Local Authorities (Election of Head of Authority and His Deputies and Their Tenure) Law, 5735-1975
חוק הרשויות המקומיות (בחירת ראש הרשות וסגניו וכהונתם), תשל"ה-1975
Published: 1975-08-07Last amended 2026-01-18✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Definitions§
1.
In this Law –
"Administrative Affairs Court" – as defined in the Administrative Affairs Courts Law;
"Administrative Affairs Courts Law" – Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000;
"local authority" – a municipality or local council, excluding a regional council;
"head of authority" – the head of a local authority;
"council" – a council of a local authority;
"elections administrator" – the elections administrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 29 of the Elections Law;
"Elections Law" – Local Authorities (Elections) Law, 5725-1965;
"the Minister" – the Minister of the Interior.
Method of Election§
2.
The head of authority shall be elected in personal, general, direct, equal and secret elections, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Date of Elections§
3.
Whenever elections are held for the council, elections for the head of authority shall also be held and they shall take place on the day of elections for the council.
Right to Vote and to Stand for Election§
4.
(a)Any person entitled to vote in elections for the council (hereinafter – voter) is entitled to vote in elections for the head of authority.
(b)Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), an Israeli citizen who is entitled to stand for election as a member of the council and is first on a list of candidates for the council is entitled to stand for election as head of authority.
(c)An officer of the Israel Defence Forces of the rank of Aluf or above, and a police officer of the rank of Chief Inspector or above, shall not be entitled to stand for election as head of authority unless they have ceased to be officers as aforesaid at least 100 days before election day.
(d)A person who served as head of a local authority and whose tenure lapsed pursuant to section 20(e), by reason of a conviction for an offence committed in the course of his tenure as head of authority or connected with his election as head of authority, shall not be entitled to stand for election as head of authority in elections to be held in the local authority for the first time after the lapse of his tenure.
Nomination of a Candidate§
5.
(a)Any group of voters numbering 750 persons, or three per cent of the number of voters in the register information on the determining date, as defined in section 16(a) of the Elections Law, whichever is the smaller number, any one or more factions of the Knesset, any party as defined in the Elections Law, and any one or more factions of the outgoing council approved pursuant to section 25(a) of the Elections Law, may nominate as a candidate for head of authority a person entitled to be elected as head of authority pursuant to section 4(b).
(b)A nomination of a candidate submitted by a Knesset faction or by a faction of the outgoing council shall be signed by the representative of the faction or his alternate; a nomination of a candidate submitted by a party shall be signed by its representative or his alternate as designated pursuant to section 36(b) of the Elections Law; a nomination of a candidate submitted by two or more of the bodies listed as aforesaid shall be signed by the representatives of each of those bodies.
(c)Where a nomination of a candidate is submitted by a group of voters and the representative of the submitters and his alternate are not specified therein, the first submitter on the list shall be regarded as the representative of the submitters and the second submitter on the list as his alternate.
(d)Where a nomination of a candidate is submitted by a group of voters, all signatures after the first 850 signatures shall not be taken into account for the purposes of subsection (a).
Withdrawal of a Candidate§
6.
(a)Where a candidate for head of authority withdraws on the 10th day before the day of elections or earlier, the person who nominated his candidacy may, not later than the 7th day before the day of elections, nominate in his place another candidate who is an Israeli citizen, from among those included on the list of candidates for the council.
(b)The obligation of notice pursuant to section 41 and the provisions of section 42 of the Elections Law shall not apply to a candidate nominated pursuant to subsection (a).
(c)A candidate nominated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be regarded in all respects as being first on the list of candidates, notwithstanding the provisions of section 41a(b) of the Elections Law.
Death of a Candidate§
6a.
(a)Where a candidate for head of authority dies, the person who nominated his candidacy may, subject to the provisions of subsection (b), nominate another candidate in his place, not later than the tenth day after the death of the candidate.
(b)Where the candidate who died was nominated by a group of voters, all the other candidates included on the list of candidates for the council at the head of which the deceased candidate stood may nominate another candidate in his place, not later than the tenth day after the death of the candidate.
(c)A nomination of a candidate pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the elections administrator on the days, at the hours, at the place and on the forms prescribed by the Minister of the Interior.
The Nominated Candidate§
6b.
(a)A candidate nominated pursuant to section 6a shall be an Israeli citizen entitled to be elected as a member of the council and need not be included on any list of candidates.
(b)The provisions of sections 41 and 42 of the Elections Law shall not apply to a candidate nominated pursuant to section 6a if that candidate is included on an approved list of candidates.
(c)A candidate nominated pursuant to section 6a shall be regarded in all respects as standing at the head of the list of candidates on which the deceased candidate was included.
Postponement of the Date of Elections§
6c.
(a)Where a candidate for head of authority dies on the 15th day before the day of elections or earlier, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)where a candidate has been nominated pursuant to section 6a – the elections for the council and for the head of authority shall take place on the first Tuesday following the 33rd day from the date of submission of the nomination of the candidate;
(2)where a candidate has not been nominated in accordance with section 6a – the elections for the council and for the head of authority shall take place on the day on which they were to have taken place.
(b)Where a candidate for head of authority dies after the 15th day before the day of elections, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)where a candidate has been nominated pursuant to section 6a – the elections for the council and for the head of authority shall take place on the date referred to in subsection (a)(1);
(2)where a candidate has not been nominated pursuant to section 6a – the elections for the council and for the head of authority shall take place upon the expiry of 14 days from the day on which they were to have taken place.
Electoral Procedure§
7.
(a)The voters register used for the purposes of elections to the council shall also be used for the purposes of elections for the head of authority, and so too shall the elections administrator, the elections committee, the polling station locations, the polling station committee and the ballot boxes.
(b)In addition to the provisions of subsection (a), the following provisions of the Elections Law shall also apply, with the necessary modifications, to elections for the head of authority:
(1)sections 6, 7, 7a, 8, 9(b), 10, 31a, 32b, 35(c), (d), (e), (h), (i) and (j), 39a to 39d, 40, 40a, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51(c) and (d), 52 to 60, 61(b), 61a, 62(a), 63(1) to (4) and (7) to (9), 64 to 66, 71, 72, 73 and 73a;
(2)Chapters 7, 8, 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4 and 9; Chapters 8 to 8/4 shall also apply on the day of repeat elections as referred to in section 9(b) that takes place after the day of elections for all councils as referred to in section 4 of the Elections Law;
(3)sections 95 to 97.
