Section 7. Five-member boards of county commissioners
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Five-member boards of county commissioners
A. In those counties having a population of more than one hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent decennial census, and having a final, full assessed valuation in excess or seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000), the elected board of county commissioners shall consist of five members.The county shall be divided into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as practicable. One county commissioner shall reside within, and be elected from, each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant. County commissioners serving on five-member boards of county commissioners pursuant to this subsection shall serve terms of four years, and after having served two consecutive terms, shall be ineligible to hold any county office for four years thereafter. Provided, that in the first general election Immediately following the adoption of this amendment, two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of two years; two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of four years; and one county commissioner shall be elected for a term of six years; thereafter, each county commissioner shall be elected for a term of four years.
B. In those counties having a population of less than one hundred thousand but more than sixty-five thousand, as shown by the 1970 decennial census, and a final, full assessed valuation in excess of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) but less than four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000), according to final assessed valuations for 1978 certified by the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department, the elected board of county commissioners may consist of five members, If a majority of the voters in the county voting thereon, according to the procedures established by law, approve the creation of a five-member board. Upon the creation of a five-member board, the county shall be divided by the Incumbent board of county commissioners into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as practicable. One county commissioner shall reside within, and be elected from, each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant.
C. In a county not subject to the provisions of Subsection A or B of this section, the board of county commissioners by unanimous vote may adopt an ordinance to increase the size of the board of county commissioners to five members. Upon creation of a five-member board, the county shall be divided by the incumbent board of county commissioners into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as possible. One county commissioner shall reside within and be elected from each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant.
D. In every county that has a five-member board of county commissioners, all elected county officials shall serve four-year staggered terms. To provide for staggered terms, the secretary of state shall determine by lot, in two groups of approximately equal numbers, the county officials who shall be elected to a two-year term and those who shall be elected to a four-year term in the 1990 general election or in the first general election following adoption of a five-member board of county commissioners, provided the terms of the county assessor and county treasurer shall not expire in the same year and the terms of no more than three county commissioners shall expire in the same jar. All county officers, after having served two consecutive four-year terms, shall be ineligible to hold any county office for two years thereafter. The provisions of this subsection for staggering or terms do not apply to boards of county commissioners who at the time of the adoption of this amendment, whether by law or court order, are serving four-year staggered terms.
Five-member boards of county commissioners
A. In those counties having a population of more than one hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent decennial census, and having a final, full assessed valuation in excess of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000), the elected board of county commissioners shall consist of five members. The county shall be divided into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as practicable. One county commissioner shall reside within, and be elected from, each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant.
County commissioners serving on five-member boards of county commissioners pursuant to this subsection shall serve terms of four years, and after having served two consecutive terms, shall be ineligible to hold any county office for four years thereafter. Provided, that in the first general election immediately following the adoption of this amendment, two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of two years; two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of four years; and one county commissioner shall be elected for a term of six years; thereafter, each county commissioner shall be elected for a term of four years.
B. In those counties having a population of less than one hundred thousand but more than sixty-five thousand, as shown by the 1970 decennial census, and a final, full assessed valuation in excess of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) but less than four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000), according to final assessed valuations for 1978 certified by the property tax division of the taxation and revenue department, the elected board of county commissioners may consist of five members, if a majority of the voters in the county voting thereon, according to the procedures established by law, approve the creation of a five-member board. Upon the creation of a five-member board, the county shall be divided by the incumbent board of county commissioners into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as practicable. One county commissioner shall reside within, and be elected from, each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant.
Five-member boards of county commissioners
In those counties having a population of more than one hundred thousand, as shown by the most recent decennial census, and having a final, full assessed valuation in excess of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000), the elected board of county commissioners shall consist of five members. The county shall be divided into five county commission districts which shall be compact, contiguous and as nearly equal in population as practicable. One county commissioner shall reside within, and be elected from, each county commission district. Change of residence to a place outside the district from which a county commissioner was elected shall automatically terminate the service of that commissioner and the office shall be declared vacant.
County commissioners serving on a five-member boards of county commissioners shall serve terms of four years, and after having served two consecutive terms, shall be ineligible to hold any county office for four years thereafter.
Provided, that in the first general election immediately following the adoption of this amendment, two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of two years; two county commissioners shall each be elected for a term of four years; and one county commissioner shall be elected for a term of six years; thereafter, each county commissioner shall be elected for a term of four years.