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Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII

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Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 1 SUCCESSION OF RIGHTS; SUITS, CLAIMS, ETC., OF OLD CORPORATION VESTED IN NEW CORPORATION.

§ 1 SUCCESSION OF RIGHTS; SUITS, CLAIMS, ETC., OF OLD CORPORATION VESTED IN NEW CORPORATION. All suits, taxes, penalties, forfeitures and all other rights, claims and demands, which have accrued under the laws heretofore in force governing the City of Fort Worth, shall belong to and be vested in and shall be prosecuted by and for the use and benefit of the corporation hereby created, and shall not in anywise be diminished, affected or prejudiced by the adoption and taking effect of this Charter.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 2 OFFICERS UNDER OLD CHARTER TO HOLD UNTIL EXPIRATION OF TERM AND QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSORS.

§ 2 OFFICERS UNDER OLD CHARTER TO HOLD UNTIL EXPIRATION OF TERM AND QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSORS. The present city commission of Fort Worth, and all the officers of said city, elected by popular vote under the provisions of the preceding Charter, shall continue to serve and hold their respective offices until their respective terms of office shall have expired, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 3 CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

§ 3 CITY PLAN COMMISSION. The City Council shall by ordinance provide for the creation of a city plan commission, and provide for not less than seven (7) as the number of members composing the same, their tenure of office, the scope of activities of said commission, and making provision for the maintenance and upkeep of the same.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 3a [APPROVAL OF PLANS, PLATS, ETC., LYING WITHIN FIVE MILES OF CITY LIMITS.]

§ 3a [APPROVAL OF PLANS, PLATS, ETC., LYING WITHIN FIVE MILES OF CITY LIMITS.] That all of the provisions of Chapter 231 of the General and Special Laws of the State of Texas, found on page 342 of the General and Special Laws of the State of Texas passed by the Fortieth Legislature at the regular session thereof, and known as Senate Bill No. 277, being an act to provide for the approval by municipal authorities before filing of plans, plats or replats or land lying in or within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of cities having a population of twenty-five thousand (25,000) persons or over, be and the same are hereby adopted.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 4 ART COMMISSION; AUTHORIZING CREATION OF SAME BY ORDINANCE OF COUNCIL.

§ 4 ART COMMISSION; AUTHORIZING CREATION OF SAME BY ORDINANCE OF COUNCIL. The City Council shall by ordinance provide for the creation of an art commission, and provide for the number of members composing the same, their tenure of office, the scope of activities of said commission, and making provision for the maintenance and upkeep of the same.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 9 COUNCIL TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION CODES; SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS; POWER TO CONDEMN AND REMOVE BUILDINGS DANGEROUS TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND ASSESSMENT COSTS.

§ 9 COUNCIL TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION CODES; SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS; POWER TO CONDEMN AND REMOVE BUILDINGS DANGEROUS TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND ASSESSMENT COSTS. The City Council shall pass ordinances as permitted by law for the employment of all necessary construction codes, and providing for the inspection and supervision for all structures and buildings within the city and for the inspection and condemnation of hazardous buildings and structures and for the removal thereof and the assessment of costs thereof. The city shall have full power to condemn all dangerous buildings or obstruction of every kind, and shall provide regulations therefor by ordinance.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 10 WATER SUPPLY; RIGHT TO ACQUIRE SAME EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS.

§ 10 WATER SUPPLY; RIGHT TO ACQUIRE SAME EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS. The City Council is hereby vested with authority to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire all lands and personal property, whether situated inside or outside of the city, necessary or requisite for creating and preserving an adequate water supply or extending the same for said city, and to carry and transport such water to consumers and the inhabitants thereof for domestic, business, manufacturing or other purposes.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 11 POWER OF CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC DISASTER OR CALAMITY.

§ 11 POWER OF CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC DISASTER OR CALAMITY. In cases of extraordinary public disaster or calamity necessitating the expenditure of funds beyond those contemplated by the appropriation budget, the City Council shall have the power to obtain the necessary funds to meet such unexpected contingencies in whatever way and manner they deem most advisable, and the limitations prescribed in other portions of this Charter prohibiting a greater expenditure than that provided for by the appropriation budget shall not apply in this character of cases.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 12 FRANKS, FREE TICKET AND PASSES PROHIBITED.

