Idaho Code § 67-4221

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 67-4221 - PARK AND RECREATION BOARD - MEMBERS - APPOINTMENT - TERMS - HONORARIUMS AND EXPENSES - MEETINGS AND QUORUMS - REMOVAL OF MEMBERS

(a) There is hereby created a governing authority of the department to consist of a board of six (6) persons to be known as the "park and recreation board." Each member of the board shall be appointed by the governor of the state of Idaho, with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve a term of six (6) years, except the terms of the initial appointees shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be of staggered lengths so that a term of one (1) member will expire annually. Each member of the board shall be a qualified elector of the state. One (1) member of the board shall be appointed from each of the six (6) districts hereinafter created. Not more than three (3) members of the board shall be from any one (1) political party.

(b) For the purposes of this act, the state of Idaho is divided into six (6) districts, numbered from one (1) to six (6) as follows:

District No. 1 shall consist of the counties of Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone.

District No. 2 shall consist of the counties of Latah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, Lewis and Idaho.

District No. 3 shall consist of the counties of Adams, Valley, Washington, Payette, Gem, Boise, Canyon, Ada, Elmore and Owyhee.

District No. 4 shall consist of the counties of Camas, Blaine, Gooding, Lincoln, Jerome, Minidoka, Twin Falls and Cassia.

District No. 5 shall consist of the counties of Bingham, Power, Bannock, Caribou, Oneida, Franklin, and Bear Lake.

District No. 6 shall consist of the counties of Lemhi, Custer, Clark, Fremont, Butte, Jefferson, Madison, Teton and Bonneville.

(c) The members of the board shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(h), Idaho Code.

(d) Each board member shall be entitled to one (1) vote and a majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each three (3) months and shall hold special meetings at such times as it deems necessary. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.

(e) A member of the board may be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, misconduct in office or if he is no longer a resident of the district from which he was appointed.

(f) This section shall be exempt from the provisions of section 59-102, Idaho Code.

Idaho Code § 67-4221

[67-4221, added 1965, ch. 85, sec. 4, p. 139; am. 1972, ch. 65, sec. 4, p. 108; am. 1973, ch. 160, sec. 1, p. 305; am. 1978, ch. 373, sec. 1, p. 978; am. 1980, ch. 247, sec. 83, p. 648; am. 1991, ch. 156, sec. 1, p. 372.]