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PROPOSALS TO GO TO VOTERS Section 4 . 02, Subdivision 2 Term Limits . No elected City officer holder will be allowed to serve more than eight consecutive years in the same. office. Section 5 .04, Subdivision 2 Proposed Language for Burden of Proof on Petitioners Using Initiative. If the City Council determines on its own motion that a sufficient and regular petition is determined to be illegal under case law, legal precedence, or constitutional nonconformity, thereby refusing to submit an initiative to the voters as provided in this Charter, a court order or injunction permitting the City Council authority to refuse such election must be produced by the Council within 15 days of thedate of determination of sufficiency. If the Council has not acted according to this subdivision within the above 15 days period, the sponsoring committee may appeal to the Charter Commission and the Charter Commission may provide for said election to be paid by the City. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide for said election upon the order of a majority vote of the Charter Commission. Section 4 . 03 Primary Elections . On a Tuesday at least four weeks in advance of the regular municipal election as determined by the Council, such as concurrent with a statewide primary, there shall be a primary election for the selection of two nominees for each office to be filled at the municipal election, unless no more than four times the number of candidates to be elected file for any elective office. No primary shall be required in the event a special election is required regardless of the number of candidates filing for office.