§ 2. ELIGIBILITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.  


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  • (A)

    A candidate for mayor must meet all eligibility requirements of state law and must have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the city for six months immediately preceding the regular filing deadline for a mayoral candidate's application for a place on the ballot. If the mayor ceases to reside in the city, the mayor automatically resigns.

    (B)

    A candidate for city council from a council district must meet all eligibility requirements of state law and must have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the council district from which the member is seeking election for six months immediately preceding the regular filing deadline for a council candidate's application for a place on the ballot. If a council member elected from a council district ceases to reside in the district as the boundaries of the district were drawn at the time of the council member's election, the council member automatically resigns.

    Amendment note: Section 2 appears as added at the election of November 6, 2012. A former § 2 concerned the qualifications for Council members; had previously been amended at the election of April 1, 1978; and was repealed at the election of November 6, 2012.