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(II)  MANNER OF ELECTION. AT EACH YEARLY ELEC-
TION, ALL POLICE OFFICERS HOLDING THE RANK OF
PATROLMAN SHALL ELECT FROM THE NOMINATIONS
MADE BY PATROLMEN TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE
ON THE BOARD AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE;
AND ALL POLICE OFFICERS HOLDING THE RANK OF SER-
GEANT SHALL ELECT FROM THE NOMINATIONS MADE BY
SERGEANTS ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE
BOARD AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE. AT
ELECTIONS HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS, ALL
POLICE OFFICERS HOLDING THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT
SHALL ELECT FROM THE NOMINATIONS MADE BY LIEU-
TENANTS ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE
BOARD AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE. AT
ELECTIONS HELD EVERY FOURTH YEAR, ALL POLICE
OFFICERS HOLDING THE RANK OF CAPTAIN SHALL ELECT
FROM THE NOMINATIONS MADE BY CAPTAINS ONE REP-
RESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND ONE
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE; AND ALL CIVILIAN EM-
PLOYEES SHALL ELECT FROM THE NOMINATIONS MADE
BY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO
SERVE ON THE BOARD AND ONE ALTERNATE REPRESEN-
TATIVE. AT SUCH ELECTIONS, THE NOMINEES CORRE-
SPONDING WITH THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
BE ELECTED, WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED AS REPRESENTA-
TIVES; AND THE NOMINEE RECEIVING THE NEXT LARG-
EST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED THE ALTER-
NATE REPRESENTATIVE. ALL PERSONS SO ELECTED
SHALL SERVE A TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND UNTIL THEIR
RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE ELECTED AND QUALI-
FIED.

(III)  VACANCIES. IF A REPRESENTATIVE DIES, RE-
SIGNS, RETIRES, OR CEASES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
DEPARTMENT, THE ALTERNATE ELECTED AT THE SAME
ELECTION AS SUCH REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BECOME A
PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR THE UNEX-
PIRED TERM OF THE MEMBER WHO DIED, RESIGNED,
RETIRED, OR CEASED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DEPART-
MENT; AND AT THE NEXT ELECTION AFTER SUCH VA-
CANCY OCCURS, A NEW ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SHALL BE ELECTED FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE RANK WHICH ELECTED THE ALTER-
NATE TO BE REPLACED. IF MORE THAN ONE VACANCY
OCCURS DURING ANY YEAR AMONG THE REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND ALTERNATES ELECTED BY ANY RANK, THE
REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO WERE
ELECTED BY THE SAME RANK AS THE REPRESENTATIVES
TO BE REPLACED SHALL APPOINT TEMPORARY ALTER-
NATES FROM AMONG ANY OTHER ALTERNATE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD TO SERVE AS PERMANENT REPRESENTA-
TIVES UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. IN ADDITION, IF A
REPRESENTATIVE IS DISQUALIFIED BY REASON OF THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (E) OR IS UNABLE TO AT-
TEND ANY MEETING OF THE BOARD OR ANY COMMITTEE
OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER, HE MAY DESIGNATE ANY