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Editor’s note–Former article 8.06 pertaining to juvenile curfew and deriving from Ordinance 203 adopted 2/17/04, was repealed and replaced in its entirety by Ordinance 255 adopted 10/10/2023.
(a)
Under V.T.C.A., Government Code, Ch. 418.108, the mayor is hereby authorized to declare a state of emergency when necessary to protect lives and property of the inhabitants of the city.
(b)
The mayor is hereby authorized to join with the county judge and the mayors of the other cities in the county in the formation of an emergency management council for the county and shall have the authority to cooperate in the preparation of a joint emergency management plan and in the appointment of a joint emergency management coordinator, as well as all powers necessary to participate in a countywide program of emergency management insofar as such program may affect the city.
(1981 Code of Ordinances Chapter 1, Section 21; Ordinance 196 adopted 4/17/01; Ordinance adopting Code)