§ 2. Membership.

The authority shall consist of three members who shall be eligible to succeed themselves and who shall be elected by the Board of Commissioners of Gilmer County. No more than one member of the authority may be a member of said board of commissioners. Any member of the authority who is a member of said board of commissioners shall serve for a term of office concurrent with such person's term of office as a member of said board of commissioners. Each member of the authority who is not a member of said board of commissioners shall serve for a term of office of three years, except that the initial terms of office of those members first appointed to the authority shall be specified at the time of appointment to be one, two, and, if no such member is a member of the board of commissioners, three years. After such initial terms, those members who are not members of said board of commissioners shall serve for terms of office of three years each. Members of the authority shall serve for the terms of office so specified and until the appointment and qualification of their respective successors. Vacancies on the authority shall be filled by said board of commissioners for the remainder of the unexpired term and until the appointment and qualification of a successor. Immediately after their election, the members of the authority shall enter upon their duties. The authority shall elect one of its members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson. The secretary-treasurer of the authority shall be appointed by the authority and need not be a member of the authority. Two members of the authority shall constitute a quorum and no vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority and, in every instance, a majority vote of a quorum shall authorize any legal act of the authority, including all things necessary to authorize and issue revenue bonds. The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed by the authority for their actual expenses properly incurred in the performance of their duties. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government and shall have perpetual existence.

(2005 Ga. Laws (Act No. 215), page 3738, § 2)