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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4 RESERVED
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 5A AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6A AMUSEMENT CENTERS
CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7A ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8A BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 9A BILLIARD HALLS
CHAPTER 9B BUILDING SECURITY
CHAPTER 9C RESERVED
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 10A RESERVED
CHAPTER 10B RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
CHAPTER 12 CITY YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE
CHAPTER 12A CODE OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 12B CONVENIENCE STORES
CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS
CHAPTER 13A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 14A RESERVED
CHAPTER 14B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 RESERVED
CHAPTER 15A ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15B EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 15C EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15D EMERGENCY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 16 DALLAS FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
CHAPTER 19 HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 19A RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME
CHAPTER 20A FAIR HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
CHAPTER 21 RESERVED
CHAPTER 22 RESERVED
CHAPTER 23 RESERVED
CHAPTER 24 LIBRARY
CHAPTER 25 LOAN BROKERS
CHAPTER 25A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 26 RESERVED
CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS.
SEC. 8-2.   REGULAR MEETINGS.
   (a)   Each board shall determine the time and place of its meetings. Regular meetings shall be scheduled weekly, monthly, semi-monthly, or quarterly, as the responsibilities of the board necessitate, at a location within a public building.
   (b)   Department directors will biennially inform the city secretary's office of the board's regular meeting schedule, or at any other such time as that schedule changes. (Ord. Nos. 14180; 20488; 30555)
SEC. 8-3.   SPECIAL MEETINGS.
   Special meetings may be called by the chair at any time and shall be called by the chair upon written request of members comprising at least one-third of the board. (Ord. Nos. 14180; 20488)
SEC. 8-4.   QUORUM.
   (a)   At the beginning of each regular or special meeting, the chair shall determine whether or not a quorum exists in order to properly transact business of the board. Unless otherwise provided by another city ordinance, the city charter, or state law, a quorum exists when there are physically present a simple majority of the number of members officially appointed to the board, regardless of the total number of members actually provided for the board, except that no board required to be composed of 15 or more members may have a quorum of fewer than six members. If a quorum does not exist 30 minutes after the time for which the meeting was called, the chair shall adjourn the meeting and may call a special meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, as amended.
   (b)   For purposes of calculating attendance, special meetings will not be counted. (Ord. Nos. 14180; 20488; 23123; 30555)
SEC. 8-5.   RULES OF ORDER.
   Unless otherwise stipulated by the board or this chapter, proceedings of a board shall in all cases be governed by rules of order as set forth in “Robert’s Rules of Order.” (Ord. Nos. 14180; 20488)
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