§ 11-09-48 — Election as to retention of plan

At any time after any form of county managership has been in force in a county for a period
of four years, the board of county commissioners may submit, and, when petitioned to do so at
least ninety days before a primary election by at least twenty-five percent of the qualified
electors of the county as determined by the total number of votes cast for the office of governor
at the last general election, shall submit to the electors at a primary election the question of
whether or not the county manager plan in force shall be retained. If a majority of the legal votes
cast on such question at the primary election shall be against retaining such plan, it shall cease
to be operative on the first Monday in January next succeeding the primary election, and the
county shall revert to the plan of government in force prior to the adoption of the county
managership. Thereafter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable in such county
until after another compliance with its terms. When the petition has been filed, candidates for all
county offices required under the plan in force prior to the adoption of the county managership
may file nominating petitions. If a majority of the legal votes cast on the question are against
retaining the county manager plan, the candidates nominated at the primary election shall be
voted upon at the general election, and officers shall be elected in accordance with the general
election laws. The terms of office of all officers elected as provided in this section shall
commence on the first Monday in January next succeeding the primary election.