§ 12 FRANKS, FREE TICKET AND PASSES PROHIBITED. No councilperson or other officer or employee of the city shall accept any frank, free ticket, pass or service directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation operating a public service utility within the city upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be made a misdemeanor by proper ordinance.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 13 COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CONTRACTS; APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS BY CITY COUNCIL.

§ 13 COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CONTRACTS; APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS BY CITY COUNCIL. (a) All city contracts calling for or requiring the expenditure or payment of an amount required by state law to be submitted to competitive bids must be submitted to competitive bids in accordance with state law. The city shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Any contract submitted to competitive bids shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, quality considered. (b) The City Council shall by ordinance establish rules by which a contract may be signed by the city manager without City Council approval; provided, however, that a contract which is required to be bid and which is let to other than the lowest bidder shall be first approved by the City Council. All contracts other than those prescribed by ordinance which allow the city manager to sign same without City Council approval shall be approved by the City Council and shall not be binding upon the city unless or until so approved. The provisions of this section, as amended, shall take effect on January 1, 1984.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 14 CHANGE ORDERS, ALTERATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS.

§ 14 CHANGE ORDERS, ALTERATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS. (a) When it becomes necessary to make changes in the plans or specifications after performance of a contract for public works has been commenced, or it becomes necessary to decrease or increase the quantity of work to be performed, such change, alteration, or modification shall be made only when a change order therefor is authorized by the City Council upon the written recommendation of the city manager. Provided, however, that the City Council may by ordinance establish rules by which a change order may be executed by the city manager without the requirement of City Council authorization. (b) No such change, alteration or modification of a contract shall be valid unless the price to be paid for the work has been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the city manager upon authorization of the City Council, where required. (c) The total contract price shall not be increased unless due provision has been made to provide for the payment of such added cost by appropriating available funds for that purpose. (Ord. 10272, § I(VII), 3-16-1989, approved 5-6-1989)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 15 POWER TO APPOINT BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OF CITIZENS.

§ 15 POWER TO APPOINT BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OF CITIZENS. The City Council may, at the request of the city manager, or upon their own motion, appoint boards or commissions to be composed of such number of citizens as the council may deem expedient to act in an advisory capacity in conjunction with any one or more of the departments created or authorized hereby. The members of such boards or commissions shall serve without compensation, and may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the council.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 16 OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY NOT TO HAVE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN ANY CONTRACTS OF THE CITY.

§ 16 OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY NOT TO HAVE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN ANY CONTRACTS OF THE CITY. No officer or employee of the city shall have a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the city, or be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale to the city of any land, materials, supplies, or services, except on behalf of the city as an officer or employee. An officer or an employee of a bank that serves as the city’s depository bank shall be deemed not to have a financial interest in the city’s contract. Any willful violation of this section shall constitute malfeasance in office, and any officer or employee found guilty thereof shall thereby forfeit his office or position. Any violation of this section, with the knowledge, expressed or implied, of the person or corporation contracting with the City Council, shall render the contract involved voidable by the city manager or the City Council. (Ord. 16797, § 1(XVIII), 1-24-2006, approved 5-13-2006)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 17 CONTRACTS FOR OFFICIAL ADVERTISING; OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.

§ 17 CONTRACTS FOR OFFICIAL ADVERTISING; OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. The City Council shall periodically let contracts for the official advertising of the city. For this purpose, the council shall advertise for bids, setting forth distinctly and specifically the work to be done, including the type and space to be used, and asking for sealed bids therefor. The advertisement for bids must be published twice. The second publication must be on or before the tenth day before the first date bids may be submitted. The council shall let the contracts for such official advertising to the lowest and best responsible bidder publishing a newspaper in the City of Fort Worth, which is a newspaper of general circulation, which newspaper has been published in said city for at least two (2) consecutive years prior to the time of awarding the contracts, and which newspaper meets all applicable requirements of state law for the publication of legal notices for the City of Fort Worth; provided that the council may reject any and all bids, if found excessive, and advertise for new bids. The newspaper to which the award of such advertising is made shall be known and designated as the official newspaper of the city. All official publications made by the city shall be made in the official newspaper. (Ord. 10272, § I(VIII), 3-16-1989, approved 5-6-1989; Ord. 25328-02-2022, § 2, 2-8-2022, approved 5-7-2022)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 18 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; RATES OF ADVERTISING.

