(a) Vice Mayors. A vacancy in the office of the Vice Mayor less than two hundred forty (240) days before the date of the next general election for Mayors and Vice Mayors shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the municipal planning council of the municipality in which the vacancy occurs, subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslatura.
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(b) Mayors. If by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability or failure to perform, there shall be a vacancy in the office of the Mayor less than two hundred forty (240) days before the date of the next general election for Mayors and Vice Mayors, it shall be filled by the Vice Mayor in a municipality where there is a Vice Mayor, and there shall be a vacancy in the position of Vice Mayor until the end of the term. In a municipality where there is no Vice Mayor and the vacancy is less than two hundred forty (240) days before the date of the next general election for Mayors and Vice Mayors, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the municipal planning council of the municipality in which the vacancy occurs, subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslatura. SOURCE: GC § 15007. Amended by P.L. 4-002:3 (Feb. 11, 1957), P.L. 14-027:5 (May 26, 1977); Subsection (b) amended by P.L. 15-074:1 (Oct. 24, 1974) and P.L. 20-033:1 (Sep. 6, 1989). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 22-050:5 (Dec. 2, 1993). Subsection (a) and (b) amended by P.L. 30-160:1 (July 14, 2010), and P.L. 32-129:4 (Feb. 10, 2014). Subsection (c) repealed by P.L. 32-129:3 (Feb. 10, 2014).