{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-600.210","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 600.210","heading":"Terms of Council members.","body":"(a) Voting members (other than principal state officials, the Regional Administrators, or their designees) are appointed for a term of 3 years and, except as discussed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, may be reappointed. A voting member's Council service of 18 months or more during a term of office will be counted as service for the entire 3-year term.\n(b) The anniversary date for measuring terms of membership is August 11. The Secretary may designate a term of appointment shorter than 3 years, if necessary, to provide for balanced expiration of terms of office. Members may not serve more than three consecutive terms.\n(c) A member who has completed three consecutive terms will be eligible for appointment to another term one full year after completion of the third consecutive term.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 600—MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT PROVISIONS","Subpart C—Council Membership"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"3bcfa87a951c5da02aa13e373cabdd8a1e2489950ab5f8a02f8f330521606e41","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-600.207","next":"us/50-cfr-600.215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}