Members of the first board of any district shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. In a district consisting of multiple counties, the district judge shall designate how many members of the board will be appointed by each board of county commissioners. The first board shall consist of five directors who are qualified electors of the district appointed for staggered terms so that the terms of two directors expire within two years and the terms of three directors expire within four years. Thereafter, all directors shall be elected to terms of office pursuant to the provisions of the Water and Sanitation District Act. Any director appointed by any board of county commissioners shall be eligible for election; provided that no member of a board shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

History: 1978 Comp., § 73-21-15.1, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 155, § 8; 2005, ch. 167, § 5; 2019, ch. 212, § 264.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that a district judge shall designate how many members of the board will be appointed by each board of county commissioners in a district consisting of multiple counties, and changed the length of terms of certain directors to provide for staggered terms; in the section heading, added "Appointment of first", and after "board", deleted "district created by a board of county commissioners"; deleted "Notwithstanding any other provision of the Water and Sanitation District Act relating to election of the board, all", after "first board of any district", deleted "created pursuant to a petition signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of a county", after "county commissioners.", added "In a district consisting of multiple counties, the district judge shall designate how many members of the board will be appointed by each board of county commissioners.", after "The", added "first", after "terms of two directors expire", deleted "in one year" and added "within two years", after "three directors expire", deleted "in two" and added "within four", and after "shall be elected to", deleted "two-year".

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed the former reference to "residents" to "taxpaying electors".