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<br />- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1240 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AWARDING AND ALLOWING PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT IN THE <br />TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY <br />OF LA PORTE WHO WERE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LOMAX ON THE DATE <br />OF ITS CONSOLIDATION WITH THE CITY OF LA PORTE FOR THE NUMBER OF <br />MONTHS OF SERVICE SUCH EMPLOYEES HAD WITH THE CITY OF LOMAX <br />PRIOR TO SUCH CONSOLIDATION. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on April 28, 1980, the City of Lomax, ~exas was <br /> <br />consolidated with the City of La Porte, Texas, and all persons <br /> <br />who were employees of the City of Lomax on that date were offered <br /> <br />employment by the City of La Porte, and certain of such employees <br /> <br />accepted employment with the City of La Porte upon consolidation; <br /> <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte is a municipality participating <br /> <br />in the Texas Municipal Retirement System under and by virtue of <br /> <br />Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, and <br /> <br />has elected to have all of its employees and departments partici- <br /> <br />pate in said System, and the former employees of the City of Lomax <br /> <br />who have become employees of the City of La Porte have therefore <br /> <br />become members of said System; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section VI l(b) of Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas <br /> <br />Civil Statutes, as amended, provides that the governing body of a <br /> <br />participating municipality may by ordinance direct that each of <br /> <br />its employees who was serving as an employee of a public entity <br /> <br />to which the municipality has become the successor, shall be awarded <br /> <br />and allowed prior service credit for the total number of months <br /> <br />prior to date of participation during which such employee was <br /> <br />employed by such predecessor governmental unit; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of La Porte, Texas, <br /> <br />finds that it will be in the public interest to award and allow <br /> <br />such prior service credit to those employees who were employees of <br /> <br />the City of Lomax on the date of consolidation; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City of La Porte, Texas, by its City Council, <br /> <br />hereby elects to award and allow prior service credit (as that <br /> <br />term is defined in Article 6243h, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, <br />