Iowa § 185C.7 - 185C.7 Terms of directors.
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§ 185C.7. 185C.7 Terms of directors.
1. A director’s term of office shall be for three years. A district elected director shall not serve for more than three complete consecutive terms. A board elected director shall not serve for more than one complete term of office. A district elected director who is elected as board elected director shall not serve more than a total of four terms of office, regardless of whether any of the terms of office are complete or consecutive. 2. If the board is reconstituted pursuant to section 185C.8, the terms of the directors shall be controlled by this section. However, the initial terms of the reconstituted board shall be staggered. To the extent practicable, one-third of the elected directors shall serve an initial term of one year, one-third of the elected directors shall serve an initial term of two years, and one-third of the elected directors shall serve an initial term of three years. The initial terms of board elected directors shall be determined by board directors drawing lots. [C77, 79, 81, §185C.7] 88 Acts, ch 1134, §40; 89 Acts, ch 198, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §107, 112 Referred to in §185C.6, 185C.8 Thu Dec 11 18:46:19 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 185C.7 (20, 0)
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Section 185C.7 ("185C.7 Terms of directors.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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