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