This section gives the board commissioner powers to act as a corporation, sue and be sued, hold a domicile, manage property and contracts, and handle funds and warrants.
§309. Corporate status and powers of boards; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings; deposit of funds; warrants A. A board of commissioners shall, in addition to the powers herein conferred, be constituted a body politic or a political corporation invested with the powers inherent in corporations. B. The board may sue and be sued under the style of Board of Commissioners for the respective district. All suits on behalf of the board shall be brought by the president. The board shall at its first regular meeting choose a domicile for the purpose of being sued and keeping its office and archives. Service of process shall be made upon the president or vice president of the board in person. C. The board may buy, sell, or exchange property, make and execute all contracts, and do and perform all things necessary to carry out the objects of this Chapter, subject to the limitations and duties herein provided. It shall have a corporate seal, and copies of all the regulations and copies of proceedings of the board certified to by its secretary under its corporate seal shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the acts and proceedings of the board. D. All funds of the board may be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the district unless otherwise provided, and all warrants drawn thereon by the president of the board shall specify the indebtedness the warrants are intended to liquidate, in part or in whole, and the funds shall not be drawn from the treasury except on the warrant of the state treasurer as hereinafter provided. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1999, No. 731, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.