04-14-12 Special Meeting of La Porte City Council (council retreat)

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PARTI-CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE 2.11. - Ordinances. Passage. 1. Procedure. Every ordinance shall be introduced in written or printed form, and, upon passage, shall take effect at the time indicated therein; provided that any ordinance imposing a penalty, fine or forfeiture for a violation of its provisions shall become effective not less than ten (10) days from the date of its passage. The city secretary shall give notice of the passage of every ordinance imposing a penalty, fine or forfeiture for a violation of the provisions thereof, by causing the caption or title, including the penalty, of any such ordinance to be published in the official newspaper in the city at least once within ten (10) days of its passage according to the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 52.011. He shall note on every ordinance, the caption of which is hereby required to be published, and on the record thereof, the fact that same has been published as required by the Charter, and the date of such publication and promulgation of such ordinance; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the correction, amendment, revision and modification of the ordinances of the city for publication in book or pamphlet form. Except as otherwise provided in Article VII of this Charter, it shall not be necessary to the validity of any ordinance that it shall be read more than one time or considered at more than one session of city council. Every ordinance shall be authenticated by the signature of the mayor and city secretary and shall be systematically recorded in an ordinance book in a manner approved by council. It shall only be necessary to record the caption or title of ordinances in the minutes of journal of council meetings. 2. Codifications. Council shall have power to cause the ordinances of the city to be corrected, amended, revised, codified and printed in code form as often as council deems advisable. Such printed code, when adopted by council, shall be in full force and effect without the necessity of publishing the same or any part thereof in a newspaper and shall be admitted in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. b. Additional ordinances. In addition to such acts of council as are required by statute or by this Charter to be by ordinance, every act of council establishing a fine or other penalty or providing for the expenditure of funds or for the contracting of indebtedness shall be by ordinance. C. Enacting clause. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE." ARTICLE III. - ADMINISTRATION 3.01. - City manager. 3.02. -Administrative departments. 3.03. - City secreta. 3.04. - Municipal court. 3.05. - City attorney. La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 11 of 32