City of Liberty, TX
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2024-02-27
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Home Rule Charter
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Chapter CHA Home Rule Charter
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Home Rule Charter
- Ch CHA Home Rule Charter
- Ch CHA Art 1 FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND BOUNDARIES
- § CHA-1.01 Form of government.
- § CHA-1.02 Boundaries.
- § CHA-1.03 Change of boundaries and residents’ rights.
- § CHA-1.04 Contraction of boundaries.
- Ch CHA Art 2 POWERS OF THE CITY
- § CHA-2.01 General.
- § CHA-2.02 Construction.
- § CHA-2.03 Eminent domain.
- Ch CHA Art 3 THE CITY COUNCIL
- § CHA-3.01 Number, selection and terms.
- § CHA-3.02 Qualifications.
- § CHA-3.03 Council to be judge of election and qualifications.
- § CHA-3.04 Mayor pro tem.
- § CHA-3.05 Resignations and vacancies.
- § CHA-3.06 Powers of the city council.
- § CHA-3.07 City council not to interfere in appointments.
- § CHA-3.08 Meetings and agenda items of the city council.
- § CHA-3.09 Rules of procedure.
- § CHA-3.10 Procedure for passage of ordinances.
- § CHA-3.11 Official bonds for city employees.
- § CHA-3.12 Investigation by the city council.
- § CHA-3.13 Audit and examination with reporting of city books and accounts.
- Ch CHA Art 4 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- § CHA-4.01 City manager.
- § CHA-4.02 Department of police.
- § CHA-4.03 City secretary.
- § CHA-4.04 Municipal court.
- § CHA-4.05 City attorney.
- § CHA-4.06 (Reserved)
- § CHA-4.07 (Reserved)
- Ch CHA Art 5 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- § CHA-5.01 Elections generally.
- § CHA-5.02 Regulation of elections.
- § CHA-5.03 Filing for office.
- § CHA-5.04 The official ballot.
- § CHA-5.05 Election by plurality.
- § CHA-5.06 Laws governing city elections.
- § CHA-5.07 Conducting and canvassing elections.
- § CHA-5.08 Oath of office.
- Ch CHA Art 6 RECALL OF OFFICERS
- § CHA-6.01 Scope of recall.
- § CHA-6.02 Petitions for recall.
- § CHA-6.03 Form of recall petition.
- § CHA-6.04 Various papers constituting petition.
- § CHA-6.05 Presentation of petition to city council.
- § CHA-6.06 Public hearing to be held.
- § CHA-6.07 Election to be called.
- § CHA-6.08 Ballots in recall election.
- § CHA-6.09 Result of recall election.
- § CHA-6.10 Recall, restrictions thereon.
- § CHA-6.11 Failure of city council to call election.
- Ch CHA Art 7 LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE–INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
- § CHA-7.01 General power.
- § CHA-7.02 Initiative.
- § CHA-7.03 Referendum.
- § CHA-7.04 Voluntary submission of legislation by the council.
- § CHA-7.05 Form of ballots.
- § CHA-7.06 Publication of proposed and referred ordinances.
- § CHA-7.07 Adoption of ordinances.
- § CHA-7.08 Inconsistent ordinances.
- § CHA-7.09 Ordinances passed by popular vote, repeal or amendment.
- § CHA-7.10 Further regulations by city council.
- § CHA-7.11 Franchise ordinances.
- Ch CHA Art 8 MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND ZONING
- § CHA-8.01 Platting of property.
- § CHA-8.02 Department of city planning and zoning.
- § CHA-8.03 Advice and recommendations on certain public improvements.
- § CHA-8.04 Zoning ordinances; power to pass.
- Ch CHA Art 9 MUNICIPAL FINANCE
- § CHA-9.01 Fiscal year.
- § CHA-9.02 Preparation and submission of budget.
- § CHA-9.03 Budget a public record.
- § CHA-9.04 Notice of public hearing on budget.
- § CHA-9.05 Public hearing on budget.
- § CHA-9.06 Proceedings on budget after public hearing.
- § CHA-9.07 Vote required for adoption of budget.
- § CHA-9.08 Date of final adoption of budget.
- § CHA-9.09 Effective date of budget; certification; copies made available.
