(A.) 
COMPOSITION:
There shall be a City Commission of five (5) members elected by the qualified voters of the City at large, composed of a mayor and four commissioners.
(B.) 
ELIGIBILITY:
Only qualified voters of the City, who shall have maintained residents [residence] for a minimum of one (1) full year in the City prior to the election of the place for the Commission being sought, shall be eligible to hold the place of the City Commission. After being elected City Commission Member shall maintain residence while serving on the Commission.
(C.) 
ELECTION AND TERMS:
All members of the Commission shall be elected in accordance with Article X of this Charter and shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. This amendment shall commence on the elections to be held in 2015 for places four (4) and five (5) and elections to be held in 2017 for places one (1), two (2), and three (3) and thereafter, until herein amended. The terms of the members of the City Commission shall begin the first Tuesday following their election.
(D.) 
TERM LIMITS:
The Commission members shall be prohibited from serving in their respective elective positions for more than three (3) consecutive terms. This shall become effective on the first opposed or unopposed election of the Commission member following its passage.
(Amended by Ordinance 13-31 at an election held on November 5, 2013, amendment no. 1; Amended by Ordinance 13-31 at an election held on November 5, 2013, amendment no. 2)
The City Commission may determine the annual salary of its members by ordinance, but no ordinance increasing such salary shall become effective until the date of commencement of the terms of the members of the Commission elected at the next regular election, provided that such election follows the adoption of such ordinance by at least six months. Members of the City Commission shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties of office.
Place one (1) of the official ballot shall be for the office of Mayor. The mayor shall be a member of the City Commission. In addition, he shall preside at meetings of the Commission, shall be recognized as head of the City government for all ceremonial purposes and by the governor for purposes of military law but shall have no administrative duties. The City Commission shall elect from among its members a mayor pro tem who shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor and, if a vacancy occurs, shall become mayor until such vacancy is filled as provided by governing law.
All powers of the City shall be vested in the City Commission except as otherwise provided by law or this charter, and the Commission shall provide for the exercise thereof and for the performance of all duties and obligations imposed on the City by law.
(A.) 
HOLDING OTHER OFFICE:
Except where authorized by law, no member of the City Commission shall hold any other City office or employment during the term for which he was elected to the Commission, and no former member shall hold any compensated appointive City office or employment until one (1) year, except elsewhere in the charter where it specifies three (3) years, after the expiration of the term for which he was elected to the City Commission.
(A.) 
VACANCIES:
The office of a member of the City Commission shall become vacant upon his death, resignation, or removal from office in any manner authorized by law or this Charter or forfeiture of his office.
(B.) 
FORFEITURE OF OFFICE:
A member of City Commission shall forfeit his office if he is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(C.) 
FILLING OF VACANCIES:
A vacancy on the City Commission shall be filled by Special election, as provided by governing laws, as now or hereafter amended.
The City Commission shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and of the grounds for forfeiture of their office and for that purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of evidence. A member charged with conduct constituting grounds for forfeiture of his office shall be entitled to a public hearing on demand, and notice of such hearing shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City at least one week in advance of the hearing. Decisions made by the Commission under this section shall be subject to review by the courts.
The City Commission shall appoint an officer of the City who shall have the title of City secretary. The City secretary shall give notice of City Commission meetings to its members and the public, keep the journal of its proceedings and perform such other duties as are assigned to him by this charter or by the City Commission. The City Secretary’s appointment, compensation, and possible removal shall by determined in accordance with Section 4.11, including paragraph (E.) of 4.11.
The City Commission may make investigations into the affairs of the City and the conduct of any City department, office or agency and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and require the production of evidence. Any person who fails or refuses to obey a lawful order issued in the exercise of these powers by the Commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than $200.
(A.) 
MEETINGS:
The City Commission shall meet regularly at least once in every month at such times and places as the Commission may prescribe by rule. Special meetings may be held on call of the mayor or of three or more members and, whenever practicable, upon no less than twelve hours notice to each member. All meetings shall be open to the public, except those authorized by law to be closed.
(B.) 
RULES AND JOURNAL:
The City Commission shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a journal of its proceedings. This journal shall be a public record.
(C.) 
VOTING:
Voting, except on procedural motions, shall be by roll call and the ayes and nays shall be recorded in the journal. Three members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. No action of the Commission, except as in Section 2.06, shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of three or more members of the City Commission.
