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ORDINANCE NO. _ Q DS
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CITY OF FORT WORTH ORDINANCE
NO. 7883 AND ABOLISHING THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, by City of Fort Worth Ordinance No. 7883 effective
February 13, 1979, there was established by the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth a Public Transportation Advisory Committee of
said City; and
WHEREAS, on August 20, 1983, pursuant to Article 1118y of the
Texas Civil Statutes, the City Council approved' the creation of a -
Fort Worth Transportation Authority; and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 1983, a majority of the qualified
voters of the City of Fort Worth voting in an election within the
corporate boundaries of said City confirmed the creation of a new
Fort Worth Transportation Authority and authorized the levy of a tax
in support thereof;
WHEREAS, the City's Public Transportation Advisory Committee is
to be abolished and a new independent Fort Worth Transportation
Authority vested with authority in respect of public transportation
matters in lieu of said City Advisory Committee;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That effective the date this ordinance is adopted, City of Fort
Worth Ordinance No. 7883, adopted on February 13, 1979, be repealed
in its entirety and that the Public Transportation Advisory
Committee created thereunder be accordingly abolished.
~ SECTION 2.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu-
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tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Date: ~"3 -Y3
ADOPTED : 1 J,~ "
EFFECTIVE: ~ ' ~ _
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