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(7) Any and all amendments of the electric utility rules and regulations adopted by the city council deetIie utility boa1d shall be provided to the city clerk see1eta1Y and shall remain on file in the office of the city clerk scclcta1Y with the originally adopted rules and regulations. Sec. 86.168. Line extension policy. The city council ekct1ic utility board is authorized and directed to promulgate, revise, amend and supplement the city electric utility line extension policy for electric service, subject to the following: (1) The city council deetlie utility boa1d may propose changes to the policy only at a public meeting to which notice is given as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, V.T.C.A., Government Code S 551.001 et seq. (2) Proposed changes must be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and notice of a public hearing must be given with the publications not more than 22 days or less than eight days before the public hearing is held. (3) Adoption of proposed changes by the city council deetIic utility boald may occur after a public hearing has been closed and not more than 30 days thereafter, or the council board must schedule, provide public notice for and conduct a separate public hearing before the proposed changes may be adopted. (4) Any proposed change that is adopted by the city council dCGt1ic utility boald must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (5) A change adopted by the city council dcct1ic utility boa1d shall not take effect less than 30 days from the date of its first publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (6) Any and all ofthcse ehanges adopted by thc dcet1ic utility boa1d ale subjcct to a written appeal by arlY latcpayc1 aftc1 they havc becn adopted. Appeals shall be to the city council. Thc city council may, in its disc1etion, allow thc appcaling party an opportunity to bc hcard in pC1son 01 by a Icprcscntati ve. Any and all amendments of the electric utility line extension policy adopted by the city council eket1ie utility boald shall be provided to the city clerk scc1ctary and shall remain on file in the office of the city clerk scc1ctary with the originally adopted line extension policy. SECTION 4. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 5. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with C:\TEMP\board and comm'n repeal.wpd 8