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INDEX OF CONTENTS
Article I: INCORPORATION: FORM OF GOVERNMENT: TERRITORY
- Incorporation
- Form of Government
- Boundaries
- Creation of Precinct Boundaries
Article II: CORPORATE AND GENERAL FORMS
- Powers of the City
- Extension of City Limits Upon Petition
- Extension of City Limits by the City Council
- Eminent Domain
- Establishment and Control of Streets
- Street Improvements
- Garbage Disposal
- Municipal Court
- Sanitary Sewer System
- Public Utilities; Powers of the City
- Signs and Bill Boards
- Nuisances; Control and Policing
Article III: THE CITY COUNCIL
- Number, Selection, Term
- Qualifications
- Compensation of Members
- Presiding Officer; Mayor
- Vacancies
- Powers
- Appointment and Removal of City Manager
- Council Not to Interfere in Appointments or Removals
- Rights of the City Manager and Other Officers in Council
- Administrative Departments
- City Secretary
- Municipal Court Judge
- City Attorney
- City Internal Auditor
- Induction Into Office; Meetings
- City Council to be Judge of Qualification of its Members
- Rules of Procedure; Journal
- Ordinances
- Procedure for Passage of Ordinances
- Investigation by City Council
- Independent Annual Audit
- Housing Authority
- Disable Employees; Pensions and Insurance
Article IV: THE CITY MANAGER
- Qualifications
- Power and Duties
- Absence of City Manager
- Director of Departments
- Departmental Divisions
Article V: THE BUDGET
- Fiscal Year
- Preparation and Submission of Budget
- Proposed Expenditures Compared with Other Years
- Budget a Public Record
- Notice of Public Hearing on Budget
- Public Hearing on Budget
- Proceedings on Budget After Public Hearing Amending or Supplementing Budget
- Proceedings on Adoption of Budget
- Vote Required for Adoption
- Date of Final Adoption; Failure to Adopt
- Effective Date of Budget; Certification; Copies Made Available
- Budget Establishes Appropriations
- Budget Establishes Amount to be Raised by Property Tax
- Contingent Appropriation
- Estimated Expenditures Shall Not Exceed Estimated Resources
- Lapse of Appropriation
Article VI: CITY BONDS AND TIME WARRANTS
- General Obligation Bonds
- Revenue Bonds
- Incontestability of Bonds
- Time Warrants
- Investments
Article VII: FINANCE ADMINISTRATION
- Financial Department; Appointment
- Fees Shall be Paid to City
- Contracts for Improvements
- Disbursement of Funds
- Borrowing Anticipation of Property Taxes
- Borrowing in Anticipation of Other Revenues
Article VIII: TAX ADMINISTRATION
- Power to Tax
- Property Subject to Tax; Method of Assessment
- Taxes; When Due and Payable
- Seizure and Sale of Personal Property
- Tax Liens
Article IX: NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- Municipal Elections
- Regulation of Elections
- How to Get Name on Ballot
- Council Ballots
- Law Governing City Elections
- Canvassing Election
- Oath of Office
Article X: INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- Power of Initiative
- Power of Referendum
- Form of Petitions; Committee of Petitioners
- Filing; Examination and Certification of Petitions
- Amendment of Petitions
- Effect of Certification of Referendum Petition
- Consideration by City Council
- Submission to Electors
- Form of Ballot for Initiated and Referred Ordinances
- Results of Election
- Repealing Ordinances; Publication
- Recall; General
- Recall Procedure
- Recall Petitions
- Recall Election
- Ballots in Recall Election
- Results of Recall Election
- Limitations on Recalls
- District Judge May Order Election
Article XI: FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
- Control Over and Powers With Reference to City Property
- Limitations
- Procedure
- Term and Conditions
- Utility Rates and Charges
- Applicable to Streets and Highways
- Public Service Corporation to File Annual Reports
- Option to Purchase
- Consent of Property Owners
- Extensions
- Other Conditions
- Franchise Records
Article XII: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Publicity of Records
- Personal Interest
- No Officer or Employee to Accept Gifts
- Relatives of Officers Shall Not be Appointed or Employed
- Oath of Office
- Notice of Injury or Damage
- Power to Settle Claims
- Service of Process Against the City
- City Not Required to Give Security or Execute Bond
- Liens Against City Property
- Provisions Relating to Assignment, Execution and Garnishment
- Power to Remit Penalties
- Church and School Property Not Exempt From Special Assessments
- Sale or Lease of Property Other Than Public Utilities or Acquired by Tax Sale
- Effect of This Charter on Existing Law
- Continuance of Contracts and Succession of Rights
- Gender Neutrality
- Construction and Separability Clause
- Amending the Charter
- Submission of the Charter to Electors
- Rearrangement and Renumbering