§ 1-10. Amendments or additions to Code.

(a)

All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion herein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection, or any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time as this Code and subsequent ordinances, numbered or omitted, are readopted as a new Code by the city council.

(b)

Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "That section _______ of the Code of Ordinances, City of Stafford, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: . . . ." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

When a new section is to be added, the following language shall be used: "That the Code of Ordinances, City of Stafford, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered _______, which section reads as follows: . . . ." The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.

(d)

All provisions desired to be repealed should be repealed specially by section, subdivision, division, article or chapter number, as appropriate, or by setting out the repealed provisions in full in the repealing ordinance.

State law reference

Adoption of municipal ordinances, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 52.001 et seq.