§41-10-25. Composition; recordkeeping; admissibility in evidence.

(a) The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office, the Governor, or his or her designee, an additional person to be designated by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or his or her designee, shall constitute the members of the authority. The Secretary of the Department of Commerce shall be the president of the authority, the Commissioner of Revenue shall be the vice-president thereof, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary thereof. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer of the authority, shall act as custodian of its funds and shall pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the authority out of the funds provided for in this article. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any five members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold such office by reason of death, resignation, expiration of his or her term of office, or for any other reason, then his or her successor in office shall take his place as an officer, if applicable, and member of the board of directors of the authority. No officer or member of the board of directors of the authority shall draw any salary in addition to that now authorized by law for any service he or she may render or for any duty he or she may perform in connection with the authority.

(b) All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority, shall be signed by at least five members of the authority present at the proceedings and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.

(Acts 1965, No. 662, p. 1187, §6; Acts 1965, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 2, p. 208, §3; Act 2011-690, p. 2112, §1; Act 2012-512, p. 1528, §1.)