More than 100 Victorian councillors, and 13 councils, are set to be disqualified for failing to sign a new code of conduct.
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Administrators will be appointed for seven weeks to replace the 13 councils.
The disqualifications also include nine individual councillors from other councils. These councillors also failed to meet the new code of conduct requirements that were introduced following recent changes to local government laws.
All Victorian councils were required to adopt the codes of conduct by July this year.
The 107 councillors involved will be disqualified from September 1. Local government elections are also scheduled for later this year.
The councils that failed the new requirements include Ballarat, Central Goldfields, Benalla, Campaspe, Cardinia, Greater Shepparton, Hobsons Bay, Frankston, Mount Alexander, Moyne, Queenscliffe, West Wimmera and Wyndham councils.
Among the councillors disqualified is Moreland's Michael Teti who has been linked to organised crime and formally expelled by the Labor Party.
The state government is expected to release a statement later on Monday afternoon.
