Section 74-10-12 - Board of directors.

NM Stat § 74-10-12 (2019) (N/A)

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The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of seven qualified electors of the authority. All powers, rights, privileges and duties vested in or imposed upon the authority are exercised and performed by and through the board of directors; provided that the exercise of any executive, administrative and ministerial powers may be, by the board, delegated and redelegated to officers and employees of the authority. Except for the first directors appointed as provided for in Section 74-10-5 NMSA 1978, the term of each director commences on the first day of January next following a regular local election in the state and runs for six years.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 319, § 12; 2019, ch. 212, § 269.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised provisions related to the terms of office for directors; and deleted "5 of the Solid Waste Authority Act or elected as provided in Section 13 of the Solid Waste Authority Act and except for any director chosen to fill an unexpired term" and added "74-10-5 NMSA 1978", and deleted "Each director, subject to such exceptions, shall serve a six-year term ending on the first day of January next following a general election, and each director shall serve until his successor has been duly chosen and qualified."

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