§ 14-88-303 - Vacancies generally.
14-88-303. Vacancies generally.
(a) All vacancies that may occur after a municipal board shall have been organized shall be filled by the city or town council.
(b) If all places on the board shall become vacant or those appointed shall refuse or neglect to act, new members shall be appointed by the council, as in the first instance, except that after July 1, 1999, in cities of the first class with a population of between sixty-one thousand five hundred (61,500) and sixty-two thousand (62,000) persons according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census, new members shall be appointed only for the remainder of the vacant term and no person who is removed as a commissioner shall qualify.