§ 110.01. Election; term; qualifications; compensation.

There shall be a County Executive who shall be elected from the county at large at the general election held the year following the presidential election. He shall be nominated at the primary election in the same manner as other county officers are nominated. He shall hold office for a term of four years from January first succeeding his election. The County Executive shall at all times be a qualified elector of the county, and shall have been a resident free holder of the county for at least five years prior to his election. He shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office and shall hold no other public office. He shall receive compensation to be fixed by an act of the County Board. No person shall serve as County Executive for more than three consecutive four-year terms. The first year for a County Executive for the purposes of calculating years as contained in this section shall commence on or after January 1, 2014. No service for a partial term as County Executive shall be included in calculating the three consecutive four-year terms.

(§ 15 of the Laws of 1937, Ch. 617; amended by L.L. No. 3-1953; L.L. No. 3-1960; L.L. No. 1-2011 ^[])