230A.4 - TRUSTEES -- QUALIFICATIONS -- MANNER OF SELECTION.
230A.4 TRUSTEES -- QUALIFICATIONS -- MANNER OF
SELECTION.
When the board or boards of supervisors of a county or affiliated
counties decides to directly establish a community mental health
center under this chapter, the supervisors, acting jointly in the
case of affiliated counties, shall appoint a board of community
mental health center trustees to serve until the next succeeding
general election. The board of trustees shall consist of at least
seven members each of whom shall be a resident of the county or one
of the counties served by the center. An employee of the center is
not eligible for the office of community mental health center
trustee. At the first general election following establishment of
the center, all members of the board of trustees shall be elected.
They shall assume office on the second day of the following January
which is not a Sunday or legal holiday, and shall at once divide
themselves by lot into three classes of as nearly equal size as
possible. The first class shall serve for terms of two years, the
second class for terms of four years, and the third class for terms
of six years. Thereafter, a member shall be elected to the board of
trustees for a term of six years at each general election to succeed
each member whose term will expire in the following year. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 230A.4; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 1030]
Referred to in § 230A.3, 331.321