HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5815ORDINANCE NO. .~ d ~~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-54 AND 2-55 OF
CHAPTER 2 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964) BY
PROVIDING THAT THE COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY RE-
LATIONS CREATED UNDER ARTICLE VII OF SAID CHAPTER
SHALL HEREAFTER BE COMPOSED OF TWENTY (20) MEMBERS
AND DESIGNATING THEIR TERM5 OF OFFICE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTHa TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Sections 2-54 and 2-55 of Chapter 2, Article VII,
of the Fort Worth City Code (1964) be amended and after be-
ing so amended, the same shall read as follows:
Sec. 2-54. Commission Created.
There is hereby created a Commission on
Community Relations to be composed of twenty (ZO)
members appointed by the City Council. Each
member of the Commission shall be a resident of
the City of Fort Worth. As~nearly as is reason-
ably possible, the membership shall be fairly
representative of all of the several economic,
religious, cultural, ethnic and racial groups
which comprise the population of the City of Fort
Worth. The members of the Fort Worth Community
Relations Commission shall serve without compen-
sation.
Sec. 2-55. Term.
Each member of the Commission shall be
appointed to serve a term of three (3} years, or
until his successor is appointed and qualified;
provided, however, that on the initial Commission
six (6) members shall be appointed for a term of
one (1) year; seven (7) members shall be appointed
for a term of two (2) years; and seven (7) members
shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
Each year thereafter, the City Council shall ap-
point members to fill expiring terms, each of such
appointments to be for a term of three (3) years.
In the event any member of the Commission resigns
or terminates his service for any cause, the City
Council shall appoint a qualified successor to
fill such unexpired term.
SECTION 2.
That if any section, part of a section or provision of
any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void, in-
effective or unconstitutional by a court of competent juris-
diction, the holding of such section, part of a section or
provision of any section to be void, ineffective or uncon-
stitutional for any cause whatsoever shall in no way affect
the validity of the remaining sections and provisions of
this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect,
The City Council would not have passed any sections, parts
of sections or provisions of any section of this ordinance
that were unconstitutional, void or ineffective it it had
known that they were unconstitutional, void or ineffective
at the time of adopting this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance
and provision of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict here-
with, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance
or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordi-
nances or provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in con-
flict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made
cumulative.
SECTION 4.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney