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PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATIO'_i Iil THE TEAS ;iU1iICIPAL
RET E2n, IT SYSTMI BY '1'IIE CITY OF CO P.PUS CII7ISTI,
TMS: PROVIDIM FOi. A7:D MECTIifG TO HAVE ALL OF
T£1E il"TLOFEES OF THE UATM DIVISIOIT OF THE DEPART1 21T
OF PLTMIC UTILTTIES OF iilE CITY GOVERla':IEIIT PARTICIPATE
IU SUCH SYSTIL; AI;D ACCEPTII;G ALL OF THE ODLIGATIOUS
AIM Er'T'ITS OP' SOD) SYST]lI; A_ ?ll DECLARI :G A" .31- MC
UIM- EMS, the Constitution of the State of Texas was anended on
iiovoi,.ber 7, 19414, b�- the addition of Section 51 —f, Article III, irhich
authorized the Leg; °islatnre to establish a State�wjde retirement and dis-
ability pension systen for City employees; and,
WIIMM3, the 50th Leg1slature of the State of Texas enacted
House Bill 29 by Parthouse, 1mown as the Texas 1_hinicipal Retirement
System and beiuzg; Article 6243h of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes,
which authorizes the Covernir_g- body of each city or totm to elect, at
its option, to have one or more of the city departments participate in
such system; and,
"MERFAS, municipal employees are not covered by Federal Social
Security, the g;overnin4 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 Iivnicipal Retirement System;
1:011, TIIL"2M ORE, 3E IT C iDAI ED , Y TII CITY COU.7 IL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CIu2ISTI, TEXAS;
SECTIOII 1. That on 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 ?Mater Division of the Departz-±ent of Public
Utilities of the City of Corpus Christi participate in the Texas Iiwv cipal
Retirement Systeru as provided in House Dill 29, Chapter 75, page 10£3, Acts
Of the 50th Legislature in 1947, being,. Article 6243h of Vernon's Annotated
Civil Statutes; and all of the benefits and obligations of such systerl are
hereby accepted.
SECTION 2. That, the City 1 -lana. er of the City of Corpus Christi
Is hereby directed to notify the Board of Trustees of the Texas municipal
I etireriont Syste°s that the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, has elected to
Participate and have the employees of the Water Division of the Department
of Public Utilities of the City of Corpus Christi participate in such systett,
a-? q 2
SECTION 3. Each person who becomes an employee of the
Water Division of the Department of Public Utilities, on or after the
effective date of participation of said Department, shall be included
within and subject to the provisions of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System beL inning upon the date such person becomes an "employee" as
defined in subsection 14, Section 2 of such system.
SECTIOii 4. That, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, nay in the
fixture 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 election, notice of such election_ shall be given by
the City lTana�;er to the Board of Trustees as required by the provisions of
said system.
&$CTIOTi 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 any participants except as may hereafter be
provided by law.
SECTIOTI 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 LeLis-
lature of the State of Texas, 194.7, and the said Director of Finance is
hereby authorized and directed to ascertain and certify officially on be-
half of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, the prior service rendered to
said nunicipality by each of the employees of the Water Division of the
Department of Public Utilities and such other departments as may elect
to participate in said system, and the average prior service compensation received
by each, and to make and execute all other reports and certificates, which
nay be required of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, under the provisions
of Chapter 24, Acts Regular Session 50th Legislature or the rules and
re- ul.ati.ons of the board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal 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 Plunicipal Retirement
System at as early a date as possible, particularly the Water Division of
the Department of Public Utilities, creates a public emergency and public
imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that
no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is
introduced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three
several meetimEs of the City Council, and the tiayor having declared that
such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and havir requested
that such Charter rule be suspended, and that this ordinance be passed
finally on the date of its introduction and taL-e effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDIiGLY SO 0 ?DAII:ED.
PASSED AIM APPROVED this 27 day of / / S�
T:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO POIZt1:
City A t rney
'~ 2;AYOP
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
�- 1950
TO THE 2MMERS OF THE CITY COUIdCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going ordinance, a .public emergency and imperative necessity exist for
the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or
resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and
that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the
City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter
rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
ICY Y.
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule tiros suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney C ott
Sydney E. Herndon
/
George L. Lmvman'�°�
The above ordinance Bras
passed by the folloring vote:
Leslie 4assenian
Jack I)eForrest
J
Barney Uoft
Sydney E. Herndon
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George L. Lowman
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