11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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11-95-6
Section 11-95-6 Board of directors of corporation; election; terms of office; qualifications;
vacancies; expenses; impeachment. Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
The board shall consist of five directors. One director, the alternating director, shall be
elected initially by the governing body of the authorizing municipality and thereafter alternately
by the governing bodies of the authorizing county and the authorizing municipality. Two directors
shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing county and two directors shall be
elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial term of office
of the alternating director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at 12:01
o'clock, A.M., on the third January 1 following the date of filing of the certificate of incorporation
of the corporation. Thereafter, the term of...
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11-97-6
Section 11-97-6 Board of directors of corporation; election; terms of office; vacancies; qualifications;
expenses; impeachment. (a) Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors. All
powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
The board shall consist of three directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the
determining subdivision for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of
the determining subdivision shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial
term of office of one director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at
12:01 o'clock, A.M., on January 1 of the first succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following
his election. The initial term of office of another director shall begin immediately upon
his election and shall end at 12:01 o'clock, A.M., on January 1 of the second succeeding odd-numbered
calendar year following his election. The initial term...
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11-50-234
Section 11-50-234 Board of directors. (a) Each corporation formed under this division shall
have a board of directors which shall constitute the governing body of the corporation, which
board shall consist of at least three members. All members of the board of directors shall
be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties under
this division, and the chairman of said board may, at the discretion of the board of directors,
be paid a director's fee in an amount not exceeding $15.00 each month, and each member of
the board of directors other than the chairman may be paid a director's fee in an amount not
exceeding $10.00 each month. Any officer of the municipality shall be eligible for appointment
and may serve as a member of the board of directors but shall not receive a fee for his services;
provided, that at no time shall the board consist of more than two officers of the municipality.
The directors of the corporation shall be elected by the...
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11-62-5
Section 11-62-5 Board of directors. (a) Every authority shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
The board shall consist of three directors elected in the manner hereinafter prescribed, as
soon as may be practicable after the organization of the authority, by the governing body
of the determining municipality for staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director
shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November
of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; the first term of
another director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second
Monday of November of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election;
and the first term of the remaining director shall begin immediately upon his election and
shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the...
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36-25-1
Section 36-25-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm,
enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, or any other legal
entity. (2) BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS ASSOCIATED. Any business of which the person
or a member of his or her family is an officer, owner, partner, board of director member,
employee, or holder of more than five percent of the fair market value of the business. (3)
CANDIDATE. This term as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in
Section 17-5-2. (4) COMMISSION. The State Ethics Commission. (5) COMPLAINT. Written allegation
or allegations that a violation of this chapter has occurred. (6) COMPLAINANT. A person who
alleges a violation or violations of this chapter by filing a complaint against a respondent.
(7) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A complaint filed pursuant to this...
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11-32-6
Section 11-32-6 Board of directors. (a) Each authority shall be governed by a board. All powers
of the authority shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs
of the authority shall be managed under the direction of, the board or pursuant to its authorization.
In making appointments to the board, best efforts should be used to reflect the racial, gender,
and economic diversity within the county. (b) The board shall consist of nine directors. One
director shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing county. Five of the directors
shall be elected by the governing body of the principal municipality. One of the directors
shall be elected by the governing bodies of each of the three participating municipalities
having the largest population according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census.
If there are not three participating municipalities, the governing body of the authorizing
county and the governing body of the principal...
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11-50-525
Section 11-50-525 Board of directors. The government of the corporation shall be vested in
the board, which may by resolution exercise or provide for the exercise of all the powers
of the corporation. The board shall be composed of one director from each municipality located
in the power district having a population of 1,000 or more inhabitants according to the last
or any future federal census, whose election shall be certified to the corporation by the
clerk of such municipality as hereinafter provided. The governing body of each such municipality
having such population may elect a director from such municipality. The election of each such
director shall be certified to the corporation by the clerk of the municipality whose governing
body shall make such election, as and when any such election shall be so made. The directors
so certified shall constitute the board, and a majority thereof at any time existing shall
constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business. The...
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33-15-1
Section 33-15-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein
otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. The public
corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of
directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. Such term shall include bonds and notes. (4) COUNTY.
A county in the state. (5) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the authority.
(6) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of a county. (7) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city
or town of the state. (8) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which
it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county,
or an agency, department or instrumentality of a county or municipality, of one or more of
the several states or of the United States of America. (9) PROPERTY. Such...
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11-92B-7
Section 11-92B-7 Board of directors. (a) The authority shall operate under the direction of
a board of directors which shall consist of voting members selected as follows: (1) One member
appointed by the Governor. (2) Five members appointed by the governing body of each municipality
whose corporate limits lie in whole or in part within the operational area of the authority.
(3) Five members appointed by the governing body of the county of incorporation. (b) A vacancy
occurring on the board for any reason shall be filled within 30 days of the vacancy by the
appointing authority making the initial appointment. If the appointing authority that made
the initial appointment does not fill the vacancy within 30 days, the remaining appointing
authorities shall make the appointment. (c) Initial appointments to the board shall be made
within 30 days following the effective date of the incorporation. The Governor's initial appointee
shall serve a three-year term. Each governing body of a...
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