Section 45-17-70 Membership.

(a) The Colbert County Commission shall be composed of six members, elected from single-member districts one through six, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The six districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The chair of the commission shall rotate among the six members of the commission with each commissioner serving as chair for one-sixth of his or her four-year term of office. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall continue to apply to commissioners elected for a term of office for county commissioners in Colbert County on or after that date.