(a) The board of trustees of a community college shall be elected by the vote of a majority of the members of the governing body or governing bodies of the local sponsor within sixty (60) days of the approval of the plan by the State Board of Education, except that the board of trustees of a community college sponsored by a city of the second class shall be appointed by the mayor, with approval of city council, and in cities of the first class shall be appointed by the mayor from nomination from a nominating panel established in accordance with municipal ordinance.

(b) The board of trustees shall consist of no less than seven nor more than fifteen persons appointed for terms of six years each, except that those persons initially appointed shall draw lots to determine which trustees shall serve for a term of two years, which trustees shall serve for a term of four years and which trustees shall serve for a term of six years. Thereafter, all persons shall be appointed for terms of six years each. A trustee may succeed himself.

(c) The board of trustees shall organize itself at such times each year as it determines and shall choose from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman and secretary who shall hold such offices for one year. A majority of the members of the board shall be a quorum. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired terms. Trustees shall serve without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), the board of trustees of a community college may appoint a trustee from each county where a campus or satellite classroom is located for which no local sponsor exists and, for a community college that is located in a county of the third class with a population between 290,000 and 310,000 as of the 2010 census, may appoint up to two trustees from a county where a campus is located for which no local sponsor exists. The trustee shall be selected by the board of trustees of the community college. Trustees appointed under the provisions of this subsection shall be appointed for terms of two years.