DETERMINES THE DATE OF THE ELECTIONS OF MAYORS |! | AND COUNCILORS AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ' S INSTALLATION |! | Having present that the National Congress has given |! |its approval to the following Bill: '' Single article.-Enter the following amendments in Law 18,695, Constitutional Organic of Municipalities, whose recast text has been fixed by the decree with force of law No. 2/19.602, 2000, of the Ministry of the Interior: 1.-Substitute the incites first and second of Article 83, for the following: " Article 83.-The council shall be installed on the sixth day of December of the year of the respective election, with the assistance of the absolute majority of the councilors declared elected by the competent Regional Electoral Tribunal, convened for this purpose by the municipal secretary. In any event, the term of office of mayor and councilman shall always be counted from that date. In the first session, the municipal secretary shall give a reading to the court's ruling that, in order to count the final result of the election in the commune, it shall take the mayor and the elected councilors the oath or promise to observe the election. 2.-Replace Article 106 by the following: " Article 106.-The municipal elections shall be held every four years, on the last Sunday of the month of October. ''. '' Having complied with what was established in the 1st of the |! | Article 82 of the Political Constitution of the Republic and |! |by how much I have had to approve and sanction it; by |! |so promulgate and take effect as Law of the |! | Republic. Santiago, 11 August 2000.-RICARDO LAGOS ESCOBAR, |! | President of the Republic.-José Miguel Insulza Salinas, |! | Minister of the Interior. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Salute a |! | Ud., Jorge Burgos Varela, Undersecretary of the Interior. Constitutional Court Draft law that determines the date of the elections of mayors and councilors The Secretary of the Constitutional Court, who subscribes, certifies that the Honorable Chamber of Deputies sent the bill In this case, the Court held that the Court of Justice held that the Court of Justice held its constitutionality, and that, by its judgment of 26 July 2000, it was declared constitutional. Santiago, July 28, 2000.-Rafael Larraín Cruz, Secretary.