Colorado § 31-4-105 - Election of officers - terms.
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§ 31-4-105. Election of officers - terms.
The registered electors of each city shall elect, at the regular election, a mayor, a clerk, and a city treasurer from the city at large. At the same election, the registered electors of each ward of the city shall elect two members of the city council. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". The officers shall hold their respective offices for terms of two years, commencing at the first meeting of the governing body following the survey of election returns, unless the governing body provides by ordinance or resolution that terms shall commence on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in January following their election.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1025, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1191, § 90, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-3-101 (1) as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 31-4-105 is similar to former § 31-3-101 (1) prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, a relevant case construing a prior provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
Previous council continues in effect till official date. When the individuals elected to membership in the city council on November 3, assumed to act as council members on November 12, they were not qualified to act officially, their term of office did not begin until the first Monday after the first Tuesday in January, and the only city council authorized to act prior to that date was the city council as it was constituted at the time the ordinance was introduced and passed upon first reading. Marshall v. City of Golden, 147 Colo. 521, 363 P.2d 650 (1961).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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