- § CHA-9.10 Budget establishes appropriations.
- § CHA-9.11 Budget establishes amount to be raised by property tax.
- § CHA-9.12 Contingent appropriation.
- § CHA-9.13 Estimated expenditures shall not exceed estimated resources.
- § CHA-9.14 Emergency appropriations.
- § CHA-9.15 (Reserved)
- § CHA-9.16 Power to tax.
- § CHA-9.17 Property subject to tax; methods of assessment.
- § CHA-9.18 Taxes; when due and payable.
- § CHA-9.19 Seizure and sale of personal property.
- § CHA-9.20 Tax liens.
- Ch CHA Art 10 FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
- § CHA-10.01 Powers of city.
- § CHA-10.02 Franchises; power of city council.
- § CHA-10.03 Franchise value not to be allowed.
- § CHA-10.04 Right of regulation.
- § CHA-10.05 (Reserved)
- § CHA-10.06 Consent of property owners.
- § CHA-10.07 Extension.
- § CHA-10.08 Other conditions.
- § CHA-10.09 Regulation of rates and service.
- § CHA-10.10 Public service corporations to file annual reports.
- § CHA-10.11 Control of public property.
- Ch CHA Art 11 MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES
- § CHA-11.01 Powers of city.
- § CHA-11.02 Operation and control.
- § CHA-11.03 Accounts of municipally owned utilities.
- § CHA-11.04 Sales of water and sewer services.
- Ch CHA Art 12 ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS
- § CHA-12.01 General obligation bonds.
- § CHA-12.02 Revenue bonds.
- § CHA-12.03 Sinking fund.
- § CHA-12.04 Execution of bonds.
- § CHA-12.05 Bonds transmitted to attorney general.
- § CHA-12.06 Financial record of bonds and certificates of indebtedness.
- § CHA-12.07 Misapplication of bond funds.
- Ch CHA Art 13 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § CHA-13.01 Availability of records.
- § CHA-13.02 Personal interest in city contract.
- § CHA-13.03 Drilling operations.
- § CHA-13.04 Nepotism.
- § CHA-13.05 Public library.
- § CHA-13.06 Provisions relating to assignment, execution and garnishment.
- § CHA-13.07 City not required to give security or execute bond.
- § CHA-13.08 Special provisions covering damage suits.
- § CHA-13.09 Construction and separability clause.
- § CHA-13.10 Effect of charter on existing law.
- § CHA-13.11 Applicability of general laws.
- § CHA-13.12 Amending the charter.
- § CHA-13.13 Charter review commission.
- § CHA-13.14 Submission of charter to voters.
- § CHA-13.15 Definitions.
- Code of Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Animal Control
- Ch 3 Building Regulations
- Ch 4 Business Regulations
- Ch 5 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 6 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 7 Municipal Court
- Ch 8 Offenses and Nuisances
- Ch 9 Personnel
- Ch 10 Subdivision Regulation
- Ch 11 Taxation
- Ch 12 Traffic and Vehicles
- Ch 13 Utilities
- Ch 14 Zoning
- Ch 14A Airport Zoning Ordinance
- Appendix
- Apx A Code Comparative Table
- Apx B Ordinance Disposition Table
Editor’s note–Printed herein
is the charter of the City of Liberty, Texas, which was adopted at
an election held on May 6, 1958. Apart from minor nonsubstantive changes
in style and formatting, the charter is reproduced as it appeared
in the 1988 Code of Ordinances. Capitalization, punctuation and grammar
have been retained. Obviously misspelled words have been corrected
without notation. Material enclosed in brackets has been added for
clarification. Amendments to the charter are indicated by a history
note following the amended section. The absence of a history note
indicates the material is unchanged from the original charter.
PREAMBLE
We, the citizens of Liberty, Texas, in order to establish a
home rule municipal government, provide for the future progress of
our city and obtain more fully the benefits of local self-government,
do hereby adopt this home rule charter in accordance with the statutes
of the State of Texas; and do hereby declare the residents of the
City of Liberty in Liberty County, Texas, living within the legally
established boundaries of the said city, to be a political subdivision
of the State of Texas incorporated forever under the name and style
of the “City of Liberty” with such powers, rights and
duties as are herein provided.
