§ 8-48-204. Temporary Officer Acting for Officer in Military Service
Whenever any state or county officer is inducted into the military service of the United States, the duties of the office shall be discharged temporarily during the absence of such officer by some other person legally qualified to discharge the duties of the office and selected in the manner hereinafter set out as to the […]
§ 8-48-205. Appointment of Temporary Officers
The appointment or election of persons to fill such offices temporarily shall be as follows: In the event a judge of any court of record in the state, including county judges and general sessions judges in counties where vacancies are filled by appointment of the governor, shall be inducted into the military service of the […]
§ 8-48-206. Qualifications of Temporary Officers
All persons selected under authority of this part to fill offices temporarily shall be persons possessing qualifications under the general law to fill such offices.
§ 8-48-207. Bond and Oath
Every person either appointed or elected under this part to discharge the duties of any office and who is required by the general law to execute bond or subscribe to an oath of office shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, qualify by executing and filing such bond or bonds […]
§ 8-48-208. Salary of Temporary Officer
The person filling an office temporarily under authority of this part shall be entitled to and shall receive the salary attached to the office, payable out of the funds provided for that purpose. The person shall discharge the duties of the office and be clothed with all the power and authority of the regular officer […]
§ 8-48-209. Removal of Assistants
Any person chosen under this part to serve in the place and stead of any official inducted into the military service, as herein defined, shall be without power to remove any assistant or assistants appointed by the official whose duties the person is performing temporarily; but such power of appointment shall remain with the person […]
§ 8-48-111. Emergency Interim Successors to Local Offices Not Included in § 8-48-110
This section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, cities, towns, villages, townships and counties, as well as school, fire, power and drainage districts, not included in § 8-48-110. Such officers, subject to such regulations as the executive head of the political subdivision may issue, shall designate by title […]
§ 8-48-201. “Military Service” Defined
“Military service,” as used in this part, includes the enlistment or induction into the United States army or any branch thereof, the United States navy, the air force, the marine corps, the coast guard, the merchant marine, or any other military activity carried on in the aid of the war effort.
§ 8-48-202. Return From Military Service Before Expiration of Term
Whenever any person holding a state or county office is inducted into the military service of the United States, such induction shall not operate to create a permanent vacancy in the office, but upon the return of the officer from the military service, such person shall be entitled to resume the duties of the office […]
§ 8-48-203. Return From Service After Term
If the regular officer who may be inducted into the military service does not return prior to the expiration of the term to which the officer was elected, then and in that event the officer’s successor shall be elected in the regular manner as provided by the general law.