HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 9892-1996 - Amending 2-9 Annual Published Report - 04/11/1996First Reading
April 11, 1996
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April 18, 1996
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ORDINANCE NO. __._.98 ...... 9..-.2 __
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO THE ANNUAL PUBLISHED
REPORT OF CITY FINANCES BY THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT; PROVIDING A SA VINOS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, Section 2-9 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas,
requires the chief accountant to publish a financial report annually; and
WHEREAS, such report requirements are not consistent with the requirements of Chapter
1, Article IX, Section 26, of the Lubbock City Charter, with regard to publishing an annual
balance sheet and financial statement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that such ordinance should be harmonized with
the Charter of the City of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 2-9 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-9. Annual Published Report.
The chief accountant shall publish in some newspaper regularly published in the
City of Lubbock a general balance sheet and statements showing income and
expenditures and also comparisons in proper classifications with the previous annual City
of Lubbock audit. Such balance sheet and statements shall be published at a time within
ten (10) days after the completion and final acceptance of the audit by the City Council.
SECTION 2. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or word of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
I ATTEST:
· APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
onald G. Vandiver, First Assistant
1 City Attorney
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY BOCK
RECEIVED
APR 2 6 1996
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