§ 154. Qualifications of members; forfeiture of office for designated causes; filling of vacancies resulting from disqualification.

Every person appointed as a member of said authority shall, at the time of the appointment, be a qualified elector of the City of Palatka, or the record owner of property within the City, and any member of the authority who ceases to possess any of the qualifications herein specified shall immediately forfeit his/her office and the City Commission shall fill the vacancy so created in the manner provided in this act (Article). No person who is otherwise employed by the City or who holds any other office in the City, whether elected or appointed, shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the Authority, and any member of the Authority who becomes otherwise employed by the City, or is elected or appointed to any other office in the City shall immediately forfeit his/her office as a member and the City Commission shall fill the vacancy so created in the manner provided in this act (Article).

(Laws of Fla., ch. 59-1679, § 4; Ord. No. 16-03 , § II, 2-25-2016)

Editor's note

A phrase in the above section requiring that authority members be property owners has been deleted in light of cases such as City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski, 399 U.S. 209 (1970), Hill v. Stone, 421 U.S. 289 (1975), and Turner v. Fouche, 396 U.S. 346 (1970), holding similar provisions unconstitutional.