(1) 
Real and personal property belonging to the City shall not be liable to be sold or appropriated under any writ of execution or cost bill. Funds belonging to the City in the hands of any person, firm or corporation shall not be liable to garnishment, attachment or sequestration; nor shall the City be liable to garnishment, attachment or sequestration; nor shall the City be liable to garnishment on account of any debt it may owe or funds or property it may have on hand owing to any person. Neither the City nor any of its officers or agents shall be required to answer any such writ of garnishment on any account whatsoever.
(2) 
The City shall not be obligated to recognize any assignment of wages or funds by its employees, agents or contractors, except as provided by the laws of this State or the United States of America.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
It shall not be necessary in any action, suit or proceeding in which the City is a party for any bond, undertaking or security to be demanded or executed by or on behalf of the City. All such actions shall be conducted in the same manner as if such bond, undertaking or security had been given as required by law.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
(1) 
The City shall not be held liable on account of any claim for the death of any person or injuries to any person or damage to any property unless the person making such complaint or claiming such damages (“Claimant”) shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the time at which it is claimed such damages were inflicted upon such person or property, file with the City Secretary or Human Resources Department a written statement, under oath, stating the nature and character of such damages or injuries, the extent of the same, the place where same happened, the circumstances under which same happened and the condition causing same, with a detailed statement of each item of damages and the amount thereof, giving a list of any witnesses known by the claimant to have seen the incident.
(2) 
The City shall not be held liable and shall not have waived its immunity from suit on account of any claim for breach of contract unless the person making such complaint (“Claimant”) shall, within ninety (90) days after the time at which it is claimed such breach of contract by the City occurred, file with the City Secretary a written statement, under oath, stating each breach of contract, the place where same occurred, the date of each breach, with a detailed statement of each item of damages, and a list of witnesses having knowledge of any breach.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
The City Council shall have the power to compromise and settle any and all claims and lawsuits of every kind and character, in favor of, or against, the City, including suits by the City to recover delinquent taxes.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
All legal process against the City shall be served upon either the City Secretary or the City Manager.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
This Charter shall be deemed a public act, may be read in evidence without pleading or proof, and judicial notice shall be taken thereof in all courts and places.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts and legal or administrative proceedings shall continue except as modified pursuant to the provisions of this Charter and in each case shall be maintained, carried on or dealt with by the City department, office or agency appropriate under this Charter.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
No property of any kind, by whomsoever owned or held or by whatsoever institution, agency, political subdivision or organization, owned or held, whether in trust or by non-profit organization, or corporation, or by foundation, or otherwise, (except property of the City), shall be exempt in any way from any of the special taxes, charges, levies and assessments, authorized or permitted by this Charter or state law for local improvements for the public welfare.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
In addition to any provisions contained herein, the City Council may require any City official, department director, or City employee, before entering upon his or her duties, to execute a good and sufficient bond with a surety company doing business in the State of Texas and approved by the City Council. The premium of such bond shall be paid by the City.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
In case of disaster where a portion of the City is located wholly or partly in a disaster area declared by the president of the United States or the governor, when a legal quorum of the City Council cannot otherwise be assembled due to multiple deaths or injuries as a result of the disaster, the surviving members of the City Council, highest surviving City official, and the County Judge of Collin County or his/her designee, must within twenty-four (24) hours of such disaster, appoint a five (5) member commission, which would include any surviving elected City officials, to govern the City, respond to the emergency, and within fifteen (15) days of such disaster call a City election to be held as soon as practicable, or as provided in the Texas Election Code, for election of a required quorum, if for good reasons it is known a quorum of the present City Council will never again meet.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
Nothing in this Charter is intended to waive the City’s governmental immunity from suit, liability and/or damages.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)