HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 798-96 08-13-1996 ORDINANCE NO. 798-96
AN ORDINANCE AFFECTING PARTICIPATION OF CITY
EMPLOYEES IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT
SYSTEM GRANTING THE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 854.202(g) OF TITLE 8, TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 854.202(g) of Subtitle G of Title 8, Texas
Government Code, as amended, which Subtitle shall herein be referred to as the "TMRS Act,"
the City of Richland Hills, Texas, adopts the following provisions affecting participation of its
employees in the Texas Municipal Retirement System (herein referred to as the "System"):
(a) Any employee of the City who is a member of the System is eligible to retire and
receive a service retirement annuity if the member has at least 20 years of credited service in the
• System performed for one or more municipalities that have adopted a like provision under
Section 854.202(g) of the TMRS Act.
(b) Prior to adopting this ordinance, the government body of the City has: (1)
prepared an actuarial analysis of member retirement annuities at 20 years of service; and (2) held
a public hearing pursuant to the notice provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551,
Texas Government Code.
(c) The rights hereinabove authorized shall be in addition to the plan provisions
heretofore adopted and in force at the effective date of this ordinance pursuant to the TMRS Act.
II.
Severability Clause: That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that
the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if
any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after passage
and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a egular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the?~fd' day o£J~lp; 1996, by a vote of ~ ayes, ~ nays, and
~ abstentions. I ~,vs'r
APPROVED:
C.F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
• illis City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
James Cribbs, City Attorney
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