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ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 2,
"FINANCE°', OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXA5
(1986), AS AMENDED, BY ADDING SUBPARAGRAPH c TO SECTION
2-116; .PARAGRAPH (3), TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH SHALL PROMULGATE A PURCHASING
POLICY REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF
ANY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS MAY HAVE
WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR
THE NATION OF NAMIBIA, OR WITH ENTITIES DOING BUSINESS IN
OR WITH THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR NAMIBIA; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL-
MENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION I.
That Chapter 2, Article IV, Division 2; "Finance", of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, be amended by
adding to Paragraph (3), Section 2-116, Subparagraph c, to read as
follows:
"c. Purchasing policy requiring disclosure of business
' relationships in or with the Republic of South~Africa
or Namibia:
"The City Council shall promulgate a purchasing
policy requiring disclosure of the extent and nature of
any ownership interests or other business relationships
which prospective bidders may have with the governments of
the Republic of South Africa or Namibia, or that they may
have with any entities doing business in the Republic of
South Africa or Namibia.
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SECTION II.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances of the
City of Fort Worth on this subject except where the provisions of
this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of any
such ordinances, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordi-
nances are hereby repealed.
SECTION III.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are
severable, and, if any phrase, clause or sentence of this ordinance
be declared invalid by the judgment or decree of any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses or sentences of this ordinance since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incor-
poration in this ordinance of any such invalid phrase, clause or
sentence.
SECTION IV.
The City Secretary of the City of k'ort Worth is hereby directed
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to engross and enroll this ordinance ,by copying the caption and
effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the
ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
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SECTION V.
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This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Date:
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EFFECTIVE:
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