14-1502. Persons not eligible to office.
14-1502
14-1502. Persons not eligible to office.
No person shall be eligible to any appointive office unless he or she
shall be a bona fide resident of the city or of the territory within a two
(2) mile radius of such city prior to his or her appointment, except that
the city may hire nonresident expert employees or appoint nonresidents as a
municipal judge or as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary by the
board of commissioners, including the appointment of nonresidents who also
serve as municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another
municipality or public agency: Provided, That nothing herein shall
authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.
History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 23; R.S. 1923, § 14-1502; L. 1961, ch. 107, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 9; July 1.