Oklahoma § 82-1103 - Board of directors - Appointment and tenure Qualifications - Vacancies - Removal - Officers - Compensation

§ 82-1103. Board of directors - Appointment and tenure Qualifications - Vacancies - Removal - Officers - Compensation

(a) A port authority created in accordance with this act shall

be governed by a board of directors. Members of a board of

directors of a port authority created by the exclusive action of a

municipal corporation shall consist of the number of members it

deems necessary and be appointed by the mayor with the advice and

consent of the council. Members of a board of directors of a port

authority created by the exclusive action of a county shall consist

of such members as it deems necessary and be appointed by the county

commissioners of such county. Members of a board of directors of a

port authority created by a combination of political subdivisions

shall be divided among such political subdivisions in such

proportions as such political subdivisions may agree and appointed

in the same manner as this section provides for their appointment

when such political subdivision creates its own port authority. When

a port authority is created by a combination of political

subdivisions, the number of directors composing the board shall be

determined by agreement between such political subdivisions. The

appointing body may at any time remove a director appointed by it

for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.

(b) Each director shall have been a qualified elector in the

political subdivision from which he is appointed for a period of at

least three (3) years next preceding his appointment.

(c) The directors of any port authority first appointed shall

serve staggered terms. Thereafter each successor shall serve for a

term of four (4) years, except that any person appointed to fill a

vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term and any

director shall be eligible for reappointment, and no director shall

be removed except for cause, and if removed shall have the right of

appeal to the district court of the county from which he was

appointed.

(d) The directors shall elect one of their membership as

chairman and another as vice-chairman, and shall designate their

terms of office, and shall appoint a secretary who need not be a

director. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights

quorum, the affirmative vote of which shall be necessary for any

action taken by the port authority. No vacancy in the membership of

the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all the

rights and perform all the duties of the port authority.

(e) Each member of the board of directors of a port authority

shall be entitled to receive from the port authority such sum of

money as the board of directors may determine as compensation for

his service as director and reimbursement for his reasonable

expenses in the performance of his duties.

Laws 1959, p. 391, § 3, emerg. eff. July 15, 1959.