§ 23.7. Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
(a) At the first meeting of every year, after the expiration of the term of office of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, a quorum of the Commission will elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. Commission members who are nominated for these positions are not precluded from voting.
(b) The term of office for the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson is 2 years. The officers will remain in office during the interim period between the date when the term of office expires and the next regularly scheduled election.
(c) The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are eligible to serve successive terms.
(d) Notice of the election will be public and announced during the final meeting of the Commission in the year preceding the year in which the terms of office of the serving officers expire.
(e) In the event of the completion of the term of office and nonreappointment, resignation, removal or incapacity of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson will serve the unexpired term of the Chairperson or will serve during the period of incapacity of the Chairperson.
(f) Upon the resignation, removal, completion of the term and nonreappointment, or in the event that the Vice Chairperson must assume the duties of the Chairperson, a majority of the quorum of the Commission may schedule a special election to elect a Vice Chairperson.
(g) Notice of a special election will be publicly announced at least 30 days prior to the election. Notice will be forwarded to the members of the Commission.
(h) The Chairperson, or Vice Chairperson may be removed as officers, but not as Commissioners, for just cause upon a majority vote of the Commission.
(i) A motion to remove a member of the Commission from the offices mentioned in subsection (h) may be made by a Commission member.
(j) A member may not be removed unless given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard.
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