§ 8-A. Candidacy of council member for office of mayor or different place on council.

If a member of the city council shall become a candidate for election to the office of mayor or for any place on the city council other than the specific office or place the person is then holding, that person shall forfeit that office or place on the council at the time said council member's successor is sworn into office. Further, if a member of the city council shall announce their candidacy, or shall in fact become a candidate, in any general, special or primary election, for any office of profit or trust under the laws of Texas or the United States other than the office then held, at any time when the unexpired term of the office then held shall exceed one (1) year, such announcement or such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled pursuant to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such office are filled.

(Ord. No. 1331; Ord. No. 4754, § 3, 8-15-85; Ord. No. 7196, Amd. 4, 1-22-98)