Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/568.560
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 06:22:23
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ORS 568.560 - Number of directors - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 13 Chapter 568 Section 568.560
2017 ORS 568.560¹
• director qualifications
(1) The local governing body of the soil and water conservation district shall consist of a board of either five or seven directors elected or appointed as provided by law. To ensure proper representation of all the people in the district and to facilitate district functions, the State Department of Agriculture shall provide for the zoning of each district, and shall provide each time directors are elected or appointed for the proper and equitable representation for each zone.
(a) Of the directors first appointed under ORS 568.400 (Appointment of first directors of district), two shall serve until January first following the first general election following their appointment, and three shall serve until January first following the second general election following their appointment, as determined by the department, and thereafter, their successors shall be elected as provided by law for other elected directors.
(b) Of the directors first elected as provided in ORS 568.545 (Procedure for selection of directors of consolidated districts) (1), three shall serve until January first following the first general election and four shall serve until January first following the second general election after the date of their election, as determined by them by lot at the meeting referred to in ORS 568.545 (Procedure for selection of directors of consolidated districts) (1).
(c) Of the directors first elected as provided in ORS 568.565 (Procedures for changing number of directors) (1), three shall serve until January first following the first general election and two shall serve until January first following the second general election after the date of their election, as determined by them by lot at the meeting referred to in ORS 568.565 (Procedures for changing number of directors) (1).
(d) Of the zone directors elected as provided under ORS 568.565 (Procedures for changing number of directors) (2), three shall serve until January first following the first general election and two shall serve until January first following the second general election after the date of their election, as determined by lot at the meeting referred to in ORS 568.565 (Procedures for changing number of directors) (2).
(b) No nominee for the position qualifies under ORS 568.530 (Ballots) to have the name of the nominee furnished to the county clerk for placement on the general district election ballot and no person qualifies under ORS 568.530 (Ballots) to have write-in votes counted. A position becomes vacant under this paragraph on January 1.
(9) An appointment under subsection (8) of this section shall end on January 1 next following the first general district election held after the appointment. If the appointment ends under this subsection before the January 1 that would normally complete the four-year term of office for the position, the position shall be placed on the ballot at the next general election as provided under ORS 568.530 (Ballots) to fill the position for the remainder of the four-year term. [Amended by 1955 c.142 §17; 1957 c.603 §5; 1961 c.641 §2; 1965 c.75 §1; 1969 c.393 §2; 1969 c.669 §§16, 19; 1973 c.656 §14; 1981 c.92 §32; 1993 c.166 §2; 2007 c.690 §5; 2009 c.220 §28]