§19-21A-6 Election of supervisors for each district; filling vacancies.
§19-21A-6. Election of supervisors for each district; filling vacancies.
(a) Each county in a district shall elect two nonpartisan supervisors: Provided, That any county with a population of one hundred thousand based on the most recent decennial census shall elect one additional supervisor and any county with a population over one hundred thousand based on the most recent decennial census shall elect one additional supervisor for each fifty thousand residents over one hundred thousand.
(b) A candidate for supervisor must be a landowner and an active farmer with a minimum of five years' experience or a retired farmer who has had a minimum of five years' experience and must have the education, training and experience necessary to carry out the duties required by this article. The State Conservation Committee shall propose for promulgation in accordance with the requirements of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine of this code legislative rules to establish criteria for the necessary education, training and experience.
(c) All registered voters in the district are eligible to vote in the election for candidates from the county within the boundaries of the district in which the voter resides. The candidates in each county who receive the largest number of votes cast in the election shall be elected supervisors for that county.
(d) Supervisors shall be elected in the general election to be conducted in the year 2008 as nonpartisan candidates. After that, supervisors shall be elected in the primary election. The term of office for the candidate for supervisor receiving the highest number of votes in the general election of 2008 is four years; the candidate for supervisor receiving the second highest number of votes in the general election of 2008 is two years. In counties where more than two supervisors are elected in the general election of 2008, the two supervisors receiving the highest number of votes serve for four years and the remaining supervisor or supervisors serve for two years. Terms of office for supervisors elected after that are four years. The provisions of chapter three of this code apply to election of supervisors.
(e) Persons holding the position of supervisor, regardless of the expiration of the designated term of office, continue to serve until the election and qualification of his or her successor.
(f) Any vacancy occurring in the office of supervisor shall be filled by the committee by appointment of a person from the county in which the vacancy occurs. Within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs, the district shall submit a list of names of persons qualified to be a supervisor. If the unexpired term is for less than two years and two months, the appointed person holds office until the expiration of the term. If the unexpired term is for more than two years and two months, the appointed person holds the office until a successor is elected in the next primary or general election and qualified.