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SECTION 401.01-Term Limits (NEW SECTION) <br />This section is a restatement of the current term limit provisions in Charter Section 401 and 404. <br />Sec. 401.01.- Term limits. <br />A. Councilmembers <br />A person who has served three (3) consecutive terms of four (4) years each shall be eligible for <br />appointment, nomination for or election to the office of councilmember (regardless of wards <br />represented by that person during such period) no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after <br />completion of that councilmember's third consecutive full term. <br />Short or partial terms shall not be considered in determining eligibility for appointment, nomination or <br />election. For purposes of this Charter, short or partial terms shall only be those where the <br />councilmember was elected or appointed to replace another councilmember who left office before the <br />latter official's term expired. Any councilmember who assumed office at the beginning of a term and left <br />office early for any reason whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a full term; provided, however <br />that any person who has served twenty (20) consecutive years in office, as both a council member and <br />mayor, regardless of the order in which they served, shall not be eligible for appointment, nomination or <br />election as a council member or as mayor, no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after <br />completion of the council member or mayoral term, or vice versa. The provisions of this section related <br />to short or partial terms is deemed to be declaratory of existing law. <br />B. Mayor <br />A person who has served four (4) consecutive terms of two (2) years each, commencing with the <br />term entered as a result of the November 2012 election, shall be eligible for appointment, nomination <br />for or election to the office of mayor no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after <br />completion of the mayor's fourth consecutive full term. This eight year "cooling off" period shall not <br />apply to eligibility for appointment, nomination for or election to a council member office; provided, <br />however, that any person who has served twenty (20) consecutive years in office, as both a council <br />member and mayor, regardless of the order in which they served, shall not be eligible for appointment, <br />nomination or election as a council member or as mayor, no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) <br />years after completion of the council member or mayoral term. <br />Short or partial terms shall not be considered in determining eligibility for appointment nomination or <br />election as mayor. For purposes of this Charter, short or partial terms shall only be those where the <br />mayor was elected or appointed to replace another mayor who left office before the latter official's <br />term expired. Any mayor who assumed office at the beginning of a term and left office early or before <br />term expires for any reason whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a full term. The provisions of <br />this section related to short or partial terms is deemed to be declaratory of existing law. <br />#43191v1 <br />65C-10 <br />