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~ cr- - ~- o .....J ::::> --:l ~3 i:E:~ !.W:!E Cl::c:;: (,.)<<11 !.Wen u:l_ i::~ ............e-oo Qi;3 174 ORDINANCE 1999- 66 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 2.068 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE THE LIMITATIONS ON BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS SERVING SUCCESSIVE TERMS OF OFFICE; AND INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS. RECITALS: 1. The Main Street Advisory Board has requested that the City Council reduce the "layoff' period during which City board and commission members who have served two consecutive terms are ineligible for reappointment from one term of office to one year. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2.068 of the City Code is amended as follows (underlining indicates added text; Ovc15ttike indicates deleted text): Sec. 2.068. Limitation on successive terms of office. (a) A person may not be appointed to a term of office on a city board or commission if the person has served two consecutive terms of office on the board or commission immediately prior to the term for which the appointment is being considered. (b) For purposes of this section, a person is deemed to have served a term of office on a board or commission if the person serves more than one-half of a regular term of office on the board or commission. (c) This section does not apply to appointinents to boards and commissions to which the city exercises appointment authority over only one position or to appointments to boards and commissions where limitations on successive terms of office differ from those prescribed in this section which are specifically established by ordinance, by the Charter or by state law. (d) This section does not apply where good cause exists to appoint a person for a third consecutive term. For this purpose, good cause includes but is not limited to circumstances in which more than one-half of the members of a board or commission are inexperienced with the work of the board or commission, in which case members may be reappointed for only one additional term. (e) A person who is not eligible for reappointment to a board or commission under this section remains ineligible for a period of one vear from the date the person's term expires. time equal to one Icgmm teUll of offic.e of the bOMd 01 commission. (f) A person who is not eligible for reappointment to a board or commission under this section is eligible for appointment to any other board or commission. SECTION 2. 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 3. All ordinances and resolution or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 4. This Ordinance will take effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading July 12, 1999. 1