06-11-23-Ordinance-Process to Terminate Campaign Treasurer Appointments-06/05/2023CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE 06-11-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE TERMINATION OF CAMPAIGN TREASURER
APPOINTMENTS BY THE CITY SECRETARY OF INACTIVE CANDIDATES AND
INACTIVE POLITICAL COMMITTEES, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger (the "City") is a home rule municipality regulated by state
law and Charter; and
WHEREAS, Section 252.0131 of the Texas Election Code provides that City Council
may adopt a process by which the City Secretary of the political subdivision may terminate the
campaign treasurer appointment of an inactive candidate or political committee that is required
to file a campaign treasurer appointment with the City Secretary; and
WHEREAS, candidates for City Council and political committees are required to file a
Campaign Treasurer Appointment; and
WHEREAS, the appointment of a Campaign Treasurer triggers the requirement to file
semi-annual campaign finance reports; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary is the local filing authority for said reports; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt such a process as there are campaign
treasurers that remain appointed for inactive candidates and political committees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council adopts a process by which the City Secretary may teirninate
the campaign treasurer appointment of an inactive candidate or political committee that is required
to file a campaign treasurer appointment with the City Secretary.
Termination of Campaign Treasurer Appointments by the City Secretary
The City Secretary may terminate the campaign treasurer appointment of an inactive candidate
or political committee.
(a) For the purpose of this section, a candidate or political committee is defined as
inactive if the candidate or committee:
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(1) has never filed or has ceased to file reports under Chapter 254 of the Texas
Election Code; or
(2) in the case of a candidate, has not been elected to an office for which a candidate
is required to file a campaign treasurer appointment with the authority who is
seeking to terminate the candidate's campaign treasurer appointment; and
(3) has not filed.
(a) a final report under Section 254.065 or 254.125 of the Texas Election Code;
or
(b) a dissolution report under Section 254.126 or 254.159 of the Texas Election
Code.
Notice of Proposed Termination of Campaign Treasurer Appointment
(a) Before the City Secretary may consider termination of a campaign treasurer
appointment, the City Council must consider the proposed termination in a regularly
scheduled open meeting.
(b) The City Secretary must provide written notice to the affected candidate or committee
at least 30 days before the date which the City Secretary will bring the matter before
the City Council for approval, and the notice must include:
(t) The proposed termination of the candidate's or committee's campaign treasurer
appointment;
(2) The date, time, and place of the meeting at which the City Council will consider
the proposed termination; and
(3) The effect of termination of the candidate's or committee's campaign treasurer
appointment.
(c) The termination of a campaign treasurer appointment under this section shall take
effect on the 301h day after the date of the meeting at which the City Council votes to
terminate the appointment.
(d) The City Secretary shall promptly notify the affected candidate or political committee
that the appointment has been terminated, and the notice must state the effective date
of the termination.
SECTION 2. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any
such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other City Ordinances and all other
provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the City which are inconsistent with the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 5. This ordinance will talce effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such case provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this
Sth day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
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City Attorney
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