HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 69 ORDINANCE NO. 69
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AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH THE PROCEDURE FOR ENACTING
ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS.
SECTION ONE
A. The City Council shall legislate by ordinance only, and the
enacting clause of every ordinance shall be, "BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS.
B. Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in the written
or printed form required for adoption.
C. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject, which shall
be clearly expressed in its title, but general appropriation ordi-
nances may contain various subjects and accounts for which monies
are to be appropriated.
D. After adoption, an ordinance shall not be amended or repealed
except by the adoption of another ordinance amending or repealing
the original ordinance; except when an ordinance is repealed in
its entirety, the amendatory or repealing ordinance shall set out
in full the ordinances, sections, or sub-sections to be amended
or repealed and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing
it in brackets and shall indicate new matter by underscoring.
SECTION TWO
A. A majority vote shall be required to authorize the drafting o
a proposed ordinance.
B. Copies of the proposed ordinance, in the form required for
adoption, shall be furnished to members of Council a minimum of
one week before first reading.
C . Copies of the proposed ordinance, in the form required for
adoption, shall be posted at the City Hall and at least one other
public place and shall be furnished to citizens, upon request to
the City Secretary beginning one week before first reading and,
if amended, shall be furnished in the amended form beginning one
week before second reading and for as long as the proposed ordi-
nance is before Council.
D. The City Attorney shall review all proposed ordinances prior
to first reading and shall make any suggestions and/or objections
to the said ordinances in writing to the City Council.
E. A proposed oridnance shall be read on three regular Council
meetings, with at least two weeks elapsing between each reading.
F. A proposed ordinance may be amended before the first reading, ,
but any ordinance amended after the first reading shall automatically
be placed again on first reading.
G. The affirmative vote of a majority of Council shall be re-
quired for adoption of any ordinance. '
H. Each ordinance shall be numbered in the order in which it is
approved by the Council. The City Secretary shall keep all orig-
inals of these ordinances in proper numerical order, and they shall
be open for public inspection. Copies may be purchased from the
City at a fee set by the City Council. When an ordinance is amended
or repealed, it shall be so noted in the margins of the original
ordinance, but no part of the amendment or• changes shall be in-
scribed on the original ordinance.
I. Every adopted ordinance shall become effective upon publicat-
ion, or at any other time specified in the ordinance .
SECTION THREE
A. To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property,
or the public peace, the Council may adopt emergency ordinances .
Such ordinances shall not levy taxes, grant or renew or extend
a franchise, or regulate the rate charged by any public utility
for its services . Neither shall they authorize the borrowing of
money, except when there are no available unappropriated revenues
to meet emergency obligations affecting life, health, property,
or the public peace; in which case the Council may, by emergency
ordinance, authorize the issuance of emergency notes which may
be renewed. The emergency notes and renewals of any fiscal year
shall be paid not later than the last day of the fiscal year
succeeding that in which the emergency appropriation was made .
B. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and
manner generally prescribed for ordinances, except that it shall
be plainly* designated in the title as an emergency ordinance and
shall contain, after the enacting clause, a declaration stating
that an emergency exists and describing it in clear and specific
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terms . Such emergency clause shall require the affirmative vote of
three-fourths of the members elected to Council.
C. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment
or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. The affirm-
ative vote of three-fourths of the members elected to Council shall
be required for adoption.
D. After its adoption, the ordinance shall be numbered as required
for other adopted ordinances, with the designation of "E" following
the number. After its adoption, the ordinance shall be published
as required for other adopted ordinances and shall become effective
in the same manner,
E. Every emergency ordinance so adopted, except one authorizing
the borrowing of money as described herein, shall automatically
stand repealed as of the sicty first day following the day on which
it became effective, but this shall not prevent re-enactment of t e
ordinance.
ARTICLE FOUR
A. "Publish" : Publish as used in this ordinance means to publis
as required in Article 1013 of Vernon' s Revised Texas Civil Statu es.
B. "Reading" : In the case of first and second readings, when th y
are not the final reading (as in emergency ordinances ) , the reading
aloud of the title of the ordinance shall suffice as a reading, plo-
vided printed copies of the ordinance, in the form required for
adoption, are in front of all members of Council and a reasonable
number of additional copies are available to citizens present at
the meeting. If two councilmen request that the ordinance be real
in its entirety, it must be so read. On third or final reading,
the ordinance must be read aloud, fully and distinctly, before it
may be adopted .
C. "Majority" : Majority is used herein to mean a majority of the
members elected to Council. Only in the case of a tie vote shall
the Mayor have the power to vote, but then his vote shall have the
same legal effect as a vote of a member of Council.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this ZtC7 tji day o 1965,
on the first reading.
PASSED AND APPROVED this Ilzd day of 19651
on the second reading. f
PASSED AND APPROVED this / day of LYE I965,
on the final reading.
HARRY DI VAGNER, Mayo•
ATTEST:
Artha Wright, City Secre ry
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