§ 18 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; RATES OF ADVERTISING. All election notices, department reports, ordinances, charters or charter amendments, advertising, publicity of affairs or other publications required or authorized by this Charter, or by any ordinance of the city, to be made in any newspaper, and all such publications for which the City of Fort Worth may be liable, shall be paid for by the city at such rates as shall not in any event exceed the ordinary and regular advertising rates charged other advertisers. No bill shall be paid by the city for such advertising or printing in excess of the lowest prevailing business rates.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 19 CONTINGENT FUND.

§ 19 CONTINGENT FUND. Provision shall be made in the annual budget and in the annual appropriation ordinance for a reasonable contingent fund for use in any of the administrative departments of the city. Such contingent fund shall be under the control of the city manager and distributed by and with the approval of the City Council. In case of emergency, upon written request by the head of any department, stating the facts constituting such emergency, the city manager shall bring the same to the attention of the City Council and, if approved by him and by the council, he shall in writing authorize the transfer from the contingent fund to the credit of the department making such request of a sum sufficient to meet the proposed emergency expenditure. He shall transmit a copy of such written authority to the city controller and likewise to the department making such request. Upon the receipt by the city controller of such copy, the said fund shall be available for the purposes aforesaid, and shall be charged against the appropriation set apart for such department.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 20 PUBLIC WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED BY CITY FORCES.

§ 20 PUBLIC WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED BY CITY FORCES. When authorized by the City Council, public work and improvements may be constructed by city forces in accordance with ordinances and policies adopted by the City Council concerning same.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 21 PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC AND WEB BASED PUBLICATIONS WHERE ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.

§ 21 PROVIDING PUBLIC NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC AND WEB BASED PUBLICATIONS WHERE ALLOWED BY STATE LAW. The city may provide public notice by utilizing electronic and other web based publications and notices as a substitute for newspaper publications where allowed by State law. Electronic and web based publications and notices shall meet any content or deadlines or other date requirements established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a newspaper. The notice or link must be placed in a prominent place on the home page of the City’s website. (Ord. 22081-02-2016, § 2(X), 2-2-2016, approved 5-7-2016)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 22 RATE OF TAXATION NOT TO EXCEED ONE DOLLAR NINETY CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY; SUBJECT TO BE INCREASED TO TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF VALUATION, PROVIDED SUCH INCREASE BE VOTED BY THE ELECTORATE IN ELECTIONS HELD TO DETERMINE SAME FROM TIME TO TIME.

§ 22 RATE OF TAXATION NOT TO EXCEED ONE DOLLAR NINETY CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY; SUBJECT TO BE INCREASED TO TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF VALUATION, PROVIDED SUCH INCREASE BE VOTED BY THE ELECTORATE IN ELECTIONS HELD TO DETERMINE SAME FROM TIME TO TIME. The limit of taxation for all municipal purposes shall not exceed one and ninety/one-hundredths ($1.90) dollars per annum on each one hundred ($100.00) dollars valuation of all taxable property situated within the limits of the city, such rate to be fixed and determined by the Council annually when passing the appropriation ordinance. The said rate of taxation may be annually increased, from time to time, by the council until the constitutional limit of two and fifty/one-hundredths ($2.50) dollars on each one hundred ($100.00) dollars valuation of taxable property, shall have been reached; provided that any increase of the annual rate of taxation beyond the one and ninety/one-hundredths ($1.90) dollars limit here established shall never be valid unless first authorized by a majority vote of the qualified voters participating in an election lawfully held for that purpose. No more than one election in any one year shall ever be held for such purpose.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 24 NO PROPERTY OF ANY KIND EXEMPT FROM LOCAL IMPROVEMENT TAXES.

§ 24 NO PROPERTY OF ANY KIND EXEMPT FROM LOCAL IMPROVEMENT TAXES. No property of any kind, church, school, or otherwise, in the City of Fort Worth shall be exempt from any of the special taxes and assessments authorized by this Charter for local improvements.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 25 NOTICE OF CLAIM OF DAMAGES AS PREREQUISITE TO SUIT.

