Ordinance No. 15,709 ORDINANCE NO. 15,709
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
REPEALING CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION", ARTICLE IV "BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS", DIVISION 7 "CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL" AND DIVISION 14
"ETHICS COMMISSION"OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, IN THEIR ENTIRETY,
TO DISSOLVE THE CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL AND THE ETHICS
COMMISSION; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown created the Cultural Arts Council on January
24, 1980 via City of Baytown Ordinance Number 2810; currently codified in the Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 2"Administration",Article IV"Boards and Commissions", Division 7 "Cultural Arts Council";
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown created the Ethics Commission on February
26, 2009 via City of Baytown Ordinance Number 11,072; currently codified in the Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 2 "Administration", Article IV "Boards and Commissions", Division 14 "Ethics Commission";
and
WHEREAS,the aforementioned boards and commissions are no longer active within the City.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 2"Administration",Article IV"Boards and Commissions",Division
7 "Cultural Arts Council" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas is hereby repealed and the
Cultural Arts Council is hereby dissolved.
Section 2: That Chapter 2"Administration",Article IV"Boards and Commissions",Division
14 "Ethics Commission" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas is hereby repealed and the
Ethics Commissions is hereby dissolved.
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided, however,that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency,
and in all other respects, this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing
the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances; and to this end,
all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 8"day of February,2024.
LAMA ALVARADO, Mayor Pro Tern
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SCOTT LEM ND, City Attorney
RAK istin Holme-Boards and Comissions Ordinance Repealing Code of Ordinances to dissolve Cultural Arts Council and Ethics
Commission.02.08.2024.kh.docx