357.13 - TRUSTEES -- QUALIFICATION AND TERMS.

        357.13  TRUSTEES -- QUALIFICATION AND TERMS.         1.  At the initial election provided for in section 357.12, the      names of the trustees shall be written by the voter on blank ballots      without formal nomination and the board of supervisors shall appoint      three from among the five receiving the highest number of votes as      trustees for the district, one to serve for one year, one for two      years, and one for three years.  The trustees and their successors      shall give bond in the amount the board of supervisors may require,      the premium of which shall be paid by the district which the trustees      represent.  Vacancies during a term may be filled by election, or by      appointment by the board of supervisors, at the option of the      remaining trustees.  The trustees must be residents of the district.      The term of succeeding trustees shall be for three years.         2.  After the initial board of trustees is selected, a candidate      for trustee shall be nominated by a personal affidavit of the      candidate or by petition of at least ten eligible electors of the      district and the candidate's affidavit, which shall be filed with the      county commissioner of elections at least twenty-five days before the      date of the election.  The form of the candidate's affidavit shall be      substantially the same as provided in section 45.3.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, 31, 35, § 5524; C39, § 5526.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 357.13] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 111, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1204, § 14