§ 412.022 — Council May Provide Four-year Term
Plain-Language Summary
The city council may pass an ordinance to switch council members from two-year terms to four-year terms.
412.022 COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM.
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Subdivision 1.Procedure.
The council may, by ordinance, establish a four-year term or reestablish a two-year term for the office of mayor commencing with the ensuing term, except that in a standard plan city which establishes a four-year term for mayor, the first mayor to serve a four-year term shall be elected at the first election when the clerk is not to be elected. In any case the ordinance shall not affect the term of the mayor elected in the year in which it is adopted unless it is adopted at least four weeks before the closing date for the filing of affidavits of candidacy for such election. §
Subd. 2.
MS 1974 [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70] §
Subd. 3.
MS 1974 [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]
History:
1967 c 289 s 16; 1969 c 238 s 1; 1973 c 34 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 22; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 64
History: History: 1967 c 289 s 16; 1969 c 238 s 1; 1973 c 34 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 22; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 64