(c)In addition to the provisions of subsection (b), the following provisions shall apply to the ballot slip for elections for head of authority:
(1)the slip shall be in a colour different from the ballot slip for the council; its colour and form shall be prescribed by Regulations;
(2)the slip shall bear the name of the candidate in print, in Hebrew or in Hebrew and Arabic, and nothing else, in accordance with a specimen approved by the elections administrator;
(3)the elections administrator shall approve for each candidate one specimen slip only bearing the name of the candidate printed in Hebrew, and if requested, also one specimen slip only bearing the name of the candidate printed in Hebrew and Arabic;
(4)instead of a printed slip, a voter may also use for voting a blank slip, the colour and form of which have been prescribed by Regulations, on which the voter shall write, in his own handwriting, in Hebrew or in Arabic, the given name of the candidate and his surname in a manner that enables his identification with certainty, and nothing else, provided that the writing as aforesaid is done in blue ink; every voter is entitled to receive a blank slip from the polling station committee;
(5)a slip that does not bear the name of a candidate as approved by the elections administrator – the vote is invalid;
(6)a handwritten slip bearing a candidate's name in a language other than Hebrew or Arabic – the vote is invalid;
(7)a handwritten slip from which the name of the candidate cannot be understood, or from which it cannot be understood for which candidate the slip was given – the vote is invalid;
(8)where a ballot slip for the council is found in a voting envelope for the election of head of authority – the vote is invalid;
(9)where a ballot slip for head of authority and a ballot slip for the council are found in a voting envelope for the election of head of authority – both votes are invalid;
(10)a ballot slip that does not conform to the provisions of this section – the vote is invalid;
(11)where among all the ballot slips of one candidate there are found a number of handwritten ballot slips in which none of the grounds for invalidity referred to in subsection (b) and in paragraphs (1) to (10) occur, but it is proved that more than one such ballot slip was written in the handwriting of one person, only one of those slips shall be counted as valid and the remaining handwritten slips of that same person shall be invalidated.
(d)The following provisions shall apply to voting envelopes for the election of head of authority:
(1)the voting envelopes shall be sealed and of a uniform form as the Minister shall prescribe by Regulations; close to the elections the Minister shall supply to each council, at its expense, a sufficient quantity of voting envelopes;
(2)the envelope shall be in a colour different from the voting envelope for the council; its colour and form shall be prescribed by Regulations;
(3)the elections administrator shall prescribe a special mark to be stamped on the voting envelopes.
(e)The manner of voting is as follows: in the booth that conceals the voter from others, the voter places a ballot slip for the election of head of authority into the special envelope for this vote, which was given to him by the polling station committee; this vote shall be simultaneous with his vote for the council.
Deposit§
8.
(a)The provisions of section 38a of the Elections Law shall apply, with the necessary modifications, also to the submission of a nomination of a candidate for head of authority by a group of voters as referred to in section 5.
(b)Where the nomination of the candidate has not been finally approved, one-fifth of the amount of the deposit shall be forfeited to the council treasury and the remainder shall be returned to the person who gave the deposit.
(c)Where the candidate dies before the day of elections, the deposit shall be returned to the person who gave it.
(d)A candidate who received less than 10% of the valid votes, or a candidate who withdrew, shall have the deposit forfeited to the council treasury. If it cannot be forfeited as aforesaid, or if there was no voting at a ballot box as referred to in section 8a, the deposit shall be returned to the person who gave it at a time to be prescribed by the Minister.
Elected Without Ballot Box Voting§
8a.
Where a candidate for head of authority has been approved and he is from a list of candidates that has been approved pursuant to the Elections Law as the sole list for elections to the council, the elections administrator shall, with the concurrence of the elections committee, declare on the day of elections the candidate as having been elected head of authority and shall publish a notice to that effect in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
Results of Elections at the Ballot Box§
9.
(a)Where there are two or more candidates, the candidate who received the greatest number of valid votes is elected, provided that he received at least 40% of those votes.
(b)Where no candidate received 40% of the valid votes, or where two candidates each received an equal number of votes amounting to 40% or more of the valid votes, repeat elections for the election of one of the two candidates who received the greatest numbers of valid votes in the first elections shall be held 14 days after the day of elections; the candidate who received the greater number of votes in the repeat elections is elected.
(c)Where the two candidates received an equal number of valid votes in the repeat elections, the number of valid votes received by each of them in the first elections shall be added to the number of valid votes received in the repeat elections, and the candidate who received the greater number of valid votes in the first elections and the repeat elections combined is elected; where the number of valid votes received by the two candidates is equal even after such addition, the council shall, by a majority of its members, elect one of the two candidates as head of authority.
(d)Where there is only one candidate, he shall be elected, provided that the number of valid votes cast in his favour exceeded the number of valid votes cast against him; where the candidate is not thus elected, the council shall elect a head of authority from among its members in accordance with the provisions of section 26.
(e)On the day of repeat elections pursuant to subsection (b), the polling station location shall be open for voting without interruption from 13.00 hours until 22.00 hours, but in a local authority in which the number of persons entitled to vote does not exceed 350, the polling station location shall be open for voting without interruption from 13.00 hours until 20.00 hours; the polling station location shall be closed before the said hours if all those entitled to vote therein have already voted.
Where It Is Impossible to Hold an Election for One or Both Candidates in Repeat Elections§
9a.
(a)Where repeat elections were required to be held pursuant to section 9(b), and one of the two candidates in those elections ceased to stand for election, by reason of death, withdrawal or other cause, between the first elections and the repeat elections, the repeat elections shall be held with respect to the remaining candidate, by a vote in his favour or against him, and he shall be elected if the number of valid votes cast in his favour exceeded the number of valid votes cast against him; where the candidate is not thus elected, the council shall elect a head of authority from among its members pursuant to section 26.
(b)Where both candidates ceased to stand for election, by reason of a cause referred to in subsection (a), between the first elections and the repeat elections, repeat elections shall not be held and the council shall elect a head of authority from among its members pursuant to section 26.
Head of Authority Whose List for the Council Did Not Win a Mandate§
9b.
(a)Where a candidate was elected as head of authority pursuant to sections 9 or 9a, but the list of candidates for the council on which he was included did not win a mandate, he shall be a member of the council in all respects and shall be added to the number of members prescribed by the Minister pursuant to a legislative provision, and this for as long as he serves as head of authority.
(b)Where a candidate was elected as head of authority pursuant to section 24a and he is not a member of the council, he shall be a member of the council in all respects and shall be added to the number of members prescribed by the Minister pursuant to a legislative provision, and this for as long as he serves as head of authority.
Elections Without Ballot Box Voting§
10.
Where no nomination of a candidate has been submitted or approved, or where the sole candidate withdrew or died and no other candidate was nominated in his place as referred to in sections 6 and 6a, there shall be no ballot box elections and the council shall elect a head of authority from among its members in accordance with the provisions of section 26.
10a.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 13, 1996)
Separation of Appeals§
11.
(a)An appeal against elections to the council does not constitute an appeal against the election of a head of authority, and the holding of second elections to the council as a result of an appeal against its election does not entail elections for head of authority, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3.
(b)An appeal against elections for head of authority does not constitute an appeal against elections to the council, and the holding of second elections for head of authority as a result of an appeal against his election does not entail elections to the council.
Tenure of the Head of Authority§
12.
A head of authority elected in ballot box elections shall commence his tenure 21 days after the day of his election; a head of authority elected by the council shall commence his tenure upon his election; their tenure shall continue until a new head of authority commences his tenure.
Reconsideration of Council Decisions§
13.
(a)The head of authority may, within 48 hours of the time a decision was adopted by the council, give written notice to the members of the council of his wish to bring the decision for reconsideration by the council and of the date of the reconsideration.
(b)The reconsideration shall take place at a special sitting of the council to be held within 10 days of the day on which the decision was adopted, or within a shorter period of time if 40% of the members of the council so demanded.
(c)The validity of a decision in respect of which notice was given pursuant to subsection (a) shall be suspended until the council has decided at the reconsideration, or until the head of authority has withdrawn his notice, whichever is the earlier.
(d)A decision of the council at a reconsideration is not subject to further reconsideration pursuant to this section.
(e)This section shall not apply to a decision which a legislative provision requires to be adopted by a special majority of the members of the council and which was adopted by such a majority.
(f)The power of the head of authority pursuant to this section is not delegable.
Permanent Deputies Acting in Place of the Head of Authority§
14.
(a)
(1)The head of authority shall have one deputy, and in a local authority whose population exceeds 150,000, or in a local authority situated in the Negev or Galilee whose population exceeds 45,000 and which has been recognised by the Minister as an immigrant-absorbing local authority, there may be, upon the proposal of the head of authority, two deputies; each deputy shall be elected from among the members of the council upon the proposal of the head of authority approved by the council by a majority of its members;
(2)In this subsection –
"the Negev" – as defined in the Negev Development Authority Law, 5752-1991;
"the Galilee" – as defined in the Galilee Development Authority Law, 5753-1993.
(b)The election of the deputy or deputies as aforesaid shall take place within two months of the day on which the head of authority commenced his tenure or of the day on which the post of the deputy or of one of the deputies became vacant.
(c)Where the head of authority is absent from the country or is prevented from carrying out his functions, or has ceased to serve and a new head of authority has not yet commenced his tenure, his deputy elected pursuant to subsection (a) shall act in his place; where there are two deputies – the deputy designated by the head of authority shall act in his place, but if that deputy is prevented from carrying out his functions – the second deputy; where no alternate has been designated, the representative of the largest faction among the deputies shall serve as acting head of authority; where the deputies are representatives of the same faction, or where the size of their factions is equal, the eldest of the deputies shall serve as acting head of authority.
Additional Deputies§
15.
(a)In addition to the deputy or deputies referred to in section 14, the council may elect, in the manner referred to in section 26 –
(1)in a local authority whose population does not exceed 150,000 – one or two deputies, however the Minister may, by Regulations, with the approval of the Interior Committee of the Knesset, prescribe that in local authorities whose population does not exceed the number prescribed for that purpose, no additional deputy shall be elected or only one deputy shall be elected;
(1a)in a local authority whose population exceeds 150,000 but does not exceed 200,000 – two deputies;
(2)in a local authority whose population exceeds 200,000 but does not exceed 400,000 – three deputies;
(2a)in a local authority whose population exceeds 400,000 but does not exceed 500,000 – four deputies;
(3)in a local authority whose population exceeds 500,000 – five deputies;
(4)in the Jerusalem Municipality – six deputies.
(b)For the purposes of sections 14, 15 and 15a1, the Minister shall determine the population of a local authority, according to what is recorded in the Population Registry together with the number of residents obtained from the calculation referred to in section 19(a1) of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, with the necessary modifications, at each of the following times:
(1)on the determining date as defined in section 16(a) of the Elections Law, in respect of elections to all councils as referred to in section 4 of that Law, and it shall be in force for a period of 15 months commencing 171 days from that date;
(2)upon the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (1), and it shall be in force for a period of 15 months from that date;
(3)upon the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (2), and it shall be in force for a period of 30 months.
15a.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 24, 2003)
Salary of Head of Authority and Deputies§
15a1.
(a)A head of authority and a deputy head of authority may receive a salary and terms of service from the local authority's funds, subject to the Minister's approval and in accordance with the conditions and rates he has prescribed, however none of the following shall receive a salary and terms of service from the local authority's funds:
(1)a deputy head of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 10,000;
(2)more than one deputy head of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 20,000;
(3)more than two deputy heads of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 100,000;
(4)more than three deputy heads of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 200,000;
(5)more than four deputy heads of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 400,000;
(6)more than five deputy heads of authority – in a local authority whose population does not exceed 500,000;
(7)more than six deputy heads of authority – in a local authority whose population exceeds 500,000;
(8)more than eight deputy heads of authority – in the Jerusalem Municipality.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), in a local authority whose population exceeds 250,000, excluding Jerusalem, that does not receive a general equalisation grant in the year of the request and in the two years preceding the request had no current deficit, as defined in section 140c of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, the Minister of the Interior may approve, upon a proposal by the head of authority approved by the council, that an additional deputy head of authority beyond the number listed in subsection (a) shall be entitled to receive a salary and terms of service as referred to in subsection (a).
