Pursuant to the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, sections 6.011 through 6.013 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, a city has the option of providing, accepting, and adopting the provisions of chapters 1 through 10 of title 28 of the revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended. Therefore, the city does hereby adopt and accept the provisions of chapters 1 through 10 of title 28 of the revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
(Ordinance 27 adopted 2/9/87; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The city hereby adopts and accepts as its organic law all of the provisions of the Texas Local Government Code, and amendments thereto, relating to type A general law cities by exercising, through the adoption of the ordinance from which this section derives as provided in section 6.012 of the Local Government Code, the authority granted in section 6.011 of the Local Government Code.
(b) 
The city shall hereafter be subject to all provisions of said Texas Local Government Code, and amendments thereto, relating to type A municipalities incorporated under the general laws, and shall be vested with all rights, powers, privileges and immunities and franchises conferred by the laws of the state on type A general law municipalities.
(c) 
At least two-thirds of the governing body of the city, at a regular meeting, voted to make the change to a type A general law municipality, the ordinance from which this section derives shall be entered upon the official minutes of the board of aldermen, and a copy of the ordinance from which this section derives, signed by the mayor and attested by the city secretary under the corporate seal, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the city is located. The findings in the preamble of the ordinance from which this section derives are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth fully in this place and are found to be true and correct.
(Ordinance 49 adopted 11/8/93; Ordinance adopting Code)
In accordance with article 103.0031 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, there is hereby imposed an additional fee of thirty percent (30%) on all debts and accounts receivable, i.e.: fines, fees, court costs, restitution, and other debts that are more than sixty (60) days past due and have been referred to McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, and Allen, P.C., P.O. Box 1310, Round Rock, Texas 78680, for collection.
(Ordinance 20200116-01, sec. 1, adopted 1/16/20; Ordinance adopting Code)
The city shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death or injury, shall within sixty (60) days or within six (6) months for good cause shown from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the mayor and board of aldermen of the following facts:
(1) 
The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person or property was at the time when the injury was received.
(2) 
The nature of the damage or injury sustained.
(3) 
The apparent extent of the damage or injury sustained.
(4) 
A specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the damage or injury occurred.
(5) 
The amount for which each claimants will settle.
(6) 
The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city and state on the date the claim is presented.
(7) 
In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the claimant witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof and the names of the doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed.
(8) 
In the case of property damage, the location of the damaged property at the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the damage or any part thereof.
(Ordinance 25, sec. 1, adopted 7/14/86; Ordinance adopting Code)
No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted against the city unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the board of aldermen for redress, satisfaction, compensation, or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the board of aldermen refused.
(Ordinance 25, sec. 2, adopted 7/14/86; Ordinance adopting Code)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the city secretary at the following location: 101 S. Frontage Road, Valley View, Texas 76272, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above.
(Ordinance 25, sec. 3, adopted 7/14/86; Ordinance adopting Code)
Neither the mayor, a city alderman, or any other officer or employee of the city shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 25, sec. 4, adopted 7/14/86; Ordinance adopting Code)
The written notice required under this division shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the board of aldermen as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance 25, sec. 5, adopted 7/14/86; Ordinance adopting Code)