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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 5 - Municipal Corporations
CHAPTER 15 - NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES
Section 5-15-40. Terms of office of mayor and councilmen.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 5-15-40 (2017)
The mayor and councilmen of each municipality shall be elected for terms of two or four years. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, four-year terms shall be set so that not more than one-half of the council and mayor shall be elected in the same general election; provided, that in the first election after incorporation of a new municipality or adoption of a form of government pursuant to Section 5-5-10, one-half of the councilmen may be elected for terms of two years and one-half of the councilmen and mayor may be elected for terms of four years if necessary to establish staggered terms. Two-year terms shall not be staggered.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-92; 1975 (59) 692; 1977 Act No. 81, Section 1A.
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