Title 28, chapters 1–10, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas 1925, and amendments thereto, relating to cities and towns, are hereby adopted by the city, and the government of the city and its affairs shall be guided thereby. The city council having determined that there exist over six hundred (600) inhabitants within the city, and having adopted this section by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the council, the city secretary is hereby directed to file notice of said adoption with the county clerk as the law provides.
Editor’s note–The City of Rosebud was incorporated October 9, 1905. The city, having operated under chapters 1–10, title 28, is now designated as a type A general-law municipality under the Local Government Code adopted by the state legislature in 1987.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 10)
The fiscal year of the city is hereby designated as beginning with the first day of October of each year and ending the last day of September next ensuing thereafter.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 8)
The Rosebud News, a weekly newspaper published in the city, is hereby declared to be the official newspaper for the city for required newspaper publications by the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9)
The city shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or, in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death or injury, shall, within sixty (60) days, or within six (6) months for good cause shown, from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the mayor and city council of the following facts:
(1) 
The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person or property was at the time when the injury was received.
(2) 
The nature of the damage or injury sustained.
(3) 
The apparent extent of the damage or injury sustained.
(4) 
A specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the damage or injury occurred.
(5) 
The amount for which each claimant will settle.
(6) 
The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city and state on the date the claim is presented.
(7) 
In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the claimant, witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof, and the names of the doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed.
(8) 
In case of property damage, the location of the damaged property at the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the damage or any part thereof.
(Ordinance adopted 9/12/94, sec. 1)
No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the city unless the plaintiff therein shall prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the city council for redress, satisfaction, compensation or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the city council refused.
(Ordinance adopted 9/12/94, sec. 2)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the city administrator at the City Hall, 117 North 2nd Street, in the City of Rosebud, Texas, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the city secretary.
(Ordinance adopted 9/12/94, sec. 3)
The above notice requirements shall be waived if the city has actual knowledge of death, injury or property damage likely to result in a claim against the city. The city shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge unless that knowledge is attributable to an appropriate city official whose job duties include the authority to investigate and/or settle claims against the city.
(Ordinance adopted 9/12/94, sec. 4)
The written notice required under this division shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the city council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance adopted 9/12/94, sec. 5)