HB482 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim McClendon

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Mack N. ButlerApril WeaverDavid StandridgeAlan HarperMike HillKurt WallaceWilliam RobertsMary Sue McClurkin

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Water works boards, serving counties other than co., where organized, additional board members, term limits

Summary

The bill adds new board seats and a two-term limit for municipal water works boards that operate in four or more counties beyond the main county.

What This Bill Does

If a municipal water works board serves customers in four or more counties beyond its principal county, the bill changes who can sit on the board and how long they can serve. When the first vacancy occurs, the county commission of the principal county must appoint a board member to fill the seat, and that appointee cannot live in the authorizing municipality. For every other county served by the board, that county's commission must appoint an additional board member who is a resident and a water customer in the board's area, each serving a four-year term. All newly appointed members serve four-year terms, existing members serve the remainder of their terms if the act becomes applicable, and no member may serve more than two full terms.

Who It Affects

• Municipal water works boards that serve water customers in four or more counties outside the principal county, by changing how board members are added and limiting terms.
• Residents of the counties that are served by such boards (and the county commissions that appoint them), since new seats are filled by appointments from each county and require residency and water customer status.

Key Provisions

• Applicability to boards serving four or more counties beyond the principal county; vacancy-based appointment by the principal county's commission to fill a seat, with the appointee not allowed to be a resident of the authorizing municipality.
• Creation of one additional board member for each nonprincipal county served by the board, who must be a resident of that county and a water customer in the board's service area; term of four years and equal powers as other members.
• New terms after the act: four-year terms for new appointments; existing members serve the remainder of their terms when the act becomes applicable; vacancies continue to be filled for the remainder of the term.
• All board members may serve at most two full terms.
• Appointments to fill vacancies are made by the same authority that appoints the seat being filled; the act repeals conflicting laws and becomes effective immediately after passage.

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Subjects

Water and Sewer Systems