Ord 2013-044/Ordering a General and Special Election to be held on November 5, 2013 for electing a city council member for Place 1 and Place 2 and establishing early voting locations and polling places for the election

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ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -44 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ORDERING A GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE 1, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE 2 AND TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN MARCOS CITY CHARTER TO THE VOTERS; ESTABLISHING EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND POLLING PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. A general and special election is ordered to be held by the City of San Marcos (the "City ") at the various polling places and election precincts within the corporate limits of the City, as hereinafter designated, on November 5, 2013 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This General and.Special City Election will be conducted jointly with Hays County and will be administered for the City by the Hays County Elections Administrator. At the General Election the qualified voters of the City will elect a City Council Member for Place 1 and a City Council Member for Place 2 with each Council Member position having a term of three years. At the concurrent Special City Election, the voters will consider proposed amendments to the San Marcos City Charter as set forth in this ordinance. The official canvass of the election shall be held November 13, 2013 following Election Day. In the event it becomes necessary to conduct a Runoff Election it will be necessary to call the Runoff Election the same day the final canvass of the main election is completed, November 13, 2013. The Runoff Election shall be held not earlier than the 201h nor later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the Regular Election is completed. Canvass of the returns of the Runoff Election, if necessary, shall be held no earlier than the 8th day not later than the 11 th day following the date of the Runoff Election. SECTION 2. The ballots for the City election will conform to the requirements of the Texas Election Code, and will contain the following propositions that correspond to and summarize each of the proposed charter text amendments set forth in section 3 of this ordinance: PROPOSITION NO. 1 FOR/AGAINST The amendment of Section 7.01(b) of the City Charter (Planning and Zoning Commission) to allow the city council to appoint two commissioners who do not own real property in the city at the time of appointment.