Sec. 4. (a) The board is composed of seven (7) members.

     (b) The county executive shall determine in the creating ordinance which units within the county shall make appointments to the board. In addition, the creating ordinance must provide that no more than four (4) of the members be affiliated with the same political party. The creating ordinance must also provide staggered terms for the appointments.

     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a board was created under IC 18-7-18 (before its repeal on February 24, 1982), three (3) members shall be appointed by the executive of the second class city and three (3) members shall be appointed by the executive of the county. Those members shall select the seventh member, who serves as president. One (1) of the members appointed by the city executive must be engaged in the hospitality industry in the city. No more than two (2) of the members appointed by the city executive may be affiliated with the same political party and no more than two (2) of the members appointed by the county executive may be affiliated with the same political party. In addition, each member must have been a resident of the county for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the member’s appointment. Initial terms of the members are as follows:

(1) One (1) of the members appointed by each appointing authority for a term ending January 15 of the year following the appointment.

(2) Two (2) of the members appointed by each appointing authority for a term ending January 15 of the second year following the appointment.

(3) The seventh member serves for a term ending January 15 of the second year following the appointment.

     (d) Subsequent terms of members are for two (2) years. All terms begin on January 15. A member serves until a successor is appointed and qualified. A member may be reappointed after the member’s term has expired.

     (e) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the appointing authority shall appoint a new member. That member serves for the remainder of the vacated term.

     (f) A board member may be removed for cause by the appointing authority who appointed the member.

     (g) Each member, before entering upon the member’s duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The oath shall be endorsed upon the member’s certificate of appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the records of the board. However, if the board was created under IC 18-7-18 (before its repeal on February 24, 1982), the certificate shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the board is created.

     (h) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the member’s duties.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.163-1987, SEC.9; P.L.3-1990, SEC.144; P.L.176-2009, SEC.27; P.L.229-2011, SEC.267.