---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 600.210"
title: "50"
number: "600.210"
heading: "Terms of Council members."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/600.210"
---

# §600.210. Terms of Council members.

- (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)](#b) and [(c)](#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.
- (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.
- (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 7073, Feb. 12, 1998; 75 FR 59151, Sept. 27, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 7073, Feb. 12, 1998; 75 FR 59151, Sept. 27, 2010]