Section 40A:9-130 - Mayor; term; town certain, mayor, council termsa. In every municipality, unless otherwise provided by law and except as provided under subsection b. of this section, the term of office for the mayor shall be 4 years.b. In every town operating under a special charter with a population of at least 28,000 but not more than 35,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, the term of office for the mayor and the members of council shall be 4 years, notwithstanding any different term of office specified in the special charter.L.1971, c.200, s.1, eff. 7/1/1971; amended 2001 c. 118, s. 1. L. 2001, c. 118, s. 4, states, "This act shall take effect immediately but the amendatory provisions of section 1 shall remain inoperative in a municipality until the 2003 general election and shall apply to the terms of mayors and members of council elected at that election, and the amendatory provisions of section 2 shall remain inoperative in a municipality until the first election for the office of mayor and members of council next following enactment and shall apply to the terms of mayors and members of council elected at that election."