KRS § 104.610 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 104 / Section 104.610
104.610 Officers and employees of board -- Seal -- Records -- Expenses -- Rules and regulations -- Civil liabilities -- Audits -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090
Status: in_force

104.610 Officers and employees of board -- Seal -- Records -- Expenses -- Rules and

regulations -- Civil liabilities -- Audits -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to

65A.090.

(1) The board of directors shall, upon taking oath, elect one (1) of their members as

president of the board, and shall select some suitable person as secretary, who need

not be a member of the board. The secretary shall serve as treasurer of the district,

or the board may select a treasurer. The selection of the secretary and treasurer shall

be evidenced on the minutes of the board, with their compensation. He or they shall

serve at the pleasure of the board.

(2) The board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all

proceedings, minutes of meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees,

and all corporate acts, which shall be open to the inspection of any owner of

property in the district as well as all other interested persons.

(3) The board of directors shall be the governing body of the flood control district, and

shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all of the affairs and property

of the district.

(4) No compensation shall be paid to directors, but each director shall be reimbursed

for expenses incurred in attending meetings or for expenses incurred in other

activities authorized by the board of directors as necessary for carrying out the

purposes of the flood control district.

(5) The board of directors may adopt all necessary rules and regulations for the proper

management and conduct of the business of the board and of the corporation, and

for carrying into effect the other objects for which the district was formed. The

board of directors may also make and enforce rules and regulations pertaining to the

use by persons of land or properties connected with or a part of the flood control

works. All such rules and regulations shall become effective on the date when a

notice of their adoption is published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424; such notice shall

not contain the rules and regulations in full but shall only summarize their contents

and shall state where any interested person may examine the full texts of such rules

and regulations.

(6) The board of directors may recover by civil action from any person or public

corporation violating such rules and regulations a sum not less than one hundred

dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), together with costs.

The board may enforce by mandamus or otherwise all necessary and authorized

rules and regulations made by it, and may take summary action to remove any

improper construction or to terminate any unauthorized practices in connection with

flood control works. Any person or public corporation willfully failing to comply

with rules and regulations of the board shall be liable for damages caused by such

failure and for the cost of renewing or replacing any part of the flood control works

damaged or destroyed.

(7) The board of directors shall have an annual audit made by a certified public

accountant, copies of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the

county judge/executive of the county or counties in which the flood control district

is located.

(8) The board of directors shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to

65A.090.