§ 3-104. Qualifications of Councilmembers.

(1)

A councilmember shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of and domiciled in the City and shall not hold any other public office or position, except that the councilmember may hold the office of Notary Public, office in the military or naval forces or a position as a public school, public college, or public university administrator, teacher, instructor, or professor. Candidates for councilmember-at-large shall have been domiciled in the City for two years immediately preceding their election. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Section, candidates for district councilmember shall have been domiciled in the districts from which elected for at least two years immediately preceding their election. Any councilmember who ceases to be domiciled in the district from which elected shall thereby vacate the office.

(2)

At the next regular election for members of the Council following Council redistricting, an elector may qualify as a candidate from any district created in whole or in part from a district existing prior to redistricting, if the elector was domiciled in that prior district for at least two years immediately preceding qualification. The seat of any member who changes domicile from the district represented or, if elected after redistricting, whose domicile is not within the district represented within one year after taking office shall be vacated thereby, any declaration of retention of domicile to the contrary notwithstanding.