Sec. 2. Procedures for filling vacancies in office of mayor or councilmember.

   (a)   As used in this section, the term "governing body" shall mean, in the case of a vacancy in the office of councilmember, the mayor and council, and in the case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the council.

   (b)   In filling any vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmember, the procedure shall be as follows:

   1.   The governing body shall meet within a reasonable time to select an elector of the City, and, in the case of a councilmember, of the ward from which the councilmember whose office has been vacated was elected or appointed, to fill such vacancy.

   2.   Such selection may occur at any regular or special session of the governing body called for that purpose, and the selection of such mayor or councilmember shall be duly noted in the minutes.

   3.   Upon qualification, such selected mayor or councilmember shall continue in office as mayor or councilmember until the expiration of the term for which the mayor or councilmember whose office has been vacated had been elected or appointed.

   4.   The governing body may provide by ordinance for additional procedures to be used in selecting a mayor or councilmember pursuant to this subsection (b).

   (c)   Should the governing body select a council member to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor, the office of the councilmember so selected shall thereupon become vacant, and shall be filled by the governing body in the manner set forth in subsection (b).

(Ord. No. 8951, § 1, 9-2-97)

   Editors Note: Added as a result of a Charter Amendment Special Election held November 4, 1997. This amendment became effective on December 9, 1997.

Sec. 3. When vacancies exist.

A vacancy shall exist in any elective or appointive office, except under the recall provisions of this Charter, when an officer fails to qualify within thirty (30) days after commencement of his term, dies, resigns, removes from the city, absents himself continuously for thirty (30) days from the duties of his office without the consent of the council, for two (2) consecutive months, is incapacitated so that he is unable to attend to the duties of his office, is convicted of violating any of the provisions of this Charter, or of a felony, or is judicially declared a lunatic as defined by statute, or, in the office of councilman, when a member of the council is selected to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor, as hereinbefore provided.

(Ord. No. 8951, § 1, 9-2-97)

   Editors Note: Added as a result of a Charter Amendment Special Election held November 4, 1997. This amendment became effective on December 9, 1997.

Sec. 4. Time for filling vacancies; term of appointees.

In the event of a vacancy in office; the appointing power or authority shall immediately, or within such time as is expressly provided in this Charter, fill the vacancy, which, in the event the office is for a term, shall be for the remainder of term.

(Ord. No. 8951, § 1, 9-2-97)

   Editors Note: Added as a result of a Charter Amendment Special Election held November 4, 1997. This amendment became effective on December 9, 1997.

Sec. 5. Mayor and councilmen not to hold other public office.

No person holding any civil office of the City of Tucson, the County of Pima, the State of Arizona (except that of notary public), or of the United States of America shall be eligible to the office of mayor or councilman; and the acceptance by the mayor or any member of the council of any other civil office of the City of Tucson, the County of Pima, the State of Arizona (except that of notary public), or the United States of America shall operate to vacate the office as mayor or councilman.

(Ord. No. 8951, § 1, 9-2-97)

   Editors Note: Added as a result of a Charter Amendment Special Election held November 4, 1997. This amendment became effective on December 9, 1997.