§ 52. County director form. A county which shall adopt the county
director form of government shall have a county executive to be called
"county director. " The board of supervisors shall appoint the county
director. The term of office of the county director first appointed
shall be four years from and including the first day of January of the
year in which the county director form becomes effective in the county.
Successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Vacancies
occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by
appointment by the board of supervisors for the unexpired portion of the
term. The county director may, when authorized by local law, serve as
the head of one or more departments not administered by an elective
official but without additional compensation. The foregoing provisions
of this section, together with other applicable provisions of this
chapter, including those provisions which may be made applicable, shall
constitute the structure of the county director form of government
authorized to be adopted by this chapter.