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section or subdivision to be amended and shall indicate by appropriate type or symbols matter to be omitted or added. Amendment or repeal of an ordinance • shall require a majority vote of all the members of the Council, unless otherwise provided in this Charter or by state law. Subdivision 2. An ordinance or resolution passed under the initiative power shall not be repealed or amended by the Council except by submission to the voters of the question by the Council at a regular municipal or special election. Section 3.11. Review and Revision of Ordinances and Indexing of Resolutions. The City shall review, revise and rearrange its ordinance code and its resolution index with such additions and deletions as may be deemed necessary by the Council.at least once every two years. The ordinance code and the resolution index may' be published in book, pamphlet, or loose-leaf form, and copies shall be made available by the Council at the office of the Clerk- Administrator for general distribution-.:to-the -public—for a-reasonable charge.__ - •- Incorporation in such a code shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance provision not previously published, if a notice is placed in the official newspaper for at least two successive weeks that copies of the codification are available at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. CHAPTER 4 NOMINATION AND ELECTIONS • Section 4.01. The Regular Municipal Election. A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even numbered year commencing in 1980 at such places as the City Council shall designate. At least fifteen days prior notice shall be given by the Clerk- Administrator by posting a notice thereof in at least one public place in each election precinct, and by publishing a notice thereof at least once in the • official newspaper of the City stating the time and the places of holding such election and of the officers to be elected. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such election. Elected and qualified officers provided for by this Charter shall assume the duties of office to which they were elected on the first business day in January following such election. • Section 4.02. Filing for Office. Subdivision 1. Filing for Office. No earlier than seventy days nor later than fifty-six days before any municipal election, any resident of the City qualified under state law for elective office may, by filing an affidavit and by paying a filing fee to the Clerk-Administrator in an amount as set by ordinance, • have his/her name placed on the municipal election ballot. Subdivision 2. Term Limits. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person may file to be a candidate for election Mounds View City Charter