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AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL
RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY TEE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR AND ELECTING TO BANE ALL OF
THE EMPLOYEBS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SYSTEMS AND ACCEPT-
ING ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS AND BENEFITS OF SAID
SYSTEM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Texas was amended on
November 7. 1%4. by the addition of Section 51 -f, Article III, which
authorized the legislature to establish s Statewide retirement end dis-
ability pension system for City employees; and,
WEEREAS, the 50th Legislature of the State of Tome enacted
House Bill 29 by Parkhouee, known as the Texas Municipal Retirement
System and being Article 6PI& of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes,
which authorizes the governing body of each city or town to elect, at
its option, to have one or more of the city departments participate in
such system; and,
WHEREAS, municipal employees are not covered by Federal Social
Security, the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, finds
that it will be in the public interest for the City to have its employees
participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement Systems
NON, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That, oa behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
the City Council hereby exercises its option and elects to have the City and
all of the employees of the Police Department of the City of Corpus Christi
participate in the Tease Municipal Retirement System as provided in House
Bill 29, Chapter 75, page 108, ;tots of the 50th Legislature in 1947, being
Article 6043h of Vernonts Annotated Civil Statutes; and all of the benefits
end obligations of such system are hereby accepted.
SECTION 2, That, the City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi
is hereby directed to notify the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal
Retirement Watem that the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, has elected to
participate and have the employees of the Police Department of the City of
Corpus Christi participate in such system.
SECTION 3. Each person who become an employee of the Police
Department, on or after the effective date of participation of said Depart-
ment, shall be included within mid subject to the provisions of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System beginning upon the date such person becomes en
"employee" as defined in subsection 114, Section 2 of such system,
SECTION 1. That, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, may in the
future by vote of the City Council elect to add other departments and the
employees thereof of the City of Corpus Christi to participate in such
system and upon such eleotion,notica of such election shall be given by
the City Manager to the Board of Trustees as required by the provisions of
said system.
SECTION 5. That, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, may in the
future refuse to add new departments or new employees to such system but
shall never discontinue as to may participants except as may hereafter be
provided by law.
SECTION 6. That, the Director of Finance 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 of said remittances to be dispatched as required
by said Board under the provisions of Chapter 75, Acts of the 50th Legis-
lature of the State of Texas, 1947, and the said Director of Finance is
hereby authorised and directed to ascertain and certify officially on be-
half of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, the prior service rendered to
said municipality by each of the employees of the police Department and
such other departments as may elect to participate in said system, and the
average prior service compensation received by each, and to mako and axe -
outs all other reports and certificates, which may be required of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, under the provisions of Chapter 216 Acts
Regular Session 50th Legislature or the rules and regulations of the Board
of Trustees of the Texas lEmicipal Retirement System.
SECTION 7. The fact that municipal employees are not covered by
Federal Social Security and that it will be in the public interest for the
City to have its employees participate in the Texas Muni.oipal Retirement
System at as early a date as possible, particularly the Police Department,
creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the
suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinanoa or resolution shall be
passed finally on the data it is introduced and that Duch ordinance or
resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council,
and the Mayor having declared that such public emsrgenoy and imperative
necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be suspendeds
end that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction
and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its pass-
age, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO MDAIMED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this
Aagaat, A. D. 1949.
Lacy of
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i y ors Dry City of Corpus Ctristi, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
orney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
N6a�eg� as r Yl< 1949
TO THE 1MRS OF TBE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gantlemenr
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going Ordinance, a public emergency and an imperative necessity exist
for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no Ordinance
or Resolution shall be gassed finally on the date it is introduced, and
that such Ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meet-
ings of the City Council, I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement sad pass this Ordinance finally on the
date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
MAYDR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote=
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott nn�+�
Sydney E. Herndon 4v-
George George L. Losman (�/,�( J
The above Ordinance was passed by the following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. LoTeam AL_
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