and the appointment for the other terms expiring May 1, 1976, shall be for six years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of six years, except that the appointment of any person selected to fill any unexpired term at any time shall be only for the remainder of such term, and after the first expiration of each term as prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, any appointment to fill any unexpired portion of such term shall be made by the governing body of the political subdivision which made the appointment for the term in which the vacancy then exists.

(c)

The members of the authority shall organize and enter upon the performance of their duties immediately after the effective date of this division.

(d)

The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice-chairman, and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who may but need not necessarily hold membership on the authority. Such officers shall serve for such terms as shall be prescribed by the rules of the authority or until their successors are elected and qualified.

(e)

Four members of the authority shall constitute a quorum, and no vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority at every meeting, and in every instance a majority vote of a quorum shall authorize any legal act of the authority, including all things necessary to authorize and issue revenue bonds.

(f)

The members of the authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed by the authority for their actual expenses properly incurred in the performance of their duties. Each member of the authority shall hold office until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government and may retain, employ, and engage professional and technical supervisors, assistants, and experts and other agents and employees, temporary or permanent, as it may require. The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees, and the authority shall keep suitable books and records of all its obligations, contracts, transactions, and undertakings, and of all income and receipts of every nature and all expenditures of every kind.

(1970 Ga. Laws (Act No. 786), page 2126, § 4)