Sec. 6.1. (a) This section applies whenever a district is extended under section 5 of this chapter and such district is located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).

(b) After the district is extended under section 5 of this chapter, the board consists of five (5) commissioners. Three (3) commissioners shall be appointed by the city executive, and two (2) commissioners shall be appointed by the county executive of the county in which the city is located. The commissioners appointed by the county executive must be residents of the areas of the district outside the corporate boundaries of the city. No more than two (2) of the three (3) commissioners appointed by the city executive may be members of the same political party, and the commissioners appointed by the county executive may not be members of the same political party.

(c) A commissioner of an extended district may hold office for an unlimited number of terms.

(d) All commissioners after the extension of the district shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years, beginning on January 1. The three (3) commissioners whose terms of office have not expired continue in office and are considered appointees of the city executive until the expiration of the four (4) year terms for which they each were originally appointed. The county executive shall appoint two (2) commissioners, one for a term of two (2) years and the other for a term of four (4) years. As the term of each commissioner expires, a new commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years so that at all times the board consists of three (3) commissioners appointed by the city executive and two (2) commissioners appointed by the county executive.

(e) A vacancy in the office of a commissioner shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing authority.

As added by P.L.358-1987, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.192; P.L.170-2002, SEC.173; P.L.119-2012, SEC.237.