ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
In compliance with the requirements of the Act of Assembly approved December 27, 1994. P.L. 1375, as amended and supplemented, known as the Third Class County Convention Center Authority Act, and pursuant to ordinances duly enacted by the governing bodies of the County of Berks, Pennsylvania (the "County") and the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania (the "City"), expressing the intention and desire of the governing bodies of said municipalities to organize an authority jointly under provisions of said Act, said municipalities certify:
(1) The name of the authority is "Berks County Convention Center Authority."
(2) The Authority is formed under provisions of Act of Assembly approved December 27, 1994, P.L. 1375, as amended and supplemented, known as the Third Class County Convention Center Authority Act.
(3) No other Authority has been organized under provisions of the Act of Assembly approved December 27, 1994, P.L. 1375, as amended and supplemented, known as the Third Class County Convention Center Authority Act.
(4) The names of the incorporating municipalities are: County of Berks, Pennsylvania and City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
(5) The offices, names and addresses of the officers of the governing bodies of said incorporating municipalities are: [Here followed the offices, names and addresses of the incorporating municipalities.]
(6) The members of the Board of the Authority shall be seven in number and shall be apportioned as follows:
County of Berks, Pennsylvania 3
City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania 3
The terms of the first three members appointed by the governing body of the County of Berks, Pennsylvania, shall be allocated between them for a two-year, three-year and four-year term, respectively. The terms of the first three members appointed by the governing body of the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, shall be allocated between them for a two-year, three-year and four-year term, respectively.
The governing bodies of the incorporating municipalities shall alternate in the appointment of the seventh member. The governing body of the County of Berks, Pennsylvania, shall make the first appointment of the seventh member, whose term shall be four years.
(7) The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of the Authority, each of whom is a citizen of said incorporating municipality are as follows: [Here followed the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of the Authority.]