1983-03-16 Regular Meeting La Porte City Council

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0 • ARTICLE V The Corporation is a public instrumentality of the • Cities of Baytown, League City, Shoreacres, La Porte, Tomball, Texas City, La Marque, Deer Park and .Pasadena, Texas, and the Counties of Liberty, Austin, Walker, Brazoria, Matagorda, Colorado, Chambers and Wharton, Texas (as such list may be amended from time to time, the Sponsoring Political Subdivi- sions"), provided, however, that upon receipt by the board of directors of the Corporation of the duly certified resolutions of the governing body of any other city or county located within the Houston -Galveston Regional Planning Area requesting permission to include such city or county as an additional Sponsoring Political Subdivision and appointing an additional member to the board of directors, in compliance with Article XII hereof, the board of directors is authorized, without further amendment of these First Restated Articles, to include such city or county as an addi- tional Sponsoring Political Subdivision; and, provided further, that upon approval of an appropriate resolution by a majority of the directors of the Corporation in accordance with Article VII hereof, the board of directors is authorized, without further amendment of these First Restated Articles, to remove such city or county as a Sponsoring Political Subdivision. ARTICLE VI Subject to any limitation on the impairment of contracts entered into by the Corporation, the governing body of any Spon- 40 Political Subdivision may, upon its own motion, and with- out further amendment of these First Restated Articles, withdraw from the Corporation and, upon such withdrawal, the withdrawn political subdivision shall not be bound by any actions or pro- ceedings of the Corporation, the term of its representative member of the board of directors of the Corporation shall be immediately terminated and the Corporation shall no longer act in any respect on behalf of the withdrawn political subdivision. ARTICLE VII Subject to any limitation on the impairment of contracts entered into by the Corporation, a majority of the directors of the Corporation may, by appropriate resolution, and without further amendment of these First Restated Articles, remove any of the Sponsoring Political Subdivisions from the Corporation. Upon such removal, the former sponsoring political subdivision shall not be bound by any actions or proceedings of the Corporation, the term of its representative member on the board of directors of the Corporation shall be immediately terminated and the Corpo- ration shall no longer act in any respect on behalf of the re- moved political subdivision. -2-