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TITLE 31
COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
CHAPTER 14
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
31-1415. ORGANIZATION OF BOARD — MEETINGS — OFFICERS — OFFICIAL
BONDS. Immediately after qualifying, the board of fire protection commissioners
shall meet and organize as a board, and at that time, and whenever thereafter
vacancies in the respective offices may occur, they shall elect a president
from their number, and shall appoint a secretary and treasurer who may also be
from their number, all of whom shall hold office during the pleasure of the
board, or for terms fixed by the board. The offices of secretary and treasurer
may be filled by the same person. Certified copies of all such appointments,
under the hand of each of the commissioners, shall be forthwith filed with the
clerk of the board of county commissioners and with the tax collector of the
county.
As soon as practicable after the organization of the first board of fire
protection commissioners, and thereafter when deemed expedient or necessary,
such board shall designate a day and hour on which regular meetings shall be
held and a place for the holding thereof, which shall be within the district.
Regular meetings shall be held at least quarterly. The minutes of all meetings
must show what bills are submitted, considered, allowed or rejected. The
secretary shall make a list of all bills presented, showing to whom payable,
for what service or material, when and where used, amount claimed, allowed or
disallowed. Such list shall be acted on by the board. All meetings of the board
must be public, and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. All fire protection districts shall meet the financial audit filing
requirements as provided in section 67-450B, Idaho Code. All meetings of fire
protection boards shall be noticed and run in accordance with the open meeting
law provided for in chapter 2, title 74, Idaho Code, inclusive. All records of
fire protection districts shall be available to the public in accordance with
the provisions of public records law as provided for in chapter 1, title 74,
Idaho Code.
The officers of the district shall take and file with the secretary, an
oath for faithful performance of the duties of the respective offices. The
treasurer shall on his appointment execute and file with the secretary an
official bond in compliance with section 41-2604, Idaho Code, in such an amount
as may be fixed by the fire protection board but in no case less than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000).
History:
[(31-1415) 31-1413, added 1943, ch. 161, sec. 13, p. 324; am. 1982, ch.
331, sec. 1, p. 838; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 318, sec. 12, p. 1000; am.
2015, ch. 141, sec. 54, p. 419.]
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