Be it further enacted:
(a) A vacancy shall exist if a council member:
(1) Resigns;
(2) Dies;
(3) Moves the member's residence from inside the corporate boundaries;
(4) Has been continuously disabled for a period of six (6) months so as to prevent the council member from discharging the duties of such office;
(5) Fails to attend sixty percent (60%) of regular council meetings in any period of six (6) consecutive months; or
(6) Is convicted of malfeasance or misfeasance in office, a felony, a violation of the charter, or a violation of the election laws of the state.
(b) A vacancy shall be filled within sixty (60) days, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining council members, the appointee to serve until the next regular city or county election, which is first held. If a tie vote by the council to fill a vacancy is unbroken for sixty (60) days, the mayor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. No appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within sixty (60) days prior to any regular city election. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1995, ch. 55, sec. 2 and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)