Subject: 9712/Amend Charter/City Judge Compensation/RLN/4-24-92
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 14:54:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9712
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE
                   CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, AND ALL ACTS AND
                   ORDINANCES AMENDATORY THEREOF, PURSUANT TO
                   THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XI, SECTION 9, OF
                   THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
                   (HOME RULE AMENDMENT) RELATING TO THE
                   COMPENSATION OF THE CITY JUDGE(S).
                  
                  
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       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That the present Charter of the City, and
       all Acts and Ordinances amendatory thereof, be and is further
       amended as follows:
            	 Item 1.  The Charter of the City of Chattanooga
            shall be amended as provided hereinafter.
            	 Item 2.  That Section 2 of Chapter 237 of the
            Private Acts of 1965, as amended by Section 2 of Chapter
            343 of the Private Acts of 1970, providing that the
            salaries of the city judges and city attorney be not
            less than the annual salary paid to any city
            commissioner, be deleted and the following substituted
            therefor:
                 "The annual compensation (except for pension)
                 of each of the City Judges shall be the same
                 as is paid to Judges of the General Sessions
                 Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee."
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                      FOR THE AMENDMENT	       (    )
                
                      AGAINST THE AMENDMENT    (    )
                
                
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all laws
       constituting the present Charter of the City of Chattanooga, not
       in conflict with this amendatory home rule ordinance, be and the
       same are continued in full force and effect, and all laws or 
parts
       of laws in conflict therewith are hereby repealed.
       	    	 SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any clause,
       sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this ordinance shall be
       held to be unconstitutional or void, it shall not affect the
       remaining parts of this Ordinance, it being hereby declared to be 

       the legislative intent to have passed the remainder of this
       Ordinance notwithstanding such part, if any, as may be held to be 

       invalid.
       	    	 SECTION 4.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance
       shall be published in full by the City Finance Officer in both
       daily newspapers in the City of Chattanooga after the final
       passage by the City Council, or approval in a referendum, all as
       required by Article XI, Section 9, Constitution of Tennessee.
       	    	 SECTION 5.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the City
       Finance Officer shall certify the passage of this Ordinance to 
the
       Hamilton County Election Commission and request that the proposed 

       amendment to the home rule Charter of the City of Chattanooga, be 

       placed on the ballot to be used in the next general state
       election.
       	    	 SECTION 6.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the City
       Finance Officer is authorized and directed to pay the pro rata
       cost of this special City election.
       	    	 SECTION 7.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Hamilton
       County Election Commission shall certify to the City Finance
       Officer of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the result of said 

       election, and the City Finance Officer shall cause said
       certification to be made a part of the minutes of the City
       Council.
       	    	 SECTION 8.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that Section 1 of
       this Ordinance shall take effect sixty (60) days after its
       approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the City voting 

       thereon, as provided by Article XI, Section 9, Constitution of
       Tennessee, the public welfare requiring it.
       	    	 SECTION 9.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance
       shall take effect, except for Section 1, two weeks from and after 

       its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading May 5, 1992.	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	          CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:_______ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:__________________ _____, 1992.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	             MAYOR
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