7-33-2106. Details relating to board of trustees of fire district. (1) (a) The five trustees initially appointed by the county commissioners shall hold staggered terms of office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified as hereinafter provided.
     (b) The initial trustees' terms of office shall be drawn by lot and include:
     (i) 3 years for one trustee;
     (ii) 2 years for two trustees; and
     (iii) 1 year for two trustees.
     (c) Upon expiration of the terms provided in subsection (1)(b), each trustee shall serve a 3-year term of office.
     (2) Trustees shall be elected as provided in subsection (3) of this section, 13-1-104(3), and 13-1-401 or appointed as provided in subsection (4) of this section. The term of office shall be 3 years beginning at the first district meeting following their election or appointment and continuing until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made by the county governing body and appointees shall hold office until the next regular election. An elector, as defined in Title 13, who resides in the district or any holder of title to lands within the district who presents a proof of payment of taxes on the lands at the polling place is eligible to vote in the election.
     (3) Candidates for the office of trustee of the fire district to be filled by election may be nominated by petition filed with the election administrator or deputy election administrator at least 75 days before the election day and signed by at least five electors of the district.
     (4) If no nominations are made for one or more trustee offices, the county governing body shall appoint one or more trustees as necessary to fill those offices.
     (5) The trustees shall organize by choosing a chairman and appointing one member to act as secretary.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1911; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 19, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5149, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 130, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 5149, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 97, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 75, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 77, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 333, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 120, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2010(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 390, Ch. 571, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 27, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 502, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 250, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 146, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 591, L. 1991.