(c)Where a deputy head of authority was appointed pursuant to subsection (b) and one of the conditions listed in that paragraph has ceased to be fulfilled in the local authority, a deputy head of authority designated by the council shall cease to receive a salary and terms of service as referred to in subsection (a), and if the council has not designated which deputy head of authority – the head of authority shall determine this; if the head of authority has not designated a deputy as aforesaid, the deputy head of authority from the largest faction among the coalition factions shall cease to receive a salary and terms of service as aforesaid.
(d)Conditions referred to in subsection (a) may include provisions regarding the number of deputies entitled to receive a salary and terms of service, as well as regarding the non-payment of a salary and terms of service from the local authority's funds to a head of authority or a deputy head of authority elected during the council's term of office in place of one who has ceased to serve.
(e)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d), the Minister shall not prescribe conditions for the non-payment of a salary and terms of service to a head of authority or a deputy head of authority elected during the council's term of office in place of one who has ceased to serve, where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1)an agreement concerning the rotation of the head of authority or the deputy was placed before the council within 45 days from the day the first head of authority in each council term of office commenced serving;
(2)the head of authority, and in the case of rotation of a deputy, each of the deputies – both the one who ceased serving and the one elected in his place – served in office for at least 26 months;
(3)the number of deputies rotating during the council's term of office does not exceed –
(a)in a local authority whose population does not exceed 250,000 – two deputies, including the one elected as the deputy acting head of authority pursuant to section 14 (in this section – acting deputy head of authority);
(b)in a local authority whose population exceeds 250,000 – three deputies, including the one elected as the acting deputy head of authority.
(f)
(1)Where a head of authority or a deputy head of authority has been rotated and the conditions referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) of subsection (e) have been fulfilled, only the person who served first during the council's term of office as head of authority or as deputy head of authority shall be entitled to retirement conditions and pensions for the period of his service, unless the agreement referred to in subsection (e)(1) provides that a head of authority or a deputy head of authority elected in place of one who has ceased serving shall be entitled to retirement conditions and pensions for the period of his service in place of the one who served first as aforesaid;
(2)a head of authority or a deputy head of authority who is not entitled to retirement conditions and pensions pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be entitled to a grant for the period of his service in accordance with the Local Authorities (Pensions for Head of Authority and Deputies) Law, 5737-1977, and decisions taken pursuant thereto.
(g)In this section –
"local authority" – including a regional council;
"salary and terms of service" – salary, retirement conditions and pensions, as well as all other monetary benefits connected with the performance of the duties of a head of authority or his deputy.
Additional Occupation – Prohibition and Regulation§
15b.
(a)A head of authority or a deputy head of authority who is entitled to receive a salary and terms of service pursuant to the provisions of section 15a1 shall not engage in any business or any additional occupation, except for such occupation on a voluntary basis and without remuneration.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a deputy head of authority who is entitled to receive a salary and terms of service that does not amount to the full salary and terms of service paid to a deputy head of authority in the same local authority may engage in one business or additional occupation only, if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1)his remuneration from the business or additional occupation together with his salary and terms of service from the local authority shall not together exceed the full salary and terms of service paid to a deputy head of authority in the same local authority;
(2)the deputy head of authority has notified the council and the Minister of the Interior of his wish to engage in the business or additional occupation, of its nature and of the amount of time to be devoted by him for that purpose and of his expected income from the business or additional occupation;
(3)the Minister of the Interior has approved the deputy head of authority's engagement in the business or additional occupation.
(c)
(1)A head of authority or a deputy head of authority shall not engage in any business or any additional occupation if such occupation involves any of the following:
(a)harm to the dignity of the local authority, or to his status or the performance of his duties as head of authority or deputy head of authority;
(b)a concern of abuse or obtaining any personal advantage or preference by virtue of being a head of authority or deputy head of authority;
(c)a possibility of a conflict of interests between engagement in the business or additional occupation and his role as head of authority or deputy head of authority;
(d)legal representation of a litigant in legal proceedings in which one of the parties is the local authority or one of the bodies listed in subsection (e)(1); the provision of this sub-paragraph shall not apply to a head of authority or deputy head of authority representing himself.
(2)The provision of this subsection shall also apply to engagement in any business or additional occupation on a voluntary basis and without remuneration, or to such occupation that is permitted pursuant to subsections (b) and (e).
(d)A head of authority or a deputy head of authority who engages in a business or additional occupation on a voluntary basis and without remuneration shall give written notice thereof to the Minister of the Interior and to the council on the day his term of office commences; if he commences engaging in the business or additional occupation after the commencement of his term of office – at the time he commences engaging in it; the notice shall include the particulars referred to in subsection (b)(2).
(e)For the purposes of this section, the following shall not be regarded as engagement in a business or additional occupation –
(1)serving as chairperson, member, director or other equivalent office holder, as the case may be, in any of the following:
(a)a planning institution as defined in the Planning and Building Law, 5725-1965;
(b)a municipal association as defined in the Municipal Associations Law, 5715-1955;
(c)a corporation established by a local authority pursuant to its powers under any law, and in which it holds capital or voting power in the corporation;
(2)activity within the framework of a faction or party, provided that the head of authority or deputy head of authority does not receive a salary for such activity; however, he may receive from the faction or party for the purposes of such activity an office, office services, a vehicle and a driver;
(3)holding alone of shares in a corporation;
(4)receipt of income from an asset of the head of authority or deputy head of authority or from an asset of his family;
(5)receipt of income from a literary, dramatic, musical, artistic or scientific work.
