In the event of the dissolution of the departmental council, the resignation of all its serving members or the definitive annulment of the election of all its members, the president is responsible for the conduct of current business. His decisions are enforceable only with the agreement of the representative of the State in the département. The departmental council is re-elected within two months. The assembly meets as of right on the second Friday following the first ballot.
The State representative in the department convenes each elected departmental councillor for the first meeting, for which he sets the time and place.