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ORD 2010-30TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 2010-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 2.01 ENTITLED "APPOINTMENTS" OF ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "PRESIDING JUDGE" OF CHAPTER 7 ENTITLED "MUNICIPAL COURT" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN BY PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PRESIDING JUDGE AND ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES WITH TWO (2) YEAR TERMS COMMENCING UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE CURRENT TERM ON JANUARY 3,2011, AND EXPIRING ON JANUARY 3, 2013; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Town's Home Rule Charter provides for Council appointment of one or more persons to serve as Municipal Court Judges for the Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No.1 for two (2)year terms; and WHEREAS, the Council has been presented with the names of three (3) individuals who possess the requirements specified in Section 4.11 of the Town's Charter to serve as Judges for the Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No.1; and WHEREAS, Chapter 7, Article II, Section 2.01 of the Code of Ordinances designates certain individuals who have been appointed to serve in the capacity of Judge and Alternate Judge with current terms of office expiring on January 3, 2011; and WHEREAS, Council determines it necessary and appropriate to revise Section 2.01 Entitled "Appointments' of Article II entitled "Presiding Judge" of Chapter 7 entitled "Municipal Court" by extending the current terms of office and appointing a Presiding Judge and Associate Judges for a term of two (2) years with such terms to expire on January 3,2013. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS: SECTION 1. INCORPORATION OF PREMISES That the above and foregoing premises are true and correct and are incorporated herein and rnade a part hereof for all purposes. SECTION 2. Ordinance 2010-30 1 AMENDMENTS 2.01 Section 2.01 entitled "Appointments" of Article II entitled "Presiding Judge" of Chapter 7 entitled "Municipal Court" of the Code of Ordinances of the Town is hereby amended to be and read as follows in its entirety: "The Town Council hereby finds that the following persons possess all qualifications necessary to serve as Judges of the Trophy Club Municipal Court and hereby appoints such persons to serve as Judges of the Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No. 1 in the capacity as set forth below: Presiding Judge Mark D. Chambers, Jr. Alternate Judge Warren A. Bradley Alternate Judge Eric G. Ransleben The appointments set forth herein are made subject to and are governed by the provisions of the Home Rule Charter of the Town of Trophy Club, this Code of Ordinances establishing and regulating the Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No.1, the Texas Government Code, as amended, and all other applicable state law. The terms of office for the Presiding Judge and Alternate Judges shall be for a period of two (2) years, and shall run for the remainder of their current term of office (which term expires on January 3,2011) through January 3,2013." SECTION 3. CUMULATIVE REPEALER This Ordinance shall be cumUlative of all other Ordinances of the Town affecting the appointment of Municipal Court Judges and shall not repeal any of the provisions of such Ordinances except as specifically provided herein and in those instances where provisions of those Ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance; whether such Ordinances are codified or uncodified, and all other provisions of the Ordinances of the Town of Trophy Club, codified or uncodified, not in conflict with the proviSions of this Ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining of the Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Ordinance 2010-30 2 SECTION 5. ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to engross and enroll this Ordinance by copying the exact Caption and Effective Date clause in the minutes of the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club and by filing this Ordinance in the Ordinance records of the Town and by amending the Code of Ordinances to reflect the changes adopted herein by Council. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its date of passage in accordance with law, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, this the 6th day of December, 2010. Connie White, Mayor Town of Trophy Club, Texas ATTEST: )/1 (j /lIv1( m j ~J I h fill 11 \Shannon DePraf6r, Interim Town Secretary Town of Trophy Club, Texas [SEAL] APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~U if x6lL:Ud 0/41\ ~ Patricia A. Adams, Town Attorney Town of Trophy Club, Texas Ordinance 2010-30 3