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

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PARTI-CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE b. Petition blanks. Upon receipt of said affidavit, the city secretary shall deliver to said elector copies of petition blanks demanding such removal. The city secretary shall keep a sufficient number of printed petition blanks on hand for distribution. Such blanks when issued shall: Be signed by the city secretary. 2. Be addressed to city council. 3. Be numbered and dated. 4. Indicate the name of the person to whom issued. 5. Indicate the name of the officer whose removal is sought. 6. Indicate the number of such blanks issued. The city secretary shall enter in a record to be kept in his office the name of the elector to whom the petition blanks were issued and the number issued to said person. Return of petition. To be effective, the recall petition must: 1. Be signed by qualified electors of the city equal in number to at least fifty (50) percent of those who were qualified voters and voted on the date of the last regular municipal election, and at least one-half of the qualified voters constituting such fifty (50) percent signing the petition shall make affidavit, to be filed with the petition, to the effect that they voted for the person whose recall is sought, in the election at which he was last elected. 2. Be returned and filed with the city secretary within thirty (30) days after the filing of the affidavit required in section 6.08a. 6.09. - Recall election. a. Submission. The city secretary shall at once examine the recall petition and, if he finds it sufficient and in compliance with the provisions of this article, he shall within five (5) days submit it to city council with his certificate to that effect and notify the officer sought to be recalled of such action. If the officer whose removal is sought does not resign within five (5) days after such notice, council shall thereupon order and fix a date for holding a recall election. Any such election shall be held at the next election day as established by the laws of the State of Texas. b. Ballots. Ballots used at recall elections shall conform to the following requirements: 1. With respect to each person whose removal is sought the question shall be submitted "Shall (name of person) be removed from the office of (name of office) by recall?" 2. Immediately below each such question there shall be printed the two (2) following propositions, one above the other, in the order indicated: "For the recall of (name of person)" "Against the recall of (name of person)." C. Results. If a majority of the votes cast at a recall election shall be against the recall of the officer named on the ballot, he shall continue in office for the remainder of his unexpired term, subject to recall Page 24 of 32 La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances