PART I: THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH

   Chapter

      I.   ORGANIZATION, BOUNDARIES, ANNEXATION OF ADJACENT TERRITORY

      II.   POWERS OF THE CITY

      III.   THE CITY COUNCIL

      IV.   METHOD OF NOMINATING AND ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

      V.   THE CITY MANAGER

      VI.   DEPARTMENT OF LAW

      VII.   MUNICIPAL COURT

      VIII.   ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS TO BE CONTROLLED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY MANAGER

      IX.   DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

      X.   THE BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PROCEDURE RELATING THERETO

      XI.   DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

      XII.   FIRE DEPARTMENT

      XIII.   DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

      XIV.   WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT

      XV.   [REPEALED BY ORD. 25328-02-2022, § 2, 2-8-2022, APPROVED 5-7-2022]

      XVI.   RESERVED

      XVII.   DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

      XVIII.   PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

      XIX.   RECALL OF COUNCILPERSONS

      XX.   THE INITIATIVE

      XXI.   REFERENDUM

      XXII.   IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

      XXIII.   MERIT SERVICE

      XXIV.   ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES; PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS

      XXV.   ORDINANCES

      XXVI.   FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES

      XXVII.   MISCELLANEOUS

      XXVIII.   DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT

Editor’s note:

   Part I contains the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, adopted by the electorate at an election held December 11, 1924, and including all amendments thereto to November 8, 1983. Amendments subsequent to November 8, 1983, are indicated in the history note following the particular section of the Charter affected.

    Prior to November 8, 1983, the Charter had been amended on the following dates: February 14, 1928 (Ord. 1377); July 21, 1931 (Ord. 1720); December 18, 1946 (Ord. 2379); January 31, 1964 (Ord. 5091); April 8, 1975; January 26, 1976 (Ord. 7292 and 7293); April 4, 1981. Material in brackets [ ] has been added where necessary to correct obvious errors or to facilitate indexing, except that obviously misspelled words have been corrected without notation.