§ 132. Creation; members; terms; officers; quorum; compensation; rules.

(a)

There is hereby created a body politic to be known as the DeKalb County coliseum authority, which shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the State of Georgia and a public corporation by that name, style and title and said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The authority shall consist of five (5) members.

(b)

The original members of the authority and their initial terms of office shall be as follows:

Mr. Alfred J. Ciraldo for a one-year term;

Mr. Dan E. McConaughey for a two-year term;

Mr. William W. Lively for a three-year term;

Mr. Samuel L. Buttrill for a four-year term;

Mr. Jack L. Mathis for a five-year term.

The initial terms of office shall extend from the organizational meeting of the authority in 1969 until its annual meetings in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974, respectively, for the one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year terms of office. All subsequent terms of office shall be for five (5) years. All vacancies in the membership of the authority, whether caused by expiration of term of office, death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by a majority vote of the governing authority of DeKalb County. Any member of the authority may be elected to succeed himself. All members, duly appointed, shall hold office until his or her successor shall be appointed and duly qualified. Any person, appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term of the person he or she replaced unless he or she thereafter shall be elected to a full five-year term by the governing authority of DeKalb County.

(c)

The authority shall elect one (1) of its members as chairman and another member as vice-chairman, both of whom shall be elected for a term of one (1) year, the first chairman and vice-chairman to serve from the organizational meeting of the authority in 1969 until the annual meeting in 1970, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Subsequent chairmen and vice-chairmen shall be elected at the annual meeting of the authority and shall serve from the time of such election until the annual meeting in the next succeeding year, of [or] until their successors are elected and qualified. It shall also elect a secretary and treasurer who does not necessarily have to be a member of the authority and, if not a member, he or she shall have no voting rights and shall be elected to serve for such term as may be determined by the authority. If a member of the authority is elected to serve as secretary and treasurer, he or she shall be elected in the same manner and for the same term as the chairman and vice-chairman. No member of the authority shall hold more than one (1) office except that of secretary and treasurer. Three (3) members of the authority eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum. It shall require the concurrence of at least three (3) members of the authority to exercise any of the rights of and to perform any of the duties of the authority. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to act. The members of the authority shall serve without compensation except that they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence.

(Acts 1969, p. 2567, § 2)