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Sec. 437. Election of Candidate to Succeed Recalled Officer.
 
   If the vote at any recall election shall recall an officer of the City of Los Angeles, or a member of the Board of Education, then the candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast for candidates to succeed the officer removed shall be declared elected for the remainder of the term. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the recall election shall be candidates at a special runoff election, and whichever candidate receives the majority vote at that election shall be elected to succeed the recalled officer.
 
 
Sec. 438. Removal of Appointed Officers.
 
   In addition to any other process for removal provided by law, the incumbent of any appointed office provided for in the Charter or created by ordinance under the authority thereof may be removed at any time after the expiration of three months from appointment by the registered voters of the City. The procedure to effect the removal of the incumbent of an appointive office shall be the same as that for the removal of the incumbent of an elected office by the recall, with the following exceptions:
 
   (a)   The petition for the removal of the incumbent of an appointed office shall be signed by registered voters equal in number to at least 20% of the entire vote cast for the office of Mayor at the last preceding general municipal election, or primary nominating election, at which a Mayor was elected.
 
   (b)   If a majority of the registered voters voting on the question vote in favor of the removal of the appointed officer, the officer shall be removed from office upon the declaration of the result of the election by the Council, and the office shall thereupon become vacant. The vacancy shall be filled by the appointing power in the same manner as other vacancies, but any appointed officer so removed shall not be eligible to any appointed or elected office under the Charter until the expiration of two years after removal.
 
 
Sec. 439. Resignation or Vacancy Pending Removal.
 
   In the event that any appointed officer whose removal is sought resigns at any time after the filing of a removal petition with the City Clerk, or a vacancy from any other cause occurs in that office, at any time prior to two days before the election, the election shall be held, but the incumbent shall not be eligible to any appointed or elected office under the Charter until the expiration of two years from the date of resignation or removal.
 
 
Sec. 440. Removal of the City Clerk.
 
   In the event that the City Clerk is the officer whose removal is sought by petition, all powers and duties prescribed in this Article for the City Clerk shall be performed by the City Attorney and not by the City Clerk.
 
 
 
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