§ 168.644gTerms of office; extension

Sec. 644g.
    (1) A term of office shall not be shortened by the provisions of sections 641 to 644i. An
 officer scheduled by prior law to be elected at a time other than the odd year general election
 shall not be elected on the date scheduled but shall continue in office until a successor takes
 office after being elected in the first odd year general election following that date. If the
 regular election date for holding a jurisdiction's regular election is changed under section 642,
 642a, or 642c, the term of an official who was elected before the effective date of the change
 continues until a successor is elected and qualified at the next regular election.
    (2) Notwithstanding a law or charter provision to the contrary, an officer required to be
 elected at the odd year general election, who by law or charter is elected for a term of an odd
 number of years shall, after September 1, 2004, be elected for a term of 1 year longer than
 provided by law or charter.
    (3) In home rule cities where the charter provides for the election of city officers at a time
 other than at the odd year general election and provides that members of the governing body
 are not all to be elected in the same year, the governing body by ordinance adopted prior to
 April 1, 1971 may alter the length of terms now provided by charter to provide that the city
 may continue to elect part of the governing body at each election. A term shall not be extended
 beyond January 1 following the first odd year general election at which the officer would be
 elected as provided by charter. A term shall not be for more than 4 years.