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of the first board take office on January 1, 2000.__The terms of | the first board expire December 31, 2002.__Subsequent boards are | elected to 2-year terms on the Tuesday following the first Monday | of November in each even-numbered year beginning in 2002.__Terms of | elected and qualified commissioners begin on January 1 of the year | following their election.__The votes must be received, sorted, | counted and declared in the same manner as votes for members of the | House of Representatives.__Each municipal clerk shall record in the | municipal records the names of the persons voted for, the number of | votes for each and the number of ballots received.__The municipal | clerk shall send true copies of these records, sealed and attested | in the same manner as returns of votes for State Senators, to the | Secretary of State. |
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| When a vacancy occurs in the office of agency commissioner by | death, resignation, removal from the county, permanent incapacity | or for any other reason, the County Commissioners of Washington | County shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.__That person | shall hold office until the first day of January following the | next biennial election at which a person is elected to fill the | office. |
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| | 5. Commissioners; compensation; expenses.__Commissioners of | the agency are entitled to compensation, including compensation | for expenses in executing their duties, only to the extent as may | be expressly provided in any agreements that the agency has with | customers.__Compensation of the commissioners must be clearly | identified and disclosed by the agency to all consumers served by | the agency. |
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| | 6. Conflict of interest.__A person may not run for or hold | office as a commissioner of the agency if the person owns, | controls or otherwise has a direct financial interest in any | competitive electricity provider. |
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| | This bill establishes the Washington County Electricity Agency | to serve as a public aggregator, broker or marketer for consumers | of electricity located within Washington County. The agency is | authorized to enter into agreements with consumers to serve as a | public aggregator, broker or marketer on their behalf beginning | on March 1, 2000. It is also authorized to negotiate and enter | into agreements with competitive electricity providers to | purchase power on behalf of or broker the purchase of power by | consumers served by the agency beginning on March 1, 2000. The | agency is managed by a board of 5 elected commissioners who are | entitled to receive compensation only to the extent as may be | expressly provided in any agreements that the agency has with the | consumers that it serves. A person may not run for or hold office | as a commissioner of the agency if the person owns, controls or |
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