§ 1226-e. Water board. 1. A water board, to be known as the "Upper\nMohawk valley regional water board", may be created by a special act of\nthe state legislature as a body corporate and politic, constituting a\ncorporate municipal instrumentality of the state and having the powers\nand duties as provided in this title.\n 2. The governing body of the water board shall consist of a total of\ntwelve members, to be appointed and to serve as follows: two members,\neach of whom shall be a resident of the city, shall be appointed by the\ncouncil; two members, each of whom shall be a resident of the city,\nshall be appointed by the mayor; two members shall be appointed by the\ncounty executive, the first of which shall be a resident of a village\nlocated within the service area outside of the city and the second of\nwhich shall be a resident of the service area outside of the city, which\nsecond member shall be subject to confirmation by the Herkimer county\nlegislature; two members shall be appointed by the county legislature,\neach of whom shall be a resident of the city; and four members shall be\nresidents of the service area outside of the city and shall be appointed\nby the towns within, either wholly or partly, the service area in\naccordance with the following procedure: one member shall be appointed\nby the town board of the town of New Hartford; one member shall be\nappointed by the town board of the town of Whitestown; one member shall\nbe appointed by the town board of the town of Marcy and alternately by\nthe town board of the town of Schuyler and then by the town board of the\ntown of Kirkland. The first such member shall be appointed by the town\nboard of the town of Marcy. Following the expiration of that member's\nterm, such subsequently appointed member shall be appointed by the town\nboard of the town of Schuyler. Following the expiration of that member's\nterm, such subsequently appointed member shall be appointed by the town\nboard of the town of Kirkland. Thereafter each such subsequent member\nshall be appointed alternately by the town board of the town of Marcy,\nthen by the town board of the town of Schuyler and then by the town\nboard of the town of Kirkland; one member shall be appointed by the town\nboard of the town of Trenton and alternately by the town board of the\ntown of Deerfield and then by the town board of the town of Frankfort.\nThe first such member shall be appointed by the town board of the town\nof Trenton. Following the expiration of that member's term, such\nsubsequently appointed member shall be appointed by the town board of\nthe town of Deerfield. Following the expiration of that member's term,\nsuch subsequently appointed member shall be appointed by the town board\nof the town of Frankfort. Thereafter each such subsequent member shall\nbe appointed alternately by the town board of the town of Trenton, then\nby the town board of the town of Deerfield and then by the town board of\nthe town of Frankfort. No appointment made by the mayor shall be subject\nto confirmation by the council. No appointment made by the county\nexecutive shall be subject to confirmation by the county legislature.\nNo appointment by the council shall be subject to approval or veto by\nthe mayor. No appointment by the county legislature shall be subject to\napproval or veto by the county executive. Failure by any party to\nappoint any member shall not invalidate the creation or establishment of\nthe water board and shall result in the creation of a vacancy on the\ngoverning body of the water board which may be filled at any time by\nsuch party. The first members appointed by the council shall be\nappointed for the following terms of office; one for a term ending on\nDecember thirty-first of the first year following the year in which this\ntitle shall have become law; and one for a term ending on December\nthirty-first of the third year following the year in which this title\nshall have become law. The first me
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