Registration of members of council and commencement of their authority

(1) The rural municipality or city electoral committee shall, by a resolution, register the elected members of a council after election day if the term for filing complaints and appeals with the National Electoral Committee and the Supreme Court has expired or if final resolutions have been adopted in respect of such complaints and appeals.

(2) In the case prescribed in § 67 of this Act, the rural municipality or city electoral committee shall, by a resolution, register the elected members of the council after the repeat vote, taking into consideration the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The election results are deemed to be declared and the authority of a member of a council shall commence on the date following the publication of the resolution of the rural municipality or city electoral committee set out in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

(3¹) If a candidate who is elected holds an office at the time of the declaration of the election results, which is incompatible with the office of a council member, he or she must notify the rural municipality or city electoral committee, within three working days after the date of declaration of election results, whether he or she wishes to participate in the work of the municipal council or wishes to continue in his or her current office and decline the mandate.
[RT I, 12.03.2015, 2 - entry into force 22.03.2015]

(4) The authority of members of a council elected at supplementary elections or elections of council of a new local authority in the case provided for in subsection 4 (2) of this Act shall terminate at the same time as the authority of members of the council elected at the time prescribed in § 2 of this Act.

(5) The rural municipality or city electoral committee shall convene the elected council not later than on the seventh day after the declaration of the election results.
[RT I 2006, 32, 244 - entry into force 17.07.2006]