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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