§11-46-92. Time of holding regular, special, or runoff elections; assumption of duties by officers elected; service until successors are elected and qualified.

(a) The regular municipal elections in such cities and towns shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in August of each year in which the term of office of a commissioner shall expire, and when necessary as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-46-126 a second or runoff election shall be held on the third Tuesday next thereafter following said regular election.

(b) Special elections shall be held on the second or fourth Tuesday of any month when ordered by the municipal governing body; provided, that notice of any such election was published in the manner prescribed in Section 11-46-93, on or before the corresponding Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election is held.

(c) Commissioners elected at regular elections shall assume the duties of their offices on the first Monday in October following their election unless otherwise provided in this article and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

(Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §3; Acts 1971, No. 160, p. 435; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §2; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §1.)