ORD 2025-02 Offical Newspaper Commercial Recorder TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2010-21 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND
ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE COMMERICAL
RECORDER AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Trophy Club, Texas (the "Town") is a home rule
municipality acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI,
Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 3.16 of the Town of Trophy Club's
Charter, as well as Texas Government Code Ch. 2051, it is required that certain ordinances
which may be passed by the Town Council be published in the "Official Newspaper" of the
Town of Trophy Club, Texas, before such ordinances may become effective; and
WHEREAS, various other laws require certain matters to be published in the Official
Newspaper of the Town; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Government Code Section 2051 .044(a) provides that a
newspaper used to publish official notices must:
(1) devote not less than 25 percent of its total column lineage to general interest
items;
(2) be published at least once each week;
(3) be entered as second-class postal matter in the county where published; and
(4) have been published regularly and continuously for at least 12 months before
the governmental entity or representative publishes notice.
WHEREAS, the publisher of the Commercial Recorder has provided confirmation
that the paper meets these criteria; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Town Charter Section 3.08(v) the Town Council is
authorized to name and designate an "Official Newspaper"for the Town and cause only the
caption of duly enacted ordinances to be published except as provided otherwise by law;
and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds and determines that the Commercial Recorder
is a newspaper of general circulation that meets the criteria required by law and it is in the
best interest of the citizens of Trophy Club, Texas, to name and designate the Commercial
Recorder as the Official Newspaper of the Town.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
All of the premises and recitals above are true and correct and are hereby
incorporated in the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2.
The Town Council hereby repeals Ordinance No. 2010-21 in its entirety and
designates the Commercial Recorder as the official newspaper of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, in which all captions and necessary notices be published according to law and the
Town Charter.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other provisions of ordinances of the Town,
except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of
such ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any
section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by a the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Ordinance; since the same would have been
enacted by the Town Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such
unconstitutional section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase.
SECTION 5.
All rights and remedies of the Town are expressly saved as to any and all violations
of the ordinances of the Town that have accrued at the time of the effective date of this
Ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and
criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be
affected by this Ordinance, but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 6.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective upon passage and approval by the Town
Council, and it is so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, this the 13th day of
January 2025.
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Dean Roggi , T Attorney