6-31-307 - City council member Recall election. - Tennessee Statutes

6-31-307. City council member Recall election.

At such election, voters shall vote either “for recall” or “against recall.” If sixty-six percent (66%) of those voters vote “for recall,” the person named shall be declared removed from office and the office declared vacant. Such vacancy shall be filled as directed in § 6-31-201. The method of removal shall be cumulative and additional to the methods heretofore existing by law. No more than one (1) election for the purpose of recall shall be held in any six-month period and no such election shall be held within a period beginning ninety (90) days before and ending ninety (90) days after a regular municipal election.

[Acts 1959, ch. 140, § 1; 1972, ch. 740, § 4(58); T.C.A., § 6-3121.]