(a) An elected official of the City who is indicted for a felony while serving as an elected official of the City shall be suspended from office with pay during such suspension. Such suspension shall automatically, and without further act of the City or any of its officials, commence upon the filing of the indictment and shall terminate upon (a) the dismissal of the indictment; (b) a conviction for a crime other than a felony; or (c) upon a conviction for a felony.
(b) The office of such suspended official may be filled on an interim basis by an interim appointee in the manner provided in this Charter for the filling of vacant offices except that such interim appointment shall terminate immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the dismissal of the indictment against the suspended official; (b) the suspended official's conviction for a crime other than a felony; (c) upon the suspended official's conviction for a felony; or (d) upon the end of the term of office from which such official was suspended.
(1) Upon the suspended official's conviction for a felony, the convicted official's office shall be filled in the manner set forth in the manner provided in this Charter for the filling of vacant offices.
(Amended Nov. 8, 2011)