In a county to which this chapter applies:

1. (1) the voters of the county:

   1. (A) shall elect one (1) single county executive in the 2018 general election and every four (4) years thereafter; and
   2. (B) beginning with the 2018 general election, shall not elect a board of county commissioners;
2. (2) the board of county commissioners for the county is abolished January 1, 2019;
3. (3) notwithstanding IC 36-2-2-3 , the term of each county commissioner serving on December 31, 2018, expires January 1, 2019;
4. (4) the county council shall divide the county into nine (9) contiguous, single-member county council districts as required by IC 36-2-3-4.1 ; and
5. (5) beginning January 1, 2019, the county council must consist of nine (9) members elected from single-member county council districts.

As added by P.L.77-2014, SEC.15.