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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-404" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Business Improvement Districts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A board of directors shall govern the district corporation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the board of a district corporation consists of five members appointed by the members of the district.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Appointment procedures shall be provided in the local law establishing the district.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>From among its members, the board shall elect a chair and other officers.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Three voting members of the board are a quorum.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The board may act on a resolution only by the affirmative vote of at least three voting members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A member of the board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the board; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in performing the member’s duties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The board shall exercise its powers by resolution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The board shall file an annual report with the governing body of the county or municipal corporation that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a financial statement for the preceding year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a proposed operating budget for the current fiscal year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any proposed revisions to the business plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a narrative statement or chart showing the results of operations in comparison to stated goals and objectives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
