7.18—Terms of office of county and community members.
The term of office of county and community committee members and alternates to such office shall begin on a date fixed by the Deputy Administrator, which shall be after their election and not later than the first day in the next January. Before any such county committee members or alternate county committee members may take office, such person shall sign an oath of office pledge that they will faithfully, fairly, and honestly perform to the best of their ability all of the duties devolving on them as committee members. A term of office shall continue until a successor is elected and qualified as provided in §§ 7.8 and 7.9 of this part.