§ 15-22-1210 - Oath of office -- Vacancy.
15-22-1210. Oath of office -- Vacancy.
(a) Each member of the Sparta Aquifer critical groundwater county conservation board shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, 20, and shall also swear that he or she will not directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made by the board.
(b) All oaths of members of the board shall be executed in writing and shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk for the county.
(c) Any member failing to take the oath within thirty (30) days after his or her appointment or election shall be deemed to have declined the office, and his or her place shall be filled as other vacancies.
(d) (1) Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment of the board for a term to last until December 31 following the next general election, at which time the vacancy shall be filled by election from the appropriate district for the unexpired term of the position that became vacant.
(2) Should there not be time for a candidate to qualify for the next general election, the appointment shall be until December 31 of the next-following general election.