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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-3482 <br />AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE <br />CITY OF LA PORTE ON MAY 11, 2013, ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LA PORTE, <br />TEXAS, HOME RULE CITY CHARTER; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN <br />MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte held a special election on the 116 day of May, 2013, on proposed <br />amendments to the La Porte, Texas, Home Rule Charter; and <br />WHEREAS, there were cast at said election for the following proposed amendments the number of <br />votes for and against opposite the respective proposition as shown in the official election returns heretofore <br />delivered by the Election Manager and officials to the Mayor and City Council of the City of La Porte and <br />submitted to the City Council: <br />Proposition One: <br />Shall references to obsolete provisions of state law found in Sections 1.03, 1.05, 2.10, 2.11, and 7.01, 8.01, and 8.06 of the La <br />Porte Charter be amended by referencing in their place the current state statute and/or law applicable to the charter section? <br />267 For _50 Against <br />Proposition Two: <br />Shall Section 1.03 of the La Porte Charter be amended to conform to rules and procedures relating to annexation of territory <br />into the La Porte city limits to the requirements of state law? <br />279_ For _45 Against <br />Proposition Three: <br />Shall Section 1.06 of the La Porte Charter be amended to extend from 30 days to 180 days the time a claimant alleging <br />damages or injury against the City has to provide written notice to the City of their claim? <br />267 For 59 Against <br />Proposition Four: <br />Shall Section 2.01 of the La Porte Charter be amended to clarify that the La Porte City Council is to determine the population <br />of the six City Council districts, and redraw the district boundaries to equalize their respective populations, only after the <br />publication of the federal census every ten (10) years? <br />271 For 52 Against <br />Proposition Five: <br />Shall Section 2.01 of the La Porte Charter be amended to clarify that in elections for City Council positions the candidates for <br />a runoff election are the two (2) individuals who receive the highest and second highest number of votes cast in the main <br />election, or tied for the highest number of votes cast? <br />292 For _35 Against <br />