§ 3.01a. Limitation of consecutive terms for elected officials.

(a)

A person who has served as an elected official in any one elected office for three consecutive terms shall not again be eligible to become a candidate for, or to serve in, the elected office held until the next general election after the third consecutive term has expired. The office of city council member, regardless of place number, is a single elected office for purposes of this chapter (article).

(b)

A person who has served in more than one elected office for five consecutive terms shall not be eligible to become a candidate for, or to serve in, an elected office until the next general election after the fifth consecutive two-year term has expired.

(c)

As used in Subsections (a) and (b) any length of service within a two-year term that exceeds 360 days, is a term served.

(Ord. of 11-17-08; Ord. No. 2015-017-01, § 1(Exh. A), 8-24-15, elect. 11-3-15)