Editor’s note–Printed herein is the charter of the City of Garland, Texas, which was originally adopted at an election held on October 16, 1951 and subsequently revised by referendums/elections held November 16, 1957, June 2, 1962, April 5, 1966, April 2, 1977, and April 5, 1980. The charter printed herein derives from the April 5, 1986 election, which was called by Ordinance 3926 adopted January 7, 1986 and canvassed and declared effective by Ordinance 3966 adopted April 7, 1986. A history of subsequent charter amendments can be found in the Charter Comparative Table printed at the end of this charter. Apart from minor nonsubstantive changes in style and formatting, the charter is reproduced as it appeared in the Garland 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 provision. The absence of a history note indicates the material is unchanged from the 1986 charter. At an election held on May 5, 2018, by Ordinance 6991, Proposition A, the charter was amended to provide for gender neutrality, deletion and/or correction of obsolete incorrect citations, references, titles of city officials and correction of typographical errors. These changes were made without notation where applicable.