ORDINANCE NO.  01-12-01
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF CHICO, TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
   WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio has completed the fifteenth and sixteenth supplements to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Chico, Texas which supplement contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted since the prior supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Chico, Texas; and
   WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation has recommended the revision or addition of certain sections of the Code of Ordinances which are based on or make reference to sections of the Texas code; and
   WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City of Chico to accept these updated sections in accordance with the changes of the law of the State of Texas; and
   WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICO, TEXAS:
Section 1.   That the fifteenth and sixteenth supplements to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Chico, Texas as submitted by American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, and as attached hereto, be and the same is hereby adopted by reference as if set out in its entirety.
Section 2.   Such supplements shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Council and the Clerk of the City of Chico, Texas is hereby and ordered to insert such supplement into the copy of the Code of Ordinances kept on file in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 3.   This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chico, Texas on this 7th day of January, 2012.
   J.D. Clark                        /s/
   J.D. Clark, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patricia Payne                  /s/   
Patricia Payne, City Secretary