(a)At any annual meeting of the irrigation district, the
district may elect to adopt either a calendar year basis for
their district elections or a fiscal year basis for their
district elections. If the district elects a calendar year
basis, on or after the first day of February and before the last
day in March next preceding the expiration of the terms of
office of any irrigation district commissioner appointed in any
irrigation district, organized under the provisions of this
chapter, and on or after the first day of February and before
the last day in March of each year thereafter, an election shall
be held to elect a commissioner or commissioners for the
district, in the manner prescribed by this section.
(b)If the district elects a fiscal year basis for their
district elections simi
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(a) At any annual meeting of the irrigation district, the
district may elect to adopt either a calendar year basis for
their district elections or a fiscal year basis for their
district elections. If the district elects a calendar year
basis, on or after the first day of February and before the last
day in March next preceding the expiration of the terms of
office of any irrigation district commissioner appointed in any
irrigation district, organized under the provisions of this
chapter, and on or after the first day of February and before
the last day in March of each year thereafter, an election shall
be held to elect a commissioner or commissioners for the
district, in the manner prescribed by this section.
(b) If the district elects a fiscal year basis for their
district elections similar to that of the county in which they
are located, then on or after the first day of August and before
the last day of September next preceding the expiration of the
terms of office of any irrigation district commissioner
appointed or elected in any irrigation district organized under
the provisions of this chapter, and on or after the first day of
August and before the last day in September of each year
thereafter, an election shall be held to elect a commissioner or
commissioners for the district, in the manner prescribed in this
section.
(c) At the first election held in any district, one (1)
commissioner shall be elected from each commissioner district
who shall be a landowner thereof. Where the irrigation district
is divided into three (3) subdivisions, the commissioner from
district number 1 shall serve as a commissioner for a term of
one (1) year, the commissioner from district number 2 shall
serve as a commissioner for a term of two (2) years, and the
commissioner from district number 3 shall serve as a
commissioner for a term of three (3) years. Where the district
is divided into five (5) subdivisions, the commissioners from
districts numbers 1 and 2 shall serve as commissioners for a
term of one (1) year, commissioners from districts numbers 3 and
4 shall serve as commissioners for a term of two (2) years, and
the commissioner from district number 5 shall serve as a
commissioner for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter, all
commissioners elected shall serve for a term of three (3) years,
and until their successors are elected and qualified, except
commissioners elected to fill an unexpired term.
(d) The term of an elected commissioner shall commence
upon the date of the next regular meeting of the commissioners
held after his election. If a majority of the commissioners are
appointed by the secretary of the interior as provided for in
this chapter, then the remaining commissioners shall be elected
at large within the entire irrigation district for terms of
three (3) years each. The terms however, shall be limited to and
expire on the date of the next regular meeting of the
commissioners held following the date when the unentered public
lands within the district constitute less than the majority of
the total acreage within the district. After the expiration of
these terms, the commissioners shall be elected in the same
manner and for the same terms as provided for herein in the case
of first election of commissioners.