§ 2. Qualifications.

Each candidate for a seat on the city council shall be a citizen of the United States of America and a registered voter of the State of Texas and a resident of the district in which the person is a candidate; or in the event of a person who is a candidate for Place No. 5, Mayor, the person must be a resident of the city. A candidate shall be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age and shall have a minimum length of residence of twelve (12) continuous months immediately preceding election day. Each councilman shall not be indebted to the City of Jacksonville at the time of his election nor shall he be in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other liability due the city, nor be disqualified by reason of any provision of any other section of this charter. Any member of the city council ceasing to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section or any other section of this charter, or any member convicted of a felony while in office or who absents himself from three (3) consecutive regular council meetings without the prior consent of said council in resolution form recorded in the minutes, shall immediately forfeit the place to which he was elected, which forfeiture shall be automatic and effective upon the certification by the city secretary to the effect that the minutes of the last three (3) regular meetings reflect that said councilman was absent and that no prior written consent in the manner required was obtained and recorded in the minutes; provided, however, that no councilman shall become indebted to said city at any time during the term of office except as to such indebtedness as may arise out of levy of taxes or assessments of the city. No councilman shall hold any other public office of emolument and no city councilman shall be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contracts, jobs, work or service for the city. A member of the council who moves from the precinct that elected said member during the term for which said member was elected shall immediately forfeit the office. The chairperson, or mayor, who moves from the city during the term for which the person was elected shall immediately forfeit the office, in which event, the vice-chairperson, or mayor protem shall serve until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, which vacancy shall be filled as any other vacancy on the city council.

(Ord. No. 338, § 4, 1-11-77; Ord. No. 1327, § 2(4), 5-13-08)