(1) (a) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-62-403(1) shall ensure that each optional plan proposes changing the form of county government to: (i) for a county of the first, second, third, or fourth class: (A) the county commission form under Section 17-62-201; (B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-62-202; (C) the county executive and council form under Section 17-62-203; or (D) the council-manager form under Section 17-62-204; and (ii) for a county of the fifth or sixth class: (A) the county commission form under Section 17-62-201; or (B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-62-202. (b) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 16-62-403(1) may not recommend an optional plan that: (i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not authorized in Subsection (1)(a); (ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers; (iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve; or (iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election. (2) A county that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a partisan election may not change to a process that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a nonpartisan election.
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