SEC. 3.101. TERM OF OFFICE.
§ 3.101
The Mayor serves four-year terms and may serve no more than two consecutive terms; any partial term longer than two years counts as a full term, but there is no limit on non-consecutive terms.
The Mayor's job lasts four years. A Mayor can serve two terms in a row, but then must take a break before running again. If a Mayor serves more than two years of a term (for example, because they took over mid-term), that counts as a full term. However, there's no limit to how many terms a Mayor can serve total, as long as they don't serve more than two terms back-to-back.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'a part of a term that exceeds two years' could be clearer; stating 'any partial term longer than two years' or 'more than half a four-year term' would reduce ambiguity for readers.
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Official text
The Mayor shall serve a four-year term. No person shall serve as mayor for more than two successive terms. A part of a term that exceeds two years shall count as a full term. There shall be no limit on the non- successive terms that a person may serve.