A. When a municipality fails to hold a biennial meeting on the first Tuesday of April in an odd-numbered year, the governing body shall immediately schedule and give notice of a special town meeting for the purpose of electing officers. Such notice shall be in accordance with Section 4 of this act.
B. If the governing body fails or refuses to hold a biennial or special town meeting for the purpose of electing officers, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the municipality is located shall call a town meeting for the purpose of electing officers. The sheriff, or his deputy, of the county in which the municipality is located shall attend any town meeting called by the board of county commissioners, and if the municipal officers fail to conduct the meeting, shall moderate the meeting.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.