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Any candidate (s) newly elected to the County Council <br /> in the 1998 general election, upon serving one (1) two-year term <br /> until the year 2000, shall be eligible to serve two additional <br /> four-year terms of office until the year 2008. This will allow <br /> council members first elected in 1998 to serve three consecutive <br /> terms of office, thereby achieving parity with any incumbent <br /> council members elected in 1996 and who are thereby eligible to <br /> serve a total of three consecutive terms until the year 2004 . " <br /> 17 As discussed above, the drafter of the bill which <br /> resulted in the 1996 amendment intentionally and knowingly <br /> eliminated one key step of the process, committee consideration. <br /> Had the bill not been "expedited" in this manner, a committee <br /> report would have been produced, providing the Council another <br /> opportunity to state the intent and purpose of the amendment. <br /> It should be noted that the subject bill was one of the first <br /> measures introduced and considered by the 1994-1996 Council. <br /> This measure was not "expedited" in order to meet deadlines for <br /> placement on the ballot. There are no Council records shedding <br /> light on the reason why the drafter (who was also the subject <br /> matter committee chair) felt compelled to employ the procedural <br /> shortcut. <br /> R <br /> 14 ' <br />