The commission shall annually elect one (1) member to serve as chairman of the commission and one (1) member to serve as vice chairman. The vice chairman shall act as chairman in the absence or upon the disability of the chairman or in the event of a vacancy of the office of the chairman.Laws, 1979, ch. 508, § 3(7); reenacted, Laws, 1982, ch. 488, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 348, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 491; Laws, 1995, ch. 360, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 1998, ch. 350, § 5, eff. 6/8/1998 (date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
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