Acts in event of election to council of new local authority

(1) In order for elections of a new local authority to be held, the councils concerned shall, upon agreement,
perform the following acts:

1) determine the number of members of the new council based on the provisions of subsections 7 (1) and (2) of this Act and the number of residents in the territory of the new rural municipality or city, according to the information held in the population register as at 1 January of the year in which the number of members is determined;
2) form electoral districts in the territory of the new rural municipality or city based on the provisions of subsections 8 (1)–(5) of this Act.

(2) The distribution of mandates shall be based on the provisions of subsections 9 (1) and (2) of this Act and the number of residents in the territory of the new rural municipality or city according to the information held in the population register as at 1 January of the year in which the mandates are distributed.

(3) The rural municipality or city governments concerned shall, upon agreement, form voting districts in the territory of the electoral districts based on the provisions of § 22 of this Act.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]

(4) The rural municipality or city councils and rural municipality or city governments concerned shall adopt the resolutions and issue the orders specified in this section before all the documents which are necessary in order to alter the administrative-territorial organisation are submitted to the minister responsible for the area.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2018]