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<br />PROPOSITIONS 17, 18: <br /> <br />Section 17. Qualifications. <br /> <br />Each of the seven councilmen shall be at least 2-l 18 years of age or <br />older, a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the States <br />of Texas for 12 months as of the deadline for filing for office, and a bona <br />fide resident of the district in which he seeks election for 12 months as of <br />the deadline for filing for office; and shall not have been convicted of a <br />felony, been adjudged to mentally incompetent, {ouHd to be iH arrears <br />in the payment of aHY taxes or other liability due to the eity, or be <br />disqualified by reason of any provision of any other section of the <br />Charter or of the V.T.C.A., Election Code, Chapter 141, as amended. <br /> <br />A member of the eouneil eeasing to possess any of the qualifications <br />speeified in this seetion or aHY other section of this Charter, or <br />eOHvieted of a feloHY while in office, shall immediately forfeit his <br />office. <br /> <br />A member of the council shall immediately forfeit his office if the <br />member ceases to nossess any of the qualifications snecified in this <br />section or in any other section of the Charter or while in office is <br />convicted of a felony. is placed on felony probation or placed on <br />deferred adjudication for a felonv. or is otherwise subject to any type <br />of court sunervision followinQ" disposition or resolution of a felonv <br />char~e. <br /> <br />For the purposes of this section, a bona fide residence shall be defined as <br />an actual place in which the councilman actually resides, prima facie <br />evidence of which may include a utility account in the name of the <br />councilman, or his spo~se, parent or child with whom he actually resides. <br /> <br />EXPLANATION: Makes the qualifications for holding city office consistent with <br />less-restrictive state law by lowering the minimum age from 21 to 18; deletes the <br />requirement that a candidate for city council not be in arrears in the payment of <br />any taxes or other liabilities due to the city, such prohibition having been held to be <br />invalid by federal courts; further classifies the type of felony for which a member of <br />the city council shall forfeit his office. <br /> <br />9 <br />