(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the term of office of each officer mentioned in ORS § 204.005 is four years.

(2) When two or more county commissioners are elected for one county at a general election and one of them is elected to fill a vacancy, as provided in ORS § 204.005 (1)(f), one of them shall hold office for two years and the others four years. [Amended by 1983 c.327 § 13; 1983 c.350 § 16; 2005 c.797 § 59; 2009 c.491 § 3]