§ 3. [Eligibility for office.]

(a)

No person shall be a member of the board if that person is ineligible for such office pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 45-2-1 or any other general law.

(b)

In order to be elected as a member of the board for a commissioner district, a person must be 21 years of age or older, must reside in that district, must have resided in Jackson County for at least 12 months prior to election to such office, and must receive the requisite number of the votes cast for that office by the electors of that district. At the time of qualifying for election as a member of the board from a commissioner district, each candidate for such office shall specify the commissioner district for which that person is a candidate. A person elected as a member of the board from a commissioner district must continue to reside in that district during that person's term of office or that office shall thereupon become vacant.

(c)

The chairperson of the board must be 25 years of age or older, must have resided in Jackson County for at least 12 months prior to election to such office, may reside anywhere within Jackson County, and must receive the requisite number of the votes cast for such office by the electors of the entire county. The chairperson must continue to reside within Jackson County during that person's term of office or that office shall thereupon become vacant.