Subject: 10703/Code/2-513/HumanRightsCommission
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 14:54:00 -0500


                               ORDINANCE NO. 10703
                
                
                 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                 PART II, ARTICLE XII, SECTION 2-513, RELATIVE
                 TO THE CHATTANOOGA HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN
                 RELATIONS COMMISSION.
                
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       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, as follows:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Section
       2-513 be and the same is hereby amended by deleting said Section
       in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
            Sec. 2-513.	   Establishment of commission.
           
            	 (a)  There is hereby created the City of
            Chattanooga Human Rights and Human Relations Commission,
            hereafter referred to as "the commission," to be
            composed of nineteen (19) members appointed by the mayor
            with the advice and consent of the city council.  Nine
            (9) members of the Commission shall be appointed by each
            City Council person.  There shall be ten (10) at-large
            commissioners appointed by the Mayor, subject to
            confirmation by the city council.  Employees of the city
            shall not be eligible for appointment to the commission
            on human rights and human relations.
           
            	 (b)  Nominations for appointment to the commission
            shall be solicited from broadly representative community
            groups, including but not limited to business and labor
            organizations, the clergy, and associations such as the
            NAACP and the Urban League whose purpose is to eliminate
            discrimination and promote goodwill.  The terms of
            members shall be three (3) years except that of the
            initially appointed members, six (6) shall serve for one
            (1) year, six (6) for two (2) years and six (6) for
            three (3) years as designated at the time of
            appointment.  The term of the nineteenth member shall
            likewise be three (3) years.  Whenever a vacancy occurs,
            the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in
            the same manner as the original appointment; provided,
            however, that no person appointed to serve on the
            Commission shall serve more than two (2) consecutive
            complete terms.
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            	 (c)  The commission shall select annually its
            chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary from among
            its members as officers; each officer shall have the
            right to vote on all matters and shall hold office until
            the expiration of the term for which elected and
            thereafter until his successor has been elected.  The
            commission shall meet at least monthly with such
            additional meetings as the chairperson deems desirable. 
            Special meetings shall be called by the chairperson upon
            written request of any six (6) members.  A simple
            majority of the commission membership shall constitute a
            quorum.  All members of the commission shall serve
            without compensation.  However, members may when
            attending out-of-town meetings by direction of the
            commission receive actual expenses incurred.
           
            	 (d)  The mayor may employ such persons authorized
            by the city council to assist the commission to perform
            its functions. 
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Section
       2-516 be and the same is hereby deleted in its entirety.
       	    	 SECTION 3.  That this Ordinance shall take effect two
       (2) weeks from and after its passage as required by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading May 19, 1998.	     s/__________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:__X____ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  5/21/98
      
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/__________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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