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 San Antonio
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article XIII. ETHICS REVIEW BOARD

§ 166. Organization.  

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  • (a)

    The City Council shall appoint an Ethics Review Board, to exercise the powers and duties established by this Charter. The Ethics Review Board shall consist of eleven members. The Mayor and each member of the City Council shall nominate one member of the Board. Each nominee shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the City Council. Nomination and confirmation of Board members shall be conducted at separate open meetings of the City Council. Initial board appointments shall be made so that terms are staggered, with six members to serve an initial term of two years and five members to serve an initial term of three years, determined after appointment by lottery. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of two years beginning on the day after the expiration of the preceding full term. No member of the Board shall serve for more than three full terms.

    (b)

    Members of the Board shall have good moral character and shall be residents of the city. No person appointed to the Board may be: a salaried city official or employee; an elected public official; a candidate for elected public office; an officer of a political party; or a person required by ordinance to register as a lobbyist. A member of the Ethics Review Board may be removed from office for cause by a majority vote of the City Council after a public hearing at which the member is provided the opportunity to be heard. Grounds for removal are: a failure to satisfy or to continue to satisfy the qualifications set forth in this section; a substantial neglect of duty; gross misconduct in office; inability to discharge the powers or duties of office; a violation of any provision of the ethics ordinance; or a conviction of a felony or crime of moral turpitude.

    (c)

    The City Council shall fill any vacancy on the Board by a person who will serve the remainder of the unexpired term. The nomination to fill a vacancy shall be made by the member of the City Council (or his or her successor) who had nominated the person whose successor is to be selected to fill the vacancy.

(Ord. No. 99252, 5-27-04)