OR 2020-1530 Rambler Paper of Record
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-1530
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
“ADMINISTRATION’ BY ADDING NEW ARTICLE 1-17 “OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER”, TO DESIGNATE IRVING RAMBLER AS THE CITY’S
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell requires that the City Council shall designate an official
newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Citizens’ Advocate was designated as the City’s official newspaper and on
March 10, 2020 Citizen’s Advocate ceased publication; and
WHEREAS, the Irving Rambler meets all of the requirements under the Texas Government
Code to become a paper of record for purpose of publish legal notices; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to appoint and designate the Irving Rambler as the
official newspaper of general circulation.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 1 “Administration” of the Code of Ordinances be, and the same
is hereby, amended by adding a new Article 1-17 “Official Newspaper” to add the City’s designated
newspaper which shall hereinafter read as follows:
“CHAPTER 1 ‘ADMINISTRATION’
ARTICLE 1-1 . . . . .
. . . . .
ARTICLE 1-17 Official Newspaper
Sec. 1-17-1
The Irving Rambler is hereby designated as the official newspaper of general
circulation for the purposes of publishing legal notices and any matter of record as
may be required by law for the City of Coppell, Texas.”
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SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby,repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase,paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional,illegal or invalid,and shall not affect the validity
of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
by prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense
was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,Texas,this the 24
I day of
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2020.
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ROBE'T E. HAGER,f Y ATTORNEY
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