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<br /> PROroSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br /> (FINAL DRAFT) <br /> Item 1. Amend Section 2.03 (a) of the City Charter of the City of San <br /> Marcos, Texas, to comply with State law concerning the <br /> conditions necessary to hold a public hearing in an area <br /> proposed to be annexed, by adding the following underlined <br /> provision: <br /> Sec. 2.03. Extension or detachment of boundaries. <br /> (a) The City Council shall have power by ordinance to fix the <br /> boundary limi ts of the Ci ty of San Marcos; and to provide for the <br /> alteration, and extension, of said boundary limits, the detachment of <br /> territory, and the annexation of additional territory lying <br /> adjacent to the City, with or without the consent of the territory and <br /> inhabitants annexed or detached. Pefore the City may institute <br /> annexation or detachment proceedings the City Council shall provide an <br /> opportuni ty for all interested persons to be heard at two public <br /> hearings to be held not more than forty (40) days nor less than <br /> twenty (20) days prior to institution of such proceedings. At <br /> least one (1) public hearing shall be held within the area proposed to <br /> be annexed if, within ten (10) days after the publication of the notice <br /> required herein, more than twenty (20) adult residents who reside in <br /> thu area proposed to be annexed protest in writing to the city <br /> secretary of the annexing City the institution of annexation <br /> proceedings. Each written protest shall contain the name, address and <br /> age of each protestor signing. Notice of such hearings shall be <br /> pOOli shed in a newspaper having general circulation in the City and <br /> in the territory proposed to be annexed or detached. The notice <br /> shall be published at least once in such newspaper not more than <br /> twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the heari ng . <br /> Additional notice by certified mail should be given to railroad <br /> companies then serving the City and on the City's tax roll where the <br /> right-of-way thereof is included in t..he territory to be annexed. <br /> However, amendments not affecting the boundary limits set forth in <br /> the proposed ordinance may be incorporated into the proposed <br /> ordinance without the necessity of republ ica tion of said notice. <br /> Annexation or detachment of territory by the City shall be brought to <br /> completion within ninety (90) days of the date on which the City <br /> Council institutes annexation or detachment proceedings or be null and <br /> void. Provided however, any period of time during which the City is <br /> restrained or enjoined from annexing or detaching any such territory by <br /> a court of competent jurisdiction shall not be computed in such ninety <br /> (90) days limitation period. Upon final passage of any such ordinance, <br /> the corporate limits of the City shall thereafter include (exclude) the <br /> territory so annexed (detached); and when any additional territory has <br /> been so annexed, the sa~e shall be a part of the City of San Marcos, <br /> and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and <br /> pri vileges of all citizens and shall be bound by the acts and <br /> ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City. Upon the final <br />