Patricia R. Doxsey reports for the Daily Freeman that on Aug. 12, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan signed a bill limiting most county elected officials to 12 years in office. The law goes into effect this November, but voters won't have their choices limited at the ballot box until 2031, as the clock on the term limits does also begins in November. The county executive and comptroller serve four-year terms, and will now be limited to three terms each, and legislators serve two years terms, so they can only have six consecutive terms. The county clerk, sheriff, district attorney, and county judges are not allowed to face term limits according to state law. "No elected office should ever belong to an individual, it must always remain in the hands of the people," Ryan said in a press release. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.