Continuation in effect of provisions of Charter.
Houston City Charter, art. V, § 13
in effectSec. 13. - Continuation in effect of provisions of Charter.
The duties and powers of the Mayor as presently prescribed, set out and defined in existing Article VI of the Charter and in other provisions of the existing Charter shall be and remain in full force and effect, unaltered and unchanged.
The duties, power and compensation of the Councilmen as presently prescribed, set out and defined in existing Article VI and in existing Article VII and in other provisions of the Charter shall be and remain in full force and effect, unaltered and unchanged; and the said Councilmen shall continue to exercise legislative authority only as now prescribed, and the Mayor shall continue as a member and presiding officer of the Council as now prescribed.
The present provisions of the Charter relating to any City department, office, commission or board; the present provisions for elections; the present provisions for Council procedures and rules; the present provisions for initiative, referendum and recall; and any and all present provisions relating to elective officers and appointive officers, their powers and duties, and restrictions on their powers and duties shall all remain as they presently read without any amendment or addition of any sort, unless amended or repealed by this very amendment. (Added by amendment August 16, 1955)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTVOFEL_S13COEFPRCHFetched: 10/26/2026