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ELECT_IONS FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
ORDINANCE NO. 88-2739
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YLAINVIEW, TEXAS
WITH REGARD TO ELECTIONS' FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE~ TO
CONFORM TO THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR-PUBLICATION.
W/4EREAS, the 70th Legislature of the State of Texas at its
Second Called Session enacted House Bill No. 28 which changes
uniform election dates and runoff election dates available to home
rule cities within the State of Texas; and
WHERe', said provisions of law require designation of dates
by municipal governing bodies and supersede city charter
provisions conflicting with such changes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview believes
that it would be in the best interest of the citizens of the City
of Plainview to indicate by ordinance when the City of Plainview's
general elections of municipal officers and any required runoff
elections are to be held:
N~,THKREFORE, BEIT O~NEDBYTHECITY CO~CILOFTHECITY OF
P~I~I~
Section. 1. Regular Municipal Elections.
The regular municipal election for the election of municipal
officers of the City of Plainview shall be held on the first
Saturday in May of even numbered years in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code.
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Section 2. Runoff Election.
Where in any election for elective office, no candidate
receives a majority of all of the vo~es cast for such office at
such. election, the City Council shall immediately upon declaring
the official results of such election, issue a call for a runoff
election for every place to which no one was elected. Such runoff
election shall be hetd-on the third Saturday of May, and in such
runoff election the two candidates who received in the preceding
election the highest number of votes for each place shall be voted
upon, and the candidate who receives the majority of the vo-tes
case for such place in the runoff election skall be declared
elected to such office-.
SECTION 3. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence,
clause~ phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby au-thorized and
directed to cause p~blication of the descriptive caption of this
Ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law.
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SECTION 5.
passage.
This ordinance shall become effective upon lawful
PASSED AND APPROVED, on first reading this
______, 1988.
day of
PASSED AND APPROVED, on second and final reading this
day of _~__, 1988.
ATTEST:
E.V. RIDLEn~JBER, Mayor
CARLA REESE~ City Secretary
APPROVED-AST0 CONTENT:
CARLA REESE, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAVID BLACKBURN~ Assistant City Attorney