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BALLOT PROPOSITIONS FOR AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER AS APPROVED BY THE SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MAY 7,1988 ELECTION 1. Sec. 2.03, Subsections (a), (b) and (c), Extension or detachment of boundaries, which deals with annexation procedures, should be deleted in their entirety and the following adopted in their place ( a copy of the existing Sec. 2.03 (a), (b) and (c) is attached as Appendix A): Sec. 2.03. Extension or detachment of boundaries. "The City Council shall have power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City of San Marcos and to provide for the alteration and extension of said boundary limits, the detachment of territory and the annexation of additional territory with or without the consent of the territory and inhabitants annexed or detached, in accord with applicable state annexation laws." 2. Sec. 3.02 (a)(3) should be deleted. It provides that a council member "shall not be in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other liabilities due the City." 3. Sec. 3.02 (a)(4) should underlined provision. be amended by adding the following "Shall not hold any other office or employment under the City government while a member of said Council, except a member of the City Council may be appointed by the City Council to represent said Council on any board, commission, committee, organization or entity in the Council's sole discretion so long as that person's service does not extend beyond his or her Council term." 4. Sec. 3.02(a)(5} which provides that a council member shall not be an officer, director or owner of a public service corporation serving the inhabitants of the City, should be amended to change the phrase "public service corporation" to "public service company" and to define "public service company" as follows (changes are underlined): "Shall not be an officer or director of any public service company within the City or, ¡.¡ithout the City but serving inhabitants of the City, nor be the owner or proprietor of any public service company in the City. Public service company should be defined as any company, individual, partnership, corporation or other entity recognized by law that, in the course of its principal business, uses any of the City's streets, alleys, highways or grounds of the City to carry out its primary purpose, which purpose may include but not be limited to transportation, sale, or use of water, gas, electricity, conduit, telegraph, telephone, commercial railway or street railway."