2.50.090 Membership -- Term of office.
(1) The term of each member shall be three years, except that one of the two new members appointed to implement the expansion of the membership from three to five commissioners shall serve an initial term of two years, as determined by the drawing of lots.
(2) No member of the commission, during his or her tenure, shall:
(a) hold or be a candidate for elective office;
(b) be an officer of any political party or political committee;
(c) make contributions to, or permit his or her name to be used in support of, or in opposition to, any candidate for county office;
(d) lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist;
(3) No person shall be eligible for appointment to more than two three-year terms, except as provided in subsection (4) below.
(4) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring other than by the expiration of a term of office shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member he succeeds, but shall be eligible for appointment to two full three-year terms thereafter only if one year or less remains in the term he is appointed to fill. Any vacancy occurring on the commission shall be filled within 60 days in the manner in which that position was originally filled. A vacancy shall not impair the powers of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the commission. (Added by Ord. 91-084, July 1, 1991; Amended by Amended Ord. 95-056 § 14, July 19, 1995, Eff date Oct. 25, 1995; Amended by Ord. 03-067, June 18, 2003, Eff date June 30, 2003; Amended by Ord. 09-024, Apr. 22, 2009, Eff date May 8, 2009).