O-2013-3482 Canvassing Special 2013 Election

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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 fling of the affidavit required in section 6.08a. Section 24. That pursuant to the Charter Amendment Election, Propositions Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine, Section 8.02 of the La Porte Charter is amended to read as follows: 8.02. - Employers and officers. a. Personal financial interest. No member of city council or any officer or employee of the city shall have a financial interest, direct or indirect or by reason of ownership of stock in any corporation, in any contract or in the sale to the city, or to a contractor supplying the city, of any lands or rights of interests in any land, material, supplies or service. Any willful violation of this section shall constitute malfeasance in office, and any officer or employee of the city found guilty thereof shall thereby .forfeit his office or position. Any violation of this section with the knowledge expressed or implied of the person or corporation contracting with the city shall render the contract voidable by council. b. Employment interest. No one who has been elected to city office shall be employed in a nonelective office by the city within the term for which he was elected or for one year thereafter. C. Nepotism. No person related, within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity, to the mayor or any councilperson or to the city manager shall be employed or appointed to any office, position or clerkship of the city. This prohibition shall not apply, however, to any person who shall have been employed for two (2) years or more by the city at the time of the election or appointment of the officer to whom he is related. d. Bonds. Council shall require bonds of all municipal officers and employees who receive or pay out any monies of the city. The amount of such bonds shall be determined by council and the cost thereof borne by the city. Council shall set the bond amount for the city manager and the director of finance at an amount not less than ten thousand dollars (S 1.0,000.00). e. Oath of office. Elected and appointed officers. All officers of the city shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe to the official oath prescribed in the Constitution of the State of Texas. f. Discharge. Council shall be authorized to discharge at any time, with or without a hearing, as council may elect, any officer, employee or clerk which it appoints. The city manager shall be authorized to discharge at any time, with or without a hearing, as the city manager may elect, any officer, employee or clerk who he appoints. g. Injuries; insurance. City council shall have authority to provide the rules and regulations for maintaining employees when injured and disabled while performing their duties, and it may provide for such plan of insurance as it deems proper. h. Pensions. City council may establish a pension plan for any employee who has been employed by the city for twenty (20) years and who shall have reached the age of fifty-five (55), or may adopt in lieu thereof any pension system available to cities under state law. Section 25. That pursuant to the Charter Amendment Election, Proposition Thirty, Section 8.06 of the La Porte Charter is amended to read as follows: 8.06. - Amending this Charter. a. This Charter shall be the subject of a mandatory review every ten (10) years. 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 Vl. 24