County-commission district overlap; consecutive terms; two commissioners from same county.

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county that is divided among two or more commission districts, for purposes of electing a commission member, is considered to be in the district which contains the largest number of residents from that county.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no county within a commission district shall have a resident commission member for more than two consecutive terms and in no event shall any two persons from the same county serve as a commission member simultaneously.

HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 11, Section 1.B, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on January 13, 2005); 2020 Act No. 151 (S.1048), Section 1, eff September 28, 2020.

Effect of Amendment

2020 Act No. 151, Section 1, in (B), substituted "two consecutive terms" for "one consecutive term".


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