RSA 239:3 · Board of Directors

239:3 Board of Directors. –

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I.

The board of directors of COAST may include but is not limited to the following representatives:

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(a)

5 from the governor's blue ribbon commission on seacoast transportation or from companies with 250 or more employees;

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(b)

One from every town or city served by COAST;

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(c)

One from the Strafford county commission;

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(d)

One from the Rockingham county commission;

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(e)

One each from 3 private, urban, fixed route transportation companies;

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(f)

One from the university system of New Hampshire;

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(g)

One each from 2 social service agencies providing transportation in Rockingham county;

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(h)

One each from 2 social service agencies providing transportation in Strafford county;

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(i)

One from a taxi company;

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(j)

One from the state council on aging;

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(k)

One each from the Strafford regional planning commission and the Rockingham planning commission;

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(l)

One each from the Rochester, Dover, Portsmouth and Exeter Chambers of Commerce;

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(m)

One from the governor's commission on disability;

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(n)

One from the department of transportation;

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(o)

One from the Rochester-Dover-Portsmouth metropolitan planning organization's policy committee;

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(p)

One non-voting from the United States Department of Transportation, division I, Urban Mass Transportation Administration.

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II.

Each entity in paragraph I of this section may appoint an alternate who will serve if the primary board member is absent. The board of directors shall hold office for 2 years. All initial appointments shall be regarded as having begun on the day of the annual meeting.

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III.

Annually, the board of directors shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman. The directors shall elect a secretary and a treasurer who shall also be board members, and the same person may serve both as secretary and as treasurer. The officers shall be elected by majority vote.

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IV.

The directors shall serve without compensation, but COAST shall reimburse its directors for actual expenses appropriately and necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. Source. 1985, 185:1. 1990, 140:1, eff. June 18, 1990.

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