(f)For the purposes of this section –
"shall engage" – whether by himself or in partnership with another, including as an employee or as an agent;
"additional occupation" – an occupation in addition to the occupation as head of authority or deputy head of authority, including a one-time occupation, representation of another person, the giving of advice or the conduct of lobbying activity on his behalf;
"remuneration" – monetary remuneration or other material remuneration;
"material remuneration" – including the making available of an office and office services to a head of authority or deputy head of authority for his private needs, and including the making available of a vehicle for his use both for his private needs and for the purpose of the voluntary and unremunerated occupation.
Additional Occupation – Limitation on Application§
15c.
The provisions of section 15b shall not apply during the first six months of the term of office of a head of authority or a deputy head of authority in respect of a business or occupation in which he commenced engaging before the commencement of his term of office, except for the provisions of section 15b(c).
Acting Head of Authority in the Absence of a Deputy§
16.
Where a deputy or deputies as referred to in section 14 have not been elected or have ceased to serve, or are absent from the country or are prevented from acting in place of the head of authority, one of the additional deputies as referred to in section 15, designated by the council for that purpose, shall act in place of the head of authority, and if there is no such deputy – a member of the council designated by the council for that purpose.
Delegation of Functions and Powers of Head of Authority§
17.
A head of authority may, with the approval of the council, delegate any of his functions and powers to a deputy head of authority or to a member of the management committee as defined in the Municipal Corporations Ordinance or to an employee of the authority, all in general or in respect of a specific matter or a specific category of matters; the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers as aforesaid shall not be conditional upon the payment of a salary.
Head of Authority Who Has Ceased to Be a Member of the Council§
18.
A head of authority who has ceased to be a member of the council shall cease to hold office as head of authority.
Resignation§
19.
(a)A head of authority may, by written notice to the Minister, resign from office; his term of office ceases 48 hours after the letter of resignation has reached the Minister, unless the head of authority has retracted his resignation before then.
(b)The head of authority shall send a copy of the resignation to the members of the council.
Suspension by Reason of Indictment and the Committee for Examination of Suspension§
19a.
(a)A committee for the examination of the suspension of heads of authorities by reason of the filing of indictments shall be established (in this section – the Committee for Examination of Suspension), and the following shall be its members:
(1)a retired District Court judge, to be appointed by the Minister and the Minister of Justice, who shall be the chairperson;
(2)a jurist qualified to serve as a District Court judge, to be appointed by the Minister;
(3)a former head of a local authority, to be appointed by the Minister.
(b)A person who, during the two years preceding the appointment, was active in political life shall not be appointed as a member of the Committee for Examination of Suspension pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (a), and during his term of office a member of the Committee for Examination of Suspension appointed pursuant to those paragraphs shall not be active in political life; for the purposes of this subsection, membership in a party without participation in activities in its institutions shall not be regarded as activity in political life.
(c)The members of the Committee for Examination of Suspension shall be appointed for a single term of seven years.
(d)
(1)The Minister may prescribe additional rules regarding the qualifications of members of the Committee for Examination of Suspension;
(2)The Minister shall prescribe the rules of procedure of the Committee for Examination of Suspension, and until they are prescribed, it may itself prescribe its rules of procedure.
(e)
(1)Where an indictment has been filed against a head of authority during his term of office or an indictment filed before the commencement of his term of office is pending against a head of authority, whether the offence was committed while he was serving as head of authority or before he commenced serving as head of authority, the Committee for Examination of Suspension may, at the request of the Attorney General and after having given the head of authority an opportunity to be heard, suspend the head of authority from office, if it considered that by reason of the gravity of the charges attributed to him in the indictment he is not fit to serve as head of authority;
(2)Where the Committee for Examination of Suspension has decided to suspend a head of authority from office pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall give its mind to the matter of functions that he shall be permitted to perform as a member of the council during the period of suspension, and it may prescribe limitations regarding the performance of those functions;
(3)The decision of the Committee for Examination of Suspension shall be made within 30 days from the day the request of the Attorney General was submitted to it.
(f)For the purpose of making its decision as referred to in subsection (e), the Committee for Examination of Suspension shall consider, inter alia, all of the following:
(1)the offences attributed to the head of authority in the indictment, their circumstances, their scope and their duration;
(2)the number of incidents attributed to the head of authority in the indictment;
(3)the connection between the charges attributed to the head of authority in the indictment and his powers and functions as head of authority;
(4)the period of time that has elapsed since the date on which the offences attributed to the head of authority in the indictment were committed.
(g)Where the Committee for Examination of Suspension has decided to suspend a head of authority from office pursuant to subsection (e), the suspension shall remain in force for a period as the Committee shall determine, which shall not exceed one year (in this section – the period of suspension); however the Committee for Examination of Suspension may, at the request of the Attorney General, extend the period of suspension by additional periods not exceeding one year each, and for this purpose shall consider, inter alia, the duration of the legal proceedings conducted against the head of authority and the circumstances that led to their not yet having concluded.
(h)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (g), the period of suspension pursuant to this section shall end upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(1)the criminal proceedings conducted against the head of authority have been discontinued or have concluded without a conviction, or the court has convicted the head of authority and determined that the offence of which he was convicted does not involve moral turpitude;
(2)the head of authority has been suspended from office pursuant to section 20(d).
(i)Where a head of authority has been suspended from office pursuant to subsection (e), the following provisions shall apply:
(1)the council shall elect an acting head of authority from among its members, pursuant to the provisions of section 26, and he shall serve until the end of the period of suspension or until the election of a head of authority in elections pursuant to the provisions of this Law, whichever is earlier, and during the period of suspension he shall be regarded as performing the functions of head of authority for all purposes;
(2)the head of authority who has been suspended is entitled to receive, during the first six months of suspension, one half of the salary pursuant to the provisions of section 15a1 to which he would have been entitled had he not been suspended from office, and from the end of that period until the end of the period of suspension seventy percent of the salary as aforesaid shall be paid to him; if the head of authority is acquitted, by final judgment, of all charges against him, the proportionate part of his salary for the period of suspension that was not paid during that period shall be paid to him, less his income from additional occupation during the period of suspension;
(3)the head of authority who has been suspended is entitled, during the period of suspension, to the terms of service due to him pursuant to the provisions of section 15a1 or their equivalent, all or part of them, as the Minister shall direct, provided that their rate shall not exceed the rates specified in paragraph (2) of the terms of service to which he would have been entitled had he not been suspended from office;
(4)the provisions of section 15b(b) to (f) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to a head of authority receiving a salary and terms of service as referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) during the period of suspension.
