Minnesota § 412.022 - COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM
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§ 412.022. COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM
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MS 1974 [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]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MS 1974 [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]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
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 412.022 ("COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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