A. 
Conduct and Regulation of Elections.
All City elections shall be conducted as prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas, the Charter and ordinances of the city, in that order.
B. 
Special Elections.
The Council may, by ordinance or resolution, order a special election under the following conditions: an ordinance, bond issue, Charter amendment, recall or other appropriate purposes so deemed by the Council. The Council shall be responsible for holding such election.
(Ordinance 01-850, sec. 3, adopted 2/27/01; Resolution 09-2137, prop. 15, adopted 5/15/09)
A. 
Eligibility to File.
Each candidate for any elective City office shall meet the following qualifications:
1. 
shall be a qualified and effectively registered voter of the City;
2. 
shall have resided within the corporate limits of the City, including the annexed territory, for the twelve consecutive months prior to the date of election;
3. 
shall meet the requirements of sponsorship required in Section 8.02.B;
4. 
shall not file for more than one office or position number per election;
5. 
subject to the provisions of Section 3.06, shall resign from the office and the position declared vacant if an incumbent and seeking another office or position number;
6. 
shall not continue as a City employee after becoming a candidate for an elective office.
B. 
Procedure and Scheduling for Filing.
Any qualified voter of the City meeting the qualifications stated in Section 8.02A may be nominated for an elective office by petition of the minimum number of qualified voters required by state law, who shall be designated his sponsors. No voter shall sign more than one sponsoring or nominating petition for a particular office or position number. If a voter does sign more than one, his signature shall be void except as to the first filed of the petitions signed by him. All signatures of a nominating petition shall be in ink and shall include the signer's address, date of birth or voter registration number, and the date of his signing. The signed petition shall be filed with the City Secretary as prescribed by the Texas Election Code.
C. 
Certificate of Petition.
Within three business days, after the filing of a nominating petition, the City Secretary shall notify the candidate whether or not the petition satisfied the requirements prescribed in this Charter. If a petition is found insufficient, the City Secretary shall immediately provide written notice to candidate with a statement certifying wherein it is insufficient. The City Secretary shall keep on file, in accordance with the state retention schedule, all petitions found to be sufficient for filing for elected office.
D. 
Public Disclosure.
Candidates shall file with the City Secretary twenty-one days prior to the day of election a financial disclosure statement pertaining to the candidate, the candidate's spouse and dependent minor children, consisting of the following:
(1) 
list of all property owned or held in trust within the City limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. This list will include location, size and current use;
(2) 
list of all fees, salaries, or gifts of value exceeding ten dollars received from companies or individuals under contract with the City during the twelve months prior to filing for public office;
(3) 
list of ownership of stocks in companies under contract to the City when such stock comprises more than two percent of the company's total outstanding stock.
(Ordinance 01-850, sec. 3, adopted 2/27/01; Resolution 09-2137, props. 16, 17, adopted 5/15/09; Ordinance 2017-1227, props. 5–6, adopted 6/13/17)
A. 
Names on the Ballot.
The official ballot shall be prepared as prescribed by the Texas Election Code.
B. 
Ballots for Ordinances, Bond Issues and Charter Amendments.
An ordinance, bond issue or Charter amendment to be voted on by the City shall be presented for voting by ballot title. The ballot title may differ from its legal title and shall be clear, concise and approved by the Council, describing the substance of the measure without argument or prejudice. Below the ballot title shall appear the following question: "Shall the above described (ordinance, bond issue or Charter amendment) be adopted?" Immediately below or to the left of such question shall appear in the following order, the words "YES" and "NO" next to which the voter may cast his vote.
(Ordinance 01-850, sec. 3, adopted 2/27/01; Resolution 09-2137, prop. 18, adopted 5/15/09)
A. 
Canvassing.
The returns of every municipal election shall be conducted as prescribed by the Texas Election Code. The candidates who receive a majority of the legal votes cast for each place shall be declared elected.
B. 
Runoff Election and Tie Vote.
A runoff election shall be held whenever no candidate receives a majority of the legal votes cast for the place for which such person is running. Runoff elections shall be conducted as prescribed by the Texas Election Code.
(Ordinance 01-850, sec. 3, adopted 2/27/01; Resolution 09-2137, prop. 19, adopted 5/15/09)
Every officer of the City, whether elected or appointed, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe to the appropriate oath or affirmation in accordance with state law.
(Resolution 09-2137, prop. 20, adopted 5/15/09)