County-level legislatures

In Acadia, a county is a sub-federal administrative district with its own government. Each of the 38 counties has it own legislative branch. In all counties, this is comprised of a unicameral legislature, but the amount of members in the legislature and their term lengths and limits vary from county to county.

## Variation between counties

All counties have a unicameral legislature.

* Body sizes
* Term lengths
* Term limits
* Leader of the body

* **51-member body (1):** Cayuga County Legislature
* **45-member body (10):** Abenaki County Legislature, Algon County Legislature, Amsburg County Legislature, Cabot County Legislature, Champlain County Legislature, Edward County Legislature, Erie County Legislature, Larkland County Legislature, New France County Legislature, South Applelake County Legislature
* **33-member body (7):** Abernathy County Legislature, Bell Pond County Legislature, Bobbitt County Legislature, Hudson County Legislature, Huron County Legislature, North Applelake County Legislature, North Seneca County Legislature
* **31-member body (1):** Augusta Beach County Legislature
* **25-member body (10):** Cliffholt County Legislature, Corte-Real County Legislature, East Oneida County Legislature, Fieldcliff County Legislature, Glasswall County Legislature, Lightmoor County Legislature, Newbarrow County Legislature, Newbridge County Legislature, South Seneca County Legislature, West Oneida County Legislature
* **13-member body (9):** Northwater Legislative Council, Redvale Legislative Council, Saperstein Legislative Council, Southmeadow Legislative Council, Swynhallow Legislative Council, Terra Nova Legislative Council, Verdhollow Legislative Council, Waterlawn Legislative Council, Wood's Edge Legislative Council

- **6 year terms (18):** Abenaki County Legislature, Abernathy County Legislature, Algon County Legislature, Amsburg County Legislature, Bell Pond County Legislature, Bobbitt County Legislature, Cabot County Legislature, Cayuga County Legislature, Champlain County Legislature, Edward County Legislature, Erie County Legislature, Hudson County Legislature, Huron County Legislature, Larkland County Legislature, New France County Legislature, North Applelake County Legislature, North Seneca County Legislature, South Applelake County Legislature

- **4 year terms (11):** Augusta Beach County Legislature, Cliffholt County Legislature, Corte-Real County Legislature, East Oneida County Legislature, Fieldcliff County Legislature, Glasswall County Legislature, Lightmoor County Legislature, Newbarrow County Legislature, Newbridge County Legislature, South Seneca County Legislature, West Oneida County Legislature

- **2-year terms (9):** Northwater Legislative Council, Redvale Legislative Council, Saperstein Legislative Council, Southmeadow Legislative Council, Swynhallow Legislative Council, Terra Nova Legislative Council, Verdhollow Legislative Council, Waterlawn Legislative Council, Wood's Edge Legislative Council

- **5 terms (1):** Cayuga County Legislature

- **4 terms (10):** Cliffholt County Legislature, Corte-Real County Legislature, East Oneida County Legislature, Fieldcliff County Legislature, Glasswall County Legislature, Lightmoor County Legislature, Newbarrow County Legislature, Newbridge County Legislature, South Seneca County Legislature, West Oneida County Legislature

- **3 terms (16):** Abenaki County Legislature, Abernathy County Legislature, Algon County Legislature, Amsburg County Legislature, Bell Pond County Legislature, Bobbitt County Legislature, Cabot County Legislature, Champlain County Legislature, Edward County Legislature, Erie County Legislature, Hudson County Legislature, Huron County Legislature, Larkland County Legislature, North Applelake County Legislature, North Seneca County Legislature, South Applelake County Legislature

- **No term limits (11):** Augusta Beach County Legislature, New France County Legislature, Northwater Legislative Council, Redvale Legislative Council, Saperstein Legislative Council, Southmeadow Legislative Council, Swynhallow Legislative Council, Terra Nova Legislative Council, Verdhollow Legislative Council, Waterlawn Legislative Council, Wood's Edge Legislative Council

- **Speaker of the Legislature (29):** Abenaki County Legislature, Abernathy County Legislature, Algon County Legislature, Amsburg County Legislature, Augusta Beach County Legislature, Bell Pond County Legislature, Bobbitt County Legislature, Cabot County Legislature, Cayuga County Legislature, Champlain County Legislature, Cliffholt County Legislature, Coret-Real County Legislature, East Oneida County Legislature, Edward County Legislature, Erie County Legislature, Fieldcliff County Legislature, Glasswall County Legislature, Hudson County Legislature, Huron County Legislature, Larkland County Legislature, Lightmoor County Legislature, Newbarrow County Legislature, New France County Legislature, North Applelake County Legislature, North Seneca County Legislature, South Applelake County Legislature, South Seneca County Legislature, West Oneida County Legislature

- **Head Councilor (9):** Northwater Legislative Council, Redvale Legislative Council, Saperstein Legislative Council, Southmeadow Legislative Council, Swynhallow Legislative Council, Terra Nova Legislative Council, Verdhollow Legislative Council, Waterlawn Legislative Council, Wood's Edge Legislative Council

### Legislative Council model

*Main article: Rural model of county government*
In 9 rural counties, a small legislative body of 13 members called a "Legislative Council" is used. In these bodies, the members are not divided into classes and they are all up for re-election every two years. This allows 100% turnover in a new legislative period.

In place of a Speaker, all 9 Legislative Councils elected a "Head Councilor" at the start of every period.

Legislative Councils are a component of the broader "rural model" of county government. This includes a "County Head" as the executive leader, instead of a Prefect. These governments are meant to cut down on unnecessary government employees, as these counties are scarcely populated.