HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5879ORDINANCE NO. ~~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-54 AND 2-55 OF
CHAPTER 2 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE (1964) A5
AMENDED BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON
THE COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS CREATED
UNDER ARTICLE VII OF SAID CHAPTER FROM TWENTY (2g)
TO TWENTY=ONE (21) MEMBERS AND DESIGNATING THEIR
TERMS OF OFFICE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATEa
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, 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-
one (21) members appointed. by the City Council.
Each member of the C~~ission shall be a resi-
dent of the City of Fort Worth, As nearly as
is reasonably 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 compensation.
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
seven (7) members shall be appointed for a term
of one (1) year; seven (7) members shall be ap-
pointed for a term of two (2) years; and. seven
(7) members shall be appointed for a term of
three (3) years; and. provided further that the
initial term of the additional member appointed
under this amendment shall expire at the same
time as the terms of the six members who were
initially appointed. for a term of one (1) year,
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 if 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 herewith,
but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance or pro-
vision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or
provisions of the Fort Worth City Code not in conflict 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,
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