(j)Where a head of authority has been suspended from office pursuant to subsection (e), and during the period of suspension elections to head of authority were held and the person who was suspended as aforesaid was again elected to serve as head of authority, his suspension shall continue until the end of the period of suspension.
(k)Where a head of authority who has been suspended from office is re-elected in elections held pursuant to section 3, the provisions of subsection (i)(1) shall not apply, and the candidate whose name appears after the head of authority who has been suspended from office on the list of candidates in the elections to the council shall serve as acting head of authority, provided that he was elected as a member of the council, and during the period of suspension he shall be regarded as performing the functions of head of authority for all purposes; if the said candidate was not elected as a member of the council, the provisions of subsection (i)(1) shall apply.
(l)The provisions of this section shall apply, with the necessary modifications, also in respect of a person elected as head of authority against whom an indictment has been filed after his election or against whom an indictment filed before his election is pending, and who has not yet commenced his term of office.
(m)The decisions of the Committee for Examination of Suspension, including its interim decisions, shall be published on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.
Forfeiture of Office and Suspension on Grounds of Moral Turpitude§
20.
(a)Where a court has sentenced a head of authority in respect of a criminal offence, whether the offence was committed or the conviction occurred during the period of his tenure as head of authority or before he commenced his tenure as head of authority, the court shall determine in the sentence whether the offence involves moral turpitude; the court's decision on the question of moral turpitude is subject to appeal as if it were part of the sentence.
(b)Where the court did not make a determination as referred to in subsection (a), or where the head of authority commenced his tenure between the date on which the sentence was given and the date on which the judgment became final, the Attorney General or his representative may, so long as the judgment has not become final, apply to the court and request it to determine whether the offence involves moral turpitude; the application shall be submitted to the court that gave the sentence, and if an appeal has been filed, to the appellate court.
(c)The registry of the court shall furnish a copy of the judgment or of the court's decision, as the case may be, to the secretary of the local authority and to the Minister of the Interior.
(d)Where the court has determined pursuant to this Section that the offence of which the head of authority was convicted involves moral turpitude, the head of authority shall be suspended from office until a final judgment is given in his matter.
(e)The tenure of the head of authority shall be forfeited from the day on which the judgment determining that the offence involves moral turpitude becomes final.
(f)
(1)Where a head of authority has been sentenced to imprisonment as referred to in section 7 of the Elections Law and did not declare the truth, or did not submit a notice or application pursuant to the provisions of section 7a of that Law, his tenure shall be forfeited and he shall cease to serve as head of authority;
(2)A notice of the forfeiture of his tenure as aforesaid shall be sent to the head of authority by the Minister, and the provisions of section 123a(c) of the Municipalities Ordinance shall apply, with the necessary modifications;
(3)Where the head of authority has submitted an application for the cancellation of the notice pursuant to section 123a(c)(1) of the Municipalities Ordinance, he shall be suspended from office until the court's decision on the application.
(g)
(1)Where the tenure of a head of authority has been forfeited pursuant to this Section, the provisions of section 27 shall apply with respect to filling his position until the special elections;
(2)Where a head of authority has been suspended pursuant to subsections (d) or (f), the following provisions shall apply:
(a)During the first six months from the commencement of the suspension, the head of authority's position shall be filled by his deputy as referred to in section 14, and in the absence of such a deputy, or if he is unable to act, the council shall elect a person to act in place of the head of authority pursuant to section 26;
(b)Where a final judgment has not been given in his matter or a decision pursuant to subsection (f)(3) has not been given within six months from the commencement of the suspension, the council shall elect a person to act in place of the head of authority pursuant to section 26;
(2a)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), where the suspension referred to in that paragraph was preceded by a suspension pursuant to section 19a, the person serving as acting head of authority pursuant to section 19a(i)(1) or (k) shall continue to serve in that capacity;
(3)Where the head of authority is acquitted on appeal or the appellate court determines that the offence of which he was convicted does not involve moral turpitude, he shall resume service as head of authority.
(h)The provisions of this Section shall also apply to a deputy head of authority; however, if a deputy head of authority has been suspended pursuant to this Section, the council shall elect a person to act in place of the deputy pursuant to section 26.
Removal from Office for Health Reasons§
21.
(a)Where the Minister is satisfied that for health reasons a head of authority is permanently unable to fulfil his duties, the Minister may remove him from office.
(b)The head of authority may petition against the Minister's decision to an Administrative Affairs Court within 15 days from the day on which the Minister's decision was delivered to him.
(c)The tenure of a head of authority shall not be terminated except after the expiry of the period for filing a petition pursuant to subsection (b); and if a petition has been filed – upon its dismissal.
Removal from Office on Grounds of Conduct§
22.
(a)Where the council is satisfied that a head of authority is conducting himself in a manner unbecoming the standing of a head of authority and is of the opinion that he is therefore unfit for his office, it may, after having given him an opportunity to be heard, remove him from office.
(b)The decision to remove the head of authority from office shall be reasoned and shall be adopted at a special, closed session of the council by a majority of three-quarters of the total number of its members; the decision requires the approval of the Minister.
(c)Where the head of authority has not convened a special session as aforesaid within 14 days from the day on which a majority of the members of the council demanded that he do so, a majority of the members of the council may convene such a session and shall determine who shall chair it.
(d)Where an indictment has been filed, the provisions of this Section shall not apply with respect to the acts attributed to the head of authority in the indictment, and the provisions of section 19a shall apply.
Tenure of Head of Authority in Case of Appointment of a Council or Committee§
23.
Where a committee or council has been appointed pursuant to sections 143 or 206 of the Municipalities Ordinance or section 38 of the Local Councils Ordinance to fulfil the functions of the head of authority and the council, the head of authority shall cease his tenure on the day on which the chairperson of the committee who was appointed or the head of authority elected by the council, as the case may be, commences service.
