{"data":{"id":"us-mt/2-16-214","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"2-16-214","heading":"Definition of current term for purposes of term limits.","body":"As used in Article IV, section 8, of the Montana constitution, \"current term\" means the term served after regular election to a full term to an office and does not include time served in an appointed or an elected capacity in an office to finish the term of the original incumbent after a vacancy has occurred.","path":["TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC OFFICERS","Part 2. Accession to Office"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0020/chapter_0160/part_0020/section_0140/0020-0160-0020-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:11Z","sha256":"0a08a1800ad9aee84e9cbb2b2406bbc8cf3473f0e8f94add476ec60a2f7ae570","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/2-16-213","next":"us-mt/2-16-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}