The City Council shall evidence its official actions by written
ordinances, resolutions, or oral motions. The style of all ordinances
shall be: “BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CELINA, TEXAS” and the style of all resolutions shall be “BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CELINA, TEXAS.”
Each proposed ordinance shall not be amended or repealed except by
adoption of another ordinance. All ordinances and resolutions passed
by the City Council shall become effective immediately from and after
passage except where publication of a caption is required or where
the ordinance, State law, or other provisions of this Charter provide
otherwise, in which case the effective date shall be as prescribed
in the ordinances.
The descriptive caption or title of each ordinance containing
a penalty shall be published at least once in the official newspaper
of the City, unless otherwise provided by State law or this Charter.
The City Council shall have the power to cause the ordinances
of the City to be printed, in code form, as often as the Council may
deem advisable, provided that failure to print the ordinances as herein
provided shall not affect the validity of the same.
All ordinances, portions thereof, resolutions, contracts, bonds,
obligations, rules and regulations now in force under the City government
of the City of Celina, and not in conflict with the provisions of
this Charter, shall remain in force under this Charter until altered,
amended, or repealed by the City Council in the manner required by
law.
