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Minnesota Statutes Display Document 58 of 13 1 Page 1 of 2 Minnesota Statutes 2001 Display Document 58 of 131 OHNNIM11119ROM Chapter Title: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Section: 205.07 Text: 205.07 City general election. Subdivision 1. Date of election. The municipal general election in each city shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and subject to the provisions of this section, the governing body of a city may, by ordinance passed at a regular meeting held before June 1 of any year, elect to hold the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year. A city may hold elections in either the even-numbered year or the odd-numbered year, but not both. When a city changes its elections from one year to another, and does not provide for the expiration of terms by ordinance, the term of an incumbent expiring at a time when no municipal election is held in the months immediately prior to expiration is extended until the date for taking office following the next scheduled municipal election. If the change results in having three council members to be elected at a succeeding election, the two individuals receiving the highest vote shall serve for terms of four years and the individual receiving the third highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two years. To provide an orderly transition to the odd or even year election plan, the governing body of the city may adopt supplementary ordinances regulating initial elections and officers to be chosen at the elections and shortening or lengthening the terms of incumbents and those elected at the initial election. The term of office for the mayor may be either two or four years. The term of office of council members is four years. Whenever the time of the municipal election is changed, the city clerk immediately shall notify in writing the county auditor and secretary of state of the change of date. Thereafter the municipal general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered or even-numbered year until the ordinance is revoked and notification of the change is made. Subd. 2. Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 Subd. 3. Effect of ordinance; referen An ordinance changing the year of the municipal election is effective 240 days after passage and publication or at a later http:l/www.revisor.leg.state.mmus:8 18 1/SEARCH/BASIS/mnstat/public/www/DDW?W%3DT 2113102