Section 3. Board.
(a) Members.--The Board of Directors of the Rouse Estate is hereby established and shall consist of the county commissioners of Warren County and two members of the community of Warren County. The board shall be a continuation of the Commissioners of the Rouse Estate originally established under the act of April 5, 1862 (P.L.407, No.410), entitled "An act incorporating Commissioners of the Rouse estate, in Warren county."
(b) Community positions.--Each community member of the board, upon appointment or election, shall serve a term of four years noncoincident with the terms of the county commissioners and shall be entitled to serve for one or more succeeding terms. Prior to the expiration of the term of a community member or upon a vacancy in a position of community member, the entire governing board by majority vote, which majority shall include at least two votes of the sitting commissioners of Warren County, shall elect a successor community member. If the board is unable to choose a successor community member, the chief executive officer of the Rouse Estate shall petition the Court of Common Pleas of Warren County, Orphans' Court Division, to appoint the successor community member.
(c) Initial appointments.--The board's community positions shall initially be filled by appointment by the county commissioners of Warren County. The initial terms of the community members may be less than four years or otherwise staggered to enhance continuity of board membership, as determined by the county commissioners.