O-3174-9-13ORDINANCE NO. 3174-9-13
' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
ARTICLE IX TO PROVIDE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF CITY
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Allen desires to establish standards and qualifications for
persons appointed to City boards and commissions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT.-
SECTION
HAT:SECTION 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, is hereby amended by
amending Chapter 2, Article IX, Board and Commissions, in part, to read as follows:
"Chapter 2
ARTICLE IX. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Sec. 2-231. Qualifications.
' Except as otherwise required by state law, a person appointed by the City Council under authority of state law,
City Charter, or City ordinance to any City board, commission, corporation, including the board of directors
of the Allen Community Development Corporation, shall be, at the time of such person's appointment, a
current resident of the City, a registered voter and shall have been a resident of the City for a period of at least
one year. A person appointed by the City Council to the board of directors of the Allen Economic
Development Corporation shall at the time of such person's appointment, he a registered voter and shall be a
current resident who has resided in the City for a period of at least one year prior to such appointment, or be
currently employed in a management position by a business or company located in the City and shall have
been employed in a management position by a business or company located in the City for a period of at least
one year prior to such appointment. A person appointed to the bond of directors of the Allen Economic
Development Corporation who does not meet the residency requirement must be continuously employed in a
management position by a business or company located in the City during such person's term of office. A
person appointed to the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board shall at the time of such person's
appointment, be (i) a registered voter; and (ii) a resident of the City who has resided in the City for a period of
at least one year prior to such appointment, or be currently employed in a management position by a business
in the lodging or tourism sectors in the City for a period of at least one year prior to such appointment;
provided however not more than one Board member shall be a non-resident of the City at any time. A person
appointed to the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Board who does not meet the residency
requirement must be continuously employed in a management position by a business in the lodging or tourism
sector in the City during such person's tern of office."
SECTION 2. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
' ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the Code
of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. All provisions of the Code of Ordinances and the ordinances and resolutions of the City of
Allen, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all
' other previsions not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect, from and after its passage, as the law and charter in such
cases provide and it is accordingly so ordained.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 24 T DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2013.
APPROVED:
Stephe afterrell, MAYOR
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Peter G Smith, CI ATTORNEY Shelley B. Geo TRMC, CITY 9 CRETARY
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