Term of Office; Commencement

(a) Term of office; commencement. The term of office of Mayors and Vice Mayors shall commence on the first Monday in January following their election, and upon taking of the Oath of Office, and shall expire at on the first Monday in January following the next regular general election of Mayors and Vice Mayors and upon the taking of the Oath of Office of the incoming Mayor and Vice Mayor. (b) Ceremony. The Oaths of Office shall be taken by the respective Mayors and Vice Mayors at the time their terms commence and the Executive Director of the Mayors’ Council (the Council) shall organize a suitable ceremony at which such oaths of office shall be administered by a Judge of the Superior Court or an outgoing Mayor or Vice Mayor. The Council shall determine the site of such ceremony and is authorized to expend thereon not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) from its annual budget. The Council (or its authorized representative) is hereby authorized to solicit monetary and in-kind donations for the purposes of defraying the cost of the ceremony. SOURCE: GC § 15008. Amended by P.L. 4-002:4 (Feb. 11, 1957), and P.L. 20-033:1 (Sep. 6, 1989). Subsection (b) added by P.L. 20-183:3 (May 30, 1990) and amended by P.L. 31-241:2 (Dec. 6, 2012). Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 37-068:2 (Mar. 6, 2024). 2024 NOTE: In past publications of the GCA, this provision was entitled “Term of Office; Ceremony.” Review of legislation revealed that this provision had not been renamed; therefore, the title has been corrected.