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<br />persons who testify at hearings conducted by the commission. <br /> <br />(d) Advisory opinions. The commission shall render advisory opinions on potential <br />conflicts of interest or violation of this article at the request of a public official or employee, <br />subject to the terms of this article chaptcI. <br /> <br />(e) Opinions binding. Any advisory opinion rendered by the commission is binding on <br />the commission in any subsequent charges concerning the person about whom the opinion was <br />requested and who acted in reliance on it in good faith, unless material facts were omitted or <br />misstated by the person in connection with the opinion. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. Members ofthe Ethics Review Commission appointed prior to 2000 will serve <br />the two-year terms of office to which they were appointed, and the recent appointment made to fill <br />a vacancy in a Commission position will be for the remainder of the current term. The three <br />appointments recently made to regular terms on the Commission in 2000 will be for two year terms. <br />The four appointInents to regular terms on the Commission to be made in 2001 will decide their <br />terms of office by drawing lots, with two of the appointments being for two year terms and the other <br />two appointments being for three year terms. Beginning with appointments made in 2002, all <br />appointInents will be for three year terms. <br /> <br />SECTION 3. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph ofthis ordinance is held <br />to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this <br />ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. <br /> <br />SECTION 4. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict <br />with this ordinance are repealed. <br /> <br />SECTION 5. This Ordinance will take effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and <br />the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the <br />City. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading July 10, 2000. <br /> <br />PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading July 24, 2000. <br /> <br />PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED August 14, 2000. <br /> <br />/?~q~~ <br />rft~d Chm <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />I', <br />f."."!' 1/..... <br />\ /...-{ /'1 <br />i J /.~. ,,/ <br />0' " <br />Jcihis K. Womack <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />~ .~-j~ <br /> <br />MarkB. TaYlo~()~ <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />PUBLISHED IN THE SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000. <br /> <br />2 <br />