§45-17-91.21. Creation of the committee; membership; officers.

(a) There is created the Shoals Industrial Development Committee, which shall be an intergovernmental agency or instrumentality of each of the counties. The committee shall be composed of 10 members, who shall serve ex officio or shall be appointed, and who shall serve for such terms of office, as is specified in this section.

(b)(1) The following public officials shall serve ex officio as members of the committee, each for a term co-extensive with his or her term of office as such public official:

a. The Mayor of the City of Florence.

b. The Mayor of the City of Muscle Shoals.

c. The Mayor of the City of Sheffield.

d. The Mayor of the City of Tuscumbia.

e. The Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission.

(2) The initial term of office, as a member of the committee, of each of the foregoing public officials who holds office on May 31, 2007, shall commence on August 1, 2007. In case of any vacancy, from whatever cause, in the office of mayor or chair of any of the foregoing public bodies, his or her successor as mayor or chair shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee, commencing on the date on which he or she assumes the duties of mayor or chair.

(c)(1) The following public officials shall serve ex officio as members of the committee, each for a term co-extensive with his or her term of office as such public official, but subject to immediate termination prior thereto at any time upon action of the public body by which such member was appointed:

a. One member of the Colbert County Commission, who shall be appointed by such commission.

b. One member of the Lauderdale County Commission, who shall be appointed by such commission.

c. One member of the City Council of the City of Florence, who shall be appointed by such city council.

(2) The initial term of office, as a member of the committee, of each of the foregoing public officials who holds office on May 31, 2007, shall commence on August 1, 2007. Each such public official shall be eligible for reappointment as a member of the committee during any subsequent term of office he or she may have as a member of either of the county commissions or the city council. In case of a vacancy resulting from the expiration, whether by resignation or any other cause, or prior termination of such public official's term of office as a member of the committee, the public body which appointed such member shall, within 30 days following the occurrence of such vacancy, appoint a successor from among its other members. The term of office of such successor, as a member of the committee, shall commence immediately upon his or her appointment as such.

(d)(1) The individual at the time serving as mayor of one of the following towns shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee, but only for the term herein specified: a. The Mayor of the Town of Anderson, in Lauderdale County, for a term of one calendar year, commencing on August 1 in the year 2007 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

b. The Mayor of the Town of Killen, in Lauderdale County, for a term of one calendar year, commencing on August 1 in the year 2008 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

c. The Mayor of the Town of Lexington, in Lauderdale County, commencing on August 1 in the year 2009 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

d. The Mayor of the Town of Rogersville, in Lauderdale County, commencing on August 1 in the year 2010 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

e. The Mayor of the Town of St. Florian, in Lauderdale County, commencing on August 1 in the year 2011 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

f. The Mayor of the Town of Waterloo, in Lauderdale County, commencing on August 1 in the year 2012 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

(2) In the event that such individual's term of office as mayor expires prior to the expiration of his or her one-year term as a member of the committee, his or her successor as mayor shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee, commencing on the date on which he or she assumes the duties of mayor, but only for the remainder of such one-year term.

(e)(1) The individual at the time serving as mayor of one of the following towns shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee, but only for the term herein specified:

a. The Mayor of the Town of Cherokee, in Colbert County, for a term of two calendar years, commencing on August 1 in the year 2007 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

b. The Mayor of the Town of Leighton, in Colbert County, for a term of two calendar years, commencing on August 1 in the year 2009 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

c. The Mayor of the Town of Littleville, in Colbert County, for a term of two calendar years, commencing on August 1 in the year 2011 and on August 1 in each sixth year thereafter.

(2) In the event that such individual's term of office as mayor expires prior to the expiration of his or her two-year term as a member of the committee, his or her successor as mayor shall serve ex officio as a member of the committee, commencing on the date on which he or she assumes the duties of mayor, but only for the remainder of such two-year term.

(f) The committee shall elect from among its members a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary, each of whom shall be elected to serve a term of one year, beginning on August 1 in 2007 and on August 1 in each calendar year thereafter. The duties of such officers shall be such as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed by the committee.

(Act 2007-212, p. 260, §2.)