1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 4
  4. Part 21
  5. 7-4-2105 Term of office

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 4. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 21. County Commissioners

Term Of Office

7-4-2105. Term of office. (1) The term of office of county commissioners is 6 years unless otherwise provided for under a plan of government provided for in a county adopting an optional or alternative form of government. A county commissioner takes office at 12:01 a.m. on January 1 succeeding the date of the election at which the county commissioner was elected.

(2) A county commissioner elected to take office shall take the oath of office on or before the last business day of December following the commissioner's election, except as provided for in 7-4-2106.

History: En. Sec. 4210, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2881, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4452, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4022; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 118, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4452, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 123, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-901(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 220, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 421, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 131, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 291, L. 2009.