Acts in event of election to council of new local authority

(1) For holding the elections of a new local authority, the councils concerned perform the following acts upon agreement:

1)  determine the number of members of the new council based on the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of § 7 of this Act and the number of residents in the territory of the new rural municipality or city, according to the data of 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 1–5 of § 8 of this Act.

(2)  The distribution of mandates is based on the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of § 9 of this Act and thenumber of residents in the territory of the new rural municipality or city based on the data of the population register as at 1 January of the year in which the mandates are distributed.

(3) The rural municipality or city governments concerned form, upon agreement, the voting districts in theterritory 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 adopt theresolutions 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 in charge of the policy sector. [RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018]