Subject: 9551/City Code 2-173/Employee Running for Elected Office
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 08:45:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9551
                   
                   
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, 
                   PART II, SECTION 2-173, SO AS TO MAKE SAID 
                   SECTION APPLY ONLY TO ELECTIVE OFFICES, THE 
                   CONSTITUENCY FOR WHICH IS COMPOSED OF 
                   RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
                   
                                                     
                   
                   
       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Section 2-173, Part II, 
       Chattanooga City Code, be and is hereby amended by deleting the 
       first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the 
       following:
            "Whenever an employee runs for election to a public 
            office, the constituency for which is composed in whole 
            or in part by residents of the City, the employee shall 
            be required to go on leave (1) from and after any public 
            announcement by such employee of his candidacy for said 
            public office, or (2) from and after commencing to 
            actually campaign, or (3) from and after having 
            qualified as a candidate for such elective office, 
            whichever occurs first."
            
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance 
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as 
       provided by law.
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading May 14, 1991.	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
       
       
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:_______ DISAPPROVED:_______
       
       	    	      	   	     DATE:_________________ ______, 1991.
       
       
       	    	      	   	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	             MAYOR
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