§ 15. Qualifications of mayor and councilmen and notice of candidacy.

No person shall be eligible for the office of mayor or councilman of said city unless he shall have been a resident of said city for a period of one (1) year immediately preceding the time that he qualified to run for office; shall have attained or passed his twenty-first birthday, and shall be a qualified voter in municipal elections for officers of said city, not convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, and entitled to register under the registration laws which may be in force at that time in said city. No person's name shall be placed on the ballot as a candidate for mayor or councilman unless such person shall have filed with the clerk of said city thirty (30) days prior to the election in which he desires to be a candidate (legal holidays and Sundays excluded) his written notice that he desires that his name be placed on said ballot as a candidate either for mayor or councilman and shall have paid a qualifying fee as determined by the laws of the State of Georgia. Such written notice shall be in such form and contain such information as the mayor and council may provide by ordinance. No person shall be eligible for the office of mayor or councilman of said city unless such person shall file the above notice within the time prescribed herein and have paid his qualifying fee.

(1963 Ga. Laws, page 2185; 1970 Ga. Laws, page 2611; 1971 Ga. Laws, page 3829; 1972 Ga. Laws, page 3465; 1983 Ga. Laws, page 4954)