§ 25 NOTICE OF CLAIM OF DAMAGES AS PREREQUISITE TO SUIT. Before the City of Fort Worth shall become liable for damages for death, personal injury or damage to property, the person injured or the owner of the property damaged, or someone in his behalf, or in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death, shall file with the City Council written notice of such death, injury, or damage within one hundred eighty (180) days after the same has been sustained, unless good cause is shown for the claimant’s failure to file the notice before the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days. The written notice must reasonably describe the damage or injury claimed, the date and location of the injury or damage, how the injury or damage occurred, the amount of damages, the amount for which the claimant will settle, the residence address of the claimant, the names and addresses of all witnesses upon whom the claimant relies to establish his claim, and, if such notice is not filed within one hundred eighty (180) days, the circumstances establishing good cause for such failure to file. The notice requirements provided by this section do not apply if the City of Fort Worth has actual notice within one hundred eighty (180) days that the death or injury has occurred or that the property has been damaged. (Ord. 10272, § I(IX), 3-16-1989, approved 5-6-1989)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 26 ELECTIONS; COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR HOLDING SAME; COUNTING RETURNS AND DECLARING RESULT.

§ 26 ELECTIONS; COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR HOLDING SAME; COUNTING RETURNS AND DECLARING RESULT. The City Council shall make all necessary regulations concerning elections, the manner and method of holding same, by proper ordinances enacted for that purpose. Such regulations, however, shall be in keeping with the provisions of this Charter and shall be in keeping and consistent with the provisions of the state law applicable to elections in municipalities, insofar as the same may be practicable. The council shall provide for the examination and counting of the returns of elections, declare the result thereof and issue all proper certificates to the successful candidates; and it is hereby made the duty of the council to examine and count the returns at its first regular meeting after the election is held; and, if no regular meeting shall be held within one week after an election is held, it is hereby made the duty of the mayor to call a special meeting of the council for the purpose of counting the votes and determining the result of the election within one week after the election is held, and the officers declared to be elected at such election shall be entitled to qualify immediately after the declaration of the council of the result of the election and upon taking the oath of office prescribed by law. Until changed or modified by the council elected after the adoption of this Charter, the election laws in force at the time this Charter becomes effective shall continue to operate and control in the matter of all elections held within the city.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 27 OATH OF OFFICE.

§ 27 OATH OF OFFICE. Every officer of the city shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the city secretary, that he will support, protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Texas, and in all respects faithfully discharge the duties of his office or position. This provision shall apply to the city manager and to the heads of departments.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 29 BUDGET ESTIMATES TO BE FURNISHED CITY MANAGER BY ALL DEPARTMENTS NOT UNDER HIS IMMEDIATE DIRECTION BY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST OF EACH YEAR.

§ 29 BUDGET ESTIMATES TO BE FURNISHED CITY MANAGER BY ALL DEPARTMENTS NOT UNDER HIS IMMEDIATE DIRECTION BY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST OF EACH YEAR. Every department of the city government not under the direct control of the city manager shall by not later than the fifteenth day of August of each year furnish to the city manager, for use in the preparation of his recommendations to the council regarding the annual budget, a detailed budget estimate of the needs and requirements of such department for the coming year.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 30 RIGHT OF COUNCIL TO CREATE A TEMPORARY LOAN TO SUPPLEMENT THE REVENUES OF THE CITY REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THE CITY’S AFFAIRS TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHERE THE TAXES CONTEMPLATED IN FIXING THE BUDGET ESTIMATES SHOULD FALL BELOW SUCH ESTIMATES.

§ 30 RIGHT OF COUNCIL TO CREATE A TEMPORARY LOAN TO SUPPLEMENT THE REVENUES OF THE CITY REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THE CITY’S AFFAIRS TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHERE THE TAXES CONTEMPLATED IN FIXING THE BUDGET ESTIMATES SHOULD FALL BELOW SUCH ESTIMATES. Whenever the revenues of the city for any fiscal year should, before the end of such fiscal year, fall below the allowances set apart in the budget for the maintenance and operation of the various departments of the city government for that year, due to unavoidable shortage in the collection of taxes or other revenues relied upon by the city at the time of making the annual budget appropriation for said year, then, in such contingency, the council shall have the right to borrow, at the lowest obtainable rates, the amount necessarily required to conduct the operations of the city government for the remainder of the fiscal year; but the total amount of such indebtedness hereby authorized to be created shall not exceed ten (10) per cent of the total budget appropriation. The council shall, as security for the repayment of said loan, be authorized to pledge the uncollected taxes for said fiscal year, and it shall be their duty to retire the said loan out of the proceeds of said taxes as fast as collections thereof shall be made.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 31 ZONING ORDINANCES; POWER TO PASS.

§ 31 ZONING ORDINANCES; POWER TO PASS. The city shall have the power to pass zoning ordinances permitted by law.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 31A [STATE LAW AUTHORIZING PASSAGE OF ZONING REGULATIONS ADOPTED].