24.§
(Repealed — תיקון מס' 15, 1998)
Special Elections§
24a.
(a)Where a head of authority has ceased to serve for any one of the reasons listed below, more than one year before the date of elections as referred to in section 3, elections shall be held only for the head of authority (hereinafter – special elections):
(1)He resigned before the commencement of his tenure or during his term of office;
(2)He died before the commencement of his tenure or during his term of office;
(3)He ceased to serve pursuant to one of sections 18 or 20 to 22;
(4)His tenure was forfeited pursuant to section 13a1 of the Knesset Members Immunity, Rights and Duties Law, 5711-1951.
(b)The provisions of this Law shall apply to special elections and to a candidate for head of authority in special elections, with the necessary modifications and the following modifications:
(1)The elections shall be held on the last Tuesday before the expiry of 60 days from the day on which the grounds for holding them arose, or on a date shortly thereafter, as the Minister may direct, if he finds that the circumstances of the matter justify this;
(2)In addition to a group of voters as referred to in section 5(a), one-fifth of the members of the council shall be entitled to nominate a candidate;
(3)A candidate shall not be subject to the obligation to be first on a list of candidates for the council;
(4)A candidate shall not be subject to the obligation to be a member of the council;
(5)Army officers and police officers of the ranks referred to in section 4(c) shall not be eligible to be candidates, unless they ceased to be officers as aforesaid within 10 days from the day on which the grounds for holding the elections arose;
(5a)An application pursuant to section 17 of the Elections Law may be submitted at any time but no later than the 51st day before election day, and the Minister shall notify his decision on the application as aforesaid, pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of that Law, no later than the 48th day before election day;
(5b)A petition pursuant to section 20(b)(1) of the Elections Law shall be filed no later than the 44th day before election day;
(6)The elections administrator shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 29 of the Elections Law no later than the 55th day before election day;
(7)The elections committee shall be elected by the council no later than the 48th day before election day; the head of the council shall notify the Minister of the election of the elections committee, the names of its members and their addresses, no later than the 46th day before election day; if the elections committee has not been elected by the council by the said date, the Minister shall appoint it no later than the 42nd day before election day;
(8)Representatives of the candidates shall be appointed as members of ballot box committees; the elections committee shall determine the number of members and the composition of each ballot box committee, provided that each committee shall include representatives of no fewer than three candidates if such exist, and that adequate representation for all candidates shall be ensured across all ballot box committees;
(9)The provisions of section 38a(d)(4) of the Elections Law shall not apply;
(10)Where only one candidacy nomination has been approved, the elections administrator, with the agreement of the elections committee, shall declare on election day that the candidate has been elected as head of authority and shall publish a notice to that effect in Reshumot (Official Gazette).
(c)The term of office of a head of authority elected in special elections shall end on the day of the expiry of the tenure of the council that was in office at the time of his election.
Election of Acting Head of Authority in an Election Year§
24b.
Where a head of authority ceases to serve for any one of the reasons listed in paragraphs (1) to (4) of section 24a(a), one year or less before the date of elections as referred to in section 3, the council shall elect a person to act in place of the head of authority from among its members pursuant to the provisions of section 26, and that person shall serve until the election of a head of authority at the said date of elections.
Special Elections in a Dwindling or Lagging Council§
24b1.
(a)Where only the head of authority has ceased to serve by reason of a direction of the Minister pursuant to section 143(a) of the Municipalities Ordinance or section 38(a) of the Local Councils Ordinance, elections shall be held only for the head of authority (in this Section – special elections in a dwindling or lagging council), at a date to be set by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of those sections.
(b)The provisions of this Law shall apply to special elections in a dwindling or lagging council, with the necessary modifications and the modifications detailed in section 24(b)(2) to (4) and (c); however, for this purpose section 24a(c) shall be read as if after "in special elections" there were inserted "in a dwindling or lagging council".
Restriction in Case of Death of Head of Authority – Temporary Provision§
24c.
Where a head of authority has died before the commencement of his tenure or during his term of office, a head of authority shall be elected pursuant to the provisions of section 26.
Cessation of Deputy's Tenure§
25.
A deputy head of authority shall cease his tenure if one of the following occurs:
(1)He ceases to be a member of the council;
(2)He resigned by giving written notice to the council;
(3)In the case of a deputy as referred to in section 14 – the head of authority, with the approval of the council by a majority of its members, removed him from office;
(4)In the case of any other deputy – he was removed from office by a decision of the council adopted by a majority of its members at a special session;
(5)His tenure was forfeited pursuant to section 20 of this Law.
Election by the Council of Head of Authority and His Deputies§
26.
(a)The following provisions shall apply to the election by the council of a head of authority pursuant to sections 9, 9a, 10, 19a(i)(1), 20 or 24b and of deputies to the head of authority:
(1)The vote shall be open;
(2)The candidate who receives more than half the votes of all the members of the council is elected;
(3)If no candidate receives such a majority, a second vote shall be held; at the request of a member of the council, the second vote shall be deferred to another session to be held on the next weekday following the day of the first session;
(4)The candidate who receives in the second vote or in any additional vote more than half the votes of the voting members of the council (hereinafter in this Section – majority) is elected;
(5)If no candidate receives a majority in the second vote, a third vote shall be held;
(6)If no candidate receives a majority in the third vote, a fourth vote shall be held; at the request of a member of the council, the fourth vote shall be deferred to another session to be held on the next weekday following the day of the session at which the third vote was held; in the fourth vote, only those candidates who stood for election in the third vote shall stand for election;
(7)If no candidate receives a majority in the fourth vote, voting shall be repeated until one candidate receives a majority; in the fifth vote and in each additional vote, a candidate who received the smallest number of votes in the preceding vote shall not stand for election (hereinafter in this paragraph – eliminated); if several candidates received an equal number of votes and that number is the smallest, the following procedure shall apply: if there are two such candidates, one of them shall be eliminated, as shall be determined by lot; if there are more than two, only one candidate shall be eliminated before each additional vote, as shall be determined by lot;
(8)Every lot pursuant to this Section shall be drawn on the spot by the chairperson of the session; if the chairperson is himself a candidate for head of authority in the vote that preceded the lot, the council shall appoint a member who is not a candidate for head of authority and he shall draw the lot.
