Senator SCOTT proposed the following amendment (JUD3392.002):
Amend the Committee Amendment, as and if amended, on page [3392-3], after line 31, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/     SECTION __. Section 5-7-200 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 5-7-200.     (a)(A)     A mayor or councilman shall forfeit his office if he:
        (1)     lacks at any time during his term of office any a qualification for the office prescribed by the general law and the Constitution;
        (2)     violates any an express prohibition of Chapters 1 to 17; or
        (3)     is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
    (b)(B)     A vacancy in the office of mayor or council shall must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term either:
        (1)     at the next regular municipal election; or
        (2)     at a special election held pursuant to Section 7-13-190, if the vacancy occurs:
            (a)     one hundred eighty days or more, or
            (b)     ninety days or less
    prior to the next general municipal election."         /
    Renumber sections to conform. Amend title to conform.