§ 31A [STATE LAW AUTHORIZING PASSAGE OF ZONING REGULATIONS ADOPTED]. That all of the powers granted by Chapter 283, page 424 of the General and Special Laws of the Fortieth Legislature of Texas and known as House Bill No. 87 authorizing cities and incorporated villages to pass zoning regulations be adopted.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 32 ENUMERATION OF POWERS HEREIN NOT EXCLUSIVE OF OTHER POWERS.

§ 32 ENUMERATION OF POWERS HEREIN NOT EXCLUSIVE OF OTHER POWERS. The enumeration of particular powers of this Charter shall not be deemed or held to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers enumerated herein, implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise thereof, the City of Fort Worth shall have and may exercise all other powers which are now, or may hereafter be, possessed or enjoyed by cities of over five thousand (5,000) population under the Constitution and the general laws of the State of Texas, and all the powers of the city, whether expressed or implied, shall be exercised and embraced in the manner prescribed by this Charter, or when not so prescribed, then in such manner as may be provided by ordinance or resolution of the City Council.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 33 CHARTER TO BECOME EFFECTIVE NOTWITHSTANDING SOME SECTION OR PORTION THEREOF SHOULD BE HELD INVALID.

§ 33 CHARTER TO BECOME EFFECTIVE NOTWITHSTANDING SOME SECTION OR PORTION THEREOF SHOULD BE HELD INVALID. If any section or part of a section of this Charter proves to be invalid or unconstitutional, the same shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or part of a section of this Charter, unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section of this Charter, unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section is wholly or necessarily dependent for its operation upon the section or part of a section so held to be unconstitutional or invalid; it being here declared that the citizens voting for this Charter would have voted for the same with such objectionable or invalid section or part of a section omitted therefrom.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 34 WHEN CHARTER TAKES EFFECT.

§ 34 WHEN CHARTER TAKES EFFECT. For the purpose of nominating and electing officers and exercising the powers of the city as provided herein, this Charter shall take effect from the time of its approval by the electors of the city. For the purpose of establishing departments, divisions and officers, and distributing the functions thereof, and for all other purposes, it shall take effect at the time the council elected at the first election held under this Charter shall take office.

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 35 AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL TO FIX BOUNDARY LIMITS WITHOUT CONSENT OF INHABITANTS OF TERRITORY ANNEXED; PROCEDURE, ETC.

§ 35 AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL TO FIX BOUNDARY LIMITS WITHOUT CONSENT OF INHABITANTS OF TERRITORY ANNEXED; PROCEDURE, ETC. The City Council shall have power, by ordinance, to fix the boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and to provide for the alteration and the extension of said boundary limits, and the annexation of additional territory lying adjacent to the city, with or without the consent of the territory and inhabitants annexed. In fixing said boundary limits, the city shall comply with the procedures prescribed by state law. Upon passage of any such ordinance, the boundary limits of the city shall thereafter be fixed in such ordinance; and when any additional territory has been so annexed, same shall be part of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the property situated therein shall bear its pro rata part of the taxes levied by the city, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of all the citizens, and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the city. (Ord. 10272, § I(X), 3-16-1989, approved 5-6-1989)

Fort Worth City Charter ch. XXVII, § 36 [EMPLOYEE’S RETIREMENT FUND].

§ 36 [EMPLOYEE’S RETIREMENT FUND]. (a) There shall be a retirement system for the employees of the city which shall be known as the “Employees’ Retirement Fund of the City of Fort Worth.” The employees’ retirement fund may provide a system of retirement and disability benefits for all municipal employees who become disabled as a direct and proximate result of the performance of their duties, or as a regard for faithful service over a period of years. The mayor, members of the council, members of boards and commissions, and part-time or temporary employees are not entitled to participate in the employees’ retirement fund. (b) Such system shall be governed by a board of directors composed of such members and selected in such manner as may be provided by ordinance of the council, provided that municipal employees shall have representation on the board. (c) Such system shall be financed by a retirement fund created by contributions of the members and of the city, in a manner as may be provided by ordinance of the council. (d) The City of Fort Worth shall have and enjoy all of the powers and authority heretofore granted by the statutes and Constitution of the State of Texas and that may hereafter be so granted affecting pensions for its officers and employees.

Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-558Fetched: 10/26/2026