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2.08.160 - [Term limitations.]

Part of the Code of Ordinances of Commerce, CA.

Local law · Updated May 13, 2025 · 2,277 sections

The text

(a)

A person is ineligible to hold office as a member of the city council if that person has served in the office for three full terms. A full term may exceed a four-year period if authorized by state law.

(b)

For the purpose of term limitation, a person who was appointed or elected to a vacant office for an unexpired term of more than one-half the original term shall be deemed to have served a full term.

(c)

For the purpose of term limitation, all offices of member of the city council elected at large shall be considered as one office.

(Ord. No. 634, §§ 1—4, 3-8-2011; Ord. No. 800, § 2, 11-8-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 634, adopted March 8, 2011, did not specifically amend the Code; hence, inclusion herein as Section 2.08.160 was at the discretion of the editor. See also the Code Comparative Table.