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?)ò8 -3- Sec. 2-140. Scope of commission review authority. (a) All city boards, commissions and committees are subject to this division except the following: (1) A city board, commission or committee appointed by the city council for a limited purpose, that will automatically dissolve upon completion of that purpose. (2) A city board, commission or committee established under the city charter. (3) The citizen review commission, and any other city board, commission or committee that is expressly excepted from application of this division by the city council. (b) This division does not prohibit the city council from terminating or abolishing a city board, commission or committee subject to this division before a recommendation or a written report on the city board, commission or committee has been received by the city council from the commission. This division also does not prohibit the city council from considering any other recommendations, reports, changes or modifications relative to a city board, commission or committee subject to this division. Sec. 2-141. Assistance of and access to city employees. The commission may request the assistance of any city employee. The city employee will assist the commission when requested and when assistance is determined by the chairperson of the commission and the mayor to be essential and necessary to the commission's performance of its functions as provided for in this division. Sec. 2-142. Dissolution of commission. Each citizen review commission will be automatically dissolved when it presents its report to the city council and the report is formally received and accepted by the city council. SECTION 2. That 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 remaining provisions of this ordinance shall remain in effect as if the unconstitutional or invalid portion had not been adopted. SECTION 3. That all ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1-5 of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances. SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall be in effect ten (10) days from and after its passage, and it shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading October 23, 1995.