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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="26-303" title_number="26" title_name="Public Drainage Associations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Establishment and Organization">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of each manager is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each manager shall serve until a successor is elected or appointed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each year, the landowners shall meet to elect a successor to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any manager whose term expired on or before the date of the meeting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any manager who died or resigned since the last annual meeting.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A manager who is elected to fill a vacancy caused by death or resignation shall hold the office for the rest of the term.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The county commissioners or county council shall appoint an individual to fill a vacancy on the board of managers if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the board of managers does not call an annual meeting of landowners; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the board of managers holds an annual meeting of landowners but a quorum is not present.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners or county council may appoint a manager to fill a vacancy on the board of managers until the next annual meeting of landowners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
