303.49 - ELECTION OF TRUSTEES -- TERMS -- VACANCIES.

        303.49  ELECTION OF TRUSTEES -- TERMS -- VACANCIES.         1.  If the proposition to establish a land use district carries, a      special election shall be called by the board of supervisors of the      county which conducted the election to form the district.  This      special election shall be held within the newly created district at a      single polling place designated by the county auditor not more than      ninety days after the organization of the land use district.  The      election shall be held for the purpose of electing the initial seven      members of the board of trustees of the land use district.  The      county auditor shall cause notice of the election to be posted and      published, and shall perform all other acts with reference to the      election, and conduct it in like manner, as nearly as may be, as      provided in this subchapter for the election on the question of      establishing the district.  Each trustee must be a United States      citizen not less than eighteen years of age and a resident of the      district.  Each registered voter at the election may write in upon      the ballot the names of not more than seven persons whom the voter      desires for trustees and may cast not more than one vote for each of      the seven persons.  The seven persons receiving the highest number of      votes cast shall constitute the first board of trustees of the      district.         2.  Following the initial special election, an annual election      shall be held at a single polling place within the district      designated by the county auditor for the purpose of electing a      trustee to replace a trustee whose term will expire.  The board of      trustees, in consultation with the county auditor, shall select the      election date.  The county auditor shall perform all other acts with      reference to the election and conduct it in like manner, as nearly as      may be, as provided in chapters 45 and 49.  Each registered voter at      the election may vote for one person whom the voter desires as a      trustee for each expiring term.  The term of office for each trustee      elected shall be three years.         3.  Vacancies in the office of trustee of a land use district may      be filled by the remaining members of the board of trustees for the      period extending to the next annual election at which time the      registered voters of the district shall elect a new trustee to fill      the vacancy for the unexpired term.  Expenses incurred in carrying      out the annual elections of trustees shall be paid for by the land      use district.         4.  When the initial board of trustees is elected under this      section the trustees shall be ranked in the order of votes received      from highest to lowest.  Any ties shall be resolved by a random      method.  The last ranked trustee shall receive an initial term      expiring at the next annual election for trustees, the sixth and      fifth ranked trustees receive an initial term expiring one year      later, the fourth ranked trustee receives an initial term expiring      two years after that election, the third and second ranked trustees      receive initial terms expiring three years after that election, and      the first ranked trustee shall receive an initial term expiring four      years after that election.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 108, § 9; 85 Acts, ch 161, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64;      97 Acts, ch 83, §1         Referred to in § 303.64