Ala. Code § 45-35-71
This part relates to the election and tenure of the Houston County Commission. There shall be a county commission in Houston County which commission shall consist of a full-time chair who shall be elected from the county at-large and four associate commissioners who shall serve on a part-time basis and be elected from four separate county commission districts described herein. The county commissioners shall be elected by the duly qualified voters as other state and county officials, commencing with the general elections in November, 1986, and each four years thereafter. The commissioners so elected shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January next after the general election at which they are elected until their successors are elected and qualified.
Ala. Code § 45-35-71 (1975)