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<br />ORDr.NANCB NO. 2010-~O~ <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING THB HOUSTON CHRONICLB AS THB DBSIGNATBD <br />nwSPAPBR OJ" THB CITY OJ" LA PORTB J!'OR PUBLICATION OJ!' LEGAL NOTICES, <br />IIAltING VARIOUS J!'DmINGS AND PROVISIONS RBLATING TO THB SUBJ1I:CT, <br />J!'Dmr.NG COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN KBBTINGS LAW, AND PROVIDING AN <br />EJ"PBCTIVB DATB BBRBOP. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte appoints <br />the Houston Chronicle as the designated newspaper of the City of La <br />Porte for the publication of legal notices. This appointment shall <br />remain in full force and effect until amended or cancelled by the <br />City Council of the City of La Porte. <br />Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby <br />finds that the Houston Chronicle meets the criteria of Texas <br /> <br />Government Code Section 2051.044, for the type of newspaper <br />required and that the Houston Chronicle is a newspaper which meets <br />the following criteria, to-wit: <br /> <br />(l) devotes not less than 25 percent of its total column <br />lineage to general interest items; <br /> <br />(2) is published at least once each week; <br /> <br />(3) is entered as second-class postal matter in the county <br />where published; and <br /> <br />(4) has been published regularly and continuously for at <br />least 12 months before the governmental entity or <br />representative published notice. <br /> <br />Section 3. The city Council officially finds, determines, <br /> <br />recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, <br /> <br />hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was <br /> <br />posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the <br /> <br />City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as <br /> <br />required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government <br />