In addition to other acts required by law or by specific provision of this Charter to be done by ordinance, those acts of the City Commission shall be by ordinance which:
(1.) 
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish any City department, office or agency, except those established by this Charter, (Those City departments, office or agency may be altered or abolished by amendment to this Charter only.);
(2.) 
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed;
(3.) 
Levy taxes, except as otherwise provided in Article VI or elsewhere in this Charter;
(4.) 
Grant, renew or extend a franchise, in accordance with that specified in Article IX and what may be specified elsewhere in this Charter;
(5.) 
Regulate the rate charged for its services by a public utility in accordance with that specified in Article IX and what may be specified elsewhere in this Charter;
(6.) 
Authorize the borrowing of money in accordance with that specified in Article V and what may be specified elsewhere in this Charter;
(7.) 
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands of the City in accordance with that specified in Article V and what may be specified elsewhere in this Charter;
(8.) 
Adopt with or without amendment ordinances proposed under the initiative power; and
(9.) 
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted, except as otherwise provided in Article XI with respect to repeal of ordinances reconsidered under the referendum power.
Acts other than those referred to in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Charter may be done either by ordinance or by resolution.
(A.) 
FORM:
Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enaction clause shall be “Be it ordained by the City Commission of the City of San Juan:” Any ordinance which repeals or amends an existing ordinance or part of the City code shall set out in full the ordinance, sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strikeout type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.
(B.) 
PROCEDURE:
An ordinance may be introduced by any member of any regular or special meeting of the Commission. No ordinance may be finally passed at neither the same meeting which it is introduced nor within fifteen (15) days after said meeting, except an emergency ordinance, as provided in Section 2.13.
To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property or the public peace, the City Commission may adopt one or more emergency ordinances, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew or extend a franchise, regulate the rate charged by any public utility for its services or authorize the borrowing of money except as provided in Article V. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally, except that it shall be plainly designated as an emergency ordinance and shall contain, after the enaction clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and describing it in clear and specific terms. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least three members shall be required for adoption. After its adoption the ordinance shall be published and printed as prescribed for other adopted ordinances. It shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time as it may specify. Every emergency ordinance except one made pursuant to Article V shall automatically stand repealed as of the 61st day following the date on which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent re-enactment of the ordinance in the manner specified in this section if the emergency still exists. An emergency ordinance may also be repealed by adoption of a repealing ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for adoption of emergency ordinances.
The City Commission may adopt any standard code of technical regulations by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance and as provided elsewhere by this charter. The procedure and requirements governing such an ordinance shall be as prescribed for ordinance [in] general except that:
(1) 
The requirements of governing law for distribution and filing of copies of the ordinance shall be construed to include copies of the code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance, and
(2) 
A copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded by the City secretary pursuant to subsection 2.15 (A.).
Copies of any adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the City secretary for distribution on or for purchase at a reasonable price.
(A.) 
AUTHENTICATION AND RECORDING:
The City secretary shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a properly indexed book kept for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission.
(B.) 
CODIFICATION:
Within three years after adoption of this charter and at least every ten years thereafter, the City Commission shall provide for the preparation of a general codification of all City ordinances and resolutions having the force and effect of law. The general codification shall be adopted by the Commission by ordinance and shall be published promptly in bound or loose-leaf form, together with this charter and other laws of the State of Texas, and such codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations as the Commission may specify. This compilation shall be known and cited officially as the San Juan City Code. Copies of the code shall be furnished to City officers, placed in libraries and public offices for free public reference and made available for purchase by the public at a reasonable price fixed by the Commission.
(C.) 
PRINTING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS:
The City Commission shall cause each ordinance and resolution having the force and effect of law and each amendment to this charter to be printed promptly following its adoption, and the printed ordinances, resolutions and charter amendments shall be (available or sold) to the public at reasonable prices to be fixed by the Commission. Following publication of the first City Code and at all times thereafter, the ordinances, resolutions and charter amendments shall be printed in substantially the same style as the code currently in effect and shall be suitable in form for integration therein. The City Commission shall make such further arrangements as it deems desirable with respect to reproduction and distribution of any current changes in or additions to the provisions of the constitution and other laws of the State of Texas, or the codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations included in the code.