Title 15, Title 15 — Cities And Towns

Officers of incorporated town; terms; how elected. The elective officers of an incorporated town are one (1) mayor and four (4) councilmen. The term of office of mayor and councilman is four (4) years, and until his successor is qualified. They are elected at large.

Officers of first class city; terms; how elected. The elective officers of a first class city, not including a city adopting the commission or city manager form of government, are a mayor and the number of councilmen determined by the governing body of the city when they provide …

Officers in city or town with commission government; term; how elected. The elective officers of a city or town adopting the commission form of government are a mayor, a commissioner of finance and public property, and a commissioner of streets and public improvements. The term o…

Officers in city or town with city manager government; terms; legislative authority; method of selection; alternative method. (a) The elective officers of a city or town adopting the city manager form of government are councilmen elected as provided by law. There shall be three (…

Term of office subject to termination. The term of any municipal elective office is subject to termination if a change of the form of municipal government necessitates a termination of an existing term of office.

Councilmen in newly incorporated city or town. At the first meeting of the council after the first election in a newly incorporated city or town, other than a first class city or municipality adopting the city manager or commission form of government, two (2) of the councilmen fi…

Councilmen in first class city. (a) At the first election in a city which has divided into wards two (2) or three (3) councilmen shall be elected from each ward for the following terms: (i) If two (2) councilmen are elected from each ward, one (1) councilman shall serve a two (2)…

Municipality with commission government. At the first election in a municipality adopting the commission form of government, the mayor shall be elected to serve a four (4) year term and all other officers shall be elected to serve a two (2) year term.

Municipality with city manager government. At the first election in a municipality adopting the city manager form of government, a majority of the councilmen elected shall serve two (2) year terms and the balance of the councilmen elected shall serve four (4) year terms. The term…

Election of councilmen in city manager government having alternate method of representation. At the first election in a city manager form municipality, after adopting an alternate method of representation, councilmen shall be elected equal in number to the number of council terms…

Forms of government authorized; procedure for change. (a) An incorporated city or town may adopt the commission or city manager form of government or other lawful form of government as follows: (i) An incorporated city or town shall submit to the vote of the electors the question…

Rejection of change by voters. If a change of form of government is rejected by the voters at the special election, the question shall not be resubmitted to the voters for a period of four (4) years following the special election.