38.08(4)

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(4) District board members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

38.08(1)(a)1.

1. A district board shall administer the district and shall be composed of 9 members who are residents of the district, including 2 employers, 2 employees, 3 additional members, a school district administrator, as defined under § 115.001 (8), and one elected official who holds a state or local office, as defined in § 5.02. The board shall by rule define “employer” and “employee” for the purpose of this subdivision.

38.08

38.08 Composition and organization of district board.

38.08(1)

(1)

38.08(1)(a)

(a)

38.08(1)(b)

(b) District board members shall take office on July 1 and shall serve staggered 3-year terms.

38.08(1)(a)2.

2. The employer and employee members of the district board shall be representative of the various businesses and industries in the district. The school district administrator shall be employed by the school board of a school district located in the district. Of the 3 additional members, no more than 2 may be employers, no more than 2 may be employees, no more than 3 may be school district administrators and no more than 3 may be elected officials. No 2 members of the district board may be officials of the same governmental unit nor may any district board member be a member of the school board that employs the school district administrator member.

38.08(1g)

(1g) The appointment committee for a district board that governs a district encompassing a 1st class city shall include 4 additional members designated by the board of school directors in charge of the public schools of the 1st class city. The additional members shall be appointed so as to reflect, to the extent possible, the distribution of women and minorities within the 1st class city.

38.08(2)

(2) Members of a district board shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for any unexpired term of more than 90 days in the manner provided for the making of original appointments in § 38.10, except that if a vacancy occurs within 120 days preceding a spring election, the vacancy need not be filled until 60 days after the spring election, in the manner provided in § 38.10.

38.08(2m)

(2m) Any member of a district board serving as an elected official under sub. (1) (a) 1. shall cease to be a member upon vacating his or her office as an elected official.

38.08(3)

(3) The district board shall hold its annual organizational meeting on the 2nd Monday in July at which it shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary and treasurer. If a vacancy occurs in any of the district board officer positions after the annual organizational meeting, the district board may elect an officer to fill the vacancy at any subsequent district board meeting. No person may serve as chairperson for more than 2 successive annual terms.

38.08(5)

(5) Where a function is assigned to the clerk of a governmental unit and a district is one of such governmental units, the function shall be performed by the district board secretary.