I was elected as a county commissioner. The board of county commissioners appointed me to the county social services board. When I ran for re-election as a county commissioner again, I lost. Does this affect my ability to serve on the DSS board?

No. All county social services board members, including county commissioners who serve as ex officio members of the county social services board, serve three-year terms (unless they are appointed to serve the unexpired term of a social services board member who has died, resigned, or been removed from the board). The term on the social services board of a county commissioner who serves ex officio on the county social services board is not concurrent with his or her term as a county commissioner and is not affected the termination of his or her term as a county commissioner. So, if you were appointed to the social services board in July 2005 (and your appointment was not to fill an unexpired term of a social services board member who died, resigned, or was removed from the board), you may continue to serve on the county social services board until June 30, 2008 (though you should take an oath of office as a social services board member). Of course, you also may choose to resign your position on the county social services board if you are not interested in continuing to serve on the social services board or want to give the board of county commissioners an opportunity to appoint another county commissioner to take your place on the social services board.