11-211. Membership; qualifications;
term
A. There shall be in each county having a population of one hundred seventy-five
thousand or more persons a board of supervisors consisting of five members who shall be
qualified electors of their supervisorial district, and who shall be elected at a general
election at which the president of the United States is elected. In each county having a
population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand persons, a board of supervisors
shall consist of three members, except as prescribed by subsection B of this section, who
shall be qualified electors of their supervisorial district and who shall be elected at a
general election at which the president of the United States is elected. They shall
enter upon their duties on January 1 subsequent to their election, and shall hold office
for four years. No person holding any other county or precinct office is eligible to the
office of supervisor.
B. Any county having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand
persons but more than one hundred thousand persons shall call an election to change from
a three-member to a five-member board of supervisors, or from a five-member to a
three-member board of supervisors, upon receipt by the board of supervisors of a petition
containing signatures of qualified electors equal to at least ten per cent of the votes
cast in the county at the preceding general election at which a president of the United
States was elected. The board shall submit to the electors in such county, at a special
election called for such purpose, the question whether or not such county shall elect
five members or three members to the board of supervisors. The election shall be held
before the first Monday in January preceding the next general election. The ballots shall
contain the words: "Five supervisors, yes. Five supervisors, no." or "Three supervisors,
yes. Three supervisors, no." If the majority of the qualified electors voting on the
question votes in the affirmative, the board of supervisors shall redistrict the county
in accordance with section 11-212. The county shall thereafter elect the prescribed
number of members to the board of supervisors who shall have the same qualifications as
provided in subsection A of this section for a board of supervisors with a population of
one hundred seventy-five thousand or more persons, and shall hold office for a term of
four years to commence on January 1.
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