The board of trustees shall consist of five members. In a land grant-merced with bylaws that include the use of precincts, no more than the apportioned number of members for any given precinct as set forth in the bylaws shall serve on the board of trustees. A person shall be qualified to be a member of the board if the person is a qualified voting member and is not in default of any dues, rent or other payment for the use of any of the common lands of the land grant-merced; provided that no person convicted of a felonious or infamous crime, unless the person has been pardoned or restored to political rights, shall be qualified to be elected or appointed to any board of trustees of a land grant-merced.

History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 4; 1913, ch. 58, § 1; Code 1915, § 802; Laws 1929, ch. 137, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 29-104; Laws 1933, ch. 164, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 9-104; Laws 1951, ch. 151, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 8-1-4; 2004, ch. 124, § 6; 2019, ch. 248, § 3.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, revised the qualifications for members of the board of trustees of a land grant-merced; deleted "In land grants-mercedes where there is more than one precinct, no more than three members shall be residents of the same precinct." and added "In a land grant merced with bylaws that include the use of precincts, no more than the apportioned number of members for any given precinct as set forth in the bylaws shall serve on the board of trustees", and added "provided that no person convicted of a felonious or infamous crime, unless the person has been pardoned or restored to political rights, shall be qualified to be elected or appointed to any board of trustees of a land grant-merced".

The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, inserted at the beginning of the section "In land grants-mercedes where there is more than one precinct," before the restriction on the number of members from the same precinct and deleted the requirement that a voter be a qualified voter at a general election in this state.