§ 4. Running for other elective offices.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, no member of the commission or the chief executive shall be qualified to be a candidate for nomination or election to any other elective office, other than to succeed one's self as a member of the commission or as chief executive, unless the member of the commission or the chief executive shall resign from office as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)

If the term of the other office to which the member of the commission or the chief executive seeks to be a candidate for nomination or election expires on the same date the member's or the chief executive's term of office expires, then resignation from office under subsection (a) of this section shall not be required. If resignation is required under subsection (a) of this section, such resignation shall be irrevocable and shall be submitted to the commission by not later than April 1 of the year in which the election for other office to which the member of the commission or the chief executive seeks nomination or election is held and shall be effective on December 31 of that year.

(c)

The April 1 date specified in subsection (b) of this section for irrevocable resignation from office shall be deemed to be the date of the creation of a vacancy, notwithstanding the fact that the resignation is not effective until the thirty-first day of December immediately following the date of resignation. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of this act, no special election shall be held to fill such vacancy, and such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by nomination and election at the immediately following general primary and election in the same manner as nomination and election for a full term of office as a member of the commission in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 21 [§ 21-2-1 et seq.] of the O.C.G.A., known as the "Georgia Election Code."

(Acts 1981, p. 4304, § 1; Acts 1984, p. 4916, § 1)