§45-8-A-70. Board of education; terms; elections.

(a)(1) The members of the Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County shall serve extended terms until the day before the first Monday in October of either the year 2000, the year 2002, or the year 2004, as provided below:

Place 4	YEAR 2000
Place 5	YEAR 2000
Place 1	YEAR 2002
Place 2	YEAR 2002
Place 3	YEAR 2004

(2) Future members of the board shall take office on the first Monday in October following their election and shall serve four-year terms.

(b) The election of the members of the Board of Education of the City of Jacksonville shall be held in even years to fill vacancies upon the expiration of the terms as provided in subsection (a) and shall be conducted in the same manner as elections for members of the city governing body.

(Act 97-568, p. 1006, §§1, 2.)