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CHARTER COUNTY OF FRESNO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA id district. No such boundaries shall ever be so changed as to effect the incumben- cy e in inoffice fboundarrie boundaries supervisor. supervisorial district may be made, except within one year after a general election. SECTION 8. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Board of Supervisors, it shall be filled as follows: • (a) In the event such vacancy oc- curs in the final year of a term, it may be filled by the unanimous vote of the re- maining members, provided there are at least three remaining members, and if they fail for a period of thirty days fol- lowing the occurrence of such vacancy to make such appointment, the Govern- or shall fill the vacancy. (b) In the event such vacancy oc- curs other than in the final year of a term, the Board of Supervisors shall, without delay, call a special election to fill such vacancy to be held not less than seventy-five nor more than ninety days after the call, provided, however, if an election date as provided in Section 2504 of the Elections Code or similar State law falls not less than seventy-five nor more than one hundred twenty days after the call, such special election shall be consolidated with such election. The person appointed or elected to fill such vacancy shall serve for the remaining unex- pired term and until the election and qualifi- cation of his successor. Aperson op ofithed or elected must be a qualified district in which the vacancy occurs, must have been a resident of the territory present- ly therein for at least thirty (30) dans imme- . diately preceding the occurrence of the vacancy, and must reside therein during his incumbency. (Amended June 8, 1976). SECTION 8.5. In the event an election is held pursuant to Section 8 of this Charter to fill a vacancy in the Board of Supervisors and at such election no candidate receives a malorify of all the votes cast and not less than eighteen months remains of said term of office from the date of the creation of such vacancy, a runoff election between the two candidates who have received the most votes shall be had as soon as may be legal and practical. (Amended June 8, 1976). NAME AND F.1GHTS OF THE COUNTY SECTION 1. The County of Fresno as it now exists is a body corporate and pol- itic, and as such hos and shall have all the powers which are new or Constitytibe be hereafter specified by and laws of the State of California, and by this Charter and such other powers os ore necessarily implied. SECTION 2. The powers menticned in the preceding section con be exercised only by a Board of Supervisors or by agents and officers actiolounder w or oftheir authority or by authority s Charter. SECTION 3. The corporate name shall be "County of Fresno''actions which must be thus designated in all actio sandpro- ceedings touching its corprights, properties and duties. Its boundaries and county seat shall remain the same as they are now, until otherwise changed by law. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SECTION 4, The County of Fresno shall have a Board of Supervisors consisting of five members. Each member must be an . elector of the district which he represents, must reside therein during his incumbency, must have been such ector therein prece.ding least thirty (30) days immediately the first day for which nomination papers may be taken out for the prirnary election at which he is a candidate, and shall be elected by the voters of such district. Super- visors shall be nominated and elected at the time and in the manner and for heems now or hereafter provided by general l w. ' (Amended June 8, 1976). SECTION 5. (Repealed November 7, 1944). SECTION 6. The County of Fresno is hereby divided into five supervisorial dis- tricts, the boundaries and designations of which shall he and remain as they now are until otherwise changed as provided by law. SECTION 7. thefth Boa rd of fts pervisors may by chonge the boundaries of any supervisor - 1