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 San Antonio
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article II. CITY COUNCIL

§ 4. Creation, composition and powers.  

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  • There is hereby created as the governing body of the City a Council which shall consist of eleven (11) members, each of whom shall be elected to and occupy a place, such places being numbered consecutively beginning with Place 1 and ending with Place 11.

    Each member of the Council shall be a citizen of Texas, a qualified elector and registered to vote in the City, shall have resided in the City at least one year prior to filing his application for election and must reside in the City during his term of office.

    The Councilmembers shall be elected from districts or wards which shall be drawn by ordinance and shall be as nearly equal in population as practicable.

    The boundaries of the districts or wards shall be reexamined and redetermined by ordinance, where appropriate following each succeeding Federal decennial census, or at other times where substantial variances in the number and makeup of the population of districts or wards have occurred, taking into consideration annexations, disannexations, shifts in population, compactness, ethnic composition and other criteria established by law. On any annexations, the City Council shall designate the annexed area to be a part of the wards or districts to which it is contiguous.

    Members of the Council for Place 1 through Place 10 shall be elected from such districts or wards which shall be numbered accordingly and each such member shall be elected by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting in said election in the particular district or ward. Each member from a district or ward shall reside within its boundaries at least six (6) months prior to filing his application for election and continuing during his or her term of office, and failure to do so shall render such office vacant. Candidates for and the person elected as member of the council in the remaining place, Place 11, may reside anywhere in the City and shall be elected by a majority of all qualified electors voting in said City election, with said Council Member to serve as Mayor as provided in Section 9 of this Charter.

    No member of the Council may hold any other public office or employment for which compensation is paid by the City or Bexar County, Texas. Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the Council shall have and exercise all powers now or hereafter conferred on the City; shall succeed to all powers heretofore vested in any former governing body of the City; shall have the general care, management and control of the City, its property and finances, and shall enact, alter, modify or repeal all ordinances and resolutions not repugnant to this Charter and the Constitution and laws of Texas.

(Ord. No. 47586, § 1 (Prop. 1), 1-17-77; Ord. No. 85965, § 1 (Prop. 1), 5-5-97)