Colorado Code
Part 2 - Organizational Structure - Cities - City Manager Form
§ 31-4-207. Mayor - Selection

(2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective July 1, 2022. ] If the mayor is to be elected from the city at large, he or she shall be elected by the registered electors of the city at the regular election in the city. The mayor shall be a registered elector who has resided within the limits of the city for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in the case of annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time prescribed in this subsection (2) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the city to which the territory was annexed. The mayor shall assume his or her office at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the city council following his or her election or upon such earlier date as the council may specify. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the mayor shall hold his or her office for a term of two years. At the same meeting of the city council, the city council shall choose, by a majority vote, one of its members to act as mayor pro tem in the temporary absence of the mayor. The city council may appoint one of its members acting mayor in the event both the mayor and the mayor pro tem are temporarily absent from the city or unable to perform the duties of the mayor. In case of a vacancy in the office of the mayor, the city council shall choose his successor for the unexpired term.


Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1030, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1256, § 8, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1289, § 6, effective April 6. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 745, § 12, effective April 4. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1192, § 92, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 308, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2021: (2) amended, (HB 21-1071), ch. 367, p. 2423, § 18, effective July 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-3-207 as it existed prior to 1975.

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