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Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Morgan Hill Municipal Code Ch. 1.17 Filling of City Council Vacancies

Morgan Hill Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Morgan Hill

Cite as: Morgan Hill Municipal Code Chapter 1.17 · Text as of 2026-10-04

1.17.010 - Statutory authority.

The ordinance codified in this chapter is adopted pursuant to authority set forth in Government Code Section 36512(c)(3).

(Ord. 1325 N.S. (part), 1997)

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1.17.020 - Appointment and election.

Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the city council, holds office only until the date of a special election which shall immediately be called to fill the remainder of the term. The special election may be held on the date of the next regularly established election or regularly scheduled municipal election to be held throughout the city not less than one hundred fourteen days from the call of the special election.

(Ord. 1325 N.S. (part), 1997)

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1.17.030 - Sunset clause.

Chapter 1.17, Filling of City Council Vacancies, and all ordinances included therein, including but not limited to 1.17.010 through 1.17.040 shall be repealed and ineffective after the certification of the November, 1997 election and the seating of the newly elected councilmember or December 31, 1997 whichever shall occur first.

(Ord. 1325 N.S. (part), 1997)

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1.17.040 - Appointment and election.

The ordinance codified in this section shall only become effective should Section 1.17.020 Appointment and election be invalidated. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the city council, holds office only until the date of a special election which shall immediately be called to fill the remainder of the term. The special election may be held on the date of the next regularly established election or regularly scheduled municipal election to be held throughout the city not less than one hundred fourteen days from the call of the special election.

(Ord. 1326 N.S. (part), 1997)

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1.17.050 - Sunset clause.

Chapter 1.17, Filling of City Council Vacancies, and all ordinances included therein, including but not limited to 1.17.010 through 1.17.050 shall be repealed and ineffective after the certification of the November, 1997 election and the seating of the newly elected councilmember or December 31, 1997 whichever shall occur first.

(Ord. 1326 N.S. (part), 1997)

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