City of Brenham, TX
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2024-06-20
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Chapter CHA Special Charter
- Charter
- Ch CHA Special Charter
- Ch CHA Art I INCORPORATION; FORM OF GOVERNMENT; BOUNDARIES
- §1 Incorporation.
- §2 Boundaries.
- §3 through § 4. (Reserved)
- Ch CHA Art II POWERS
- §1 Powers generally.
- §2 Rights reserved.
- §3 Local self-government.
- §4 Enumerated powers.
- §5 through § 6. (Reserved)
- §7 Ownership of public utilities.
- §8 Manufacture of electricity, gas, etc.; purchase and sale of gas, water, electricity, etc.
- §9 Operation and maintenance of public utility.
- §10 Powers of local self-government.
- §11 (Reserved)
- Ch CHA Art III THE CITY COUNCIL
- §1 Appointive offices.
- §2 Powers generally.
- §3 Appointment of city manager.
- §4 Terms of office.
- §5 Filling city council vacancies by appointment or special election.
- §6 Qualifications to hold office of mayor, councilmembers and other officers and employees; conflict of interests.
- §7 Elective positions.
- §8 Canvassing returns and declaring results of election; judges of its own election and qualification.
- §9 Regular election days.
- §10 Runoff elections.
- §11 Special elections; state election laws control elections.
- §12 General powers and duties of mayor; mayor pro tempore.
- §13 Organizational meeting; holding other meetings.
- §14 Salaries.
- §15 Calling special meetings; determining rules and order of business; journal; quorum; voting on measures.
- §16 Signing, attesting and sealing ordinances and resolutions.
- §17 Introduction and passage of ordinances and resolutions.
- §18 Emergency measures.
- §19 Publication of penal ordinances.
- §20 Style of ordinances.
- §21 Recording and authenticating documents.
- §22 Forfeiture and removal from office.
- §23 through § 24. (Reserved)
- Ch CHA Art IV THE CITY MANAGER; FINANCES
- §1 Appointment; position; qualifications; removal.
- §2 Duties generally.
- §3 Annual budget.
- §4 Keeping of accounts and financial records.
- §5 Accounting procedure.
- §6 Audit.
- §7 Fixing and determining salaries and wages.
- §8 Issuance of checks for payroll and other claims.
- §9 Payroll.
- Ch CHA Art V IMPROVEMENT BONDS
- §1 Purpose.
- §2 Specifying purpose; sale; interest and sinking fund.
- §3 Maximum period; signing; specifying places and times of payment; approval by state officials; issuance.
- §4 Submitting to referendum.
- Ch CHA Art VI TAXATION
- §1 Authority for annual levy generally.
- §2 Ordinance raising tax rate; election.
- §3 Occupation tax.
- §4 Franchise tax; corporation tax.
- §5 Tax lists, inventories, appraisements, rendition.
- §6 Rendition, etc., as to omitted property.
- §7 Property subject to taxation; lien generally.
- §8 Liability of personal property.
- §9 Time of levying.
- §10 Providing for collection.
- §11 City not required to give bond; payments to city to be in legal currency.
- §12 Control of finances.
- §13 Disposition of tax money collected.
- §14 Effect of irregularities in assessment rolls.
- §15 through § 19. (Reserved)
- Ch CHA Art VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- §1 Continuation in effect of existing ordinances, regulations and resolutions- generally.
- §2 Same–Penal ordinances.
- §3 Debts, etc., prior to charter.
- §4 Amending Charter.
- §5 Severability of Charter provisions.
- §6 Establishment of wards; purpose.
- §7 Official bonds.
- §8 Official oaths.
- §9 Nepotism.
- §10 City property exempt from execution.
- §11 City not subject to garnishment proceedings.
- §12 Liability and notice of injury or damage claims.
- §13 City depository.
- §14 Court.
- §15 Council investigations.
- §16 Power of initiative.
- §17 Power of referendum.
- §18 Form of petitions.
- §19 Filing, examination and certification of petitions.
- §20 Council, consideration and submission to voters.
- §21 Ballot form and results of election.
- §22 Power of recall.
- §23 Recall election.
- §24 Recall ballot.
- §25 Removal of officer.
- §26 Limitation on recall.
- §27 Purchasing requirements.
- §28 Savings clause.
- §29 through § 30. (Reserved)
- Code of Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Airport
- Ch 4 Ambulance Services
- Ch 5 Animal and Fowl
- Ch 6 Buildings and Structures
- Ch 7 Emergency Management
- Ch 7 1/2 Fair Housing
- Ch 8 Fire Protection and Prevention
- Ch 8 1/2 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 9 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 10 Advisory Boards and Committees
- Ch 11 Garbage and Trash
- Ch 12 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 13 Historic Preservation
- Ch 14 Mobile Homes, Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Parks
- Ch 16 Occupational Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 17 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions
- Ch 18 Oil and Gas Production
- Ch 19 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 20 Personnel
- Ch 21 Signs
- Ch 22 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 23 Subdivisions
- Ch 24 Taxation
- Ch 25 Traffic
- Ch 26 Utilities
- Ch 27 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 28 Impact Fees
- Appendix
- Apx A Zoning
- Apx B Basic Emergency Management Plan
- Apx C 1894 Code Comparative Table
- Apx D Code Comparative Table — Ordinances
- Apx E Charter Comparative Table