(b)A candidate for election pursuant to this Section shall not be subject to the requirement that he be first on the list of candidates for the council.
(c)The provisions of this Section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of this Law.
Head of Authority for an Interim Period§
27.
So long as a head of authority has not commenced service pursuant to section 12, the person who held that office on the eve of the election day for the council shall serve as head of authority, and if he is unable to act or has ceased his tenure, or his tenure was forfeited after the elections – the deputy referred to in section 14, and in the absence of such a deputy or if he too is unable to act – the member of the council appointed for that purpose by the Minister.
Outgoing Head of Authority§
27a.
(a)In this Section –
"outgoing head of authority" – any of the following:
(1)A head of authority serving pursuant to section 27;
(2)A head of authority who was not nominated as a candidate for head of authority pursuant to section 5 – from the last day for submission of lists of candidates;
(3)A head of authority who was nominated as a candidate for head of authority pursuant to section 5, was not elected pursuant to section 9(a) and was not one of the two candidates who received the greatest numbers of valid votes – from the day following election day;
(4)A head of authority as referred to in paragraph (3) who was one of the two candidates in the repeat elections and was not elected in the repeat elections – from the day following the day of the repeat elections.
"contract" – a contract pursuant to section 195 of the Municipalities Ordinance (hereinafter – the Ordinance), made without a decision of the council or pursuant to a decision of the council that was adopted after the head of authority became an outgoing head of authority.
(b)An outgoing head of authority shall not be entitled to –
(1)Appoint employees pursuant to section 170 of the Ordinance;
(2)Dismiss employees pursuant to section 171a(2) of the Ordinance;
(3)Promote employees in grade;
(4)Sign instruments pursuant to section 199 of the Ordinance or payment documents pursuant to section 191 of the Ordinance in an amount exceeding one-twelfth of the regular budget, for each month of service as outgoing head of authority, except for:
(a)Payment of wages and repayment of loans;
(b)Instruments and payment documents arising from obligations lawfully incurred before he became an outgoing head of authority;
(5)The new head of authority may, within thirty days of the commencement of his tenure, request the Minister to cancel a contract into which the outgoing head of authority entered; where the Minister cancels the contract – the provisions of the Contracts (Remedies for Breach of Contract) Law, 5731-1970, shall not apply, except for the provisions of section 9.
(c)Where an outgoing head of authority acted contrary to the provisions of subsection (b), no validity shall attach to the appointment of an employee, the dismissal of an employee or his promotion in grade, as referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3), and any payment as referred to in paragraph (4) shall be deemed unlawful and the provisions of section 221 of the Ordinance shall apply.
(d)The Minister of the Interior may adapt the provisions of Orders made pursuant to the Local Councils Ordinance in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Publication§
28.
(a)The Minister shall publish a notice in Reshumot (Official Gazette) of the following:
(1)The election of a head of authority by the council;
(2)The election of a deputy head of authority;
(3)The cessation of tenure of a head of authority or a deputy head of authority.
(b)The secretary of the local authority shall notify the Minister immediately of every event as referred to in subsection (a).
Application of the Elections (Propaganda Methods) Law§
29.
The Elections (Propaganda Methods) Law, 5719-1959, shall apply, with the necessary modifications, also to elections for head of authority pursuant to section 3.
Amendment of the Municipalities Ordinance§
30.
(a)Sections 126 to 135 of the Municipalities Ordinance, except for section 129, are repealed.
(b)In section 143 of the Municipalities Ordinance, in place of paragraphs (2) and (3) the following shall come:
"(2) The council or the mayor no longer fulfil, in the opinion of the Minister, the functions imposed on them pursuant to the Ordinance or any other law, or are not properly administering its area of jurisdiction, and all this after the Minister has warned them;
(3)A commission of inquiry has found that the council or the mayor are not fit to properly discharge their functions and has recommended to the Minister that the council be dissolved."
(c)In section 145 of the Municipalities Ordinance, in subsection (a), in place of "to an appointed committee" the following shall come: "a council appointed pursuant to section 143 shall elect a chairperson and deputies pursuant to section 26 of the Local Authorities (Election of Head of Authority and His Deputies and Their Tenure) Law, 5735-1975; to a committee that was appointed".
Amendment of the Local Councils Ordinance§
31.
(a)In section 38 of the Local Councils Ordinance –
(1)In place of "the Commissioner" the following shall come: "the Minister";
(2)In place of paragraph (2) the following shall come:
"(2) The council or the head of the council no longer fulfil, in the opinion of the Minister, the functions imposed on them pursuant to the Ordinance or the establishment order or any other law, or are not properly administering its area of jurisdiction, and all this after the Minister has warned them;
(3)A commission of inquiry has found that the council or the head of the council are not fit to properly discharge their functions and has recommended to the Minister that the council be dissolved."
(b)In section 41 of the Local Councils Ordinance, in subsection (a), in place of "a committee was appointed" the following shall come: "a council appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 38 shall elect a chairperson and deputies pursuant to the provisions of section 26 of the Local Authorities (Election of Head of Authority and His Deputies and Their Tenure) Law, 5735-1975; to a committee that was appointed".
Amendment of the Elections Law§
32.
In the Elections Law –
(1)In section 63(b), at the end thereof the following shall come: "however, it shall not be disqualified if not more than two voting slips of one list were found in the envelope";
(2)In section 73(a), in place of "its judgment shall be final" the following shall come: "its judgment is subject to appeal to the Supreme Court with the leave of a judge of the Supreme Court, on a question of law; an application for leave shall be filed within 14 days from the date of the judgment".
Implementation and Regulations§
33.
The Minister is responsible for the implementation of this Law and may make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation and also, in consultation with the Minister for Internal Security, on any matter relating to the maintenance of order and the prevention of disturbance to voters, injury to proper voting proceedings and disruption of election proceedings, in a building in which a polling station is located.
Transitional Provision§
34.
So long as a head of authority has not been elected in a given local authority pursuant to this Law, the powers and tenure of the head of authority and his deputies shall be as if this Law had not been enacted.
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