O-2021-3814 calling a special election for proposed amendments to the La Porte Home Rule Charter, May 1, 2021

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first day of February (or the next business day if the thirty-first day of January is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday) following the year for which the tax was levied, and all such taxes not paid prior to such date shall be deemed delinquent and shall be subject to such penalty and interest as provided by the Texas Property Tax Code. AMENDMENT V. Amending Article V, Section 5.02. – Purchase procedure. All purchases made and contracts executed by the city shall be pursuant to a requisition from or charged to a procurement card with the approval of the head of the office, department or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be binding upon the city unless and until the city manager or designee certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department or agency a sufficient unencumbered appropriation and allotment balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services for which the contract or order is issued. All purchases made and contracts executed by the city shall be made in accordance with the requirements of this charter and all applicable requirements of the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas. All contracts for purchases or expenditures must be expressly approved in advance by the council, except that the council may by ordinance confer upon the city manager, general authority to contract for expenditures without further approval of the council for all budgeted items the cost of which does not exceed the constitutional and statutory requirements for competitive bidding. AMENDMENT W. Amending Article V, Section 5.05. – Borrowing. a. Negotiable notes. In any fiscal year, city council may by resolution authorize borrowing by the issuance and sale of negotiable notes of the city which shall mature and be payable not later than the end of the fiscal year in which the original notes have been issued. All such notes may be sold at not less than par and accrued interest at private sale by the director of the finance department without previous advertisement, but such sale shall be authorized by council. Such notes shall be in anticipation of either of the following: 1. Property taxes. Notes authorized in anticipation of the collection of property taxes in a fiscal year shall be designated "tax anticipation note for the year ____________/____________/____________" (stating the fiscal year). 2. Other revenues. Notes authorized in anticipation of the collection or receipt of other revenues shall be designated "special revenue note for the year ____________/____________/____________" (stating the fiscal year). b. Capital improvements. 1. Power and authority to incur indebtedness. The city shall have the power and authority, by ordinance duly adopted, to borrow money on the credit of the city for permanent public improvements and to issue its general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes, warrants, or other forms of indebtedness pursuant to and in accordance with the present or hereinafter adopted or amended general and special laws of this state applicable to home rule cities, except as such power and authority is expressly limited or denied by this Charter, or any amendments hereto.