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

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PARTI- CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE such actions, suits, appeals or proceedings, same shall be conducted in the same manner as if such bond, undertaking or security had been given as required by law, and said city shall be as liable as if security of bond had been duly executed. 8.05. - Effect of this Charter on existing law All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations now in force under the city government of the city and not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter shall remain in force under this Charter until altered, amended or repealed by city council after this Charter takes effect; and all rights of the city under existing franchises and contracts are preserved in full force and effect to the city, and any unissued bonds and revenue bonds, or installments thereof, heretofore authorized at an election held in said city shall not be affected by the adoption of this Charter, but the right to sell, issue and deliver same, in whole or in part, in keeping with the provisions of the laws under which they were voted is hereby expressly reserved. 8.06. - Amending this Charter. a. Amendments may be proposed and submitted to the electors of the city by ordinance passed by a majority vote of the full membership of city council or by a petition signed by qualified voters of the city in number not less than five (5) per cent thereof or twenty thousand (20,000) signatures, whichever is less. Such petition shall in all other respects conform to the provisions of Article VI. When a properly drawn petition has been duly filed, council shall provide by ordinance for submitting such proposed amendments to a vote of the electors at an election to be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days after the passage of said ordinance. If the next regular municipal election is to be held during said period, the submission of said amendment or amendments shall be at such election. Otherwise, a special election shall be called for the purpose. Notice of the election shall be given by publication thereof in the official newspaper on the same day in each of two (2) successive weeks; the date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said election. The form of such notice shall be as prescribed by this Charter, including a substantial copy of the proposed amendment or amendments. Each amendment submitted shall contain only one subject and shall be printed separately on the ballot, each proposed amendment being followed by designations for the voter to vote for the amendment or against the amendment. Each proposed amendment, if approved by the majority of the qualified voters voting at said election, shall become a part of the Charter. The city secretary shall enter notice into the records of the city declaring the same adopted. b. This section is subject to the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §§ 9.04 and 9.05, and V.T.C.A., Election Code § 41.001 et seq. 8.07. - Severability clause. If any section or part of section of this Charter shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which such section or part of section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. Page 30 of 32 La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances