City of Chattanooga Municipal Charter Amendments - Ordinance No. 13192 (Summary)

Shall Ordinance No. 13192 to amend the Home Rule Charter of the City of Chattanooga be approved so as to amend the first sentence related to Section 3.1 of the Charter as written, which states as follows: Section 3.1 – Eligibility for Office. No person shall be eligible to any popularly elected office under City government to the extent that political activity by such person would interfere with state business prohibited by Tennessee or Federal law or otherwise result in any disqualification from taking office pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 2-19-201 through 2-19-208 under Tennessee or Federal law. No person shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with or franchise from the city while holding any popularly elected office under the city government. But stockholders in corporations having such relations with the city, may be eligible to membership on the city council, but shall not vote on or interfere directly or indirectly, with any matters or questions affecting a contract or franchise between such company and the city, or its right or duty under the same. If, while any person is holding any popularly elected office under the city government, such person shall cease to possess any or all of the qualifications, or become subject to any of the disqualifications herein prescribed, such person’s office shall thereby become immediately vacant. No person, while in arrears to the city for money collected, shall be eligible to any popularly elected office under the city government.