Ordinance No. 635n
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ORDINANCE NO. 635
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT ALL EMPLOYEES OF
ALL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER,
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN SHALL HEREBY AND HERE-
AFTER PARTICIPATE IN THE MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT
SYSTEM; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HERE-
WITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby elects
to have all City employees of all departments, including the City Manager, to
participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as provided for in Article
6243h of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, and all the benefits
and obligations of such system are hereby accepted.
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby directed to notify the Board
of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System that the City of Baytown,
Texas, has elected to participate and have the employees of the following de-
partments and offices participate in such System: City Manager, City Clerk,
City Recorder, Fire Marshal, Technical Inspection, Finance, Police, Fire, Pub-
lic Works, Health, Recreation, Water, Law, Engineering and Library.
Section 3: That each person who becomes an employee of any participating
department on or after the effective date of participation of such department
shall be included within and subject to the provisions of the Texas Municipal
Retirement System beginning upon the date such person becomes an "employee" as
defined in subsection 14, Section 2 of such System.
Section 4: That the City of Baytown, Texas, may in the future refuse tp
add new departments or new employees to such System, but it shall never discon-
tinue as to any participants. V
Section 5: That the City Clerk is hereby directed to remit to the Board
of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, at its office in Austin,
Texas, the City's proper contributions to the System and the amounts which shall
be deducted from the compensation or payroll of employees, all as required by
said Act creating said Retirement System.
Section 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the
terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such re-
peal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other ,
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ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
7: If any provision, exception, section, sub - section, paragraph,
use or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
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 8: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption by a majority of the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by a majority of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, Texas, on this the 14th day of September, 1951.
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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�Iyton, Mayor