(1) The officers of the authority. As described in the act, the chair shall be appointed by the governor. A vice chair, secretary and any additional officers determined necessary by the authority shall be elected by majority vote of the board and serve until replaced by a majority vote of the members voting. The term of officers elected by the board shall continue until the earlier of: (a) the stated term of such appointment, (b) the death, resignation or removal of such officer from such position or from the board or (c) the election of a new officer for such position.

(2) Authority chair and vice chair. In addition to any other duties assigned to the chair by the act, by vote of the board or by this chapter, the chair shall convene board meetings and shall preside over the deliberations of the meeting. The chair shall be a member of each board committee and shall have the ability to vote on any matter coming before such committee; provided, that the chair shall not vote as an audit committee member on any matter on which the vice chair determines the chair would not have adequate objectivity due to the chair's check-signing authority. The vice chair shall act in the chair's absence with his or her same authority and chair special committees as designated by the authority chair; provided, that the vice chair shall not act as a signatory to financial account transactions.

(3) Secretary. The secretary shall be responsible for directing the executive director and staff in keeping minutes and records of board actions, sending out meeting announcements, distributing copies of minutes and the agenda to each board member and assuring that corporate records are maintained.

(4) Committee formation. The authority, either by direction of the chair or action of the board, may create committees as needed. All committees created by the authority shall be advisory in nature only and shall not act on behalf of the authority. Each committee will have a committee chairperson appointed by the chair of the authority. The committee chair may request the participation of any authority member willing to participate; provided, that no committee shall have members sufficient to constitute a quorum of the authority; provided further, that no committee meeting shall have sufficient authority members present and participating to constitute a quorum of the authority. The authority chair is an ex-officio member of all committees.

(5) Executive committee. The authority has and shall maintain an executive committee. The chair, vice chair and secretary comprise the membership of the executive committee. The executive director may serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the executive committee. The executive committee may review issues and make recommendations to the full board. The executive committee may make recommendations regarding the annual performance evaluation of the executive director. The committee may, with the consent of the chair, delegate to the chair the making of any recommendation regarding the annual performance evaluation of the executive director.

(6) Audit committee. The authority has and shall maintain an audit committee. The audit committee is chaired by the vice chair of the authority and operates with at least three members of the board. The audit committee shall review the financial actions by the executive director and staff. The audit committee may develop and review the authority's fiscal procedures.