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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CHARTER <br /> <br />1.04 <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. INCORPORATION; CITY POWERS <br /> <br />1.01. Incorporation. <br /> <br />The iI?-habitants of the City of La Porte within the boundaries -as now established or as <br />hereafter established in the manner provided by law shall continue to be a body politic and <br />corporate and be known by the name of the City of La Porte. <br /> <br />1.02. City boundaries. <br /> <br />The boundaries and limits of the city shall be the same as have heretofore been established <br />and now exist, which boundaries and limits were originally shown on the map recorded in <br />Volume 8, Page 16, Map Records of Harris County, Texas, and as modified by subsequent <br />annexations and disannexations. <br />State law reference-~ap of municipal boundaries, 'V:T.C.A, Local Government Code ~ <br />41.001. <br /> <br />1.03. Modification of city boundaries. <br /> <br />~he city council shall have power by ordinance to fix: the boundary limits of the city and to <br />provide by ordinance for the extension of said boundary limits, by the annexation of additional <br />territory lying adjacent to the city, the disannexation of territory within the city and the <br />exchange of territory with other cities and towns, all with or without the consent of the <br />inhabitants in such territory or the owners thereof; provided that the foregoing powers shall <br />be exercised by the council in a manner consistent with, and the council shall comply with, the <br />procedural .rules, requirements and limitations prescribed by any law applicable to cities <br />operating under charters adopted or amended pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the <br />Constitution of the State of Texas, otherwise known as home rule cities, including V.T.C.A, <br />Local Government Code ~ 43.021 et seq. (Municipal Annexation Act). The following methods of <br />annexation may be used: <br /> <br />(a) Petition. The residents of any land contiguous and adjacent to the city may request the <br />annexation of such land. Such request shall be made by a petition in writing which is <br />signed by a majority of the residents of such land, addressed to city council and filed <br />with the city secretary. Within thirty (30) days of the filing of such petition, city council <br />shall hear the petition and any arguments for ~r against it and shall accept or refuse <br />the petition as council sees fit. If the petition is accepted, council shall by proper <br />ordinance annex such land. <br /> <br />(b) Otherwise. The city may annex territory by use of any of the means provided in <br />'V:T,C.A., Local Government Code ~ 43.021 et seq. (Municipal Annexation Act). <br />State law reference-Annexations, 'V:T.C.A., Local Government Code ~ 43.021 et seq. <br /> <br />1.04. Form of government. <br /> <br />The governing body of the city shall be a council composed of the mayor and eight (8) <br />council persons, to be known as the city council of the City of-La Porte, hereinafter called city <br />council. The members of city council shall be elected from the city in the manner prescribed <br />elsewhere in this Charter. <br />State law reference-Form of government in home rule cities, 'V:T.C.A, Local Govern- <br />ment Code ~ 26.001 et seq. <br /> <br />CHT:3 <br />