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Mayor Billy G. Moore and City Council Members <br />Page 3 <br />January 11, 1999 <br />2. Amend Sections 3.02 and 3.03 regarding the qualifications for city council members as <br />follows: <br />Sec. 3.02. Qualifications. <br />(a) Each member of the city council, in addition to having other qualifications <br />prescribed by law: <br />(1) Shall be a qualified voter of the city; <br />(2) Shall have resided for at least one (1) year preceding the election within the <br />corporate limits of San Marcos; or shall have been a resident for a period of <br />not less than one t" year immediately preceding the person's election, of any <br />territory not formerly within the corporate limits of the city, but which is <br />annexed under the provision of Section 2.03 of this Charter; <br />(3) Shall not hold any other office or employment under the city government <br />while a member of the council, except a member of the city council may be <br />appointed by the city council to represent the council on any board, <br />commission, committee, organization or entity in the council's sole discretion <br />so long as that person's service does not extend beyond the person's council <br />term; <br />(4) Shall not be an officer or director of any public service company within the <br />city, or outside the city but serving inhabitants of the city, nor be the owner <br />or proprietor of any public service in the city. Public service company is <br />defined as any company, individual, partnership, corporation or other entity <br />recognized by law that, in the course of its principal business, uses any of the <br />city's streets, alleys, highways or ground of the city to carry out its primary <br />purpose, including but not limited to sewer, gas, electricity, <br />telecommunications, commercial railway or street railway services. <br />(b) The city council shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members. If <br />the council determines that any member of the council shall has ceased to possess any of <br />these qualifications or shalf be has been convicted of a felony, that member shall <br />immediately forfeit office.