Code of Alabama
Division 2 - Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Section 45-2-243.23 - Board of Directors - Powers and Duties.

(a) The power of the bureau shall be vested in and exercised by the board of directors pursuant to this subpart.
(b) The board shall employ agents, employees, officers, consultants, attorneys, and secure services and assistance the board deems necessary to enable it to conduct and engage in the activities and purposes for which this bureau is created.
(c) The board may delegate to one or more of its members, employees, agents, or officers, the duties it deems proper.
(d) The board shall elect a chair, a vice chair of the board who shall serve as chair in the event of the absence of the chair, a treasurer, and a secretary. One person may serve as treasurer and secretary. The treasurer and secretary may, but need not be, a member of the board.
(e) The board shall provide by resolution for the dates on which the chair, vice chair, treasurer, and secretary shall be elected, which resolution shall also specify the term or period for which each of the offices shall serve.
(f) The treasurer shall act as custodian of all of the funds, from whatever sources derived, received by the officer.
(g) The treasurer of the board shall execute a fidelity bond with a company authorized to write bonds in the State of Alabama being surety thereon, which bond shall be in an amount approved by the board.
(h) Contracts of the bureau shall be executed in the name of the bureau by the chair of the board and attested by the secretary of the board. The board may by resolution provide for a different form for the execution of contracts and for the execution by an officer or agent other than the chair and secretary. In no event shall a contract, irrespective of its form and of the persons executing it, be binding unless the contract was authorized or ratified by the board.

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